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Dearborn Police arrests four suspects in T-Mobile armed robbery

October 4th, 20180 DEARBORN — On August 10 an armed robbery occurred at a T-Mobile store on Wyoming in Dearborn. Two suspects, one armed with a handgun, entered the store and stole...

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Feds shut down fake document sellers

September 24th, 20180 Beware of fake document sellers. When you apply for credit, a mortgage, a place to live, government benefits or tax refunds, most likely you need documents showing your...

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CAIR-MI to represent family of man killed by Detroit Police

September 23rd, 20180 DETROIT — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR-MI) a non-profit advocacy group for Muslims, plans to represent the interests of the...

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Car plows into crowd outside London Muslim center in possible hate crime

September 21st, 20180 LONDON — On September 19, two people were hospitalized after a car reportedly hit pedestrians near a Muslim community center in northwest London in an incident police...

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Couple charged in carjacking of 88-year-old Livonia woman

September 21st, 20180 LIVONIA — Jason Malinas, 38, of Sterling Heights, and Jessica St. Clair, 41, of Wayne, have been charged by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in connection with the...

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Gunman kills five in ‘new normal’ shootings in California

September 14th, 20180 BAKERSFIELD, Cal. — An unidentified gunman killed his wife and four other people in a series of shootings on Wednesday in Southern California before taking his own...

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Anatomy of a fake check scam

September 9th, 20180 Fake checks drive many types of scams — like those involving phony prize wins, fake jobs, mystery shoppers, online classified ad sales and others. In a fake check...

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Four dead, dozen wounded in shooting at video game tournament in Florida

August 26th, 20180 JACKSONVILLE, Fl. - A shooter killed four people and wounded dozen on Sunday at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in...

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New Mexico judge gets death threats after granting bail to Muslim compound members

August 17th, 20180 TAOS, N.M. — A New Mexico judge received death threats and Islamophobic abuse on Tuesday, a day after she granted bail to five Muslims charged with child abuse and who...

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No arrests after 66 shot, 12 killed, in weekend Chicago gun violence

August 8th, 20180 Chicago police have made no arrests tied to the shootings of 66 people over the weekend, 12 of them fatal, but dozens were taken into custody on gun charges, the...

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Dearborn Police briefs media on major crimes

June 30th, 20180 DEARBORN — On June 25, the Dearborn Police Department provided updates on several major crimes that occurred in the city, during a press conference at the Dearborn...

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Man pleads guilty in Dearborn day care shooting

June 19th, 20180 DETROIT — A Dearborn man whose home-based day care center was the scene of a shooting that wounded two young children pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of...

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Tips for scam-free travel or summer vacation

June 19th, 201810 WASHINGTON - Planning a summer vacation? beware of travel scam. You may be looking for deals on cheap flights or discounts at hotels and resorts — but some promotions...

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Tampa man goes to prison for ruining home sale to Muslim family

June 18th, 20180 TAMPA — Kaderbhai Ali Asgar choked up as he told the courtroom what Islam means to him. It is a religion of love and peace, he said. "Security for all," Asgar said....

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Dearborn tailor charged with seven criminal sexual conduct cases

May 18th, 20180 LIVONIA — A 57-year-old Dearborn man is facing seven additional charges for allegedly inappropriately touching other men. Majed (Mark) Mohamad Wazni was charged on May...

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Dearborn police seek gun, items stolen from cars

May 18th, 20180 DEARBORN — Dearborn police are asking the public to help find suspects who stole several items, including a handgun, from unlocked vehicles in the city. Officials...

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Dearborn Heights man arraigned in fatal shooting of customer at gas station

May 18th, 20180 DETROIT — A 26-year-old gas station clerk has been arraigned in the fatal shooting of a customer inside the west side Detroit business. According to the Wayne...

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State suspends Detroit party store liquor license for selling to minors

May 11th, 20180 LANSING — During the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) May 3 hearing in Southfield, the Commission ordered the suspension of the liquor license and permits...

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Former Port Huron pastor charged in enticing girls to engage in sex acts online

May 11th, 20180 PORT HURON — A former Port Huron pastor is facing federal charges amid allegations he enticed underage girls to engage in sex acts online. FBI agents learned about...

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Decades-long hunt for missing girls leads to Michigan farm

May 9th, 20180 DETROIT — Police searched a former farm outside Detroit on Tuesday for the remains of up to six teenage girls missing for decades, believing they may have been killed...

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Man who hit Muslim woman at Dearborn hospital found not yet competent for trial

April 25th, 20180 DEARBORN – When John Salvatore Deliz, 57, did not show up in 19th District Court on April 24 for assaulting an Arab American woman in an emergency room on Feb. 10,...

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Michigan State student sues, claims school ignored rape by basketball players

April 13th, 20180 DETROIT — A Michigan State University journalism student sued the school on Monday, claiming she was raped by three basketball players and that she was discouraged by...

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Federal agents raid Dearborn clinic

April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – FBI agents conducted a raid April 12 on Detroit Visiting Physicians, a clinic owned by Dr. Fares Yasin, removing boxes of evidence. Yasin has been...

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Local pharmacists and doctor charged with insurance fraud

April 13th, 20180 DETROIT – Four pharmacists, a doctor and a patient recruiter have been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with a scheme to bill insurance companies...

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Tailor charged with criminal sexual misconduct

April 6th, 20180 LIVONIA – A 57-year-old tailor is facing criminal sexual misconduct charges for allegedly inappropriately touching two of his customers. Majed (Mark) Mohamad Wazni,...

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NY attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting death

April 6th, 20180 NEW 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...

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Dearborn student sues Beaumont for not preventing ER attack

April 6th, 20180 An emergency room nurse and two administrators at Beaumont in Dearborn told The AANews they had not heard about the incident or received any notification from...

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