PHILADELPHIA (January 12, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) on Friday announced criminal charges against two male suspects for their roles in a mass shooting committed in the city’s Kensington...
PHILADELPHIA (January 11, 2024) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Thursday issued the following statement on the appointment of Philadelphia Police Department Deputy Commissioner Pedro Rosario:“The attorneys and other professionals of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s...
PHILADELPHIA (January 11, 2024) – The Philadelphia District Attorney on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Attorney General to block implementation of Act 40, an unprecedented assault on a locally elected official’s authority and on the rights of voters in the most populous...
PHILADELPHIA (January 8, 2024) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) on Monday announced that Philadelphia’s Thirty-Second Investigating Grand Jury has recommended charges against James Adams (DOB...
PHILADELPHIA (December 18, 2023) — Philadelphians ranging from faith and community leaders to returning citizens and crime survivors gathered at the Church of Christian Compassion in West Philadelphia on Monday to denounce the passage of Act 40, condemning the legislation as an anti-democracy...
PHILADELPHIA (December 14, 2023) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Thursday issued a stark warning to pro-democracy Pennsylvanians following the signing into law of PA Senate Bill 140, a Republican-backed effort to disenfranchise Philadelphia voters that was rushed to final passage on...
PHILADELPHIA (December 11, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office are requesting the public’s help in locating 12 fugitives wanted for homicides committed in South and Southwest Philadelphia since 2019. Members of...
PHILADELPHIA (December 5, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Homicide/Non-Fatal Shootings Unit has charged Tyrone Garcell Tunnell (DOB: 7/10/1993) with Murder, Attempted Murder, and related charges for his role in a violent assault on two security guards at the Macy’s department...
PHILADELPHIA (December 4, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced on Monday that Waseem Bennett and Michael Brickle are charged with various firearm offenses for their roles in two unrelated...
PHILADELPHIA (November 30, 2023) – Following is a statement prepared by Assistant District Attorney David Napiorski of the DA’s Law Division Federal Litigation Unit as well as District Attorney Larry Krasner for a hearing before the Court of Common Pleas, which on Thursday granted the...