Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

Federal law enforcement recently made one of the biggest cocaine busts in the history of the Eastern Seaboard when they seized a cargo ship at a Philadelphia port. The criminal charges for drug trafficking that are...

A mother in the Philadelphia area has been charged with child endangerment after police claim she left her two-year-old daughter in a car for over two hours. The girl died from the incident. Details surrounding the...

Police in Philadelphia are investigating a situation where a 60-year-old man was apparently killed by his roommate in South Philadelphia. Unlike in many other states, both the relationship between the two roommates and the...

Philadelphia police are looking for a group of teenagers who allegedly assaulted a man in Old City. The situation illustrates an important lesson about the criminal law in Pennsylvania: you can face a charge for...

A local woman was arrested in Nashville for allegedly trashing an Airbnb during a bachelorette party, raising the issue of whether intoxication can be a valid or a strong defense to a criminal charge. Woman Admits to Trashing...

Protesters in Philadelphia are calling for hundreds of the city’s police officers to be pulled from the streets and assigned to desk duty after their racist and inflammatory posts on social media were posted for all to see....

Local officials in Philadelphia have taken steps to follow up on their promise to enforce the city’s illegal dumping laws by installing cameras in areas that are known dumping grounds. They are also promising to vigorously...

A member of the Philadelphia Phillies has been arrested and accused of assaulting what appears to have been his girlfriend at an Atlantic City casino in New Jersey. Fortunately, Major League Baseball, unlike most other employers,...

A suspected shoplifter in Woodbridge Mall allegedly stabbed a security guard while trying to get away with stolen goods. While the incident actually happened in New Jersey, the picture it paints sheds light on an...

A man in Delaware County is facing a charge of drug delivery resulting in death – a relatively new crime in Pennsylvania that is a classic example of how reaction legislation often leads to terrible results. Philadelphia Man...

Philadelphia will see a new city sheriff after the incumbent, Jewell Williams, was ousted in the Democratic primary by challenger Rochelle Bilal. While the effects of the change are not likely to significant –...

One of the perks of allowing each of the 50 states creates their own set of laws is that it lets states experiment with ideas for all the others to see. Right now, the state of Maine is considering a law that would allow victims...

Robert Kraft’s defense lawyers scored a big win when they were able to get potentially damning surveillance video excluded from the tycoon’s trial. However, while the development is a huge win in Kraft’s legal...

A recent situation in north Philadelphia involving three teenage boys firing a gun at a crowd of people raises important questions about when minors are prosecuted as juveniles or adults. Three Armed Boys Fire Into Philadelphia...

Pope Francis recently issued a papal decree that requires all Catholic clergy to report sexual abuse to church authorities. The decree included the need to report attempts to cover up sexual abuse but does not require clergy to...

A Philadelphia driver is in hot water after he apparently drove for several miles on Interstate 95 with no tires on his vehicle. While he has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence (DUI), the incident...

A Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to theft of services for not paying tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The development puts an end to a watershed case of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s new efforts to...

Staff members at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia have claimed that someone driving a Jeep off-road on the Center’s walking paths has done extensive damage. The incident draws out the breadth...

Police in Philadelphia are investigating an alleged theft that implicated hundreds of thousands of dollars in advanced medical equipment. Due to the apparent value of the equipment, a conviction would be among the most...

Criminal law is very concerned with whether a suspect or defendant was aware of what they were doing at the time of an alleged crime. The reason for this concern is the almost universal agreement that someone who intentionally...