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Volume I, Issue 3 December, 2015
For Your Safety:
If you see a "Most Wanted"
Fugitive or if you see a
Crime in Action, please
DO NOT INTERFERE.
Call your local law
enforcement professionals...
CALL 9-1-1
INSIDE:
Ask the Lawyer......................Page 5
Purple Gang..........................Page 7
Fugitives.............................Page 8-9
Vigilant Cop........................Page 10
Puzzles.................................Page 13
Law Enforcement
Tribute.................................Page 15
Making your neighborhood safer begins with
you... and your neighbors.
The top-most weapon against crime is a vigilant
community and SE Michigan Law Enforcement
officials are increasingly relying upon folks –
like you and your neighbors – to be their eyes
and ears on the streets.
By working with Crime Stoppers of Michigan,
police are noting record-breaking successful
apprehension of repeat offenders. In 2015
thus far, police report a 24% increase in
successful prosecutions based on anonymous
tips made through Crime Stoppers of
Michigan. More than 7,000 tips were reported
to CSM during 2014.
Rewards to tipsters have increased too. Since
Jan. 1, 2014, Crime Stoppers of Michigan has
awarded more than $160,000 to its tipsters.
Those rewards vary from $2,500 for homicides,
fatal hit-and-runs, and missing, endangered
people to $1,000 (maximum) for other crimes
and law enforcement situations. In 2013, CSM
paid $88,230 in rewards for tips that led to
arrests.
Although the cash rewards are given
anonymously, many tipsters decline rewards.
They tell Crime Stoppers their only reason for
calling the tip line is to make their community
safer for their families and friends.
When an anonymous tip is reported,
CSM forwards that information to the law
enforcement agency which has jurisdiction for
the incident. After the investigation is completed
and the agency confirms the tip led to the arrest,
that anonymous tipster becomes eligible for the
appropriate reward.
How Crime Stoppers’ success is growing
to make SE Michigan communities safer
By: ED WILLIAMS
Editor, MI Most Wanted
You can reap rewards
How you can report a tip:
Call the anonymous tip line
1-800-SPEAKUP
Submit a web tip:
www.1800speakup.org
See Inside For More
Wanted Fugitives
See SUCCESS on Page 3
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Civil, Groups, or other sources.
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presumed innocent until
proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt!
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MI MOST WANTED | Page 2
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Tips reported from outside the immediate area are forwarded by Crime
Stoppers of Michigan.
In addition to working closely with local police, CSM provides several
other services to help combat crime and to bring criminals to justice. It
creates posters and door-hangers to publicize crimes in specific areas
or regions. It posts “wanted” photos and information on its website:
www.1800speakup.org. Often Crime Stoppers directly informs the
media and holds press conferences about specific cases. This can offer
families and neighborhoods a way to personalize the crimes and ask for
the community’s help.
Crime Stoppers’ programs include:
• Project Safe Campus, which empowers the student body to monitor
criminal activity within itwws school.
• Project Good Samaritan, a faith-based program utilizing churches
and congregations to spread the word about safer communities and the
CSM mission.
• Prison Program, a special tip line for prisoners to anonymously
submit tips by routing around a monitored phone system. A DVD of
unsolved cases runs in all 22 Michigan prisons and in many of the state’s
83 county lockups.
Michigan Crime Stoppers is growing its role with the law enforcement
efforts in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, St. Clair, Washtenaw,
Livingston and Monroe Counties. (You’ll read more about the history
of this Southeast Michigan organization in future editions of MI Most
Wanted.)
Success
continued from page 1
MI MOST WANTED | Page 4
MI MOST WANTED | Page 5
Three most Common Questions:
AsaCriminalDefenseAttorney,thethreemost
common questions I get are: what happens if I
am arrested, what is the right to remain silent,
and can the police search. This article attempts
to highlight the most important points of
those difficult questions but is in no way
comprehensive and it is important to note that
each case is different. If you have questions
on how the points in this article apply to the
facts of you case please seek the advice of an
attorney.
What happens if I am arrested?
When someone is arrested, it is always an
unexpected event. Family members and
friends are left to search quickly to answer
questions and to help get their loved one out
of jail.
A person can be arrested and then released
with charges filed at a later date, or no charges
filed at all (which can still leave a person
with an arrest record). A person can also be
arrested and formally charged. If you are
arrested and charged with breaking a criminal
law in Michigan, you will be taken for an
initial appearance before a magistrate called
an arraignment. This may occur in person or
by video and it is when the court advises you
of the formal charge and maximum possible
penalties. Bond is then set to assure future
appearances in court. This is not time to
discuss the merits of your case with the Judge.
The bond may be a secured bond, where cash
or property must be posted for release, or
unsecured, requiring no cash or property to
be posted for release. If a defendant cannot
post a secured bond they may be incarcerated
pending their next appearance in court. If
bond is posted or unsecured, they will remain
free pending appearance at their next court
date. In felony cases, the next appearance is a
probable cause conference and generally must
occur not less than 7 days and not more than
14 days of the arraignment. MCL 766.4(1). In
misdemeanor cases, the next appearance is a
pretrial conference and generally will occur
within 2-3 weeks of your arrest.
Whether you are formally charged or not, it
is important to take immediate action after an
arrest to protect your rights. In most situations
delay will lead to the destruction of valuable
evidence and a less favorable outcome.
Retaining an attorney to preserve evidence
and conduct an investigation after an arrest
will place you in the best position to challenge
any future charges.
Whatistherighttoremainsilent?
Just that. An absolute right to say nothing if a
person is in custody and is being questioned
by police. It is in your best interest to invoke
that right and say nothing until you have a
criminal defense attorney present. The police
may legally use various tactics in this setting in
an attempt to get a suspect to admit to a crime
or make incriminating statements. These
tactics may include appealing to a person’s
guilt or conscience, engaging in ploys like
‘good-cop/bad-cop’, lying about the evidence
against the person, making promises of
leniency or release if the suspect confesses to
a crime, or outright intimidation. This is such
an inherently coercive setting for a person that
the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that the now-
famous Miranda warnings be read to a person
before the questioning process begins. You
have the right to remain silent. Everything you
say will be used against you. You have the right
to a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one
will be appointed to you.
Despite the warnings, people often ignore
these rights and give incriminating statements
to police that they later say are false,
inaccurate, or the result of abuse, coercion or
intimidation. Also, people often forget that
any communication or information given to
police is a statement – not just a written and
signed statement. These statements will be
used against a person in anyway they can be–
just like the warning says.
Can the police search me, or my
property?
This is a common question that does not have
an easy answer. Bottom line: sometimes they
can, sometimes they can’t. Generally, police
must have a search warrant, supported by
probable cause and reviewed and authorized
in advance by a magistrate, to search a person,
a person’s home, office or car, or a person’s
private belongings. Probable cause is evidence
thatwouldleadareasonablepersontoconclude
that a crime has probably been committed or
illegal items (contraband) probably exists.
However, there are many exceptions to this
warrant requirement. The main exceptions are
listed below:
Search After Arrest – The police are
authorized to fully search a person and their
belongings, and the area surrounding him
without a warrant, if that person is legitimately
placed under arrest.
Investigative Detention and Frisk – The
police may temporarily stop a person and
ask questions without a warrant if they have
reasonable suspicion to believe that person
may be committing a crime. Investigative
detentions, while common, must be supported
by evidence that the person is doing something
wrong. Reasonable suspicion means the police
can point to specific observations that would
cause a reasonable person to believe that a
crime or traffic violation may be occurring.
See LAWYER on Page 6
By: JOSEPH R. ARNONE
Criminal Defense Attorney
Former Prosecuting Attorney
MI MOST WANTED | Page 6
Thisdetentionmustbebrief,onlyforthepurposeofashortinvestigation.
The person is not free to leave, and may be questioned regarding his
identity and his purpose. The person may not be placed under arrest or
transported to a station unless police are satisfied that probable cause
exists to arrest the person. Also, if police have reasonable suspicion to
believe that the person being detained is armed, the police can conduct
a pat-down frisk of the person’s clothing to check for weapons.
Consent Search – The police can always ask permission to search a
person or his stuff without a warrant, and the person is always free to
consent to – or give permission for – a search. Police are trained in
getting a person to give consent even when there is no probable cause
or reasonable suspicion to believe a crime has occurred. People often
think that they cannot refuse an officer’s request to search. If the police
ask for permission, they probably need it. If they had a warrant or if a
different exception to the warrant requirement existed, they would not
ask – they would go ahead and search.
Plain View – Police are authorized to seize illegal items without a
warrant when those items are in the plain view of an officer, and that
officer has the legal authority to be where he is. Example: police officer
stops a car for speeding and while talking to the driver, he sees a gun in
the back seat – he may take the gun without a warrant.
Emergency Circumstances – Police are authorized to enter areas
and conduct a search without a warrant when they have a reasonable
belief that such aid is immediately necessary to protect the public from
danger.
Automobile Exception – If the police have probable cause to belief that
contraband is in a car, they may search the car without a warrant.
Conclusion:
An encounter with law enforcement is an uncomfortable experience
to say the least. If an arrest occurs, remember this is not the time to
proclaim your innocence or make legal arguments. The arresting officer
will most likely have audio and video recording of the event and the
statements you make may be admissible in court regardless of whether
or not you have been read your Miranda warnings. Be courteous to the
officer and attempt to comply with their every request or you may face
additional charges. Upon release contact a competent criminal defense
attorney to assist you with the matter.
Lawyer
continued from page 5
MI MOST WANTED | Page 7
Nothing in this state’s history
of crime compares with the
Detroit Purple Gang in literature,
newspapers and song. This
“Detroit Jewish mob” terrorized
the country, being blamed for the
St. Valentine’s Day murders in
Chicago, hits in Florida and the
assassination of both a Michigan
senator and a popular radio
commentator.
Although police, prosecutors and
some media wanted the public to
believe the Purples were wiped out
in the 1930s, “word on the street”
and history shows the gang was
never really eradicated… it just
evolved by going underground
and “straight.” (More on that in
the next part of this series.
Certainly, the gang’s vicious
reputation at the height of
Prohibition was a precursor to
the gang violence of Detroit in
the 1980s and 1990s. More than
500 murders were credited to the
Purples alone in the five years
between 1927 and 1932.
During Prohibition, the gang used
illegal liquor profits to build an
organization that was feared from
California and Florida to New
York and Chicago. The Purples
were said to organize multi-
vehicle convoys of hooch across a
frozen Lake St. Clair and to peddle
crime up into Canada.
Their ruthless protection of
these rackets shocked citizens in
Windsor, Ontario on May, 13,
1924, when The Border Cities Star
announced that two prominent
Canadians had been found dead
in the Detroit River. A passing
Windsor policeman reported
seeing their car headlights on
under water in the river.
Although the newspaper didn’t
call the deaths of Ed Mullins and
Michigan’s colorful criminal past:
How the Purple Gang set the stage
By W. EDWARD WENDOVER
(Part 2 in a series on The Purples)
See PURPLE GANG on Page 11
This front page announced two deaths -- allegedly by the Purple Gang.
MI MOST WANTED | Page 8
NAME:
Timothy Vigor
LOCATION:
Monroe County
DETAILS:
Wanted for Police
Officer R&O, Habitual
Offender -4th.
NAME:
Brianne Smith
LOCATION:
Wayne County
DETAILS:
Wanted for Armed
Robbery.
NAME:
Deshawn Burell
LOCATION:
Wayne County
DETAILS:
Wanted for Assault w/
Dangerous Weapon (5
counts).
NAME:
Keisha Biglow
LOCATION:
Detroit
DETAILS:
Wanted for assault
with intent to murder.
For Your Safety:
If you see a “Most Wanted” Fugitive
or if you see a Crime in Action,
please DO NOT INTERFERE.
Call your local law enforcement
professionals...
CALL 9-1-1
How you can report a tip:
Call the anonymous tip line:
1-800-SPEAKUP
Submit a web tip:
www.1800speakup.org
MI MOST WANTED | Page 9
NAME:
Jamie Nathan
LOCATION:
Detroit
DETAILS:
Wanted for Assault
With Intent to Murder
and Armed Robbery.
NAME:
Saleena Laelar Smith
LOCATION:
Detroit
DETAILS:
Wanted for Assault
with a Dangerous
Weapon.
NAME:
James Daniels
LOCATION:
Detroit
DETAILS:
Wanted for Robbery.
NAME:
Raymond Harvey
LOCATION:
Detroit
DETAILS:
Wanted for Controlled
Substance and Felony
Firearm.
NAME:
Salvatore Borgia
LOCATION:
Wayne County
DETAILS:
Wanted for Controlled
Substance (Cocaine).
NAME:
Unknown Suspect
LOCATION:
Southfield
DETAILS:
Wanted for Robbery.
NAME:
Unknown Suspect
LOCATION:
Detroit
DETAILS:
Wanted for Armed
Robbery and a Non-
Fatal Shooting.
NAME:
James Edelen
LOCATION:
Flint
DETAILS:
Wanted for Murder
– 1st Degree –
Premeditated and
Felony Firearm.
MI MOST WANTED | Page 10
Detective Greg MacAleese, in Albuquerque,
N.M., was frustrated that in six weeks of
investigation, no solution was in sight for a
senseless murder at a gas station.
In July, 1976, Michael Carmen was working an
extra night shift for a colleague and friend who
needed the night off. Michael was a University
of New Mexico student who wanted the extra
hours – he was two weeks away from marrying
his high school sweetheart.
That dark Friday night proved fateful. Two
men robbed the gas station and – for no
apparent reason – fired a shotgun into
Michael’s abdomen. The UNM student fought
to survive; he lived four hours before he died
on the hospital’s operating table. He struggled
to describe to police officers who it was that
shot him, but he never got the chance.
It was one of the most senseless murders he’d
ever seen, thought Detective Greg MacAleese
who was one of the detectives assigned to the
case. He told Carmen’s mother that he would
avenge her son’s death and bring the killer or
killers to justice.
But six weeks of investigation brought police
no closer to solving the murder.
Then, MacAleese got an idea.
He approached the general manager of KOAT-
TV in Albuquerque and asked if they could
re-enact the crime for one of their news casts.
Somewhere, there must be an eyewitness to the
murder, MacAleese explained to the television
exec. If such a witness existed, using the media
to locate him or her would be the best idea.
The detective reasoned that a reenactment
might trigger the witness who might have
seen something but not understood fully the
importance of what he or she saw.
On Sept. 8, 1976, the first Carmen-murder
reenactment was aired.
The next morning, a young man called to say
he had seen the newscast and remembered
some very important information…
Carmen’s murder was solved!
Using that tip, the two culprits were brought
to justice. In addition, the broadcast triggered
a number of other citizens to volunteer
information to help solve other recent crimes.
Local businesses and other police agencies
followed up and formed what became Crime
Stoppers throughout the U.S.A. and 21 other
countries.
Culprit nabbed at last!
Senseless murder, pursued by vigilant cop,
gave rise to Crime Stoppers idea for U.S.A.
By: ED WILLIAMS
Editor, MI Most Wanted
MI MOST WANTED | Page 11
W. C. Stuart murders at that time,
another headline on the same
front page says, “High liquor cost
proves incentive to bootleggers.”
Mullins Family lore claims the
men were victims of the Purple
Gang’s rum running across the
Detroit River.
Gerald Buckley was a popular
Detroit radio commentator of
that era. His “anti-mob” campaign
drew a large following. On July
23, 1930, Buckley was gunned
down while sitting in Detroit’s
LaSalle Hotel. Purple associate Joe
“Scarface” Bommarito was tried
---- but acquitted of that murder.
The public was outraged.
Then, a triple murder at the
Collingswood Apartments on
Detroit’s East Side on Sept. 16,
1931 drew further condemnation
in the city’s three newspapers. The
shootings were said to be over
rivalry for rum running across
the Detroit River. Three Purples
were convicted in that gangland
dispute and sentenced to prison
in the Upper Peninsula.
Also called the “Sugar House
Gang,” The Purple Gang’s name
stuck when Eddie Fletcher – a.k.a.
“Public Enemy No. 2” – boxed in
bright purple trunks and wore a
bright purple robe when he fought
at Harry Harris’ Fairview Club,
according to The Detroit Times.
According to that newspaper’s
article on Nov. 27, 1933, Fletcher
and Abe Axler – “Public Enemy
No. 1 – had been found shot to
death the night before on a lonely
Oakland County road. Each
gangster had been shot five times.
The slayings have never been
solved.
“Purple Gangsters Mowed Down
in Gang Ride” and “Purples Left
Leaderless” screamed headlines
in The Times during that double-
slaying coverage. Police and
prosecutors claimed it was the end
of the Purples and some media
signed on.
But was it the end?
Fast forward to Clare, in mid-
Michigan, on May 20, 1938.
The rapid growth of the oil and gas
business in mid-Michigan (from
Alma to Montcalm County) was
centered in Clare. The buying
and selling of mineral rights and
of fledgling-oil-company stocks
drew lots of entrepreneurs -- and
con-men -- to the area.
One of them was truly a “mystery”
man in state history… Isiah
Leebove. Good friends with
Governor William Comstock,
Leebove became chairman of the
board of Mammoth Producing
and Refining Corporation. He also
was often seen with Purple Gang
members at his usual hangout –
Clare’s Doherty Hotel.
It was believed the gang laundered
illegally-gained money from its
rackets into “legal” oil leasing,
production and refining business
in Clare. Later, it was learned
that the Purples also hired
Leebove to use his friendship with
Governor Comstock to get the
Collingswood Apartment trio of
killers’ sentences commuted. (The
Governor declined to free the
killers.)
Enter another Michigan
“character.” John “Jack” Livingston
was an outlandish promoter.
He had worked for Leebove,
but it was a rocky relationship.
Living between the Doherty
and the Leland Hotel in Detroit,
Livingston was rarely sober, but
could be charming to those he
enticed into business deals. He
was well-dressed and always wore
a wide-brimmed white hat…
making him an excellent front-
man for Leebove to convince
farmers to sell off gas and oil rights
to their farms in mid-Michigan.
But Livingston was usually broke.
(Did this make him especially
vulnerable?)
That quiet evening in Clare, the
Doherty Hotel lounge entertained
its normal “regulars” with Leebove
holding court. Into the lounge
walked Jack Livingston, fired
three shots at Leebove, saying,
“There you son-of-a-bitch.” While
the victim died from two wounds
on the hotel bar floor, the shooter
calmly took the elevator up to his
third-floor room. (Livingston’s
third shot hit Pete Geller, sitting
next to Leebove, in the leg.)
Clare’s Police Chief Bill Dunlop
and Mayor John Dunlop brought
Livingston down from the room
and took him to the Clare County
Jail in Harrison. He was put on
suicide watch when he predicted
“they’ll” come to shoot me now.
Clare County Circuit Judge Ray
Hart’s courtroom had never
seen such sensational drama.
Purple Gang
continued from page 7
See PURPLE on Page 12
The Purple Gang.
Noted defense attorney Charles Goggin received his urgent summons to begin
preparing for Jack Livingston’s trial for the murder of Isiah Leebove.
MI MOST WANTED | Page 12
Newspapers from around
the country covered the Jack
Livingston trial. Clare County
Cleaver and The Clare Sentinel
boosted page count – and
circulation; The Detroit Times was
said to have gotten a phone call
about Leebove’s murder within 10
minutes of the shots and reported
the entire trial closely.
The defendant announced that he
would “tell all” at his trial.
Quickly, a crack legal team was put
together… to defend Livingston
who was broke. One of those
attorneys, Charles H. Goggin, had
made quite a reputation in central
Michigan. While in Washington,
D.C. he received an urgent
telegram saying that Judge Hart
had set a trial date and the defense
team would meet and begin
planning defense at the Leland
Hotel in Detroit.
While the trail itself held many
interesting twists, its outcome was
so startling, it resulted in changes
in Michigan law.
But the bigger question has always
remained: how did Livingston
afford this major legal braintrust
and trial effort for his defense?
Who paid for the high-priced
lawyers and a legal office to be
set up in a suite of rooms at the
Doherty? Why?
(More in Part 3, in the next edition
of Michigan Most Wanted.)
EDITOR’S NOTE: For more
information on Michigan gangs’ role
in crime, read: Paul R. Kavieff’s “The
Purple Gang,” William Kleinknecht’s
“The New Ethnic Mobs,” Scott M.
Burnstein’s “Motor City Mafia,”
Richard Knapp’s “Mystery Man
– Gangsters, Oil and Murder in
Michigan,” and Bruce Rubenstein
and Lawrence Ziewacz’s “Three
Bullets Sealed His Lips” and “Payoffs
in the Cloakroom – The Greening of
the Michigan Legislature.” Research
from those books contributed to this
series and an earlier Michigan Most
Wanted article on the assassination
of State Senator Warren Hooper.
Much heretofore unpublished news
about the Purples’ role in Michigan’s
gas and oil business comes from the
privatescrapbookonJackLivingston’s
Murder Trial, owned by the family
of the defendant’s attorney, Goggin.
(Courtesy of Pat Goggin, of Cadillac,
MI)
The author of this article and series
on the Purple Gang, is a retired
newspaper publisher and a former
Chief of Staff at the Michigan
House of Representatives. He wrote
“MURDER AT The Penniman
Deli” – the first of The Michigan
Prepositional Murder series. His
second murder mystery, “MURDER
BY Lansing Kool-Aid” is due out
soon;tobefollowedby“MURDEROF
Crows” (set in northern Michigan).
Purple Gang
continued from page 11
The Goggin scrapbook contains hundreds of press clippings from the murder trial’s
extensive newspaper coverage.
Dear MI Most Wanted Readers,
	 We are working with Michigan’s Most Wanted to
publicize unsolved cases and fugitives in their paper to
work together towards safer communities. We are looking
for sponsors to help us place these cases in the newspaper.
Sponsors will also receive an ad for their support.
	 Crime Stoppers is the largest crime fighting
organization in the world operating in 22 countries. Crime
Stoppers of Michigan is a nonprofit organization and
operates through funding of donations, memberships and
an annual fundraiser. CSM operates in Genesee, Livingston,
Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair. Washtenaw, and
Wayne counties.
	 The mission of CSM is to empower people to
make their neighborhoods, schools, and businesses safer
through anonymous reporting of crimes. The CSM tip line,
1-800-SPEAK-UP was created for citizens to anonymously
report information about a crime. As an incentive, tipsters
can receive a cash reward if their information leads to an
arrest. A cash reward of up to $2,500 is paid for an unsolved
homicide, hit and run or missing person. A cash reward of
up to $1,000 is paid for all other felony crimes.
	 Last year, Crime Stoppers received nearly 7,000
tips, solving 26 homicides, shutting down 58 narcotics
operations, and solving 14 armed robberies. $116.280 was
awarded to anonymous tipsters. Engaging everyone from
neighborhoods to schools to churches to businesses to
prisons. Crime Stoppers is dedicated to making Southeast
Michigan a safer place to live, work and play.
	 Just a few weeks ago, an 18 year-old woman was
parking her car on a Saturday night near Greektown Casino
- a part of town typically thought to be safe -when she
was shot multiple times. Within several days, a community
member called Crime Stoppers with an anonymous tip after
viewing a surveillance video on the Channel 7 WXYZ website.
The information provided enabled investigators to identify
and arrest the shooter. Collaboration like this between the
community, Crime Stoppers and law enforcement is what
makes our community stronger. Thankfully, the young
woman recovered from her gunshot injuries, and we can all
rest easier knowing that another armed and violent criminal
has been removed from streets.
	 Michigan’s Most Wanted is looking to provide
Crime Stoppers with increased opportunities for publicizing
unsolved crimes and wanted fugitives. We are looking for
generous community sponsors to help cover the costs.
	 The success that Crime Stoppers has accomplished
is all made possible by supporters. Many thanks to our
members, board members and donors!
Theme: World Series
ACROSS
1. *Where bats are
stored, pl.
6. Sheep sound
9. Biblical captain
13. *Player’s rep
14. Opposite of nothing
15. Slow on the uptake
16. Rock bottom
17. *____ out a triple
18. Twig of willow tree
19. Pharmacy order
21. *Game that
determines home-field
advantage
23. Make bigger
24. Team homophone
25. Federal
Communications
Commission
28. Per person
30. Bank account
transactions
35. Bread quantity
37. “Kiss Me, Kiss Me,
Kiss Me” band The ____
39. Specialty
40. 4,840 square yards
41. Edward Teller’s baby
43. Capital on the
Dnieper
44. Dandruff
manufacturer
46. Ship canvas
47. Additional
48. *H in DH
50. Kind of math
52. Hankering
53. Like a busybody
55. Voluntary fee
57. *Home of 1993
champion Blue Jays
61. Popular flowering
shrub
64. Opera house
exclamation
65. Not lean
67. Narcotics lawman
69. Of the Orient
70. However, poetically
71. *Ty Cobb or Al
Kaline
72. Sushi wrapped in
nori
73. Small dog’s bark
74. Mercantile
establishment
DOWN
1. Campaigned
2. Petri dish gel
3. Surrender
4. Mack the _____
5. *Reason for World
Series cancellation
6. *Opposite of strike
7. Sierra Nevada, e.g.
8. Pool problem
9. Nessie’s loch
10. “I’m ____ ____!”
11. Away from port
12. *All-Star 2nd
baseman, ‘85 Cardinals
champs
15. Neolithic tomb
20. “Lifestyles of the
Rich and Famous” host
22. ____ Zeppelin
24. Like Kathleen
Turner’s voice
25. *HOFer Frankie
Frisch, “The Fordham
____”
26. Spherical bacteria
27. Jeweler’s unit
29. *Last World Series
win was 1908
31. Two-wheeler
32. In a cold manner
33. Not those
34. *Best-of-____
36. Matted wool
38. Chieftain in Arabia
42. The ____, against
Britain
45. Type of flag
49. Break down
51. *2014 World Series
champs
54. Sentimental one
56. Braid
57. Kind of ski lift
58. Guesstimate phrase
59. Iron horse track
60. West Wing’s Office
61. At the summit
62. Therefore or
consequently
63. Maple, to a botanist
66. Bingo!
68. Miner’s bounty
Solutions for both puzzles are on page 14
MI MOST WANTED | Page 13
MI MOST WANTED | Page 14
Puzzle
Solutions
Puzzles can be found on page 13
MI MOST WANTED | Page 15
MI MOST WANTED | Page 16

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Vol 1_Issue 3_Version 2

  • 1. Volume I, Issue 3 December, 2015 For Your Safety: If you see a "Most Wanted" Fugitive or if you see a Crime in Action, please DO NOT INTERFERE. Call your local law enforcement professionals... CALL 9-1-1 INSIDE: Ask the Lawyer......................Page 5 Purple Gang..........................Page 7 Fugitives.............................Page 8-9 Vigilant Cop........................Page 10 Puzzles.................................Page 13 Law Enforcement Tribute.................................Page 15 Making your neighborhood safer begins with you... and your neighbors. The top-most weapon against crime is a vigilant community and SE Michigan Law Enforcement officials are increasingly relying upon folks – like you and your neighbors – to be their eyes and ears on the streets. By working with Crime Stoppers of Michigan, police are noting record-breaking successful apprehension of repeat offenders. In 2015 thus far, police report a 24% increase in successful prosecutions based on anonymous tips made through Crime Stoppers of Michigan. More than 7,000 tips were reported to CSM during 2014. Rewards to tipsters have increased too. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Crime Stoppers of Michigan has awarded more than $160,000 to its tipsters. Those rewards vary from $2,500 for homicides, fatal hit-and-runs, and missing, endangered people to $1,000 (maximum) for other crimes and law enforcement situations. In 2013, CSM paid $88,230 in rewards for tips that led to arrests. Although the cash rewards are given anonymously, many tipsters decline rewards. They tell Crime Stoppers their only reason for calling the tip line is to make their community safer for their families and friends. When an anonymous tip is reported, CSM forwards that information to the law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction for the incident. After the investigation is completed and the agency confirms the tip led to the arrest, that anonymous tipster becomes eligible for the appropriate reward. How Crime Stoppers’ success is growing to make SE Michigan communities safer By: ED WILLIAMS Editor, MI Most Wanted You can reap rewards How you can report a tip: Call the anonymous tip line 1-800-SPEAKUP Submit a web tip: www.1800speakup.org See Inside For More Wanted Fugitives See SUCCESS on Page 3
  • 2. For advertising rates and policies, please contact: Kim Dunn at 586-738-0137 38530 S. Groesbeck Hwy. Clinton Township, MI 48036 or by email at: mimostwanted@gmail.com Publisher: Kim Dunn Editor: Ed Williams Designer: Casey Marie of Smoochal Designs Contact at (586) 434-0188 smoochaldesigns@gmail.com Published in the interest of justice, law and order by Michigan Most Wanted, LLC. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information contained herein - all of which (unless otherwise noted) is public information. Michigan and Federal Law Enforcement agencies are responsible for much of this content. Should any information be incorrect or need updating, please contact the appropriate agency. Note that a criminal charge or warrant does not imply guilt; court and prosecuting officials make decisions daily affecting status of charges, warrants rewards offered for information. MI Most Wanted does not guarantee rewards offered by Law Enforcement Agencies, Civil, Groups, or other sources. In America, everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt! Copyright 2015 MI MOST WANTED | Page 2
  • 3. MI MOST WANTED | Page 3
  • 4. Tips reported from outside the immediate area are forwarded by Crime Stoppers of Michigan. In addition to working closely with local police, CSM provides several other services to help combat crime and to bring criminals to justice. It creates posters and door-hangers to publicize crimes in specific areas or regions. It posts “wanted” photos and information on its website: www.1800speakup.org. Often Crime Stoppers directly informs the media and holds press conferences about specific cases. This can offer families and neighborhoods a way to personalize the crimes and ask for the community’s help. Crime Stoppers’ programs include: • Project Safe Campus, which empowers the student body to monitor criminal activity within itwws school. • Project Good Samaritan, a faith-based program utilizing churches and congregations to spread the word about safer communities and the CSM mission. • Prison Program, a special tip line for prisoners to anonymously submit tips by routing around a monitored phone system. A DVD of unsolved cases runs in all 22 Michigan prisons and in many of the state’s 83 county lockups. Michigan Crime Stoppers is growing its role with the law enforcement efforts in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Livingston and Monroe Counties. (You’ll read more about the history of this Southeast Michigan organization in future editions of MI Most Wanted.) Success continued from page 1 MI MOST WANTED | Page 4
  • 5. MI MOST WANTED | Page 5 Three most Common Questions: AsaCriminalDefenseAttorney,thethreemost common questions I get are: what happens if I am arrested, what is the right to remain silent, and can the police search. This article attempts to highlight the most important points of those difficult questions but is in no way comprehensive and it is important to note that each case is different. If you have questions on how the points in this article apply to the facts of you case please seek the advice of an attorney. What happens if I am arrested? When someone is arrested, it is always an unexpected event. Family members and friends are left to search quickly to answer questions and to help get their loved one out of jail. A person can be arrested and then released with charges filed at a later date, or no charges filed at all (which can still leave a person with an arrest record). A person can also be arrested and formally charged. If you are arrested and charged with breaking a criminal law in Michigan, you will be taken for an initial appearance before a magistrate called an arraignment. This may occur in person or by video and it is when the court advises you of the formal charge and maximum possible penalties. Bond is then set to assure future appearances in court. This is not time to discuss the merits of your case with the Judge. The bond may be a secured bond, where cash or property must be posted for release, or unsecured, requiring no cash or property to be posted for release. If a defendant cannot post a secured bond they may be incarcerated pending their next appearance in court. If bond is posted or unsecured, they will remain free pending appearance at their next court date. In felony cases, the next appearance is a probable cause conference and generally must occur not less than 7 days and not more than 14 days of the arraignment. MCL 766.4(1). In misdemeanor cases, the next appearance is a pretrial conference and generally will occur within 2-3 weeks of your arrest. Whether you are formally charged or not, it is important to take immediate action after an arrest to protect your rights. In most situations delay will lead to the destruction of valuable evidence and a less favorable outcome. Retaining an attorney to preserve evidence and conduct an investigation after an arrest will place you in the best position to challenge any future charges. Whatistherighttoremainsilent? Just that. An absolute right to say nothing if a person is in custody and is being questioned by police. It is in your best interest to invoke that right and say nothing until you have a criminal defense attorney present. The police may legally use various tactics in this setting in an attempt to get a suspect to admit to a crime or make incriminating statements. These tactics may include appealing to a person’s guilt or conscience, engaging in ploys like ‘good-cop/bad-cop’, lying about the evidence against the person, making promises of leniency or release if the suspect confesses to a crime, or outright intimidation. This is such an inherently coercive setting for a person that the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that the now- famous Miranda warnings be read to a person before the questioning process begins. You have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be used against you. You have the right to a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to you. Despite the warnings, people often ignore these rights and give incriminating statements to police that they later say are false, inaccurate, or the result of abuse, coercion or intimidation. Also, people often forget that any communication or information given to police is a statement – not just a written and signed statement. These statements will be used against a person in anyway they can be– just like the warning says. Can the police search me, or my property? This is a common question that does not have an easy answer. Bottom line: sometimes they can, sometimes they can’t. Generally, police must have a search warrant, supported by probable cause and reviewed and authorized in advance by a magistrate, to search a person, a person’s home, office or car, or a person’s private belongings. Probable cause is evidence thatwouldleadareasonablepersontoconclude that a crime has probably been committed or illegal items (contraband) probably exists. However, there are many exceptions to this warrant requirement. The main exceptions are listed below: Search After Arrest – The police are authorized to fully search a person and their belongings, and the area surrounding him without a warrant, if that person is legitimately placed under arrest. Investigative Detention and Frisk – The police may temporarily stop a person and ask questions without a warrant if they have reasonable suspicion to believe that person may be committing a crime. Investigative detentions, while common, must be supported by evidence that the person is doing something wrong. Reasonable suspicion means the police can point to specific observations that would cause a reasonable person to believe that a crime or traffic violation may be occurring. See LAWYER on Page 6 By: JOSEPH R. ARNONE Criminal Defense Attorney Former Prosecuting Attorney
  • 6. MI MOST WANTED | Page 6 Thisdetentionmustbebrief,onlyforthepurposeofashortinvestigation. The person is not free to leave, and may be questioned regarding his identity and his purpose. The person may not be placed under arrest or transported to a station unless police are satisfied that probable cause exists to arrest the person. Also, if police have reasonable suspicion to believe that the person being detained is armed, the police can conduct a pat-down frisk of the person’s clothing to check for weapons. Consent Search – The police can always ask permission to search a person or his stuff without a warrant, and the person is always free to consent to – or give permission for – a search. Police are trained in getting a person to give consent even when there is no probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe a crime has occurred. People often think that they cannot refuse an officer’s request to search. If the police ask for permission, they probably need it. If they had a warrant or if a different exception to the warrant requirement existed, they would not ask – they would go ahead and search. Plain View – Police are authorized to seize illegal items without a warrant when those items are in the plain view of an officer, and that officer has the legal authority to be where he is. Example: police officer stops a car for speeding and while talking to the driver, he sees a gun in the back seat – he may take the gun without a warrant. Emergency Circumstances – Police are authorized to enter areas and conduct a search without a warrant when they have a reasonable belief that such aid is immediately necessary to protect the public from danger. Automobile Exception – If the police have probable cause to belief that contraband is in a car, they may search the car without a warrant. Conclusion: An encounter with law enforcement is an uncomfortable experience to say the least. If an arrest occurs, remember this is not the time to proclaim your innocence or make legal arguments. The arresting officer will most likely have audio and video recording of the event and the statements you make may be admissible in court regardless of whether or not you have been read your Miranda warnings. Be courteous to the officer and attempt to comply with their every request or you may face additional charges. Upon release contact a competent criminal defense attorney to assist you with the matter. Lawyer continued from page 5
  • 7. MI MOST WANTED | Page 7 Nothing in this state’s history of crime compares with the Detroit Purple Gang in literature, newspapers and song. This “Detroit Jewish mob” terrorized the country, being blamed for the St. Valentine’s Day murders in Chicago, hits in Florida and the assassination of both a Michigan senator and a popular radio commentator. Although police, prosecutors and some media wanted the public to believe the Purples were wiped out in the 1930s, “word on the street” and history shows the gang was never really eradicated… it just evolved by going underground and “straight.” (More on that in the next part of this series. Certainly, the gang’s vicious reputation at the height of Prohibition was a precursor to the gang violence of Detroit in the 1980s and 1990s. More than 500 murders were credited to the Purples alone in the five years between 1927 and 1932. During Prohibition, the gang used illegal liquor profits to build an organization that was feared from California and Florida to New York and Chicago. The Purples were said to organize multi- vehicle convoys of hooch across a frozen Lake St. Clair and to peddle crime up into Canada. Their ruthless protection of these rackets shocked citizens in Windsor, Ontario on May, 13, 1924, when The Border Cities Star announced that two prominent Canadians had been found dead in the Detroit River. A passing Windsor policeman reported seeing their car headlights on under water in the river. Although the newspaper didn’t call the deaths of Ed Mullins and Michigan’s colorful criminal past: How the Purple Gang set the stage By W. EDWARD WENDOVER (Part 2 in a series on The Purples) See PURPLE GANG on Page 11 This front page announced two deaths -- allegedly by the Purple Gang.
  • 8. MI MOST WANTED | Page 8 NAME: Timothy Vigor LOCATION: Monroe County DETAILS: Wanted for Police Officer R&O, Habitual Offender -4th. NAME: Brianne Smith LOCATION: Wayne County DETAILS: Wanted for Armed Robbery. NAME: Deshawn Burell LOCATION: Wayne County DETAILS: Wanted for Assault w/ Dangerous Weapon (5 counts). NAME: Keisha Biglow LOCATION: Detroit DETAILS: Wanted for assault with intent to murder. For Your Safety: If you see a “Most Wanted” Fugitive or if you see a Crime in Action, please DO NOT INTERFERE. Call your local law enforcement professionals... CALL 9-1-1 How you can report a tip: Call the anonymous tip line: 1-800-SPEAKUP Submit a web tip: www.1800speakup.org
  • 9. MI MOST WANTED | Page 9 NAME: Jamie Nathan LOCATION: Detroit DETAILS: Wanted for Assault With Intent to Murder and Armed Robbery. NAME: Saleena Laelar Smith LOCATION: Detroit DETAILS: Wanted for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. NAME: James Daniels LOCATION: Detroit DETAILS: Wanted for Robbery. NAME: Raymond Harvey LOCATION: Detroit DETAILS: Wanted for Controlled Substance and Felony Firearm. NAME: Salvatore Borgia LOCATION: Wayne County DETAILS: Wanted for Controlled Substance (Cocaine). NAME: Unknown Suspect LOCATION: Southfield DETAILS: Wanted for Robbery. NAME: Unknown Suspect LOCATION: Detroit DETAILS: Wanted for Armed Robbery and a Non- Fatal Shooting. NAME: James Edelen LOCATION: Flint DETAILS: Wanted for Murder – 1st Degree – Premeditated and Felony Firearm.
  • 10. MI MOST WANTED | Page 10 Detective Greg MacAleese, in Albuquerque, N.M., was frustrated that in six weeks of investigation, no solution was in sight for a senseless murder at a gas station. In July, 1976, Michael Carmen was working an extra night shift for a colleague and friend who needed the night off. Michael was a University of New Mexico student who wanted the extra hours – he was two weeks away from marrying his high school sweetheart. That dark Friday night proved fateful. Two men robbed the gas station and – for no apparent reason – fired a shotgun into Michael’s abdomen. The UNM student fought to survive; he lived four hours before he died on the hospital’s operating table. He struggled to describe to police officers who it was that shot him, but he never got the chance. It was one of the most senseless murders he’d ever seen, thought Detective Greg MacAleese who was one of the detectives assigned to the case. He told Carmen’s mother that he would avenge her son’s death and bring the killer or killers to justice. But six weeks of investigation brought police no closer to solving the murder. Then, MacAleese got an idea. He approached the general manager of KOAT- TV in Albuquerque and asked if they could re-enact the crime for one of their news casts. Somewhere, there must be an eyewitness to the murder, MacAleese explained to the television exec. If such a witness existed, using the media to locate him or her would be the best idea. The detective reasoned that a reenactment might trigger the witness who might have seen something but not understood fully the importance of what he or she saw. On Sept. 8, 1976, the first Carmen-murder reenactment was aired. The next morning, a young man called to say he had seen the newscast and remembered some very important information… Carmen’s murder was solved! Using that tip, the two culprits were brought to justice. In addition, the broadcast triggered a number of other citizens to volunteer information to help solve other recent crimes. Local businesses and other police agencies followed up and formed what became Crime Stoppers throughout the U.S.A. and 21 other countries. Culprit nabbed at last! Senseless murder, pursued by vigilant cop, gave rise to Crime Stoppers idea for U.S.A. By: ED WILLIAMS Editor, MI Most Wanted
  • 11. MI MOST WANTED | Page 11 W. C. Stuart murders at that time, another headline on the same front page says, “High liquor cost proves incentive to bootleggers.” Mullins Family lore claims the men were victims of the Purple Gang’s rum running across the Detroit River. Gerald Buckley was a popular Detroit radio commentator of that era. His “anti-mob” campaign drew a large following. On July 23, 1930, Buckley was gunned down while sitting in Detroit’s LaSalle Hotel. Purple associate Joe “Scarface” Bommarito was tried ---- but acquitted of that murder. The public was outraged. Then, a triple murder at the Collingswood Apartments on Detroit’s East Side on Sept. 16, 1931 drew further condemnation in the city’s three newspapers. The shootings were said to be over rivalry for rum running across the Detroit River. Three Purples were convicted in that gangland dispute and sentenced to prison in the Upper Peninsula. Also called the “Sugar House Gang,” The Purple Gang’s name stuck when Eddie Fletcher – a.k.a. “Public Enemy No. 2” – boxed in bright purple trunks and wore a bright purple robe when he fought at Harry Harris’ Fairview Club, according to The Detroit Times. According to that newspaper’s article on Nov. 27, 1933, Fletcher and Abe Axler – “Public Enemy No. 1 – had been found shot to death the night before on a lonely Oakland County road. Each gangster had been shot five times. The slayings have never been solved. “Purple Gangsters Mowed Down in Gang Ride” and “Purples Left Leaderless” screamed headlines in The Times during that double- slaying coverage. Police and prosecutors claimed it was the end of the Purples and some media signed on. But was it the end? Fast forward to Clare, in mid- Michigan, on May 20, 1938. The rapid growth of the oil and gas business in mid-Michigan (from Alma to Montcalm County) was centered in Clare. The buying and selling of mineral rights and of fledgling-oil-company stocks drew lots of entrepreneurs -- and con-men -- to the area. One of them was truly a “mystery” man in state history… Isiah Leebove. Good friends with Governor William Comstock, Leebove became chairman of the board of Mammoth Producing and Refining Corporation. He also was often seen with Purple Gang members at his usual hangout – Clare’s Doherty Hotel. It was believed the gang laundered illegally-gained money from its rackets into “legal” oil leasing, production and refining business in Clare. Later, it was learned that the Purples also hired Leebove to use his friendship with Governor Comstock to get the Collingswood Apartment trio of killers’ sentences commuted. (The Governor declined to free the killers.) Enter another Michigan “character.” John “Jack” Livingston was an outlandish promoter. He had worked for Leebove, but it was a rocky relationship. Living between the Doherty and the Leland Hotel in Detroit, Livingston was rarely sober, but could be charming to those he enticed into business deals. He was well-dressed and always wore a wide-brimmed white hat… making him an excellent front- man for Leebove to convince farmers to sell off gas and oil rights to their farms in mid-Michigan. But Livingston was usually broke. (Did this make him especially vulnerable?) That quiet evening in Clare, the Doherty Hotel lounge entertained its normal “regulars” with Leebove holding court. Into the lounge walked Jack Livingston, fired three shots at Leebove, saying, “There you son-of-a-bitch.” While the victim died from two wounds on the hotel bar floor, the shooter calmly took the elevator up to his third-floor room. (Livingston’s third shot hit Pete Geller, sitting next to Leebove, in the leg.) Clare’s Police Chief Bill Dunlop and Mayor John Dunlop brought Livingston down from the room and took him to the Clare County Jail in Harrison. He was put on suicide watch when he predicted “they’ll” come to shoot me now. Clare County Circuit Judge Ray Hart’s courtroom had never seen such sensational drama. Purple Gang continued from page 7 See PURPLE on Page 12 The Purple Gang. Noted defense attorney Charles Goggin received his urgent summons to begin preparing for Jack Livingston’s trial for the murder of Isiah Leebove.
  • 12. MI MOST WANTED | Page 12 Newspapers from around the country covered the Jack Livingston trial. Clare County Cleaver and The Clare Sentinel boosted page count – and circulation; The Detroit Times was said to have gotten a phone call about Leebove’s murder within 10 minutes of the shots and reported the entire trial closely. The defendant announced that he would “tell all” at his trial. Quickly, a crack legal team was put together… to defend Livingston who was broke. One of those attorneys, Charles H. Goggin, had made quite a reputation in central Michigan. While in Washington, D.C. he received an urgent telegram saying that Judge Hart had set a trial date and the defense team would meet and begin planning defense at the Leland Hotel in Detroit. While the trail itself held many interesting twists, its outcome was so startling, it resulted in changes in Michigan law. But the bigger question has always remained: how did Livingston afford this major legal braintrust and trial effort for his defense? Who paid for the high-priced lawyers and a legal office to be set up in a suite of rooms at the Doherty? Why? (More in Part 3, in the next edition of Michigan Most Wanted.) EDITOR’S NOTE: For more information on Michigan gangs’ role in crime, read: Paul R. Kavieff’s “The Purple Gang,” William Kleinknecht’s “The New Ethnic Mobs,” Scott M. Burnstein’s “Motor City Mafia,” Richard Knapp’s “Mystery Man – Gangsters, Oil and Murder in Michigan,” and Bruce Rubenstein and Lawrence Ziewacz’s “Three Bullets Sealed His Lips” and “Payoffs in the Cloakroom – The Greening of the Michigan Legislature.” Research from those books contributed to this series and an earlier Michigan Most Wanted article on the assassination of State Senator Warren Hooper. Much heretofore unpublished news about the Purples’ role in Michigan’s gas and oil business comes from the privatescrapbookonJackLivingston’s Murder Trial, owned by the family of the defendant’s attorney, Goggin. (Courtesy of Pat Goggin, of Cadillac, MI) The author of this article and series on the Purple Gang, is a retired newspaper publisher and a former Chief of Staff at the Michigan House of Representatives. He wrote “MURDER AT The Penniman Deli” – the first of The Michigan Prepositional Murder series. His second murder mystery, “MURDER BY Lansing Kool-Aid” is due out soon;tobefollowedby“MURDEROF Crows” (set in northern Michigan). Purple Gang continued from page 11 The Goggin scrapbook contains hundreds of press clippings from the murder trial’s extensive newspaper coverage. Dear MI Most Wanted Readers, We are working with Michigan’s Most Wanted to publicize unsolved cases and fugitives in their paper to work together towards safer communities. We are looking for sponsors to help us place these cases in the newspaper. Sponsors will also receive an ad for their support. Crime Stoppers is the largest crime fighting organization in the world operating in 22 countries. Crime Stoppers of Michigan is a nonprofit organization and operates through funding of donations, memberships and an annual fundraiser. CSM operates in Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair. Washtenaw, and Wayne counties. The mission of CSM is to empower people to make their neighborhoods, schools, and businesses safer through anonymous reporting of crimes. The CSM tip line, 1-800-SPEAK-UP was created for citizens to anonymously report information about a crime. As an incentive, tipsters can receive a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest. A cash reward of up to $2,500 is paid for an unsolved homicide, hit and run or missing person. A cash reward of up to $1,000 is paid for all other felony crimes. Last year, Crime Stoppers received nearly 7,000 tips, solving 26 homicides, shutting down 58 narcotics operations, and solving 14 armed robberies. $116.280 was awarded to anonymous tipsters. Engaging everyone from neighborhoods to schools to churches to businesses to prisons. Crime Stoppers is dedicated to making Southeast Michigan a safer place to live, work and play. Just a few weeks ago, an 18 year-old woman was parking her car on a Saturday night near Greektown Casino - a part of town typically thought to be safe -when she was shot multiple times. Within several days, a community member called Crime Stoppers with an anonymous tip after viewing a surveillance video on the Channel 7 WXYZ website. The information provided enabled investigators to identify and arrest the shooter. Collaboration like this between the community, Crime Stoppers and law enforcement is what makes our community stronger. Thankfully, the young woman recovered from her gunshot injuries, and we can all rest easier knowing that another armed and violent criminal has been removed from streets. Michigan’s Most Wanted is looking to provide Crime Stoppers with increased opportunities for publicizing unsolved crimes and wanted fugitives. We are looking for generous community sponsors to help cover the costs. The success that Crime Stoppers has accomplished is all made possible by supporters. Many thanks to our members, board members and donors!
  • 13. Theme: World Series ACROSS 1. *Where bats are stored, pl. 6. Sheep sound 9. Biblical captain 13. *Player’s rep 14. Opposite of nothing 15. Slow on the uptake 16. Rock bottom 17. *____ out a triple 18. Twig of willow tree 19. Pharmacy order 21. *Game that determines home-field advantage 23. Make bigger 24. Team homophone 25. Federal Communications Commission 28. Per person 30. Bank account transactions 35. Bread quantity 37. “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me” band The ____ 39. Specialty 40. 4,840 square yards 41. Edward Teller’s baby 43. Capital on the Dnieper 44. Dandruff manufacturer 46. Ship canvas 47. Additional 48. *H in DH 50. Kind of math 52. Hankering 53. Like a busybody 55. Voluntary fee 57. *Home of 1993 champion Blue Jays 61. Popular flowering shrub 64. Opera house exclamation 65. Not lean 67. Narcotics lawman 69. Of the Orient 70. However, poetically 71. *Ty Cobb or Al Kaline 72. Sushi wrapped in nori 73. Small dog’s bark 74. Mercantile establishment DOWN 1. Campaigned 2. Petri dish gel 3. Surrender 4. Mack the _____ 5. *Reason for World Series cancellation 6. *Opposite of strike 7. Sierra Nevada, e.g. 8. Pool problem 9. Nessie’s loch 10. “I’m ____ ____!” 11. Away from port 12. *All-Star 2nd baseman, ‘85 Cardinals champs 15. Neolithic tomb 20. “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” host 22. ____ Zeppelin 24. Like Kathleen Turner’s voice 25. *HOFer Frankie Frisch, “The Fordham ____” 26. Spherical bacteria 27. Jeweler’s unit 29. *Last World Series win was 1908 31. Two-wheeler 32. In a cold manner 33. Not those 34. *Best-of-____ 36. Matted wool 38. Chieftain in Arabia 42. The ____, against Britain 45. Type of flag 49. Break down 51. *2014 World Series champs 54. Sentimental one 56. Braid 57. Kind of ski lift 58. Guesstimate phrase 59. Iron horse track 60. West Wing’s Office 61. At the summit 62. Therefore or consequently 63. Maple, to a botanist 66. Bingo! 68. Miner’s bounty Solutions for both puzzles are on page 14 MI MOST WANTED | Page 13
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