Jury Acquits Man Accused of Fauji Grocery Mart Shooting
A jury has found 29-year-old Matthew Lipscomb not guilty for an attempted murder at Fauji Grocery Mart exactly six years to the day of the shooting on March 1, 2017. After a…
+ Read MoreA jury has found 29-year-old Matthew Lipscomb not guilty for an attempted murder at Fauji Grocery Mart exactly six years to the day of the shooting on March 1, 2017. After a…
+ Read MoreA homicide case and an unrelated attempted homicide case were delayed one day due to the absence of the presiding Baltimore City Circuit Court judge. According to the circuit court…
+ Read MoreSoda was still fizzing on the ground from gunfire when Baltimore Police arrived at Fauji Grocery Mart on the evening of March 1, 2017. Video evidence captured the shooting, and…
+ Read MoreAccording to the prosecution, a defendant’s sentencing hearing was postponed on Feb. 13 due to pending matters unknown to Baltimore Witness. Defense lawyer Natalie Finegar appeared before Baltimore City Circuit…
+ Read MoreThe retrial of manslaughter defendant Bryan Hannah was set for June 20 for a fatal, drug-related shooting at Waverly Tavern in 2017. During reception court on Feb. 9, the prosecution and defense…
+ Read MoreA Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down three respective sentences on Feb. 2 for the remaining co-defendants who were found guilty of the murders of Kendrick Brown and William…
+ Read MoreA jury in the trial of homicide defendant Donte Brown announced a guilty verdict on Jan. 31. The week-long trial concluded on Jan. 27 with closing arguments from the prosecution…
+ Read MoreOn Jan. 25, an attempted murder defendant received a trial date during his reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Defendant Dionte Johnson rejected a plea…
+ Read More“He’s a man, not an executioner.” During opening statements on Jan. 25, defense counsel in the jury trial of Donte Brown adamantly denied the defendant’s alleged involvement in the murder of 22-year-old…
+ Read MoreBaltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony Vittoria sentenced a convicted attempted murder defendant on Jan. 23 to a total of 46 years in prison, in addition, required him to pay a $1,000…
+ Read MoreAfter a three-day murder trial, the prosecutor told the jury that all signs point to defendant Cornelius Hayes as the suspect who shot and killed his sister, Lezatte Jackson, in…
+ Read MoreDefense counsel for 45-year-old homicide defendant Cornelius Hayes directed the jury’s attention to a different suspect in the killing of Lezatte Jackson during her opening statements. On Jan. 4, the defendant’s jury…
+ Read MoreHomicide defendant Jeffrey Chaney received a new defense attorney and a trial date on Dec. 22, less than two weeks after expressing issues with his prior representation. The 67-year-old defendant…
+ Read MoreThe jury trial for attempted homicide defendant Matthew Lipscomb was postponed until February 2023. On Dec. 19, Lipscomb and his defense counsel, Natalie Finegar, briefly appeared before Baltimore City Circuit…
+ Read MoreA minor traffic accident that could have been resolved peacefully ended with gun violence, an assistant state’s attorney shared with the jury on Dec. 14 during the attempted murder trial…
+ Read MoreOn Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn postponed the sentencing for a 19-year-old defendant who pleaded guilty to murder in May 2022. Defendant Omarion Anderson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in…
+ Read MoreA Baltimore man charged with murder had his trial postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 12. Defendant Cornelius Hayes is charged with first-degree murder,…
+ Read MoreA Baltimore woman charged with first-degree murder had her trial began on Nov. 17 with opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gregory Sampson. Toni Arnold, 32, is charged with…
+ Read MoreOn Nov. 4, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer upheld a sentence for a defendant convicted of shooting a family member during a dispute on Thanksgiving of 2021. …
+ Read MoreOn Nov. 4, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer upheld a sentence for a defendant convicted of shooting a family member during a dispute on Thanksgiving of 2021. Andrew Abiola,…
+ Read MoreA Baltimore man convicted of attempted murder in April had his motions hearing postponed on Oct. 24 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony Vittoria. On April 8, Jermaine Davis was convicted of…
+ Read MoreThe mother of Tyrell Johnson-Woods, who was shot multiple times and killed in June 2021, asked a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge to be “as harsh as we can go”…
+ Read MoreA 35-year-old Baltimore man accused of fatally stabbing a man in South Clifton Park last year will wait another seven months for his jury trial following the prosecution’s request for…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 21, a Baltimore man charged with homicide had his case rescheduled for Thursday to pick a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn. Brandon Beshore is charged…
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