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Baltimore Police officer pleads guilty to unlawful sexual contact with 16-year-old girl
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“The harm caused by former Officer Curlon Edwards was profound, and no one—especially someone entrusted with authority—has the right to abuse their position and violate another person,” Bates said. “We hope this outcome affirms the survivor’s courage in coming forward and reinforces that our office will stand with victims, pursue accountability, and work to ensure their voices are heard.” Read more.
Ivan Bates talks about rebuilding State's Attorney's Office, combating crime
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State's Attorney Ivan Bates talks about rebuilding State's Attorney's Office, combating crime (VIDEO). Watch here.
Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates talks reelection, city crime strategy
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We came in with 140 prosecutors. We now have 200. We’d love to get more money from the city to have even more, and to get raises for the prosecutors here now, because they’re a golden commodity and they’re going to be offered jobs. So, the first thing is to continue to stabilize the office. Read more.
Baltimore records nearly 50-year low in homicides in 2025
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Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates taking office in 2023 coincided with the beginning of the crime decline, and his crackdown on illegal guns became the cornerstone of his work. Read more.
Report: Inconsistent youth crime data in Baltimore feeds ‘contentious’ debate
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The data challenges have led to disputes over whether youth crime is actually decreasing. After another nonprofit, The Sentencing Project, released a 2024 report showing drops in youth arrests, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates criticized the organization in an op-ed saying that the report did “not accurately represent my office’s data or the experiences of Baltimore City’s residents.” Read more.
More than 100 children’s criminal cases stalled as Baltimore struggles to find defense lawyers
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It’s unclear how many of those children were being held in the custody of the state Department of Juvenile Services while their cases were stalled. But the figure Taylor cited represents about 12% of juvenile cases in Baltimore this year, according to the Office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates. “It’s one of our biggest problems here, just getting cases to trial,” Pamela Chung, chief of Bates’ Juvenile Division, said in an interview. Read more.
Former Baltimore Teacher Receives Maximum Penalty For Student Sex Abuse
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Mustafa Pitts, 48, was found guilty on July 16 of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, and faced a total penalty of 55 years in prison, the state's attorney said previously. Read more.
Sister of Baltimore homicide victim pleads guilty to witness intimidation during trial
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Kendal Holt, Cameran's sister, was convicted of sending threatening text messages to a witness after the witness testified during the homicide trial of Alexis Cancel-Soto, Bates said. Read more.
Cameran Holt's sister pleads guilty to felony witness intimidation, state's attorney says
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Kendal pleaded guilty to felony witness intimidation for sending a threatening text message to a witness after the witness testified in the first homicide trial concerning Cameran's death. Read more.
19 people indicted for West Baltimore drug trafficking schemes related to mass overdoses
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In July, two separate mass overdose incidents in Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood sent nearly 32 people to the hospital. In early October, seven people were hospitalized after police reported that 11 more people had overdosed in the same neighborhood. Read more.