Feds: Mentally ill man had stash of 18 guns, fake police badges in Melvindale home

(Detroit Free Press) More than a decade ago, Saliah Algahmi was ordered hospitalized for mental health issues, deemed a threat to himself and others, court records show.

Because of that, the government says, he wasn't allowed to possess guns.

But following a domestic violence incident 11 years later, police raided his home this month and discovered a cache of weapons: 18 in total, including a machine gun, semiautomatic rifles and a stolen AK-47 pistol. They also found two counterfeit police badges, one of them a shiny gold Department of Defense knockoff.

Federal charges followed.

In U.S. District Court last week, 37-year-old Algahmi, of Melvindale, consented to being jailed pending the outcome of a case that highlights a pervasive problem in the United States: guns winding up in the wrong hands. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/04/mental-illness-guns-phony-law-enforcement-badges/70374833007/