Lawsuit filed over fatal police shooting of woman near mall
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lawsuit seeking more than $10 million has been filed against a Detroit suburb and a police officer, nearly seven months after a 31-year-old woman was killed near a shopping mall.
Janet Wilson’s family says she was the victim of excessive force last Jan. 27. Police say Wilson was shot in her car in Dearborn after fleeing from Fairlane shopping mall.
Police said shots were fired because officers feared Wilson would run them over with her car, a Chevrolet HHR. But the lawsuit, filed last week in federal court, claims Wilson was not a threat to officers or the public.
Dearborn declined to comment Tuesday. The lawsuit says Officer James Wade had been reprimanded months earlier for aggressive tactics at the mall. He’s been on leave since the shooting.
Man accused of lying in 2013 disappearance heading to trial
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of lying to police investigating the 2013 disappearance of a gas station clerk in western Michigan is heading to trial.
The Muskegon Chronicle reports 47-year-old Kevin Bluhm on Tuesday waived his preliminary examination. He’s facing a charge of lying to police during a violent crime investigation.
Bluhm is the cousin of Jeffrey Willis, who is charged with abducting a 16-year-old girl in April and the 2014 slaying of 36-year-old jogger Rebekah Bletsch in Dalton Township. Last month, Bluhm waived a preliminary examination on a charge of lying to police in the Bletsch case.
Willis also is being investigated in the 2013 disappearance of Jessica Heeringa, a clerk in Norton Shores. Authorities say Bluhm told police Willis was responsible, but later told police he made it up.
Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet over suspension
DETROIT (AP) — A Muslim flight attendant has sued ExpressJet, accusing the airline of wrongly suspending her because she refused to serve alcohol to passengers.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michigan chapter announced Tuesday it filed the lawsuit last week on behalf of Charee Stanley, a Detroit-based flight attendant for the airline headquartered in Atlanta.
The federal court case follows a discrimination complaint filed last year with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which dismissed it without determining whether the airline violated the law.
Stanley alleges ExpressJet didn't provide a reasonable religious accommodation and seeks back pay and other damages. She was placed on unpaid leave last summer.
ExpressJet said in a statement that it values diversity but cannot comment on specific personnel matters or ongoing litigation.
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