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Sheriff's Newsroom Archive: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | Current News
12/19/07 - Sheriff’s deputies’ prostitution sting nabs school bus driver transporting special needs students
Driver for private transportation company allegedly solicited sex while kids were on board.
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a 30-year-old Detroit man working as a contractor for the Detroit Public School System they say solicited sex from an undercover officer while he was driving special needs children to school, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
12/18/07 - Sheriff warns parents: Monitor your kids’ activities on those new computers under the Christmas tree
Children will have more unsupervised Internet time during Holiday break. As kids across Wayne County fire up those new computers Santa is bringing them this year, Sheriff Warren C. Evans is reminding parents to closely monitor their kids’ computer activity during the Christmas break, since they will have more time on their hands to surf the Internet. » continue
12/17/07 - Undercover sting nets $300,000 in suspected stolen & counterfeit merchandise
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies and Prosecutors, along with investigators for the Macy’s department store and other local police agencies, have shut down a major fencing operation, Sheriff Warren Evans and Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced today. They say that employees at two Detroit stores had been purchasing goods stolen from Macy’s for pennies on the dollar then reselling them along with counterfeit items at their own small independent locations in Detroit. » continue
12/12/07 - Sheriff warns local motorists of aggressive new breed of gas thieves
“Bump-and-pump” fuel bandits commandeer gas nozzle from paying customers. Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is warning the public about what appears to be a frightening new tactic being used by thieves who target gas station customers while they are pumping fuel into their car. » continue
11/30/07 - Sheriff’s Deputies arrest two-timing Internet child predator suspect
What are the odds?
That’s what Internet investigators from two counties are asking after Wayne County Sheriff Internet Crime Unit deputies arrested a 39-year-old Battle Creek man after he allegedly drove to metro Detroit to have sex with two different underage girls, according to Sheriff Warren C. Evans. » continue
11/21/07 - Sheriff, local PDs kick off 2007 Holiday patrols by targeting Pre-Thanksgiving “binge drinkers”
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, along with 17 suburban police agencies, recently were awarded a major increase in state funding for drunken driving and seatbelt enforcement and will kick off their increased patrols starting at 5PM Wednesday, November 21, to target drunken drivers, Sheriff Warren Evans announced today. » continue
11/16/07 - Saginaw man arrested in connection with Taylor mom’s child exploitation case
A Saginaw man has been charged with attempting to arrange to have sex with the seven-year-old daughter of the same Taylor woman who now sits in prison for offering a similar deal earlier this year to an undercover Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy. » continue
11/08/07 - Sheriff seeks public’s help finding armed robber
Armed with DNA evidence recovered from a makeshift ski mask left at the scene of a home invasion and armed robbery in Highland Park early this year, Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have learned the suspect’s identity and are asking for the public’s assistance in locating him, Sheriff Warren C. Evans said today. » continue
11/07/07 - Sheriff’s Office simulates hostage scenario aboard DDOT bus to train for possibilities.
As part of their efforts to keep passengers aboard Detroit Department of Transportation buses safe at all times, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and DDOT officials today conducted a training scenario with the Sheriff’s Special Response Team (SRT) that simulated a hostage situation on a DDOT bus. » continue
10/31/07 - Sheriff & County Executive announce major Homeland Security upgrade
Residents of Wayne County soon will have a much greater level of protection in the event of a major Homeland Security incident, thanks to a new $2 million state-of-the-art communications system being unveiled this week, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
10/29/07 - Awards Given To Expand HIV Testing Opportunities For Racial And Ethnic Minorities
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) announced today that it has awarded $1,039,923 to support expansion of HIV testing in health care settings to address racial/ethnic disparities in access to HIV testing, particularly in African American communities. » continue
10/29/07 - Sheriff’s deputies bust Southgate man selling untraceable “stealth modems”
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies, acting on information provided to them by investigators of a local Internet service provider, have arrested a 27-year-old Southgate man they say was selling high speed Internet modems he had illegally altered to be untraceable by the company - and law enforcement. » continue
10/22/07 - Deed Fraud Task Force arrests man who forged County official’s name to obtain $80K mortgage
Over the course of its first two years investigating property scams, the Wayne County Deed Fraud Task Force has arrested and convicted quite a few bold individuals for ripping off homeowners and mortgage companies, but few have been as bold – or as foolish – as D’Clarence Reynolds, according to Task Force officials. » continue
10/22/07 - Operation “Wrecker Checker” busts tow truck drivers hauling stolen cars to scrap yard
Wayne County’s East Side ACTION (Arresting Car Thieves In Our Neighborhood) Team, along with the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office, and National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has launched a new program that targets fly-by-night tow truck, or wrecker, companies as they bring stolen vehicles to local scrap yards to collect up to $300 per vehicle, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
10/22/07 - Convictions and Prison Sentences Piling Up for Wayne County Fraud Task Force
(DETROIT) – The efforts of the Wayne County Fraud Task Force continue to pay off as the team added a number of convictions and prison sentences to its record, facilitating the apprehension, conviction and sentencing of two defendants in fraudulent property cases last week. » continue
10/16/07 - Livonia Boy Scout collects and donates 1,200 books for jail inmate library
Sheriff Evans thanks 14-year-old Eagle Scout candidate for his efforts
Inmates at the Wayne County Jail now have access to a greater variety of reading materials to better themselves, or simply help pass the time, compliments of a 14-year-old Boy Scout, Sheriff Warren C. Evans said
today. » continue
10/10/07 - Sheriff & Prosecutor announce ID Fraud arrests
Worker at Livonia of Secretary of State branch among those charged
The Wayne County Sheriff’s and Prosecutor’s Offices have dismantled a loosely connected underground network of criminals who have been issuing everything from fake temporary vehicle license plates to fraudulent auto insurance to illegitimate Michigan driver’s licenses, Sheriff Warren C. Evans and Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy announced today. » continue
10/04/07 - Operation LASSO targets suburban sex offenders
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and Westland Police Department, along with a team of local suburban, State and Federal law enforcement agencies have joined together to for the first ever Operation LASSO, an effort to arrest sex offenders wanted on felony warrants and make those on probation or parole are playing by the rules, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
10/03/07 - Sheriff, Prosecutor announce arrests & ID theft charges against former County employee.
Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans and Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy today announced that their offices have dismantled an identity theft ring that they have traced back to a manager in one of the county’s departments headquartered at the Wayne County Building in downtown Detroit. » continue
09/28/07 - Sheriff’s Office to assist in freeway patrols in event of state government shut down
Due to the anticipated shutdown of services normally provided by the Michigan State Police, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office will be augmenting the resources of local law enforcement agencies to help fill the service gaps created by the lack of state police presence on the Wayne County freeway system, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
09/27/07 - Deputies find marijuana farm growing in wooded area near lower Rouge River
Sheriff says that crop, if harvested, could have been worth up to $400,000 on the street.
On Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s deputies received a tip over the telephone from someone who said they had just come across a large number of large pot plants growing in a deeply wooded area near the Lower Rouge River, near Beech Daly on the Inkster-Dearborn Heights border. » continue
09/27/07 - Sheriff reports on first 100 Days of DDOT patrols
City transit officials praise response time, visibility and improved orderliness.After the first 100 days Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies patrolling Detroit Department of Transportation buses, routes and shelters, passengers and drivers are enjoying a safer environment and a snappy response to significant incidents, officials said today. » continue
09/20/07 - Back by popular demand: Sheriff and WCCCD offer “Ladies Only” CCW gun safety class
Women who wish to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon (CCW) will have a chance to receive their required safety training as a group when the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the Wayne County Community College District offers a “for women only” CCW gun safety class on October 27th and November 4 th, Sheriff Warren Evans said today. » continue
09/17/07 - Inner city kids to learn golf, gain life skills
Each equipped with his or her own brand new starter sets of golf clubs, 18 inner-city kids hit the links today for the very first time today with Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans as part of a new Youth Golf & Mentoring Program. » continue
09/17/07 - Sheriff invites public to ride with Mounted Patrol at unit’s annual benefit fundraiser
Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans is inviting members of the public to attend a special event that will help sustain his department’s Mounted Patrol, which is the last of its kind in Michigan. » continue
09/10/07 - Sheriff rides DDOT bus with Detroit school children to highlight deputies’ presence
Thousands of Detroit children who rely on city of Detroit buses to get them to and from school each day now have some welcome company: Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies. » continue
09/07/07 - Sheriff helps keep Detroit school children safe by checking sex offenders living in School Zones
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies and Michigan Department of Corrections agents have been knocking on the doors of registered sex offenders who reside in designated Schools Zones in the city of Detroit this week. The program is part of Sheriff Warren Evans’ efforts to provide “Safe Passage” for children heading back to school. » continue
07/19/07 - Caught in the act! Deputies arrest man in the process of downloading child porn
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a Lincoln Park man they say has hundreds of images of child pornography on his computer and was in the process of downloading more when officers entered his home on Tuesday armed with a search warrant, Sheriff Warren Evans announced today. » continue
07/16/07 - Warren C. Evans Appointed to HCMA Board of Commissioners
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm appointed Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans to serve on the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority Board of Commissioners as one of two Governor appointees for a term expiring May 2, 2011. » continue
07/16/07 - Police agencies team up to track down suspected carjackers
who brutalized two elderly women in Grosse Pointe
Two Detroit juveniles, ages 14 and 16, are expected to be charged as early as today
with a brutal carjacking that took place in Grosse Pointe on Monday afternoon and
landed two elderly women in the hospital with injuries. The suspects were quickly
tracked down by officers from numerous local agencies, including a Wayne County
east side auto theft task force, and apprehended within hours of the carjacking,
Sheriff Warren Evans said today. » continue
07/16/07 - Sheriff’s Office garners 3 national awards
Three signature programs created by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office have received national recognition for their effectiveness and innovation, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
07/16/07 - Sheriff increases deputies’ summertime presence in Wayne County parks
Users of Wayne County’s historic park system will be able to enjoy an even more carefre and family friendly experience this summer thanks to an increased summer patrol, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
07/16/07 - Sheriff’s Office garners 3 national awards
Three signature programs created by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office have received national recognition for their effectiveness and innovation, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
07/15/07 - Internet Deputies Arrest Registered Sex Offender Who Arranged
For Sex With 14 Year Old Boy
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested two Port Huron men, one of them a registered sex offender, after they drove to metro Detroit late last week allegedly expecting to meet an underage boy and take him back to Port Huron for a weekend of sex, Sheriff Warren Evans announced today. » continue
07/12/07 - Motor City Horse Force Aims To Increase Mounted Police Presence In Metro Detroit ”
The Motor City Horse Force, a new, grassroots citizens organization committed to increasing the presence of mounted police in and around Metro Detroit, made its public debut today. The announcement of the new effort was made at the graduation ceremony of seven newly trained officers for the Wayne County Sheriff’s Mounted Police Unit, held at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit. » continue
06/21/07 - Sheriff's Internet Deputies Arrest Dearborn Middle School Teacher Seeking Sex With Young Boy.
Wayne County Sheriff’s Internet deputies have arrested a local schoolteacher who they say showed up for a meeting with who he expected to be a 14-year-old boy for the purpose of having sex with him, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today.
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06/18/07 - Police agencies shut down juvenile auto theft ring
A multi-agency law enforcement task force, working closely with Chrysler Group Security, has dismantled a ring of car thieves as young as 13 years old who have been stealing brand new Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles from a shipping company’s lot at the automaker’s Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit, officials announced today. » continue
06/12/07 - Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man?
Auto theft investigators working this week’s highly successful Operation 8 Mile law
enforcement initiative arrested a 17-year-old Detroit man believed to be responsible for
stealing a significant number of vehicles on Wayne County’s east side, Sheriff Warren
C. Evans announced today. » continue
06/04/07 - Internet deputies arrest “Serial Cyber Flasher”
Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is warning parents about a troubling new phenomenon that is threatening all children who use the Internet. Evans calls the men who do it “cyber flashers.” » continue
05/29/07- Sheriff expands jail based domestic violence program
Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today the major expansion of a successful jail and
community based program he says should help reverse the recent trend of increasingly violent domestic abuse
that has resulted in a 74% spike in domestic homicides in Michigan. » continue
05/17/07 - County & State officials get tough with child abusers
An expanded effort to protect Wayne County’s children from neglect and abuse is bringing more child abusers to justice and is bringing about fundamental changes in the way agencies interact and operate on the issue, officials announced today. » continue
05/08/07 - Sheriff Evans & Local Law Enforcement Team Up To Help Seniors Stay Safe
---Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans is once again teaming up with Wayne County TRIAD to help protect local senior citizens. Safe Senior Day, an annual event designed to help provide Senior Citizens the information and tools they need to protect themselves, will be held on May 18th at Southland Center in Taylor. The event runs from 10AM until 2PM. » continue
05/01/07 - Task force cuts county’s east side auto theft by 30%
---Officers from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s six east side communities teamed up last week to nab 13 suspected car thieves – some of them red-handed – and recovered 18 stolen vehicles worth more than $260,000, contributing to a significantly lower auto theft rate in that region of the county, Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. » continue
04/30/07 - Sheriff Offers "Ladies Only"CCW Gun Saftey Class
---Women who wish to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon (CCW) will have a chance to receive their required safety training as a group when the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office offers a “for women only” CCW gun safety class on May 12th, Sheriff Warren Evans said today. » continue
04/12/07 - Sheriff Seeks New Charge Against Taylor Mom
---Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans today announced that he is seeking an additional child sex abuse-related charge against the 33-year-old Taylor mom his deputies arrested two weeks ago after the woman allegedly arranged to have her daughter photographed while being sexually abused. The woman actually had been communicating with an undercover sheriff’s deputy and was arrested when she brought her daughter, 7, to a Romulus hotel for the meet. » continue
04/01/07 - Sheriff and Easter Bunny Team up to Deliver Smiles To Courageous Kids at Children's Hospital
---Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans chats with Matteo Selgado, 8, a patient at Children's Hospital in Detroit on Good Friday. The Sheriff teamed up with the Easter Bunny (actually an undercover Sheriff's Deputy) to bring Easter gifts to kids who spent the holiday at the hospital trying to heal. » continue
03/26/07 - Clerk Cathy Garrett and Sheriff Warren Evans Eliminate Cross -County Commute For Citizens Seeking CCW Permits
---Wayne County citizens can look forward to more efficient, streamlined services thanks to a collaborative plan announced today by Wayne County Clerk Cathy M. Garrett and Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans. » continue
3/19/07 - Evans Names Westland's Top Cop Dan Pfannes as Wayne County's New Under Sheriff
---Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans today announced he has named recently retired Westland Police Chief Daniel Pfannes, 47, as his new Undersheriff, making Pfannes the second-highest ranking officer in Michigan’s second-largest police department. Pfannes replaces Harold Cureton who retired early this year after serving as Undersheriff for two years following a distinguished 28-year career with the Detroit Police Department. » continue
03/16/07 - "Last Call" Comes Early For St. Pat's Drunk Drivers
Over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, law enforcement agencies across Wayne County teamed up to take 117 suspected and known drunken drivers off the roads, Sheriff Warren Evans and Livonia Police Chief Robert Stevenson announced today. » continue
03/12/07 - Sheriff Offers 911 Cell Phones For Senior Citizens
It’s estimated that in the United States there are more than 50 million unused cell phones sitting in drawers and closets, collecting dust. Although those phones may not have an active calling plan, they still can be used to dial 911. That’s why Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans today began distributing the first of more than 200 free emergency phones his department has collected. » continue
02/27/07 - Sheriff Heads To Washington to Talk Homeland Security
As federal officials this week warn of an Al Qaida resurgence, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans will be traveling to Washington, DC today to meet Wednesday morning with several US Senators about the need for additional Homeland Security funding at the local level » continue
 02/17/07 - Deputies make arrest in May
‘06 fatal accident
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a 49 year old Detroit woman they say fatally struck a pedestrian as he crossed Hamilton Avenue in Highland Park on May 6, 2006, Sheriff Warren Evans said today. » continue
02/15/07 - Internet Unit Arrests Suspected Child Predator Who Has A Child Of His Own On The Way.
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a 26-year-old Grosse Ile man they say tried to seduce who he thought was a 13-year old girl into having sex with him,” Sheriff Warren Evans announced today. » continue
02/08/07 - Prosecutor, Register of Deeds and Wayne County Sheriff announce new deed fraud charges.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy, Sheriff Warren Evans and Register of Deeds Bernard J. Youngblood announced charges today in connection with two deed fraud cases. » continue
 02/05/07 - Sheriff seeks public’s help finding parole absconder now wanted for murder. David Johnson, on parole for home invasion allegedly killed Detroit man.
Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is asking for the public’s help in locating a man that investigators believed murdered someone while he was on parole. Evans said that on June 25, 2006, David Johnson allegedly shot and killed John Ivory, 22, and dumped his body in an alley behind Teppert Street on Detroit’s northeast side. According to the Medical Examiner, Ivory had been shot several times. The body was discovered by a man who does landscaping work for home owners in the area. » continue
UPDATE: One day after this profile was aired on local television, police received a tip that led to the arrest of David Johnson, who has since been charged with the murder of John Ivory.
01/25/07 - Sheriff & East Side Chiefs Team Up To Combat Growing Auto Theft Concerns
The Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods communities, many of which have faced spikes in auto theft in recent years, now have a dedicated team of sheriff’s deputies assigned to help tackle the problem. Today, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans and the chiefs of police of each of the six east side cities announced the formation of the East Side ACTION team, which stands for Arresting Car Thieves In Our Neighborhoods. » continue
01/25/07 - Up In Smoke:Sheriff Destroys $2.5Million Worth Of Illeagle Drugs Seized In Raids
People who want to know and monitor the status of somebody in the Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies today sent nearly three quarters of a million dollars worth of illegal drugs up in smoke as part of a periodic departmental evidence destruction, Sheriff Warren Evans said. The drugs were primarily marijuana, heroin and cocaine (crack and powder) that were seized during the past two years as part of narcotic investigations and no longer needed as evidence in court cases. Some of the cases dated back, however, to the late 1980s and had been in the appeal process. » continue
01/09/07 - Sheriff’s new system lets crime victims monitor status of Wayne County jail inmates
People who want to know and monitor the status of somebody in the in the Wayne County Jail system have a convenient new tool at their disposal, Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans announced today. The unveiling of the new service, which is of particular importance to victims of domestic violence and related crimes, coincides with the January observance of National Stalking Awareness Month. » continue
01/05/07 - Court TV series to feature Wayne County Sheriff’s Special Response Team
Wayne County’s Special Response Team (SRT) will be the focus of a six-episode series, tentatively titled SWAT USA, on Court TV in early 2007. Film crews from the Los Angeles-based production company 44 Blue are spending six weeks with the team during training, briefings, the execution of drug search warrants throughout the county and any unexpected situations that may arise. » continue
01/05/07 - Deputy Plays "Sheriff Clause" to Local Kids
In what has become an annual tradition, officers and executive staff from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office volunteered their time and money to help bring some smiles to dozens of children’s faces on Christmas morning, Sheriff Warren Evans said today.
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01/04/07 - Sting Shuts Down 2 Suspected Criminal Enterprises
Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies have shut down two locations that investigators say for years had been dealing in large quantities of stolen merchandise ranging from car wheels and tires to jewelry to high end electronics, Sheriff Warren Evans and Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced today. » continue
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