Charges Dropped Against Anchor
FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that WCCB Anchor Terrance Bates was arrested and charged with assault.
Bates was busted for assaulting his wife, but now she has decided to drop her charges.
A charge of misdemeanor assault was dismissed in Mecklenburg County because his wife recanted her allegations.
According to the dismissal notice, Tamara Bates met with a county prosecutor last Friday and said that she was untruthful in her report to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. She had initially filed a temporary restraining order against her husband, but signed paperwork dismissing that order on March 13.
"Due to the victim's characterization of her prior statement as being untruthful, combined with a lack of physical evidence in this case, there is insufficient evidence to proceed in this case," the dismissal notice said.
Jim White, the general manager for the station said Bates will be back on the air Wednesday morning. He has not appeared on camera for the past three weeks.
Bates was arrested on March 6 and spent 24 hours in jail after Tamara Bates alleged that he choked her and threw her to the ground while the couple was arguing.
Police said she was treated for bruises and scratches at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital and released.