August 31st, 20171DEARBORN – David Allen Cerne, the arsonist who threw an explosive into a Dearborn church, was arraigned on August 31 by Judge Mark Somers in the 19th District Court, according to police.
While prayer was taking place at Divine Child Church on Wednesday morning, Cerne threw a commercial grade firework into the chapel.
A Bible was...
August 30th, 20170Dearborn — Shortly after news spread of a man who threw commercial-grade fireworks into the chapel of a Dearborn Church, a 43-year-old Inkster resident was identified as the suspect.
Dearborn Police said in a press release that had been arrested in Inkster on a similar charge and was currently in custody at the Inkster Police...
August 25th, 20170Dearborn — While prayer was taking place at Divine Child Church on Wednesday morning, an identified man threw into the chapel what an investigation revealed to be a commercial grade firework.
A Bible was burnt, but no one was harmed.
Witnesses told officers the man was about a 30 to 40 year old White man with short dark hair. The...
August 23rd, 20170PHOENIX ― Police fired pepper spray to disperse protesters outside a rally by President Trump in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday after being pelted with rocks and bottles, police said.
Police have not given an estimate of the number of protesters, but Arizona media said there were several thousand. Police did not say whether the pepper...
August 18th, 20171DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn's neighboring city seems to be tackling drastically similar types of reckless driving on its roads and has found no better way to control it than to heighten traffic enforcement.
The Dearborn Heights Police Department kicked off the crackdown in July, According to Police Chief Lee Gavin, it's been a...
August 4th, 20172DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Debbie Schlussel, an attorney known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric, filed a lawsuit against Dearborn Heights and its officials on May 15 for being denied access to booking photos and videos of resident Malak Kazan without her hijab.
Police had arrested Kazan for driving on a suspended license on July 9, 2014....
August 4th, 20170DEARBORN — The city is preparing to go live on a newly constructed 911 dispatch center that will serve residents in Dearborn and Melvindale.
The center, located on the second floor of the Dearborn Administrative Center on Michigan Ave., is part of a consolidation project made possible by a State of Michigan Competitive Grant...
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 29th, 20170
DEARBORN ― A bald man stole seven boxes of Rogaine from a pharmacy on Warren Avenue near Wyoming Avenue in Dearborn on June 22, according to a Dearborn Police press release.
Employees told officers that the suspect, a 30-40-year-old Black man, entered the store, placed seven boxes of the items in a shopping bag, and left in...
June 23rd, 20171DEARBORN — Reckless driving has escalated in Dearborn, but police say not for long as they crack down on speeding and drag racing by boosting both patrols and ticketing.
Dearborn police have been tackling the issue for years — writing more than 40,000 tickets annually — but the recent motorcycle accident that killed two youth...
June 21st, 20170WASHINGTON-A memorial for slain teen Nabra Hassanen has been burned down where it had been erected in the DuPont Circle on Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, D.C.
The DC Fire department responded to the scene at about 8:30 AM on Wednesday.
Additionally, the remains from the memorial of 17-year-old Hassanen were found on fire at the...
May 19th, 20170DEARBORN HEIGHTS — As the Arab American community continues to grow in Dearborn Heights, the city hopes to recruit more representatives to its police department.
Recently, a fourth Arab American was added to the police force, which comprises 82 police officers in total.
Chief Lee Gavin expressed concerns that none...
April 7th, 20171
DETROIT — On Thursday, April 6, the mother of Terrance Kellom, an unarmed Black man fatally shot in his father’s home in April 2015, filed a $50 million lawsuit against three officers linked to her son’s death.
Nelda Kellom stated in her complaint that Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Mitchell Quinn had no reason or...
March 22nd, 20170LONDON- An assailant was shot outside the British parliament by armed police, the leader of the House of Commons said on Wednesday after loud bangs were heard and a Reuters photographer saw at least a dozen injured people on a nearby bridge.
A parliamentary official earlier said two people had been shot outside parliament and the...
March 22nd, 20170DEARBORN- Dearborn police have found Lukas Brown,the 14-year-old Dearborn boy, who ran away from home after school on Friday.
Police asked for people's help after Brown's mother reported him missing on Saturday.
At around 8 p.m. Tuesday, he was located in Dearborn near Carlysle Street and Monroe. Police officers took him...
January 21st, 20170
DETROIT – As Arab and Muslim Americans prepare to reciprocate Donald Trump’s harsh scrutiny following the fruition of promised policies, a group of federal law enforcement officers are working to bridge the gap between themselves and a community critical of government.
The Middle Eastern Law Enforcement Officers Association...
