In The News

Baltimore addiction treatment center adds 88 beds as part of $10.2M renovation

Details

Tuerk House in West Baltimore is adding a pharmacy, an urgent care facility, and other new amenities to help patients overcome addiction. Read more. 

Ivan Bates hosts town hall to listen to community about fighting crime

Details

"You have high school students on lunch break and someone with a gun shoots and kills them and take that life. We have to do something because enough is enough," Bates said. Read more. 

Ivan Bates may slow Baltimore’s murder rate | READER COMMENTARY

Details

We have a chance. We have a new state’s attorney (”Ivan Bates sworn in as Baltimore state’s attorney, immediately reinstates prosecution of low-level offenses,” Jan. 3). The prior state’s attorney seemed to focus on traveling, on determining which crimes not to prosecute and on exonerating innocent prisoners. No matter how noble the latter effort, perhaps the new state’s attorney can focus on prosecuting and convicting criminals which, so far as I know, is the main element in his job description. That can only help. Read more. 

Exclusive: Ivan Bates assumes top prosecutor's office, talks tough on guns and hiring plan

Details

“Illegal Guns are killing too many people in our city. They're being used to rob carjack and attack our fellow residents. And enough is enough,” Bates said. Read more.

New Baltimore City state's attorney works to inspire youth on inauguration day

Details

"This is their year, 2023 is their year," Bates said. "I'm letting them know that I'm proud of them, that the community is proud of them and that we have their back, and we're going to support them." Read more.

Baltimore judge sentences teen convicted of rape and murder of 83-year-old neighbor to life in prison

Details

Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer called the circumstances of Dorothy Mae Neal’s killing “heartbreaking” and said the nature of the crime “demands punishment,” despite Tyrone Harvin’s age at the time of the crime. He was 14 years old. Read more.

Ivan Bates sworn in as city State’s Attorney

Details

Longtime defense attorney Ivan Bates was sworn in Tuesday as Baltimore’s top prosecutor. Read more.

Ivan Bates tells 11 News it's time to rebuild Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office

Details

"I think it's very important. As a state's attorney, I need to make sure the citizens know who I am, that I'm out there and I'm listening to them and their concerns," Bates said. Read more.