

Two local men arrested for allegedly robbing Dearborn gas station with bug spray
September 19th, 20130 DEARBORN — On Thursday, September 12, two men were arrested by Dearborn Police for allegedly robbing the Marathon Gas Station at 23645 Ford Road, in west Dearborn, this past July, using bug spray as their weapon of choice.Joe Fawaz, 19, and Collin Kyle Peterson, 21, were arraigned at the 19th District Court for armed robbery....Thieves target charity donation boxes at local businesses
DEARBORN — Thieves are continuing to target donation boxes that are on display at local businesses. Recently, some were caught on camera, stealing the Dearborn-based Wyoming Bakery’s Sadr Foundation donation box. A video, posted on Youtube, titled “Thieves steal from orphans, take donation box at Wyoming bakery in Dearborn,”...Man stabs deputy sheriff with comb, escapes Detroit courthouse
DETROIT — A man, about to be sentenced for armed robbery, stabbed a deputy sheriff several times in the neck with a plastic comb, took his uniform and vanished from a Detroit courthouse on Monday, Sept. 9.Police believe the man rode seven floors down a prisoner transfer elevator and escaped from the rear of the courthouse and then...Suspects involved in armed robbery apprehended by police
DEARBORN — On Sept. 7, at 9:28 p.m., an attempted armed robbery was committed on Payne St., near Arthur. Two subjects ran up to a resident, as he was walking from his vehicle to his front porch. One subject placed a handgun to the victim’s head and shouted “Give us what you have!” The second subject held the victim and...Man found with rifle hiding under Dearborn Police car
DEARBORN — On Sept. 7, Dearborn Police dispatch received a 911 call from a citizen about a suspicious white male, who was peering through the gate at the rear of the secured Dearborn Police Parking lot. The citizen advised the dispatchers that the white male was carrying a foreign object that he had removed from a vehicle. The...Local men charged with running drug ring
DEARBORN — Six Arab Americans from Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Detroit, were arrested on Friday, August 2 and indicted on federal charges of running a drug ring in a Detroit neighborhood. Mohamed Faraj, 29, and Fouad Faraj, 43, of Dearborn Heights, are accused of leading the ring that allegedly distributed marijuana and...Local man arrested in Canada for first degree murder at Inkster apartments
INKSTER — A local man, suspected of a murder at the Cherry Hill Apartments in Inkster last week, was captured and arrested for first degree murder in Scarborough, Canada over the weekend.Ali Mohamed Elatrache, 25, was wanted for first degree murder, stalking, arson and a home invasion that had occurred on Thursday, July...Police arrest suspect in Family Dollar double homicide
July 25th, 20130 DEARBORN-- On Wednesday, July 24, police arrested a suspect in the murder of two Family Dollar Store employees that took place in Dearborn last week. Lavere Bryant, 34, was arraigned in front of Judge Sam Salamey, in the 19th District Court and charged with eight counts, including two for first-degree murder, one count of unlawful...Gas station attendant receives up to 17-year prison sentence for killing customer
Saleh.A local gas station attendant, who fatally shot a customer after a dispute last year, was sentenced to 4 years, 5 months to 17 years in jail by a Wayne County Circuit Court judge on July 11.The shooting occurred on March 10, 2011 at a BP gas station in Detroit, after Michael Haynes, a 24-year-old customer, argued with the...Local man charged with identity theft involving Connecticut victim
DEARBORN — On June 29, 2013, Mahdy Mohammad Qasem, a 35-year-old Dearborn Heights resident, was arrested in Dearborn, near the corner of Outer Drive and Pelham, after passing out behind the wheel and blocking traffic. He was initially arrested and booked at the Dearborn Police Department for “operating under the...Dearborn businessman, local attorney convicted of bank fraud, bribery charges
DEARBORN — Hussein "Sam" Nazzal, a Dearborn businessman, and Edward A. Schneider, a local attorney, were both found guilty this week by a federal jury for multiple counts of fraud and commercial bribery. Nazzal (L) and Schneider (R)Nazzal and Schneider were found gulty for conspiring to defraud Fith Third Bank between the years of...Man charged with felonious assault in connection to knife altercation at Mango’s Cafe
DEARBORN— Zachary Teeters, a 26 year-old Dearborn man, was arraigned at the 19th District Court Mar. 1 on one count of felonious assault. Teeters allegedly threatened an employee of a local sub shop with a knife at about 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27. The incident occurred at Mango’s Café here. TeetersThe altercation took...Dearborn man charged with bank fraud
DEARBORN - Radwan Khazaal (46), of Dearborn was arraigned Monday, Feb. 11 in U.S. District Court in Detroit on a one-count indictment for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Magistrate Judge Mark Randon ordered the release of Khazaal on a $10,000 unsecured bond with conditions including that he does not act as a fiduciary for a bank...Man arrested in connection to multiple lottery ticket thefts
Joseph DemarteDEARBORN — On Jan. 6 at approximately 8 p.m. Eric Joseph Demarte, an Ohio resident, was arrested for the multiple lottery ticket thefts which occurred at the Dearborn Liquor, Sunoco Gas Station, 7-11 and Joseph’s Market in the City of Dearborn. On January 09, 2013, the Wayne County Prosecutors Office charged Demarte...Dr. Hussein Awada, brother of Turkia Mullin faces federal charges
DETROIT— Turkia Mullin’s brother, Dr. Hussein Awada is facing federal charges of dealing prescription drugs from his Warren medical practice, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Turkia Mullin attracted media attention for her involvement in the Wayne County Severance Scandal more than one year ago. AwadaOn Wednesday Dr.......
Two charged and arrested for burglary
DEARBORN— On Friday Dec. 7 at approximately 1 a.m. Dearborn officers responded to the All Wireless cell phone store located on the city’s east side on report of a burglary in progress. Officers arrived and found the front door glass broken and a glass display case inside the store damaged. The suspects were no longer at...Suspects connected to local home invasions arraigned and charged
DEARBORN— On Nov. 14 at approximately 5 p.m., the Dearborn Police Department responded to the 22000 block of Cherry Hill after a report of a home invasion. Entry was gained by breaking in the side door of the home. The victim stated that there was jewelry missing from the home. During the investigation, evidence was located which led......
Perpetrator tied to bloody beating of Arab man at funeral procession charged
DEARBORN — The Arab American News (TAAN) was first to report on an incident that occurred Oct. 25 involving an Arab American man who was brutally beaten after stepping outside of his car to check on whether other motorists involved in a car accident during a funeral procession between Ford and Chase Road here were fine....Indiana man arrested for Toledo mosque arson
TOLEDO — A community in Ohio was in shock this week when the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo was set on fire, resulting in the arrest of 52-year-old Randy Linn of Indiana, who was charged on Wednesday with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated burglary. The incident marks just the latest in a string of attacks on the...Preliminary examination begins for death of local Dearborn man
August 31st, 20120 DEARBORN — On Tuesday at the 19th District Court, the preliminary examination for Charles Jackson, 26, Zelda Taylor, 28, Iashia Knox, 28, and Kristen Holmes, 28 was held in front of Judge Mark Somers, revealing some much awaited details about the death of 45-year old local man Hassan Jaber, who was found dead in his home in July....Detroit Police Department focuses more on preventing crime at gas stations
DETROIT — The Detroit Police Department is giving more attention to placing greater security measures at gas stations here where they say statistics show a high number of carjackings takes place. Recently The Arab American News published a piece chronicling a typical day for gas station owners in the city, and learned more about......
Hearing delayed for four suspects in death of local man
DEARBORN — On Friday August 3rd, the four suspects attained for the murder of Dearborn resident Hassan Jaber appeared at the 19th District Court in front of a packed courtroom. The four suspects, Charles Jackson, 26, Zelda Taylor, 28, Iashia Knox, 28, and Kristen Holmes, 28, are facing charges of felony murder, armed robbery and...Four suspects captured in killing of Dearborn man; Police say incident was not random
July 28th, 20120 DEARBORN — After an intensive investigation, four arrests have been made in connection with the July 15th homicide of 45 year-old Hassan Jaber of Dearborn, who was found dead in his home after a concerned neighbor went to go check on him. While the arrests have brought some relief to the family, there are still questions that need to......
Dearborn Police suspect foul play in death of local man
DEARBORN — On Sunday evening, Hassan Jaber, a 45-year-old construction worker, was found dead in his east Dearborn home on the block of 6200 Williamson Street after a concerned neighbor went to go check on him when the victim didn't show up to finish a construction job.JaberHussein Wazne, the neighbor, discovered that Jaber's door was...Suspects charged in Dearborn Heights party store shooting
DEARBORN HEIGHTS-Two men, Christopher McKinnon, 25, and Benjamin Mathes, 20, were charged with a count of armed robbery and unlawful imprisonment after they, along with another suspect, robbed Dearborn Heights Liquor and Wine Shoppe recently. The men are accused of going into the store with shotguns, and holding up the attendant.......