PHILADELPHIA (May 19, 2025)—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, May 20. Polling location complaints and reported infractions of the Pennsylvania Election Code will be...
PHILADELPHIA (May 19, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit on Monday announced the conviction of two defendants for their involvement in the murders of four people in 2022, all of which took...
PHILADELPHIA (May 14, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Gun Violence Task Force on Wednesday announced charges against Hakim Bryant (DOB 2/5/73) for opening fire on a SEPTA bus in the city’s Brewerytown section on Saturday. Three teenagers and an...
PHILADELPHIA (May 8, 2025)—The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit on Wednesday night charged Dachan Seay (DOB 10/24/94) with two counts of Aggravated Assault and related charges for his role in the shooting and wounding of a 19th District...
PHILADELPHIA (May 5, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced on Monday that Elizabeth Tejeda (DOB: 12/2/89), a New York resident, pleaded guilty in April to numerous charges for her role...
PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Organized Retail and House Theft Task Force on Wednesday announced charges against a notary public, Gwendolyn Schell (DOB 8/22/57), of Germantown, for her...
PHILADELPHIA (April 28, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday announced the conviction of Talim Hunt (DOB 11/16/00) for his role in the fatal shooting of 45-year-old Cody Hargett in October 2022. Hunt was also convicted of shooting and wounding Hargett approximately two...
PHILADELPHIA (April 24, 2025)—District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia Foundation awarded over $1 million in violence prevention microgrants to 29 community-based 501(c)(3) organizations on Thursday. These nonprofit organizations provide supports, including workforce development, to...
PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit on Monday announced that two defendants were convicted by a jury last week for their roles in the fatal shooting of...
PHILADELPHIA (April 9, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit, and law enforcement representatives from the Philadelphia Police Department, Bensalem Police Department, the Drug Enforcement...