By Alan R. Madeleine Crime Log is compiled from Hamtramck incident reports from between the dates of Thursday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 18. From Thursday, April 12: Officers…
Security tightened for kidnapping-murder pre-exam
By Ian Perrotta It looks like details of the kidnapping and murder of Abreeya Brown and Ashley Conaway won’t become available until next week. On Thursday (April 19) attorneys for…
Crime Log … 4/13/12
By Alan Madeleine Crime Log this week is taken from Police Intelligence Reports from between the dates of Thursday, April 5 and Tuesday, April 10. Please enjoy. From Thursday, April…
City Attorney says his bills can’t be looked at
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck taxpayers, want to know what city attorneys are billing you? Well, forget it. According to City Attorney James Allen, of the Allen Brothers law firm, the…
Acting City Manager can now check off employment contract
By Charles Sercombe It took a few weeks and some strange twists and turns, but on Tuesday, Acting City Manager Erik Tungate finally got an employment contract. It was rumored…
Let there be light in our city government
When are public records open for the public to view? There are a lot of exemptions when it comes to restricting public records, according to the Freedom of Information Act.…
Five Detroit men charged in murder of two Hamtramck women
April 7, 2012 By Charles Sercombe In a stunning development, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced this morning in a press conference held in Hamtramck City Hall that five men…
Crime Log … 4/6/12
By Alan Madeleine Crime Log is a snappy little compilation of the more interesting or pertinent items from police incident reports from between the dates of Wednesday, March 28 and…
Toast of the Town … 4/6/12
When it comes to good food and great times, Hamtramck has plenty to offer. In this column, we’ll talk about what’s happening at our bars, restaurants and other events that…
In Hamtramck, Easter took on a special meaning
By Greg Kowalski “A man holds dear what little is left. When much is lost, there is no risking the remainder.” Oscar Handling wrote those words in “The Uprooted,” his…
