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Florida woman crossing Blue Water Bridge into Canada caught with dozens of illegal guns
Read full article: Florida woman crossing Blue Water Bridge into Canada caught with dozens of illegal gunsA Florida woman is facing several charges after reportedly attempting to smuggle dozens of illegal guns into Canada earlier this month.
Inside the evidence room: What Detroit police are doing to get illegal guns off the street
Read full article: Inside the evidence room: What Detroit police are doing to get illegal guns off the streetPolice said in 2020 the department saw more than twice as many illegal guns in Detroit as they did in 2019.
Michigan police working with feds to combat illegal firearms, violent crime
Read full article: Michigan police working with feds to combat illegal firearms, violent crimeDETROIT – Police in Michigan are working with federal officials to take violent offenders off the street and confiscate illegal guns. Police officers and federal officials are finding illegal guns on many more people. “We don’t want them there if they are illegal,” Schneider said. Nobody would.”As part of Operation Legend, federal officials plan to target violence in America’s most violent cities. Schneider said the reality is that since the expansion of the operation was announced over the summer, local police are working with feds to arrest violent offenders.
Police finding staggering number of illegal guns in Dearborn as murder rate rises
Read full article: Police finding staggering number of illegal guns in Dearborn as murder rate risesDEARBORN, Mich. – There have been a staggering number of illegal guns found in Dearborn this year as police report an increase in shootings and murder rate. Dearborn police: 26-year-old killed in shooting on Holly StreetThere have already been more homicides in Dearborn this year than in all of 2019, police Chief Ronald Haddad told the Local 4 Defenders. Haddad said there were only four murders in Dearborn last year, and there have already been five in 2020. “Six last year, 12 this year.”“How concerned are you?” Local 4 Defender Shawn Ley asked. When police officers conduct traffic stops and respond to road rage incidents, they’re finding guns, Haddad said.
Police finding staggering number of illegal guns in Dearborn as murder rate rises
Read full article: Police finding staggering number of illegal guns in Dearborn as murder rate risesPolice finding staggering number of illegal guns in Dearborn as murder rate risesPublished: September 25, 2020, 6:08 pmThere have been a staggering number of illegal guns found in Dearborn this year as police report an increase in shootings and murder rate.
Michigan State Police see uptick of gun seizures during traffic stops
Read full article: Michigan State Police see uptick of gun seizures during traffic stopsDETROIT Officials are reporting an uptick in the number of illegal guns Michigan State Police has recovered from freeways in the Detroit area. Officers said their primary goal is to get more of the weapons off the streets to prevent more freeway shootings from happening. Its designed to help commit a crime,said Lt. Mike Shaw with Michigan State PatrolPolice said 103 illegal weapons were recovered from traffic stops between April and July 30 of this year on highways surrounding Metro Detroit. These are from everyday folks that are driving around with illegal guns, said Lt. Shaw. The seizures arent just happening here in the State of Michigan, but all over the US.