MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — The fraud trial for the founder of a chain of cellular phone stores has begun in an Oakland County court. Joe Barbat became a millionaire after starting Wireless Toyz. Barbat is still in his 30s, is known to drive expensive cars and lives in an Oakland

Despite claims in the past year that Michigan had bottomed out of the recession, new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show there still is much work to be done as incomes continue to fall and poverty rates climb — particularly child poverty rates. • Related: Find out

Detroit (WXYZ) – Lawyers spent hours today questioning a judge under oath in the slain stripper lawsuit. But Ruth Carter isn’t just a judge – she used to be in charge of the City of Detroit Law Department, and she’s a Wayne County insider who knows a lot about goes

Local 4 Defender Kevin Dietz has the report on a local businessman accused of making bad deals. http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/21622091/index.html

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-chief of staff are among several people who have been ordered to appear in court again to testify in connection with the Tamara Greene case. Greene was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2003. It was rumored that she danced at

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, accused of obstructing the police investigation into the death of a stripper, testified Monday that the 2003 fatal shooting was never discussed among high-ranking officials in his administration. Kilpatrick was in court to answer questions about what may have happened to his e-mail

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — The former chief of staff and lover of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was back in Detroit for questioning as part of a lawsuit involving the unsolved death of exotic dancer Tamara Greene. This was Christine Beatty’s second visit to Detroit. “Can you not do the camera thing

Norman Yatooma, President and founder of Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids, discuses the West Bloomfield tragedy with WWJ.

Paul W. Smith sits down with Norman Yatooma, Attorney and Founder of Yatooma’s For the Kids Foundation that assists families with children who suddenly lost parents, at Oakland Hills Country Club. http://www.wjr.com/Article.asp?id=1831193&spid=34612

An attorney representing the family of a slain exotic dancer says it was due time for a former mayor’s wife to be questioned about her murder. For years, it has been speculated that Tamara “Strawberry” Greene was a special guest at the Manoogian Mansion, dancing for then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Attorney Norman Yatooma discusses the Tamara Greene case with WJR’s Frank Beckmann

DETROIT — Bernard Kilpatrick has agreed to answer questions under oath after skipping his court-ordered deposition earlier this month but said he feels “terrible” about having to do so. After skipping a deposition to testify in a $150 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Detroit exotic dancer

Attorney Norman Yatooma tells Paul W. Smith he is still having a hard time getting information from the city of Detroit about the death of Tamara Greene and the rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion. http://www.wjr.net/Article.asp?id=1768950&spid=34612

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — The verdicts came in Friday in the first of several lawsuits brought by investors in the Wireless Toyz cellular phone store chain. Eight of the nine charges brought against Wireless Toyz and founder Joe Barbat were thrown out. The one count that stuck was silent fraud.

DETROIT (WXYZ) – A judge ordered Kwame Kilpatrick to testify in federal court on Monday about the whereabouts of his old city computer. KIlpatrick will testify about e-mails that may have been deleted, either automatically by the city’s computer system,or by Kilpatrick himself. Attorney Norman Yatooma, who represents the family

Norman Yatooma tells Paul W. Smith his deposition with Bernard Kilpatrick went very well as he continues to try to determine what happened to the slain Detroit stripper. http://www.wjr.net/Article.asp?id=1937770&spid=34612