Who would burn down historic church adjacent to Detroit’s new Red Wings arena?
Suspicion fell almost immediately on the church’s owner, Salim Kemenko, a property speculator who has wanted to demolish the building but was prohibited from doing so.
Photo gallery: Suspicious blaze devours historic church near downtown Detroit
I arrived at the blaze on Woodward near downtown shortly after the first engine made the scene at 6:20 a.m. Flames were already busting through every window.
Morning fire guts historic Woodward church near downtown Detroit
Flames quickly burst through every window of the hulking church, raising suspicions that an accelerant may have been used.
Small fire breaks out at Comerica Park in 9th inning of Tigers game
While the Tigers tried to rally in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Twins Friday evening, Detroit firefighters were called to extinguish a fire at the ballpark.
Good Samaritan: Detroiter holds arsonist at gunpoint until police arrive
Detroiters are fed up with crime and taking back the streets.
Cinco de Mayo shooter released from jail because of insufficient evidence
Friends of the shooting victim are threatening to retaliate.
Drug mule sentenced to 3 years in prison on 90th birthday
Leo Sharp was hoping his age and dementia would keep him out of prison.
Will drug mule who turns 90 years old today be sentenced to prison?
State police found 104 kilograms of cocaine in Sharp’s pickup truck, leading to charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.
Man denied entrance into Canada before jumping to death from Ambassador Bridge
The Texas man parked his car along the bridge and then jumped off, hitting a concrete pier below.
Victim in deadly Cinco de Mayo Parade shooting warned of own death a day earlier
The 19-year-old said he was going to stay low – after the Cinco de Mayor Parade, where he was fatally shot.