City Council approves all mayor's re-appointments
Jun. 16, 2010 · 3:42 a.m.
After much procedure, Ypsilanti City Council approved six mayoral re-appointments to city boards and committees Tuesday, including the two postponed from earlier...read more
Council postpones two reappointments
Jun. 4, 2010 · 4:57 p.m.
Two of Ypsilanti's volunteer board members were not reappointed on schedule Tuesday night, owing to a 4-2 vote by City Council to delay the appointments until...read more
Downtown properties to be rehabilitated
Jun. 4, 2010 · 10:40 a.m.
Three recently-vacated properties in downtown Ypsilanti, two of them condemned, will soon be renovated owing to recent purchase by a local development company and...read more
Ypsilanti Township authorizes litigation against Liberty Square
May. 28, 2010 · 6:53 p.m.
Residents living in the Liberty Square complex of townhouses will see a sticker appear on their homes Tuesday, when the Ypsilanti Township Building Department places...read more
Ford plant granted tax exemption by township
May. 24, 2010 · 5:44 p.m.
New machines and equipment will soon be wheeled into Ford's Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti Township as it begins manufacturing a line of batteries for the new global...read more
No victim, blood in alleged stabbing
Aug. 26, 2009 · 12:13 p.m.
Paul DeRidder, acting police chief for Ypsilanti, said the incident that took place Saturday night in Riverside Park has “got blown out of proportion.”
What had been reported as a stabbing in the park just as the Heritage Festival was closing down for the day can not be substantiated, DeRidder said.
On the phone this morning, he said the initial incident started as a physical confrontation between teenagers near the children’s activity tent in the festival, which was empty as it was nearing 9 p.m.
He said several teens from the area ran to where the fight was taking place, to witness the events. He said different reports vary the size of the crowd from 100-150.
“All the kids came to watch,” DeRidder said.
As police responded to the scene, he said the group ran through the park headed to toward Michigan Avenue, where officers were responding to the incident.
He said the group then came running back toward the festival, and was eventually dispersed. He said there were arrests made, and a report will be ready at the end of the week.
The Citizen interviewed several vendors Sunday, and those that were at the scene gave a similar story to what DeRidder said today.
“Somebody in the crowd (told police) they thought they saw somebody stab somebody else,” DeRidder said.
However, he said no victim came forward at the scene, and none checked in to any county hospitals. He said no complaint had been filed and no blood was discovered at the scene.
The vendors interviewed by the Citizen Sunday said they didn’t see any weapons during the incident.
“(The police) did a very good job,” said Tom Pokryfky, from the Rainbow Feathers Bird Club, who had a booth at the event.
“They got it under control very quickly,” Pokryfky said. “They were tolerant.”
The Citizen will follow up on this story. Stay tuned as the police report will be completed later this week.
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