Michigan man faces federal charges after he misses his flight, then made a bomb threat to delay it

June 14th, 20250 ROMULUS — A man in his twenties from Monroe is facing federal charges that could land him in prison for several years after making a false bomb threat in an attempt to delay a departing flight for which he was late. The incident occurred on the morning of Thursday, June 5, when the man called in a hoax about an explosive device aboard...

Woman arrested after assaulting Muslim woman on flight to Detroit on Sept. 11

September 13th, 20210 WAYNE COUNTY — On Saturday, Sept. 11, the Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested a White woman who assaulted a Muslim African American woman on a flight from Atlanta to Detroit. Aicha Toure, who is visibly Muslim due to her headscarf, was traveling on a Spirit Airlines flight from Atlanta to Detroit when a White woman whom she...