Dearborn resident sentenced to 33 months in $500,000 investment fraud scheme
May 6th, 20220 DETROIT – Dearborn resident Ali Rameh Bazzi was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Wednesday on charges of wire fraud and money laundering arising out of an approximately $500,000 investment fraud scheme. In addition to the 33 months of imprisonment, Bazzi was ordered to pay $441,231 in restitution to his victims. Bazzi was...
State, local prosecutors pledge to not enforce state abortion law if Roe is overturned
May 6th, 20220 A leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the federal constitutional right to abortions sparked a political firestorm this week. The leaked decision by conservative Justice Samuel Alito and published by Politico prompted abortion rights supporters to hold rallies outside the courthouse and at various...
City of Dearborn Heights to crack down on blight and ordinance enforcement
May 6th, 20222 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city is planning city wide sweeps to address blight and ordinance enforcement. Mayor Bill Bazzi told The Arab American News that the city has been receiving several complaints about blight and ordinance enforcement throughout both the north and south ends of the city. “These aren’t new complaints,”...
Democrat Jeff Pepper wins over Republican Ginger Shearer in Tuesday’s special election
May 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — Democrat Jeff Pepper defeated Republican challenger Ginger Shearer for the District 15 State House partial term in Tuesday’s special election, amid low voter turnout and heavy absentee voting. The low overall turnout was consistent with the special primary that preceded Tuesday’s general. Only 9.5 percent of...
Dearborn charter school served with a seize property order for ex-employee’s debt
May 5th, 20220 DEARBORN — The West Village Academy in Dearborn was served with an order to seize property from the 4B Judicial District Court to repay a former employee’s debt. Superintendent Carletta Counts told Fox 2 that the school was told to pay the amount of the employee’s debt or padlocks would be put on the doors and property would be...
Two charged with using Wayne County road funding to buy generators in embezzlement scheme
May 4th, 20220 DETROIT — Two Metro Detroit men have been charged with conspiracy and embezzling $1.7 million in Wayne County funds. The funds were intended for the Wayne County Roads Division. The suspects, Kevin Gunn, 64 of West Bloomfield, and John Gibson, 54 of Detroit, were both employed with Wayne County when they allegedly solicited...
Dearborn doctor pleads guilty to unnecessarily prescribing pain meds
May 4th, 20220 DEARBORN — A Dearborn-based doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances after allegedly writing prescriptions that were not needed. According to authorities, Dr. Tete Oniango, 47, confessed to prescribing 12,500 dosage units of hydrocodone. The allegations originally came out in...
Report ranks Metro Detroit as worst, most expensive in U.S. for drivers
May 3rd, 20220 DETROIT — A new report asks whether average U.S. workers are really able to afford their commute, given historically high inflation, gas prices and most importantly, the cost of maintaining vehicles. The report by the website Clever, a real estate market and consumer research group, ranked the best and worst metros for driving...
New tool lets Michiganders find nearest COVID-19 treatment options
May 3rd, 20220 A new online tool lets Michigan residents track down the nearest spots where they can find testing and therapeutic treatments for COVID-19. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said the tool for Michigan residents and health care providers. The tool is provided through Solvhealth.com, a company that connects...
Act 78 Commission rules in favor of former Dearborn Heights police chief, city contests and tables commission appointment
May 1st, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Months after former Police Chief Mark Meyers was terminated, the ACT 78 Commission ruled in his favor, but the city is still contesting. Meyers was relieved of his position in February, which he contested before the Act 78 Commission on March 24. Act 78, or the Police and Civil Service Act, was first passed in...
Huntington Bank partners with The Arab American News to give $75,000 in scholarships to Dearborn, DBH students
April 30th, 20220 DEARBORN — Huntington Bank and The Arab American News will proudly announce the recipients of the first annual Future Leaders in Progress (F.L.I.P) scholarship program this June. The program will award a total of $75,000 in college scholarships to 20 Dearborn and Dearborn Heights high school students, out of a faculty-selected...
Increasing Arab Americans visibility in research: Alzheimer’s researchers urge community involvement
April 30th, 20220 ANN ARBOR — To cap off Arab American Heritage Month, The Arab American News is highlighting the important work the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan continues to do in the community. The center, led by Arab American researchers...
Dearborn’s 2022 Teacher of the Year winners announced
April 30th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and Dearborn Public Schools have announced the 2022 Teacher of the Year winners. The partnership has been honoring teachers in the district for 25 years with the Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Students’ Choice Awards. Awards were presented in five categories open to all...
Dearborn Heights Police Officer promoted to Sergeant
April 29th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Heights Police Officer Christopher Suggs has been promoted to police sergeant after eight years with the department. Suggs, an officer with the Dearborn Heights Police Department since 2014, was originally studying mechanical engineering during his first two years of college. “I started studying and...
Dearborn City Council passes supplemental to language access resolution to specify Arabic
April 29th, 20220 DEARBORN — An effort to increase language access in Dearborn by its City Council may have taken a positive step forward last week. In a special meeting, the Council passed a supplemental to its earlier resolution to translate election materials, including ballots, for its minority residents. On the insistence of Wayne County Clerk......
Bill seeks to include Mid East and North African category in minority-serving health programs
April 27th, 20220 DEARBORN — U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) have joined colleagues to introduce a bill that includes people who identify as Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) as a racial and ethnic minority group in the U.S. Public Health Service Act. The MENA population is categorized as White or "other"...
Local police departments to take back prescriptions on April 29 and 30
April 27th, 20220 DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn and Dearborn Heights Police Departments are participating in prescription take back events at the end of the month. The events are in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by safely disposing of......
Dearborn Parks and Recreation Department hosting job fair
April 26th, 20220 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn’s Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a job fair on May 5 from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Anyone age 16 and older is invited to attend the job fair. The four-hour event will be held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center at the...
Dearborn Heights libraries named finalist for 2022 IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service
April 26th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that Dearborn Heights libraries is a finalist for the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Dearborn Heights libraries, which consists of the Caroline Kennedy Library and the John F. Kennedy, Jr. library, is among 30 finalists for the...
Suspect shot, arrested after allegedly trying to run over Dearborn Heights police
April 26th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A 27-year-old Dearborn Heights resident suffered one grazing gunshot wound and was arrested following an incident with Dearborn Heights police. At approximately 6:31 a.m. on April 25, a Dearborn Heights police officer was patrolling the 8600 block of Evangeline Street, just south of Joy Road, when the officer...
Muslim American giving aimed at poor totaled $1.8 billion last year, study shows
April 23rd, 20220 By Dan Parks Muslim Americans gave $1.8 billion last year to meet their religious obligation to help the poor, according to a new study by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The study counted only giving related to the religious principle known as zakat, which......
Dearborn Public Schools buying two HFC buildings to expand Early College high schools
April 23rd, 20220 DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools has purchased two buildings on the main Henry Ford College (HFC) campus to expand the Henry Ford Early College program. The plan is to also move other services to the site. The buildings are on the north edge of the college campus and were previously home to the Society of Manufacturing...
Dearborn Heights hosts first Easter Marshmallow Drop, plans for an eventful summer
April 23rd, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn Heights Parks and Recreation department hosted a successful Easter “Marshmallow Drop" and hopes to continue the event for years to come. The event was held at the Canfield Community Center and had a crowd of nearly 2,000 people enjoying picture opportunities with the Easter Bunny and Elsa from......
Dearborn student receives Amazon scholarship to pursue a degree in computer science
April 23rd, 20221 DEARBORN — Dearborn Center for Math, Science and Technology (DCMST) student Angela Matta has been named an Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipient. The Edsel Ford High School senior will receive a $40,000 scholarship over four years to pursue a degree in computer science at a college of her choice. Matta is one of 250...
Dearborn Police arrest man in Grand Rapids area for soliciting Dearborn minor to send explicit material
April 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN — On April 10, the Dearborn Police Department received a complaint that an adult male suspect from the Grand Rapids area solicited a 14-year-old Dearborn minor to send sexually explicit material via social media. In the online interaction, the minor self-identified as autistic. Following a thorough investigation,......
