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Avoid crowdfunding scams

May 20th, 20190 Crowdfunding is one way to support a project you believe in and get rewards for that support. But the project you’re backing is only as good as the people behind it....

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Get a one-ring call? Don’t call back

May 10th, 20190 A while back, we warned you about the “one ring” scam. That’s when you get a phone call from a number you don’t know and the call stops after just one ring....

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EXCLUSIVE: Dearborn police bust local prostitution ring that included minor

May 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN — A 39-year-old Dearborn Heights resident has been charged with two counts of prostitution and engaging the services of a minor, a 16-year-old student at a...

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Suspect in attack at San Diego synagogue also investigated for mosque arson

April 29th, 20190 POWAY - The 19-year-old suspect accused of opening fire at a synagogue in Poway on Saturday brings concerns about rising incidents of anti-Jewish hate across the...

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Massage therapist summarily suspended for alleged inappropriate sexual contact with clients

April 25th, 20190 SOUTHFIELD — The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) served an order suspending the massage therapist license belonging to Carl Ellis of Southfield...

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Police arrest Florida man for threatening calls to Tlaib, others

April 24th, 20190 Washington — Police have arrested a Florida man and charged him with making threats by phone last week to freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit, and two other...

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Expungement fair to be held in inkster Sunday, May 4

April 23rd, 20190 INKSTER – People with up to two misdemeanor convictions or one felony conviction can apply to have the convictions expunged from their records and receive access to...

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Abbas family relatives sue Kentucky bars for over-serving drunk driver before fatal crash

April 12th, 20190 NORTHVILLE, MI - Relatives of the Abbas family of Northville filed a wrongful death lawsuit this past Wednesday against two Kentucky bars, saying that they over-served...

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A mother pleads for justice in 17-year-old son’s death, says he was a U.S. Army soldier

March 29th, 20190 ANN ARBOR – Tragedy struck the home of Lola Bzeih and Mohamed Jaafar last Friday, March 22. Their son, Ismail Mohamed Jaafar, a soldier in the U.S. Army according to...

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Juvenile charged in Dearborn Heights homicide

March 9th, 20190 DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Daylon Jamar Wooten, 16, of Dearborn Heights in connection with the homicide of James Newman, 17, of...

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Arab American driver charged with felonious assault for striking pedestrians

March 1st, 20190 ROYAL OAK — A 28-year-old Sterling Heights man has been charged with two counts of felonious assault with a motor vehicle for allegedly ramming his car into two...

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Dearborn police search for suspects involved in assault at Taco Bell

March 1st, 20190 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police request assistance from the public in identifying the suspects involved in an assault at the Taco Bell on W. Warren Avenue earlier this...

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Dearborn police request public’s assistance in identifying armed suspects at Ram’s Horn

March 1st, 20190 DEARBORN— Dearborn police are requesting assistance from the public in identifying suspects involved in an assault and gunshots fired at the Ram's Horn restaurant on...

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Police arrest Detroit man accused of making terror threats

February 22nd, 20190 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Authorities said a man has been arrested at a residence in Ohio for threatening a mass shooting in Michigan. The U.S. Marshals Service said...

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Holt woman who allegedly killed her husband, fellow defendant back in court

February 22nd, 20190 MASON, MI – A Holt woman and a fellow co-defendant were back in court on Thursday for a probable cause hearing for open murder charges against them, WILX-Lansing...

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Man wanted for passing counterfeit bill at 7-Eleven in Dearborn

February 16th, 20190 DEARBORN — Dearborn police are requesting assistance from the public in identifying a man who passed a counterfeit $100 bill at a local 7-Eleven in late...

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Alabama executes Muslim inmate, denies his request for an imam’s presence

February 15th, 20190 MONTGOMERY, Ala — On February 7, a Muslim man was executed in Alabama as originally scheduled, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted five-to-four to allow the execution...

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Detroit man charged in sexual assault of 11-year-old girl

February 14th, 20190 DETROIT — 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...

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Two militia men plead guilty to bombing Minnesota mosque

January 27th, 20190 BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota - Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court to bombing a Minnesota mosque and attempting to bomb a women's health clinic in Illinois....

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Federal judge sentences three men to up to 30 years for plot to bomb Somalis, mosque

January 27th, 20190 WICHITA, Kansas - A federal judge sentenced three white men to 25, 26 and 30 years in prison on Friday for a 2016 plot to bomb a Kansas apartment complex that is home to...

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Florida man tries to pay for McDonalds order with bag of marijuana

December 24th, 20180 PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Police said a 23-year-old man went through a McDonald's drive-thru and attempted to pay for his order with a bag of marijuana. News outlets...

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Texas mother sentenced for leaving daughters in car overnight while partying

December 21st, 20180 KERRVILLE, Texas — A Texas mother was sentenced Wednesday for leaving her two daughters in a car overnight while she was at a party, resulting in their...

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Man charged with felony for pulling gun on Muslim teens at McDonald’s in Minnesota

December 10th, 20180 HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN — A harrowing incident at a Minnesota McDonald's captured on videotape and viewed more than 2 million times on Twitter has led to charges of felony...

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Businessman sentenced to one year in prison for bribery

December 9th, 20180 NORTHVILLE — A technology company CEO has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for delivering bribes to a Detroit city official in restaurant...

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Muskegon mother jailed for child’s truancy

December 8th, 20180 MUSKEGON — A mother was sentenced to jail time after her young child missed more than three weeks of school without a valid excuse for any of the absences, according...

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Michigan mother sentenced to 30-60 years for daughter’s torture and murder

December 8th, 20180 SUMPTER TOWNSHIP — A mother was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison for the abuse, torture and murder of her 4-year-old daughter. Candice Diaz, 25, was sentenced...

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Dearborn Police report: Crime is down by 9.1 percent

December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Monday, December 3, the Dearborn Police Department and Mayor Jack O’Reilly held a press conference to address crime updates and issues in the...

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