Crime

Food stamp fraud raids net 11 suspects

DETROIT — A total of 11 people have been arrested in a recent sweep including one store owner from Dearborn, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara McQuade announced on Wednesday. The U.S. government has begun focusing...

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Michigan experiencing least traffic deaths since 1940s

LANSING — The state of Michigan has continued to see traffic fatality numbers since 2008 under the 1,000-per-year mark for the first time since 1943 according to a report from Michigan Radio. Experts believe the reduced deaths are due to improved car safety technologies such as airbags, seat belts and other engineering...

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Dearborn among cities with violent crime increase in 2010

DEARBORN — An FBI report released on Monday, Sept. 19 shows that Dearborn was one of two communities in Michigan with increases in violent crime from 2009 to 2010 among those in the top ten. Dearborn jumped from 339 incidents to 373 according to FBI statistics while Clinton Township jumped from 277 to 351. Overall, Flint had...

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Gas station owner, bookkeeper convicted of tax crime

DETROIT — A federal jury last week reached a verdict of "guilty" against Elsayed Kazem "Tom" Safiedine and Mary Fawaz according to the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service. Safiedine and Fawaz were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding and impairing the lawful functions of the IRS....

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Sentence in illegal immigrant case splits court

DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court has shown a possible difference of opinion within its ranks. A minimum five-year sentence was allowed to stand last week by Chief Justice Robert Young Jr., who joined three justices against the court's conservative bloc. After Jorge Ivan-Torres pleaded guilty to armed robbery in 2009, a...

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Two charged in home invasion, killing of Heights man

DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Two men were charged in the killing of a Dearborn Heights man last week on Wednesday at 20th District Court, according to local reports. Amaar Kadhim-Shudayer Al-Saady of Detroit, age 34, has been charged along with Antonnie O'Neil Ray, 19 of Detroit; both face felony murder and other charges in the...

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