Hamtramck Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Hamtramck, MI or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Hamtramck officials seek public safety concessions

  1 hr ago | via Detroit News 

  Like other cash-strapped Metro Detroit communities, leaders here are asking the public safety departments to help close a $3.5 million spending gap by 2013.

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  Related Topix: Hamtramck, MI, Allen Park, MI, Fire, Dearborn Heights, MI

• Abandoned hotel fire a challenge

  Sunday May 27 | via Detroit Free Press 

  Firefighters work to put out a fire Saturday at the abandoned Hotel Granwood in Highland Park.

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  Related Topix: Fire, Highland Park, MI, Hamtramck, MI

• Artists decorate skateboards for benefit

  Saturday May 26 | via Detroit News 

  A sampling of skate decks for the 'Good Wood' auction. The Lance Mountain deck, far right, already had a $400 bid on Friday afternoon.

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  Related Topix: Lance Mountain, Skateboard, Action Sport, Entertainment

• 5 to stand trial in Hamtramck killings

  Friday May 25 | via Detroit News 

  Five men were ordered Friday to stand trial in the abduction and murders of two Hamtramck women whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in March on Detroit's west side, a month after they disappeared.

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• 5 men ordered to trial in women's deaths

  Friday May 25 | via ClickOnDetroit 

  A judge has ordered five men to stand trial in the slayings of two Detroit-area women who were taken at gunpoint.

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  Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Hamtramck, MI

• Joe Gentz in more trouble behind bars

  Friday May 25 | via ClickonDetroit.com 

  He's currently locked up in the Dickerson jail in Hamtramck, awaiting a preliminary hearing that is set for June.

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  Related Topix: Hamtramck, MI, Detroit, MI

• Suspicious package found at bank in Hamtramck

  Friday May 25 | via ClickOnDetroit 

  Hamtramck police are investigating a suspicious package that was found at the Huntington Bank at Holbrook and Joseph Campau streets.

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• Judge will decide if men will stand trial in Hamtram...

  Friday May 25 | via ClickonDetroit.com 

  A judge is expected to decide whether five men will stand trial in the kidnappings and murder of two Detroit-area women.

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  Related Topix: Hamtramck, MI, Detroit, MI

• Judge will decide if men will stand trial in Hamtram...

  Friday May 25 | via ClickOnDetroit 

  A judge is expected to decide whether five men will stand trial in the kidnappings and murder of two Detroit-area women.

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  Related Topix: Hamtramck, MI, Detroit, MI

• Art exhibit rasing money for Detroit skateboarding park

  Thursday May 24 | via Detroit News 

  Custom skateboard decks created by Jai Tanju, from left, the anonymously created Big Foot Deck, Neil Blender and Lance Mountain. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Lance Mountain, Skateboard, Action Sport

• Custom skateboard decks created by Jai Tanju, from l...

  Thursday May 24 | via Detroit News 

  The Good Wood Art Exhibition is celebrating this creative side with more than 100 local and international artists turning skateboards into colorful art pieces the public can enjoy.

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  Related Topix: Lance Mountain, Skateboard, Action Sport, Entertainment

• Officer's gun goes off, hits him in leg

  Tuesday May 22 | via WXYZ 

  A big scare Tuesday evening just outside the cell block at one of the city's police substations.

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• Downriver vs. Hamtramck

  Tuesday May 15 | via Metro Times 

  Satori Circus and his gleaming grease-painted skull form a ubiquitous presence in Detroit's art scene.

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  Related Topix: Hamtramck, MI, Theater, Arts, Detroit, MI, Photography

• Detroit is a muralist's dream canvas

  Tuesday May 8 | via Metro Times 

  Normally, we object to any statement that declares Detroit to be a "blank canvas" ready to have new designs imposed on it.

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  Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Hamtramck, MI