Suspect arraigned for holding teenager hostage at knife point
November 20th, 20150 DEARBORN - On Friday November 20, 2015, Anthony Jamal Sharay was arraigned by the Honorable Judge William Hultgren in the 19th District Court. Sharay was charged with Home Invasion 1st Degree, Assault with the Intent to Murder, Great Bodily Harm, Felonious Assault and Unlawful Imprisonment and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. His...Ex-Inkster cop found guilty in beating of driver
William MelendezDETROIT — A former Inkster police officer was found guilty on Thursday of assault and misconduct in office in the beating of a Black motorist during a traffic stop caught on video. A jury in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit found William Melendez, 47, guilty of a third charge of strangulation from the Jan. 28...Dearborn home invasions under investigation
DEARBORN― Several homes have recently been invaded in Dearborn and surrounding communities.The Dearborn Police Department, who is investigating the crimes along with nearby agencies, said the suspect enters the homes through ground-floor unlocked doors and windows with the intent of committing a sexual assault.The invasions usually...
UPDATE: Lockdown lifted at Fairlane Town Center after shooting
November 9th, 20150 DEARBORN — On Monday November 9, Fairlane Town Center and its surrounding area was put in a lock down by Dearborn Police following a shooting inside the mall. The incident took place around 4:45 p.m., when an argument between two men ensued inside a jewelry store on the second floor. One man grabbed a pair of Cartier glasses off the...
Inkster fisherman’s body found in Lake Erie
November 6th, 20150 FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP — The body of an Inkster fisherman who was reported missing last month at Sterling State Park was found in Lake Erie, according to police. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said the body of 53-year-old Stanley Eliot Moore was found Wednesday in the lake, about 100 feet from the shoreline of the park in...Trial to start for Michigan police officer accused in videotaped beating
Photo: ReutersDETROIT― The trial of a white former suburban Detroit police officer accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Floyd Dent in January is scheduled to begin this week.Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday, and Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans said opening statements in the case could begin on...Police arrest suspect in Divine Child High School shooting threat
"While there is no information to believe that this was anything more than a threat we will spare no resource or effort to ensure the safety of our community."DEARBORN ― Lincoln Charter Township police arrested a man suspected to have sent an email early Monday morning threatening to shoot up Divine Child High School.Police said they...Man stabs, slashes two Detroit emergency medical technicians
Photo: Wayne County 36th District CourtDETROIT― A man stabbed and slashed two emergency medical technicians across the face with a box cutter when they responded to an emergency call early last Tuesday near downtown Detroit, a city spokesman said.The EMTs, a man and woman, were responding to a report of a woman with an injured ankle...Couple arrested for allegedly kidnapping woman in Dearborn
The victim was forced into the couple's truck at gunpointDEARBORN — Police arrested a couple for allegedly kidnapping a 22-year-old woman. The victim was forced into the couple's truck at gunpoint but managed to escaped from the moving vehicle and later made it to a hospital and called the police.On Oct. 18, Henry Ford Hospital in...Dearborn Comerica bank robbed, $1,000 reward offered
Dearborn — At around noon on October 19, a man was captured on the surveillance cameras entering a Comerica Bank branch located at 850 N. Telegraph. He presented to bank tellers a note demanding money, and threatened the building's occupants if his demands were not met.The suspect fled the bank after being handed an undisclosed...Maryland police officer accused of biting testicles has left department
Michael FlaigBALTIMORE — An off-duty Maryland police officer charged with biting a man's testicles during a fight is no longer working for the department, a spokeswoman said on Monday.Police officer Michael Flaig, 31, of Anne Arundel County, left the department for unspecified reasons on Sept. 25, spokeswoman Jacklyn Davis said,...Detroit Pastor kills man who threated him with brick
DETROIT — A Detroit pastor shot and killed a 25-year-old man after he had threated him with a brick after Sunday church services, said Detroit police on Monday.The shooting occurred at the City of God Church on Sunday at about 1:45 p.m. after church services had just ended, Detroit police officer Jennifer Moreno said.Moreno said...Three arrested for car jacking at Dearborn McDonald’s drive-thru
Charles BrownDearborn - Three suspects have been arrested for a car jacking that occurred at a Dearborn McDonald's drive-thru. On October 12, at 3:00 a.m, Dearborn Police received a report of an armed carjacking that occurred at the McDonald’s restaurant located at 7300...Thieves on bikes breaking into Dearborn Heights homes
Photo: WDIVDEARBORN HEIGHTS— Some neighborhood residents are reporting that a young man on a bicycle is breaking into homes and robbing them, reported WDIV on Wednesday.The neighbors said they saw a man riding away on his bike shortly after a house was broken into. One homeowner told the news station that he was robbed twice in less...Clarkston woman charged with shooting at shoplifter
AUBURN HILLS — According to reports, a Clarkston woman has been charged with firing a pistol at a shoplifter at a Home Depot on Oct. 6.Fox 2 News reported that Tatiana Duva-Rodriquez, 46, who has a concealed pistol license, faces an open count of reckless use of a weapon and handling or discharge of a firearm.After witnessing a man......
Community volunteers set out to make Detroit safer
Photo: FacebookDetroiters have taken it upon themselves to make their communities safer, thanks to the Angel's Night Volunteer Campaign.The campaign, established by the Coleman A. Young administration, allows community members to sign up to patrol their streets during the last three days of October. Administrators said the campaign was...Detroit crime is down, but still one of the most dangerous cities
DETROIT — 2014 statistics released by the FBI show that Detroit might no longer be qualified as “murder capital”, a term coined for the Motor City in recent years for having the most homicides crimes in a city with 100,000 residents or more. According to the statistics, released last week, Detroit has had fewer homicides, rapes......
Dearborn Police arrest two for vehicle thefts
Ali Maged Hadrian-ZaiourDEARBORN— Police arrested two suspects who were allegedly involved in larcenies on Wednesday, Oct. 7. In the early morning hours, police responded to a report of two suspicious males hiding near vehicles and found that several had been illegally entered in the area of Donald and Horger streets.Officers...Students arrested after tweet threatens school shooting
HURON TOWNSHIP — Two Huron Township teens were arrested on Tuesday after one of them tweeted that he wanted to bring a gun to school and open fire in the hallways.The Huron Township Police Department said the New Boston Huron High School's administration requested that they respond to a possible threat to the school's safety.The...Driver shoots suspect in attempted car jacking at Dearborn gas stion
DEARBORN - Dearborn police are investigating an incident at a Speedway gas station on Michigan Ave. and Outer Drive after a suspect in an attempted carjacking was shot.A driver pulled into the Speedway Gas Station to pump gas when two men approached him, reached into his car for his cell phone, and started yelling for his wallet....Wayne man accused of killing step-grandfather with an ax
Danny DartWAYNE — A judge ordered a Wayne man accused of killing his step-grandfather with an ax to be jailed without bail on a first-degree murder charge after a brief court appearance on Tuesday.Jesse Gunderson, 26, is accused of killing Danny Dart, 58, on Saturday outside his home in Wayne.Prosecutors said Gunderson was in the......
Man charged in robbery of local pizza deliveryman
Harajly was robbed and taken inside an abandoned Detroit home at gunpoint, while on the job. DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 24-year-old Joshua Alphonso Dickey of Detroit in connection with the robbery of Youssef Harajly, a former deliveryman for Pizza Place. The Arab American News broke the story last week...Suspect identified in the planting of explosive that injured man
DETROIT — Officials have identified a suspect accused of planting an explosive that injured a man Sunday in a vacant field near a hidden marijuana patch. The 28-year-old victim stepped on the bomb in a vacant field on the city’s west side, near Florida and Panama streets, Officer Dan Donakowski told The Detroit News. “He......
Suspect lights garage fire, flees scene on bicycle
DEARBORN — Officials believe a garage fire on Orchard Avenue was lit by a suspect who fled the scene on a bicycle. Surveillance video from Sept. 17 shows a White male riding a bicycle down an alley on the 6400 block of Orchard Avenue at approximately 7 p.m. After the suspect stopped briefly, a garage caught fire. The suspect,...Dearborn Police search for suspect in cash box theft
Security footage shows the suspect at Beaumont Hospital. DEARBORN – A cash box has been reported stolen from the valet cashier’s desk at Beaumont Hospital, 18101 Oakwood Blvd. Dearborn Police say the larceny took place at about 7:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5. Security footage shows the male suspect, who was wearing a......