(WXYZ) – The investigation into the death of dancer Tamara Greene is being reassigned to the multi-jurisdictional Violent Crimes Task Force. Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans made the announcement, saying he considers the task force to be an elite unit. The task force is comprised of Detroit Police, FBI, Wayne

DETROIT (WXYZ) – Was the investigation into the never-proven party at the Manoogian mansion never really finished? An about-face in the lawsuit over the death of stripper Tamara Greene may reveal the answer. Three Michigan State Police detectives will now be allowed to testify next week in a case that

A member of an elite Detroit crimes task force said under oath Thursday that he saw officers tampering with slain dancer Tamara Greene’s police file. The officer, whose identity is not being revealed because he is currently assigned to an undercover case, was deposed at a Detroit law firm in

Next year’s gubernatorial campaign ought to be about Michigan’s priorities and how to fund them. But if he means to participate meaningfully in that campaign, Attorney General Mike Cox must answer questions about his investigation into a rumored 2002 assault at Detroit’s mayoral mansion more forthrightly than he has to

Volunteers from the Michigan District of UPS in Livonia and their family members cleaned windows, steamed carpets and trimmed an overgrown tree for the Holman family of Detroit on Oct. 9. The effort was coordinated by Yatooma’s Foundation for the Kids, a non- profit organization that helps kids struggling with

2002 September: Rumors circulate about a wild party at the Manoogian Mansion, where Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife allegedly beat a stripper. 2003 April 30: Stripper Tamara Greene, 27, said to have danced at the rumored party, is killed in a drive-by shooting in Detroit while sitting in a car with

A lawyer for the family of slain stripper Tamara Greene may get to review 36 of the more than 600,000 text messages sent on City of Detroit-issued pagers to determine whether they will shed light on her 2003 killing. Two federal magistrates filed an order Monday in U.S. District Court

Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans has reassigned the investigation into the death of Tamara Greene to the multi-jurisdictional Violent Crimes Task Force. Evans said he considers the task force, made up of Detroit police, FBI, Wayne County Sheriff and State Police investigators, to be an elite unit. “People have an

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has agreed to a deposition with the lawyer for the family of Tamara Greene, Local 4 learned Friday. Greene, a dancer known as Strawberry, was rumored to have been at a never-proven party thrown at a Manoogian Mansion by former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in

Detroit — The city of Detroit has objected to the admissibility of 35 of the 36 text messages identified by federal magistrate judges as possibly relevant to a lawsuit brought by the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene. In a court filing today, the city said some of

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has agreed to sit for a deposition with the lawyer for the family suing the city of Detroit in connection with the investigation into Tamara Greene’s unsolved killing. “Although the Attorney General’s office has never been involved in the Tamara Greene homicide investigation and case

A member of the multi-jurisdictional Violent Crimes Task Force repeated earlier testimony today that the Tamara Greene homicide file had been tampered with, according to an attorney trying the case. Detroit Police Officer Alejandro Parra, a task force member, was deposed today by Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma’s associate. Parra testified

The Children’s Charities Coalition is announcing a new and innovative fundraiser, “Sing Out 4 Kids.” The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth St. in Royal Oak. The event will offer an evening of karaoke performed by Detroit-based celebrities

DETROIT — Local 4 Defenders have learned new information related into the killing of Tamara Greene. Her killing has never been solved, but some Detroit police officers have come forward with who they said could be involved. Greene was killed in a drive-by shooting days after rumors surfaced in Detroit

Detroit — A Detroit police officer testified Thursday he saw an administrative sergeant doing “secret squirrel work” with the homicide file of slain exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene, a lawyer said. Officer Alejandro Parra, who gave a sworn deposition in a lawsuit brought against the city by Greene’s family, “confirmed

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said he has grown weary of defending himself against accusations that he thwarted an investigation into the rumored Manoogian Mansion Party and Tamara Greene’s unsolved killing. But he found himself doing just that this week amid new developments in a federal lawsuit alleging a cover-up

A member of the multi-jurisdictional Violent Crimes Task Force was deposed today by Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma’s associate in an effort to learn if the Tamara Greene homicide file had been tampered with. Detroit Police Officer Alejandro Parra, a task force member, testified in a previous deposition that he once

DETROIT (AP) – Thirty-six text messages from city-issued pagers may be made available to an attorney representing the family of slain Detroit exotic dancer Tamara Greene. The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press report an order was issued Monday in federal court clearing the messages first for review by city