May 19, 2021 · Vega, who spent 35 years in the District Attorney’s Office before being fired by Krasner, along with three dozen other veteran prosecutors, said he …
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Jan 15, 2021 · Five people died in the siege, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries sustained in the attack. John McNesby, president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5, which represents detectives at the District Attorney’s Office, said he could not comment Thursday because he had not spoken with the detective.
He points to a Medical Examiner's report, which found Law’s Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) had been .45 percent when she died—for reference, in Pennsylvania, a BAC of over 0.08 percent is considered over the legal driving limit.
But in recent years, Peruto has become more notorious for another reason: In 2013, a woman named Julia Law was found dead in his mansion in Philadelphia's Center City neighborhood. A maintenance man discovered her body, naked and facedown in a full bathtub of water. At the time, Peruto had been with family on the Jersey Shore, ...
On first look, the campaign website for Charles Peruto Jr., a bombastic Republican attorney running to oust progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, seems fairly standard, similar to those of many conservative candidates.
At the time, then-District Attorney Seth Williams, whom Peruto described as a “bitter enemy” and who later resigned over federal bribery charges, brought the case before a grand jury to investigate the fatality. But the investigation ended without any evidence of criminal conduct. YouTube. A Charles Peruto.
The nightmare of forced starvation and infection that killed Danieal while she was under the protection of the city’s human services agency is documented in a 258-page grand jury report released this week that charges nine people — her parents, four social workers and three family friends — in her ghastly death.
The forced starvation that killed a Philadelphia teen while she was under the protection of the city’s human services agency is documented in a 258-page grand jury report released this week.
When an ambulance responded to a 911 call for Danieal on Aug. 4, 2006, the girl had been dead for several hours. Authorities said she was so emaciated she looked like the victim of a concentration camp. She had been lying on the filthy mattress for so long that her body outline was imprinted on it.
Meanwhile, the report said, she entertained friends, attended classes and fed her other children. “This behavior indicates that Andrea Kelly did not mere ly allow Danieal to die,” the report said.
But authorities say Andrea Kelly, whose other children are now in foster care, is primarily responsible for her daughter’s death. The report said she was confronted repeatedly by her own mother, uncle, friends and even two of her sons about Danieal’s deteriorating health.
He did not file a single report, authorities said.
Andrea Kelly, 39, the only defendant charged with murder, was ordered held Friday without bail. The social workers — suspected of falsifying home visits and progress reports in the case — face charges ranging from child endangerment to involuntary manslaughter.