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.
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.
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.”
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.
King was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and three firearm violations for killing 40-year-old Marcus Holloway and injuring an uninvolved onlooker during a shooting that occurred Nov. 18, 2024, on 1900 block of Edmondson Avenue. Jurors found him guilty July 23 of six of his eight charges, but failed to reach verdicts on his assault charge and one count of firearm possession as a prohibited person.
Daniel Truslow violated his probation by failing to register as a sex offender, not completing sex offender treatment, and not taking his prescribed medication.
Vincent Harris was given two life sentences, suspending all but 120 years, for his role in the murders of Di'Shon Smith and Deshaun Waters.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates tells Fox News Digital how a crackdown on repeat offenders and tougher laws has helped drive murders down.
WJZ Investigates broke the story last week, detailing Grimes's efforts to use outside help to fake documents and force the state to pay him more than $1 million for a wrongful conviction.
