Articles tagged:ATF

Posted: Wed Mar 14 9:58 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man facing federal charges in robbery at 7-Eleven in Ypsilanti Township

A man is facing federal charges after investigators said he fired a shot during a robbery last June at a 7-Eleven in Ypsilanti Township. Mario Hairston, 26, was charged Tuesday in a federal criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm, discharge of a firearm during a ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 20 9:57 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A man is facing a federal gun charge after he was pulled over earlier this month in Ypsilanti Township, and investigators said they found a loaded handgun and some marijuana in the car. William Pickering is charged in a federal criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 7 3:45 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Canada seeks extradition of former Ann Arbor real estate company owner on child sex assault charges

The Canadian government is seeking to extradite a Scio Township man on charges he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl more than 19 years ago at a park in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Richard Thurman Fabian, 65, who is serving federal prison time for possessing child pornography, is expected to appear in federal ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 19 2:59 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
FBI informant in Hutaree case was arrested for firing gun during argument

He is expected to take the stand next month as seven Hutaree militia members - who sometimes trained in Washtenaw County - go on trial in federal court on charges including seditious conspiracy and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.

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Posted: Wed Dec 28 6:29 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Deputies nab man wanted on federal warrant after high-speed chase

A man wanted on federal gun and drug charges stemming from an investigation in Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood was arrested Wednesday by Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies after a high-speed chase. Roman Whitfield, 34, of Superior Township, was charged last month in a federal criminal complaint with being a felon ...

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Posted: Tue Dec 6 11:13 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Defense attorneys seek information on FBI informants in Hutaree case

David Stone Jr. Defense attorneys for Hutaree militia member David Stone Jr. filed a motion Monday, asking the government to disclose the identities of two confidential informants that the FBI relied upon when it began formally investigating Hutaree in 2008. The "motion for disclosure and production of confidential informants" was ...

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Posted: Fri Nov 4 4:14 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Confidential informants help ATF, sheriff's deputies in case against alleged West Willow drug dealer

A man faces charges after ATF agents said two confidential informants equipped with audio/video recording devices bought drugs and a gun from him in Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood. Roman Whitfield, 34, of Superior Township, was charged today in a federal criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of ...

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Posted: Fri Nov 4 1:34 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Updated story: Confidential informants help ATF, sheriff's deputies in case against alleged West Willow drug dealer A man is facing federal gun and drug charges after a joint investigation by ATF agents and Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies in Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood. Roman Whitfield, 34, of Superior Township, was ...

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Posted: Sat Sep 24 11:09 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Federal prosecutors dismiss charge against Hutaree member

Federal prosecutors have dismissed a gun charge against Hutaree militia member David Brian Stone Jr. Prosecutors filed a motion Friday in federal court in Detroit that says "the ends of justice would best be served by this dismissal." It does not elaborate.

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Posted: Fri Sep 9 5:23 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man accused of attempting to shoot gas station clerk faces federal gun charge

A man investigators say pointed a loaded handgun at a gas station clerk in Ypsilanti Township last month - then pulled the trigger as his weapon malfunctioned- is now facing a federal gun charge. Thomas Edward Fields, 41, of Ypsilanti Township, was charged today in a federal criminal complaint with ...

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Posted: Sun Aug 7 12:51 p.m. by The Associated Press
Hutaree militia trial may be delayed until 2012

This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press.

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Posted: Wed Jun 8 9:20 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Hutaree member's home confinement isn't necessary, attorneys argue

Attorneys for Hutaree militia member David Stone Jr. recently filed a motion asking the court to consider terminating a number of bond conditions imposed on him as he awaits trial on charges, including seditious conspiracy. The motion asks the court to modify or terminate conditions subjecting him to home confinement, ...

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Posted: Mon May 16 12:13 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A man accused of phoning in a bomb threat to the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority on Friday morning is being held at the Washtenaw County Jail, jail officials said this morning. Robert Allen Braun, 38, of Ypsilanti, was arraigned Saturday at the jail on a charge of filing a false ...

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Posted: Sat May 14 11:59 a.m. by Jen Eyer Director of Audience Engagement
The story behind the bomb scare package that prompted Ann Arbor street closures

The folks at Automobile Magazine had a birds-eye view of the bomb scare in downtown Ann Arbor on Friday afternoon. As it turns out, they also had the inside scoop on the "suspicious package" that prompted police to close streets near the federal building on East Liberty at South Fourth ...

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Posted: Fri May 13 3:12 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Ann Arbor police continue to investigate bomb threat after disposing of suspicious package

Ann Arbor police continue to investigate a bomb threat that a man phoned in this morning to the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, Det. Sgt. Brian Jatczak said. The threat prompted law enforcement officials to take extra precautions when someone found a black box unattended at 1 p.m. on South Fourth ...

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