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Detroit's resurgence is a false narrative. Several times a week, the truth of the continuing crime and corruption of Detroit is revealed on this blog.
2020-02-10 06:28
The Detroit School System spent nearly $1 million on out-of-state travel in 2019. The next highest school district in the state only spent $18,000. Among the mis-spent million was a $250K tr… Read More
2020-02-08 06:09
An acquaintance attended a home tour in Detroit to see about possibly re-locating there. She came away from the experience upset that she even considered it. She says, “There are so ma… Read More
2020-02-04 18:12
So, Kwame Kilpatrick won’t go away. A Detroit executive and State Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo are trying to get President Trump to intervene and release former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatri… Read More
2020-02-02 18:28
44-year-old Detroiter, Santore Thomas, is an Air Force vet and won a racial discrimination lawsuit settlement. He went to deposit the check at his Livonia bank, TCF Bank, where he has had an… Read More
2020-01-31 02:08
The Livernois Fire Dept. and Police Dept. was doing a wellness check on 85-year-old Albert Wright, his family hadn’t heard from him in days. When they went inside, they found 38-year-o… Read More
2020-01-27 14:37
Several law enforcement agencies arrested 50 fugitives in Warren. The Warren Police Commissioner described them as “Career criminals who were likely to commit more violent felonies.&rd&hell…Read More
2020-01-23 18:12
Michigan State Troopers on patrol in Detroit witnessed an assailant shooting at a person inside of a vehicle on Warren Avenue. After a short chase, they arrested the man and later found the… Read More
2020-01-20 18:28
70-year-old Detroiter Richard Jackson was convicted today. What were the charges? Just the usual grandfatherly ones: sex trafficking, illegal drug distribution, and maintaining a drug house… Read More
2020-01-17 19:31
Detroit homeowners were overcharged $600 million in property taxes. “The Detroit News” performed an analysis due to the 2017 tax-reassessment ordered by the State of Michigan to… Read More
2020-01-15 19:38
How inadequate are Detroit schools? Marquell McClendon was the Class Valedictorian at Detroit’s Cody High School. She was accepted to Michigan State University where she is struggling… Read More
2020-01-11 05:06
The Detroit 2019 official results are in: there were 272 homicides in Detroit, up from 2018’s 259. Non-fatal shootings were 764, an increase over 2018’s 739. The one brightspot i… Read More
2020-01-07 14:26
15-year-old Detroiter Damon Grimes was killed in 2017 when a Michigan State Trooper tasered Grimes while he was driving an ATV, forcing him to crash at a high speed. The Trooper, Mark Bessne… Read More
Detroit Realities #858
2020-01-04 05:51
On I-696 in Madison Heights, a green frozen ooze appeared by the cement siding. It turns out an electro-plating company, that had been cited for Environmental Quality issues from 1996 until… Read More
2020-01-01 20:54
Any question whether the city of Taylor police along Telegraph write traffic tickets just to raise money has been answered. Instead of writing tickets for going 2 miles over the speed limit… Read More
2019-12-30 00:04
Cartier Buffalo sunglasses can cost a couple thousand dollars. In Detroit, several have paid for them with their lives. From 2012-2016, Cartier Buffalo glasses were the cause of: 9 homicides… Read More
2019-12-27 04:25
Detroit leads the nation in corruption cases. In the last few years, 108 labor leaders, politicians, police officers, and bureaucrats have been charged with federal corruption. Cases involve… Read More
2019-12-22 18:02
Since Detroit is among the highest per-capital crime cities in the U.S., Detroit is one of 7 cities getting $7 million from Trump to address: drug trafficking, street gangs, and other violen… Read More
2019-12-19 04:50
A public interest group is suing the city of Detroit over voter roll problems. There are 2,500 dead people, 4,700 duplicates, and 16,000 more registered voters than there are eligible adults… Read More
2019-12-15 05:58
The city of Detroit went with the lowest-quality street-light manufacturer to purchase tens of thousands of LED lights. The street lights, made in California, began failing as soon as they w… Read More
2019-12-12 19:19
Musician Kid Rock, who has been a huge booster of Detroit, is closing his downtown restaurant “Made in Detroit.” At a recent concert in Nashville, Kid Rock complained about the p… Read More
2019-12-11 03:19
Back in 2012, the struggling Detroit Institute of Art pressed for a very temporary millage tax from 3 surrounding counties. They swore it was just temporary and they’d easily get back… Read More
2019-12-08 02:48
Last week’s fatal shooting of Detroit Police Officer, Rasheen McClain, may prompt criminal charges against Sgt. Ronald Kidd; who was just suspended after a review of his bodycam. Kidd… Read More
2019-12-01 03:39
How many violent fugitives are wanted in your town? A joint law enforcement effort by the FBI, Detroit Police, and Wayne County Sheriff’s Office were able to arrest 44 of these fugitiv… Read More
2019-11-27 21:10
How many police officers are shot and killed in your town? In Detroit, 7 of police officers have been killed in the line of duty over the last 10 years. 17-year veteran of the Detroit Pol… Read More
2019-11-24 21:50
Detroit’s Cantrell and Boone Funeral Home has such deplorable conditions that Michigan’s Dept. of Licensing fined them $115,000 and revoked their licenses for 10 years! The funer… Read More
2019-11-22 00:30
Former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, lost his latest court appeal over his racketeering and corruption conviction in 2013. He was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison and millions in r… Read More
2019-11-18 15:05
The Detroit Medical Center has done the impossible – they have lost their accreditation for neurosurgery. There were 4 allegations that were investigated by the Accreditation Council o… Read More
2019-11-15 18:36
Twenty-year-old Detroiter KaBria Arnold’s body was discovered in her truck, a mile between her home and place of work. Arnold was a student at UM Dearborn and played on their softball… Read More
2019-11-10 03:34
30-year-old Devin Wallace was shot 12 times in Detroit’s warehouse district. It turns out that Wallace was murdered by a hitman who was contracted by Wallace’s two business partn… Read More
2019-11-06 07:15
Detroit City Council is considering an ordinance that official emails cannot be deleted and must be retained for 5 years. Really? Shouldn’t this have been required for the last 30 year… Read More
2019-11-01 20:37
In life-long criminal news, 27-year-old Detroiter Edward Anderson was just arrested. Hmm, what has he been up to (in just 2019) you ask? Fired several shots at a woman driver who was exit… Read More
2019-10-30 03:49
The Detroit Inspector General, Ellen Ha, is urging Detroit’s government leaders to “restore integrity” by disciplining staff who abuse their authority within the city. Her… Read More
2019-10-25 21:58
An experienced real estate investor from Texas bought 2 cheap rental homes in Detroit. You’ll never guess what happened! One was broken into and destroyed and the other one was a scam… Read More
2019-10-22 21:56
One of Detroit’s finest citizens, 30-year-old Michael James Allen, was just charged by the Wayne County Prosecutor, Kim Worthy. Hmm, what were the charges? Conspiracy to commit firs… Read More
2019-10-20 15:51
In political corruption news, an Inspector General report highlighted that the Secretary of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners fraudulently changed job requirements to hire hand-picke… Read More
2019-10-16 03:22
Detroit judge Prentis Edwards just set bail at just $25,000 for a Detroiter, Corey Gaston. He was finally re-captured after being on the run in Mexico for 11 years to evade a kidnapping and… Read More
2019-10-13 22:16
The FBI is investigating whether the big 3 auto companies illegally funded UAW President, Dennis Williams’ cabin at a resort in northern Michigan. A grand jury is looking into $1 milli… Read More
2019-10-10 16:31
Business Insider published a ranking of the “Most Miserable City” in the U.S. They used census data such as: crime, drug addiction, jobs, income, abandoned homes, etc. Detroit ra… Read More
2019-10-07 17:18
The Detroit owner of the 3 Pit Bulls that mauled a 9-year-old girl to death has been charged with second-degree murder. Emma Hernandez was riding her bike in an alley next to her home when s… Read More
2019-10-05 01:38
Hahaha – this is now about the 5th accidental home torn down by Mayor Duggan’s Demolition Program. This time it was a non-profit of a Michigan State Representative, Sherry Gay-Da… Read More
2019-10-02 23:19
In Detroit corruption news, as expected the city’s demolition program was a free-for-all where contractors named their own price for fill-dirt while the mayor rationalized at the time… Read More
2019-09-28 03:20
Who wants to link up with Detroit’s mass transit? Sherry Kietrys is a 34-year-old mother that lives in Dearborn. Kietrys works downtown Detroit and after taking a bus from Detroit to t… Read More
2019-09-26 16:22
In a recent podcast, a rental investor was asked about how he acts differently in high-crime inner-city areas. He responded, “That is easy: do NOT make yourself a target. Let me give y… Read More
2019-09-24 02:31
A Detroit school is the very last place you want to be educated: lowest national test scores, very high dropout rate, and high illiteracy rate. Add to this, dangerous attacks, facility decay… Read More
2019-09-21 05:59
Detroit’s Mayor Duggan ran out of the free Obama money to tear down blighted homes. He ran through $265 million in federal money and several corruption prison sentences from the progra… Read More
2019-09-17 17:40
How’s that turnaround thing going?? So far this year, there isn’t 3 block area that has been crime-free around Gratiot Avenue. Many people don’t go outside unless they h… Read More
2019-09-15 15:55
The Mayor and Detroit City Council are destroying yet another industry. The short-term rental market (AirBnB for example) helps support families across the country. Naturally, the socialist… Read More
2019-09-12 22:33
There was a triple shooting at a gas station on Fort Street in Detroit. The single fatality was an innocent bystander as one gang tried to execute a man and woman from a rival gang. The shoo… Read More
2019-09-09 19:37
Detroit was ranked dead last in a survey of the largest 100 cities in the U.S. for driving. WalletHub conducted the survey using many variables such as: safety, road condition, car theft, co… Read More
2019-09-07 00:35
There are two iconic Detroit coney island restaurants right next door to each other: American and Lafayette. Around noon, a man took an object and smashed the giant windows to both restauran… Read More
2019-09-04 00:20
Detroit City Councilman was caught on FBI wiretaps extorting businesses for bribes. His corruption trial is scheduled for January. Speaking of corruption, in 2014, the Detroit Police disb… Read More
2019-08-30 01:51
Yet another UAW official is under investigation. You know when you’re being investigated by the FBI and IRS, and they are seen walking out of your garage with piles of cash, you just m… Read More
2019-08-26 22:44
In Detroit, 9-year-old Emma Hernandez was mauled to death by her neighbors 3 Pit Bulls while riding her bicycle. The dogs easily got through their fence, like they’ve done many times b… Read More
2019-08-20 06:23
Hey, let’s move to Detroit to be part of the turnaround! Wait, what? Detroiter Stacey Hutchison has 3 children. A strange man came to her home and threatened her, saying, “… Read More
2019-08-11 20:18
In today’s corruption news, the FBI indicted a lawyer for participating in bribes with Macomb County politicians with trash hauling sleazebag, Chuck Rizzo. The attorney, Jay Schwartz… Read More
2019-08-07 17:31
UAW Union VP, Norwood Jewell, was just sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for accepting bribes (around $95,000) in exchange for favorable treatment toward Fiat Chrysler Motoes. A na… Read More
2019-08-05 23:00
After a 3 year manhunt, Monroe Police arrested the sex-trafficking ring leader of the Detroit’s Victory Inn motel. The motel was ground zero for illegal drugs like heroin and forced pr… Read More
2019-08-02 03:08
How many triple shootings have there been in your town? Probably zero, ever. Meanwhile there is a double or triple shooting once a month in Detroit. This week’s triple shooting occurre… Read More
2019-07-24 02:13
In this week’s Detroit Mayor Duggan corruption news, the Michigan Attorney General is investigating allegations that city employees were ordered to delete e-mails related to Duggan&rsq&hell…Read More
2019-07-15 02:59
Detroit Police started “Operation United” to identify unknown homicide victims (because there are so many each year). Last week, 7 bodies that were exhumed from a cemetery and 6… Read More
2019-07-11 17:28
The FBI indicted Detroit’s Tarek Bazzi with stealing identities to charge $3.5 million at Sam’s Club with gift cards. Bazzi owns “M&A Petro,” a gasoline/convenien… Read More
2019-07-07 13:53
A usual Detroit July 4th weekend with 11 people shot within 10 hours. What prompted these war-zone like casualties? Just traffic disputes to random drive-by shootings, to an argument about f… Read More
2019-07-01 23:08
A few days after a 4-year-old Detroiter was shot in the leg, a 15-year-old Detroiter was shot playing basketball at 6pm near Greenlawn Street and Puritan Avenue. The 15-year-old is listed in… Read More
2019-06-27 23:53
Mayor Duggan started a program to help entrepreneurs with federal funds called the Motor City Match program; spending $7 million on local businesses. The feds are now investigating improper… Read More
2019-06-25 01:30
Detroiter Henry Ford is a 3-time convicted car thief. On parole, he cut his tether and mailed it the Dept. of Corrections. US Marshalls are hunting for him and he is still a car thief &ndash&hell…Read More
2019-06-22 04:03
Lenient Detroit judges set bail at just $500 for 3 different murders over the last week. Many who get bail set this low are never seen again. One more reason to commit your crimes in Detroit… Read More
2019-06-17 02:50
Detroit Police are precluded from engaging in car chases and that has lead to a proliferation of drag racing within the city, resulting in many accidents and some deaths. It is so bad that D… Read More
2019-06-14 03:36
Detroit Police just arrested 34-year-old Deangelo Martin near 7 Mile and Gratiot. He is suspected of being a serial rapist and serial murderer. The bodies of 3 women were discovered in vacan… Read More
2019-06-10 22:42
Two Detroit Police Sergeants were charged with felony assault after video of a beating was shown, from the Greektown Casino parking lot. In the last year, local Detroiters say that Greektown… Read More
2019-06-05 14:17
Crime Update: Back in 2016, an undercover Police Officer working stolen cars spotted a brand new pickup truck in the middle of a swath of empty and overgrown lots near Detroit City Airport… Read More
2019-06-02 14:17
36-year-old Daniel Chapman, a Detroit native, served 2 tours of duty in Iraq. After leaving the military, the disabled veteran (from back injuries), who was living in New York, decided to re… Read More
2019-05-30 02:07
People that don’t live in Detroit are unaware of the ATV/quad/dirt bike mobs that flow around the with zero regard for road rules. The big draw is Michigan Avenue on the weekends. This… Read More
2019-05-24 12:52
A sting on a sex-trafficking ring in Warren netted 35 arrests, half of which were women. The arrests resulted from a house of prostitution where authorities also seized cocaine, heroin, and… Read More
2019-05-20 21:13
A recent survey of large water systems across the country ranked Detroit 12th out of 16. The survey evaluated 33 attributes among 6 categories; including: communication, customer service, de… Read More
2019-05-17 18:10
Two years ago, Detroit suspended the towing license of Nationwide Recovery. Since then, car theft in Detroit has fallen by 31% (although it is still sky-high). Why the improvement? Because N… Read More
2019-05-12 19:47
After years of infidelity rumors about Detroit’s Mayor Duggan, his wife filed for divorce. The latest mistress claims came from a P.I. that discovered the mayor leaving his security de… Read More
2019-05-08 19:02
A Detroit Police officer calls his uncle’s wife, “A Black Widow, she’s the devil.” He is describing 68-year-old, Beatrice Tennyson. Tennyson suffocated her husband, D… Read More
2019-05-05 13:38
Allstate claims in a civil racketeering lawsuit that they were scammed out of millions from a criminal ring of Detroit pain treatment clinics, MRI center, and medical transportation company… Read More
2019-05-01 18:20
Detroit Mayor Duggan is facing recall petitions for giving preferential treatment to the non-profit of his mistress, Dr. Sonia Hassan. The Michigan Attorney General is cracking down on pu… Read More
2019-04-26 19:18
In this weeks’ Corruption News, who is it this time? The Macomb County Prosecutor, Eric Smith, no less. The Michigan State Police raided this bungling clown’s office for an in… Read More
2019-04-22 13:47
Talk about low-bail Detroit judges: Macomb County Trustee, Dino Bucci, was about to be tried on 18 counts of pay-to-play corruption when the judge allowed Bucci to vacation for a week in the… Read More
2019-04-16 20:05
A group of 220 pediatricians claim Wayne State University skimmed $60 million from them over the last 7 years that was due from Medicare procedures. The case is working its way through the c… Read More
2019-04-13 18:39
Following in Kwame Kilpatrick’s footsteps, the married Mayor Duggan has been spending lots of time, after hours, at the residence of Dr. Sonia Hassan. Coincidentally, Duggan shoveled $… Read More
2019-04-10 21:29
Back in October, Detroit Police Chief Craig issued a directive that any officer caught lying would be fired. What prompted this? The U.S. Attorney was about to charge a violent gang member w… Read More
2019-04-06 03:11
Mayor Duggan is holding yet another press conference to stop illegal dumping of garbage in Detroit. The more construction there is in and around Detroit, the more the contractors illegally t… Read More
2019-04-02 16:48
A Detroit magistrate, Vesta Svenson, set bail at $200 for Jose Antonio Lopez. For $200, what did Mr. Lopez do, jaywalking? Nope – just having 10 pounds of heroin and 4 pounds of cocain… Read More
2019-03-30 16:47
A 29-year-old Detroit Police officer was arrested for trafficking illegal drugs (rock cocaine and heroin). Since 2016, over 60 Detroit Police officers have been criminally charged. Chief Cra… Read More
2019-03-27 17:16
Two men from Macomb County are facing up to 5 years in prison for trying to scam their way out of paying court-ordered Child Support payments. The mother filed a claim after he refused to pa… Read More
2019-03-16 16:37
Detroit’s Gayanga company was hailed as a model business by Mayor Duggan in demolishing homes. Gayanga is now under investigation for improperly excavating debris at multiple construct… Read More
2019-03-13 19:18
A UM doctoral student in urban planning claims, “The Detroit Land Bank found itself in a mega project of $177 million to tear down abandoned homes, and had no capacity to manage it. So… Read More
2019-03-09 03:34
Livernois Collision, a Detroit car repair shop was charged with running scams: Inflating insurance repairs, fraudulent insurance repairs, and bribing Detroit Police offers to funnel abandone… Read More
2019-03-05 21:38
New Detroit Congresswoman, Rashida Tlaib, is being investigated for illegally paying herself $45,500 from her campaign fund, including $17,500 after the elections and any payments were suppo… Read More
2019-03-02 04:55
The 57th Autorama car show at Cobo Hall includes a “Smokey and the Bandit” replica Firebird Trans Am and a “Duke’s of Hazzard” Dodge Charger, both sport a confe… Read More
2019-02-23 01:54
No rest for the brand new Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel. She just announced charges for a Detroit racketeering ring that scammed the state of over $140,000 in fake income tax credit… Read More
2019-02-19 19:02
Detroit’s Davenport Shelter for girls has been under state investigation for a long time: overcrowding, under-staffed, and sexual assault. The latest – Detroit Police say that tw… Read More
2019-02-15 22:26
Clinton Township Trustee, Dean Reynolds was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for running 4 corruption schemes. The investigation also caught several other politicians and 22 contracto… Read More
2019-02-08 23:05
Westland parents of a newborn boy took him to the hospital when he had a bruise on his stomach that looked exactly like the carrier buckle he was sitting in for a couple hours. Unknown to th… Read More
2019-02-04 00:40
After extensive claims of turning around the DMC hospitals for a lack of cleanliness and sterile surgery tools, the federal government performed a recent inspection. Two of Detroit’s h… Read More
2019-02-01 05:38
The Detroit Auto Show had a 4-hour quiet period (no music, loud sounds, or bright lights) for the 0.8% of the population that has autism – and perhaps half of those are sensitive to se… Read More
2019-01-27 21:07
Corrupt Detroit City Council member, Gabe Leland, is fighting a petition to be recalled by the Wayne County Election Commission. Leland was caught on FBI audiotape soliciting bribes from Det… Read More

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