Van used to break into Dearborn Secretary of state office and steal ATM
DEARBORN — An ATM machine was stolen from a Dearborn Secretary of State office on Sunday night after thieves used a van to break into the building. As of Monday, police said they were close to identifying the van used in the crime. A van they’d located after the fire had been set on fire. When the incident occurred,...Dearborn man arrested for larceny
Majid Amin Abdofara.Dearborn police responded after several alerted neighbors reported seeing Abdofara steal two center caps from a Cadillac Escalade parked on Jonathan. Abdofara was taken into custody after hiding the center caps in some nearby bushes. At the time he was arrested, Abdofara was also wanted on a felony...Renisha McBride killer sentenced to 15-30 years
DETROIT — On Wednesday, Dearborn Heights resident Theodore Wafer was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison for the shooting death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. “One life is lost and another is ruined,” Hathaway said.In court, Wafer said he would carry the guilt and sorrow forever. A minimum 17-year prison sentence was...Three charged with French street artist murder
Bilal Berreni.DETROIT — Three Detroit men were charged with the murder of a French street artist on Wednesday Sept. 3. Bilal Berreni, 23, was killed in July of last year on the city's east side. He was identified through his fingerprints months after his death. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy issued a press release...Doctor deliberately misdiagnosed patients; planned on building $3M home in Lebanon
DETROIT — According to the FBI, Dr. Farid Fata, who was charged last year with misdiagnosing patients and recommending the wrong treatments, was interested in investing in luxury apartments overseas. Fata, 48, was charged with fraudulently billing Medicare millions of dollars in the process and enriching himself. Fata...
Iraqi American to pay $400 for Qur’an burning
August 15th, 20140 DEARBORN — The Iraqi American who burned copies of the Qur’an in front of a Dearborn mosque in June is being fined $400 for two misdemeanors. Ali Hassan Al-Asaidi, 51, was fined by Chief Judge Sam Salamey of the 19 District Court in Dearborn with littering and burning in front of the Karbala Islamic Education Center. Stemming...Police say Dearborn man made obscene gesture after punching soccer referee
LIVONIA – During the preliminary exam for Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad on Wednesday, July 30, prosecutors presented a photo of Saad leaving Mies Park after punching soccer referee John Bieniewicz during a game on June 29. In the photo, Saad appears to be making an obscene gesture. "It appears his right arm is extended with his middle...Dearborn Police offer $11,000 reward for information leading to arrest of bank robber
Bank robber.DEARBORN — On Tuesday, Dearborn Chief of Police Ronald Haddad and Crime Stoppers of Michigan held a press conference regarding a serial bank robber who has impacted multiple communities in southeast Michigan. Haddad offered a cash reward of up to $11,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of this...Local man linked to 1980 deaths of Irish soldiers arrested on immigration charges
DEARBORN — A Lebanese man living in Dearborn and selling ice cream from a truck to earn a living was arrested Tuesday, July 15, on an immigration charge and can now face deportation. Mahmoud Bazzi, 71, had widely been known around the local community to have been linked to the murders of two Irish soldiers in Lebanon in 1980....Dearborn man pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a teen
DEARBORN — A local resident could face up to 15 years in prison for criminal sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl last May. Hassan Kamel Mougnieh, 23, pleaded guilty last Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court to second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a teen. According to police reports, patrol officers arrested...Two women arrested on theft charges
DEARBORN — Police arrested two women for stealing from the JC Penney at 18900 Michigan Ave on July 13. The women were charged with retail theft of jewelry and selected items. The women were accused of removing $845.96 worth of merchandise of clothes, shoes and hair accessories and concealing them in their bags. They attempted to...Suspects in Clinton Township store owner’s murder say shooting was unintentional
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The four suspects responsible for the March 28 murder of beloved Clinton Township store owner Basil Sulaka say they had no intention of taking his life when they robbed his store. Sulaka leaves behind a wife and two daughters. A police investigator testified Monday that the man who fired the fatal shot,...Two men sentenced in mob attack of Steve Utash
DETROIT — On Monday, a judge sentenced one man to prison and a second to probation for their role in the mob attack on a motorist who accidently hit a boy with his truck in Detroit.Wonzey Saffold, 30, was sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court to six years and four months to 10 years in prison and Bruce Wimbush, 18, is to serve a...Community seeks information on Yemeni man’s murder; offers $10,000 reward
Fadhel.DETROIT — Family and Crime Stoppers of Michigan are seeking assistance in locating suspects involved in the fatal shooting of Khaili Fadhel, 34, co-owner of K Y Phones in Hamtramck. The shooting occurred about 3:30 a.m. March 26 on Detroit’s east side. Fadhel and his brother Younis Fadhel, 26, were at home at 5598 Talbot...Dearborn Police make two arrests in connection with larcenies
DEARBORN — At approximately 1 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, observant citizens called 911 to report two suspicious individuals in the area of Vassar and Penn. Dearborn Police responded to the area and located the subjects, 20-year-old male Joshua Danial Trezil,and a juvenile male. Property stolen from a nearby garage and several......
Man who plotted to bomb Dearborn mosque being moved
SWANTON, VT. — Roger Stockham, the man who plotted to bomb the Islamic Center of America (ICA) in Dearborn is reportedly being moved to a community facility that treats people who suffer with severe mental illness. Stockham, 65, is an inmate at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton, Vermont. He has a history of...23-year-old Dearborn man charged with criminal sexual conduct
TAYLOR — Hassan Kamel Mougnieh., a 23-year-old Dearborn man, was arraigned Friday, May 16 in Taylor's 23rd District Court on five charges of criminal sexual conduct. Mougnieh is accused of having sex in a minivan with a 14-year-old girl. He was charged with two counts of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct, and three......
Search for Middle Eastern suspects posing as FBI agents continues
WEST BLOOMFIELD — The search for three suspects described as Middle Eastern, who posed as FBI agents while attempting to rob residents in Sterling Heights and here is still underway.Last week, West Bloomfield Police responded to a call from a resident, who said two men and a woman knocked on the back door of her house demanding to be...Police recover missing 27-year-old UM-D student’s body
DEARBORN— On Tuesday at about 11 a.m., Dearborn Police, assisted by the Michigan State Police and the Downriver Mutual Aid Dive Team, recovered what is believed to be the body of a 27 year-old University of Michigan-Dearborn student who’d been missing since going into the Rouge River on May 13. The man’s body was located in...Four men charged in Iraqi storeowner’s murder
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Four suspects have been arrested in connection to the killing of Basim Sulaka, the longtime Iraqi American owner of Moon Lite Party Store in Clinton Township. Sulaka was shot to death when the four men robbed his store March 28. Clinton Rayshawn Grayson, 24, Darius Armond Diaz-Gaskin, 24, Kenneth Dawayne Hill,...Dearborn man gets 5-year prison sentence for February shooting
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, May 13, a young Dearborn man received a five-year minimum prison sentence for shooting a relative in the city’s south end at an apartment building. The victim was shot in the neck, but he has recovered after being hospitalized. The relative was 60 years old, and the incident occurred in February.......
Three men in police custody after robbing bride’s home on her wedding day
STERLING HEIGHTS — Three local men are in police custody after robbing a bride’s house on her wedding day. The mother of the bride says the men ruined her daughter’s wedding day, but she’s relieved they were caught. The bride’s mother asked not to be identified but says she came home from the wedding and found her home...Authorities say couple died in murder suicide
OAKLAND COUNTY— On Sunday, authorities found the bodies of a couple who were fatally shot to death in Pontiac. The Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office is calling the deaths a murder-suicide. The 26-year-old man and 30-year-old woman were both found dead of gunshot wounds to the head. The couple was found in the bedroom......
6-month-old baby fighting to survive after being severally beaten by father
TAYLOR — Nicholas Spirdione, 23, pled not guilty to charges of torture, child abuse and assault in connection to the beating of his six-month-old baby Tuesday in Taylor, where he was arraigned. The infant suffered injuries to the head and had to undergo multiple surgeries. He is still in critical condition at the hospital. In...Infant found buried in shallow grave
CLAY TOWNSHIP — On Tuesday, April 29, an autopsy was performed on the body of a dead infant who was found buried in a shallow grave here Sunday. The body was discovered in the 9300 block of Stone Road. Clay Township Police Chief Don Drake says a person doing yard work for the homeowners discovered the decomposed body.......