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Warren Police officer's ex-wife claims jealously at center of off-duty assault.
"I think he had a feeling I was with somebody and he just can't handle it," Melissa Khan said about her ex-husband Anwar Khan who is accused of assaulting Melissa and a male friend of hers.
Charges against Warren officer Khan delayed
Macomb Daily
Jul 6, 2020
Formal charges against a Warren police officer who was arrested over the weekend were delayed Monday.
Anwar Mohommed Khan, 48, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in 42nd District Court in Romeo but those proceedings were put on hold when prosecutors asked for more information
from sheriff's office investigators.
Records showed over the weekend he was being detained in the Macomb County Jail in Mount Clemens on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon after being arrested on July 4.
Reached Sunday night, Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer declined to comment on the allegation.
Macomb County Circuit Court records show Khan filed for divorce from his former wife, Melissa, in June 2019. He filed for interim custody and parenting time of the couple's children along with the divorce papers. Judge Rachel Rancilio approved the divorce in January of this year.
On Monday, as the arraignment was supposed to begin, Judge Denis LeDuc at the request of prosecutors instead entered a $10,000 interim bond with stipulations that include no criminal
charges, aggressive behavior or contact with potentially witnesses or his former wife by Khan, court representatives confirmed Monday afternoon. As of late afternoon Monday, the prosecutor's office had not sent over revised arraignment paperwork and a representative there refused comment on the case.
It was unclear if Khan had posted bond late Monday afternoon though records showed him as being housed at the county jail on Elizabeth Road in Mount Clemens.
His attorney, John Dakmak of Detroit-based Clark Hill, said he was unsure Monday evening if charges will be filed. However, he said if they are authorized "we are not even considering any plea negotiations."
Dakmak stated the incident that led to the weekend arrest happened when Khan's ex-wife arrived at his house to visit the couple's children.
"She typically only gets supervised visitation at Phoenix House due to mental conditions made worse by drug and alcohol use," he said. "She asked to see the kids after not seeing them for months and almost from the minute she arrived things got bad."
Khan was also involved in an incident with a former Warren police commander who was accused of threatening a potential witness in a criminal case and was also one of several defendants named in a federal lawsuit filed by DeSheila Howlett, an African-American former police officer who sued the city, police department and some officers alleging she was the victim of racial and gender discrimination, and harassment between 2006 and 2016 because the city did not require diversity training for her fellow officers.
In one of her claims, Howlett said Khan, who was a field training officer at the time, told her that women do not have a right to work or be police officers.
Court records show she further alleged that Khan had said: "America was better off prior to 1940, 1941, when all the men went off to war and then the women started working jobs, and basically, our society declined due to the women entering the workforce, so now there's nobody to tend to the children."
The suit is pending in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Warren police officer jailed on assault charge
Macomb Daily
July 6, 2020
A Warren police officer spent Sunday behind bars after he was arrested in northern Macomb County for an alleged assault, possibly involving his former wife, according to police and jail
records.
Anwar Mohommed Khan was being held in the Macomb County Jail in Mount Clemens on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, jail records show. He was arrested Saturday, the Fourth of July, according to the records.
Khan, 48, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in 42nd District Court in Romeo.
Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham on Sunday evening confirmed the arrest but would not provide any further details of the incident the officer is alleged to have been involved in until he is formally charged in court.
"We do have a Warren police officer in the jail," Wickersham said, without naming Khan.
Wickersham said the case would be reviewed Monday morning by the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office to determine whether the officer will be charged.
Reached Sunday night, Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer declined to comment on the allegation.
Macomb County Circuit Court records show Khan filed for divorce from his former wife, Melissa, in June 2019. He filed for interim custody and parenting time of the couple's children along with the divorce papers. Judge Rachel Rancilio approved the divorce in January of this year.
Khan was also involved in an incident involving a former Warren police commander who was accused of threatening a potential witness in a criminal case.
Arthur Gill was accused of assaulting Carlton Torres while on duty and then retaliating against another officer -- Khan -- who witnessed the incident by filing a false police report with state Child Protective Services.
That case dates back to January 2014 when Gill and other officers responded to a call about shots being fired from a home on Chalmers Avenue, near Nine Mile and Hoover roads. Gill is accused of punching Torres in the chest “without warning, provocation or justification,” according to a federal lawsuit filed by Torres against Gill.
Torres fell and hit his head on the cement porch. Gill grabbed him by the neck, handcuffed and arrested him, according to the lawsuit. The county Prosecutor's Office refused to issue any charges against Torres.
Torres says Gill lied on a police report by saying that Torres “swatted my right hand from him” before striking Torres in the chest, according to the lawsuit. Torres' version was backed by Khan, who was at the scene. Prosecutors allege Gill retaliated against Khan by making a child abuse complaint against him to Child Protective Services.
Torres' lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed in 2015, according to court records.
Khan was also one of several defendants named in a federal lawsuit filed by DeSheila Howlett, an African-American former police officer who sued the city, police department and some officers alleging she was the victim of racial and gender discrimination, and harassment between 2006 and 2016 because the city did not require diversity training for her fellow officers.
In one of her claims, Howlett said Khan, who was a field training officer at the time, told her that women do not have a right to work or be police officers.
Court records show she further alleged that Khan had said: "America was better off prior to 1940, 1941, when all the men went off to war and then the women started working jobs, and basically, our society declined due to the women entering the workforce, so now there's nobody to tend to the children."
The suit is pending in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Off-duty Warren police officer charged in assaults in Washington Township
Detroit Free Press
July 10, 2020
An off-duty Warren police officer is facing four charges after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting two people in Washington Township on the Fourth of July, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
Anwar Khan is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony; two misdemeanor domestic violence charges, and refusing to provide a DNA sample, a misdemeanor.
He was arraigned Friday in 42nd District Court in Romeo and was given a $10,000 personal bond. He is to have no contact with the victim and no additional criminal charges, according to the court.
The arraignment before Judge Denis LeDuc was held via Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Khan's next court dates are July 21 and July 28.
"We will be mounting a vigorous defense of this case," said Khan's attorney, John Dakmak.
Off-duty Warren Police Officer Anwar Khan is facing four charges in an assault in Washington Township on July 4.
Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said Khan is a 20-year veteran of the force "with an excellent work record." He said he put Khan on unpaid administrative leave Thursday.
Dwyer said Khan was on paid administrative leave starting July 5, but was put on unpaid administrative leave once the warrant was issued, which Dwyer said is protocol.
"Officer Khan is entitled to due process, meaning fair treatment through the normal judicial system as any citizens would be afforded," Dwyer said. "I will make no other comments until his due process has been exercised."
Deputies were sent to a residence about 10:45 a.m. July 4 on a domestic violence complaint. They met with the caller, who said she saw Khan assaulting a male and then a female, the Sheriff's Office said in a release.
She said she had been in a wooded area near the residence with two males. Khan entered the woods and began assaulting one of the males, while the other ran away. The assaulted male escaped and left the area, according to the release.
Khan returned to the residence with the caller and began assaulting a female who had been sleeping, the Sheriff's Office said. Then, Khan threatened to assault the caller. She called 911 and deputies arrived, the release stated.
Deputies located the male victim, who said Khan assaulted him and then pointed a gun at him. No shots were fired.
Khan was taken into custody and his weapons were confiscated, the Sheriff's Office said. He was held at the county jail, where he refused to provide a DNA sample upon arrest for a felony offense.
The victims received medical evaluations and were released at the scene.
Sheriff's Sgt. Renee Yax said Friday that no additional details about the incident were being released.
Warren Police officer's ex-wife claims jealously at center of off-duty assault
WXYZ News
Jul 10, 2020
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — "I think he had a feeling I was with somebody and he just can't handle it," Melissa Khan said about her ex-husband Anwar Khan who is accused of assaulting Melissa and a male friend of hers.
Anwar Khan, 48, is a 20 year veteran of the Warren Police Department, but he was off-duty at his home in Washington Township on July 4 when his 16-year-old daughter called 911.
Melissa said she had been staying at her ex-husband's home for several days last week to visit their children.
She told 7 Action News that Anwar had been granted custody of their three children, ages six, nine, and sixteen because she was in jail on an alcohol-related case and missed court hearings.
Around 10:45 Saturday morning, Anwar Khan went outside and allegedly confronted his teenage daughter and her boyfriend who were sitting near a creek.
The teen's boyfriend ran off but investigators said it's alleged that Anwar then began to assault Melissa's male friend who had been napping nearby.
"He had a mission," Melissa said about her ex, and the moment her friend said he attacked him. "He was sleeping on his back, literally, on his back on the ground and he just started pummeling him in his face."
Anwar allegedly threatened the man with his firearm before returning to the house where Melissa said she'd been sleeping.
"(He) just ripped me out of my bed, screaming and told me he (expletive) my N-word boyfriend up," she said.
That's when the couple's teenage daughter called 911.
On Friday, Anwar Khan was arraigned on multiple charges including misdemeanor Domestic Violence and felony Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
He was given a $10,000 personal bond and ordered to stay away from his daughter, his ex-wife and her friend.
"He's not going anywhere," Khan's defense attorney John Dakmak told the judge during his client's arraignment. "We are fighting these allegations. We have had no discussions of a plea at this point. We're prepared to counter any evidence presented by the people in this case."
Anwar Khan is now on unpaid leave with the Warren Police Department.
Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said Officer Khan has an excellent work record and is entitled to due process.
Off-duty Warren cop suspended as he faces domestic violence charges
Detroit News
July 10, 2020
Washington Township — A Warren police officer faces four charges, one of them a felony, for an alleged domestic violence incident at his Washington Township home on the Fourth of July.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident, and says that at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday police were dispatched to the home of Anwar Khan on a domestic violence complaint.
Police at the scene spoke to the witness who called 911, who said she was in the woods with two males when Khan, a Warren police officer who was off-duty, assaulted one of the males.
The caller alleged that Khan "entered the woods and began assaulting one of the males while the second male ran away," the sheriff's office said in a statement. The man being assaulted eventually escaped, she said.
But she returned with Khan to the residence and he allegedly started assaulting a sleeping woman. Then, the caller alleges, he threatened her, too.
Police tracked down the male victim, who said the suspect had assaulted him and held him at gunpoint.
Police arrested Khan and confiscated his weapons, but say that when he arrived at the Macomb County Jail, he allegedly refused to provide a DNA mouth swab sample at intake for identification purposes, as required after a felony arrest.
The male and female were checked out by medics, and didn't need further medical attention, the sheriff's office said.
Khan faces four charges: Assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony; two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence; and refusing to provide a DNA sample, a misdemeanor.
Khan is out on a personal bond of $10,000, but has a hearing Friday morning at 42-1 District Court in Romeo.
Bill Dwyer, commissioner of the Warren Police Department, said Khan is a 20-year veteran of the force. He was placed on paid administrative leave after the arrest, and is now on unpaid leave since charges have been filed.
Dwyer said that "Officer Khan is entitled to due process and fair treatment through the judicial system," and said he could have no further comment until the matter is decided in court.
Off-duty Warren cop faces domestic violence charges
Detroit News
Jul 10, 2020
Washington Township — A Warren police officer faces four charges, one of them a felony, for an alleged domestic violence incident at his Washington Township home on the Fourth of July.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident, and says that at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday police were dispatched to the home of Anwar Khan on a domestic violence complaint.
Police at the scene spoke to the witness who called 911, who said she was in the woods with two males when Khan, a Warren police officer who was off-duty, assaulted one of the males.
The caller alleged that Khan "entered the woods and began assaulting one of the males while the second male ran away," the sheriff's office said in a statement. The man being assaulted eventually escaped, she said.
But she returned with Khan to the residence and he allegedly started assaulting a sleeping woman. Then, the caller alleges, he threatened her, too.
Police tracked down the male victim, who said the suspect had assaulted him and held him at gunpoint.
Police arrested Khan and confiscated his weapons, but say that when he arrived at the Macomb County Jail, he allegedly refused to provide a DNA mouth swab sample at intake for identification purposes, as required after a felony arrest.
The male and female were checked out by medics, and didn't need further medical attention, the sheriff's office said.
Khan faces four charges: Assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony; two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence; and refusing to provide a DNA sample, a misdemeanor.
Khan is out on a personal bond of $10,000, but has a hearing Friday morning at 42-1 District Court in Romeo.
Bill Dwyer, commissioner of the Warren Police Department, said Khan is a 20-year veteran of the force. He was placed on paid administrative leave after the arrest, and is now on unpaid leave since charges have been filed.
Dwyer said that "Officer Khan is entitled to due process and fair treatment through the judicial system," and said he could have no further comment until the matter is decided in court.
Warren police officer charged with three assault charges for off-duty incident in Washington Township
Macomb Daily
Jul 10, 2020
A Warren police officer was formally charged Friday with assaulting two people, including pointing a gun at one of them, on the Fourth of July at his Washington Township residence.
Anwar Khan, 48, who was off duty when he allegedly committed the acts, was arraigned on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, a four-year felony, two counts of domestic assault, a misdemeanor, and refusal to provide a DNA sample, a misdemeanor, according to Macomb County Sheriff’s officials.
The arraignment was held in front of Judge Denis LeDuc of 42-I District Court in Romeo.
Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said Friday he followed protocol and placed Khan on paid administrative leave Monday and unpaid leave Thursday after the warrants were approved.
Dwyer said Khan has been "an excellent officer" in his 20 years on the force.
"Officer Khan is entitled to due process, meaning fair treatment through the judicial system," Dwyer said, declining further comment.
Khan allegedly assaulted one of two males who were in a wooded area outside his residence about 10:45 a.m. Saturday as one of the males fled on foot, authorities said. Khan then assaulted his ex-wife, who was sleeping inside the residence, and threatened a second female, prosecutors allege. The ex-wife called 911.
The male victim told deputies Khan assaulted and pointed a gun at him. No one was injured. The two victims were checked medically at the scene, officials said.
At the Macomb County Jail, Khan refused to provide DNA for the felony charge. Friday, a $10,000 personal bond set Monday was continued by LeDuc.
Khan is scheduled for a July 21 probable-cause conference and July 28 preliminary examination.
Khan filed for divorce from his ex-wife, Melissa, in June 2019. He filed for interim custody and parenting time of the couple's children as part of the divorce, which Macomb Circuit Court Judge Rachel Rancilio approved in January.
Khan was involved in a 2014 incident involving a former Warren police commander who was accused of threatening a potential witness in a criminal case. He witnessed the incident, and was retaliated against by the commander, who filed a false complaint against Khan with Child Protective Services.
He was also one of several defendants named in a federal lawsuit filed by DeSheila Howlett, an African-American former police officer who sued the city, police department and some officers alleging she was the victim of racial and gender discrimination, and harassment between 2006 and 2016 because the city did not require diversity training for her fellow officers. The lawsuit is pending.
Off-duty Warren cop faces domestic violence charges - Officer free on bond, off on leave amid assault allegations
Detroit News
July 11, 2020
Washington Township – A Warren police officer faces four charges, one of them a felony, for an alleged domestic violence incident at his Washington Township home on the Fourth of July.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident, and says that at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday police were dispatched to the home of Anwar Khan on a domestic violence complaint.
Police at the scene spoke to the witness who called 911, who said she was in the woods with two males when Khan, a Warren police officer who was off-duty, assaulted one of the males.
The caller alleged that Khan "entered the woods and began assaulting one of the males while the second male ran away," the sheriff's office said in a statement. The man being assaulted eventually escaped, she said.
But she returned with Khan to the residence and he allegedly started assaulting a sleeping woman. Then, the caller alleges, he threatened her, too.
Police tracked down the male victim, who said the suspect had assaulted him and held him at gunpoint.
Police arrested Khan and confiscated his weapons, but say that when he arrived at the Macomb County Jail, he allegedly refused to provide a DNA mouth swab sample at intake for identification purposes, as required after a felony arrest.
The male and female were checked out by medics, and didn't need further medical attention, the sheriff's office said.
Khan faces four charges: Assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony; two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence; and refusing to provide a DNA sample, a misdemeanor.
Khan is out on a personal bond of $10,000, but has a hearing Friday morning at 42-1 District Court in Romeo.
Bill Dwyer, commissioner of the Warren Police Department, said Khan is a 20-year veteran of the force.
He was placed on paid administrative leave after the arrest, and is now on unpaid leave since charges have been filed.
Dwyer said that "Officer Khan is entitled to due process and fair treatment through the judicial system," and said he could have no further comment until the matter is decided in court.
Felony assault charge dropped against suspended Warren police officer
Macomb Daily
Aug 12, 2020
A felony charge was dismissed from the criminal case against a suspended Warren police officer who still faces four misdemeanors for a recent incident at his Washington Township home.
Judge Denis LeDuc of 42 Court in Romeo on Wednesday dismissed a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon against Anwar Khan, 48, who was accused of pointing a gun at his ex-wife’s boyfriend, Stephen Wright. The incident occurred during an altercation July 4 outside of Khan’s Washington Township home.
The dismissal came following a preliminary examination for the lone felony charge against Khan.
“The judge said he found the complaining witness’s testimony not credible,” said Khan’s attorney, John Dakmak. “There was conflicting statements about how the gun was use and the type of gun used.”
Wright gave two statements to police prior to his testimony.
The hearing was held remotely by video.
The assistant Macomb County prosecutor handling the case could not be immediately reached for comment Wednesday.
Wright claimed Khan punched and pointed a gun at him that morning after he went outside to find his teenage daughter in a wooded area with Wright and another man.
Khan denies he had a gun when he went to confront Wright and the second man, who ran away, Dakmak said.
LeDuc agreed to add a misdemeanor assault-and-battery charge against Khan for the alleged punch. Khan still faces two domestic assault charges for allegedly assaulting his wife and daughter around the same time. He also faces a misdemeanor for refusing to provide a DNA sample.
A pretrial in the case is set for Sept. 15.
Khan’s divorce from his wife, Melissa, was finalized in January, and he has custody of their three children, Dakmak said. Khan’s wife typically lives separately but was staying there for the weekend to visit her children, he said.
Khan, a 20-year police veteran, is on unpaid administrative leave from the Warren Police Department, Dakmak added.
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Judge: No separate trials for accused Warren ex-cop
Nov 13, 2014
https://www.macombdaily.com/news/nation-world-news/judge-no-separate-trials-for-accused-warren-ex-cop/article_619788c3-0ce7-5d24-9c13-81221140aede.html
A fired Warren police commander will not get separate jury trials on charges of assaulting a man and retaliating two months later against a fellow officer who reported the alleged confrontation, a judge ruled Thursday.
Former patrol sergeant Arthur Gill's lawyer, however, plans to appeal 37th District Judge Matthew Sabaugh's decision.
'We believe that due process requires Art Gill to have separate trials,' defense attorney Steven Kaplan said. 'We were hopeful that the judge would grant him separate trials for the two different alleged incidents. We believe the Circuit Court is likely to grant our relief.'
Gill faces three misdemeanor charges: assault or assault and battery; false report of a misdemeanor; and intentional filing of a false report of child abuse. Each offense is punishable by up to 93 days in jail.
The charges are rooted in a January 2014 incident when Gill and other officers responded to a call about shots being fired from a home on Chalmers Avenue, near Nine Mile and Hoover roads.
Gill ordered Carlton Torres from the home to the porch where he 'asked Mr. Torres something about some dogs,' according to a lawsuit filed against Gill by Torres. 'Then without warning, provocation or justification, Gill slugged Mr. Torres in the chest with his fist,' the lawsuit states.
Torres fell and hit his head on the cement porch. Gill grabbed him by the neck, handcuffed and arrested him, according to the lawsuit. After reviewing police reports, the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office refused to issue any charges against Torres for the incident.
Torres says Gill lied on a police report by saying that Torres 'swatted my right hand from him' before striking Torres in the chest, according to the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
Torres' version was backed by Warren police officer Anwar Khan, who was at the scene.
Prosecutors allege Gill retaliated against Khan by making a child abuse complaint against the officer to Child Protective Services.
Kaplan believes evidence would be prejudicial if applied by one jury weighing Gill's fate on all three counts.
Gill, a 16-year veteran of the Warren Police Department, was a sergeant for four years when Police Commissioner Jere Green fired him in April.
Gill has told The Macomb Daily the charges are 'retribution' for complaints he has made in the Warren Police Department over the years.
A Circuit Court decision on whether Gill should receive separate trials may not come for another 90 days, Kaplan said. Another hearing in district court is expected to be held before then. A jury trial is scheduled for March 16, 2015.
The charges are a blemish on his Gill's reputation, said Kaplan, a former assistant Macomb County prosecutor.
'He does miss police work,' Kaplan said. 'He was a successful command officer. He wishes to
return to his vocation.' Gill's wife also works as a Warren police officer. She returned to work last week after giving birth eight weeks ago, Kaplan said.
Torres' civil lawsuit accuses Gill of excessive force, unlawful arrest and assault. He claims he suffered scrapes and bruises, humiliation, embarrassment, mental anguish, humiliation, outrage, and also indignity of being arrested and incarcerated for something he did not commit.
Former Warren cop jailed for allegedly threatening psychologist
Macomb Daily
Jun 14, 2019
A former Warren police commander is being held in jail in lieu of a $1 million bond accused of threatening a potential witness in his criminal case, according to a media report.
Arthur Gill, 54, was jailed Wednesday by a St. Clair Shores judge in connection with his criminal case in which he is accused of assaulting a man while working as a Warren cop and retaliating against a fellow officer who witnessed the incident by making false report with state Child Protective Services.
Gill’s criminal case dates to 2014, and the case at one point was transferred to 40th District Court in St. Clair Shores.
Last weekend, Gill showed up at a psychologist's office in Birmingham and threatened the doctor, who is set to testify in his case, according to the report aired by WJBK-TV (Fox 2). Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith, who has yet to respond to inquiries from The Macomb Daily about the case, said in the report also found on the TV news station's website that Gill told the psychologist, "Your reputation is going to be ruined" and "nothing good is going to come out of this.”
Gill appeared in district court for intimidating witnesses and violating his bond, which was reset at $1 million.
The case dates back to January 2014 incident when Gill and other officers responded to a call about shots being fired from a home on Chalmers Avenue, near Nine Mile and Hoover roads. Gill is accused of punching Carlton Torres in the chest “without warning, provocation or justification,” according to a federal lawsuit by Torres.
Torres fell and hit his head on the cement porch. Gill grabbed him by the neck, handcuffed and arrested him, according to the lawsuit. The county Prosecutor's Office refused to issue any charges against Torres.
Torres says Gill lied on a police report by saying that Torres “swatted my right hand from him” before striking Torres in the chest, according to the lawsuit. Torres' version was backed by Warren police officer Anwar Khan, who was at the scene. Prosecutors allege Gill retaliated against Khan by making a child abuse complaint against him to Child Protective Services.
Torres' lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed in 2015, according to court records.
Gill is charged with assault and battery, filing a false police report and filing a false report of child abuse, all misdemeanors. His trial was scheduled to start Monday but will be delayed, the report says.
Gill, a 16-year veteran of the Warren Police Department, was a sergeant for four years when then-police commissioner Jere Green fired him in April 2014.
Gill has told The Macomb Daily the charges are “retribution” for complaints he has made in the Warren Police Department over the years.
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