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On November 12, 2010, he was charged with malicious destruction of property for smashing out the windows of a car belonging to James Augsberger, boyfriend of witness Lucinda Mann. [45] On November 23, 2010, he was charged with assault with intent to murder in the stabbing of Antoine Jackson on July 12, 2010, in Burton, Michigan. [4] [46]
The Algiers Motel at 8301 Woodward Avenue [7] near the Virginia Park district was a black-owned business, owned by Sam Gant and McUrant Pye. It was one of three motels in Detroit owned by Gant and Pye, the others being the Alamo, at Alfred and Woodward, and the Rio Grande, on West Grand near Grand River. [8]
Death of Jane Bashara: Detroit: 2012-01-24: Grosse Pointe marketing executive strangled by hitman hired by husband and left in back seat of her Mercedes-Benz SUV in an alley in Detroit [23] Murder of Robert Cipriano: Farmington Hills: 2012-04-16: Murder committed by 19-year-old adopted son [24] Murder of Jessica Heeringa: Norton Shores: 2013-04-26
The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Less than a year after the violent unrest of 1967, areas of 12th Street (present-day Rosa Parks Boulevard) again erupted in chaos (simultaneously with over 100 other US cities) following King's assassination.
Joseph Zerilli (born Giuseppe Zerilli; Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ddzeˈrilli]; December 10, 1897 – October 30, 1977) was an Italian-born American mobster who rose to power in the crime family known as the Detroit Partnership, leading from the 1930s through much of the 1970s.
DETROIT (AP) — The case against a man accused of killing of a Detroit synagogue leader collapsed Friday as a judge dismissed a remaining murder charge, three weeks after a jury cleared him of a ...
Kendall was facing first degree murder and other charges, according to The Detroit News. Kendall's cause of death was hanging, according to The Detroit News. Jail or Agency: Wayne County; State: Michigan; Date arrested or booked: 4/7/2016; Date of death: 4/20/2016; Age at death: 24; Sources: www.detroitnews.com
The first recorded riot in Detroit, Michigan broke out on June 17, 1833. The state had prohibited slavery and was considered free. Because of its proximity to Canada, across the Detroit River, the city became a station on the Underground Railroad by which refugee slaves from the South sought freedom. Some also settled here rather than ...