DEARBORN — The Arabian Village Market located at 10040 Dix was the target of a break-in and robbery by two unknown males on Sunday, Nov. 13, in an incident captured on video.The video shows suspects entering the business after breaking the glass...Crime
DEARBORN — On Friday, Nov. 11, Oussama Abouarabi, a cab driver, was stabbed 16 times by a customer who was picked up at the city's Hyatt Regency Hotel. After sitting down in the backseat, the man reportedly said he wanted to go to Mexican Town but then said he didn't like the route that was being taken and told him to travel on...
LANSING — The state of Michigan passed a new anti-bullying law last week in the House, HB 4163, that is an amendment of the original anti-bullying law. The state is one of three that doesn't have an anti-bullying bill on the books. The newly-amended bill has the Section 8 "religious and moral exemption" removed. The...Crime
DEARBORN — About 18,000 students received news of a possible threat earlier this week via text and email alerts.Campus officials were alerted to the possible threat of someone who was "possibly thinking about shooting some HFCC students" according to a report from WWJ. The report said that it was unclear how valid the threats...
LANSING — Michigan's law public defense system is often cited as one of the worst in the country according to a Michigan Public Radio report, but a state commission is now working to give those accused of a crime access to adequate legal defense. The state currently allows each county to be in charge of its own system of public...Crime
DEARBORN – Dearborn Police will begin increasing enforcement of nuisance vehicles stored on private property starting on Nov. 1. Those with a title to an unwanted vehicle are encouraged to use the city's amnesty program by calling Rusko's Towing at 313.274.4550 to avoid a $500 fine. Unwanted vehicles will be towed for no cost. The...
DETROIT — Detroit businessman Hayes Bacall, a Chaldean immigrant, has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of first-degree murder in August of his nephew, Saif Jameel, at Jameel's BP gas station in Troy. Police and prosecutors said Bacall was angry over a $400,000 loan that Jameel had stopped making payments on...Crime
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 more on alleged cases of food stamp fraud during which the stamps can be exchanged for...
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...Crime
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...
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....Crime
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...
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...
