April 26th, 20240Dearborn attorney Azzam Elder filed a complaint in Macomb County Circuit Court April 19 alleging that his client, referred to as Jane Doe in the court document, was sexually assaulted by Warren chiropractor John Pispidikis.
Pispidikis owns the Spinal Recovery Center on 12 Mile Road. Elder held a press conference on the sidewalk...
June 10th, 20210LIVONIA/GARDEN CITY — A teacher and vision specialist is accused of molesting two legally blind 8-year-old girls a year apart in 2018 and 2019.
According to a federal lawsuit filed this week, James Baird allegedly placed occluders — goggles that allow no light — over the eyes of two visually impaired girls and sexually...
April 22nd, 20210DETROIT — According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, a Hamtramck man has been charged with the sexual assault of a young Detroit girl.
Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Fsle Saoeh, 38, of Hamtramck, with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree on Tuesday. A fourth degree criminal sexual conduct charge has a...
September 17th, 20200WASHINGTON DC — Amy Dorris, a former model, has come forward to accuse President Trump of sexual assault.
The encounter reportedly happened at the 1997 U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 5, 1997 in New York.
Dorris alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the event.
Dorris, who was 24 years...
October 3rd, 20190HAMTRAMCK –Embattled Yemeni American and Oakland International Academy Community Liaison Ibrahim Aljahim appeared in the 31st District Court in Hamtramck on Thursday for a probable cause hearing.
The appearance is Aljahim’s second since being arraigned on two charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a mentally disabled victim....
February 14th, 20190DETROIT — Darrell Lee Harris, 50, of Detroit, has been charged in connection with the criminal sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl, the daughter of his ex-girlfriend.
The charges were brought by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
It has been alleged that the defendant committed the rapes on two separate occasions last summer...
October 5th, 20180DEARBORN — Curious about how often students at Michigan’s colleges are robbed or busted for drug and alcohol abuse? While those may seem like primary problems to deal with, colleges are also taking many safety precautions to maintain student and faculty safety.
Safety escorts
Many campuses like Henry Ford College (HFC) and the...
GROSSE POINTE SHORES — An online petition by Progress Michigan, urging Grosse Pointe Shores Councilman Matt Seely to resign, has accumulated 736 signatures.
The petition references posts Seely made Sept.17 in a Facebook group called “Michigan Trump Republicans.” The posts feature jokes about women and sexual assault.
Progress...
April 6th, 20180LIVONIA – A 57-year-old tailor is facing criminal sexual misconduct charges for allegedly inappropriately touching two of his customers.
Majed (Mark) Mohamad Wazni, a Dearborn resident, was charged on March 28 with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
The charges involve...
March 29th, 20180DETROIT ― A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with criminal sexual conduct involving medical school students.
A student at the College of Osteopathic Medicine accused William Strampel, 70, of forcible sexual contact,...
January 5th, 20180Here's our 2017 year-in-review of the most important news and developments as reported by The Arab American News locally, nationally and internationally.
Community and local
1. Former Dearborn City Clerk Kathy Buda was convicted on embezzlement charges, after clerk office employees reported suspicions she was stealing cash from fees...
December 8th, 20170GRAND RAPIDS — On Thursday, a federal judge sentenced Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor accused of sexually assaulting gymnasts, to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges that grew out of a sex abuse investigation.
U.S. District Judge Janet Neff handed down the sentences sought by prosecutors, who...
October 27th, 20170The Fordson High School football team caused an uproar after making headlines two weeks ago when a few of its junior varsity players were busted in an alleged hazing scandal that some students argue was a sexual assault.
The administration called it a “rogue hazing” incident and Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko confirmed that it...
August 29th, 20170The ALCU reported on Monday, Aug. 28 that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently asked the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), which instructs federal agencies on how to maintain records, to approve its timetable for retaining or destroying records related to its detention operations.
This may seem like a...
April 19th, 20170NEW YORK ― Fox News has decided to part ways with star host Bill O'Reilly following allegations of sexual harassment, New York magazine reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources briefed on the discussions.
O'Reilly said in an April 1 statement that he had been unfairly targeted because of his public prominence. Marc Kasowitz,...
