DETROIT — The attorney for the son of an exotic dancer killed in a drive by shooting after she allegedly danced at a rumored Manoogian Mansion party hopes a ruling by a judge on Friday could help solve her killing. Tamara Greene’s son, Jonathan Bond, has filed a lawsuit alleging

Detroit — The initial Detroit police investigation into the murder of exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene was “woefully inadequate,” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy wrote in a letter sent to the federal judge hearing a civil lawsuit. “As we approach the seventh anniversary of her death, the homicide remains unsolved,”

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is asking a federal judge to keep sealed any portions of a lawsuit that reveal information in the ongoing investigation into the slaying of exotic dancer Tamara Greene. A letter from Worthy to Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen was filed Monday in the lawsuit

Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma talked to Free Press reporters Jim Schaefer and Ben Schmitt Thursday about his lawsuit against the City of Detroit on behalf of the three children of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene. The suit contends former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and police officials thwarted a probe into Greene’s

Carlita Kilpatrick and Bernard Kilpatrick — the wife and father of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — must answer questions under oath in a lawsuit filed by lawyers for the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene, a federal judge ruled Tuesday after a closed two-hour hearing. Jerry Oliver, former police

(WXYZ) – Four Detroit EMS employees are accusing the Detroit Fire Department of “reverse discrimination.” Thomas McCracken, Richard Cadoura, Michael Kearns, and Michael Christy have filed a lawsuit against the city – accusing Fire Department leaders of denying them advancement because of their race. According to the lawsuit, all four

A Detroit Fire Department EMS worker won a default judgment today in his whistleblower lawsuit, saying he had been fired after reporting that a woman at Detroit Receiving Hospital said she had been assaulted by the wife of then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Paramedic Cenobio Chapa filed the whistleblower lawsuit against the

A version of this story appears on page 1A of the Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, print edition of the Detroit Free Press. On a spring day in 2003, State Police detectives headed out of Detroit police headquarters with a box of evidence that had them wondering whether they might unlock

Detroit — Seven weeks after giving testimony in the Tamara Greene case, Attorney General Mike Cox has not moved to unseal the transcript of his deposition, as a spokesman said he would. Cox was deposed over two days in the lawsuit brought by the family of Greene, an exotic dancer

Three Michigan businessmen who brought a truckload of relief supplies for Hurricane Rita victims and drove to Louisiana to deliver them have filed suit against the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Office, deputies, Harrah’s Entertainment and Harrah’s employees for assault, false arrest, false imprisonment, willful misconduct, and deprivations of civil and constitutional

An arbitration panel on Thursday awarded $860,000 to two former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners who accused the self-proclaimed “Painter of Light” and his company, Media Arts Group Inc., of fraudulently inducing them to invest in the business — and then ruining them financially. While not singling out Kinkade in

Ava was born one day and Buddy died the next. Ava’s dad was funny about it and Buddy’s son was wistful, and I know they’re both grateful for what they have, be it a beautiful baby girl with the world ahead of her or a lifetime’s worth of memories, values

A judge has set a hearing on a request that he lift secrecy in a civil lawsuit involving former Detroit officials and the family of a slain stripper. The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press and others have asked Detroit’s chief federal judge to open sealed documents and stop closing court

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, a Republican candidate for governor, continues to face scrutiny for labeling a long-rumored party at Detroit’s Manoogian Mansion an “urban legend,” but those who believe differently have yet to produce the equivalent of a smoking gun: eyewitness testimony. That, despite the efforts of attorney Norman

Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids received a $5,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS, through the Livonia UPS branch. The grant goes to providing financial literacy programs to families who have lost a parent. Statistics show, on average, the loss of a parent means a $20,000-$30,000

A federal judge has scheduled a May 12 hearing on a request by the Free Press and other media outlets to unseal various depositions, including that of state Attorney General Mike Cox, in a lawsuit against the City of Detroit by the family members of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene.

Mike Carlisle, a retired Detroit police detective who has said he knows who killed exotic dancer Tamara Greene, is to be questioned under oath today by lawyers for Greene’s family. Carlisle, a decorated detective who retired from the force in 2008, previously said he came close to breaking the case.

Detroit — A judge has set a May 12 hearing date on whether there should be more openness in the case of a federal lawsuit brought against the city of Detroit by the family of a slain exotic dancer. Both The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press wrote Chief