Tag Archives: Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
Philly D.A. charges 10 with filing false injury claims against SEPTA
In what seems to have become a common trend as of late, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has once again made arrests in connection with alleged fraudulent personal injury claims filed against SEPTA. Ten people were recently charged with submitting … Read More
Philly D.A. charges two with filing false insurance claims against SEPTA
In a situation that seems to have become all too common in recent time, Philadelphia’s top law enforcer has announced criminal charges against two city residents for allegedly filing false insurance claims against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority stemming from … Read More
Feds take over Tacony ‘dungeon’ case; commonwealth withdraws charges
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced this week that the commonwealth was withdrawing all charges against Linda Weston, her daughter and others after federal prosecutors unsealed a 196-count indictment against the crew, who made national headlines for holding people captive … Read More
Eastern District of Pa. soon to see its first female chief federal judge
U.S. District Judge Petrese Tucker, a former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jurist, will soon become the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s first female chief judge, after Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the current top judge at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, announced … Read More
Philly D.A. files insurance fraud charges against two for false claims against SEPTA
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced last week that his office has charged two people with filing false personal injury claims against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority stemming from an alleged incident that occurred aboard a mass transit bus in … Read More
Phila. man sues city, police detective and D.A. over false arrest claims
A Philadelphia man is suing a city police detective and the local district attorney over claims that he was falsely arrested after the plaintiff’s mother provided a false statement to police with regard to her son allegedly being involved in … Read More
Phila. D.A. charges six with filing false personal injury claims
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has lodged criminal charges against six people for filing false personal injury claims against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority over an incident that occurred two years ago. On Thanksgiving night in 2010, according to the … Read More
Pa. Supreme Court halts inmate’s scheduled execution on eve of lethal injection
Pennsylvania’s highest court this week denied a motion for emergency relief that had been filed by prosecutors relating to an inmate’s execution that has been temporarily stayed by a judge in Philadelphia. The state Supreme Court denied prosecutors’ motion in … Read More
Family of man mistakenly killed by cop gets $1.8 million settlement from City of Phila.
The family of a man who was killed by a city police officer back in 2008 after the cop, who was chasing another man who had run into a house after indiscriminately firing a gun into the air during New Year’s Eve celebration, accidentally shot the victim, who was not involved in the altercation, will be receiving $1.8 million from the City of Philadelphia.
Former priest in sex-abuse trial pleads guilty, receives up to 5 years in prison
One of three codefendants set to go on trial in a landmark case involving sex-abuse allegations against current and former members of the Catholic Church abruptly decided to plead guilty to charges he was facing in the case.