Crime & JusticeJudge convicts leader of Philly sex trafficking ringTerrance L. Jones, 54, ran the criminal enterprise out of his home in the city's Lawndale section, investigators said.Robert Moran Man fatally shot by police during confrontation in MayfairRobert Moran and Ellie Rushing Judge orders new trial for former Philadelphia officer over juror’s ties to DA’s officeJillian Kramer Ex-Delco official convicted of indecent assault, harassment for treatment of two female subordinatesVinny Vella Judicial disciplinary court weighs whether Philly Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the benchEllie Rushing Advertisement13-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 Neighbors question what they really knew about their Olney block amid ‘House of Horrors’ probeOlney neighbors question what was happening right in their backyard as authorities probe inside the West Chew Avenue property linked to drugs, sex, violence, and missing women. Dana Munro A Delco firefighter was sentenced to house arrest for calling a woman the N-word during an argumentJohn Romano told a judge he was frustrated that he was being "prosecuted over words." He was convicted of ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats, and related crimes earlier this year.Vinny Vella 41 arrested in HUD-backed operation targeting Philly fugitives receiving public housing assistance"Operation Moving Day" was carried out by U.S. Marshals and is part of a larger federal law enforcement initiative. Jesse Bunch See more storiesAdvertisement
Judge convicts leader of Philly sex trafficking ringTerrance L. Jones, 54, ran the criminal enterprise out of his home in the city's Lawndale section, investigators said.Robert Moran
Judge convicts leader of Philly sex trafficking ringTerrance L. Jones, 54, ran the criminal enterprise out of his home in the city's Lawndale section, investigators said.Robert Moran
Judge orders new trial for former Philadelphia officer over juror’s ties to DA’s officeJillian Kramer
Judge orders new trial for former Philadelphia officer over juror’s ties to DA’s officeJillian Kramer
Ex-Delco official convicted of indecent assault, harassment for treatment of two female subordinatesVinny Vella
Ex-Delco official convicted of indecent assault, harassment for treatment of two female subordinatesVinny Vella
Judicial disciplinary court weighs whether Philly Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the benchEllie Rushing
Judicial disciplinary court weighs whether Philly Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the benchEllie 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
Neighbors question what they really knew about their Olney block amid ‘House of Horrors’ probeOlney neighbors question what was happening right in their backyard as authorities probe inside the West Chew Avenue property linked to drugs, sex, violence, and missing women. Dana Munro
Neighbors question what they really knew about their Olney block amid ‘House of Horrors’ probeOlney neighbors question what was happening right in their backyard as authorities probe inside the West Chew Avenue property linked to drugs, sex, violence, and missing women. Dana Munro
A Delco firefighter was sentenced to house arrest for calling a woman the N-word during an argumentJohn Romano told a judge he was frustrated that he was being "prosecuted over words." He was convicted of ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats, and related crimes earlier this year.Vinny Vella
A Delco firefighter was sentenced to house arrest for calling a woman the N-word during an argumentJohn Romano told a judge he was frustrated that he was being "prosecuted over words." He was convicted of ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats, and related crimes earlier this year.Vinny Vella
41 arrested in HUD-backed operation targeting Philly fugitives receiving public housing assistance"Operation Moving Day" was carried out by U.S. Marshals and is part of a larger federal law enforcement initiative. Jesse Bunch
41 arrested in HUD-backed operation targeting Philly fugitives receiving public housing assistance"Operation Moving Day" was carried out by U.S. Marshals and is part of a larger federal law enforcement initiative. Jesse Bunch
