GUARDS NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT BREAKING RIGHT NOW, HERE AT 11, WE’RE LEARNING
NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
CARTIER WOODS HAS DIED. WOODS
WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST DURING
A BASKETBALL GAME LAST TUESDAY
AND EVER SINCE. HE’S BEEN ON
LIFE SUPPORT TONIGHT. THE
DISTRICT SAYS HIS AUNT MADE THE
DECISION TO REMOVE HIM FROM LIFE
SUPPORT. AFTER VITAL SIGNS
CONTINUED TO BE ABSENT. VERY SAD
UPDATE ON A STORY WE’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING NOW FOR QUITE A FEW
DAYS, MORE BREAKING NEWS COMING
IN TONIGHT FROM DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE, WHERE A PLUMBER IS
ELECTROCUTED AFTER BEING TRAPPED
IN A FLOODED BASEMENT. GLAD
YOU’RE WITH US HERE FOR LOCAL 4
NEWS AT 11 I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN
KIMBERLY GILL POLICE SAY THE
PLUMBER WAS WORKING ON A DRAIN
AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE
AREA OF LA SALLE AND WEB TIM
PAMPHLET IS ON THE SCENE WHERE
THE NIGHT CAMP TIM FIREFIGHTERS
AND MEDICS JUST NOW ABLE TO
REMOVE THE VICTIM’S BODY FROM
THE BASEMENT OF THIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX, LA SALLE AND WEB NEAR
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. THE CALL
CAME OUT EARLIER THIS EVENING
REPORTED AS A MALE POSSIBLY
ELECTROCUTED IN THE BASEMENT AND
WATER. 62 YEAR OLD PLUMBER WAS
IN THE BASEMENT SNAKING A DRAIN
WATER STARTED POURING IN. THAT’S
WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY. HE WAS
ELECTROCUTED AND THERE WAS
NOTHING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD
DO 39 P. M VISORS 3 TO 4 FT. OF
WATER IN THE BASEMENT. THE
LOCATION IS IN 39. FIREFIGHTERS
HAD TO WAIT COULDN’T GO INTO A
FLOODED, FULLY CHARGED BASEMENT
AND THEN ABOUT 40. MINUTES
LATER, A DTE CREW ARRIVED ON THE
SCENE CUT THE POWER. BUT IT WAS
TOO LATE AT THE 62 YEAR OLD MAN
WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
BUT HAS SINCE BEEN PRONOUNCED
DEAD. THERE WERE A LARGE
CONTINGENT OF DT CREWS ARE
ARRIVING ON THE SCENE. TRY TO
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS
HAPPENED. DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS
NO DOUBT FEELING A LITTLE
DESPONDENT THIS EVENING COULDN’T
GET IN THERE TO SAVE THIS MAN’S
LIFE. WITH THE BASEMENT CHARGED
AND FLOODED THAT IS THE SCENE ON
THE WEST SIDE WITH THE NIGHT
CAMP TIM PAMPLIN LOCAL 4 OKAY,
TIM, OUR OTHER TOP STORY AND 96
YEAR OLD BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP MAN
IS FIGHTING TO REGAIN THE HOME.
HE SAYS HE WAS TRICKED INTO
GIVING AWAY IN A NEW LAWSUIT. HE
SAYS THE PERSON WHO SWINDLED HIM
IS AN EMPLOYEE AT A LOCAL SENIOR
CENTER TONIGHT. CRIMINAL CHARGES
HAVE BEEN ISSUED AGAINST THAT
EMPLOYEE AND A CIVIL LAWSUIT HAS
BEEN FILED TRYING TO GET HIS
HOME BACK. MARK MACDONALD LIVE
IN BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP TONIGHT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
JUST ASK HOW IN THE WORLD DOES
THIS HAPPEN, MARA? YOU KNOW,
DEVIN, IT IS SO AGREE GIS,
ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY, THAT
WHEN HE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT
THIS CASE, HE COULDN’T BELIEVE
IT WAS REAL EXCEPT IT IS, AND I
WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR FOR
EVERYBODY AT HOME. YES FELONY
CHARGES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN THIS
CASE AGAINST WOMEN WHO USED TO
WORK HERE AT THE BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP SENIOR CENTER. THAT
SAID IT IS THIS STATION’S POLICY
TO NOT NAME OR SHOW A PICTURE OF
SOMEONE UNTIL THEY HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN ARRAIGNED IN COURT. SO
SINCE THAT HASN’T HAPPENED
OPENED YET. WE’RE JUST GOING TO
MERELY REFER TO HER AS AN
EMPLOYEE. NOW LET ME GO THROUGH
THE WHOLE STORY. I THOUGHT WE
WERE FRIENDS. AND THAT IS REALLY
AT THE HEART OF HOW 96 YEAR OLD
PETER HAD HIS HOUSE SWINDLED OUT
FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. THERE’S NO
QUESTION THIS WAS A GROOMING
RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE
THIS WITH PEDOPHILES THAT
STARTED AT THE BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP SENIOR CENTER AND
EMPLOYEE THERE TOOK AN INTEREST
IN PETER DISCOVERED HE HAD NO
CHILDREN AND LIVED ALONE. THAT
EMPLOYEE AND HER HUSBAND TOOK
HER OUT FOR DINNER WOULD STOP BY
WITH SOUP AND SALADS HELPED WITH
ERRANDS AND AFTER A WHILE, S
PETER IF HE HAD AN ESTATE PLAN,
OR WILL AND THEN TOOK HIM TO HER
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. THERE WAS A
LADY WHO KEPT WALKING OUT OF THE
ROOM AND COMING BACK WITH
PAPERS. JUST A LOT OF PAPERS,
AND I FELT SECURE ENOUGH REALLY
DID AT THAT POINT, AND I JUST
KEPT SIGNING. IF I KNOW IT’S
RIDICULOUS, AND I CAN HARDLY
BELIEVE THAT I’M SAYING THIS TO
YOU, BUT I KEPT SIGNING MY NAME
THOSE PAPERS A QUIT CLAIM DEED.
SHE GOT PETER’S BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP HOME FOR A DOLLAR AND
PETER HASN’T EVEN GOTTEN THE
DOLLAR. YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT? A
DOLLAR ONLY DISCOVERED WHEN A
FAMILY FRIEND WAS OVER AND STALL
THE PAPERWORK. IN THE BEGINNING
. PETER HAD NO IDEA KIND OF THE
HOW DEEP THIS REALLY RAN AND HE
TRUSTED THIS PERSON. HE WAS
FLABBERGASTED TO FIND OUT SHE
HAD HIS HOME AND HIS POWER OF
ATTORNEY JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OR
A CAR I CAN OVERRIDE. I’M
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH
WHICH IS MY BIGGEST OTHER THAN
MY HEALTH. MY BIGGEST ASSET.
BACK HERE. LIVE IN TALKING TO
JONATHAN MARCO. YOU KNOW HE’S IN
THE MIDST OF TRYING TO UNTANGLE
THIS WHOLE MESS. AND HE CAN’T
BELIEVE THAT PETER IS THE ONLY
ONE. HIS CONCERN IS THAT THERE
ARE OTHER ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN TARGETED HERE. THE
FORMER EMPLOYEE HERE AT THE
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP SENIORS IS A
71 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAS NOW
BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY
EMBEZZLEMENT. OF OVER $100,000
DEVIN KIMBERLY. TO YOU. IT’S A
STUNNER. MARA, HAVE WE HEARD
ANYTHING OUT OF THE SENIOR
CENTER? SO I CALLED THEM EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE I WANTED
TO DOUBLE CHECK WHEN SHE WAS LET
GO. MY CALL HAS NOT BEEN
RETURNED, AND I ASKED PETER, YOU
BLAME THE SENIOR CENTER FOR WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU? AND HE SAYS NO
, HE BLAMED THIS WOMAN AND HER
HUSBAND FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HIM. HE DOESN’T BLAME THE SENIOR
CENTER. ALL RIGHT, MARA, ALRIGHT
. SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE LANSING
AREA WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW.
AFTER SO CALLED SWATTING CALLS.
THERE WERE AT LEAST NINE CALLS
MADE TO HIGH SCHOOLS FROM BENTON
HARBOR, SAGINAW TO RENAISSANCE
HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN
DETROIT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE THAT
RUSHED TO CHEMISTS HIGH SCHOOL
IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. THE CALLS
WERE MADE TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS
DURING SCHOOL HOURS, CLAIMING
THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. THE
GOAL OF SO CALLED SWATTING IS TO
SEND POLICE OR SWAT TEAM TO A
CERTAIN LOCATION. INVESTIGATIONS
ARE UNDERWAY TO FIND THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, MICHIGAN’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL
WARNS. SWATTING CALLS CAN SEND
YOU TO JAIL FOR 93 DAYS FOR A
MISDEMEANOR, AND IF THINGS GET
DANGEROUS, YOU COULD GET UP TO
15 YEARS FOR A FALSE REPORT THAT
ENDS IN DEATH. AS YOU SAW HERE
ON LOADED BEFORE TONIGHT,
PRESIDENT BIDEN LAYING OUT HIS
VISION FOR FUTURE DURING HIS
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. IT
WAS HIS FIRST PRIMETIME SPEECH
HOSTED BY THE NEW REPUBLICAN
HOUSE SPEAKER AND COMES AT A
TIME OF DEEP PARTISAN DIVIDES
ALICE BAR WITH THE LATEST
TONIGHT FROM CAPITOL HILL,
PRESIDENT THE UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT,
STEPPING INTO A REPUBLICAN
CONTROLLED HOUSE CHAMBER SPEAKER
. I DON’T WANT TO RUIN THE
REPUTATION, BUT I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR A STATE
OF THE UNION ADDRESS AIMED AT
BRIDGING PARTISAN DIVIDE. SIDES
THERE’S NO REASON WE CAN’T WORK
TOGETHER AND FIND CONSENSUS ON
IMPORTANT THINGS IN THIS
CONGRESS AS WELL. PRESIDENT
SEEKING TO PERSUADE INFLATION
WEARY AMERICANS, THE ECONOMY IS
STRONG WITH THE HELP OF MANY
PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. 12 MILLION
NEW JOBS MORE JOBS CREATED IN
TWO YEARS, ANY PRESENTS CREATED
IN FOUR YEARS. HIS PITCH
DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC COMES AS
RECENT POLLS SHOW. MOST VOTERS
THINK THE COUNTRY IS HEADED IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION, THE
PRESIDENT TRYING TO CONVINCE
THEM OTHERWISE TOUTING
LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM
PANDEMIC RECOVERY TO
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE’VE BEEN SENT
HERE TO FINISH THE JOB IN MY
VIEW, WHILE HE ACKNOWLEDGED IT
WILL TAKE TIME FOR AMERICANS TO
FEEL THE EFFECTS, BIDEN VOWING
TO STAND UP TO CHINA WITH
CONTROVERSY OVER THAT SPY
BALLOON, ELEVATING A TENSE AND
COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP. CHINA
THREATENS OUR SOVEREIGNTY. WE
WILL ACT TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY
AND WE DID. AND AS RUSSIA’S WAR
ON UKRAINE APPROACHES, THE ONE
YEAR MARK, THE PRESIDENT,
PLEDGING CONTINUED SUPPORT AS
LONG AS IT TAKES THE UKRAINIAN
AMBASSADOR TO THE U. S AND
HONORED GUEST OF THE FIRST LADY
SITTING ALONGSIDE THE PARENTS OF
TYREE NICHOLS, ADVOCATING FOR
POLICE REFORM AFTER THEIR SON’S
BRUTAL BEATING. POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE DEPARTMENTS VIOLATE THE
PUBLIC TRUST. THEY MUST BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. IT’S ONE OF MANY
DOMESTIC PRIORITIES FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN, REPUBLICANS
HAMMERING THE PRESIDENT OVER
CRIME, BORDER CROSSINGS AND THE
ECONOMY. PRESIDENT BIDEN
MAINTAINING OPTIMISM BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE OF THIS NATION ARE
STRONG. THE STATE OF THE UNION
IS STRONG AS HE ISA 2024
REELECTION BID. ALICE BAR LOCAL
4. OF COURSE, JUST MOMENTS AGO,
PERHAPS YOU SAW ARKANSAS
GOVERNOR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS
DELIVERING THE REPUBLICAN
RESPONSE. AND WHILE YOU REAP THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR FAILURES,
ABIDED MINISTRATIONS SEEMS MORE
INTERESTED IN WOKE FANTASIES
THAN THE HARD REALITY AMERICANS
FACE EVERY DAY. MOST AMERICANS
SIMPLY WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES
IN FREEDOM AND PEACE. IF YOU
MISSED ANY OF THE PRESIDENT’S
ADDRESS, OR THE REPUBLICAN
RESPONSE, YOU CAN FIND A RECAP
ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM. CREATING
A FIELD THAT EVERYONE CAN PLAY
ON. THAT’S THE MISSION OF THE
SPECIAL OLYMPICS, WHICH PROVIDES
YEAR ROUND SPORTS TRAINING AND
COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN AND
ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. THAT
WORK IS MADE POSSIBLE, OF
COURSE, BY VOLUNTEERS, WHICH, AS
IT TURNS OUT, ARE IN SHORT
SUPPLY. PAMELA OSBORNE JOINS US
LIVE TONIGHT FROM CANTON WITH
MORE ON THIS STORY, PAMELA
KIMBERLY. JUST LAST WEEK, THERE
WAS A HUGE COMPETITION HAPPENING
UP IN TRAVERSE CITY, AND MANY OF
THE ATHLETES HERE FROM WAYNE
COUNTY DID NOT HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND
PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST
SIMPLY AREN’T ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS
. NOW THEY’RE HOPING THAT THEY
CAN GET MORE VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP
THE ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN
THE SPORTS. SO THAT THEY DON’T
HAVE TO KEEP SITTING OUT. TRACY
JENKINS HAS BEEN COMPETING FOR
MOST OF HER LIFE DONUTS SINCE I
WAS EIGHT, AND I’M FULLY THREE.
NOW OVER THE DECADES, SHE’S HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN
PRACTICE AND PLAY ALL KINDS OF
SPORTS THROUGH THE SPECIAL
OLYMPICS. POLLY HOCKEY
BASKETBALL, BOWLING TRACK AND
FIELD CAN SEE ON HER FACE. HOW
MUCH JOY THIS BRINGS HER. I’M
MISSING ONE. AH! AH HOLD ON
SOFTBALL ALSO TELL YOU HOW
UPSETTING IT IS TO KNOW THAT
THERE SIMPLY AREN’T ENOUGH
VOLUNTEERS FOR EVERYONE WHO
WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. I JUST
WANT MY FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO
THE SPORT THEY LOVE
HEARTBREAKING. IT IS
HEARTBREAKING CAMPBELL OVERSEAS,
MOST OF THE WAYNE COUNTY CHAPTER
OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SHE
SAYS MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS THEY
HAD DIDN’T RETURN AFTER THE
PANDEMIC. EVERYTHING IS
VOLUNTEERS. AND IF YOU DON’T
HAVE THAT WE DON’T HAVE GAMES.
WE DON’T HAVE ATHLETES LIKE
TRACY BEING ABLE TO PLAY. AND WE
NEED HELP. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH
EVERYTHING FROM BOWLING TO
SWIMMING. THERE ARE SOME
REQUIREMENTS. VOLUNTEERS HAVE TO
BE 18. AND THERE IS A BIT OF
TRAINING INVOLVED, BUT REALLY,
TO HELP OUT ALL YOU NEED IS
PASSION AND PATIENCE. ATHLETES
LIKE TRACY AND SOO’S DAUGHTER,
EMILY WILL DO THE REST AND EVEN
IF THEY DON’T KNOW THE SPORT YOU
KNOW? ONE DAY WITH OUR ATHLETES
WILL WANT YOU TO COME BACK
GUARANTEED. SO THERE IS NO MAGIC
NUMBER HERE. THEY’RE REALLY JUST
LOOKING FOR ALL THE HELP THEY
CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
COACHES AS WELL. WE POSTED ALL
OF THIS INFORMATION OVER ON OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM
IF YOU’RE INTERESTED, AND
ANOTHER WAY TO GET INVOLVED, YOU
KNOW THESE ATHLETES DON’T PAY A
SINGLE CENT TO PARTICIPATE IN
THESE ACTIVITIES NOT FOR THE
EQUIPMENT OR FOR THE TRAVEL OR
ANYTHING. SO IF YOU’D LIKE TO
HELP FUNDRAISE WITH THEM, YOU
CAN JOIN THEM FOR THEIR POLAR
PLUNGE. IT’S GOING TO BE TAKING
PLACE. NEXT SATURDAY AT THE
BELLEVILLE YACHT CLUB. WE ALSO
HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE REPORTING LIVE IN
CANTON. I’M PAMELA OSBORNE LOCAL