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07-03-2025
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Man arrested in Dearborn Heights after alleged social media threats towards schools
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (FOX 2) - It started with threats posted online and, fortunately, it ended there when Dearborn Heights police arrested a man who appeared to have sinister intentions. What they're saying Inside the home were an abundance of weapons and items that were too graphic to report. Investigators were concerned that children could have been targeted. Andrew Bays' house is in Dearborn Heights and was right across the street from a school. Inside, 25-year-old Bays' home had several guns and things investigators couldn't even tell FOX 2. "We found some things a normal citizen would not have, so to speak," said Dearborn Heights officer Paul Vanderplow. Big picture view A search warrant was executed at his house off Pardee Avenue, across from Pardee Elementary School and next to O.W. Best Middle School. It was where Bays was arrested and taken into custody. FOX 2 was told he was cooperating with police. "He made some very bad choices. He said some very violent terroristic things that he now has to answer for," Vanderplow said. His ranting threats were posted right on his own Facebook and Instagram pages and included threats against a school across town from where he lived, using his own guns to carry them out. Dig deeper Our digging uncovered his ideology with white supremacist undertones, and, shockingly, he empathized with a cult that believes the government should issue women to men who can't find a partner. "Throughout our investigation, we found we didn't have any accomplices, we had no other parties involved, so we were highly confident that there were no more threats to the local school, especially the school that he lived near," said Vanderplow. He's charged with making a threat against a school and using a computer to do it, and given a $500,000 cash bond. Investigators are not ruling out the possibility of more charges as they comb through his electronics.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
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Boy recovering after dog attack in Dearborn Heights
The Brief A 5-year-old boy is recovering after a dog attack in Dearborn Heights this week Video caught the moment two dogs attacked the child, yanking him to the ground biting his neck and back Police are searching for the dogs as well as their owner DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (FOX 2) - A 5-year-old boy is recovering after a dog attack in Dearborn Heights this week. Video caught the moment two dogs, a black German Shepherd and a brown pit bull attacked the child, pulling him to the ground. What we know A 5-year-old boy was attacked by two dogs in Dearborn Heights on Thursday. It happened in the area of Evergreen and Ford. Footage from a nearby home showed a boy in the front yard facing off against two dogs. At one point, he tried to run before being pulled down by one of the dogs. According to Paul Vanderplow, the director of support services in Dearborn Heights, police responded and after tending to the child, went out to find the dogs. "We couldn't find them at first, and we've been looking for them since," said Vanderplow. According to the child's father, he suffered injuries to his neck and back, but is recovering. What we don't know Police have yet to find the dogs, which include a black German Shepherd and brown Pitbull. They have also ticketed the individual they believe to be the owner. "From what we're seeing on the home life of these animals, I would not say it is stable or consistent," said Vanderplow. "So that's been part of the problem as well." The Source Video from TCD News and information from the Dearborn Heights Police Department was used for this story.
