Detroit man charged with shooting at undercover Dearborn police officer
January 6th, 20230 DETROIT – Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Eshaun Phillip Blanding, 23, of Detroit, in connection with the carjacking of a Dearborn man’s car. On January 2, Dearborn undercover police officers were investigating a car that was stolen out of Dearborn. When the officers located the stolen car, it is alleged that...
Family, lawyer of mentally ill man who was shot dead by Dearborn police are looking for answers
December 23rd, 20221 DEARBORN – An Arab American man with a history of mental health problems was shot dead by Dearborn Police last Sunday after he stormed the department's headquarters with a stolen handgun. While investigations are still underway to determine the circumstances of the deadly shooting incident, the victim's family hired a legal counsel...
Chokr’s lawyer asks court for mental evaluation of his client: Not fit for trial
December 23rd, 20220 BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Hassan Yehia Chokr appeared before the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills on Monday, facing charges of ethnic intimidation and anti-Semitism after he had an argument on December 2 with the residents and security guards at Temple Beth El, a synagogue that includes a kindergarten. After listening to the...
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing suspect taken into U.S. custody, formally charged in connection with the December 1988 terrorist attack
December 16th, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people after it blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 is in custody in the United States, Scottish and U.S. law enforcement officials said on Sunday. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi was taken into custody about two years after...
Dearborn man charged with recent synagogue threats, assault on a Detroit police officer in 2020, moons and gives middle finger to judges
December 9th, 20220 A Dearborn man charged with threatening families, kids and staff at a Bloomfield Hills synagogue and school went on a rant during his arraignment, where he insulted the judge by calling her a "Jewish bitch" and flipped off the court. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, was charged with making anti-Semitic and racist threats to parents,...
Seattle man, 22, sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to join ISIS
December 6th, 20220 SEATTLE — A 22-year-old Seattle man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join the Islamic State group last year. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams was arrested at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as he checked in for a flight to Cairo and later pleaded guilty to...
More than 200 guns confiscated from state crackdown on illegal possession by parolees, probationers
December 6th, 20220 Governor Whitmer’s office said this week that a new initiative to tackle the number of illegal guns off the streets has seen hundreds of guns being confiscated before they are used in crimes. The updated numbers say that the Operation Safe Neighborhoods program has led to operation law enforcement officials conducting 1,767 check-ins...
Police chase in Dearborn ends in crash with driver dead, missing Tennessee woman found dead in trunk
December 6th, 20220 DEARBORN — A traffic stop in Dearborn has resulted in the death of the driver and the discovery of a dead body in the trunk of the vehicle after a pursuit ended in a crash. Police say they initiated a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger involved in an endangered missing investigation on Sunday afternoon when the suspect fled until...
Police chase ends in crash with driver dead, body found in trunk
November 27th, 20220 DEARBORN — A traffic stop in Dearborn has resulted in the death of a driver and the discovery of a dead body in the trunk of the vehicle after a pursuit ended in a crash. Police say they initiated a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger involved in an endangered missing investigation on Sunday afternoon when the suspect fled until he...
Pharmacist Zaman Alshafey is charged with illegally distributing drugs and earning millions in profits
November 18th, 20220 LIVONIA – A Dearborn man who owned and operated a pharmacy is facing federal charges in connection with the illegal distribution of misbranded drugs. Zaman Alshafey, 35, was charged with 20 felonies, including wire fraud, money laundering and illegally dispensing prescription cough syrup worth millions of dollars in an indictment...
Michigan man charged with providing support to ISIS
November 18th, 20220 DETROIT - Federal officials charged a former Metro Detroit man with attempting to provide material support to ISIS of Iraq and al-Sham, a terrorist organization, and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device. The indictment, which was unsealed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Michigan, accused Aws Mohammed Naser, 34,...
Man arrested in connection with stabbing attack on Dearborn west side
November 8th, 20220 DEARBORN - Dearborn Police say they arrested Dearborn resident Malcolm Merritt Washington in connection with a knife attack of a 62-year-old man on the city's west side. Police said in a press release this week that on Nov. 3, the officers responded to reports of a victim who had been stabbed around the 22000 block of Michigan...
Three men found guilty on charges of plotting to kidnap Whitmer, attack Capitol, more
October 26th, 20220 JACKSON COUNTY — Three men who were arrested on charges of plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan and planning an attack on the state Capitol building were found guilty this week. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday that a Jackson County jury found Joseph Morrison, Paul Bellar and Pete Musico guilty on all...
Southfield Clerk resigns after plea agreement in election case
October 20th, 20220 SOUTHFIELD – Southfield City Clerk Sherikia Hawkins has resigned from her position following a plea agreement in an election misconduct case, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced this week. During the 2018 General Election, election inspectors made a mistake and put 193 absentee ballots in the ballot container without...
Arraignment for Hampton Inn shooter reveals senseless violence
October 14th, 20220 DEARBORN — An arraignment took place Sunday for a 37-year-old Detroit resident who engaged in a nearly eight-hour standoff with police after killing a hotel staff member in downtown west Dearborn. Reichard Lee Williams-Lewis was charged by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office Sunday with a 10-count felony complaint, including......
Gunman surrenders to police after killing west Dearborn hotel manager and barricading himself in his room
October 6th, 20220 DEARBORN — After seven hours of tense negotiations, a 38-year-old armed man surrendered himself to police, bringing a long ordeal to a close in downtown west Dearborn. The city was rattled by reports of an active shooting at the Hampton Inn on Michigan Avenue Thursday afternoon. Earlier the Dearborn Police Department told...
“Abuse from head to toe”: Charges filed against Dearborn parents accused of abusing their infant
October 3rd, 20220 DEARBORN — Parents Amy Taulbee and Murtadha Almeamaar have been charged with child abuse in a case involving their a 1-month-old baby. The Dearborn Police Department said on Sunday that in late September, the baby was brought to a local pediatrician’s office with multiple visible injuries. Dearborn Police Department and Fire......
Dearborn police make arrest in pharmacy robbery after suspects crash into squad car
September 28th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department says its officers chased and arrested suspects who had held up a pharmacy, after they crashed into a police vehicle while fleeing the scene. Police said that on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at approximately 1 p.m., officers responded to a report of a robbery in progress at the 5200 block of Oakman...
Search continues for additional Dearborn Heights firearm burglary suspects; two arrested
September 15th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Police in Dearborn Heights, Westland and The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are still offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of suspects in firearm burglaries at CC Coins Jewelry and Loan as well as the Westland location of Freedom...
ATF offering up to a $20,000 reward for information on firearm burglaries
September 12th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Investigators with the Dearborn Heights Police Department are seeking information regarding two separate breaking and entering incidents. The first incident occurred just after 5 a.m. on Sept. 11 in the 24600 block of West Warren when unknown suspects drove a car through the front of C&C Coins and stole...
Victims’ families, local community reject sectarian label in New Mexico murders
August 25th, 20220 ALBUQUERQUE, NM — In the case of four murdered Muslim men in Albuquerque, Muhammad Syed, an Afghan refugee, has now been charged with the murder of three of the victims. New Mexico prosecutors used cell phone evidence to link Syed, 51, to the Aug. 5 murder of truck business owner Naeem Hussain. Police previously charged Syed with......
Man sought by police for information about non-fatal shooting contacts Dearborn Police
August 25th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department said on Thursday that with the cooperation of local media and the public who provided tips, the individual they earlier sought in connection with a non-fatal shooting had contacted the department. Detectives were able to determine that the incident occurred in the city of Detroit and the...
Dearborn/Dearborn Heights men charged after police make arrests in string of airbag thefts across Metro Detroit
August 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN — The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has charged two men with a six-count felony complaint involving a string of airbag thefts in Metro Detroit, including Dearborn. The Dearborn Police Department said that following a rise in airbag thefts across Metro Detroit primarily involving GM vehicles, especially the Chevy......
Dearborn Heights Police urge residents to protect their vehicles during overnight hours
August 19th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city of Dearborn Heights says it has experienced a growing trend of nighttime auto break-ins and theft of contents, and that residents can help reduce risk by following common-sense steps. Recently, the Dearborn Heights Police Department has received a growing number complaints from residents reporting...
17-year-old charged with first-degree murder in stabbing of 56-year-old Hamtramck man on Belle Isle
August 18th, 20220 HAMTRAMCK — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 17-year-old Hamtramck resident in connection with last week's fatal stabbing of Ali Mahyoub-Ali Mohammed, 56, also of Hamtramck, on Belle Isle in Detroit. The Prosecutor's Office said in a press release that last Friday, Aug. 12, at approximately 4:20 p.m., the juvenile......
