PHILADELPHIA (August 18, 2023) – The Court of Common Pleas on Friday vacated the 2012 murder conviction of Donta Regustors for the 2010 fatal shooting of Johnathan Wilson, who was the unintended victim of an early-morning shootout — in yet another wrongful conviction tainted by the...
PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today announced $135,000 in violence prevention grant awards to six community-based organizations that are focused on addressing some of the root...
PHILADELPHIA (August 14, 2023) – Leaders from city and federal law enforcement on Monday announced that a 17-year-old resident of West Philadelphia has been arrested and charged as part of a federal terrorism investigation. The juvenile was taken into custody by FBI SWAT officers at his...
PHILADELPHIA (August 9, 2023) – Following investigation and arrest by SEPTA Police, the District Attorney’s Office has charged Heriberto Acevedo, Jr. (DOB: 10/30/1990), for an incident in July in which a SEPTA bus was fired upon and no one was injured. On July 14, 2023, at approximately...
PHILADELPHIA (August 8, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced the jury conviction of Michael DiMauro (DOB 2/8/1972), a Warlocks motorcycle gang member, for the slaying of 33-year-old...
PHILADELPHIA (August 3, 2023) – The District Attorney’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee released the following statement calling for justice for O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old Black gay man from Philadelphia who was stabbed and killed in New York City following a reported confrontation with men...
PHILADELPHIA (August 2, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Major Trials Unit on Wednesday secured the conviction of a man who seriously injured four people — two seriously — in a 2022 vehicular assault. Following a waiver trial before the Hon. Donna Woelpper in the Court of Common...
PHILADELPHIA (July 31, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced the conviction of Latonya Griffin (DOB 12/8/1979) for shooting and seriously injuring a man in the city’s Kensington...
PHILADELPHIA (July 28, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Homicides & Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Friday charged a 54-year-old woman with Involuntary Manslaughter and related offenses for her role in the tragic shooting death of her 2-year-old granddaughter inside their residence. On...
PHILADELPHIA (July 24, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner, DAO First Assistant Carolyn Engel Temin, and Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Elder Justice Unit (EJU) members announced charges today against three defendants for financially exploiting and defrauding Philadelphia...