Crime
Crime
Home invasion suspect in custody
September 22nd, 20210 DEARBORN — At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 22, a male suspect forced his way into an occupied residence in the 14000 block of Lanson Street. After assaulting the resident, the suspect fled the scene. Dearborn police located a person of interest nearby and that person is in custody. The preliminary investigation reveals...
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...
Two men from Dearborn among those charged in $800,000 illegal opioid ring
September 3rd, 20210 DEARBORN — Hassan Samir Saad, 33, and Ali Hussein Keblawi, 26, both of Dearborn, have been charged for their part in an illegal opioid operation out of a pharmacy in Redford. On Wednesday, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Saima Mohsin announced an indictment against Saad and Keblawi as well as two patient...
Dearborn police identify two suspects in separate shooting homicides on Sunday
August 31st, 20210 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is investigating two separate shooting incidents that occurred last Sunday. Suspects have been identified in both investigations. Police say that at approximately 8:30 a.m., they responded to the 5000 block of Heather Dr. on a report of a shooting, with one subject injured. Responding...
Dearborn police looking for witnesses in Saturday shooting
August 28th, 20210 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is looking for public assistance and witnesses to a shooting incident early Saturday. Police say that on Saturday, Aug. 28, at approximately 2 a.m., Dearborn officers responded to the 25000 block of Michigan Ave. on a report of a shooting, with one person injured. At the scene, officers...
Dearborn Police looking for Dodge Avenger that left the scene of an accident
August 11th, 20210 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is looking for a vehicle that may have caused a serious accident and left the scene before police arrived to investigate. Police say that on Thursday, Aug. 5, at approximately 6:45 p.m., officers responded to an accident in the area of Military Street near Monroe Street. A motorcyclist...
14-year-old sentenced to juvenile detention in death of Uber Eats driver
July 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A second teenage girl has been sentenced to juvenile detention, and will be released when she turns 21, for the tragic death of Pakistani American Mohammad Anwar in Washington D.C. Anwar, 66, was an Uber Eats delivery driver. He was killed in March when two teenagers attempted to carjack him. Anwar clung on to...
Former Detroit councilman sentenced to 2.5 years probation
June 10th, 20210 DETROIT — Former Detroit Councilman Gabe Leland has been sentenced to two and a half years probation after illegally taking campaign contributions and violating state law. During a court appearance earlier this week, Leland said that he “crossed a line” when he took money he knew he shouldn’t have. The misconduct...
Former assistant attorney general pleads no contest to willful neglect
June 10th, 20210 LANSING — A former assistant attorney general has pleaded no contest to two counts of willful neglect of duty by a public officer. Brian Kolodziej resigned after admitting to a relationship with a victim in a rape case and was also the lead prosecutor on another controversial sex crimes case in September 2019. Kolodziej was...
Teacher accused of sexually molesting visually impaired 8-year-olds in Garden City, Livonia schools
June 10th, 20210 LIVONIA/GARDEN CITY — A teacher and vision specialist is accused of molesting two legally blind 8-year-old girls a year apart in 2018 and 2019. According to a federal lawsuit filed this week, James Baird allegedly placed occluders — goggles that allow no light — over the eyes of two visually impaired girls and sexually...
Four members of a Muslim family killed in a “hate-motivated” attack
June 7th, 20211 OTTAWA — A family of five was run down in London, Ontario on Sunday night by the driver of a pickup truck who, police say, chose his victims because they were Muslim. Police said a man in a black pickup truck drove up on a curb and mowed down a family standing on the sidewalk as they were waiting to cross the street. The victims...
Dearborn man faces felony charges after stomping bird to death at Allen Park pet store
May 27th, 20210 ALLEN PARK — A 22-year-old Dearborn man has been charged with third-degree animal killing after striking and stomping a bird to death at a pet store. Ali Chehade was charged in Wayne County with third-degree animal killing, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. Chehade is accused of...
Dearborn Heights man accused of strangling mother to death
May 6th, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A man is accused of strangling his mother to death just one month after she asked a judge to release him when he was charged with assaulting her. Aaron Samir Akel, 45, of Dearborn Heights was originally arrested on Nov. 2 and charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and misdemeanor domestic...
Dearborn police seeking help identifying a murder suspect
May 5th, 20210 DEARBORN — Dearborn police responded to the area of Oakman and Michigan Ave. at approximately 9 p.m. on Tuesday May 4 on a report of a shooting. Officers who responded found that a 24-year-old man had been shot several times and eventually succumbed to his injuries at Beaumont-Oakwood Hospital. A second subject was also...
Hamtramck man charged in sexual assault of Detroit girl
April 22nd, 20210 DETROIT — According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, a Hamtramck man has been charged with the sexual assault of a young Detroit girl. Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Fsle Saoeh, 38, of Hamtramck, with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree on Tuesday. A fourth degree criminal sexual conduct charge has a......
Derek Chauvin found guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd
April 20th, 20210 MINNEAPOLIS — Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd last May. The 12 jurors found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death on May 25. Floyd died after Chauvin had knelt on his neck...
Charges announced against State Rep. Jewell Jones
April 16th, 20211 LANSING - State Rep. Jewell Jones (D-Inkster) was arraigned on charges brought forth after a vehicle incident in Livingston County on April 6. According to several reports, Jones was so confrontational after drunkenly driving his vehicle into a ditch on I-96, that state troopers had to use a taser and pepper spray on him. The...
Former Dearborn employee accused of embezzlement, faces four felony charges
April 16th, 20210 DEARBORN — Cheryl Salwa, a former employee of the city of Dearborn Engineering Division, is facing four felony charges stemming from accusations of embezzlement. The division is part of the city’s Public Works Department. According to information available to The Arab American News, Salwa was accused of embezzlement approximately...
Officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing
April 14th, 20210 BROOKLYN CENTER, MN — The police officer who authorities say shot and killed Daunte Wright after a traffic stop has been arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter. The officer, Kim Potter, resigned earlier this week and is now being charged in the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. At the time of the......
Garden City man charged with murder of Detroit police officer granted bond
April 8th, 20211 DETROIT — A Garden City man charged in the shooting death of his domestic partner, an off duty Detroit police officer, was granted bond. Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson was charged with the killing of Elaine Williams in their home on June 2, 2019 in Garden City. Officers had arrived at the home in the 200 block of Belton Street at 11:45...State Rep. Jewell Jones reportedly facing felony, misdemeanor charges following vehicle accident
April 7th, 20210 INKSTER — Sources have reported that Michigan State Representative Jewell Jones is awaiting arraignment following a vehicle accident. Jones (D-Inkster), represents the 11th District, which is all of Garden City and Inkster and portions of Dearborn Heights, Livonia and Westland. He is 25-years-old and reportedly facing multiple......
Detroit man charged with terrorism threat against Detroit police officers
April 5th, 20210 DETROIT - Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 60-year-old Bernard Smith of Detroit in connection with making terrorist threats against Detroit police. On April 2 at approximately 1:02 p.m., Detroit police officers responded to a parking complaint for the defendant’s vehicles in a vacant lot across from a residence in the...
Update: Dearborn man charged with 15 counts in stabbing incident at Detroit hookah lounge
March 24th, 20210 DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Taha Shitawi, 34, of Dearborn, with 15 counts in the stabbing of five people, a 32-year-old man, two 31-year-old men, a 25-year-old man, all of Dearborn, and a 29-year-old woman, of Shelby Township, in a violent incident at Taiga Hookah Lounge in Detroit, Sunday......
