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...
Indecent exposure incident takes place at Fairlane Town Center
January 14th, 20200 Dearborn, MI – On Friday, January 10, at approximately 7 p.m., two women entered the women’s bathroom at Macy’s in the Fairlane Town Center. While they were in the bathroom, a Black man in his early 30s exited one of the stalls with his genitals exposed. The women screamed at the man and he fled the bathroom into the mall area....
United States government sues CVS for fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid
December 24th, 20190 NEW YORK — The CVS Health Corporation and its Omnicare unit were sued on Tuesday of last week by the U.S. government, which accused them of violating the federal False Claims Act. The allegations state that CVS illegally dispensed drugs to tens of thousands of patients in assisted living facilities, group homes for people with...
Report warns of technology-based threats from WhatsApp, other apps prior to 2020 election
November 26th, 20190 NEW YORK CITY —A major New York-based university is warning of potential technology-based threats that could compromise the 2020 presidential election, the website Tech Times reported. In a report released this September by the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, the organization said that bad actors...
FBI releases official statistics on hate crimes
November 17th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Bureau of Investigations released its Hate Crime Statistics 2018 report this week. The report is the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias motivated incidents throughout the nation. The 2018 data was submitted by 16,039 law enforcement agencies that provided...
Alleged victim testifies at Ibrahim Aljahim’s trial, confusion and deadlock ensues
October 10th, 20190 HAMTRAMCK – At a preliminary examination for Ibrahim Aljahim at the 31st District Court in Hamtramck on Thursday, both prosecutors and defense were unable to pin down for the court an accurate description of what occurred on the day of an alleged sexual assault by Aljahim on a student at the Oakland International Academy High...
Dearborn community, police hold a meeting to address recent crimes
September 23rd, 20190 DEARBORN — After recent armed robberies and deaths, crime and safety enforcement were two main topics at a neighborhood association meeting this past Wednesday evening at the Hajj Jamil Community Center. They’re also issues that impact almost every neighborhood in Dearborn. Held by the Aviation Property Owners Association...
Gas station owners agree to cultural sensitivity training after shooting incidents
August 31st, 20190 DETROIT — A group of Detroit activists recently shut down a gas station where a bystander was shot by a clerk, forcing its owners to undergo cultural sensitivity training and make other improvements, the Detroit Free Press writes. The Shell gas station on West Warren near the Southfield Freeway was closed last month for five days of......
Manifestos of hate: What White terrorists have in common
August 26th, 20190 Writing under the title of “If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim”, Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. “If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,” Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian newspaper on August 6, President Trump “would be lobbing accusations such as “Islam hates us” in the direction of Muslims and not...
Man sentenced to five years in prison on hate crime charges for threatening Arab American Institute employees
August 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Arlington, Virginia man was sentenced to five years in prison on hate crime charges after allegedly threatening employees of the Arab American Institute here because of their race and national origins. The man, 61-year-old William Patrick Syring, sent threatening emails to nine employees of the Institute, a......
Girl, 9, dies after being mauled by dogs in Detroit; community mobilizes to lend support
August 21st, 20190 DETROIT – Emma Hernandez, a 9-year-old girl, was attacked and killed by three dogs in an alley on Detroit's west side while on her bike on Monday. The neighborhood is south of West Warren and east of Lonyo. According to the Detroit News, neighbors came out to help after they heard the girl screaming. They hurled bricks at the...
Man arrested for scamming travelers at several airports including Detroit Metro Airport
August 13th, 20190 DETROIT - On Saturday, August 10, the Wayne County Airport Authority Police Department arrested 44-year-old H. Michael Borovetz in Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport’s McNamara Terminal. Borovetz is well-known as a professional poker player who has also been convicted multiple times for fraud at several airports. Borovetz is...
Gunman kills 20, wounds 26 at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas
August 3rd, 20190 EL PASO, Texas - A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 as shoppers and employees ran for cover before the gunman surrendered to police at the scene. The suspect was officially identified as a 21-year-old white male from Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb...
Kym Worthy charges Detroit man for two Hamtramck assaults
July 31st, 20190 DETROIT - On Friday, July 26, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Marcus Maxwell Ross, a 32 year old Detroit man, in connection with two separate incidences of assault and robbery in Hamtramck. Jos Campau and Casmere sexual assault On July 14, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a 16-year-old girl was walking in the area of Jos......
FBI’s Wray says most domestic terrorism arrests this year involve White supremacy
July 28th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. - FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that the agency has made about 100 domestic terrorism-related arrests since October, and the majority were tied to White supremacy. ”I will say that a majority of the domestic terrorism cases that we’ve investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call...
Canadian Somali journalist Hodan Nalayeh killed in terror attack
July 22nd, 20190 KISMAYO, SOMALIA - A prominent Canadian Somali journalist who was among 27 people killed in a terrorist attack in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo Saturday is being celebrated for her efforts to change the narrative about her country. Hodan Nalayeh dedicated her life to telling stories about Somalia that focused on more than......
There are no ‘quick fixes’ to clean up your credit
July 5th, 20190 By Lisa Lake If you're trying to clean up your credit, you'll come across plenty of companies offering an easy fix. But any company promising instant results for a price is likely a scam. The FTC says Grand Teton is one of those companies. In its lawsuit, the FTC says Grand Teton tricked people into paying hundreds — even thousands...
Chapel Hill man gets three life sentences for murdering Muslim neighbors
June 22nd, 20190 DURHAM, N.C. — Moments after a North Carolina man pleaded guilty to gunning down three Muslim university students, a prosecutor played a cellphone video of the slayings in court as one of the victims' relatives fainted, others wept and a man openly cursed the confessed killer. Craig Stephen Hicks, 50, pleaded guilty to three counts of......
