Matthew Lipscomb Archives - Baltimore Witness

Judge Denies Bail for 2017 Homicide Defendant Maintaining Innocence

Details On Feb. 9, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria denied bail for a 30-year-old homicide defendant who has been held in prison for five years. Matthew Lipscomb is... Read More

E. Chase Street Shooter Gets November Retrial After Mistrial in 2017 Murder Case

Details After his recent mistrial, homicide defendant Matthew Lipscomb received a November retrial date on July 27 during Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn’s reception court. The now-29-year-old defendant’s four-day... Read More

Homicide Defendant Gets Trial Date, Despite Reduced Plea Offer

Details After several postponements, counsel agreed on a June trial date for 29-year-old Matthew Lipscomb for a homicide in July 2017. Lipscomb is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to first-degree murder,... Read More

Judge Postpones Trial for Homicide Defendant Recently Found Not Guilty of Attempted Murder

Details A defendant accused of murdering 29-year-old Dione Solomon had his trial postponed before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on March 2. Defendant Matthew Lipscomb had a reception court hearing for the murder... Read More

Jury Acquits Man Accused of Fauji Grocery Mart Shooting

Details 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 More

Judge’s Absence Delays Two Cases

Details A 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 More

Man’s Retrial Begins for 2017 Fauji Grocery Mart Shooting

Details Soda 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 More

Attempted Homicide Trial Pushed to February 2023

Details The 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 More

Case Not Called for Murder Defendant

Details An attempted murder defendants’ case was not called during reception court on March 2 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Matthew Lipscomb, 28, is charged with attempted... Read More

Man Charged in Murder and Attempted Murder Cases Gets Two Trial Dates

By Caroline Myers [former] - August 30, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details Two separate trials were scheduled for a 27-year-old defendant charged with murder and attempted murder on Aug. 27 at Baltimore City Circuit Court. Baltimore resident Matthew Lipscomb is charged in... Read More