Michigan
81-year-old from Germany assaulted while visiting Michigan
DETROIT – A 81-year-old from Germany was assaulted over the weekend while visiting Michigan, officials announced.
Around 10:14 a.m. Saturday, Dieter Kirschmust, 81, of Bremen, Germany, was attacked while downtown Detroit, according to a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
Detroit Police officers responded to a building in the 1000 block of Woodward Avenue. Upon arrival, they found the victim on the ground, suffering from a head injury. Medics transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment.
Lawrence Deonte Gilchrist, 30, of Detroit, is accused in the assault. He allegedly approached the victim and hit him, causing him to fall and injure his head.
“A lot of work has gone into making our city a welcoming beacon to all, only to have the alleged horrific actions of this defendant deeply tarnish these efforts,” Worthy said. “But much more importantly, 81-year-old Dieter Kirschmust pay the undeserved price of what the defendant decided to do. This is heartbreaking on so many levels.”
Gilchrist is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and aggravated assault.
He was arraigned today in 36th District Court before Magistrate Jeffrey Kleparek and given a $50,000 cash/surety bond with a GPS tether. A bond re-determination hearing is scheduled for Thursday before Judge William McConico.
A Westland man has been charged with felony child porn offenses after an anonymous tipster alerted authorities to his alleged behavior.
The FBI investigated Peter Caleb-Anthony Qaoud, who was born in 1996, after receiving an anonymous complaint in May, alleging that he was threatening and blackmailing people, including minors, on Snapchat and other social media apps.
The investigation showed that, in February, Qaoud had a conversation with a 16-year-old girl on Instagram, in which he requested and received explicit content, according to the complaint, filed Monday in Detroit’s federal court.
Agents obtained Qaoud’s phone number and used that to find his home address in Westland, the complaint said.
Online court records indicate that Qaoud appeared in court Monday before Magistrate Judge Kimberly G. Altman on charges including production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
He’s scheduled to return to court Wednesday for a detention hearing.
Production of child pornography, the most serious charge against him, is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Court records do not list an attorney for Qaoud.
mreinhart@detroitnews.com
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Michigan State Police say a kayaker who went missing on White River northeast of Montague and Whitehall on Sunday, June 14, has been located safe, after a three-day search.
The man, Justin Wolfiss, 44, entered the river in a kayak at Sischo Bayou around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday with a friend, but did not arrive with his friend at the end point of their trip.
Wolfiss was located safe near Pines Point, officials announced on Tuesday, June 16.
He is currently being medically evaluated, officials say.
Wolfiss and his friend were traveling downstream toward the Happy Mohawk Canoe Livery, near Diamond Point, when they were separated early in the 3- to 4-hour trip, police said.
The friend, police said, waited several hours for Wolfiss to arrive after reaching Diamond Point around 7 p.m.
“The Michigan State Police would like to thank Blue Lake Township Fire Department, Hesperia Fire Department, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MSP Aviation, MSP K-9, partnering agencies, volunteers, and members of the public who assisted in the search effort and shared information.”
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