PHILADELPHIA (February 16, 2023) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Thursday issued the following statement on Governor Josh Shapiro’s announcement that he has changed his mind about supporting application of the death penalty in Pennsylvania: “Given Governor Shapiro’s...
PHILADELPHIA (February 14, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) have charged three Philadelphia men who are accused of operating a firearm and narcotics trafficking ring, following a 15-month-long...
PHILADELPHIA (February 10, 2023) – The chief prosecutors of Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas; and Philadelphia have challenged one another to a friendly wager over the outcome of Super Bowl LVII, in which the Kansas City NFL team will face the Philadelphia Eagles. Prosecutor Jean...
PHILADELPHIA (February 9, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Office Homicide/Non-Fatal Shootings Unit has approved charges of Attempted Murder and related offenses against an individual from Delaware County for shooting at two Philadelphia Police officers, one of whom was seriously...
PHILADELPHIA (February 9, 2023) – Nearly eight months after formally taking the position that a Philadelphia woman’s constitutional rights had been violated as a teenager when she was arrested and tried for a 2010 robbery and murder, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on Thursday agreed...
PHILADELPHIA (February 8, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Office this week secured the conviction of a defendant who participated in a brutal home invasion and group assault of a Black trans woman in the summer of 2020. Tymesha Wearing (DOB: 7/28/1986) on Tuesday pleaded guilty to Aggravated...
PHILADELPHIA (February 6, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit announced the conviction of Eugene Watson (DOB 6/19/1993) for his role in the non-fatal shooting of a man in the city’s Overbrook...
PHILADELPHIA (January 27, 2023) – Following is a statement from District Attorney Larry Krasner on the killing of Tyre Nichols, 29, following a traffic stop earlier this month. Five Memphis Police officers have since been fired from the department and criminally charged with murder....
PHILADELPHIA (January 25, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Office has charged Edwin Vargas (DOB: 5/28/1998) for his role in multiple fatal and non-fatal shooting incidents that appear to be connected by a history of intimate partner violence and group violence. Vargas was most recently convicted...
PHILADELPHIA (January 23, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Office on Monday secured the conviction of a Philadelphia man arrested for sexually assaulting a woman who was on her way to work in 2020. In the early morning hours of January 25, 2020, Philadelphia Police responded to bystander reports...