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...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....
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...Crime
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...
