Crime & Safety

Dearborn Police Apprehend Suspect in Neighborhood Thefts

Majid Amin Abdofara, 20, was also wanted on a felony warrant for probation theft on two previous stolen property charges.

Majid Amin Abdofara, 20, of Dearborn was arraigned Sept. 5 on larceny charges in before 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers.

He had beenarrested on at 12:56 a.m. Sept. 4 in the area of Jonathan and Haggerty. Dearborn police responded after several alert neighbors reported seeing Abdofara steal two center caps from a Cadillac Escalade parked on Jonathan. Abdofara was taken into custody after hiding the center caps in some nearby bushes.

At the time he was arrested, Abdofara was also wanted on a felony warrant for probation violation stemming from a Jan. 3, 2013, arrest for receiving and concealing stolen property over $20,000.00. In that case, Abodfara was arrested for being in the possession of two stolen vehicles, a 2013 Ford Raptor and a 2013 Ford F-150.

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Abdofara was given a $5,000 cash bond and GPS tether and is to appear for a pretrial hearing on September 15, 2014 at 8 a.m.

“Thanks to the vigilance of several responsible neighbors, a repeat, local offender has been held accountable for his actions,“ Police Chief Ronald Haddad said in a news release. “The whole community’s sense of security is jeopardized when our own residents commit crimes against their neighbors. It is this kind of cooperation among police and residents that is responsible for lowering the number of thefts in our neighborhoods..”

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