PHILADELPHIA (November 7, 2022) – Law enforcement agencies will be working in close coordination to ensure that the November 8th general election in Philadelphia proceeds without interruption, and that city officials are able to immediately respond to dangerous misinformation and threats of...
PHILADELPHIA (November 3, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Thursday announced the arrests of individuals including a former corrections officer implicated in a criminal organization operating out of a county prison as alleged by an Investigating Grand Jury. According to a presentment...
PHILADELPHIA (October 21, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday sent the following statement in a letter to the PA House GOP-led Select Committee planning to hold a vote for his impeachment for purely political purposes ahead of the November 8 election. DA Krasner’s lawsuit...
PHILADELPHIA (October 18, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Tuesday formally accepted an invitation to appear before the PA House GOP-led Select Committee seeking to impeach him this Friday, October 21st, in a public and transparent hearing. On Saturday night, the Select Committee...
PHILADELPHIA (October 12, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on the convictions following a waiver trial of two defendants from Virginia who were arrested nearly two years ago for firearms offenses outside of the Pennsylvania Convention Center as...
PHILADELPHIA (October 12, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on an arrest made as part of an investigation of a mass shooting outside of Roxborough High School last month: “Philadelphia Police have arrested, and my office has charged Yaaseen...
PHILADELPHIA (October 12, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on a shooting incident this morning that left three officers wounded and a suspect wanted for murder dead: “On August 23rd, 2022, my office approved an arrest warrant for Raheem Lee...
PHILADELPHIA (October 11, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Tuesday issued the following statement on yesterday’s arrest of a social worker subcontracted by the Department of Human Services for her role in the death of 3-year-old Hope Jones last July. The social worker, Jendayi Mawusi,...
PHILADELPHIA (October 6, 2022) – The District Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed a motion seeking to quash a subpoena demanding files related to a pending murder trial, which were improperly subpoenaed by the Pennsylvania House Select Committee leading a politically motivated effort to impeach...
PHILADELPHIA (October 3, 2022) — A Philadelphia judge convicted Julian Johnson (DOB 2/7/2000) and Quadir Simmons (DOB 10/20/2000) of Attempted Murder (F1), Aggravated Assault (F1), Possession of Firearm Prohibited (M1), and related charges stemming from two shooting incidents that occurred in...