Crime & JusticeTwo prosecutors said if Philly DA Larry Krasner doesn’t retract ‘untrue’ court filings, they will quitKatherine Ernst and Steven Wildberger said Krasner made a series of "misstatements" about them. Krasner denied that and said the duo has been insubordinate.Chris Palmer and Ellie Rushing 16 minutes agoAbington police are investigating antisemitic and racist graffiti at a Glenside playgroundMaggie Prosser A Philadelphia man was charged with killing his two brothers. Prosecutors dropped the charges two years later.Jillian Kramer Judge convicts leader of Philly sex trafficking ringRobert Moran Man fatally shot by police during confrontation in MayfairRobert Moran and Ellie Rushing AdvertisementJudge orders new trial for former Philadelphia officer over juror’s ties to DA’s officeDaniel Levitt was convicted of perjury for lying under oath about how he recovered a gun during a 2021 traffic stop.Jillian Kramer Ex-Delco official convicted of indecent assault, harassment for treatment of two female subordinatesThe two women testified that Tim Boyce groped them and made inappropriate sexual comments to them while serving as the county's director of emergency services.Vinny Vella Judicial disciplinary court weighs whether Philly Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the benchThe state Judicial Conduct Board said Common Pleas Court Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the bench. DiClaudio asked for mercy.Ellie Rushing 13-year-old boy charged with murder for fatally shooting 16-year-old in NorristownThe boy told police he was scrolling TikTok and tapping the gun's trigger when it went off, striking the teen in the face. Jesse Bunch Pa. Supreme Court says SEPTA special prosecutor is constitutional, another blow to KrasnerA unanimous Supreme Court rejected District Attorney Larry Krasner's argument that the SEPTA special prosecutor law is unconstitutional because it strips away the authority of an elected DA.Abraham Gutman and Jesse Bunch 11 Philly business owners stole funds from program for low-income women and children, prosecutors sayThe store owners defrauded a food-assistance program out of tens of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said, and in one case more than $340,000. Jesse Bunch A former Philly woman who voted twice in the 2024 election was sentenced to three years of probationProsecutors did not specify which candidate Miya Pack voted for, but said she cast ballots in North Jersey and Philadelphia.Chris Palmer 83-year-old woman wounded by stray gunfire in North PhillyThe woman was hospitalized in stable condition. Police reported no arrests.Robert Moran Nearly 50 Montgomery County businesses face drug charges for selling illegal THC products, DA saysThe crackdown comes about a year after a scathing grand jury report on the rise of smoke shops selling illegal THC products. The 107-page report was influenced in part by The Inquirer’s reporting. Vinny Vella Philly DA Larry Krasner said the federal judge who accused him of crimes should be removed from the caseIn his most extensive comments on the saga yet, Krasner said U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond's suggestion that he committed crimes "rests on nothing of substance."Chris Palmer Black Panther-style group members arrested in Chester, as mayor decries their presencePaul Birdsong, the Panthers' leader, was held for trial this month on a firearms violation. It's not group's only run-in with Chester police this year. Jesse Bunch A woman shot and killed a man breaking into her apartment. She later found out she knew him.Police say the woman recognized the man who broke into her home. The man was pronounced dead a half-hour after the break-in.Henry Savage Police in Bucks County investigating swastika vandalism at golf course near Jewish schoolPolice said the swastikas were carved into the 10th green at the Yardley Country Club overnight Friday into Saturday last week.Robert Moran The Philly man charged with stabbing another driver during a road-rage dispute in Lower Merion will face a county judgeSamuel Marquez was held for trial on aggravated assault and related crimes for the stabbing, which took place Sept. 6 on the Blue Route, prosecutors said.Vinny Vella Pa. Supreme Court to decide whether ban on mandatory life terms for second-degree murder is retroactiveThe case of Jerome Coffey, a Philadelphia man convicted of a 1992 murder and sentenced to life in prison, could decide whether more than a thousand other people get a chance at new sentences. Jillian Kramer See more storiesAdvertisement
Two prosecutors said if Philly DA Larry Krasner doesn’t retract ‘untrue’ court filings, they will quitKatherine Ernst and Steven Wildberger said Krasner made a series of "misstatements" about them. Krasner denied that and said the duo has been insubordinate.Chris Palmer and Ellie Rushing 16 minutes ago
Two prosecutors said if Philly DA Larry Krasner doesn’t retract ‘untrue’ court filings, they will quitKatherine Ernst and Steven Wildberger said Krasner made a series of "misstatements" about them. Krasner denied that and said the duo has been insubordinate.Chris Palmer and Ellie Rushing 16 minutes ago
Abington police are investigating antisemitic and racist graffiti at a Glenside playgroundMaggie Prosser
Abington police are investigating antisemitic and racist graffiti at a Glenside playgroundMaggie Prosser
A Philadelphia man was charged with killing his two brothers. Prosecutors dropped the charges two years later.Jillian Kramer
A Philadelphia man was charged with killing his two brothers. Prosecutors dropped the charges two years later.Jillian Kramer
Judge orders new trial for former Philadelphia officer over juror’s ties to DA’s officeDaniel Levitt was convicted of perjury for lying under oath about how he recovered a gun during a 2021 traffic stop.Jillian Kramer
Judge orders new trial for former Philadelphia officer over juror’s ties to DA’s officeDaniel Levitt was convicted of perjury for lying under oath about how he recovered a gun during a 2021 traffic stop.Jillian Kramer
Ex-Delco official convicted of indecent assault, harassment for treatment of two female subordinatesThe two women testified that Tim Boyce groped them and made inappropriate sexual comments to them while serving as the county's director of emergency services.Vinny Vella
Ex-Delco official convicted of indecent assault, harassment for treatment of two female subordinatesThe two women testified that Tim Boyce groped them and made inappropriate sexual comments to them while serving as the county's director of emergency services.Vinny Vella
Judicial disciplinary court weighs whether Philly Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the benchThe state Judicial Conduct Board said Common Pleas Court Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the bench. DiClaudio asked for mercy.Ellie Rushing
Judicial disciplinary court weighs whether Philly Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the benchThe state Judicial Conduct Board said Common Pleas Court Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the bench. DiClaudio asked for mercy.Ellie Rushing
13-year-old boy charged with murder for fatally shooting 16-year-old in NorristownThe boy told police he was scrolling TikTok and tapping the gun's trigger when it went off, striking the teen in the face. Jesse Bunch
13-year-old boy charged with murder for fatally shooting 16-year-old in NorristownThe boy told police he was scrolling TikTok and tapping the gun's trigger when it went off, striking the teen in the face. Jesse Bunch
Pa. Supreme Court says SEPTA special prosecutor is constitutional, another blow to KrasnerA unanimous Supreme Court rejected District Attorney Larry Krasner's argument that the SEPTA special prosecutor law is unconstitutional because it strips away the authority of an elected DA.Abraham Gutman and Jesse Bunch
Pa. Supreme Court says SEPTA special prosecutor is constitutional, another blow to KrasnerA unanimous Supreme Court rejected District Attorney Larry Krasner's argument that the SEPTA special prosecutor law is unconstitutional because it strips away the authority of an elected DA.Abraham Gutman and Jesse Bunch
11 Philly business owners stole funds from program for low-income women and children, prosecutors sayThe store owners defrauded a food-assistance program out of tens of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said, and in one case more than $340,000. Jesse Bunch
11 Philly business owners stole funds from program for low-income women and children, prosecutors sayThe store owners defrauded a food-assistance program out of tens of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said, and in one case more than $340,000. Jesse Bunch
A former Philly woman who voted twice in the 2024 election was sentenced to three years of probationProsecutors did not specify which candidate Miya Pack voted for, but said she cast ballots in North Jersey and Philadelphia.Chris Palmer
A former Philly woman who voted twice in the 2024 election was sentenced to three years of probationProsecutors did not specify which candidate Miya Pack voted for, but said she cast ballots in North Jersey and Philadelphia.Chris Palmer
83-year-old woman wounded by stray gunfire in North PhillyThe woman was hospitalized in stable condition. Police reported no arrests.Robert Moran
83-year-old woman wounded by stray gunfire in North PhillyThe woman was hospitalized in stable condition. Police reported no arrests.Robert Moran
Nearly 50 Montgomery County businesses face drug charges for selling illegal THC products, DA saysThe crackdown comes about a year after a scathing grand jury report on the rise of smoke shops selling illegal THC products. The 107-page report was influenced in part by The Inquirer’s reporting. Vinny Vella
Nearly 50 Montgomery County businesses face drug charges for selling illegal THC products, DA saysThe crackdown comes about a year after a scathing grand jury report on the rise of smoke shops selling illegal THC products. The 107-page report was influenced in part by The Inquirer’s reporting. Vinny Vella
Philly DA Larry Krasner said the federal judge who accused him of crimes should be removed from the caseIn his most extensive comments on the saga yet, Krasner said U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond's suggestion that he committed crimes "rests on nothing of substance."Chris Palmer
Philly DA Larry Krasner said the federal judge who accused him of crimes should be removed from the caseIn his most extensive comments on the saga yet, Krasner said U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond's suggestion that he committed crimes "rests on nothing of substance."Chris Palmer
Black Panther-style group members arrested in Chester, as mayor decries their presencePaul Birdsong, the Panthers' leader, was held for trial this month on a firearms violation. It's not group's only run-in with Chester police this year. Jesse Bunch
Black Panther-style group members arrested in Chester, as mayor decries their presencePaul Birdsong, the Panthers' leader, was held for trial this month on a firearms violation. It's not group's only run-in with Chester police this year. Jesse Bunch
A woman shot and killed a man breaking into her apartment. She later found out she knew him.Police say the woman recognized the man who broke into her home. The man was pronounced dead a half-hour after the break-in.Henry Savage
A woman shot and killed a man breaking into her apartment. She later found out she knew him.Police say the woman recognized the man who broke into her home. The man was pronounced dead a half-hour after the break-in.Henry Savage
Police in Bucks County investigating swastika vandalism at golf course near Jewish schoolPolice said the swastikas were carved into the 10th green at the Yardley Country Club overnight Friday into Saturday last week.Robert Moran
Police in Bucks County investigating swastika vandalism at golf course near Jewish schoolPolice said the swastikas were carved into the 10th green at the Yardley Country Club overnight Friday into Saturday last week.Robert Moran
The Philly man charged with stabbing another driver during a road-rage dispute in Lower Merion will face a county judgeSamuel Marquez was held for trial on aggravated assault and related crimes for the stabbing, which took place Sept. 6 on the Blue Route, prosecutors said.Vinny Vella
The Philly man charged with stabbing another driver during a road-rage dispute in Lower Merion will face a county judgeSamuel Marquez was held for trial on aggravated assault and related crimes for the stabbing, which took place Sept. 6 on the Blue Route, prosecutors said.Vinny Vella
Pa. Supreme Court to decide whether ban on mandatory life terms for second-degree murder is retroactiveThe case of Jerome Coffey, a Philadelphia man convicted of a 1992 murder and sentenced to life in prison, could decide whether more than a thousand other people get a chance at new sentences. Jillian Kramer
Pa. Supreme Court to decide whether ban on mandatory life terms for second-degree murder is retroactiveThe case of Jerome Coffey, a Philadelphia man convicted of a 1992 murder and sentenced to life in prison, could decide whether more than a thousand other people get a chance at new sentences. Jillian Kramer
