A man was charged in connection to a drug trafficking ring in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced on Monday. From March 12, 2025, through April 28, 2025, ...

Ramon Roman-Montanez knew the police were watching. One day last April, as Roman-Montanez prepared to hand out free drug samples to users on Weymouth Street — a common tactic that dealers use to ...

Some people arrested for low-level drug crimes in Kensington now may be eligible for expedited court hearings and immediate treatment referrals. The new Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court and ...

When she took office in January 2024, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made cleaning up the embattled Kensington neighborhood a priority. The community has long been plagued by violent crime and one ...

The FBI and federal prosecutors on Friday announced a "historic" indictment charging 33 alleged members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization accused of fueling Kensington’s open-air ...

The FBI and Philadelphia's top federal prosecutor announced Friday the takedown of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization that they say ran like a business and peddled in poison for more ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia is launching a new program in the Kensington neighborhood on Wednesday, with the goal of sending those with drug addictions to treatment rather than ...

Gloria Cartagena Hart vividly remembers the scenes and sounds of her Kensington block just three years ago: The streets filled with trash. The sidewalks lined with dozens of people openly using drugs.

Ever since moving in five years ago, Tiffany has been unable to open her house's windows. The sills were rotting from water damage, and opening them posed a hazard. "The front windows have to be ...

Kensington, Philadelphia, has been called many things over the years. The Walmart of Heroin. The Las Vegas of Drugs. “How do you know the toothbrush was invented in Kensington?” one longtime ...