August 17th, 20241DEARBORN – The Police Department is seeking assistance identifying individuals involved in an armed robbery of a jewelry store on the city’s east side on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Police responded to the 7000 block of Schaefer on reports of an armed robbery that had just occurred. An investigation revealed two...
January 4th, 20240NEWARK, N.J. — Members of a New Jersey mosque are devastated after their imam was shot and killed Wednesday morning. The search is on for the killer.
Imam Hassan Sharif was fatally shot outside his mosque on South Orange Avenue and Camden Street in Newark at around 6:15 a.m. Officials said they do not believe it was motivated by...
December 6th, 20220Governor 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...
October 27th, 20220LANSING — A statewide crackdown aimed at reducing gun violence by getting illegal guns off the streets and away from people who cannot legally be in possession of a gun due to prior criminal history has led to hundreds of guns being taken off the streets.
Since the Operation Safe Neighborhoods began, law enforcement officials have...
March 18th, 20220PONTIAC — On Monday, Muhammad Altantawi, 20, of Farmington Hills was found guilty of killing his mother, five years after he was accused of the crime.
After a two-hour deliberation, an Oakland County Circuit Court jury came back with a verdict that could mean life in prison without parole for Altantawi.
The trial took time...
August 31st, 20210DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is investigating two separate shooting incidents that occurred last Sunday. Suspects have been identified in both investigations.
Police say that at approximately 8:30 a.m., they responded to the 5000 block of Heather Dr. on a report of a shooting, with one subject injured. Responding...
March 24th, 20210DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Taha Shitawi, 34, of Dearborn, with 15 counts in the stabbing of five people, a 32-year-old man, two 31-year-old men, a 25-year-old man, all of Dearborn, and a 29-year-old woman, of Shelby Township, in a violent incident at Taiga Hookah Lounge in Detroit, Sunday...
September 4th, 20200DEARBORN — On Tuesday, August 25, Dearborn police officers responded to a shooting that occurred on the 14300 block of Michigan Avenue at approximately 5:15 pm.
The suspects, described as two Black males, fled the scene. A 26-year-old Dearborn resident was transported to a local hospital with a non-fatal gunshot wound.
After a...
July 21st, 20200DEARBORN — In the six weeks between June 1 and July 17, police say they have seen a 130 percent increase in firearm-related offenses.
During a news conference on Tuesday, the Dearborn Police Department acknowledged a spike in gun crimes in the city, as well as a recent fatal shooting.
Even so, crimes involving firearms increased...
January 14th, 20200Dearborn, MI – On Friday, January 10, at approximately 7 p.m., two women entered the women’s bathroom at Macy’s in the Fairlane Town Center. While they were in the bathroom, a Black man in his early 30s exited one of the stalls with his genitals exposed.
The women screamed at the man and he fled the bathroom into the mall area....
September 23rd, 20190DEARBORN — After recent armed robberies and deaths, crime and safety enforcement were two main topics at a neighborhood association meeting this past Wednesday evening at the Hajj Jamil Community Center. They’re also issues that impact almost every neighborhood in Dearborn.
Held by the Aviation Property Owners Association...
May 31st, 20190DETROIT — A Bangladeshi American father of seven was shot and killed while driving his cab Saturday morning.
Hamtramck resident Joynul Islam, 60, was a cab driver for Checker Cab. The incident occurred as he was dropping a passenger off on the 600 block of Collingwood Street, near Woodward, around 2 a.m. Saturday.
According to...
May 20th, 20190DEARBORN —During a press conference on Thursday, May 16, Dearborn Police advised residents to give any card reader a good look before using their credit or debit card.
Community members and Dearborn Police and city officials were present at the Dearborn Administrative Center for the press conference.
The Dearborn Police...
May 17th, 20190DEARBORN — On Thursday, May 16, the Dearborn Police Department held a press conference to address crime updates and issues in the city.
The conference focused on arrests of full-scale organized fraud involving ATM “skimming”, robberies, hit and run accidents and more.
Fraud and ATM skimmer
The Dearborn Police Department,...
April 12th, 20190LANSING – State Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) introduced bipartisan legislation to offer second chances to people imprisoned for certain marijuana-related offenses prior to Michigan’s legalization of recreational marijuana.
The bill package, Senate Bills 262-265, known as the “Marihuana Violation Sentence Reduction Act”,...
April 5th, 20190DEARBORN — Dearborn police are investigating an accident that caused one officer to be transported to the hospital.
On April 3, a police car was involved in a crash with another vehicle while officers were responding to an arrest in an unrelated incident.
The incident happened during the evening at the intersection of Ford and...
March 29th, 20190ANN ARBOR – Tragedy struck the home of Lola Bzeih and Mohamed Jaafar last Friday, March 22. Their son, Ismail Mohamed Jaafar, a soldier in the U.S. Army according to Bzeih, was found by his mother with a cloth belt tied around his neck. He would have turned 18 this week.
Ismail's legal name is Blane Miller.
At a memorial for her...
March 1st, 20190DEARBORN — Dearborn Police request assistance from the public in identifying the suspects involved in an assault at the Taco Bell on W. Warren Avenue earlier this month.
On February 9, Dearborn Police officers responded to the Taco Bell and found an unresponsive female victim lying on the pavement in the parking lot.
The...
March 1st, 20190DEARBORN— Dearborn police are requesting assistance from the public in identifying suspects involved in an assault and gunshots fired at the Ram's Horn restaurant on Greenfield Road last month.
On January 5, Dearborn Police officers responded to a call from the restaurant on a report of gunshots being fired. Witnesses described an...
February 16th, 20190DEARBORN — Dearborn police are requesting assistance from the public in identifying a man who passed a counterfeit $100 bill at a local 7-Eleven in late December.
On December 29, at approximately 12:40 am, the male suspect entered the 7-Eleven on Greenfield near Rotunda and passed the fake $100 bill.
Anyone with information...
February 15th, 20190MONTGOMERY, Ala — On February 7, a Muslim man was executed in Alabama as originally scheduled, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted five-to-four to allow the execution and denied his request for an imam's presence in the execution chamber.
Dominique Ray was convicted of killing a 15-year-old in 1995. Ray, 42, was put to death by...
January 23rd, 20190DEARBORN — An Arab American father of three young children is dead after being shot Saturday, January 19, at a Marathon gas station in Inkster.
Ali Adnan Al-Tameemi, 34, also known as Ali Salman, was shot at close range by a utility worker.
The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has ruled the fatal shooting a case of self-defense...
December 9th, 20180NORTHVILLE — A technology company CEO has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for delivering bribes to a Detroit city official in restaurant bathrooms.
U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland sentenced Parimal "Perry" Mehta, 55, of Northville for paying Charles Dodd, the former director of Detroit’s Office of Departmental...
December 8th, 20180SUMPTER TOWNSHIP — A mother was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison for the abuse, torture and murder of her 4-year-old daughter.
Candice Diaz, 25, was sentenced for the murder of Gabby Barrett. Diaz’s boyfriend, Brad Fields, 29, was sentenced to life in prison for murder and torture in connection with the girl’s death....
December 7th, 20180DEARBORN — On Monday, December 3, the Dearborn Police Department and Mayor Jack O’Reilly held a press conference to address crime updates and issues in the city.
Dearborn Police officials included Police Chief Ron Haddad. Representatives from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and the Retailers and Michigan Liquor Control...
October 19th, 20180DEARBORN — A suspect has been arrested in the Oct. 10 beating and stabbing attack on a Dearborn psychologist.
On October 10, the Dearborn Police Department received a call from the wife of Dr. Mel Hoberman, asking them to check on her husband, who had not come home from work that evening. Officers then responded to the area of Grindly...
September 21st, 20180LIVONIA — Jason Malinas, 38, of Sterling Heights, and Jessica St. Clair, 41, of Wayne, have been charged by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in connection with the carjacking of an 88-year-old Livonia woman.
On September 18, the victim parked her car at a Walmart Store in Livonia. As she was walking to get a shopping cart,...
September 7th, 20180DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department responded to an armed carjacking on Warren Avenue on the morning on Sept. 2. One of the victims reported that while he and his brother were seated in their vehicle an unknown male approached and ordered them out of their car at gunpoint. The victims exited the vehicle and the suspect took...
