Articles tagged: West Willow
West Willow homicide: Investigators working on leads, but no suspects identified
Posted: Jan 31, 2013Calder Avenue was quiet Tuesday night before gunshots rang out, ending a man's life. A day later, investigators still were working to determine who might have pulled the trigger. Read more »
Confronting fight clubs: Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office seeks expansion of after-school program to West Willow
Posted: Jan 15, 2013To confront continued problems with teen fight clubs in several Ypsilanti Township neighborhoods, the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office is planning to expand an after school program this year. Read more »
Statistics show drastic drop in crime in Ypsilanti's West WIllow neighborhood
Posted: Dec 31, 2012Over the last several years, Ypsilanti Township’s West Willow neighborhood endured one of the higher crime rates in the county, prompting neighborhood residents, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department and township staff to work together to ... Read more »
Police: Stolen guns recovered, 2 juvenile suspects identified in West Willow home invasions
Posted: Sep 18, 2012This story has been updated to include the ages and hometowns of the two juvenile suspects and that they are possibly linked to six home invasions as opposed to the previously reported five. Two Ypsilanti ... Read more »
Man sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for groping West Willow girls
Posted: Sep 17, 2012The 26-year-old Ypsilanti Township man who pleaded guilty to nine sexual assault-related counts was sentenced Monday to between four years, two months and 15 years in prison for groping girls in the West Willow neighborhood. Read more »
Margaret Chun, credited with quelling violence in West Willow, dies at 89
Posted: Sep 14, 2012Editor's note: Margaret Chun's age has been corrected in this article. In 1994, drugs and gang violence plagued Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood. Shootings were a regular part of life, and families no longer let ... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Neighborhood security cameras prove their worth in West Willow
Posted: May 27, 2012It’s been nearly a year now since security cameras were installed in Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood as a pilot program, and based on the role they just played in the arrest of a man ... Read more »
Officials: West Willow security cameras' value 'demonstrated in dramatic fashion' with sex assault arrest
Posted: May 17, 2012Nearly a year after Ypsilanti Township installed five public surveillance cameras in the West Willow neighborhood, one camera captured an image that directly led to the arrest of a man accused of sexually assaulting several ... Read more »
West Willow sexual assault suspect charged with 13 crimes
Posted: May 12, 2012Related story: West Willow residents take to the streets after shocking sexual assaults The 26-year-old man arrested in connection with multiple sexual attacks on girls in West Willow last week was charged Saturday morning with ... Read more »
Man wanted for questioning in attacks on girls in West Willow neighborhood
Posted: May 10, 2012Police have released a photo of a man wanted for questioning in connection with attacks on three girls on their way to school in the West Willow neighborhood of Ypsilanti Township Wednesday morning. Read more »
Man faces gun and drug charges after ATF investigation in West Willow
Posted: Nov 04, 2011Updated 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 ... Read more »
Police forward charges related to West Willow 'fight club,' but fights continue
Posted: Sep 30, 2011The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department has forwarded charges related to a West Willow "fight club" to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office, though those monitoring the situation say some fights ... Read more »
Fight club? Sheriff's Department investigating organized fistfights among teens in West Willow
Posted: Aug 10, 2011The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department is investigating what it believes are organized fistfights between teenagers in Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood. Read more »
Column: Q&A with Angela Barbash: Winning back Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood
Posted: Jun 18, 2011Plagued with shootings and distrust of police, Ypsilanti Township’s West Willow neighborhood is fighting back to save its community. Last summer resident Angela Barbash started a Citizens Patrol to keep watch, and new entryway signs ... Read more »
Opinion: Surveillance cameras have limitations, but are worth trying in West Willow neighborhood
Posted: Apr 24, 2011You can’t have a cop on every corner, as the saying goes. So should you put a police surveillance camera on every corner instead? We’d say “no’’ to that, though we find we can support ... Read more »
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