Dearborn Heights police chief pledges full cooperation with investigation of alleged sexual assault charges against former sergeant
May 7th, 20250 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Police officials were recently made aware of an incident that led to an officer sharing information regarding an alleged sexual assault that occurred between 2021 and 2022 at the Dearborn Heights Police Headquarters. The accused individual has not been employed by the department since 2023. Police Chief Ahmed...
“Wrong phone number” scams are on the rise
May 2nd, 20250 If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to steal money and information from victims. I personally have been sent variations on this theme: "Hello! I hope you had a good day." "Are you...
Missing teen found in Dearborn Heights; 62-year old man arrested for harboring her without prior relationship
May 2nd, 20250 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Nearly a month and a half after a 16-year-old girl escaped from a juvenile care center in Dearborn Heights, local police have located her living in a home in the city with a Lebanese national, who has since been arrested and handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Authorities discovered that he...
Dearborn man faces life sentence for arson at Garden City massage center
April 18th, 20250 GARDEN CITY — A 34-year-old Arab American man from Dearborn, identified as Ali Al-Shimary, is facing eight felony charges — including attempted murder and arson — after allegedly setting fire to a massage center in Garden City while two women were inside. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, when Garden...
Arab American child struck and killed by ice cream truck in Detroit’s Warrendale neighborhood
April 18th, 20250 DETROIT — A tragic accident in Detroit’s Warrendale neighborhood has left the Arab American community in mourning after Mubarak Walid, a 6-year-old boy, was fatally struck by an ice cream truck Monday evening. According to Detroit Police Department Capt. Shannon Hampton, the incident occurred around 7 p.m. at the intersection of...
Spitting match turns violent: Gunfire erupts at Southfield gas station
April 11th, 20250 SOUTHFIELD – An Arab American gas station attendant in Southfield is facing charges of assault with a dangerous weapon after firing multiple shots to intimidate an African American customer who spat on him during a verbal altercation earlier this month. The incident occurred at a station on Greenfield Road near 10 Mile. The attendant,...
Four Hamtramck City Council members under investigation for election fraud
April 11th, 20250 Four of the six members of the Hamtramck City Council, along with a former member, are under criminal investigation for conspiracy and election fraud related to the illegal acquisition of absentee ballots. This is according to official documents recently released by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, which requested the...
Fourth suspect charged in Dearborn murder of Arab American business owner in 2023
March 29th, 20250 DEARBORN – The number of individuals charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Arab American Hassan Mahmoud Salame in Dearborn in 2023 has risen to four, following an announcement last week by the Dearborn Police Department that criminal charges have been filed against 35-year-old Dawanne Midgett for his alleged involvement in...
Florida man sentenced to 18 months for threatening Michigan Islamic organization
March 28th, 20250 Last week, a federal court in Detroit sentenced 73-year-old Michael Shapiro, a resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, to 18 months in prison for threatening the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its staff in late 2023. According to court records, Shapiro left six threatening and profanity-laced...
$20,000 reward offered in road rage killing of 19-year-old Rawan Baseti
March 28th, 20250 DEARBORN – A month after the tragic death of 19-year-old Rawan Baseti in a fatal shooting that followed a road rage incident, Dearborn police — alongside the crime-fighting organization Crime Stoppers — announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of her killer. The announcement came during a press conference...
How authorities identified a suspect in last summer’s attempted jewelry store robbery in Dearborn
March 21st, 20250 CHICAGO – A report by WDIV-TV Local 4 has revealed details surrounding the arrest of one of the two men who attempted to rob a jewelry store in Dearborn on August 7, 2024. The report states that the suspects traveled from Illinois to Michigan to carry out the crime, only to return empty-handed after being repelled by the store's...
16-year-old seriously injured in fight between Arab American teenagers in Dearborn Wednesday, two suspects arrested
March 21st, 20250 DEARBORN – A brawl between two groups of Arab American teenagers at a gas station in East Dearborn Wednesday evening resulted in one teen sustaining serious injuries. He was transported to a local hospital, where he is now recovering as his condition stabilizes. According to a statement from Dearborn Police, a group of several...
FBI issues warning over toll scam text messages
March 18th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning Americans not to respond to scam text messages related to toll fees, after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month, according to ABC News. These messages impersonate official toll collection agencies and attempt to trick mobile phone users into revealing...
Illinois man found guilty of murder of Palestinian American boy
March 7th, 20250 PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, IL – Plainfield Township resident Joseph Czuba has been found guilty of murder and hate crime charges for fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American and gravely wounding his mother in October 2023. Czuba, 73, was the landlord of the home where the 6-year-old, Wadee Alfayoumi, and his mother, Hanan...
Iraqi American man’s heroic intervention thwarts armed robbery attempt in Ypsilanti
March 7th, 20250 YPSILANTI – With remarkable courage and composure, an Iraqi American man successfully thwarted an armed robbery attempt at a juice store in Ypsilanti on the evening of Friday, February 28. He managed to disarm the perpetrator and pin him to the ground before allowing him to leave, leading to his later......
Young Arab American woman killed in road rage shooting incident near Dearborn-Detroit border
February 28th, 20250 DEARBORN – A 19-year-old Arab American woman was tragically shot and killed following a road rage altercation with another vehicle at approximately 10 p.m. on Friday, February 21. According to police, the victim, Rawan Mohamed Baseti, a resident of Dearborn Heights, was driving a black 2018 Jeep Cherokee with two female friends when...
Man charged with ethnic intimidation for threats against Michigan Muslim group
February 7th, 20250 A 78-year-old man in Michigan was charged with ethnic intimidation over alleged threats against a U.S. Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American Islamic Relations, the advocacy group and officials said on Thursday. Paul Naiman was arraigned on three counts of ethnic intimidation, with the Canton Police Department confirming the......
Three injured in armed clash during home invasion attempt in Dearborn Heights
January 31st, 20250 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – A violent armed confrontation during an attempted home invasion in Dearborn Heights resulted in three people being injured, authorities confirmed. The incident took place late Monday night, sending shockwaves through the residential community as law enforcement responded swiftly to the...
Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say
January 4th, 20250 The highly decorated Army soldier inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas shot himself in the head just before detonation, authorities said Thursday. The explosion caused minor injuries to seven people, but virtually no damage to the hotel. Clark County Sheriff Kevin...
Dearborn man sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding retailers of more than $4 million
January 4th, 20250 SEATTLE – A 27-year-old Dearborn, Michigan, man was sentenced Dec. 19 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for a fraud scheme damaging retailers across the country, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Teal L. Miller said in a press release. Sajed Al-Maarej operated “Simple...
FBI: New Orleans rampage driver acted alone, was inspired “100 percent” by ISIS group
January 4th, 20250 The Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in the deadly attack that officials said was inspired by the ISIS group. The FBI also revealed that the driver, Shamsud-Din......
White House releases U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate
December 13th, 20240 On Thursday, the White House released the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate. The Strategy was developed through a whole-of-government collaboration with a broad range of civil society partners to describe and address the bias, discrimination and threats Muslim and Arab Americans have long faced....
AG Nessel urges consumers to protect their credit cards from scammers
December 13th, 20240 LANSING – To help consumers protect their accounts from fraudsters this time of year, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing her Credit Card Safety consumer alert. The attorney general has also released a public service announcement with tips to avoid holiday scams. “Having a credit card may be beneficial,......
Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide
December 6th, 20240 “We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo. By Prem Thakker A young Palestinian man walks in the rubble following Israeli airstrikes on Khan Yunis, Gaza, on April 7. File photo Israel is committing...
Taylor woman charged with second-degree murder in the crash that killed Dr. Ghada Mustapha
November 29th, 20240 A woman from Taylor has been charged with second-degree murder in the car crash that killed 33-year-old Dr. Ghada Mustapha from Dearborn, according to a Wayne County Prosecutor's Office press release. On July 19, just before 8 a.m., Felecia Sunshine Lazo's car crashed into Mustapha's pickup truck while driving at an extremely high......
