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Created: 03 April 2023

Neighborhood residents who attended the meeting pressed Ivan Bates for answers and questioned him about his crime plan. Read more. 

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Created: 03 April 2023

Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates appeared before a senate committee on March 21st pushing his bill to raise the maximum penalty for illegal gun possession from 3 years to 5 years for those 21 and older. With just 3 weeks left in the legislative session, the fate of the bill still remains unclear. Read more. 

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Created: 03 April 2023

"I don't like to call it tough on crime, I like to call it smart on crime. The tool I've been given as the state's attorney, as prosecutors, when folks do very bad actions in our community is jail," the state's attorney said. "But we also recognize not everybody needs to go to jail. Dealing with low-level offenses, we're not trying to incarcerate our way with them but hold people accountable. We're looking at citations. We're looking at how do we get those wrap-around services for individuals." Read more.

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Created: 03 April 2023

Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates called a news conference Thursday afternoon to announce the indictments of Sgt. Larry Worsley and officer Walter A. Wilson, both of whom have been with the city police department for about two decades. Read more. 

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Created: 14 March 2023

He has been a vocal advocate for a bill under consideration in the General Assembly that would lengthen sentences for those over the age of 21 who are convicted of carrying a gun without a permit. That position has put him at odds with guns rights advocates on the right, and criminal justice reform advocates on the left. Read more.

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Created: 14 March 2023

One thing Bates makes clear is how difficult it is to go up against a cop in court. The entire system is built to believe cops and distrust the people they’ve arrested. Jenkins’ gig was particularly insidious. He stole from people—some criminals, many not—planted drugs and money on them, and then arrested them. Once they were in the system, he and his merry band of badged marauders had the upper hand. Indeed, at one point, Bates has body cam footage of Jenkins breaking into a victim’s home and it’s not enough to sway a judge. Read more.

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Created: 14 March 2023

Bates is behind bills in Annapolis that would increase the maximum sentence for those 21 and older for wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun without a permit in Maryland from three years in prison to five years. Read more.

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Created: 14 March 2023

It is perplexing to me that anyone would be opposed to giving our judges a broader range to use at their discretion when sentencing someone convicted of illegal gun possession. It is even more concerning that individuals fighting this bill advocate for this continued discrepancy between age groups. Why should a 20-year-old face more time for an illegal firearm than a 21-year-old? The weapon is equally dangerous in both of their hands. What sense does it make to impose a steep fine on the young adult offender but only a portion of that fine against older adult offenders? Read more.

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Created: 14 March 2023

"This repeat offender was wreaking havoc in our community with no regard for the law," Deputy State's Attorney Thomas M. Donnelly said in a news release. "I applaud ASA Weinberg for these skillful prosecutions that have resulted in the defendant facing steep and necessary penalties for his reckless actions. It is quite evident he should not be free to do this in our communities, and this conviction will ensure that he is no longer a threat to our city.” Read more.

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Created: 14 March 2023

His legislation extends jail time from three to five years for anyone convicted of illegal handgun possession regardless of age, and the proposal is gaining bipartisan lawmakers' support In Annapolis. Read more.