Robert Snell

1 day ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsView Comments A former member of the Michigan Army National Guard was charged Wednesday after prosecutors say he tried to attack a military base in Warren on behalf of the Islamic State. Federal prosecutors described how investigators thwarted an alleged attack by Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, of Melvindale in the latest terrorism case involving a Metro Detroit man and ISIS.

6 days ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsJurors in the terrorism trial of an accused Islamic State supporter from Westland will not be shown videos of FBI officials detonating bombs fashioned out of household items that the government said were similar to materials seized from the man's home, a judge ruled late Thursday.

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsView Comments Evan Mercer, the keyboardist for the Detroit rock band Mac Saturn, whose arrest on child porn charges derailed the group's breakthrough and nationwide tour last year, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday. U.S. District Judge Terrence Berg sentenced the 31-year-old Farmington man for sexually exploiting an underage girl.

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsView Comments FBI agents believe attempts were made to hide and delete child sexually abusive materials from a desktop computer found in the home of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer arrested on child pornography charges, a federal prosecutor said.

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsView Comments Jerome Gorgon, a veteran federal prosecutor, is expected to be named U.S. Attorney in the eastern district of Michigan Friday night and serve as the top federal law enforcement official in one of the country's most dangerous large cities. Gorgon, 52, a Detroit native and resident, has spent almost 15 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit.