A 26-year-old woman’s bail review was postponed for the second time on Nov. 6 in Baltimore City Circuit Court when the presiding judge informed counsel that he still had not received the defendant’s District Court bail transcript to review as previously requested by defense counsel.
Defendant Andrea Hampton reported to Circuit Court on Oct. 20 to reassess the District Court’s Sept. 16 decision to hold her without bail. At that time, Hampton’s attorney, Martin Cohen, requested Judge Michael A. DiPietro — who also presided over Friday’s proceeding — review the District Court’s transcript before moving forward with his client’s Circuit Court bail petition for reevaluation.
The transcript was reportedly emailed to Judge DiPietro on Nov. 2.
After agreeing to postpone the proceeding, Judge DiPietro set Hampton’s new bail review date for Nov. 10, which Cohen said is expected to change due to his trial schedule.
Hampton is charged with first-degree assault, using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and firing a gun within Baltimore City.
The female victim in the case told Baltimore City Police that she was backing out of her driveway near the 1000 block of Myrtle Avenue and leaving the alley leading to 600 McCollough Circle when she saw two people on the driver’s side of her vehicle. One of the suspects began shooting at the victim’s vehicle, she reportedly told police.
The victim drove away at a high speed and realized she had been shot, but continued driving until she found a police officer. She was treated for a gunshot wound to her left hand and a graze wound to her chest at Union Memorial Hospital.
According to charging documents, Hampton reportedly confessed to police that she shot at a neighbor who she believed broke into her and her cousin’s home and stole multiple items minutes before the shooting. Court documents state that Hampton waived her Miranda rights and said that she and her cousin were outside looking for their phones that had been stolen. Her cousin allegedly pointed to the victim’s vehicle, claimed it was the burglary suspects and told Hampton to shoot at them, which she then did.
The firearm was registered to Hampton who had a valid handgun permit, police reported. Officers allegedly found a Canik METE MC 9mm handgun, one magazine with 12 rounds of 9mm ammunition and another magazine with 11 rounds of 9mm ammunition inside the family’s home while executing a search and seizure warrant — the same handgun allegedly used in the shooting.
Court documents state Western District police officers were called around 6:05 a.m. for a reported home burglary at the defendant’s home on the 1000 block of Argyle Avenue on Sept. 14, 2026.
Police officers’ initial investigation found that “several suspects” allegedly stole two phones, a BB gun and food from Hampton and her cousin’s residence and were seen in a neighbor’s video camera footage leaving the area around 6:03 a.m. Less than 10 minutes later, Hampton and her cousin reportedly walked outside where the latter told Hampton, “She knows where her phone is,” and asked, “You got that bitch? You got that bitch?”
Police reported the phrase “is commonly used slang to describe carrying a firearm.”
The two women walked to the shared backlot between the 1000 block of Argyle Avenue and 1000 block of Myrtle Avenue. Around 6:10 a.m., video shows a woman screaming and running toward the 600 block of McCollough Circle, with Hampton and her cousin returning home about a minute later as one of them is heard saying, “Well, guess I’m not going to work today.”
No evidence was found connecting the victim to the burglary, police reported.
