Annual FBI hate crimes report marks 2019 as the “deadliest year on record”
November 18th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an annual hate crimes report released this week, the FBI announced that 2019 saw a record high number of hate crime murders in the United States. Hate crimes are described by the FBI as an offense “motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender...
Cases against the “Wolverine Watchmen” continue in court
November 17th, 20200 LANSING — Attorney General Dana Nessel’s prosecution against the eight men facing domestic terrorism charges continued in court Friday with a bond hearing for two of the defendants. The charges against the men were put forward after they were found to be involved in an alleged plot to storm the state’s Capitol building and...
Accountability For Dearborn addresses racism in Dearborn, shares data of racial targeting by police
October 24th, 20200 DEARBORN — Accountability For Dearborn (A4D) has turned to the City Council to address racial segregation in Dearborn while also releasing police records for the last decade. Having submitted a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request almost three months ago, A4D announced that it had finally received the information it had...
Dearborn police arrest Detroit man after an alleged road rage shooting
October 23rd, 20201 DEARBORN — Luis Angel Berrios-Rosario, 38-years-old, of Detroit, has been charged in connection with a road rage incident that occurred in Dearborn on Sunday. Berrios-Rosario has been charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, discharge of a firearm from a vehicle, felonious assault...
Attorney General Nessel announces 14th person charged in Whitmer kidnapping plot; eighth person in terrorism plot
October 16th, 20200 LANSING — Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office is reporting that there is now a 14th person charged in the plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer. Ryan Jarvi, a spokesperson for Nessel’s office, told local news outlets that a 14th person was arrested in the plot to kidnap Whitmer, but would not provide further details regarding the...
Attorney General Dana Nessel announces felony embezzlement charges against Detroit investment adviser
October 15th, 20200 LANSING — A Detroit investment adviser has been arraigned on multiple felony charges, including embezzlement. Lawrence Roberson, 74, allegedly took $90,000 from two of his clients and spent the money for himself, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. He was arranged on Oct. 6 in the 36th District Court in Detroit on two...
AG Nessel, Feds charge 13 people in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, commit domestic terrorism
October 8th, 20200 LANSING — On Thursday, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against seven Michiganders for plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer. “I’d like to announce that my office has filed additional charges in addition to the charges already announced by the U.S. Attorney’s office,” she said. “I’d like to announce the...
AG brings felony charges against two men for intimidating voters through robocalls
October 8th, 20200 DETROIT — On Thursday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the arrest and arraignment of two men who attempted to intimidate voters through robocalls. The two men, Jack Burkman, 54, of Arlington, Virginia and Jacob Wohl, 22, of Los Angeles, are charged with felony intimidating voters, conspiracy to commit an election law...
Darius Whiting, 48, found shot on Michigan and Schlaff
September 24th, 20200 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police have announced that on Wednesday, September 23, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers responded to the area of Michigan Avenue and Schlaff Street for a report of man found deceased in a pickup truck. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, Darius Whiting, a 48-year-old Farmington Hills resident, had...
Former Wayne councilman charged with accomplice for false report of a felony
September 23rd, 20200 WAYNE — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Christopher James Sanders, 51, of Wayne and Jimmie Lee Chandler, 28, of Van Buren Township in connection with the alleged planting of a starter pistol and fake drugs in a city employee’s car. Allegedly, on October 16, 2017, at the behest of now former Wayne...
Young Arab American gets fired after stopping purse snatcher who stole from elderly woman
September 22nd, 20200 VERMONT — Amir Shedyak, 20, a four-year employee of an Essex supermarket, stopped a thief who was stealing a woman’s purse. His reward: Being fired by his employer. Shedyak is a volunteer firefighter and was once the Hannaford Supermarket’s employee-of-the-month. He was beginning his shift when a man approached him and said an...
35-year-old Pontiac man arrested after Dearborn Police locate a missing 12-year-old Allen Park girl
September 17th, 20200 ALLEN PARK — The Allen Park Police Department give credit to Dearborn Police for helping bring a missing 12-year-old girl home last month after she met an older man on Snapchat. On Aug. 19, officers responded to a residence in Allen Park for a runaway 12-year-old juvenile and were told by the child’s parents that she had been...
Dearborn man who filed for $9.8 million tax refund headed to court
September 17th, 20200 LANSING – A Dearborn who filed for a tax refund of more than $9.8 million from the Michigan Department of Treasury is being charged with multiple felonies, including tax fraud, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday. Dashonta D. Warren, 41, is charged with one count of filing a false income tax return, a...
Several Arab Americans arrested in Dearborn for various alleged crimes over the last month
September 4th, 20204 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad held a press conference on Thursday to update the city on recent crimes. The department also released information on several incidents and related arrests in the past few weeks. Though the department reports a decline in crime by 18 percent, several Arab Americans involved in various...
Dearborn police seeking assault suspect allegedly involved in shooting
September 4th, 20200 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, August 25, Dearborn police officers responded to a shooting that occurred on the 14300 block of Michigan Avenue at approximately 5:15 pm. The suspects, described as two Black males, fled the scene. A 26-year-old Dearborn resident was transported to a local hospital with a non-fatal gunshot wound. After a......
Dearborn Police searching for young Arab male involved in Sunday shooting
August 31st, 20200 Dearborn — Dearborn Police are searching for a young Arab man who may have been involved in a shooting on Sunday. According to a release, a shooting occurred on Aug. 30 during a road rage incident near the area of Oakman Blvd. and Warren Rd. between acquaintances. The victim was transported to Beaumont Hospital for multiple gunshot...
Attorney General Nessel warns of Apple tech scam
August 26th, 20200 LANSING – While the Michigan Department of Attorney General has not seen an uptick in complaints of tech-savvy scammers, recent media coverage of an Apple iPhone scam highlights the need to remind Michiganders again to be cautious of tech-support scams. Attorney General Dana Nessel is reminding residents to beware of......
Former border patrol agent charged in homicide of 93-year-old Dearborn woman
August 12th, 20200 DEARBORN — Police say the victim of a mid-July homicide victim was Maxine Callaghan, 93, a “vibrant and independent” woman who gave back to her community at the time of her death. Callaghan was a volunteer at The Henry Ford. She was also well known in her community and described to have enjoyed bird watching and taking...
Plymouth Township woman charged with filing false absent voter application
July 31st, 20200 LANSING — A Plymouth Township woman is facing a felony charge after the township clerk, who was reviewing applications for absentee voter ballots, discovered the woman’s alleged attempt to obtain a ballot in the name of another person. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged Karen Lynne Rotondo,...
Two individuals robbed Hak’s Jewelry on Warren Ave., police asking for help identifying suspects
July 23rd, 20200 DEARBORN — Hak’s Jewelry, the jewelry store owned and operated by a member of the Abdel-Hak family, was robbed by two armed men Wednesday evening. According to the Dearborn Police Department, the two men broke into the jewelry store located at 10221 Warren Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. and proceeding to commit armed...
Gun crimes in Dearborn increased by 130 percent since June 1
July 21st, 20200 DEARBORN — In the six weeks between June 1 and July 17, police say they have seen a 130 percent increase in firearm-related offenses. During a news conference on Tuesday, the Dearborn Police Department acknowledged a spike in gun crimes in the city, as well as a recent fatal shooting. Even so, crimes involving firearms increased......
Arab American police officer shot and killed, suspect found dead in Ohio
July 4th, 20200 TOLEDO, OHIO — A Toledo Police Officer, Anthony Hussein Dia, was shot and killed shortly after midnight on July 4, the Toledo Police Department said in a press release. Dia, 26, responded to a call regarding an intoxicated male, 57-year-old Edward Henry, walking around the parking lot of a Home Depot on Alexis Road in Toledo....
Southfield clerk bound over for trial on six felony counts
June 11th, 20200 SOUTHFIELD – Judge Michelle Friedman Appel has bound over Southfield Clerk Sherikia Hawkins on all six felony counts brought against her, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday. Stemming from the Nov. 6, 2018 general election, Hawkins was charged as follows: Count One: Election law –......
Police arrest Dearborn Heights man accused of stabbing his mother to death
April 18th, 20200 Mo Mohamed Ali Saad, 32, was arrested on the highway of Tennessee today by Police with the help of U.S. Federal Marshals. Saad is accused of killing his mother in Dearborn Heights on Thursday. Tennessee Highway Patrol and Dearborn Heights Police arrested 32-year-old Mohamed Ali Saad at around 10:30 a.m. Saturday in connection with the...
Attorney General Nessel, health department issue warning to Michiganders regarding coronavirus scams
February 26th, 20200 LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) have issued a warning to Michigan residents regarding scams related to the coronavirus disease 2019. The scams include selling fake products, as well as fabricated emails, texts and social media posts used to steal money......
