May 26th, 20240DETROIT — Wayne County Judge Paul Cusick sentenced Hassan Alwaily to 10 to 40 years May 24 for second-degree murder in the April 6, 2020 death of 29-year-old Balkees Sadek in Dearborn.
If it were up to Cusick, Alwaily would spend the maximum 40 years of his sentence in prison for fatally strangling Sadek, who was his girlfriend, and...
March 8th, 20240Last week, FBI Detroit Special Agent Mara Schneider told the Detroit Free Press that the FBI helped Hamtramck police in identifying and locating the person accused of making threats against Mayor Amer Ghalib and other City Council members.
Ghalib said that he and some City Council members received death threats from a man in Canada...
February 16th, 20220DEARBORN — A 31-year-old Wayne man has been charged in connection with the homicide of a Dearborn man that occurred on Feb. 11.
Michael Steven Hicks was charged on Feb. 16 in the suspected homicide and faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of felony murder. He faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
At...
February 11th, 20220DEARBORN — At approximately 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, Dearborn police and fire responded to the 7500 block of Indiana for a medical assist.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a deceased 78-year-old man and a 31-year-old suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the incident.
Detectives and crime scene investigators...
May 5th, 20210DEARBORN — Dearborn police responded to the area of Oakman and Michigan Ave. at approximately 9 p.m. on Tuesday May 4 on a report of a shooting.
Officers who responded found that a 24-year-old man had been shot several times and eventually succumbed to his injuries at Beaumont-Oakwood Hospital.
A second subject was also...
August 12th, 20200DEARBORN — Police say the victim of a mid-July homicide victim was Maxine Callaghan, 93, a “vibrant and independent” woman who gave back to her community at the time of her death.
Callaghan was a volunteer at The Henry Ford. She was also well known in her community and described to have enjoyed bird watching and taking...
March 9th, 20190DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Daylon Jamar Wooten, 16, of Dearborn Heights in connection with the homicide of James Newman, 17, of Inkster.
Wooten was charged as an adult designated. This means that if he's convicted, the judge can determine at the sentencing hearing whether he'll be sentenced as a...
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...
September 22nd, 20170FARMINGTON HILLS — During a pre-exam conference on Friday, Sept. 15, Judge Marla Parker of the 47th District Court scheduled a preliminary hearing for Nov. 17 to determine whether Muhammad Altantawi, 16, will be tried for the death of his mother, 35-year-old Nada Huranieh.
Altantawi is accused of throwing his mother out of an upper...
September 22nd, 20170DEARBORN — The cries of a local mother's children as they were dragged away by state officials still echo after three decades.
Wrongfully accused in 1985 of murdering her 2-year-old son, Rehab Amer relives the horrors of trying to bring her other children back every day. Now, she's making sure other children's distress calls do not...
