Link Law | Philadelphia, PA
This category includes cases in which Mr. Link defended residents of Philadelphia or the surrounding area accused of gun or firearm related crimes.
Philadelphia Police responded to a radio call for a “person with a gun” at 52nd and Arch Streets. Upon arrival they located a victim on the street suffering from multiple gunshot woulds to the chest and legs, and we was subsequently pronounced dead. Detectives obtained video footage of the incident, which depicted D.B. spitting on.
Murder, Violations of the Uniform Firearms Act
Not guilty of all charges
Police officers responded to 4200 Teesdale Street for a radio call for a person with a gun. The call provided a description of an individual who was allegedly following a woman through an alley with a gun. When police arrived, they saw N.B. matching the description in the radio call, but no female. Police claimed.
Possession of a Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Carrying a Firearm Without a License (VUFA 6106 F3), Carrying a Firearm on the Public Streets (VUFA 6108 M1).
Motion to Suppress Granted. Charges dismissed.
Police conducted a car stop of a vehicle being driven by S.R. for excessive window tint and expired registration tags. When police ran S.R.’s information it came back that he had an active arrest warrant out of Minersville PA. Police frisked the vehicle and didn’t find anything illegal. However, a police sergeant claimed that while.
Possession of a Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Carrying a Firearm on the Public Streets (VUFA 6108 M1), Carrying a Firearm Without a License (VUFA 6106 F3)
Motion to Suppress Evidence Granted. All charges dismissed.
14th district officers conducted a car stop of a car being driven by A.B. on E. Collum Street in Germantown. Officers claim that as they approached the car they saw A.B. making a “leaning movement” and heard a compartment being shut. According to police, A.B. was breathing heavily and acting nervously, and that A.B. denied.
Possession of a Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Carrying a Firearm Without a License (VUFA 6106 F3), Carrying a Firearm on the Public Streets (VUFA 6108 M1), Possession With Intent to Deliver Narcotics (PWID)
Motion to Suppress granted. All charges dismissed.
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Narcotics Field Unit conducted an in-depth investigation during the months of July and August of 2023 into narcotics sales in the 200 block of Girard Avenue. During those months, they utilized confidential informants, undercover officers and pre-recorded by money to establish sales being made at a particular property. With that.
Possession With Intent to Deliver (PWID), Conspiracy, Possession of an Instrument of Crime
Not guilty of all charges
State Parole Agents were conducting a routine visit with T.D. outside of his residence where they observed him take a blue schoolbag out of the trunk of his car. Agents told him to stay still and went to retrieve the bag from him. T.D. yanked the bag away and fled from the area. He returned.
Possession of Firearm by Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105)(F1).
Motion to Suppress Granted. Case dismissed.
Pennsylvania State Parole agents received text messages informing them that R.C. was in possession of a firearm and had threatened another individual with it. Agents were also made aware that that person had filed a protection from abuse (PFA) order against R.C. Agents directed R.C. to report to their office where he was detained and.
Possession of Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Carrying a Firearm Without a License (VUFA 6106 F3), Carrying a Firearm on the Public Streets (VUFA 6108 M1).
Motion to Suppress Evidence Granted.
Philadelphia Police were patrolling in the area of 1500 J.F.K. when they observed an Audi Sedan illegally parked in a bus zone. As officers approached the car they saw B.G. stuffing a large amount of money into his pockets. In the meantime, Septa intelligence officers were monitoring the stop on surveillance cameras and believed the.
Possession of Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Carrying Firearm Without a License (VUFA 6106 F3), Carrying a Firearm on the Public Streets (VUFA 6108), Possession With the Intent to Deliver Narcotics (PWID), Forgery (F3), Possession of an Instrument of Crime (PIC M1)
Motion to Suppress Granted, all charges dismissed.
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Criminal Intelligence Unit contacted the PA Attorney General Gun Violence Task Force to begin an investigation after E.C., a state parolee, was heard on a recorded prison call with another inmate discussing the sale of drugs and firearms that E.C. was in possession of. Agents conducted surveillance of E.C.’s approved.
Possession of a Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105), (F1).
Motion to suppress granted. All charges dismissed.
Upper Moreland police were contacted by Enterprise rental cars after employees discovered ammunition, a mask, and surgical gloves in a returned vehicle. Police determined that the car was rented by A.T. and that he was on State Parole. Police informed A.T.’s state parole agent of the discovery, and a team of parole agents conducted an.
Possession of a Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Possession With the Intent to Deliver Narcotics (PWID_.
Motion to Suppress Granted. All charges dismissed.
Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officers were in the area of Kinsey and Sellers Streets when they observed A.C. disregard a stop sign. Upon pulling his car over, it was determined that the registration came back to a Kia despite the fact that the car was a Nissan. The officers claimed that they instructed A.C. to roll.
Possession of a Firearm By Prohibited Person (VUFA 6105 F1), Carrying a Firearm Without a License (VUFA 6106 F3), Carrying a Firearm on the Public Streets (VUFA 6108 M1)
Motion to Suppress Evidence Granted. All charges dismissed.
In April 2020, A.A. was at his home in the area of 200 W. Westmoreland St. with his wife and children when they heard multiple gunshots going from outside. A.A. went to his window and didn’t see anything, but then checked his surveillance cameras which showed a man in a mask shooting multiple times at.
First Degree Murder and Third Degree Murder
Not guilty of murder. Guilty only of Voluntary Manslaughter.
