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...
PHILADELPHIA (July 24, 2023) – The Court of Common Pleas on Monday ordered a man convicted of homicide in 2016 freed after agreeing with the Commonwealth’s request to dismiss the charges, because there was insufficient reliable evidence to retry him for murder. As part of a review of...
PHILADELPHIA (July 10, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office, and other law enforcement partners are requesting the public’s help locating eight fugitives wanted for homicides committed in Northeast Philadelphia since September of 2022....
PHILADELPHIA (July 9, 2023) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Sunday released the following statement on new information in the ongoing law enforcement investigation of the July 3, 2023, mass shooting in Kingsessing, in which five people were fatally wounded and five people are...
PHILADELPHIA (July 5, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday charged a 40-year-old male with five counts of Murder, five counts of Attempted Murder, and a host of related offenses for his alleged role in one of the worst mass shootings in Philadelphia’s recorded history....
PHILADELPHIA (July 3, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office convened at the Fathership Foundation today to urge members of the public to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday safely and responsibly by not...
PHILADELPHIA (June 27, 2023) – Following additional investigation by the District Attorney’s Special Investigations Unit and DA detectives, former Philadelphia Police officer Patrick Heron is facing 19 new criminal cases, for a total of 21 cases involving alleged sexual abuse and assault...
PHILADELPHIA (June 26, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today announced $175,000 in violence prevention grant awards to eight community-based organizations that are focused on engaging our city’s youth and...