Please attribute the following to a spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office: PHILADELPHIA (June 14, 2024) — “While we respect the Commonwealth Court’s decision and the independence of the judiciary, today’s close (4-3) ruling on whether or not the Pa. Attorney General can...
PHILADELPHIA (June 3, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner was joined on Monday by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel and members of the Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to announce charges against eight defendants for...
PHILADELPHIA (May 22, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday announced the exoneration of 59-year-old Keith Graves following a year and a half investigation by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). This marks the 45th exoneration...
PHILADELPHIA (May 20, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement Unit awarded over $400,000 in violence prevention microgrants to 18 community-based 501(c)(3) organizations. This is the largest award distributed by the DAO...
PHILADELPHIA (May 16, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit (DDOU) announced on Thursday the arrest and charging of a 21-year-old woman for her role in a fentanyl trafficking operation located in the...
PHILADELPHIA (May 9, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced the conviction and sentencing of three men for their roles in a home invasion robbery that resulted in the death of 18-year-old Joshua...
PHILADELPHIA (April 29, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced on Monday that Marquis Mathis (DOB 9/11/1994) was convicted by a Philadelphia jury of First Degree Murder, Conspiracy, and illegal...
PHILADELPHIA (April 22, 2024) — The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Election Task Force (ETF) will be activated for the municipal primary election starting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23. Polling location complaints and reported infractions of the Pennsylvania Election Code will be...
PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday announced the launch of a new prosecution unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office that will focus on adults and juveniles who repeatedly and illegally possess firearms in the city of Philadelphia. The...
PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner awarded microgrants totaling over $357,000 to 13 addiction recovery groups as part of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Violence Prevention Grant Program on Monday. DA Krasner and members of his executive team made...