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...
PHILADELPHIA (June 22, 2023) – A judge for the Court of Common Pleas on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the leadership of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 over the District Attorney’s efforts to ensure police and prosecutors comply with the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions –...
PHILADELPHIA (June 19, 2023) – The District Attorney’s DATA (District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics) Lab on Monday released a report showing that stark racial disparities persist both within and outside the criminal legal system in the city of Philadelphia – known throughout the...
PHILADELPHIA (June 15, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today awarded $185,000 in violence prevention grants to eight community-based organizations that are focused on engaging our city’s youth and broader...
PHILADELPHIA (June 13, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and law enforcement partners on Tuesday announced the arrest of Kyree Dennis (DOB 07/29/1998), a fugitive wanted for murdering a 69-year-old male in a Citizens Bank ATM vestibule on the evening of March 3, 2022 in the city’s...
PHILADELPHIA (June 8, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today announced $180,000 in violence prevention grant awards to six community-based organizations that are focused on engaging our city’s youth and broader...