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Sheriff's Newsroom Archive: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
09/16/08 - Sheriff warns parents about posting videos of children on Internet sites such as YouTube
To a proud parent it may seem innocent enough: Your child is doing something completely adorable while taking a bath or while in their “birthday suit,” so you take some video and post it online to share it with the world. No big deal, right? Not so fast, according to Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans, who says that there are a lot of concerns - and even potential risks - that parents might not be considering. » continue
09/16/08 - Deputies arrest 27-year-old man seeking sex with 15-year-old girl
Dearborn resident has been in the country only 6 months, faces deportation.
Ahmed Al-Mahdy, an Iraqi national who has been in the United States only six months, faces possible deportation if convicted of Illegal Use of the Internet & Child Sexually Abusive Activity, which are punishable to up to 20 years in prison. Evans said similar cases have resulted in the deportation of at least six men over the past five years.
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09/13/08 - Sheriff seeks public’s help in finding man who held infant as he shot Detroit bus rider
Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating a man who held a baby in his arm while he shot another man in the stomach last weekend on a Detroit Department of Transportation Bus. Evans released sketches today of the suspect and his female companion, likely the child’s mother, who also fled the scene. » continue
WANTED!!!
Shooting Suspects - sketches » continue
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER (SHOOTING)
WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
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CASE #19672-08
08/26/08 - ThruVision Ltd., First Response Solutions Inc., and Wayne County Sheriff Announce Deployment Of New High Tech Screening System at Criminal Court Building
DETROIT, Michigan - ThruVision Ltd. and First Response Solutions Inc., in cooperation with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, announced today the deployment of ThruVision’s passive people screening security system at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, which houses the county’s criminal court division. Officials say that necessary security screening will become both more effective and less intimidating with the introduction of ThruVision’s T4400 system, a passive terahertz imaging technology for the screening of people entering security-sensitive facilities such as airports, courthouses and stadiums. » continue
08/26/08 - Deputies arrest 2 suspected Internet child predators within 15 minutes of each other
Two adult men have been charged with attempting to arrange to have sex with who they thought were two different underage children, a boy and a girl, after being arrested minutes apart in separate investigations late last week, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
08/13/08 - Five years after Blackout, Evans praises Sheriff’s Office readiness for critical incidents
Five years after 50 million residents in the northeastern United States lost power during the nation’s largest ever blackout, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans today released a detailed list of the homeland security related upgrades his Office has made since the August 14, 2003 power outage. » continue
06/18/08 - Sheriff’s Internet unit arrests foster parent for attempting to arrange sex with a 14-year-old boy
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Internet Crime Unit has arrested a Detroit man, who is the state licensed foster parent of two young boys, for allegedly setting up a sexual rendezvous with an undercover deputy he believed to be a 14-year-old boy, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
06/09/08 - Sheriff says 2 suspected Internet child predators likely to face deportation if convicted
In separate cases on Thursday and Friday, deputies arrested three men, two of whom are not US citizens and likely will face deportation if convicted. Over the past five years, the Sheriff’s Internet Crime Unit has maintained a 100 percent conviction rate in its cases, thanks to solid investigative work and diligent prosecutors, Evans said. During this time, six suspects from other countries have been convicted and deported. » continue
05/30/08 - Sheriff revs up effort to find missing juveniles
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Missing & Exploited Children’s Task Force is receiving some added horsepower for its effort to locate endangered teen runaways, thanks to a locally-based automotive racing promoter, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
05/30/08 - Motor City Horse Force, Chevrolet donate horse power to Sheriff’s Mounted Unit
DETROIT, Mich. – Chevrolet today donated 365 horses to the Restore the Horse Foundation for the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office mounted police unit. The horses are corralled under the hood of a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado HD 3500 "dually" pickup truck, which along with a horse trailer donated by Restore the Horse, will be used to maintain and enhance the local mounted unit – the last of its kind in the state of Michigan. » continue
05/23/08 - Law enforcement agencies join forces to take on subculture of guns, drugs and street gangs
A task force of 140 local, state and federal law enforcement officers has joined forces in an unprecedented and multi-faceted effort to go after individuals who are committing the largest percentage of violent crime in Detroit and surrounding communities, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
05/15/08 - Crime Stoppers, County Sheriffs and AT&T
Join Forces to Fight Copper Theft
Crime Stoppers of Southeast Michigan, the sheriffs of Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties and AT&T announced today they have teamed up and launched a public campaign to stop the proliferation of copper wire theft, unveiling new billboards on highways in the tri-county area to draw attention and encourage action around the escalating issue. » continue
05/13/08 - Forfeited equipment, once used to grow marijuana, now will help grow young minds in science class
Specialized lamps once used by local drug dealers to grow indoor marijuana crops now will be used for science projects by some local elementary school students, thanks to Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans. » continue
05/12/08 - Sheriff Evans presented Crime Fighter Award
The non-profit organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids present Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans with its Crime Fighter award on Monday at the group's Community Conversation event with area child advocates, law enforcement and State legislators. » continue
05/09/08 - Project Guardian turns up heat on child abusers
Wayne County and State of Michigan officials are teaming up this week to send a message to child abusers: Project Guardian is looking for you.
For the past several days, Sheriff’s Deputies, along with the Michigan Departments of Corrections and Human Services, Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, County Executive’s Office and other local and federal agencies have been hitting the streets to look for – and to check on – people who have physically or sexually abused young children.
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04/22/08 - New Sheriff’s program makes accident simulators available to the community 
Under the new “Seatbelt Convincer” program, launched today at Westland’s John Glenn High School, Evans said that he is making his office’s portable rollover and accident simulator machines available to the public. The devices each come with a crash test dummy – including a child size one – to demonstrate the devastating effects of failing to wear a safety belt. Evans was joined at the demonstration by Westland Mayor William R. Wild. » continue
04/08/08 - Sheriff & CEO present new high-tech vehicles to county’s first responders
Wayne County — Today, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano handed over the keys to special response vehicles to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team (SRT) and Marine Unit Dive Team and the Downriver Mutual SWAT team. The vehicles were purchased with federal funds from the 2005 Urban Area Security Imitative (UASI) grant through the Department of Homeland Security. The three vehicles cost $690,750. » continue
04/02/08 - Tip from police in tiny Ohio town leads to arrest of Detroit man on child porn charges
Jeffrey Burt Vandeveer’s 45th birthday is one he likely won’t ever forget after being arraigned Wednesday on eight child porn related charges, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
03/29/08 - Sheriff’s Office late night raid shuts down alleged house of prostitution exploiting underage girls
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have shut down an alleged house of prostitution that included underage girls after a late night raid on Detroit’s west side, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
03/27/08 - Project CRUSADERS uses adaptive approach to moving target of neighborhood crime
Residents in Detroit’s Jefferson East neighborhood are the latest to see an intensified and highly visible presence from Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies as part of Project CRUSADERS, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
03/13/08 - Sheriff warns of tax refund email scam
Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans is warning local residents about an online identity theft scam that uses bogus emails, designed to look like they have been sent by the IRS, to trick people into providing personal information. Evans said his Internet Crime Unit has received several complaints from people who have received these “spoof” emails.
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03/11/08 - Sheriff, CEO & Prosecutor team up to help juvenile offenders reform, avoid criminal record
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have started making “house calls” to some low risk juvenile offenders and their families as part of an expanded effort to give at-risk kids a second chance at a clean record, Sheriff Warren C. Evans, County Executive Robert A. Ficano and Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy announced today.
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03/07/08 - ACTION auto theft team recovers 2 carjacked vehicles during undercover purchase
Evans said that when the suspect, Keith Holliday, 17, of Detroit, met with undercover deputies to sell them a 2002 Hyundai Sonata for $300, they soon discovered that the car, as well as the 2006 Dodge Magnum Holliday’s two associates arrived in, had been reported stolen in armed carjackings during the past week in the city of Detroit.
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03/05/08 - Sheriff: “Gateway” detours won’t become “getaway” detours for illegal & unsafe trucks
With the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) massive Ambassador Bridge “Gateway” Project now underway and diverting traffic heading to and from the bridge, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans has kicked off “Operation Gateway,” an adaptive vehicle inspection effort designed to intercept illegal contraband and occupants. » continue
03/01/08 - Suspect in fentanyl overdose death of Riverview teen bound over on charges
Late last week, Gregory Finley, a drug dealer from River Rouge, was bound over for trial on charges that he sold the fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to Billy Joe Towle, 19, of Riverview, who died in the basement of his family’s home on September 26, 2006, after injecting the drug he allegedly purchased from Finley. Towle died so quickly from the potent mix that when his father found him the needle was still in his arm, Evans said. » continue
02/25/08 - Sheriff to appear twice on Comcast Newsmakers
During a segment to air the week of February 25-March 1, Evans will discuss a successful theft task force formed one year ago on the county’s east side to combat a rise in auto theft. Since the east side ACTION (Arresting Car Thieves In Our Neighborhoods) Team was created one year ago, it has helped bring about and maintain a 20-30% reduction in auto thefts in the five Grosse Pointe communities and Harper Woods, recovered 525 stolen vehicles (many still occupied) and arrested more than 200 individuals.... » continue
02/22/08 - Sheriff says parole absconder was seeking sex online from who he thought was 15-year-old boy
Todd Robinson-Jordan was arrested Tuesday afternoon at a pre-arranged meet location just outside of Detroit. He was arraigned Friday on three counts of Illegal Use of the Internet and one count of Child Sexually Abusive Activity, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Robinson-Jordan also was charged as a habitual offender for having absconded from parole in 2006 following a conviction for credit card fraud in Oakland County. » continue
02/22/08 - Sheriff testifies at Senate copper theft hearing
DETROIT – Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans today testified before a state Senate panel on the epidemic of copper theft in the city of Detroit and its impact on the public’s overall health and safety.
Evans told members of the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee meeting at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit that while copper theft may appear on the surface to be a petty, victimless crime, it poses a serious threat to citizens.
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02/18/08 - Sheriff warns public to avoid becoming victim of rash of recent “warm up” car thefts
A recent rash of “warm up” auto thefts in the area has prompted Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans to issue a crime prevention alert to local residents. Over the past several weeks of frigid temperatures, Evans said auto theft investigators from Wayne County’s ACTION (Arresting Car Thieves In Our Neighborhoods) Team has received more than a dozen complaints just from the east side of the county from people whose cars were stolen while they had left them unattended to warm up. Police agencies across metro Detroit are receiving similar complaints, Evans said:... » continue
02/14/08 - Operation CUPID delivers Valentine’s Day gift to custodial parents: help collecting child support
Over the past several days, 80 individuals were arrested as a part of Operation CUPID (Children Unsupported by Parents Intervention Detail) on felony warrants related to their failure to pay significant amounts of child support. Currently, there is an estimated $3.5 billion in unpaid back child support owed to Wayne County children and their custodial parents. » continue
02/11/08 - Evans assigns officers to bring homeless to warming shelter during frigid temperatures
With the weather forecast dipping to below-zero temperatures over the next two days, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans has directed his patrol officers in the city, along with volunteer Reserve Deputies to assist homeless individuals by offering them rides to a warming shelter. » continue
02/11/08 - Deputies arrest 15 women, 3 men in escort service prostitution sting at area hotels
During a two-day countywide sting, undercover Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 15 women who advertise themselves on the Internet as “escorts” but actually were working as prostitutes, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. The women, along with two suspected pimps and one john arrived at various hotels in Romulus, Taylor, Dearborn Heights and Northville. » continue
02/08/08 - Sheriff highlights problem of teen dating violence as Valentine's Day nears
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is trying to raise public awareness to the issue of dating violence among teenagers. According to recent studies, 20 percent of teenage girls and young women have experienced some form of dating violence and even more endure emotional abuse.
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02/06/08 - Deputies capture two Internet child predators - one in Wayne County, the other in Arizona
Late last week deputies worked with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force in Phoenix to locate and arrest Brandon Boscarino, 27, who was convicted three years ago of trying to arrange sex with an undercover Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. Officers took Boscarino into custody at his home in Scottsdale, just outside Phoenix. He was convicted in 2004 and served a year in the Wayne County Jail, but fled the state shortly after being released on probation and failing to attend sex offender counseling classes. » continue
02/01/08 - Sheriff, local PDs plan to make area roadways “Super Safe” during the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl has become not only the most watched sporting event in the world, but one of the biggest party nights of the year, with football fans everywhere hosting parties to watch the Big Game. Since many people attending those parties will be consuming alcohol, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, along with numerous suburban police agencies, will be out in force this weekend striving to keep local roadways “Super Safe for the Super Bowl,” Sheriff Warren C. Evans said today. » continue
01/30/08 - Sheriff says suspects defrauded local labor union pension fund
out of nearly $100,000
Individuals claimed to be disabled to collect annuity payments. Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested three individuals, including the main suspect, in a ring they say defrauded a local labor union pension fund out of nearly $100,000 by claiming they were disabled, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
01/08/08 - Sheriff, Prosecutor reclaim Internet child sex predator who fled to Canada to avoid US justice
Upon sentencing, 48-year-old will face deportation to native country of India. A 48-year-old man convicted of arranging to have sex with who he believed was a 13-year-old girl in early 2007 is back in Wayne County Sheriff’s Office custody after Canadian officials turned him over today, Sheriff Warren C. Evans and Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy announced today. » continue
01/08/08 - Two local organizations to distinguish Evans during Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observance
Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Livonia Human Relations Commission both to highlight Sheriff’s accomplishments.
Two major local civil rights organizations have chosen to honor Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans during this year’s observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday. » continue
01/06/08 - DDOT deputies’ quick response results in arrest of 2 teens who robbed deaf-mute bus passenger
17- and 16-year-old to be charged with unarmed robbery of Highland Park man.
A snappy response Saturday afternoon by Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to patrol Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) buses led to the arrest of two teens who allegedly struck and robbed a deaf mute passenger, Sheriff Warren C. Evans said today. » continue
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