Dearborn resident sentenced in Medicare fraud conspiracy
DEARBORN — A Dearborn resident and two Brownstown Township residents were sentenced to prison on Tuesday, April 21 for their involvement in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme. Felicar Williams, 51, of Dearborn, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $2,431,018 in restitution, representing the amount paid by...Dearborn police looking for armed robbery suspect
A sketch of the suspect Dearborn — Police are searching for an armed man who approached a Dearborn and attempted to abduct a Dearborn woman, who managed to escape. The suspect approached the victim on the evening of Tuesday, April 7 and produced a handgun. He demanded money, her wallet and forced her into the passenger...Detroit man said Inkster police targeted him because of race
DETROIT — In a press conference at his attorney’s office on Wednesday, 57-year-old Floyd Dent, an auto worker with no criminal record, described the January 28 incident in which he said Inkster police dragged him from his car during a traffic stop. The police also beat him and tasered him, according to Dent’s account, which was...Dearborn man sues Detroit police in federal court
DETROIT — Dearborn resident Joseph Fawaz has sued both the city of Detroit and its police department, charging that Sgt. Rebecca McKay, a member of the city's Copper Theft Task Force who was allegedly caught on surveillance video planting evidence, has waged a years-long vendetta against his family-owned Southwest Metals. According...Judge sentences Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad to 8-15 years in prison
DETROIT — On Friday, March 13, a judge sentenced Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad to 8-15 years in prison for a punch that killed 44-year-old John Bieniewicz. "It's murder in my eyes," Bieniewicz’s widow, Kris, said Friday. "It will always be murder in my eyes." Saad was also ordered to pay more than $9,200 for Bieniewicz's funeral...Eleven charged with fraudulently using personal information of Blue Cross subscribers
DEARBORN — U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced that 11 metro Detroiters have been charged with running identity theft and credit card fraud schemes involving accounts of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers. The following were named in the indictment: Angela Denise Patton, 47, of Belleville. Sam Oscar Patton, 47, of...
Four suspects arrested for attempting to steal car parts with U-haul at Fairlane Meadow
March 13th, 20150 DEARBORN— Four suspects were arrested on Wednesday, March 11, after breaking through a security checkpoint at the Fairlane Meadow apartment complex with a U-Haul, where they were attempting to steal car parts. The four suspects are Detroit-Melvindale residents and all have warrants out for arrests in various cities.Niko Harrel,...Parolee arrested in stabbing of three
DETROIT — A 32-year-old parolee has been arrested in connection with the stabbing Tuesday night of a 34-year-old woman; a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl at a home in the 12100 block of Monica on the west side. According to a police spokesman, the suspect also assaulted an 11-year-old girl, but didn’t stab her. The victims...Witnesses sought in March 9 shooting on I-94
DETROIT — State Police would like to talk to possible witnesses to a shooting that took place on westbound Interstate 94 around 1:30 a.m. on the east side. The shooting occurred near Mt. Elliott. According to police, the possible witnesses were in an SUV with aftermarket paint that changes color— from green to maroon or blue—...Detroit cop faces jail on intoxicated with firearm charge
DETROIT — A 38-year-old Detroit police officer could face 93 days in jail after she was arraigned Feb. 26 on a charge of being intoxicated while carrying her department-issued firearm. Deloma Stone was arrested Feb. 23 around 8:30 p.m. at the Golden Greek Bar on Eight Mile Road. She was charged with possession of a firearm under the...Father of Pontiac baby charged in death
PONTIAC — The 18-year-old father of a 7-month-old baby has been charged with first degree felony murder in the child’s death on Saturday. Damon Horner was denied bond and will face a preliminary examination before Judge Ronda Gross on March 17. The child, Aiden Logan, died as a result of cranial cerebral trauma. Horner had claimed...Shootings on Detroit’s east side leave 2 dead, 7 injured
DETROIT — This past weekend, four separate shootings on the city’s east side left two men dead and seven people injured. On Saturday, a man believed to have been between 35 and 40 was shot on the 4800 block of Nottingham after being chased by a would-be robber who’d tried to hold him up out side a store at Nottingham and...Soccer player pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
LIVONIA — On Friday, Feb. 20, Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the June 29 death of John Bieniewicz, a referee he fatally punched during a soccer game. Saad, a Dearborn resident, was initially charged with second-degree murder. Saad turned himself in to the Livonia Police Department one day...Dearborn robber still at large
DEARBORN — On Jan. 22 a CVS pharmacy in Dearborn was robbed after the suspect approached the counter with a gun demanding money from the cash register. After robbing the store, the suspect fled the scene in a dark colored sedan, possibly a Chrysler 300 or similar vehicle. The suspect is described as a White male who...Eastpointe woman charged with murder for throwing baby in dumpster
ROSEVILLE — On Wednesday, a 24-year-old woman was charged with murder and child abuse for dumping a newborn into the Roseville Recycling Center. On Jan. 15 at around 1:30 a.m. the newborn baby's body was found at the ReCommunity Recycling Depot on Groesbeck. According to police, the woman has three other children, who are not in her......
Five-year-old Detroit boy shot in face, loses an eye
DETROIT — Five-year-old Donovan Lyles Jr. was shot in the face on Detroit’s east side during a drive-by shooting on Tuesday. According to reports, Lyles was struck in the face by a bullet that entered the window of a home on the 20200 block of Irvington near Eight Mile and I-75. The bullet went through the window and through...Four men arrested after woman found dead on side of road
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Four men are in police custody after a woman in her 40s was found dead on the side of the road in Dearborn Heights on Monday. Westland Police Sgt. Robert Wilkie said the woman was believed killed in that city and that tips helped lead police to the men. According to investigators, a man went to Westland Police and......
Suspect arrested after entering unlocked cars
Simmons.DEARBORN — On Wednesday, Dec. 17 at about 11 p.m., Dearborn Police arrested Juan Nehzeh Simmons, a 33 year-old Romulus resident, after watching him enter several unlocked parked cars in the area in an apparent attempt to steal items from the vehicles. Police responded to the area after alert residents called to report a...Soccer player suspected of killing referee set to face trial
Saad.LIVONIA — A Dearborn Heights man who allegedly fatally assaulted a referee during a soccer game in Livonia on June 29 is set to begin his trial in February at the Wayne County Circuit Court. Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad was charged with second degree murder following a scuffle in which he struck and killed referee John Bieniewicz,...Bryant sentenced to life in prison
DETROIT — Lavere Bryant, the defendant convicted in the double homicide of Dearborn Family Dollar employees on July 15, 2013, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 11, to Life in prison without parole. He was convicted on two counts of first degree murder and kidnapping. He is expected to serve 37 to 60 years on one count of...Dearborn robber still at large
DEARBORN — On Wednesday at about 5 p.m. the 5th Third Bank in Dearborn, on Telegraph south of Ford Road, was robbed by a lone male who produced a hold-up note and demanded money. The suspect is described as being approximately 40-years-old, thin, between 5'9" and 6'0" tall and missing several teeth. A teller turned over an......
Detroit Police kill man inside Macy’s Dry Cleaners, suspect allegedly targeted owner
DEARBORN — On Friday, November 28, Detroit Police shot and killed a suspect at Macy's Dry Cleaners. The suspect was wanted for a murder in Detroit earlier that day.The suspect, named Sam, is described as a Hispanic male in his late 50s by eyewitnesses who were at the scene. He had worked for the dry cleaner at one point more...Dearborn larceny suspects charged
DEARBORN — Early on the morning of Nov. 20, Dearborn police officers observed a red Jeep Liberty, which had been reported stolen from Warren. While patrolling a neighborhood struck by thefts of catalytic converters, officers observed the jeep cross Tireman into Detroit and stop near a parked vehicle. Three men got out. One was seen......
Man found guilty in Dearborn dollar store slayings
DETROIT — A Wayne County Jury this week found Levere Bryant guilty in the July 2013 murders of Joseph Orlando and Brenna Machus. Both were 20-years-old. Orlando was found dead inside a Dearborn Dollar store’s bathroom with a gunshot wound to the head. Machus’ body was found a few days later in a wooded area near the Southfield...Two random shootings in Dearborn last weekend, one dead
Dearborn police at Fairlane Town Center.DEARBORN — Two shootings occurred in the city over the weekend of November 14-16. No arrests have been made. On Friday around 2 a.m., police responded to a phone call of a man down on Ford Road, between Wyoming and Oakman. 23-year-old Oak Park resident Rolex Dior Johnson was injured as a......