Hamtramck Councilman Mohammed Hassan sentenced to probation in absentee ballot case
August 14th, 20260 HAMTRAMCK — Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Michael Hathaway sentenced Hamtramck City Councilman Mohammed Hassan to probation and community service after a jury convicted him last month of making a false statement on an absentee ballot application. The misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail. In July, the jury...
Shelby Township man charged in stabbing at Lake St. Clair’s Raft Off
August 14th, 20260 MARINE CITY — A Macomb County man could face up to 20 years in prison after allegedly stabbing another man during the annual Raft Off gathering on Lake St. Clair last weekend. Salem Asmar, 26, of Shelby Township was arraigned Monday in 72nd District Court in Marine City on one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less...
Three men charged after far-right provocateur Jake Lang attacked during Dearborn Arbaeen procession
August 7th, 20260 DEARBORN — Dearborn police initially announced the arrest of one person in connection with the assault on far-right provocateur Jake Lang during Sunday’s annual Arbaeen procession, while asking the public for help identifying others involved in the attack. Police subsequently announced that three men had been charged in connection...
FBI captures fugitive accused in $547 million Medicare fraud scheme after years on the run
July 24th, 20260 Federal authorities have arrested a fugitive accused of orchestrating a massive $547 million Medicare fraud scheme, bringing an end to an international manhunt that lasted more than three years. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Khalid Ahmed Satary, 54, was arrested in the Middle East on July 20 and extradited to the...
FBI warns Metro Detroit residents of rising AI-powered scams, romance fraud
July 17th, 20260 ETROIT — The FBI's Detroit Field Office is warning residents to remain vigilant as scammers increasingly use phone calls, text messages, emails, social media platforms and smartphone apps to steal money and personal information, urging the public to verify the legitimacy of any unexpected communication before responding or sharing...
Oakland County prosecutor charges man in threats against Madison Heights Islamic center
July 3rd, 20260 MADISON HEIGHTS — On Thursday, Oakland County prosecutors charged a homeless man accused of making death threats against leaders and worshipers at the American Islamic Community Center (AICC) in Madison Heights after allegedly leaving two profanity-filled voicemail messages threatening to kill members of the mosque. According to the...
LARA announces seizure of more than 17,000 pounds of illegal fireworks and explosives
June 27th, 20260 LANSING – The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), through its Bureau of Fire Services (BFS) and the state fire marshal, partnered with local public safety agencies to seize more than 17,000 pounds of illegal fireworks and explosive materials during a coordinated multi-phase investigation. The investigation...
Three children rescued from hot vehicle in Redford; mothers arrested on child neglect charges
June 19th, 20260 REDFORD TOWNSHIP — Three young children were rescued from a parked vehicle during last week’s extreme heat wave after being left unattended in a shopping center parking lot while temperatures approached 90 degrees. According to police, the children were discovered inside a vehicle parked at Redford Plaza shortly before 5 p.m. with...
25-year-old charged in fatal shooting of four family members in Livonia
June 19th, 20260 LIVONIA — A 25-year-old Livonia man accused of fatally shooting his parents, his brother and his brother’s girlfriend inside the family home earlier this month has been denied bond as he faces multiple murder charges in one of the city’s most shocking recent crimes. During his arraignment, Gage Wade Pierce was formally charged...
Life in prison without parole for the killer of Melvindale Police Corporal Mohamed Said
June 12th, 20260 DETROIT — A Wayne County judge has sentenced Michael Lopez to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Melvindale Police Corporal Mohamed Said in the line of duty in July 2024. The sentence follows Lopez's conviction last month on charges of first-degree premeditated murder, along with...
Northville man faces hate crime charges over anti-Muslim confrontation
May 22nd, 20260 TROY — Arab American Subhi "Souby" Saad, 53, of Northville, is a Metro Detroit businessman known for operating several adult entertainment venues, including Subi's Place in Southgate, appeared Thursday in 52-4 Troy District Court for a preliminary hearing on charges stemming from an alleged anti-Muslim confrontation earlier this...
Detroit area religious, political and civil rights leaders condemn San Diego mosque attack amid rising Islamophobia
May 22nd, 20261 DETROIT — Religious, political and civil rights leaders across Metro Detroit strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting the Islamic Center of San Diego earlier this week, describing the incident as another alarming sign of escalating Islamophobia and politically fueled anti-Muslim hatred in the United States. At the same time,...
Security guard hailed as hero after sacrificing his life to stop deadly attack on San Diego Islamic center
May 22nd, 20260 SAN DIEGO — In what authorities fear could have become a horrific massacre targeting dozens of Muslim children in Southern California, a deadly hate-driven attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego left five people dead Monday morning, including a security guard who sacrificed his life protecting students at the center’s Islamic...
Anti-Semitic flyers distributed across Oakland County Jewish neighborhoods spark renewed alarm
May 22nd, 20260 OAK PARK — Law enforcement agencies across Oakland County are investigating the distribution of anti-Semitic flyers across several Metro Detroit suburbs after unidentified individuals targeted neighborhoods with concentrated Jewish populations during the weekend. The flyers appeared in the cities of Berkley, Oak Park and Huntington...
Quran burning attempts by extremist agitator trigger outrage in Hamtramck and Dearborn
May 15th, 20262 DEARBORN/HAMTRAMCK — Once again, far-right activist Jake Lang appeared in the Detroit area last week as part of his continuing efforts to incite hostility against Muslim Americans and provoke local communities through repeated attempts to burn copies of the Holy Quran. The visits by the Jewish-born right-wing activist to Dearborn and......
Fay Beydoun pleads not guilty to 16 felony charges in $20 million state grant case
May 8th, 20260 FARMINGTON HILLS — Arab American businesswoman Fay Beydoun appeared Wednesday before the 47th District Court in Farmington Hills, where she was formally charged with 16 felony counts by the office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, including conducting a criminal enterprise, embezzlement and submitting fraudulent financial...
High-speed pursuit leads to Ferndale crash, suspect faces multiple charges
May 1st, 20260 FERNDALE — An Arab American man from Garden City is facing a potential prison sentence of more than five years after allegedly fleeing police during a high-speed chase that ended when his vehicle crashed into a Verizon store in Ferndale on the evening of Friday, April 24. Emad Rehman, 26, is charged with third-degree fleeing and......
Jury convicts Michael Lopez in fatal shooting of Melvindale officer Mohamed Said
May 1st, 20260 DETROIT — On Tuesday, a jury in Wayne County Circuit Court convicted Michael Lopez in the fatal shooting of Mohamed Said, a corporal with the Melvindale Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on July 21, 2024. The jury found Lopez, 45, guilty on all 12 counts related to the killing of Said, who was 26-years-old when he...
Dearborn man linked to 35,000 child abuse files faces federal charges
April 17th, 20260 DEARBORN — Federal authorities have revealed disturbing details in a major child exploitation case following the arrest of a 26-year-old Arab American man from Dearborn, who investigators say was linked to tens of thousands of suspected child sexual abuse files and found in possession of a large cache of illicit material. The suspect,...
Yemeni immigrant hailed as hero after saving teen from armed kidnapper
April 17th, 20260 HAMTRAMCK — A Yemeni immigrant working at a gas station in Detroit on April 13 is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a 16-year-old Arab American girl who had been kidnapped at gunpoint earlier that morning in a terrifying incident that has shaken the community. The suspect, Donald James Joseph Arthur Fields, 48, was taken into...
Hamtramck bus stop abduction shocks community; swift police response leads to arrest
April 16th, 20260 HAMTRAMCK — A brazen early morning abduction of a 16-year-old student waiting for her school bus has sent shockwaves through Hamtramck and drawn widespread attention across local and national media, as authorities moved quickly to arrest a suspect now facing multiple felony charges, including kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual......
Rising Islamophobia: Two men arrested for threatening mosques in Ohio and Pennsylvania
March 27th, 20260 CLEVELAND/PITTSBURGH — In a troubling sign of rising anti-Muslim hatred in the United States, federal authorities have arrested two American men accused of threatening separate mosques in Ohio and Pennsylvania, drawing praise from civil rights advocates for swift action that may have prevented potential attacks during the final days of...
Hamtramck Councilman Muhtasin Sadman pleads guilty to reduced charge in election fraud case
March 6th, 20260 Hamtramck City Council member Muhtasin Sadman has resolved a criminal case tied to allegations of election fraud in the 2023 Hamtramck municipal elections, after pleading guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. Sadman entered the plea before Hamtramck District Court late last month, admitting......
Macomb County woman faces felony sextortion charges in Oakland County case
February 27th, 20260 ROYAL OAK — A 26-year-old Arab American woman from Macomb County is facing felony charges related to an alleged online sextortion scheme in which she is accused of luring men through adult websites and later threatening and extorting them for thousands of dollars. According to local authorities, Marina Elissa Bazzi was arrested at...
Shelby Township man sentenced to three years for $3 million PPP fraud scheme
February 20th, 20260 DETROIT — In one of the latest rulings tied to COVID-19 relief fraud, a federal court in Detroit sentenced a Macomb County man to three years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme involving the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The defendant, Samer Kammo, 46, of Shelby Township, was also ordered to pay nearly......
