March 25th, 20230DEARBORN — On Wednesday, January 18, a bank robbery occurred at the Dearborn Federal Credit Union on Oakwood Blvd. A suspect identified as wearing a bright blue Detroit Pistons hooded sweatshirt, gray winter hood, winter gloves and a white N-95 style mask approached a bank teller and demanded money be placed in bags.
He informed the...
January 8th, 20230DEARBORN – The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Judge Sam Salamey as chief judge of the 19th District Court, succeeding Judge Gene Hunt, who presided over the court for three terms beginning in 2018.
Salamey holds the position of chief judge of the 19th District Court in Dearborn for the second time since his election as a judge...
December 29th, 20220DEARBORN – The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Judge Sam Salamey as chief judge of the 19th District Court, the second largest district court in Wayne County. The appointment is effective Jan. 1.
Chief judges are responsible for caseload management, delegation of judicial workload and development of the court’s vision and...
November 8th, 20220DEARBORN - 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...
October 3rd, 20220DEARBORN — 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...
August 22nd, 20220DEARBORN — 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...
April 22nd, 20220DEARBORN — 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,...
February 16th, 20220DEARBORN — The Dearborn Administrative Center, the 19th District Court and all branches of the Dearborn Public Library will be closed on Monday, Feb. 21, in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday.
Curbside trash and recycling pickup will not be disrupted by the holiday and will be on its normal schedule during the week of Feb....
December 21st, 20210DEARBORN — The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office approved a 16-count felony complaint against Khalil Elgarmi and Izeddine Elgarmi for the double shooting at BT’s Executive Club last Saturday. The two were also arranged on a $15 million cash bond.
The incident occurred Saturday, Dec. 18. Dearborn Police Department officers...
December 7th, 20210DEARBORN — The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Judge Gene Hunt as chief judge of the 19th District Court, Wayne County's second-largest district court, for a third two-year term, effective Jan. 1.
By court rule (MCR 8.110), a chief judge is the presiding officer of the court and is responsible for caseload management and...
November 18th, 20210DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn is reminding residents that trash, recycling and curbside waste pickup will be interrupted due to Thanksgiving and that most city buildings will be closed for the Thursday, Nov. 25 holiday.
Trash, recycling and curbside waste collection will be delayed by one day for the Thursday and Friday trash...
April 16th, 20210DEARBORN — Cheryl Salwa, a former employee of the city of Dearborn Engineering Division, is facing four felony charges stemming from accusations of embezzlement.
The division is part of the city’s Public Works Department. According to information available to The Arab American News, Salwa was accused of embezzlement approximately...
March 24th, 20210DEARBORN — The 19th District Court in Dearborn offers a special treatment court for veterans facing misdemeanor charges.
The Veterans Treatment Court is focused on veterans who are facing misdemeanor offenses, including traffic offenses.
The court was first started more than a year and a half ago and helps offer other solutions...
September 4th, 20204DEARBORN — Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad held a press conference on Thursday to update the city on recent crimes. The department also released information on several incidents and related arrests in the past few weeks.
Though the department reports a decline in crime by 18 percent, several Arab Americans involved in various...
April 13th, 20202DEARBORN - The Arab American News has learned that an arrest has been made in the possible murder case of Dearborn resident Balkees Sadek.
Hassan Asaad Alwaily, 32, was arrested and arraigned on Saturday, April 11 in the 19th District Court.
However, the charges leveled against Alwaily are for tampering with evidence and lying...
May 10th, 20190DEARBORN - On Monday, May 6, the judges of Dearborn’s 19th District Court joined local students to celebrate Law Day.
Law Day is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law and provide an opportunity to understand how law and the legal process protect liberty, strive to achieve justice and contribute to the freedom that...
October 28th, 20180DEARBORN – The 19th District Court announced that it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Michigan Supreme Court to fund the day-to-day operations of the court’s Veterans’ Treatment Court (VTC). The 19th District Court is one of 24 Michigan courts awarded a grant for the state’s fiscal year that runs October 1, 2018 through...
June 19th, 20180As the Arab and Muslim worlds were ending a month of blessed fasting, observing the most holy month in Islam and getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, there isn’t much to celebrate there— a region engulfed in bloodshed and complicated conflicts among brothers and neighbors.
In Gaza, a real massacre engulfing the besieged Strip...
April 25th, 20180DEARBORN – When John Salvatore Deliz, 57, did not show up in 19th District Court on April 24 for assaulting an Arab American woman in an emergency room on Feb. 10, Judge Mark Somers issued a bench warrant for failing to appear.
Police found Deliz the next day and he appeared before Judge Somers. According to Somers, Deliz hadn’t...
March 16th, 20180DEARBORN – On March 15, a large crowd of community members and local elected officials came out to Byblos Banquet Hall in support of 19th District Court Chief Judge Salem Salamey’s bid to be re-elected to the bench.
Salamey, a father of four, was elected Dearborn’s first Arab American judge in 2012. He is currently running...
February 23rd, 20180DEARBORN – On Thursday, the local Lebanese community held a ceremony honoring three Lebanese generals of the county’s Internal Security Forces at the Greenfield Manor, attended by community leaders as well as city, state and law enforcement officials.
General Mohamad Al-Ayoubi, commander of the Beirut Police Department; General...
December 15th, 20170DEARBORN — For 940,500 citizens in Michigan, English is not their first language, according to a 2015 report from Data USA. This can lead to problems at Dearborn's 19th District Court, and many others, as they do not employ full-time translators.
The absence of a translator causes problems for residents who don't speak...
May 19th, 20170DEARBORN — In the chambers of newly minted 19th District Court Judge Gene Hunt, music from counter-culture America echoed off walls adorned with signed portraits of The Beatles, of his children and Fordson High School football teams he used to coach.
It had only been 112 days since Hunt was invested as a judge, yet he appeared...
