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Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to try man charged in killing at Central Booking
Javarick Gantt was deaf and used sign language to communicate. He was found unresponsive in his cell on Oct. 9, 2022.
Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates is expected to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. concerning his decision to personally try Gordon "Zach" Staron Jr., a Harford County man who's charged in two homicides, including the killing of Javarick Gantt at Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center in 2022.
Before shooting Donnell Rochester, officer went in front of car against training: report
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division included its finding and legal analysis in the report, which is dated on Aug. 3, 2022.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Man pleads guilty in stabbing death of beloved East Baltimore church volunteer
Manzie Smith, 63, of Greenmount West, stabbed Evelyn Player about 38 times inside Southern Baptist Church in Broadway East on Nov. 16, 2021.
The picture is of the victim in the case, Evelyn Player, 69, of Baltimore. Caption (if we need to go into detail): "Evelyn Player, a volunteer at Southern Baptist Church in Baltimore, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 16, 2021. She was 69."
Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office drops controversial murder case against Keith Davis Jr.
Davis, 31, of Reisterstown, has always maintained that he did not shoot and kill Kevin Jones, a security guard at Pimlico Race Course, on June 7, 2015.
Keith Davis Jr. and his wife, Kelly Davis, are pictured in this undated photo.
Baltimore state’s attorney declines to charge police officers in deadly shooting of Donnell Rochester
Rochester, 18, of Odenton, was shot and killed on Feb. 19, 2022.
A family photo of Donnell Rochester.
Baltimore Police detective accused of using excessive force is found not guilty
Baltimore Police Detective Charles Baugher is a more than 13-year veteran.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Redo of hearing would ‘wreak havoc on our criminal justice system,’ Adnan Syed’s attorney argues
Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter argues that the case is moot because the state dropped all charges against her client.
Center, Adnan Syed is escorted out of the courthouse after Baltimore J
udge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
Two students shot near Benjamin Franklin High School
Two people were shot near Benjamin Franklin High School in Curtis Bay
Shooting at Benjamin Franklin High School is the second school shooting during the first week of 2023.
Changes needed at Edmondson Village shopping strip, says family of 16-year-old killed there
Baltimore Police on Thursday identified the teen who was fatally shot Wednesday as Deanta Dorsey.
Family and friends of 16-year-old Edmondson, Dennta Dorsey who was the student killed yesterday, and Attorney Thiur Vignarajah (left) during a press conference at the Edmondson Village, site of the shooting.
Family members, survivors of mass shooting at Capital Gazette settle with The Baltimore Sun
Lawsuits claimed that the newspaper’s parent companies were negligent and failed to take reasonable steps to protect employees.
ANNAPOLIS - A women holds an edition of the Capital Gazette newspaper during a candlelight vigil to honor the five people who were shot and killed on June 29, 2018 in Annapolis.
Ivan Bates takes the oath of office as 26th Baltimore state’s attorney
Bates, 54, of Locust Point, succeeds Marilyn Mosby, who served since 2015.
Retired Baltimore Circuit Judge David B. Mitchell, right, administers the oath of office to Ivan Bates, far left, as he is sworn in as the new Baltimore state's attorney, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at the Baltimore War Memorial.
Ivan Bates is set to become Baltimore state’s attorney. Here’s what you need to know.
Bates, 54, of Locust Point, is set to take the oath of office at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Baltimore War Memorial.
Ivan Bates, 54, of Locust Point, is set to take the oath of office on Tuesday and become Baltimore's new state's attorney. He defeated the two-term incumbent, Marilyn Mosby, in the Democratic primary.
Maryland Attorney General-elect Anthony Brown on his priorities in office
Brown, 61, of Prince George’s County, is succeeding Brian Frosh, who served from 2015-2023.
Anthony Brown candidate for Maryland attorney general speaks at a campaign event in support of gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore at Bowie State University, in Bowie, MD. November 7, 2022.
‘The quintessential public servant’: Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is retiring after 36 years in state politics
Frosh used his authority to take on the Trump administration, push for criminal justice reforms and protect consumers during his two terms in office.
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh poses for a portrait in his office in Baltimore, Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Boxing champion Gervonta Davis arrested in Florida on a domestic violence charge
Davis, 28, is scheduled to fight Héctor Luis García on Jan. 7 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
BROOKLYN, NY - JULY 29:  Gervonta Davis answers questions during a media availability on July 29, 2017  at the  Barclays Center in Brooklyn borough of New York City.
The Baltimore Banner sues Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner over denial of public records
The lawsuit alleges that the medical examiner’s office is improperly denying access to key portions of autopsy reports that are public records under state law.
6/8/22—Exterior of The Baltimore Banner office sign with the hanging banners.
Corey Woodfolk was sentenced in 1994 to 50 years in prison. Now he’s the GM of a law firm in Baltimore.
Since his release in 2017, he’s become the general manager and litigation specialist at Bates & Garcia, P.C., and specializes in state and federal appellate and post-conviction work.
Corey Woodfolk, general manager at litigation specialist at Bates & Garcia LLC, poses for a portrait inside of his office in Baltimore, Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Maryland Film Festival to ‘pause’ screenings, programs and events at Parkway Theatre in 2023
Attendance that has not returned to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic, theater leaders say.
The exterior of Parkway Theatre.
In Baltimore, a once active animal welfare network is now all but defunct
Animal welfare experts in Baltimore say the link between these cases and other forms of violence is real and should not be ignored.
Illustration of cowering dog standing in front of row houses, framed by a hole in a chain link fence.
Maryland public defenders overwhelmingly vote to unionize
The Maryland Defenders Union formed in 2020 and represents more than 600 employees across the state.
A Maryland Flag waves in the wind.
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