TODDLER BIANCA JONES SNATCHED IN CARJACKING

KIDNAPPED?

A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has been snatched during an alleged carjacking and cops are frantically trying to find her. 
Bianca Jones was driving with her father Deandre Lane, 32, near their Detroit, MI home, when a man with a gun held him up and drove off in his silver Mercury Grand Marquis on Friday. 
The alleged hijacker apparently hadn't noticed the child buckled into her car seat, but the car was recovered 10 minutes later, less than a mile away. 
But the little girl was gone.    
Police Chief Ralph Godbee, however said that the story from ex-con Lane, who is currently in custody on unrelated charges, remains in question.

WENDY LYNN TRONGO HAD TOTS IN BACK, BOOZE IN BELLY

WHAT IS it with Michigan moms? Seems to us a lot of them get hammered and drive with their kids in the car, like say, Wendy Lynn Trongo, 33, of suburban Detroit. Cops say Wendy (Wild Wendy to friends) had a blood-alcohol four times the legal limit when she crashed her car Sunday. The 33-year-old veteran party girl's two kids--ages 1 and 3--were in the backseat and were turned over to their father.

MOM IDS TRANSGENDER TEEN'S CHARRED CORPSE

THE MOM of a transgendered teen identified the charred remains of her body early today. According to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office Shelley Hilliard, 19, a transgender teen also known as Treasure, vanished in the early hours of Oct. 23 on Detroit's west side. Born Henry Hilliard, she had lived in Detroit the last seven years, her mom Lyniece Nelson said. The Medical Examiner's Office didn't identify her until cops sent a media advisory last week with her information, including the description of a cherry tattoo. So far, no cause of death has been listed. Her mom can't understand why anyone would kill Shelley. She said: She was loved by a lot people, a lot of friends, a lot of family. She just brought joy to everyone that she came in contact with. She was

SHAWN WEIMER: DAUGHTER, 9, 'MY DESIGNATED DRIVER'

THIS is the moment when a drunk dad, not only thought it would be a good idea to get his nine-year-old daughter to drive him for beer, but actually bragged about it too.

"I got a designated driver," the deadbeat dad Shaun Weimer, yes that is an m 39, boasted, "Nine years old. Nine! Listen, we're leaving, and she's driving."

COMIC BOOK KILLER GUILTY IN 1990 COLD CASE

COMIC BOOK KILLER Michael George has been found guilty. He was convicted in a suburban Detroit court yesterday of first-degree murder in the July 13, 1990 death of his wife Barbara who was found shot to death. The largely circumstantial case was sealed by a customer's chance call to the comic book store on the day of the murder. He had hope to be a comic king. More from our sister site COLD CASE USA

COMIC BOOK MURDER COLD CASE: ANOTHER KILLER?

THE DEFENSE has thrown an atomic super-blaster [read bombshell] witness into the Detroit Comic Book Cold Case murder. Former comic book store owner Michael George, now 51, is on trial for murdering his wife in their suburban comic store in the summer of 1990. George killed his "overweight" wife because he was unhappy in their marriage and wanted the insurance money. More from OUR SISTER SITE COLD CASE USA

UNDERWEAR BOMBER UMAR FAROUK TRIAL BEGINS.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

HE may have only blown up his pants, but the potentially explosive trial began this week for underwear bomber Umar Farouk has begun this week.
The terrible terrorist tried to blow up a Detroit bound Northwest Airlines flight which was carrying 279 passengers and 11 crew on Christmas Eve.
But the bungling bomber only succeeded in blowing up his briefs and when passengers and crew spotted the flames they leapt on the well educated Nigerian from an upper class family.
Patricia "Scotti" Keepman of Wisconsin said: "Smoke was everywhere and we thought we were losing our lives.

GEEK NEWS 2: KILLER COMIC KINGPIN'S BIG DREAMS

SHE WAS A devoted wife and yet in 1990 was mysteriously gunned down at the family's suburban Detroit comic shop. Now, Michael George, 51, is on trial for killing his Barbara, who was 32 at the time of her death. The case was cold for years until detectives made a breakthrough. His murder trial began yesterday and his wife was described as a faithful, lovely woman with no known enemies. Hubby was different: he wanted to be the McDonald's of the comic book world, a comic book impresario like Ray Kroc. He also kept a secret love den where he could carry on his sordid affairs behind Barbara's back. He wanted to be rid of his overweight wife and get

COPS ARREST SUSPECT IN SICK MARIHA SMITH MURDER

DETECTIVES in Detroit have made an arrest in the sickening slaying of 5-year-old Mariha Smith. The pretty little girl had been reported missing last Sunday morning. Hours later Mariha's body was discovered, burned beyond recognition inside one of Motown's many abandoned homes about a mile from where she lived. An autopsy provided positive ID and revealed she had been strangled to death and then burned post mortem. Her skull had been crushed, indicating she was beaten.
As the manhunt went red hot Thursday, cops

OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD KILLER: ANOTHER LOOK

THEY WERE among the most notorious murders of the 1970s. An ugly chain of unsolved child killings in suburban Detroit know as the Oakland County Child Murders. Now, they are being looked at again as part of a cold case task force examining 30 unsolved homicides.
A law enforcement official said: "The grand jury is hearing information related to one of the child slayings of the 1970s, but as far as I know, there is no new

CRIME BRIEFS: HOLLY BOBO SEARCH; LI VICTIM BURIED

* HOLLY BOBO'S MOM BEGS FOR HER RELEASE: It's been more than two months now and still no sign of pretty blonde Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo. Have the cops dropped the ball? The TBI says no but there has been NOTHING new in weeks. Yesterday, a motorcycle run in the 20-year-old's honor was held. Her heartbroken mom said: "To whoever has our daughter, I'm asking you to please do the right thing and let her come home." STILL NO SIGN OF HOLLY BOBO.
* VICTIM OF PILLHEAD DAVID LAFFER BURIED IN WEDDING DRESS: In a Long Island church Saturday hundreds sobbed for Jaime Taccetta--buried in her wedding dress. The pretty young mom, 33, was one of four victims executed in cold blood last Sunday in a Medford, New York pharmacy. The mom of

JENNIFER PETKOV BULLIED DYING GIRL; BACK IN ACTION

MEANEST WOMAN

VICTIM

OH, DEAR. It seems the Meanest Woman in America, Jennifer Petkov is at it again. You must remember Jennifer? She's the Michigan woman who went on an online crusade to taunt and torment terminally ill, Kathleen Edward, now 8. She also later pleaded guilty to attempting to run over another neighbor and had been ordered off her street during her 18-month probation. But what's this? Neighbors say the Meanest Woman in America has been

DETROIT LOTTO MILLIONAIRE KILLED LANDLORD: COPS

MEET FREDDIE YOUNG. Postal worker, lottery millionaire, hothead, killer. The 62-year-old Detroit man has been arrested in the vicious slaying of his daughter's Australian landlord.
Speaking for us all, Detroit homicide Lt. Dwane Blackmon said: "It didn't make any sense. I guess he just let his anger take over." Indeed, now Freddie has been arraigned for first-degree murder in the ridiculous murder of Greg McNicol, 45, who was shot to death May 7. McNicol had argued with a woman the Detroit News says is Freddie's daughter, who was about to be evicted.

BIDDY BANDITS BEAT BANKS, STORES FOR $500GS

WE LOVE THIS ONE. Hats seem to have made a roaring comeback with everyone from royals to rock stars. So, it only makes sense that crooks are donning headgear too. America, meet the 'Mad Hatter Gang.' Who? The gang are a group of older women--at least one is in her 70s-- who wear a wild variety of hats as a disguise as steal cash and credit cards from distracted shoppers in the Detroit area.
Cops say the gang have been at it for more than a year and have stolen a whopping $500,000.
Lt. Luke Riley said that the kindly appearance of the elderly crooks is helping them pull off the caper. Shoppers, banks and retailers tend not