Overview
- Ivan Bates announced counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, destroying or concealing evidence, and accessory after the fact, with a maximum penalty of 11 years if convicted.
- Prosecutors allege Yolanda Wilkes threw away her 14-year-old daughter’s blood-stained yellow-and-black jacket; officers later found a torn bag and mail near the dumpster but not the jacket.
- Wilkes told investigators she found a projectile in the coat and gave it to the girl’s father, whom detectives describe as uncooperative and unreachable at a listed address.
- Bodycam video released by police shows a Kia backing into parked cars, striking an officer who fired once as he fell, before the vehicle fled.
- Detectives identified three 14-year-olds as suspects in the Feb. 15 incident, noted two had prior arrests, and say Wilkes told hospital staff her daughter was hurt in a scooter fall.