HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – A Dearborn Heights man facing 11 felonies in connection to an April 2025 hit-and-run in Highland Park was convicted by a jury this week on seven of the charges.
Auorahem Jatoo Safar, 32, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of assault with intent to murder, one count of tampering with evidence, two counts of operating a vehicle without a license-causing serious injury, and two counts of failing to stop at the scene of a crash. He was found not guilty of two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and two counts of committing a hate crime-using force, causing bodily injury, stalking or damaging property.
The charges stem from a crash that occurred April 20, 2025, near the intersection of McNichols and Hamilton roads, that severely injured a 58-year-old man and a 48-year-old man — both of Detroit. Police say Safar left the scene and was apprehended a week later.
Safar is scheduled for a sentencing in Wayne County’s 3rd Circuit Court at noon on July 13 before Judge Chandra Baker-Robinson.