State’s Attorney Ivan Bates hosts 3rd annual back-to-school cookout, backpack giveaway
Families gathered Saturday at Sinclair Lane Elementary for Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ third annual back-to-school cookout and backpack giveaway.
FBI fugitive sweep leads to over 100 arrests across Maryland, Delaware
FBI Baltimore, in collaboration with local, state, and federal officials, announced the results of a large-scale fugitive warrant sweep in Maryland and Delaware, resulting in over 100 arrests, the seizure of firearms and the removal of dangerous offenders from both states.
Why Baltimore struggles to crack down on quality-of-life crimes
The men set up folding chairs and linger on the stoop of a shuttered club in Southwest Baltimore. Each day, they congregate almost directly underneath police signs declaring “NO LOITERING.” Their presence unnerves 65-year-old Robert Richardson Jr., who lives across the street. He said he’s witnessed what he suspects are hand-to-hand drug sales with motorists and other passersby. Richardson tinted his home’s windows so the men wouldn’t see him watching. “I want to open the door. Believe it or not, it’s a very nice community,” Richardson said of the Shipley Hill neighborhood where he chose to retire. “It’s uncomfortable. There are seniors there. I don’t think it’s fair for me to pay property taxes and see it daily.”
Prosecutors: BPD officer radioed in car stops, but in reality was ordering a smoothie
Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates detailed one instance where Houchins claimed to be pulling over a car when in fact he was ordering a smoothie.
14 face federal charges in alleged Sandtown-Winchester drug operation
The federal indictment, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on July 22 and unsealed Wednesday, alleges that Luther Amos, Antoine Benjamin, Wendell Boykins Jr., Davon Brown, Zy’Quin Coleman, Xavier Cooper, Antonio Curtis, Walter Epps, Keith Fryson, James Keene, Antonio Mason, Miayon Medley, Gregory Alexander Partlow and Darien Whitaker conducted daily drug sales at these open-air markets between Dec. 15, 2025, and July 22, 2026.
State's Attorney convicts man in Baltimore cold case homicide of DC Metro police officer
Thompson's 2017 indictment marked the first brought by the state's attorney's office's Cold Case Homicide Unit, according to officials.
Two Baltimore men found guilty in Pigtown barber’s killing
A jury returned the verdict in the joint trial for Terrill Barfield, 40, and Jarvis Joyner, 35, on Monday, also finding the two guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and firearms charges. Barfield was additionally found guilty of reckless endangerment.
Teen ‘takeover’ proposals shut out of Maryland special session
The push follows recurring concerns in Ocean City, where large groups of young people gathered near 120th Street over the Fourth of July weekend, prompting some businesses to close temporarily. Police reported no widespread takeover or major violence this year, but an unsanctioned event during the 2025 holiday weekend led to traffic disruptions, fights and a shooting.
Man convicted of murdering Baltimore police officer found guilty of fraud in prison
"The attempts made by the defendant to falsely exonerate himself and receive financial benefits not only put the accreditation of our world-class crime lab at risk, but also undermine every real petition of actual innocence that comes forward from wrongfully convicted individuals," Baltimore County State's Attorney Ivan Bates said. "Thanks to the diligent work of our Conviction Integrity Unit, this attempted deception was caught before a dangerous offender with a lengthy criminal record could be potentially released from incarceration and steal taxpayer dollars."