January 13th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) made a large find during a raid in Dearborn Heights.
According to court reports, agents made their way into the home of 25-year-old Demarious Cockream on Jan. 7, where he was detained while they conducted a search of the property.
During...
July 27th, 20181By Tamara Ajjour and Eman Jassem
The Arab American News interns
DEARBORN — On November 6, Michigan residents will be able to decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In the United States, nine states and Washington D.C. have already legalized recreational use of the drug.
If the drug is legalized,...
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...
April 17th, 20180WASHINGTON,D.C. — Senator Bernie Sanders will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would fine opioid drug manufacturers for deceptive marketing and implement the harshest penalties yet on drugmakers found responsible for contributing to the drug epidemic.
Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in...
April 13th, 20180DEARBORN – FBI agents conducted a raid April 12 on Detroit Visiting Physicians, a clinic owned by Dr. Fares Yasin, removing boxes of evidence.
Yasin has been accused of overprescribing opioids as well as other drugs.
Agents also raided Yasin’s home and six cars before visiting the Michigan Ave. clinic.
“There'd be lines...
March 23rd, 20180DEARBORN – Tensions are high among community members over the proposed opening of a Holiday Inn Express hotel about 500 yards from Dearborn’s largest mosque.
The hospitality chain seeks to construct a business-geared hotel in place of a church that has been vacant for three years, on a triangular block that’s home to the Islamic...
August 18th, 20172
DEARBORN — About 8 a.m. on Thursday, Michigan State Police raided the Dearborn Medical Clinic, where a doctor is accused of over prescribing opiates.
Lt. Mike Shaw of the State Police described the clinic, located at Warren and Yinger Avenues, as a "pill mill" and said oxycodone is the drug most prescribed. It was attracting...
July 14th, 20170DEARBORN — According to Police Chief Ron Haddad, Dearborn's crime rate saw an 11.20 percent reduction from 3,246 in 2016 to 2,881 so far this year, with some "alarming trends", like a 26 percent increase in drug offense arrests. The reckless driving rate also sees little improvement.
At a July 10 press conference, held at the...
June 9th, 20170DEARBORN — High school and college students usually tempt each other to act in defiance of safety rules, especially when they're at the driving age of 16 and above.
When on the road, some of them don't recognize the responsibility they carry behind the wheel until a tragic accident happens to themselves or to someone they...
GAZA — Marijuana and prescription painkillers are flooding into the Gaza Strip as never before, prompting officials from the ruling faction Hamas to seek tougher punishments for smuggling drugs into the blockaded territory.
The quantity of drugs seized in Gaza in January was as much as for the whole of 2016, officials said.
Eight...
