Dearborn Police report: Crime is down by 9.1 percent
December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Monday, December 3, the Dearborn Police Department and Mayor Jack O’Reilly held a press conference to address crime updates and issues in the city. Dearborn Police officials included Police Chief Ron Haddad. Representatives from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and the Retailers and Michigan Liquor Control...
FBI: Surge in hate crimes in 2017 the largest since 9/11
November 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Hate crimes in the United States in 2017 saw the largest increase — to more than 7,000 — since a period immediately after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, new FBI data said Tuesday. The 2017 data is the latest uniform crime reporting compilation of bias-motivated incidents from more than 16,100 U.S. law...
White man who shot at lost Black teen will serve at least four years behind bars
November 20th, 20180 ROCHESTER HILLS — The White man who fired shots at a Black teen who'd knocked on his door to ask for directions earlier this year was sentenced on Tuesday to at least four years in prison by Judge Wendy Potts of Oakland County Circuit Court. Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, was sentenced two to 10 years in prison for assault with the intent to...
Learn how to shut down utility scammers
November 20th, 20180 During the busiest time of your workday, you get an urgent call. It’s the electric company. Pay your late bill now, or they’ll cut off your power. Don't pay. It's a scam. It’s not the utility company on the phone. It’s a scammer trying to trick you into paying them. How can you tell? The caller wants you to pay by wire...
Dearborn police found baby next to rifle during traffic stop
November 19th, 20180 DEARBORN — Dearborn police officers were surprised to find a baby sitting next to a rifle in the back seat after pulling over a suspicious vehicle. Four suspects – Brian Williams, 28, Vontez VcGee, 28, Ernest young, 32, and Tamara Hardin, 29, all of Detroit – face multiple firearms-related charges in the case. The incident...
Flint airport stabber convicted in terror case
November 16th, 20180 FLINT — Amor Ftouhi, a Tunisian national charged with terrorism and stabbing a police officer during a terror attack last year at Bishop International Airport in Flint, was convicted of all charges Tuesday. Ftouhi, 51, faces up to life in prison for the June 2017 attack and will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Leitman...
Police officers find weapons, ammo cache during check of licensed dealer
November 16th, 20180 DEARBORN — Police officers found a large cache of weapons and ammo Nov. 7 after a postal carrier-initiated wellness check of a legally licensed Dearborn arms dealer, who died of natural causes. Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad said at a Nov. 12 press conference that the community was on edge when rumors started to spread after...
Detroit man arrested for child sexually abusive material
November 16th, 20181 DETROIT— The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Nicholas Thaier Mukhtar, 29, for child sexually abusive material following a multi-county investigation. The MSP CCU/ICAC Task Force, Grand Rapids Office began communicating online with a subject later identified as...
Sentencing delayed for Iraqi American woman charged in baby’s drowning
November 2nd, 20180 WARREN — The sentencing of an Iraqi American woman on a child abuse charge for the 2017 drowning of her infant son was delayed Wednesday so her defense attorney could submit written arguments. Julian Levant, defense attorney for Sara Al-Mestony, gained an adjournment of her sentencing on Wednesday by Judge Kathryn Viviano of the...
Troy deacon charged with sex assaults on teen boy
November 2nd, 20181 Troy — A longtime member and a deacon at a Chaldean Catholic church in Troy faces felony charges related to allegations of "multiple" sexual encounters with a teen boy at the church for more than a year. Hurmiz Ishak, 63, is in the Oakland County Jail on a $300,000 cash-or-surety bond on three counts of criminal sexual...
Beaumont Hospital doctor charged with embezzlement
October 26th, 20180 TRENTON — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Dr. Iqbal Abdul Nasir of Grosse Ile, for the embezzlement of over $100,000 in funds. It is alleged that on Feb. 13, 2015, Dr. Iqbal Abdul Nasir — then president of Beaumont Trenton Hospital's Medical Executive Committee — fraudulently placed the committee's $116,000...
Dearborn Heights man indicted for ethnic intimidation of Arab American family
October 12th, 20181 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In one of the most diverse counties in the United States, bad neighbors and a dismissive law enforcement has resulted in the arrest of a racist man and a family wanting to leave town. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jason Glenn Sherman, 35, a Dearborn Heights resident, in connection with the ethnic...
Dearborn Police arrests four suspects in T-Mobile armed robbery
October 4th, 20180 DEARBORN — On August 10 an armed robbery occurred at a T-Mobile store on Wyoming in Dearborn. Two suspects, one armed with a handgun, entered the store and stole several iPhones valued at more than $13,000 from the safe inside the store. A thorough investigation by Dearborn Police ultimately led to the arrest of four suspects. ...
Feds shut down fake document sellers
September 24th, 20180 Beware of fake document sellers. When you apply for credit, a mortgage, a place to live, government benefits or tax refunds, most likely you need documents showing your income, employment and other personal information. But not everyone plays by the rules. Some businesses sell fake documents to people who use them to get products and...
CAIR-MI to represent family of man killed by Detroit Police
September 23rd, 20180 DETROIT — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR-MI) a non-profit advocacy group for Muslims, plans to represent the interests of the family of Abdullah Beard (aka Abdullah Abdul Muhamin) regarding his fatal shooting by the Detroit Police on Friday, Sept. 14. "Per the family's request, we will not......
Car plows into crowd outside London Muslim center in possible hate crime
September 21st, 20180 LONDON — On September 19, two people were hospitalized after a car reportedly hit pedestrians near a Muslim community center in northwest London in an incident police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. There were reports people in the car had made Islamophobic comments before leaving the scene in the borough of...
Couple charged in carjacking of 88-year-old Livonia woman
September 21st, 20180 LIVONIA — Jason Malinas, 38, of Sterling Heights, and Jessica St. Clair, 41, of Wayne, have been charged by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in connection with the carjacking of an 88-year-old Livonia woman. On September 18, the victim parked her car at a Walmart Store in Livonia. As she was walking to get a shopping cart,......
Gunman kills five in ‘new normal’ shootings in California
September 14th, 20180 BAKERSFIELD, Cal. — An unidentified gunman killed his wife and four other people in a series of shootings on Wednesday in Southern California before taking his own life, police said. The man went with his wife to a trucking company in Bakersfield, where he shot and killed a man and then turned his gun on his spouse, killing her,...
Anatomy of a fake check scam
September 9th, 20180 Fake checks drive many types of scams — like those involving phony prize wins, fake jobs, mystery shoppers, online classified ad sales and others. In a fake check scam, a person you don’t know asks you to deposit a check — sometimes for several thousand dollars and usually for more than what you are owed — and wire some of the...
Four dead, dozen wounded in shooting at video game tournament in Florida
August 26th, 20180 JACKSONVILLE, Fl. - A shooter killed four people and wounded dozen on Sunday at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, local media said citing police sources. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a suspect was dead at the scene. “Searches are being conducted,” it...
New Mexico judge gets death threats after granting bail to Muslim compound members
August 17th, 20180 TAOS, N.M. — A New Mexico judge received death threats and Islamophobic abuse on Tuesday, a day after she granted bail to five Muslims charged with child abuse and who are accused of training children at their compound to carry out attacks, court officials said. Police raided the compound in Taos County on Aug. 3, following a tip......
No arrests after 66 shot, 12 killed, in weekend Chicago gun violence
August 8th, 20180 Chicago police have made no arrests tied to the shootings of 66 people over the weekend, 12 of them fatal, but dozens were taken into custody on gun charges, the city’s police chief said on Monday. Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson said additional officers had been deployed to prevent retaliatory shootings, leading to the...
Dearborn Police briefs media on major crimes
June 30th, 20180 DEARBORN — On June 25, the Dearborn Police Department provided updates on several major crimes that occurred in the city, during a press conference at the Dearborn Administrative Center. On June 20, three suspects allegedly committed an armed robbery and carjacking of a 32-year-old-male victim. Kimani Waiters, 22, is alleged to have......
Man pleads guilty in Dearborn day care shooting
June 19th, 20180 DETROIT — A Dearborn man whose home-based day care center was the scene of a shooting that wounded two young children pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of second-degree child abuse the day he was to go on trial. Timothy Eubanks, 33, was charged along with his wife, Samantha Eubanks, 32, in connection with the shooting at the...
Tips for scam-free travel or summer vacation
June 19th, 20181 WASHINGTON - Planning a summer vacation? beware of travel scam. You may be looking for deals on cheap flights or discounts at hotels and resorts — but some promotions may come with strings attached, and others can be downright scams. Before you pack your bags, keep these travel tips in mind. Avoid “free” trips that require you......
