Dearborn man receives prison sentence for basketball game murder
DEARBORN — Fadi Hassan Faraj, the 35-year-old Dearborn resident who fatally shot Hassan Zeidan, 23, at a pick up basket ball game last July, has finally been sentenced to serve 23-45 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder on June 18 at the Wayne County Circuit Court. Hassan Mustapha Zeidan's mother speaks in...
Dearborn businesses caught selling tobacco to minors
June 21st, 20120 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police have issued citations to four local businesses in the city that were caught selling tobacco to minors during a compliance check on Tuesday. The tests were conducted by the Dearborn Police Explorers, which include minors who disguise themselves as adults in order to see if the businesses would I.D them and...
State officials and locals crack down on synthetic marijuana
June 8th, 20120 LANSING - Synthetic marijuana branded with names like K2 and Spice has recently come under fire in the state of Michigan as more teens have been smoking the drug-like substances which has led to negative side effects that have included death, hospitalizations and even murder. Local communities and state legislators are quickly coming...Local pregnant woman arrested for drunk driving with infant in vehicle after crash
Rania HiijaziSOUTHFIELD — Rania Hiijazi, a local woman who is eight months pregnant was arrested for being intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle with her 10-month-old baby in the car as well.According to reports, Hijazi, 37 was arrested by Southfield Police after she crashed her vehicle into a street sign on Southfield Road near...Dearborn Police obtain a suspect in 1991 homicide cold case
BradyDEARBORN — Dearborn Police Detectives have currently re-opened a cold homicide case that dates back to July 1991, when Gracielita Flores was murdered in the city’s south end inside of the ACCESS building she was cleaning the facility. Following her murder police had conducted an investigation but no arrests were made in...Dearborn Police discuss crime statistics and initiatives at south end meeting
DEARBORN — On Tuesday the Dearborn Police Department held a town hall meeting at Salina Intermediate School in the south end of the city. The meeting, which was attended by around 75 locals, discussed crime rates in the city as well as proactive initiatives and programs the Dearborn Police Department has been taking in recent years to...Dearborn police looking for thieves on south end
DEARBORN – City police are looking for a man who was caught on camera breaking into two businesses on Dix Road, ComputerTec and Rasmia's Hair Salon. The man is described as white and in his 20s with a thin build. He broke into the computer store at 9700 Dix Road and also the salon next door, riding on a scooter during the incident...19-year-old arraigned after bringing gun to Crestwood High School
PerkinsDEARBORN HEIGHTS — Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy has charged Robert Lee-Curtis Perkins a 19-year old Dearborn Heights Crestwood High School student from Inkster for allegedly carrying a loaded hand gun in his waist band on school property. On May 7, 2012, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a fellow Crestwood High School...
Slain store owner was “model for community businessmen” in inner cities
May 4th, 20120 DETROIT — Another store owner became the victim of senseless violence on Tuesday, May 1 as 63-year-old Chaldean American liquor store owner Faraj "Freddy" Dally was robbed and shot twice in the head as he attempted to open his store, the Medicine Chest, at 9 a.m.Memorial balloons have been placed outside following his death while...Man accused of mosque threat takes plea
DEARBORN — Roger Stockham, 64 of California, the man accused of making a terror threat against the Islamic Center of America, accepted a plea deal last Friday.Stockham had been arrested outside of the ICA last January after a local bar owner heard him mention a pending explosion at the center in a bar nearby to owner Joe...Dearborn man convicted in counterfeit merchandise case
DETROIT — A seventh conviction was reached in a case involving the sale of counterfeit goods across metro Detroit this past Friday.Hassan Aoun, 43 of Dearborn, was found guilty of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, along with three counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods as well, after a two-week trial.Prosecutors showed...New law makes it illegal to lie to police officers in Michigan
LANSING – Last Friday, a new bill was signed into law making it illegal to lie or conceal facts from Michigan police officers investigating a crime.People have the right to remain silent according to the law but must tell the truth when speaking. The law is similar to the federal one regarding agents. According to the ACLU,...Son charged with murder of Dearborn schools official Cipriano
FARMINGTON HILLS — The Dearborn Public Schools district continues to mourn the loss of Business Services Director Robert Cipriano, who was killed in the early morning hours of Monday after a break-in at his home. Robert Cipriano (L) and Tucker Cipriano. Tucker and another man, Mitchell Young, have been charged with murder...
Charity donation box thievery frustrates local business owners
April 19th, 20120 A captured image from security cameras of the charity box thief at Al-Basha Subs in Dearborn Heights. He appears to hide the box under a towel or shirt. Photo courtesy of Al-Basha SubsDEARBORN - According to Hassan Sobh, the president of Al-Mabarrat charity, for months now thieves have been going around businesses in Dearborn and...FBI’s Arena announced as Detroit Crime Commission Executive Director
DETROIT — Andrew G. Arena, the current FBI Special Agent in Charge who was born in Dearborn and raised in Detroit, was named the Detroit Crime Commission's Executive Director on April 4, 2012. ArenaArena was designated assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Division by then Director Louis J. Freeh on March 22, 2001. In this......
Members of the Hutaree Militia plead guilty to weapons charges
On Thursday David Stone, Sr. 47 and his son Joshua Stone, 23, members of the Hutaree Militia, pleaded guilty in federal court to weapon charges, according to United States Attorney Barbara McQuade. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Andrew G. Arena, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation. From top left, David...Dearborn man’s family sues county after jail killing
DEARBORN – On Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed against Wayne County for more than $5 million by relatives of a Dearborn man who was stabed to death with a pencil in prison. The man is 51-year-old Jeffrey Horvath, who was allegedly attacked in a mental health observation area according to The Detroit News. Horvath's family says he was......
Wife of gas station killer: Husband told her about shooting
DETROIT- Tanganyika Felton, the wife of the man charged with the murder, torture, and robbery of Highland Park gas station clerk Hussan A. Hussein, reportedly testified that her husband told her about the shooting, according to a Detroit Free Press report. Brian Evans, 33 the man charged with killing 59-year-old Hussein, told her...Three men arrested for food stamp fraud; abuse still an ongoing issue in community
DETROIT — Last week three Arab men from the Detroit area were charged with felony counts amounting to $262,000 in food stamp fraud operations at Schaefer Dollar Mania, a store located on Schaefer Rd in the west side of Detroit. This news echoes a story The Arab American News ran last month regarding Food Stamp fraud in the local...Charges brought against suspects in killing of gas station clerk Hussein
HIGHLAND PARK – A January 18 fatal shooting of 59-year-old Citgo gas station clerk Hassan Hussein of Dearborn has resulted in the arrests of two men, police said this past weekend. Hussein was killed after he left the cover of protective glass behind the register to examine and clean a spilled bottle of juice that a man dropped in...Dearborn man convicted in home invasion case
DEARBORN – Hassan Sobh, age 21 of Dearborn, was arrested in 2011 on home invasion charges during an alleged broad daylight heist. Sobh was found guilty by a jury on Feb. 2, 2012 of Home Invasion and was sentenced by Judge James Callahan on Feb. 23 to 6 months in Wayne County Jail along with five years probation. Chief Ron......
Michigan man who spied for Iraq seeks release due to cancer
DETROIT — An attorney representing Najib Shemami, who has served about a year of a nearly-four-year sentence for spying for Iraq, has asked a federal judge to intervene last week in his quest for a release from federal prison in North Carolina due to his cancer diagnosis. The judge does not believe that she can tell the U.S....
Suspect captured for string of burglaries in the Dearborn-Dearborn Heights area
March 2nd, 20120 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A suspect has finally been arraigned for the string of burglaries that have occurred in both the West Dearborn and Dearborn Heights areas over the last four months, after Dearborn Heights Police caught the intruder in action when they received a tip from a local neighbor. Marcel Terry22 year old Marcel Terry had......
Snap decision by judge prolongs suffering for Zeidan family
February 19th, 20120 Family upset about second delay in high profile case A portrait of Hassan Zeidan, who was killed this past summer after a pickup basketball game, hangs in front of the Zeidan household in Dearborn. PHOTO: Nick Meyer/TAAN DETROIT – Fadi Hassan Faraj, the 35-year-old man accused of killing 23-year-old Hassan Zeidan after a...
Former Dearborn man charged in multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme
February 11th, 20120 Judge rules Iraqi charged with investor fraud poses flight riskFormer Dearborn man allegedly bilked locals out of millions Ahmed AlabadiDETROIT - In a detention hearing on Wednesday Magistrate Judge Mona K. Majzoub ruled Ahmed Alabadi, a former Dearborn resident convicted of investor fraud poses flight risk, and ordered him to......