June 5th, 20200
DEARBORN — Arab Americans participated in several actions in solidarity with African Americans and in demonstrations against police brutality across the country. In Metro Detroit alone, prominent Arab Americans joined other communities in condemning the senseless killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police...
March 5th, 20200DEARBORN – Starting the week of Monday, March 2, Public Service Days and their parking restrictions will go into effect. They will last through Friday, December 18.
The Public Service Day for each neighborhood coincides with that neighborhood’s trash collection day. Once Public Service Days begin for the season, residents...
January 13th, 20200Dearborn – Reem Alsaidi has been located safely.
The 14-year-old Dearborn resident had last been seen leaving her home early on Jan. 11 with an unknown individual.
“I would like to thank our community for their concern and assistance," said Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad. "With the help of our local, state and federal...
September 21st, 20190DEARBORN – Dearborn Police Department say that at approximately 7:45 am on Friday, September 20, its officers responded to a secluded area near Paul Avenue and Southfield Freeway on report of an unresponsive female that had been located there.
On arrival, they discovered an injured 34-year-old female Taylor resident.
After...
September 16th, 20190DEARBORN - The Dearborn Police Department need help identifying a male and a female suspect who are wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Dearborn resident on September 12.
Dearborn Police officers responded to the 7700 block of Indiana shortly after midnight on Thursday to respond to a report of an armed...
September 12th, 20190DEARBORN — Three teenagers are in custody in connection with the September 6 fatal shooting of 29-year-old Iraqi American Saja Al-janabi in Dearborn.
The Arab American News was first to break the news in a Facebook alert on Wednesday night when it learned from multiple sources that a 14-year-old was arrested as a suspect in the...
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 26th, 20190DEARBORN - On Tuesday, April 23, the Dearborn Police Department was notified by CSX Transportation that possible human remains had been located in a wooded area near Michigan Avenue and Miller Road.
A search by officers confirmed that the remains were human. The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office responded for testing...
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 2nd, 20190DEARBORN— On Friday March 1, at approximately 8 p.m., the Dearborn Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Michigan Avenue and the Southfield Freeway.
Police discovered a 28-year-old female Livonia resident suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Responding officers and Dearborn Fire Department...
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...
January 3rd, 20190
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Dearborn police officer was involved in a collision while driving through the intersection of Ford Road and Beech Daly on Wednesday around noon, according to a press release from Dearborn Police.
The on-duty officer was responding to a call for backup from another officer who was following a...
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...
November 19th, 20180DEARBORN — Dearborn police officers were surprised to find a baby sitting next to a rifle in the back seat after pulling over a suspicious vehicle.
Four suspects – Brian Williams, 28, Vontez VcGee, 28, Ernest young, 32, and Tamara Hardin, 29, all of Detroit – face multiple firearms-related charges in the case.
The incident...
November 16th, 20180DEARBORN — Police officers found a large cache of weapons and ammo Nov. 7 after a postal carrier-initiated wellness check of a legally licensed Dearborn arms dealer, who died of natural causes.
Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad said at a Nov. 12 press conference that the community was on edge when rumors started to spread after...
October 4th, 20180DEARBORN — On August 10 an armed robbery occurred at a T-Mobile store on Wyoming in Dearborn. Two suspects, one armed with a handgun, entered the store and stole several iPhones valued at more than $13,000 from the safe inside the store. A thorough investigation by Dearborn Police ultimately led to the arrest of four suspects. ...
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...
June 29th, 20180CORRECTION: Although its unfortunate to make errors in a story, The AANews cares deeply about reporting the facts and issue corrections when necessary.
This article has been updated to attribute quotes to the names of two current City Council members, instead of members who left the Council earlier this year.
An earlier version also...
May 18th, 20180SOUTHFIELD — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), a premier nonprofit human service organization serving Southeast Michigan, hosted a community event on May 9 called “A Community in Crisis: ACC’s Opioid and Heroin Town Hall Meeting” that featured local religious and community leaders, medical professionals and law...
May 4th, 20180“The first thing to do is establish what we actually want to do with the money, how much is needed, what issues we want to address and come up with solid plans. Those plans have to be very detailed and exact." - Dave Mustonen, Dearborn Schools communication director
DEARBORN — As communities scramble in search of the...
April 24th, 20180DEARBORN – The Dearborn Police Department, in partnership with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will participate in National Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28.
Residents are encouraged to bring their unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications to the Dearborn Police Station on...
March 16th, 20180On Monday evening, I sat next to two women who are social workers in Dearborn schools and mothers to college students. We were at a community workshop held by the Dearborn Police Department, titled “Defending Against Hate Crimes and Domestic Terror Acts, and Law Enforcement and Mental Health Intervention.” Part of a Department of...
February 27th, 20180DEARBORN - A 38-year-old Westland resident is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a Dearborn man.
On Monday February 26, 2018, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office approved the following charges for Robert Gonzalez:
Murder 1
Felony Firearm
Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Habitual 4th...
February 24th, 20180DEARBORN, MI. — In the early morning hours of February 20, 2018, Dearborn Police officers responded to the 7500 block of Greenfield in regards to a burglary alarm showing glass breakage. Upon arrival, officers observed the glass on the front door smashed out on the business. After the owner arrived, it was determined over $4000 in...
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — On August 1, the Dearborn Police Department partnered with Target to host a "National Night out on Crime" event, described as a neighborhood crime and drug prevention effort in a city newsletter.
Hundred attended the event, which utilized every inch of the police department's east parking lot to show the community the...
