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...
PHILADELPHIA (November 22, 2023) – A Montgomery County woman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the vehicular homicide of two Pennsylvania State troopers and one pedestrian, less than two weeks before she was scheduled to be tried by a Philadelphia jury. Jayana Webb (DOB: 4/12/00) was arrested and...
PHILADELPHIA (November 22, 2023) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker’s appointment of Kevin Bethel to lead the Philadelphia Police Department: “As a seasoned law enforcement professional who has served for decades...
PHILADELPHIA (November 13, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced on Monday that Christina Kolenda (DOB 4/28/87) and Maurice Allen (DOB 8/7/91) have been arrested and will be charged for...
PHILADELPHIA (November 6, 2023) – Seventeen years after being picked up by police for violating a curfew for teens, and 15 years after being convicted for a murder for which he is likely innocent, David Sparks of Nicetown was ordered freed from prison on Monday by Court of Common Pleas Judge...
PHILADELPHIA (November 6, 2023) – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Election Task Force (ETF) will be activated for the municipal general election starting Tuesday morning on November 7. Dozens of Assistant District Attorneys and DA Detectives will be on call to investigate...
PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2023) – Ten years after being arrested for a murder for which they were wrongfully convicted, and almost two years after the Commonwealth conceded both of their due process rights had been violated, co-defendants Curtis Kingwood and Faheem Davis were exonerated of...