Warren police discover meth lab at motel, arrest two

Warren — A tip combined with an overwhelming smell led to the busting of a temporary meth lab at a motel as well as the arrest of two men.

Police raided a room at the Americas Best Value Inn & Suites, 25800 Dequindre Road, shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, according to Lt. Darcy Leutzinger of the Warren Police Department.

"We had received a tip that drugs were possibly being dealt out of the motel room, plus we had reports of a strong chemical smell," Leutzinger said Monday. "We arrested two men in their early 20s.

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Owner of Westland Bray's raided by FBI being deported

Westland— The popular Bray's Hamburgers joint raided by FBI agents Thursday is owned by a former Albanian freedom fighter who snuck into the United States illegally and is being deported, The Detroit News has learned.

Troy resident Tomo Duhanaj's life story is chronicled in a 15-page federal appeals court case that traces his path from rebel battles in the former Yugoslavia and a failed pursuit for asylum in the United States.


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Uncle of slain Westland teen held; drug supplying alleged

Mount Clemens— The uncle of one of two slain Westland teens who were shot execution-style in an overgrown field on Detroit's east side was taken into custody Wednesday for supplying the teens with drugs the night they disappeared, authorities said.

Jourdan Bobbish, 17, and Jacob Kudla, 18, were reported missing after visiting Kudla's uncle, Richard Baxter, on Sunday night at his east side home. Family members said Baxter had supplied the pair with marijuana and pills.

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Judge tosses 2001 murder conviction

Trenton doctor was serving life in 1983 slaying of partner

Detroit— A former Trenton doctor serving life in prison for murdering his medical partner could be freed soon after a federal judge said his constitutional rights were violated during trial.

The order by U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani, dated Tuesday and filed Wednesday, is the latest twist in a decades-old murder and prolonged legal battle involving Dr. Jasubai Desai.

He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001, 18 years after the death of Ann Marie Turetzky.

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Son of missing Troy man called person of interest, arraigned on fraud charges

Rochester Hills — The 21-year-old son of a missing Troy man was arraigned Wednesday on charges that included three counts of credit card fraud and also has been described as a "person of interest" in a suspected violent incident in their home.

Patrick Mikes, a psychology and pre-med senior at Notre Dame University, was arraigned before Rochester Hills District Judge Lisa Asadoorian for the offenses, all felonies punishable by up to five years in prison.

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Van Buren Township teacher charged with sexting

Romulus— A Van Buren Township teacher was arraigned Tuesday on charges she sent a 15-year-old boy a sexually explicit photo of herself and gave him alcohol.

Andrea Deanna Brennan, 37, of Ypsilanti stood mute in 34th District Court in Romulus and a not guilty plea was entered on her behalf.

Brennan was charged with distributing sexually explicit material to a minor, a two-year felony; use of a computer to commit a crime, a four-year felony, and furnishing alcohol to a minor, a 60-day misdemeanor.

Police said they found Brennan and the boy drinking alcohol at 1:30 a.m. July 10 in a parked car at a softball field near Beck Road and Ayres Avenue in Van Buren Township.

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Testimony is under way in roller-rink shootings

Pontiac— Under enhanced security, opening statements began Tuesday in Oakland Circuit Court in the trial of two men charged in a Dec. 23 alleged gang-related shooting that left six people wounded at a Waterford Township roller rink.

Tre-Andis Jamison, 21, and Cheyenne Ingram, 18, face 14 counts in the incident, which allegedly involved a third man, Robert Lee German, 18, who has been charged but remains at large. Jamison and Ingram each have their own jury in the trial.

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