Vinny Vella

Amy Cohen was suffering from a mental health crisis when she lit a fire at a 99-year-old woman's home in Lower Merion, her lawyer told a judge Wednesday.

Mamadou Kallie's trial on murder charges will begin Monday. Prosecutors say he executed Tiara Rodriguez-Diaz and Kimberly Ortiz-Zayas after they finally confronted him for his abusive behavior.

John Richards, a teacher at Blockson Middle School, asked a 13-year-old student for permission to kiss her during a planned field trip to Washington, according to police.

Douglas Penglase, of Hatboro, had nearly 800 videos and images stored on a social media account registered to him, according to federal prosecutors.

Joe Khan, a Democrat who ran for attorney general and Philadelphia district attorney, launched a bid to challenge Republican Jennifer Schorn for Bucks County DA.

Jesse Allen Jr. recruited Zaheem Sabree to help ambush a rival. Instead, the target killed Sabree, and now Allen is charged with murder.

Anthony Carr-Pierce, 38, posted photos and videos depicting children, including one not yet 12 months old, being raped and sexually assaulted, according to Montgomery County prosecutors.

As Maurice Byrd Jr.'s murder trial began Monday, prosecutors said he goaded Steven Strassburg into a fight. But Byrd's attorneys say he was standing his ground against a violent attacker.

The boy's mother said in a letter to the judge that her family has forgiven Imani Lewis, and said they believe she "wanted to help and made an awful mistake."

Matthew Dougherty's family said in a wrongful-death lawsuit that staff at the hospital did not properly treat his mental illness and should not have called police.

Police said as many as 100 teenagers got drunk at a party last year at Beth Stefanide-Miscichowski's home. But a judge ruled prosecutors didn't prove she had given them the alcohol.

Delaware County officials said Maille Russell Bonsall and Tim Boyce were in a "longstanding romantic relationship." Through her lawyer, she denies that.

Tyrese Quinerley testified that he had no recollection of killing Jeremiah Shackford because he was high on PCP. Prosecutors disputed that, saying his actions that night were deliberate.

James Vassallo, of Voorhees, also faces similar theft charges in Delaware County for failing to make tax payments, according to court filings.

Ramon Garcia pleaded guilty to charges related to spying and sexully assaulting more than a dozen women at Carbon Health urgent cares in Jenkintown and Dresher.

Zachiry Kerschner pointed a loaded gun at officers after leading them on a chase through multiple towns, and then waging a two-hour standoff with them at a gas station, police said.

Montgomery County prosecutors say Andrew McCutchen shot at a man who had gotten into a fight with a friend of his earlier that day inside an American Legion bar in Ardmore.

Justin Smith shot Dianna Brice multiple times in the head in 2021 and then abandoned her body in a secluded part of Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

MD Nurul Hasan, the vice president of Millbourne Borough Council, was indicted by federal prosecutors last week. He now faces similar charges in Delaware County.

A defense attorney for Marquan Banks said he didn't intentionally kill Jermaine Pierce on Jan. 11, but was responding to a perceived threat. Prosecutors disputed that theory of the case.