Max Reinhart

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OAKLAND COUNTYMax ReinhartThe Detroit NewsA Dearborn man has pleaded guilty to a weapons offense after allegedly making antisemitic, racist threats at a Bloomfield Hills synagogue in late 2022. Hassan Chokr, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to being a felon in possession of a firearm, federal officials said. He faces up to 15 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 24. Authorities said Chokr handled several firearms at a Dearborn gun shop in an unsuccessful attempt to buy weapons.

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Max Reinhart

The two streets in Livonia that were closed from Monday afternoon into Tuesday due to a spill involving a corrosive chemical will be monitored for a year, city officials said Wednesday, while the driver and trucking company involved in the incident have been cited. Livonia police have impounded the semitractor-trailer that lost part of its cargo as it made its way on Middle Belt Road on Monday, according to Livonia city spokesperson Chris Jackett.

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Max Reinhart

OAKLAND COUNTYMax ReinhartThe Detroit NewsA Southfield man faces felony charges after authorities say he hurled slurs and threatened a man who was walking on a sidewalk on Sunday. Toby Jacob Rhodes, 54, faces one count each of felony assault and ethnic intimidation, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald announced Tuesday. Authorities said a Jewish man was walking on the sidewalk in front of Rhodes' home when the suspect shouted antisemitic slurs toward him.

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Max Reinhart

A Roseville man pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge after prosecutors said he beat his roommate to death at a group home last year. Mark Joseph Newsome, 54, entered the plea Tuesday in 16th Judicial Circuit Court in Mount Clemens, said Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido. Authorities said he killed Dale Francis Mitchell, 72, on Jan. 31, 2024, at a group home in 27000 block of Waldorf Street in Roseville.

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Max Reinhart

A hazardous materials crew was working Monday night to clean an acid spill after a semitractor-trailer leaked a potentially dangerous chemical near the border of Livonia and Farmington Hills. Both cities' fire departments responded to the incident at about 5 p.m. Monday, according to a social media post by the city of Farmington Hills. Officials said a tractor-trailer was leaking ferric chloride onto the street on Middle Belt Road, just south of Eight Mile Road.