AN AMBER ALERT FOR 214 DAY OLD TWINS COMES TO THE BEST POSSIBLE CONCLUSION. THE
NEWBORNS ARE SAFELY BACK WITH
THEIR PARENTS. BUT TONIGHT,
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE
QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS AS TO
WHAT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT
IN LIVONIA.
>> LOCAL 4 WAS THE FIRST OUTLET
TO CONFIRM THE NEWS THIS
MORNING. A PUSH ALERT ON THE
CLICK ON DETROIT APP AT 1031, A
M, NEWBORN TWINS WHO WENT
MISSING IN LIVONIA HAVE BEEN
FOUND. AND TONIGHT, THE FATHER
OF THOSE TWINS SPEAKING TO
LOCAL 4 AS HE TENDS TO HIS
CHILDREN INSIDE THE HOSPITAL.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE
AT FIVE. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN.
I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
>> WHILE MONTANA AND MATTHEW
BRIDGES ARE BACK HOME SAFELY
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT AFTER THEY WERE
TAKEN FROM THE QUALITY INN IN
LIVONIA AND THEN DROPPED OFF AT
THE NINTH PRECINCT HOURS LATER
ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. SHAWN
LEY IS LIVE TONIGHT AND SHAWN,
THERE REALLY SO MUCH SOUGHT OUT
HERE.
>> WELL, KIMBERLY, DEVIN, WE
ALL GOT THE ALERT TO OUR
PHONES, RIGHT? IT’S JARRING TO
GET THE AMBER ALERT. WE’RE ALL
HOPING FOR THE BEST. NOW, FLIP
THE SCRIPT THERE. IMAGINE
YOU’RE THE PARENTS. AND WE JUST
SPOKE TO THE FATHER, THE MOTHER
OF THE TWINS, RIGHT NEXT TO
HIM, CLUTCHING THEIR TWINS
INSIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY FINE. AND
THE DAD GETTING THE STRENGTH TO
TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
HERE, HOW THEY MET PEOPLE ON A
MOM’S FACEBOOK GROUP OFFERING
THEM HELP, HE SAYS THAT LED TO
THEIR ABDUCTION AND THAT AMBER
ALERT. LISTEN CLOSELY TO DAD.
CALVIN, HOW’S YOUR BOYS TWINS?
HOW ARE THEY THEY DOING?
>> GOOD, MAN. CAN I SEE HIM?
THEY JUST GOT THE X-RAY AND ALL
THEIR SCANS. IT LOOKED GREAT.
>> YEAH, EVERYTHING’S HEALTHY.
>> THEY WON’T HARM ME. NOTHING
>> I JUST SPOKE WITH CALVIN
BRIDGES AS HE HELD ONE OF HIS
TWINS INSIDE CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL THIS AFTERNOON. THE
TWINS? MOM HOLDING TIGHT ONTO
THAT OTHER TWIN BOY. BOTH TWINS
HAVE DUCTED FROM THEIR ROOM AT
THE QUALITY INN IN LIVONIA JUST
AFTER TEN LAST NIGHT, TWO WOMEN
COMING TO THEIR ROOM OFFERING
GIFT CARDS, DIAPERS, WIPES TO
HELP THE COUPLE. INSTEAD SAID
THE WOMEN ABDUCTED THE TWINS,
SPARKING AN AMBER ALERT WITH
SOME FEMALES THAT MAY BE ON THE
PAGE ACTING LIKE THEY HELPING
PARENTS WITH THEIR KIDS.
>> SO THEY, UH, MY GIRLFRIEND,
SHE WENT LOOKING ALL ON BLACK
MOM’S PAGE. YEAH. AND THEY
REACHED OUT FOR HER SAYING THEY
CAN HELP HER. AND THEY CAN FIND
HER SOMEWHERE TO STAY. THEY CAN
DO THIS FOR THE KIDS AND DO
THAT FOR THE KIDS. SO THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE COMING TO DROP
HER OFF SOME GIFT CARDS FOR THE
KIDS, RIGHT. AND THEY THEY
ENDED UP JUST TAKING THE KIDS
AFTER SHE WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO
GET SOMETHING TO DRINK.
>> UNBELIEVABLE. AT 930 THIS
MORNING, SOMEONE WALKED THOSE
ABDUCTED NEWBORNS INTO THE
DETROIT POLICE NINTH PRECINCT
ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE. ONLY
LOCAL 4 CAMERAS WERE BEHIND THE
PRECINCT TO WATCH LIVONIA
POLICE TAKE A MAN AND WOMAN
INTO CUSTODY. THE TWINS FATHER
SAYS IT ALL STEMS FROM PEOPLE
REACHING OUT TO THEM ON
FACEBOOK, OFFERING HELP AND
THEN TAKING THEIR TWIN BOYS
ONCE THEY ARRIVED, SAYING THEY
WERE THERE TO HELP. WHY WOULD
THEY DO THAT? I DON’T KNOW.
>> THAT’S THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.
>> I GUESS IF THE KIDS I DON’T
KNOW, THEY GO TO THEY HELP TRY
TO HELP.
>> THEY TRY TO HELP MOMS OUT.
AND I GUESS THAT’S WHAT THEY
DO. IT THAT KIDS BACK HERE LIVE
.
>> YOU HAVE TO LISTEN CLOSELY
TO DAD THERE. YOU CAN HEAR THE
RELIEF IN HIS VOICE. WE’RE
PUTTING TOGETHER A TIMELINE.
ALL THIS SAD. SO I TALKED TO
THE MOM OF THE MOM, THE
GRANDMOTHER HERE, AND SHE
CONFIRMS ALL OF THIS, SAYING
HER DAUGHTER CALLED HER A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SAYING
PEOPLE ARE OFFERING THEM HELP
ON FACEBOOK. AND SHE SAYS IT
SOUNDS LEGIT. GO FOR IT.
SATURDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
SOME SORT OF MEETING, BUT THERE
WAS TROUBLE AT THE FAMILY HOME.
THEY DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS THE
FACEBOOK PEOPLE THERE AT THE
HOME. SO THEY WENT TO THE
QUALITY AND THEY SAY TO SEEK
SAFETY. AND THEY WERE REACHED
OUT AGAIN FROM THE PEOPLE ON
FACEBOOK SAYING, WE HAVE GIFT
CARDS FOR YOU. THEY SHOWED UP
AND THEN APPARENTLY TOOK THOSE
BABIES. WE JUST SAW THE BABIES
RELEASE FROM THE HOSPITAL HERE
IN THE MOM AND DAD’S ARMS INTO
CAR CARRIERS AND TRUCKS. DAD
GIVES ME A BIG THUMBS UP.
THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.
THOSE TWINS ARE FINE, CHECKED
OUT COMPLETELY. THEY’RE WITH
MOM AND DAD RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT
WHAT AN ORDEAL FOR THEM BACK TO
YOU.
>> THE BEST POSSIBLE NEWS WE
CAN HAVE THAT THOSE BABIES ARE
OKAY TODAY. SHAWN, WE
APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. ALL
RIGHT. NOW TO NEW INFORMATION
WE’RE LEARNING TONIGHT INTO THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF AN EIGHT YEAR
OLD ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
>> THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1030
SATURDAY NIGHT ON WARD STREET
BETWEEN MIDLAND AND PILGRIM.
POLICE SAY THE CHILD FOUND AN
UNSECURED GUN IN THE HOUSE.
VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE ON THIS
STORY. AND, VICTOR, POLICE HAVE
MADE AN ARREST.
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. WE’LL
GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT IT’S JUST SO SAD THAT THIS
CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THIS TIME.
IT’S AN EIGHT YEAR OLD THAT’S
VICTIMIZED ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. BUT ONE MAN TRIED
EVERYTHING HE COULD TO HELP.
>> PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN THAT
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND
WE’RE STILL DOING IT. IT’S JUST
SICK. ANOTHER LIFE LOST, ALL
BECAUSE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE
ANOTHER CASE OF NEGLECT, FOR MY
UNDERSTANDING, THE MAN AND
WOMAN WERE UPSTAIRS. THEY WENT
TO BED AND THE GUN WAS IN A
BOOK BAG NEXT TO THE COUCH. ONE
LITTLE BOY SAID HE WAS PLAYING
HIS TABLET. HE TURNED AND
LOOKED IN. THE BOY HAD THE GUN
TOWARDS HIS FACE AND THEN HE
SHOT.
>> POLICE SAY THE FATAL SHOT
WAS FIRED AROUND 1030 ON
SATURDAY. THAT’S WHEN THEY GOT
THE CALL AT A HOME ON WARD
STREET. IT’S THERE. AN EIGHT
YEAR OLD LOST HIS LIFE AFTER
GETTING A HOLD OF AN UNSECURED
WEAPON ON THIS NEIGHBOR WHO DID
NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA,
STOPPED EVERYTHING IN AN EFFORT
TO SAVE HIS LIFE. AND I CALLED
911 AND THEY WERE ADVISING THEM
TO SEE IF HE HAD A PULSE.
>> HE HAD A PULSE TILTED HERE
SO HE CAN KEEP HIS AIRWAY
CLEAR. NOBODY STAYS OVER THERE.
SHE CAME. SHE SAID, WE’LL TAKE
HIM. SO SHE SHE AND WE PUT THE
BOY IN THE CAR AND THE MOM AND
HER AND SHE TOOK HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> THE MATTER REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION, BUT SOME INSIST
MORE EFFORT COULD HAVE BEEN
MADE ON MULTIPLE ENDS.
>> THE THING THAT BOTHERED ME,
THAT’S WHY SHE WAS SCREAMING.
HE’S RUNNING AROUND LOOKING
LIKE WHERE THE KEYS? WHERE THE
KEYS NOT TENDING TO HER IN THE
CHILD.
>> THE BOY WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL PRIVATELY, WHERE
UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED AWAY.
CHIEF WHITE SAYS IT’S LIKE THE
SAME STORY OVER AGAIN.
>> HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO
BE HERE WITH THIS, WITH THESE
WITH THESE BABIES AND THESE
GUNS AND THESE, YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY’S TOUGHER WITH A GUN.
BUT IT COMES WITH A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, IT’S A
SCENE THAT’S GOING TO BE VERY
HARD TO FORGET, TO HEAR HER
SCREAM.
>> WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS BAD. I
MEAN, SHE WAS JUST BLOOD
CURDLING. SHE WAS SHRIEKING.
>> NOW, THE GUN THAT WAS USED
WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN ILLEGAL
WEAPON. SO ONE ARREST WAS MADE,
BUT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED
JUST YET. OF COURSE, ONCE WE
RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, OF
COURSE, WE’LL KEEP EVERYONE
POSTED. VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL
4.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR.
>> ALL RIGHT. BERNIE’S HERE NOW
FOLLOWING SOME BIG NEWS COMING
OUT OF ANN ARBOR.
>> WOLVERINES GOING TO BE
STARTING WITHOUT JIM HARBAUGH
ON THE SIDELINE. SOUNDS LIKE
YOU’RE.
>> NO, THEY’RE GOING TO BE.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> THIS IS THEY’RE GOING TO BE
NOT THE NCAA. WHAT THEY’RE
DOING THE FIRST THREE GAMES
HE’S GOING TO MISS, WHICH ARE
THE YOU SAID THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO BE RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH YEAH.
CAN HE BACK UP THE TAPE? WE’RE
GOING TO REHEARSE THIS AGAIN.
THIS IS A MOVE BY MICHIGAN TO
TRY AND APPEASE THE NCAA SINCE
THEY SAID LAST WEEK THERE WOULD
BE NO DISCIPLINE FOR HARBAUGH
UNTIL 2024. TODAY MICHIGAN SAID
HARBAUGH WOULD BE SUSPENDED FOR
THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THIS
COMING SEASON FOR NOT BEING
TRUTHFUL WITH NCAA
INVESTIGATORS ON RECRUITING
VIOLATIONS. THE SUSPENSION WAS
IMPOSED BY THE MICHIGAN
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. WE’VE GOT
HIGHLIGHTS OF HARBAUGH. HE’LL
BE BACK IN TIME FOR THE RUTGERS
GAME, BUT WE’LL MISS EAST
CAROLINA, UNLV AND BOWLING
GREEN. THIS MOVE HAS WORKED IN
THE PAST FOR OTHER SCHOOLS, AND
THERE ARE TIMES THE NCAA LOOKS
FAVORABLY UPON UPON A SELF
IMPOSED THREE GAMES SUSPENSION.
NCAA YOU REMEMBER ONE AT FOUR
GAMES BUT PUT THAT PENALTY
ASIDE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. SO AGAIN
, HE WILL NOT BE ON THE
SIDELINES FOR THOSE FIRST THREE
GAMES. JUST LISTEN TO KIMBERLY.
DON’T LISTEN AT THE TABLE.
RIGHT?
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. CAN’T
WAIT TILL YOU’RE BACK FROM
VACATION. IT’D BE GREAT. WHAT?
I COULD EXACTLY SEE IT. ALL
RIGHT.
>> QUESTIONS TONIGHT
SURROUNDING A WAYNE COUNTY
JUDGE’S DECISION TO NOT RECUSE
HERSELF IN A MURDER TRIAL.
>> IT CAME AFTER THE JURY’S
VERDICT WHEN JUDGE CHANDRA
BAKER ROBINSON REVEALED SHE WAS
RELATED TO THE VICTIM. WILL
JONES IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
TONIGHT. SO, WILL, THIS IS A
PRETTY SURPRISING ADMISSION,
ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE
TRIAL.
>> KIMBERLY JUDGE SHONDA BAKER
ROBINSON SAYS SHE DID NOT KNOW
THE CONNECTION UNTIL AFTER THE
CASE WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE
JURY.
>> SHE SAYS THE VICTIM IS A
DISTANT RELATIVE OF HER HUSBAND
AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW THE VICTIM
AND THEY DON’T KNOW HIS FAMILY
.
>> THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING ME
A FAIR TRIAL, A FAMILIAL
CONNECTION CAUSING CONTROVERSY
IN THIS.
>> WAYNE COUNTY COURTROOM.
ROBINSON IS A VERY COMMON NAME
, AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT I
WOULD THINK JUST BECAUSE
SOMEBODY LAST NAME IS ROBINSON,
THAT THEY WERE RELATED TO ME.
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING BENNETT
AND STEVEN PRUITT FILED A
MOTION TO DISQUALIFY JUDGE
CHANDRA BAKER ROBINSON FROM
THEIR FIRST DEGREE HOMICIDE
CASE. AND TO ISSUE A NEW TRIAL
AFTER THE JUDGE LEARNED THAT
THE VICTIM, DEVON ROBINSON, IS
RELATED TO HER THROUGH HER
HUSBAND. THIS INFORMATION
COMING AFTER THE CASE WAS
ALREADY TURNED OVER TO A JURY.
>> AS I INDICATED, I DON’T KNOW
THAT FAMILY, AND NEITHER DOES
MY HUSBAND, BAKER ROBINSON
DENIED THEIR MOTION. THE COURT
IS GOING TO INDICATE IT WILL
NOT BE RECUSING ITSELF BECAUSE
IS THE ONLY THING I’M AT THIS
POINT IS SENTENCING. AND I HAVE
NO DISCRETION IN THE SENTENCING
BECAUSE THE JURY FOUND BOTH
DEFENDANTS GUILTY OF FIRST
DEGREE MURDER, WHICH IS LIFE
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE.
>> BUT BENNETT ATTORNEY SAYS
WHILE THE JURY WAS
DELIBERATING, BAKER ROBINSON
RESPONDED TO A SUBSTANTIAL
JUROR QUESTION WITHOUT
DISCLOSING AT THE TIME HER
CONNECTION TO THE VICTIM.
>> WE WANTED A FAIR SHAKE FROM
THE BEGINNING AND, UM, YOU
KNOW, I KIND OF THINK THAT IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE FAITH IN THE
NEUTRALITY, THE IMPARTIALITY OF
OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, THE WAYNE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
SAYING RECUSAL IS IN THE
JUDGE’S DISCRETION IN THIS
CASE, IT’S NOT MANDATORY.
>> THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS
RECUSAL IS ONLY REQUIRED WITH A
THIRD DEGREE RELATION AND
KIMBERLY, THEY SAY THIS IS
CONSIDERED A 6 DEGREES RELATION
.
>> SO WILL, WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE
DEFENSE?
>> DO WE KNOW, KIMBERLY?
>> SHE HOPES THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OR CHIEF JUDGE, I SHOULD SAY,
GETS INVOLVED. IF THAT DOESN’T
HAPPEN, SHE MAY TAKE IT TO THE
APPELLATE COURT. OKAY
>> WE KNOW YOU’LL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW IT, WILL APPRECIATE IT.
>> LET’S HEAD NOW TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, WHERE A TROPICAL
STORM HILLARY HAS MOVED THROUGH
THE AREA AND PARTS OF NEVADA
PACKING TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT
TURNED ROADS INTO RIVERS. IT’S
THE FIRST TROPICAL TO STORM HIT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 84
YEARS. JAY GRAY IN SANTA
CLARITA TONIGHT WHERE THE RAINS
OF EVEN TORN THE ROADS APART.
JAY. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOAKED
AND SHAKEN DURING 24 HOURS OF
AT TIMES SEVERE WEATHER.
>> THIS IS AN UNUSUAL AND
STRONG STORM EVENT WITH HEAVY
RAINS AND STRONG WINDS. AT ONE
POINT, THE STATE’S OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES ISSUING
TROPICAL STORM EARTHQUAKE AND
TORNADO WARNINGS ALL WITHIN AN
HOUR OF EACH OTHER. TROPICAL
STORM HILLARY DUMPING RAIN FROM
SAN DIEGO THROUGH LOS ANGELES.
NEIGHBORHOODS OVERRUN BY THE
WATER, ROADS SWAMPED, SOME
SWEPT AWAY GUSTING WINDS
UPROOTING TREES AND PULLING
POWER LINES TO THE GROUND.
SATURATED HILLSIDES GIVING WAY.
ROCK AND MUDSLIDE SPILLING ONTO
HIGHWAYS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF
IT ALL. A 5.1 MAGNITUDE
EARTHQUAKE.
>> THE LOS ANGELES FIRE
DEPARTMENT SO FAR HAS REPORTED
NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES IN THE
CITY, RESULTING FROM THE
EARTHQUAKE IN FACT, THROUGH ALL
OF THE CHAOS, OFFICIALS SAY
THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT
INJURIES, NO CATASTROPHIC
DAMAGE, BUT THEY WARN THERE IS
STILL POTENTIAL, AS WE KNOW,
FOR FLOODING, DEBRIS FLOW AND
OTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM RELATED
INCIDENTS, URGING THOSE IN THE
STRIKE ZONE TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.