Emergency doctor’s lawyer denies female mutilation; calls it religious procedure
April 20th, 20170 DETROIT— The lawyer of a Henry Ford Hospital emergency room physician charged with mutilating the genitalia of two 7-year-olds from Minnesota said she only performed a religious procedure that involved removing skin and burying it in the ground. The claims happened on Monday, April 10, during a 90-minute court hearing that ended...
Teen charged with shooting police officers he thought were thieves released on bond
April 20th, 20170 DETROIT - According to Wayne County officials, a 19-year-old man who shot two Detroit police officers on the city’s west side on April 16 at 11:45 p.m. has been released on bond. Juwan Alexander Plummer was allegedly afraid of a burglary. He has been arraigned on two counts each of Intentional Discharge of a Firearm in a...
FBI busts mass shooting plot by Texas right-wing extremist
April 18th, 20170 The Federal Bureau of Investigation busted a planned mass attack by Steven Boehle, 50, on Tuesday. A complaint obtained Monday that had been filed in a federal court said that a search warrant was carried out at Boehle's home, where 1,000 rounds of ammo were discovered. The complaint added that Boehle displayed "sovereign...
Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania
April 18th, 20170 The man suspected of killing a Cleveland man and posting a video of the murder on Facebook fatally shot himself after a "brief pursuit" by Pennsylvania State Police officers on Tuesday, police said. Steve Stephens was accused of shooting Robert Godwin Sr., 74, on a sidewalk in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday before fleeing...
Detroit doctor charged with female genital mutilation of seven-year-olds
April 13th, 20170 DETROIT- U.S. authorities have charged a Detroit doctor with performing genital mutilation on 7-year-old girls in what is believed to be the first case brought under a law prohibiting the procedure. Jumana Nagarwala, an emergency room physician at a Detroit hospital who performed the procedures at an unnamed medical clinic in the...
California gunman kills wife, self as she teaches class; student also dead
April 10th, 20170 SAN BERNARDINO- A special education teacher and one of her students were fatally shot by her estranged husband when he opened fire with a high-caliber revolver before killing himself in her classroom at a San Bernardino, California, elementary school, police said. A second student was badly wounded by the gunman, who authorities said...
At least two dead, two wounded in Southern California school shooting
April 10th, 20170 SAN BERNARDINO- At least two adults were killed and two persons, possibly students, were struck by gunfire in a classroom shooting on Monday at a Southern California elementary school, police and fire officials said. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said the shooting at Northpark Elementary School in San Bernardino, east of...
Feds hunt gun shop burglar who sent manifesto to Trump
April 10th, 20170 MADISON — Police searching for a Wisconsin man considered armed and dangerous stepped up patrols on Sunday at churches near his home because of anti-religious views expressed in a manifesto he sent to President Trump, officials said. Joseph A. Jakubowski, 32, is wanted for breaking into a gun shop called Armageddon Supplies in his...
Police revisit 2006 homicide of Dearborn woman
April 8th, 20170 DEARBORN —Dearborn police are revisiting the 2006 shooting of Aniseh Eljahmi in the hopes of making an arrest. On April 13, 2006 Eljahmi was found dead in front of her home in the 3400 block of Houston, near Outer Drive and Pelham. Eljahmi's 6-year-old daughter witnessed the shooting, but was unharmed. "It appeared she was...
Accused ISIS supporter Abu Rayyan gets five years on firearm charges
April 8th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Thursday, April 6, Khalil Abu Rayyan, a 22-year-old accused of supporting ISIS was sentenced to five years in prison for federal firearm charges. U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh said in sentencing Abu Rayyan he wanted to send a message that the "first steps" toward terrorism or other violent crimes...
Mother of fatally shot Detroit man sues officers for $50 million
April 7th, 20171 DETROIT — On Thursday, April 6, the mother of Terrance Kellom, an unarmed Black man fatally shot in his father’s home in April 2015, filed a $50 million lawsuit against three officers linked to her son’s death. Nelda Kellom stated in her complaint that Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Mitchell Quinn had no reason or...
Arab American lawyer to file $50 million lawsuit over fatal shooting of unarmed man
April 5th, 20170 DETROIT — Nabih Ayad, a prominent Arab American civil rights lawyer and founder of the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL), will file a $50 million federal lawsuit at the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday, April 6, against ICE and Detroit police officers, who fatally shot an unarmed 20-year-old...
Abu Rayyan says he embarrassed Islam, sentencing postponed
April 2nd, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Monday, Khalil Abu Rayyan, a 22-year-old accused of supporting ISIS, told U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh that he embarrassed Islam during a hearing that ended with a postponed sentencing. "I never intended to hurt anyone," the Dearborn Heights man said. "My behavior caused embarrassment to myself, my...
Two JDL members arrested for brutally beating Palestinian man outside AIPAC conference
April 1st, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C. ― A 55-year old Palestinian-American instructor at a North Carolina community college was “brutally beaten” by members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) whil e walking through a protest outside the AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. on Sunday. The man was identified as Kamal Nayfeh. The JDL members...
Florida man kills one, wounds five in ‘horrific’ shooting spree
March 27th, 20170 FORT LAUDERDALE ― A Florida man killed his girlfriend and wounded five others, including her two young sons and a high school student during a shooting spree with an AK-47 rifle on Monday, police said. The shootings started around 6 a.m. inside a home in Sanford, about 30 miles north of Orlando. Police said Allen Cashe, 31, opened......
Shirtless man causes chaos at Dearborn Heights’ Mexican Fiesta restaurant
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – On Tuesday, a shirtless man walked into the Mexican Fiesta restaurant in Dearborn Heights, paced behind a bar, put knives between his fingers and started ordering customers to leave. The 26-year-old man had first jumped into a tub of grease at the IHOP next door before making a scene at Mexican Fiesta. He was...
10-year-old accidentally shoots brother, father in custody
March 24th, 20170 DETROIT— Late Monday, a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot his 14-year-old brother while playing with their father’s loaded firearm on Detroit’s east side, according to police. The father is currently in custody. The boy was shot in the stomach around 7:30 p.m. on the 13700 block of Pfent near East State Fair and Schoenherr at......
Police treating London attack as a “terrorist incident”
March 22nd, 20170 LONDON- An assailant stabbed a policeman and was shot by police just outside Britain's parliament building in London on Wednesday in what police described as a "terrorist incident". Amid confusing scenes, it appeared the incident may have unfolded in several locations, including on the nearby Westminster bridge where eyewitnesses said...
Man indicted for hate crimes after attack on Muslim woman
March 21st, 20170 NEW YORK- A Massachusetts man has been indicted on hate crime charges after assaulting a female Muslim employee at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in January, yelling that President Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you," prosecutors said on Thursday. Robin Rhodes, 57, of Worcester, attacked Rabeeya Khan, who was...
Dearborn 14-year-old missing
March 21st, 20170 Dearborn — A 14-year-old of Dearborn, Lukas Brown, is reported missing after not returning home from school on March 18. Brown's mother describes him as a white male, 5’3” inches tall, weighs approximately 130 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what Lukas was last wearing. Police say Brown has messaged...
US crime rates decrease in areas of high immigration, studies find
March 21st, 20170 According to separate studies by the Cato Institute and The Sentencing Project, increased numbers of immigrants in the US may contribute to a monumental decline in crime rates. The Sentencing Project, a criminal justice group focused on advocacy, reported that "foreign-born residents of the United States commit crime less often than......
Two Detroit Police officers shot, suspect caught
March 17th, 20170 DETROIT — Two Detroit Police officers were shot on the city's west side Wednesday night. A suspect has been apprehended. At press time, the two officers were in critical condition and being treated at Detroit Receiving Hospital. During a news conference outside the hospital, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said one officer was...
Man sentenced to max of 40 years in prison in baby’s death
March 15th, 20170 BATTLE CREEK— A man who admitted to killing his girlfriend’s 2-month-old baby almost three years ago was sentenced to 18 to 40 years in prison on Monday. Manuel Hernandez, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Aug. 7, 2014 death of Isabella Dawn Smith. "It is every parent's worst nightmare," Calhoun County Circuit......
Fire at Ypsilanti mosque possibly a hate crime
March 12th, 20173 YPSILANTI- Federal officials are investigating a fire at the Islamic Center of Ypsilanti on Saturday that could possibly be a hate crime, according to police. Pittsfield Township Fire Chief Sean Gleason told MLive that firefighters received numerous calls reporting a house fire, but they reached the scene only to find the mosque on...
Sen. Gary Peters: Marines considering charges in Muslim recruit’s death
March 9th, 20170 TAYLOR— Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) told The Detroit Free Press that the Marine drill instructor accused of hitting and calling a Muslim recruit a “terrorist” is anticipated to go through an initial hearing this month to determine whether he will be charged. The recruit, Raheel Siddiqui , 20, died last March 18 at Parris Island,......
