May 31st, 20240Wayne State University police removed a pro-Palestine encampment and arrested 12 people on Thursday morning.
During a press conference after the removal of the encampment, WSU’s Muslim Coalition President Ali Hassan said arrests included students, a medic and a third party observer. In a call Thursday afternoon, University...
February 21st, 20240DEARBORN – On Friday, February 16, 31-year-old Detroit resident Steven Simmons was arraigned before Judge Mark Somers of the 19th District Court on charges of child sexually abusive material, using a computer to commit a crime, aggravated indecent exposure and indecent exposure. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged Simmons...
October 20th, 20220LANSING — Michigan has $30 million in funding to hire more local police officers across the states, Governor Whitmer announced this week.
The funding will aid local law enforcement agencies in hiring more officers by providing funding to help cover basic law enforcement training academy costs and recruit salaries for individuals...
May 17th, 20220LANSING — With the summer months fast approaching, Michigan State Police and local police agencies are cracking down on drivers who aren’t wearing seat belts all across Michigan.
The three-week “Click It or Ticket” campaign began Monday. During this period, police across the state will be enhancing their seat belt...
February 5th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — For the first time in its history, the city will have a police commissioner overseeing the operations of the police department.
Dr. Joseph E. Thomas, Jr. was appointed to the role on a six month basis by Mayor Bill Bazzi to oversee all administrative operations and strategic planning for the department.
“I...
September 17th, 20200ALLEN PARK — The Allen Park Police Department give credit to Dearborn Police for helping bring a missing 12-year-old girl home last month after she met an older man on Snapchat.
On Aug. 19, officers responded to a residence in Allen Park for a runaway 12-year-old juvenile and were told by the child’s parents that she had been...
May 3rd, 20190LOS ANGELES — The Fontana Police Department in California apologized for a tweet that called Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) “un-American.”
The now-deleted tweet from the police department was posted last week by an off-duty employee.
"Nice knowing you!" the tweet read, according to the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in...
May 3rd, 20190DEARBORN — A 39-year-old Dearborn Heights resident has been charged with two counts of prostitution and engaging the services of a minor, a 16-year-old student at a Dearborn High School, last November and December.
Omar Maher Taji was arraigned in 19th District Court on March 9 in Judge Gene Hunt’s courtroom and released on a...
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...
December 14th, 20180AMMAN — Jordanian authorities deployed hundreds of riot police in the capital and warned activists to stay within the law on Thursday as hundreds of demonstrators staged more protests against tough austerity measures backed by the International Monetary Fund.
Large demonstrations in the summer over an unpopular IMF-backed tax bill...
November 5th, 20180DEARBORN — A Livonia resident parked his car in the 2800 block of Cornell and left his wallet in the center console while visiting family. He later received a text message from American Express at approximately 2:30 p.m. inquiring about multiple purchases made. The victim checked his vehicle, which he had left unlocked, and discovered...
November 4th, 20180MONROE— The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that police have the right to stop uninsured vehicles and overturned a lower court's decision to throw out evidence against passenger Patrick Mazzie.
Mazzie was a passenger in a friend's uninsured vehicle when Monroe police stopped the car on June 22, 2017. Police used a law enforcement...
August 20th, 20180DETROIT — A Detroit police officer died Wednesday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday Aug. 4 on the west side of the city.
At a news conference at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, Police Chief James Craig said that officer Fadi Shukur would “always be remembered for his magnetic smile.”
Mayor Mike...
August 1st, 20180DEARBORN - The Dearborn Police Department and Canton Police, with support from Michigan State Police, have raided various locations in Dearborn and Detroit.
The search warrants were issued for storage units, a warehouse and residential locations following a four-month investigation of an alleged criminal enterprise. As of now, five...
April 17th, 20180Starbucks Corp will close 8,000 company-owned U.S. cafes for the afternoon on May 29 to train nearly 175,000 on how to prevent racial discrimination in its stores.
Starbucks’ roughly 6,000 licensed cafes will remain open. Starbucks said it would make training materials available to the employees of those stores, who are employed by...
April 6th, 20180NEW YORK — The New York attorney general’s office is investigating the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed Black man who pointed a metal pipe at officers in Brooklyn in the latest such killing to prompt street protests.
The death of Saheed Vassell on Wednesday was one of a string of fatal shootings of unarmed Black men by...
April 2nd, 20180Dearborn Heights — The police and Fire Departments recently celebrated the addition of new employees during swearing-in ceremonies at the Dearborn Heights City Hall. Two new Police Officers were sworn in at a March 19 ceremony, and one new firefighter was sworn in at a March 26 ceremony.
Police officers:
Ahmed Alhalili, a 4-year...
February 9th, 20180
HAMTRAMCK — When Saad Almasmari made history in Nov. 2015 by receiving the most votes in the Hamtramck City Council race— making it the first City Council with a Muslim-majority in the U.S— he pledged to ensure proportional representation and that the city would handle resources well enough to move on from emergency...
February 9th, 20180HURON TOWNSHIP — Ahmed Kassem, a Huron Township police officer, was praised Wednesday for using his instincts in finding an abandoned snow blower, which led him to the aid of a resident who had suffered a medical emergency and was stuck in her garage for more than 24 hours.
Kassem was on patrol at 2:19 a.m. when he noticed a snow...
January 26th, 20180By Farah Harb
HAMTRAMCK — Members of a Hamtramck family claim the police treated them pitilessly during a traffic stop on Jan. 3 in which the father was pulled over for an expired tag and ticketed for having no insurance.
Nasser Almasmari had his pregnant wife, 10-year old son and 2-year-old and 11-month-old daughters with him when...
January 19th, 20180DETROIT — It was an obvious choice for Rafed White, owner of Dollar Center at Warren Avenue and Greenfield Road.
In fact, he said it was "100 percent the best investment" he's made in his store.
Two years after Mayor Mike Duggan and Police Chief James Craig announced Project Green Light, White and about 230 others, including...
January 12th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices wrestled with the scope of police authority to search vehicles without warrants, with Chief Justice John Roberts referencing the shiny red convertible taken for a joyride in the 1986 comedy film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to make a serious legal point.
The justices heard...
LANSING — The state of Michigan's surplus store, MiStore, will open its doors to the public for a one-day holiday sale in Lansing on Saturday, Dec. 16. Items seized by police, donated to the state or left unclaimed at public properties will be available for purchase.
"Every year we have a great turnout for the holiday sale," said...
November 17th, 20170Allen Park —Dearborn Heights police officer Larry A. Little, 32, is charged with causing a fatal crash due to reckless driving.
The crash happened on January 2 at the intersection of Van Born and Pelham Roads and resulted in the death of Timothy Lee Turner, 59. Little’s first hearing will take place on November 27.
Little was...
November 17th, 20173DEARBORN — Amid a recent spike in threats against places of worship, officials and mosques in Metro Detroit are tightening security and bashing a new gun legislation that passed in the Michigan Senate last week.
It was tense at the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 8, when the Senate passed in a 25-12 vote a bill allowing the...
November 3rd, 20170DEARBORN ― Longtime Dearborn City Councilman Tom Tafelski and candidate for mayor, has been accused by multiple citizens of abusing his power while on the council.
Tafelski, who has held the position since 2001, is fighting a heated race against Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly.
He denies that any of allegations are true, calling...
October 27th, 20170DEARBORN — There are only ten days left until the November 7 general election and residents are still considering their options, but not much has changed since the primary election.
The city council and clerk races are still overshadowed by the contentious mayoral race.
City Council President Susan Dabaja and Councilman Michael...
September 7th, 20170HOUSTON, DEARBORN — Striding strenuously down a freeway, mostly mothers and their children were knee deep in water, making the journey away from their drowned homes.
They carried on their shoulders only what they could save. The water rose so fast that few families in Southeast Texas were left unthreatened by Hurricane Harvey's...
