Criminal Justice

One of six women to accuse a former University of Delaware baseball player of sexually assault has testified that he choked her as she tried to free herself.

A lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump has been convicted of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike.

A contractor convicted of scamming 19 New Jersey homeowners following Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced to three years in state prison, authorities announced. 

Officers said they found the man lying between cars in a pharmacy parking lot and were told he had been given an overdose reversal drug.

Kevin Baker and Sean Washington, now 48, were released after attorneys uncovered evidence pointing to their innocence.

As Philadelphia police search for the person who fatally shot Quadir Flippen, his sister, Nashyia Pinder, is also looking for answers.

When asked what kind of new recruits she wants to attract, Philly’s new Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said, “Thinkers, doers — the gamut.”

A Pa. court will consider a legal challenge by three transgender women to a state law that prohibits people who have committed serious felonies from ever changing their names.

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it will seek for Roger Stone.

They’re adding new plaintiffs from the Philadelphia, Altoona-Johnstown, Greensburg and Harrisburg dioceses.

Philadelphia's new police commissioner will start work amid a surge in homicides so far this year and allegations of racism and gender discrimination in the police force.

The women say their common identity is helping cut through red tape and make way for real change.

A former Philadelphia Police sergeant has been released after spending four years in jail without charges because he failed to unlock his hard drives for investigation.

The last jailed member of the radical group MOVE was released from prison Friday, according to an attorney who represented the members in their parole appeals.

A PA Post analysis found that the private companies in charge of providing goods to inmates are price-gouging items. But their contracts say that’s not allowed.