News Releases

2003

• D.A. Lynne Abraham And Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson Have A Message For People Who Shoot Guns On New Years Eve: You Will Be Arrested And Prosecuted To The Fullest Extent Of The Law
• D.A. Lynne Abraham And Drug Treatment Court Judge Louis Presenza Urge Funding For Drug Treatment Court And Drug And Alcohol Rehabilitation Projects -- Tough Drug And Alcohol Treatment Jams A Wedge In Crime's Revolving Door
• National Black Prosecutors Association And District Attorney's Office Host Clothing And Empowerment Drive To Support Women In Transition
• Two Philadelphia High School Seniors Will Win Summer Internships And $500 College Scholarships -- Essay Competition Focuses On Students Interested In Law And Journalism
• D.A. Lynne Abraham And Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson News Conference Re: The Death Of Nizah Morris
• James Fallon And Timothy Carre Plead Guilty To Three Charges
• Jury Convicts Northwest Rapist Troy Connelly
• District Attorneys, Police, Child Advocates And Legislators Urge A "Yes" Vote On Ballot Question To Allow Children To Videotape Testimony -- Young Children Who Have Been Raped, Kidnapped Or Who Have Witnessed The Murder Of Their Parents Would Be Spared Further Trauma
• Minority Prosecutors Recruitment Reception Attracts 50 Prospective Prosecutors From Several States -- District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham Builds On Office Diversity Through Aggressive Recruitment
• Justice Department Awards $160,000 For Crime Victims -- Funds Bridge The Gap Between Spiritual Support And Victims Services
• Two EPA Employees Arrested And Charged With Welfare Fraud -- Women Collect $143,379 In Welfare Benefits Through False Pay-Stub Scheme
• District Attorney's Detectives Arrest Juvenile Escapee In Philadelphia
• Financial Crime Investigators Name Assistant District Attorney Mary-Ellen Walter "Prosecutor Of The Year"
• District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham Sells Forfeited Drug Property For $1.00 To Community Group -- Students Will Use Former Cocaine House To Learn Building And Construction Trades
• 72-Year-Old-Woman Charged With Twenty Counts Of Insurance Fraud For Fake "Slips And Falls" -- Used 47 Aliases And 11 Addresses To Collect $231,414.00 In Insurance Payments For False Personal Injury Claims In Philadelphia And Delaware Counties
• Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham Flips For Tony Packo's Pickles
• "Operation Spirit From Afar" Delivers Supplies To Help Ensure That No Soldier Is Forgotten
• The Army National Guard, Just Born's Peepster Car And Quakertown's St. Isidore's Roman Catholic Church Join Forces To Support "Operation Spirit From Afar"
• Delaware Valley Realtors Association Joins "Operation Spirit From Afar" To Support The Troops
• Delaware County Seniors Send 200 Boxes Of Items For The Troops To D.A. Lynne Abraham's Office -- Assisted-Living Residents Respond To "Operation Spirit From Afar"
• "Operation Spirit From Afar" -- The District Attorney And "The Quake" Team Up Again To Collect Supplies For The Troops