DOWNTOWN LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. HORRIFIC VIDEO SURFACES OF A MAN ABUSING ONE OF
HIS DOGS. AND NOW CRIMINAL
CHARGES COULD BE COMING AGAINST
SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY MAKES HIS
LIVING WORKING WITH ANIMALS.
TOPPING OUR NEWS TONIGHT AT SIX,
A CASE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BRING
OUT MACOMB COUNTIES EXECUTIVE
IT’S SHERIFF AND THE HEAD OF
ANIMAL CONTROL. WE’RE TOLD THE
SUSPECTS SON POSTED THE VIDEO
ONLINE AND PEOPLE STARTED
SHARING IT. THAT LED AUTHORITIES
TO A HOME AND RAY TOWNSHIP WITH
THREE DOGS. INSIDE SHAWN LEY IS
LIVE IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP WHERE
THE DOGS WERE TAKEN. YOU KNOW,
SEAN, I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT
I’M SAYING THIS. THE SUSPECT IS
A VETERINARIAN. MACOMB COUNTY
VETERINARIAN AS A PRACTICE WITH
HIS WIFE. LISTEN, WE’VE BEEN
LOOKING INTO THIS ALL DAY LONG.
IT’S INCREDIBLY DISTURBING. WE
KNOW. SHERIFF’S INVESTIGATORS
AND ANIMAL CONTROL WENT TO HIS
HOME AND WRITE TOWNSHIP. THEY
TOOK THREE DOGS THAT RIGHT HERE
AT MACOMB COUNTY. ANIMAL CONTROL
BEING CHECKED OUT, INCLUDING THE
GERMAN SHEPHERD, WHO IS IN THIS
VIDEO BEING ATTACKED BY THIS MAN
. NOW LISTEN, THE VIDEO IS LONG
. IT’S REALLY HARD TO WATCH. WE
CAN ONLY SHOW YOU JUST THESE FEW
MOMENTS. GET OVER HERE. GET OVER
HERE. WHAT HE DID TO THIS ANIMAL
IS UNCALLED FOR. WE CAN ONLY
SHOW YOU THE VERY BEGINNING OF A
HORRIFIC VIDEO DEPICTING A MAN
BEATING AND CHOKING ONE OF HIS
DOGS AS HIS FAMILY IS HORRIFIED
. THE VIDEO SHOT BY THE MAN’S
SON POSTED ONLINE AND SEEN BY AN
MSP TROOPER LAST NIGHT WHO
ALERTED MACOMB COUNTY ANIMAL
CONTROL. THE HORRIBLE ABUSE WAS
SEEN BY SO MANY MACOMB COUNTY
GOT FLOODED WITH CALLS THIS THE
AFTERNOON, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
, THE SHERIFF AND ANIMAL CONTROL
OFFICER ALL GATHERED TO LET THE
PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE DOG IS NOW
SAFE TO OTHER DOGS WERE REMOVED
FROM THE HOME AND CHARGES ARE
EXPECTED. AND YOU CAN TELL THIS
DOG WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING. I
MEAN IT, REALLY. IT’LL TAKE YOUR
BREATH AWAY. THIS HAPPENED IN A
HOME AND RAY TOWNSHIP. THE
PERSON SUSPECTED OF THIS ABUSE
SOURCES TELL US HE AND HIS WIFE
ARE BOTH VETERINARIANS WITH
THEIR PRACTICE HERE IN MACOMB
COUNTY. SURPRISINGLY AS IT MAY
BE, I THINK THAT’S WHAT HE IS A
VETERINARIAN, AND WHEN YOU SEE
THIS, IT’S SURPRISING THAT
SOMEBODY WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT
HANDLING OR TREATING A DOG THE
WAY HE DID. PEOPLE THAT DO
CRIMES LIKE THIS. THEY’RE
DEFINITELY HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
BACK HERE. LIVE NO. LOOK, WE’RE
NOT NAMING THE VET BECAUSE THIS
IS ALL UNDER INVESTIGATION JUST
GOT GOING TODAY, SO THE VET IS
NOT FACING ANY CHARGES RIGHT NOW
. HERE’S WHERE THINGS STAND.
INVESTIGATORS GOT AHOLD OF HIM
AS HE WAS WORKING ON OTHER
PEOPLE’S PETS AT HIS OFFICE
TODAY, AND THEY DID TALK, SO
THEY PLAN ON TALKING MORE FACE
TO FACE AND THEN PRESENTING
EVERYTHING TO A PROSECUTOR
SOURCES TELLING ME THEY MAY BE
ASKING FOR CHARGES OF ANIMAL
ABUSE. KIMBERLY AND DEVIN ALSO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MUCH MORE TO
COME. THE DISTURBING OKAY, SEAN,
THANKS. EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR
SHOWING STORMS HEADING OUR WAY,
LOOKED STARTING TO KNOCK ON THE
DOOR THERE HAVE BEEN PACKING
SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AS THEY
ROLL ACROSS THE REST OF THE
STATE. ADAMS IS WATCHING IT FOR
US. WHETHER TO CLICKERS THERE TO
KIM. THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE
MIGHT STILL BE SOME TIME FOR
PEOPLE TO SECURE THEIR PATIO
FURNITURE AND OTHER THINGS THAT
MIGHT BE OUTSIDE. ABSOLUTELY YOU
HAVE. IF YOU LIVE ON THE WEST
SIDE, YOU ONLY HAVE MAYBE 2030
MORE MINUTES. IF YOU’RE ON THE
EAST SIDE, YOU MIGHT HAVE AS
MUCH AS 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR,
BUT THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
MOVING VERY QUICKLY. THEY’RE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND WHERE THEY
WILL BE IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20
MINUTES. FOWLER VILLE, UH, LET’S
SEE. IN TWO MINUTES. YOU SHOULD
HAVE AT LEAST SOME MODERATE
RAINFALL. THESE ARE NOT SEVERE
STORMS, BUT OUT AHEAD OF THE
STORMS. THERE ARE SOME STRONG
WINDS. DEXTER AT 6 23 HOWELL 6
15. SO IF YOU LIVE IN HOW YOU
HAVE 13 MINUTES TO GET THAT
PATIO FURNITURE SECURED OR YOUR
MOM’S OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE
OUTSIDE CALLED THE KIDS HOME
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO RAIN AND
OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. THERE IS QUITE A BIT
OF WIND OUT THERE. WIND GUSTS
RIGHT NOW AND HOW 41 MPH 40 MILE
PER HOUR GUSTS IN LANSING 31 AT
CITY AIRPORT IN A REPORTED METRO
AIRPORT OF THE 31 MILE PER HOUR
WIND GUST IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP
TO DATE ON ALL OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS IN BETWEEN
NEWSCAST. THE BEST WAY TO DO IT
IS BY DOWNLOADING OUR FOREWARN
WEATHER. APP YOU JUST GO TO YOUR
FAVORITE APP STORE, LOOK UP
WDIV’S AND DOWNLOAD THE 41
WEATHER APP. TONIGHT. KIM IN
JUNE, A WITNESS SHOT VIDEO OF
WARREN POLICE ARRESTING A 17
YEAR OLD NAMED TYLER WADE, WHO
ENDED UP CHARGED WITH FLEEING
AND ELUDING A WEAPONS VIOLATION
AND COUNCIL RELATED TO DRUGS.
TODAY TYLER’S ATTORNEY PUT OUT
POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE IS
PART OF A CIVIL LAWSUIT RELATED
TO A ROUGH ARREST. MEGAN WOODS
WAS THERE AS THAT VIDEO WAS
RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE
IMAGES ARE GRAPHIC. MEGAN VERY
GRAPHIC, AND WE WANT TO WARN OUR
VIEWERS. THIS MAY BE HARD TO
WATCH TYLER AND HIS MOTHER,
BIANCA, THEY HAD A HARD TIME
WATCHING THAT FOOTAGE BACK
LISTENING TO THE AUDIO OF THAT
VIDEO NOW WARNED POLICE. WE
REACHED OUT TO THEM MULTIPLE
TIMES. THEY SAY THEY’RE STICKING
TO THE STATEMENT THEY PUT OUT
BACK IN JUNE, SAYING THAT THIS
LAWSUIT IS SO FRESH. THEY
HAVEN’T RECEIVED IT AND THEY
DON’T WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT
BEFORE THEY CAN REVIEW IT. VIDEO
FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES SHOW 17
YEAR OLD TYLER WADE WITH HIS
HANDS UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING
PULLED OVER HIS FRONT DOOR PIN
SHUT BY A WARNED POLICE SUV
OFFICERS ARE COMMANDING HIM TO
GET OUT OF THE CAR USING
PROFANITY HANDS. UP. HAND AROUND
THE NECK. A BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
THEN SHOWS TYLER BEING PUNCHED
IN THE FACE AND HEAD MULTIPLE
TIME 3456. HEY NINE. YOU CAN
ALSO SEE IT. TYLER WAS STUMPED
ON AND KICKED. IF YOU LISTEN
CLOSELY, YOU CAN HEAR TYLER
SHOUTING BACK. QUOTE I’M NOT
RESISTING. I HAVE MY HANDS UP,
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL YOU HERE IN
THIS VIDEO, THERE’S AN OFFICER
WHO HAS HANDCUFFS OUT AND TRIES
TO DEESCALATE. THE SITUATION IS
GOING TO SAY ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. THE FOOTAGE
BROUGHT TYLER’S MOTHER, BIANCA
WADE TO TEARS. SHE SAYS SHE
TAUGHT BOTH HER SONS IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS TO PUT
THEIR HANDS UP THE INITIAL VIDEO
. I THOUGHT HIS HANDS WAS UP, SO
I KNEW HE DID EXACTLY WHAT I’VE
TAUGHT HIM TO DO. AND FOR HIM TO
STILL BE BEAT LIKE THAT WAS JUST
UNNECESSARY. AT ONE POINT, TYLER
ALSO GOT EMOTIONAL SAYING HE’S
TRAUMATIZED COP OUT OR OUTSIDE
OF THE CAR OR SOMETHING. I’M
JUST I’M LOOKING AT HIM ALWAYS
LIKE I DON’T EVEN TRUST ME,
WHATEVER ACCIDENTS HE MARRIED OR
MAY NOT HAVE DONE PRIOR TO
HAVING THAT INTERACTION WITH THE
POLICE. I THINK IT’S NOT
RELEVANT. WHAT’S RELEVANT IS
THESE OFFICERS DEFINITELY USED
EXCESSIVE FORCE. BACK IN JUNE
WARNED. POLICE SAID EXCESSIVE
USE OF FORCE IS NOT AND WILL NOT
BE TOLERATED. THEY ALSO SAID AN
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND
ONLY ONE OFFICER WAS VIOLATING
THEIR POLICY. AND THEY PUT THAT
OFFICER ON A LENGTHY SUSPENSION
. THAT’S WHAT THE POLICE
COMMISSIONER CALLS IT. BUT
TYLER’S ATTORNEY SAYS THAT’S NOT
ENOUGH. THAT OFFICER NEEDS TO BE
OFF THE FORCE. HE ALSO SAYS THAT
TYLER DESERVES AN APOLOGY. BACK
TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, MEGAN. THE
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
THE DEADLY OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL SHOOTING HAS REACHED A
NEW PHASE. A PRIVATE FIRM HIRED
BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
CONDUCTING A NEW ROUND OF
INTERVIEWS WITH ANY MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING.
INTERVIEWS ARE BEING HELD AT
HOTELS IN ORIENT TOWNSHIP AND
PONTIAC OVER THREE DAYS. THE
SHOOTING LAST NOVEMBER LEFT FOUR
STUDENTS DEAD AND SEVEN OTHER
PEOPLE INJURED. THE FINAL REPORT
WON’T BE AVAILABLE FOR MONTHS,
BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED
TO THE PUBLIC WHEN IT HAS BEEN
COMPLETED. A FERNDALE MAN WITH A
HISTORY OF PEERING THROUGH
PEOPLE’S WINDOWS, IS FACING
CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS
CAUGHT DOING IT IN WARREN 57
YEAR OLD KITTEN. DRISCOLL WAS
ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER
HOMEOWNERS SAY THEY SAW HIM
LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS. POLICE
BELIEVED DRISCOLL IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR 88 SUCH INCIDENTS IN WARREN
. IN MARCH, DRISCOLL WAS
ARRESTED IN FARMINGTON HILLS.
FOR A SIMILAR INCIDENT. WE’RE
TOLD HE HAS NINE PREVIOUS
CONVICTIONS FOR DISORDERLY
CONDUCT IN THE WAR IN CASE DRESS
COMPLETED, NOT GUILTY TO SEVERAL
CHARGES, INCLUDING POSSESSION OF
BURGLARY TOOLS. CHANGES COULD BE
COMING TO YOUR CHILD’S DOCTOR
VISIT, ACCORDING TO THE CDC,
BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019. NEARLY
SIX MILLION CHILDREN WERE
DIAGNOSED WITH ANXIETY AND NOW
THE U. S PREVENTIVE SERVICES
TASK FORCE IS RECOMMENDING
CHILDREN BE SCREENED FOR
ANXIETY. STARTING AT AGE EIGHT.
DR. FRANK MCGEORGE IS HERE WITH
THE PRACTICAL EFFECT THAT THIS
WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE FRANK CAME
IN DEVON, SO YOU KNOW, THERE’S
ACTUALLY GOOD RESEARCH SHOWING
THAT DEVELOPING AN ANXIETY
DISORDER AS A CHILD INCREASES
LIKELY HAVE ANXIETY OR
DEPRESSION AS AN ADULT, WHICH
THEN INCREASES THE CHANCES OF
CHRONIC MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH CONDITIONS IN ADDITION TO
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. THOSE ARE ALL
PROBLEMS THAT EARLIER
INTERVENTION MIGHT PREVENT.
BEING THE FATHER MYSELF OF A
SEVEN YEAR OLD I CAN TELL YOU,
YOU KNOW, JUST FROM MY OWN
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND FROM YOU
KNOW, BEATING UP BEING A
PEDIATRICIAN IS THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON IN THE
BODY AROUND THAT TIME. DR KEVIN
DAISY IS A PEDIATRICIAN AT
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN
AND STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE NEW
RECOMMENDATION. I THINK IT’S
ABOUT TIME THAT WE STARTED
SCREAMING FROM ANXIETY IN THAT
AGE RANGE JUMP, YOU KNOW, AROUND
THE AGE OF SEVEN OR EIGHT, UM,
LEADING INTO ADOLESCENCE, AND I
THINK THAT’S A CRITICAL TIME
PERIOD THAT WE START TO USE.
SOME OF THEM ARE SCREENING TOOLS
TO HELP IDENTIFY KIDS THAT MIGHT
BE AT RISK. THERE ARE
STANDARDIZED SCREENING
QUESTIONNAIRES DOCTORS MAY USE,
BUT IT REALLY IS. JUST TAKE SOME
OF THOSE. UM, UM QUICK QUESTIONS
. UM LETTING THE CHILD OPEN UP
TO YOU, AND IT’S EASY TO SORT OF
IDENTIFY. UM KIDS WHO MIGHT BE
STRUGGLING, AND ONCE THEY’RE
IDENTIFIED, INITIAL TREATMENT
CAN BE SIMPLE. SOME OF THAT
MIGHT JUST BE MAKING CHANGES AT
HOME, TALKING TO THE PARENTS
MAKING SURE THAT THE PARENTS ARE
TALKING THROUGH, UM, USING
COPING SKILLS. I’M TALKING
THROUGH SITUATIONS THAT ARISE IN
THEIR DAILY LIVES. BUT IF THAT
ISN’T ENOUGH, THERE ARE
PEDIATRICIANS THAT SPECIALIZE
AND YOU KNOW THE BEHAVIORAL
THERAPY. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY CHILD
PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND
PSYCHIATRISTS. SO THOSE WHO
IDENTIFY OTHER MOST AT RISK OR
WHO YOU KNOW, ARE NOT REALLY, UM
, RESPONDING TO ARE MORE SIMPLE
APPROACHES AT HOME. UM WE WOULD
REFER OUT TO MORE SPECIALIZED,
UM UM PEDIATRICIANS NOW, IN FACT
, A LIST OF THE SCREENING
QUESTIONS THAT DOCTORS MIGHT ASK
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND WE’RE
GONNA PUT A LINK TO THIS WITH
THIS STORY ON THE HEALTH PAGE.
NOW IT’S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND. EVEN IF A CHILD IS
REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST, THERE
ARE PLENTY OF TREATMENTS LIKE
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND
TALK THERAPY THAT ARE OFTEN
SUCCESSFUL AND MEDICATION WOULD
FRANKLY BE A VERY LAST RESORT.
SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING DOCTORS
SHOULD ALREADY BE DOING. SO WHY
DID THE TASK FORCE FEEL
COMPELLED TO MAKE THIS
RECOMMENDATION? WERE THEY NOT
DOING IT? WELL, THAT’S KIND. AN
IMPORTANT POINT AND ACTUALLY,
THE SURVEY OF PRIMARY CARE
PHYSICIANS FOUND THAT WHILE 76%
SAID THAT THEY THOUGHT TALKING
TO ADOLESCENT PATIENTS ABOUT
THIS WAS IMPORTANT, ONLY 46%
SAID, THEY ACTUALLY DID IT,
WHICH MEANS BASICALLY, HOPEFULLY
ADDING THIS FORMAL
RECOMMENDATION WILL ENCOURAGE
MORE PHYSICIANS TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AND MAKE IT A PRIORITY
HERE. FOURTHS SAID IT WAS
IMPORTANT BUT LESS THAN HALF