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Criminal Justice

Evidence markers are seen following a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia
Courts & Law
6abc

Police retract statement saying 4th suspect in custody for Philly mass shooting; remains at large

Police say they are still working to see if the bus stop shooting is connected to the killing of an Imhotep Charter High School student, 17-year-old Dayemen Taylor.

2 years ago

A housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix
Courts & Law

Man freed from prison after 34 years after judge vacates conviction in 1990 murder

61-year-old Ronald Johnson was released from SCI-Phoenix on Monday night following a Philadelphia judge's decision and the prosecutor's move to dismiss charges.

2 years ago

Krasner speaks at a podium
Courts & Law

‘We will get the just and appropriate results’: Philly’s DA continues to weigh charges in car stop arrest, fatal bus stop shooting

The Philadelphia DA is vowing to get to the bottom of Monday’s quintuple shooting, and a car stop Saturday that involved a member of the Mayor’s administration.

2 years ago

File photo: Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Courts & Law

New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment

Menendez is accused of taking actions that benefited the governments of Egypt and Qatar to help two N.J. associates get financial deals linked to those two countries.

2 years ago

File photo: Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., waits to speak during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington.
Courts & Law

Judge rejects Sen. Bob Menendez’s claims that search warrants in bribery case were unconstitutional

The senator's lawyers claimed warrants were “riddled with material misrepresentation and omissions that deceived the authorizing magistrate judge.”

2 years ago

Evie Gentile, Sophie Cloarec and Christina Higashi-Howard pose for a photo together outside of a building
Courts & Law

A group of 20-somethings in Delco is sparking a ‘public defense renaissance’

With the help of advocates from Partners For Justice, more indigent clients in Delaware County are accessing social services and completing diversion programs at higher rates.

2 years ago

Listen 3:25
A sign reads Prays and love to the Amish community
Courts & Law

An arrest has been made and charges filed in Pennsylvania slaying of pregnant Amish woman

Shawn C. Cranston, 52, of Corry, has been charged with criminal homicide, criminal homicide of an unborn child, burglary and criminal trespass, Pennsylvania State Police said.

2 years ago

Daniel Gwynn headshot
Courts & Law

Philadelphia man exonerated after spending nearly 30 years on death row

The exoneration was requested by the city District Attorney’s Office, ending a years-long push by Gwynn's lawyers.

2 years ago

File photo: Canada goalie Carter Hart (31) makes a save during the first period in the semifinals of the world junior championships against the Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Courts & Law

Carter Hart, 4 other hockey players charged in Canada with sexual assault will have a jury trial

Attorneys representing the players have said their clients would plead not guilty and defend themselves against the allegations.

2 years ago

Surveillance photo
Courts & Law
6abc

Escaped prisoner Alleem Bordan possibly spotted in West Philadelphia, sources say

The suspect remains on the run after fleeing officers while being discharged from Episcopal Hospital at about 6:42 a.m. Monday.

2 years ago

File photo: Run-D.M.C.'s Jason Mizell, Jam-Master Jay, poses with teenagers gathered at New York's Madison Square Garden, Oct. 7, 1986, in New York. Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend's studio. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered the verdict in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington.
Courts & Law

2 men convicted of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, nearly 22 years after rap star’s death

An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered the verdict Tuesday in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington.

2 years ago

Frank Vanore speaking at a podium
Courts & Law

Arrest made after series of vandalism incidents in Philadelphia

A Philadelphia man is facing vandalism charges after several rock throwing incidents that caused significant damage at several city churches.

2 years ago

Listen 0:42
pro-marijuana legalization rally
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

What to know about Shapiro’s pitch to legalize marijuana, its chances in the Pa. legislature, and more

Unlike his predecessor, Gov. Josh Shapiro has the benefit of a Democratic-led state House and a state Senate where attitudes appear to be shifting.

2 years ago

A flag bearing Temple University's logo flies at half-staff.
Courts & Law
6abc

Suspect found guilty in 2021 murder of Temple University student

According to police, Samuel Collington was shot and killed while returning to the North Philadelphia campus following Thanksgiving break with his family.

2 years ago

yellow police crime scene tape with a blurred police car in the background.
Courts & Law
6abc

Police officer witnesses man stabbing ex-girlfriend to death outside Bucks County home, DA says

Trevor Weigel was arrested and denied bail on Sunday for the murder.

2 years ago

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