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Feds investigating Detroit Land Bank over questionable demo contracts

By Steve Neavling on May 2, 2016   Government, Headline, Mayor's Office  

Feds investigating Detroit Land Bank over questionable demo contracts

Federal investigators are probing questionable contracts doled out by Mayor Mike Duggan’s demolition program over the past two years.

Eastern Market slaughterhouse threatened with closure amid animal cruelty violations

By Steve Neavling on February 10, 2015   Headline, posts  

Eastern Market slaughterhouse threatened with closure amid animal cruelty violations

The Halal slaughterhouse that has been illegally filling a dumpster with rotting lamb carcasses has a history of other “egregious violations.”

FBI investigates whether Detroit council members were paid off for president vote

By Steve Neavling on April 3, 2014   City Council, City Government, Government, Headline, posts  

FBI investigates whether Detroit council members were paid off for president vote

The probe was triggered by a conversation between Police Chief James Craig, the Rev. Horace Sheffield and political consultant Adolph Mongo.

Big Detroit property firm accused of global Ponzi scheme

By Steve Neavling on September 27, 2013   Development, Headline, posts, Urban Renewal  

Big Detroit property firm accused of global Ponzi scheme

Metro Property Group is blamed for turning investors into “unwitting and unintentional slumlords.”

Former DMC CEO Arthur Porter arrested in Panama on charges tied to $22.5M in kickbacks

By Steve Neavling on May 28, 2013   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

Former DMC CEO Arthur Porter arrested in Panama on charges tied to $22.5M in kickbacks

Porter’s meteoric rise from the war-torn country of Sierra Leone to the center of Canada’s business and political establishment is nothing short of spectacular and tragic.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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