Here’s how the federal government thwarted an effort to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to court records, the FBI, police and prosecutors.
Author: Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press
Mom with COVID-19 delivers twins as husband faced death: ‘Let me live’
A woman pregnant with twins drove herself to the hospital when her water broke. She and her husband both had COVID-19.
He got a settlement from a race discrimination lawsuit. A bank wouldn’t cash the check
A man had just received his settlement from a race discrimination lawsuit. But when he went to the bank to deposit the checks, the police were called.
Spirit Airlines passenger: Cabin crew didn’t take my groping allegation seriously
A Michigan college student says she was sexually assaulted on a Spirit Airlines flight, but that flight attendants treated her like an annoyance.
FBI: Felony Lane Gang has been terrorizing moms across US for years
For years, the Felony Lane Gang has targeted women, stealing their purses and IDs. But Facebook and other social media is helping the FBI fight back.
2009 Christmas Day underwear bomb maker killed, White House confirms
The confessed terrorist crafted a bomb that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab wore aboard a Detroit-bound airplane on Christmas Day in 2009.
Social Security scammers invented wild cover stories, posed as dead relatives, feds say
One man hired a homeless woman to pose as his dead mom; another faked a friend’s murder. Here’s how feds are targeting Social Security Scammers.
80-year-old woman lived in filth. Nobody knew until she was found dead, eaten by her dog.
For years, Sally Honeycheck, 80, lived in squalor. No one knew, until her cousin found her body.
State Department stops publishing data on crimes against Americans in Jamaica – but why?
For the first time in seven years, the State Department has stopped publishing crime stats involving U.S. tourists in Jamaica. But it won’t say why.
Former ‘Jane Doe,’ victim of 37-year-old murder remembered by friends as ‘nice, nice girl’
After 37 years in a nameless grave, a slain Jane Doe is being remembered by the only people with memories of her: Her friends from Detroit.