Crime
Crime
Dearborn community, police hold a meeting to address recent crimes
September 23rd, 20190 DEARBORN — After recent armed robberies and deaths, crime and safety enforcement were two main topics at a neighborhood association meeting this past Wednesday......
Gas station owners agree to cultural sensitivity training after shooting incidents
August 31st, 20190 DETROIT — A group of Detroit activists recently shut down a gas station where a bystander was shot by a clerk, forcing its owners to undergo cultural sensitivity...
Manifestos of hate: What White terrorists have in common
August 26th, 20190 Writing under the title of “If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim”, Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. “If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,” Bayoumi......
Man sentenced to five years in prison on hate crime charges for threatening Arab American Institute employees
August 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Arlington, Virginia man was sentenced to five years in prison on hate crime charges after allegedly threatening employees of the Arab American...
Girl, 9, dies after being mauled by dogs in Detroit; community mobilizes to lend support
August 21st, 20190 DETROIT – Emma Hernandez, a 9-year-old girl, was attacked and killed by three dogs in an alley on Detroit's west side while on her bike on Monday. The neighborhood......
Man arrested for scamming travelers at several airports including Detroit Metro Airport
August 13th, 20190 DETROIT - On Saturday, August 10, the Wayne County Airport Authority Police Department arrested 44-year-old H. Michael Borovetz in Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County...
Gunman kills 20, wounds 26 at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas
August 3rd, 20190 EL PASO, Texas - A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 as shoppers and employees......
Kym Worthy charges Detroit man for two Hamtramck assaults
July 31st, 20190 DETROIT - On Friday, July 26, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Marcus Maxwell Ross, a 32 year old Detroit man, in connection with two separate incidences of...
FBI’s Wray says most domestic terrorism arrests this year involve White supremacy
July 28th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. - FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that the agency has made about 100 domestic terrorism-related arrests since October, and the majority were......
Canadian Somali journalist Hodan Nalayeh killed in terror attack
July 22nd, 20190 KISMAYO, SOMALIA - A prominent Canadian Somali journalist who was among 27 people killed in a terrorist attack in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo Saturday is...
There are no ‘quick fixes’ to clean up your credit
July 5th, 20190 By Lisa Lake If you're trying to clean up your credit, you'll come across plenty of companies offering an easy fix. But any company promising instant results for a......
Chapel Hill man gets three life sentences for murdering Muslim neighbors
June 22nd, 20190 DURHAM, N.C. — Moments after a North Carolina man pleaded guilty to gunning down three Muslim university students, a prosecutor played a cellphone video of the...
Mohamed Morsi died in court, in a soundproof cage under guards’ watch
June 18th, 20190 CAIRO - Egypt's former civilian president, Mohamed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, collapsed in a courtroom and died on Monday, June......
Yemeni American Osama Saleh wins $4.7M lawsuit for being called ‘Bin Laden’
June 18th, 20190 BROOKLYN —A federal jury awarded $4.7 million to Osama Saleh, a Yemeni American who was punched and bullied by a co-worker who had repeatedly called him "Bin...
Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza, calling attack a “response” to rocket fire
June 13th, 20190 SDEROT, Israel — Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a Palestinian rocket strike, the Israeli military said, in the first......
Bangladeshi American cab driver from Hamtramck killed on the job in Detroit
May 31st, 20190 DETROIT — A Bangladeshi American father of seven was shot and killed while driving his cab Saturday morning. Hamtramck resident Joynul Islam, 60, was a cab...
FTC offers a parental advisory about dating apps
May 20th, 20190 Parents be warned: some dating apps – like FastMeet, Meet24 and Meet4U – allow adults to find and communicate with children. Concerned parents should remove these......
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....
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.......
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...
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......
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...
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......
