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...Suspect in shooting of girlfriend and Mississippi professor left behind apology note
Shannon Lamb, an instructor at Delta State University, is suspected of shooting his girlfriend and a colleague before killing himself.A Mississippi college instructor suspected of gunning down his live-in girlfriend and a professor colleague before taking his own life, left behind a note of apology, police said on Tuesday.But Shannon...Road rage led man to run over, kill Michigan firefighter
LANSING – A Michigan man accused of killing a firefighter by running him over with his truck told investigators he did it because he was angry with the traffic delay caused by the fire crew -- who were collecting money for charity.According to charging documents, motorist Grant Taylor was driving in Lansing on Sept. 9 when he came upon......
Suspect who shot gas station attendant in Westland arrested
A screenshot of the robberyWESTLAND — The suspect who shot a gas station employee in Westland last week was arrested in Bay City on Wednesday, Allie Berry, vice-president of Armada Oil & Gas Company, said.The gas station at the corner of Warren Ave. and Wayne Rd. is in a safe location across the street from Westland Mall. But...Rochester Hills man sentenced to life for beating parents to death
PONTIAC — A Rochester Hills who had beaten his elderly parents to death was sentenced Tuesday in Oakland Circuit Court to life without the possibility of parole. Jeffrey Brian Maurer, 54, was found guilty of first degree murder in January after killing his parents.Maurer's father, William Maurer, was 87 and his mother Gayle Maurer......
Suspect charged in slaying of Clinton Township party store owner
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A Detroit man has been charged in the slaying of Clinton Township store owner Emil Salem. Albert McKinley, 30, is being held without bond for Salem’s murder. McKinley was arraigned Aug. 20 on felony murder and armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Salem, 50, the owner of Bernie’s Party Store in...Undercover Detroit police car stolen
A 2015 Ford Fusion DETROIT — When your car gets stolen, you call the police. But when a police car gets stolen, who do they call? An undercover officer was confronted with that question when his unmarked car was stolen from Detroit's northwest side last night. The police are not announcing the exact location where the car was...Four plead guilty in death of Westland woman
Westland — Four men pled guilty Monday in the fatal beating death of a Westland woman whose body was dumped along a road in Dearborn Heights six months ago. Randy Batts and Terrence Johnson plead guilty to second degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Diedra Akins in the home she shared with Johnson. In addition, Michael Bashlor...
Happy Pizza’s founder to serve four years in prison
July 17th, 20150 DETROIT — On Friday, July 10, Happy Asker, the president and founder of the pizza chain Happy’s Pizza, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay 2.5 million in restitution for tax fraud. Asker started Happy’s Pizza with a single store, which later grew to include 75 locations around the country. Asker and......
Four arrested in unarmed Dearborn bank robbery
DEARBORN— On June 30 at about 1:30 p.m., an unarmed robbery occurred at a bus stop near Michigan and Gulley. The victim, a 27 year-old Dearborn man, told police that he was at the bus stop when he was approached by two young males. One of the men asked the victim if he could use his cell phone. The victim...
Mom who stored dead children in freezer has “no remorse”
July 1st, 20150 DETROIT—This week Mitchelle Blair, 36, plead guilty to killing her two children and storing their bodies in a freezer. While in court Monday Blair, a Detroit resident told Judge Dana Hathaway, “I don’t feel any remorse for the death of those demons.” Blair faces life in prison with no parole. Authorities are seeking......
Three men charged with manufacturing and distributing fake 5-hour energy drinks
DETROIT - Federal officials have charged 11 people across the country, including three from metro Detroit, for manufacturing and distributing fake bottles of 5 hour energy drinks.5 Hour Energy is used by 9 million Americans a week and has $1 billion in annual sales.The fake bottles were allegedly made in plastic vats and included...Dearborn Heights resident charged with neighbor’s murder
Gary Earl OliverROMULUS — A 65-year-old man was arraigned on murder charges this week in to the death of his neighbor in Dearborn Heights. Gary Earl Oliver is being charged with first degree murder and felony firearm after killing his neighbor, 60-year-old John Kennedy, Wednesday, June 3 on the 6400 block of Fairwood. Police......