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...
PHILADELPHIA (January 23, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit announced the conviction of James McFadden (11/1/82) after a Philadelphia jury found the defendant guilty of numerous charges relating to...
PHILADELPHIA (January 17, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced charges against Luis Soto (DOB 10/7/1993) for trafficking ‘ghost guns’ that were manufactured at his residence on the...
PHILADELPHIA (January 13, 2023) – An opinion and order released by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected attempts by Republicans in the General Assembly to use the impeachment process to remove the District Attorney of Philadelphia from office for political reasons. District Attorney...
PHILADELPHIA (January 12, 2023) – District Attorney Larry Krasner and Mayor Jim Kenney on Thursday issued statements on the arrest of Julie Hudson of Philadelphia based on a warrant issued by the Webster Police Department in Harris County, Texas, that was based on inaccurate information. From...
PHILADELPHIA (January 9, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit announced the conviction of Patrick Woolfork (DOB 8/3/1991) for his role in the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Elliot Cortes in the...
PHILADELPHIA (December 29, 2022) — District Attorney Larry Krasner announced today the launch of a new unit within the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) that focuses on holding individuals who commit carjackings appropriately accountable, as carjackings continue to pose...
PHILADELPHIA (December 19, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday announced the arrests of multiple members of violent groups engaged in gun trafficking and retaliatory shootings in the Cobbs Creek area of Southwest Philadelphia. Individuals have been charged with murder for their roles...