Crime
Crime
Serial killer who lived in Dearborn Heights featured on new docuseries
January 26th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A serial killer who once struck in Dearborn Heights is the subject of an episode of a new TV show on Oxygen called Twisted Killers. John Eric Armstrong was born in New Bern, North Carolina on Nov. 23, 1973. He joined the United States Navy in 1992, and upon being honorably discharged in 1999, he enrolled at...
Dearborn Heights pharmacist sentenced to nearly six and a half years for insurance fraud
January 25th, 20221 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Dearborn Heights pharmacist has been sentenced to 77 months in prison for defrauding healthcare insurers. Federal officials said that the pharmacist defrauded insurers out of nearly $10 million. Mohamad Ali Makki, 46, was sentenced in federal court, U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said. U.S. District Judge Linda...
West Bloomfield housekeeper accused of stealing more than $500,000 from homeowners
January 20th, 20220 WEST BLOOMFIELD — Police say a 39-year-old housekeeper was arrested after stealing more than $500,000 in luxury items from homeowners over the last four months. According to police, the investigation started in mid-October and is connected to at least 20 different items that were stolen from homes throughout southeast...
Ex-Detroit councilman Andre Spivey receives two-year prison sentence for bribery
January 20th, 20220 DETROIT — Former Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to bribery. Spivey had resigned in September after pleading guilty and admitting to accepting more than $35,000 in bribes in exchange for towing contracts. The court said that it will delay when he has to report...
Dearborn Police catch breaking and entering suspect, believe he is responsible for other crimes in the area
January 13th, 20220 DEARBORN — On Jan. 10, Dearborn Police were dispatched to a breaking and entering alarm at a cell phone store in the area of Warren and Greenfield. When police arrived, the door was open and several products were missing, but there was no one at the scene of the crime. Upon an immediate investigation, police were able to identify a...
Garden City man arrested for bank robbery in Rochester Hills after listing his vehicle for sale
January 13th, 20220 ROCHESTER HILLS — Oakland County detectives pretended to be interested in purchasing a vehicle listed for sale by a suspected bank robber. Ali Hussein Farhat of Garden City is accused of robbing a Chase Bank at 75 N. Adams Rd. in Rochester Hills on Dec. 31. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said that Farhat had given a note...
ATF agents seize drugs, guns, cash during Dearborn Heights raid
January 13th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) made a large find during a raid in Dearborn Heights. According to court reports, agents made their way into the home of 25-year-old Demarious Cockream on Jan. 7, where he was detained while they conducted a search of the property. During...
Dearborn police arrest suspect for larceny and attempt to steal vehicles
January 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department has announced the arrest of a suspect caught breaking into vehicles and even trying to steal one. During the early morning hours of Jan. 12, the police responded to a resident call from the 7900 block of Coleman Street. The caller reported a male subject attempting to open vehicle...
$15 million cash bond set for two involved in Dearborn strip club shooting
December 21st, 20210 DEARBORN — The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office approved a 16-count felony complaint against Khalil Elgarmi and Izeddine Elgarmi for the double shooting at BT’s Executive Club last Saturday. The two were also arranged on a $15 million cash bond. The incident occurred Saturday, Dec. 18. Dearborn Police Department officers...
Art teacher charged with making threats against St. Clair Shores middle school
December 21st, 20210 MACOMB COUNTY — A 59-year-old art teacher is accused of slipping hand-written threatening notes into three classrooms at a St. Clair Shores middle school. Johnna Rhône claimed that the allegations were not true when she appeared in court on Dec. 20. Police say that she made the false threats at Jefferson Middle School last week...
Dearborn police investigating armed robbery
December 16th, 20210 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, Dec. 15, at approximately 7:50 p.m., Dearborn police responded to the 7500 block of Wyoming on a report of an armed robbery. The report came from a local business. Police say that upon arrival, it was discovered that an unknown African American man wearing a surgical mask and all-black clothing had...
11-year-old student charged with making threats at O.W. Best Middle School
December 15th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — As more and more students countywide are being charged with making threats, an 11-year-old from O.W. Best Middle School is among them. In the weeks following the Oxford School shooting, police have been investigating several instances of threats against schools, resulting in dozens of juveniles across Wayne,...
Charges filed against parents of Oxford School shooter
December 3rd, 20210 OXFORD - Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley have been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. During court proceedings, Oakland County Lt. Tim Willis provided details about the potential involvement of the Crumbley parents. Willis said that on Monday, Jennifer Crumbley received a...
Students arrested in Southfield, Sterling Heights for weapons and threats following the Oxford School shooting, more than 60 schools close statewide due to threats
December 2nd, 20210 DEARBORN — In the days following the Nov. 30 Oxford School shootings that killed four students, schools statewide went into a panic over “copycat” threats. On Dec. 1 at approximately 12:30 p.m., a 17-year-old Southfield Regional Academic student was arrested after police found him carrying a pistol in his coat pocket during...
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell’s Dearborn office broken into, vandalized
November 30th, 20210 DEARBORN — On Monday, Nov. 29, at approximately 3:20 p.m., Dearborn police officers responded to a breaking and entering on the 19000 block of Outer Drive. The location of the crime was the Dearborn office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn), located at 19855 W. Outer Drive. The office will remain closed for the foreseeable......
Four dead, 7 injured in Oxford High School shooting, 15-year-old being charged as an adult
November 30th, 20210 OXFORD — Police said four students were killed and seven others injured during a shooting incident at Oxford High School on Tuesday, Nov. 30. With another school shooting also happening on Nov. 30 in Tennessee, these two incidents combined mark 29 school shootings nationwide this year and 21 of those incidents have occurred since...
All three defendants found guilty in shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery
November 24th, 20210 BRUNSWICK, GA — A Georgia jury has found all three White defendants guilty of murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man, in early 2020. The killing of Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, initially fell under the radar until a video of the killing was released that May and drew national attention. Arbery, 25, was...
Retired U of M music professor pleads guilty, faces up to 15 years for sex charges
November 17th, 20210 ANN ARBOR — A former University of Michigan music professor has pleaded guilty to a sex charge from 2002, said Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin. Stephen Shipps, 68, of Ann Arbor pleaded guilty to one count of transporting a minor girl across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual conduct and faces a statutory...
Two more rescued after teen sex trafficking victim recovered by MSP, suspect in custody
November 17th, 20210 DETROIT — Michigan State Police (MSP) have arrested one suspect and recovered two adult victims of human trafficking connected to the rescue of a teen. A 15-year-old was rescued early Tuesday during a traffic stop at the border of Detroit and Warren when offiers stopped a black Dodge Charger for speeding. The driver was a girl who......
Arrest made in Southfield shooting, carjacking may be related to violent Dearborn attack
November 10th, 20210 SOUTHFIELD — Police believe a shooting and carjacking by masked men in Southfield may be related to a violent attack in Dearborn. The attack in Southfield happened at 10:10 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the 25800 block of Southfield Road. According to authorities, the victim told police that he had been shot by two men who then stole his...
Former Oakland County priest pleads guilty in sex abuse cases
November 10th, 20210 LANSING — A former priest in Oakland County has pleaded guilty to sex abuse in cases that stemmed from allegations of abuse in the 1970s. The allegations involved three different victims who were between 13 and 15-years-old at the time. Gary Berthiaume, 79, was sent to trial in July by Judge James Brady in Oakland County’s......
Party store owner pleads guilty in Taylor mayor bribery scandal
October 29th, 20210 TAYLOR — A party store owner and developer plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit bribery with Mayor Rick Sollars, the city’s development manager and another developer. Hadir Altoon, 49, who owns the party store Dominick’s Market, along with two property development companies, plead guilty after being accused of letting...
Dearborn man accused of trying to kidnap young girl from Novi Kroger
October 26th, 20210 NOVI — Novi police arrested a Dearborn man after he allegedly tried to kidnap a 12-year-old girl multiple times from a local Kroger store. The incident occurred on Sunday, Oct. 24 at around 7:41 p.m. at the Kroger located on Grand River Avenue, west of Beck Road. Mathias Mangone, 24, was detained by police after he allegedly......
