LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT BREAKING NEWS FROM AMERICA PARK, WHERE
THE TIGERS DISASTROUS SEASON HAS
LED THE TEAM TO DISMISS ITS
GENERAL MANAGER. GLAD YOU’RE
WITH US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX.
AL AVILA HAS BEEN WITH THE
TIGERS FOR NEARLY 22 YEARS, BUT
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORST
IN TERMS OF THE ON FIELD PRODUCT
. TEAM OWNER CHRIS ILIC JUST
SPOKE TO THE MEDIA, SAYING THERE
SIMPLY HASN’T BEEN ENOUGH
PROGRESS. PROGRESS A WORD HE
REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES. BERNIE’S
LIVE AT COMERICA PARK WITH THE
VERY LATEST BERNIE YEAH, HE WAS
RATHER DIRECT ABOUT THIS.
THERE’S NO HAS NOT SEEN THE
PROGRESS YOU WANT TO SEE. AND
YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY IN
JULY, WHICH WOULD BE JULY 1ST BY
THE WAY, CHRIS PHILLIPS SAID HE
WAS HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS OF
THIS TEAM. SO THINGS HAVE
CHANGED. THINGS HAVE NOT TURNED
OUT THE WAY THEY WANTED AN AL
AVILA VICTIM TODAY AFTER 22
YEARS WITH THE ORGANIZATION,
WE’VE GOT HIGHLIGHTS OF, AVILA
SAID THIS EARLIER AND I’LL SAY
IT AGAIN. TWO BIG FREE AGENT
SIGNINGS JAVI BAEZ IN THE OFF
SEASON, SIX YEARS 140 MILLION.
NOT PLAYING WELL AT ALL. AND
PICTURE EDUARDO RODRIQUEZ. FIVE
YEARS $77 MILLION, GOT INTO A
DOMESTIC DISPUTE AND LEFT THE
TEAM CHRIS ILITCH SAYS THE WORD
IS PROGRESS. PROGRESS. PROGRESS
HERE IS CHRIS CILIC. IT’S BEEN
WELL DOCUMENTED AND COMMENTED ON
BY MANY, BUT FOR ME, IT’S ABOUT
MAKING PROGRESS. AND YOU KNOW,
ALL OF YOU HAVE REPORTED ON. YOU
KNOW MANY OF THE ISSUES AND
REASONS OF WHAT’S OCCURRED THIS
YEAR. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
I DON’T FEEL WE MADE THE
PROGRESS THIS YEAR THAT WE ALL
EXPECTED. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S
CHRIS VILLAGE SEVEN YEARS AS
GENERAL MANAGER OF VILLA
REPLACED DAVE DUBROWSKI 22 YEARS
WITH THE ORGANIZATION CHRIS
ILITCH RATHER DIRECT. HE WANTS
TO SEE PROGRESS, AND HE WILL
LEAD THE SEARCH FOR A NEW
GENERAL MANAGER. WE’RE BACK IN
SPORTS WITH MUCH, MUCH MORE KIDS
SEE YOU. THEN YOU’VE GOT IT ALL
RIGHT, MORE TO COME, OBVIOUSLY
FROM BERNIE LATER ON NEW
REVELATIONS NOW TODAY ABOUT THE
RELEASE OF A TOXIC CHEMICAL INTO
THE HURON RIVER SYSTEM LATE LAST
MONTH IN A VIOLATION ISSUED BY
THE STATE TO WILSON’S TRIBE. OUR
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ASKED TO
EXPLAIN. WHY AN ALARM WAS
OVERRIDDEN HUNDREDS OF TIMES
WITHIN A FEW HOURS ON THE NIGHT
OF THAT CHEMICAL RELEASE, VICTOR
WILLIAMS REPORTS FROM MILFORD,
WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HELD A
PROTEST JUST AS THIS NEW
INFORMATION COMES TO LIGHT. WELL
YOU CAN TELL BY THE AMOUNT OF
FRUSTRATION HAPPENING AT THAT
PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE PEOPLE
OF MILFORD ARE TIRED OF ALL THE
PROBLEMS BEING CAUSED BY ONE
COMPANY WITH ITS BELOVED RIVER.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO TELL BY THE
AMOUNT OF EAGLE VIOLATIONS THAT
THAT DEPARTMENT HAS TO HAVE
ENOUGH AS WELL DOWN. IT’S A
COMPLAINT PEOPLE LIVING IN
MILFORD OF HAD TO EXPERIENCE NOT
ONCE BUT TWICE IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS. POLLUTION AT THE HANDS OF
TRIBE, OUR MANUFACTURING AND THE
HURON RIVER. THIS TIME IT’S
ALLEGED THAT A TRIBE OUR
EMPLOYEE OVERALL WASTE TREATMENT
ALARMS OVER 450 TIMES WITHIN
THREE HOURS ON THE SAME DAY, THE
TOXIC RELEASE APPARENTLY BEGAN
WHEN I CAN’T TAKE MY KIDS ON A
CANOE TRIP THAT’S A BLOCK FROM
OUR HOME. IT’S PRETTY SAD DAYS
AGO, THE CANCER CAUSING CHEMICAL
COMPOUND, HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM
WAS DETECTED IN THE HUBBLE POND
EAGLE CALLS IT THE UNAUTHORIZED
RELEASE OF PLATING SOLUTION INTO
THE WIXOM SEWAGE TREATMENT
FACILITY. AS A RESULT, OFFICIALS
ARE ASKING PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM
SWIMMING OR FISHING IN THE RIVER
. HEATHER ARMSTRONG HAD TO SHUT
DOWN HER BUSINESS VILLAGE CANOE
RENTAL, DEFINITELY DISAPPOINTING
TO HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, BUT, UM I
THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT THE
BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF
EVERYONE’S RECREATIONAL AND
DRINKING WATER. EAGLE HAS
ALREADY ISSUED A VIOLATION
NOTICE TO TRY BAR AS THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE
WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF
EAGLES CITED TRIBE ARE FOR
FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY
THEM AFTER DISCOVERING DISCHARGE
, SENDING POLLUTANTS TO THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A
PROPERLY UPDATED POLLUTION
INCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN. ASIDE
FROM THAT, IT’S ALSO SAID THAT
METAL TREATMENT TANKS WERE NOT
PROPERLY CONTROLLED, WHICH MAY
HAVE LED TO THE UNAUTHORIZED
EMISSION OF NICKEL AND CHROME.
THERE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE A
FAILURE TO KEEP THE PROPER
DOCUMENTS OF AIR PERMIT
CONDITION RECORDS AS WELL. IT’S
JUST HARD TO DRIVE BY THE PARK,
AND WE CAN’T PUT OUR FEET IN THE
WATER AND WE CAN’T WALK DOWN THE
CREEK. UM THAT’S SOMETHING WE
LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY SENATE
SUMMER. AND WE DID REACH OUT TO
TRY BAR MANUFACTURING, BUT WE
HAVE STILL YET TO HEAR ANY TYPE
OF RESPONSE. AT THIS POINT IN
TIME. WE KNOW THEY DO HAVE UNTIL
AUGUST, 30TH TO ANSWER TO EAGLE
ABOUT THEIR VIOLATIONS VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL FORM. OKAY,
VICTOR. THANK YOU. TESTIMONY
BEGAN TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF TWO
MEN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
WE’RE HEARING FROM THE ATTORNEY
OF ONE OF THE MEN ACQUITTED IN
THE FIRST TRIAL. SHAWN LEY IS IN
GRAND RAPIDS WITH THE STORY. DAY
ONE OF THIS RETRIAL ALREADY A
LOT OF DRAMA COMING OUT OF THE
COURTROOM HERE IN THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE IN GRAND RAPIDS. A
LOT OF IT EARLY SOUNDS A LOT
LIKE THAT FIRST TRIAL LAST
SPRING, HOWEVER, AN INSIDER FROM
THAT VERY FIRST TRIAL SAYS THERE
ARE SOME KEY DIFFERENCES TO LOOK
FOR. IT’S EXHAUSTING. IT’S
TIRING. IT’S NONSTOP. ATTORNEY
MICHAEL HILL’S FOUGHT THE FEDS
ON GOVERNOR WHITMER KIDNAPPING
ALLEGATIONS AND ONE HE DEFENDED
BRANDON CASERTA FROM CANTON, WHO
IS FACING LIFE IN PRISON, BUT IN
TRIAL NUMBER ONE HE WAS FOUND
NOT GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES. THAT
SAME JURY COULD NOT COME UP WITH
A VERDICT FOR CO DEFENDANTS.
ADAM BOXING BARRY CROFT, FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS, PUTTING THEM ON
TRIAL FOR A SECOND TIME,
STARTING TODAY, LITTLE BIT OF A
SURPRISE TO ME. I MEAN, I
HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT THEY MIGHT
NOT GO AROUND TO? I THOUGHT THEY
MIGHT JUST, YOU KNOW, BE DONE
WITH IT. WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT
IN THIS NEW TRIAL, HILL SAYS
DEALING WITH TWO DEFENDANTS
INSTEAD OF FOUR MAKES THE CASE
FAR LESS COMPLICATED FOR
PROSECUTORS HE BELIEVES IN FAVOR
OF THE PROSECUTION. HE ALSO SAYS
THE MAIN FBI AGENT IN CHARGE OF
THE ENTIRE WITTMER KIDNAPPING
INVESTIGATION, SPECIAL AGENT
JASON CHAMBERS MAY NOT BE AT THE
FRONT TABLE WITH PROSECUTORS.
THIS TIME, IT WAS REVEALED THAT
CHAMBERS MAY HAVE TRIED TO USE
THE CASE TO GET LUCRATIVE
CONTRACTS FOR A PRIVATE SECURITY
COMPANY HE OWNS. I MEAN, WITHOUT
JASON CHAMBERS PUSHING THIS,
THERE WOULD BE NO THERE WILL BE
NOTHING. THE ATTORNEY FOR BARRY
CROFT SAYS HE MAY CALL THAT FBI
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE BACK TO
GRAND RAPIDS TO TESTIFY IN THIS
RETRIAL THE PROSECUTION THEY MAY
CALL THE TWO MEN WHO PLED GUILTY
IN THIS CASE TO TESTIFY ON
BEHALF OF THE PROSECUTION.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WILL LIKELY
CALL THE TWO MEN WHO WERE
ACQUITTED IN THE CASE TO TESTIFY
ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENSE. STAY
TUNED IN GRAND RAPIDS SHAWN LEY
FOUR LOCAL ALRIGHT, SEAN. ALL OF
THIS MASSIVE WEATHER EQUIPMENT
WE’VE INSTALLED IN TODAY. KIM
ADAMS UNVEILS THE
BERNIE SMILOVITZ SHIRTSLEEVES
INDEX. YES THAT’S RIGHT. A
BEAUTIFUL DAY, LOWER HUMIDITY,
AND WE’LL TAKE IT. KIM IT’S VERY
ACCURATE. HONESTLY WE’RE GOING
TO TEST IT OUT. BERNICE THINK
THERE WERE THREE QUARTERS, WHICH
MEANS 80 DEGREES. I BELIEVE
THAT’S THE WE’LL GET A LEGEND OF
SO WE MAKE SURE WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE WE ARE 83 RIGHT NOW IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, 81 HOWLIN ARE
WEST ZONE A LITTLE COOLER.
NORTHERN ZONE AS IT USUALLY IS,
AND OUR SOUTHERN ZONE AT 79 WITH
ADRIAN THIS EVENING. QUIET
COMFORTABLE. IT’S JUST BEAUTIFUL
. 84 DEGREES AT SIX O’CLOCK 80
AT EIGHT O’CLOCK, AND THEN WE
HEAD DOWN THROUGH THE SEVENTIES
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, SO THE
WEATHER STORY LOOKS LIKE THIS
STAYING LOW WITH THE HUMIDITY
THIS WEEK SLIM SHOT FOR THURSDAY
MORNING SHOWER. I’M GOING TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE
FORECAST MOST OF THE METRO AREA
GOING TO STAY COMPLETELY DRY, SO
I DON’T WANT THAT TO CONFUSE YOU
FOR TOMORROW. TOMORROW IS GOING
TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY RAIN
CHANCE CREEPING IN FOR THE
WEEKEND, THOUGH THAT IS
SOMETHING YOU’RE GONNA WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT COMING UP HERE IN THE
FOURTH. CAST. ALRIGHT KIM. A
JUDGE APPROVES EMOTION TO ADD A
SECURITY GUARD AS A DEFENDANT IN
THE CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST OXFORD
SCHOOLS. THE ATTORNEY
REPRESENTING SEVERAL FAMILIES,
SAYS THE GUARD THAT THE SHOOTING
WAS A DRILL AND THOUGHT BLOOD ON
A VICTIM WAS JUST MAKE UP. THE
ATTORNEY ALLEGES THE SECURITY
GUARD OPENED THE DOOR TO A
BATHROOM WHERE ETHAN CRUMBLEY
WAS HOLDING STUDENTS BUT DID
NOTHING. WELL THE ATTORNEY FOR
THE SECURITY GUARD SAYS SHE WAS
MOVING QUICKLY WHEN SHE CHECKED
THE BATHROOM, SAW NOTHING BEHIND
THE PRIVACY WALL AND KEPT GOING
DOWN THE HALLWAY. PEOPLE LIVING
AT ONE HOUSING COMPLEX OR
DEALING WITH A MAJOR PROBLEM
THAT’S FORCING THEM OUT. THERE’S
NO WATER AT THE SOJOURNER TRUTH
APARTMENTS ON EAST NEVADA, NOT
TOO FAR FROM MOUNT ROAD,
RESIDENTS THERE, SAY. SUNDAY
MORNING, THE WATER PRESSURE
DROPPED TO ALMOST NOTHING.
CONTRACTOR FIXED A WATER MAIN
BREAK YESTERDAY, BUT IT BROKE
AGAIN THIS MORNING. CREWS WORKED
THIS AFTERNOON TO FIX THE
PROBLEM. NOW RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
TOLD THEY CAN GO TO A HOTEL FOR
THE TIME BEING. FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP INVOKED HIS FIFTH
AMENDMENT RIGHTS WHILE BEING
DEPOSED BY LAWYERS FROM NEW YORK
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
THERE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS COMES
FOLLOWING A THREE YEAR CIVIL
INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUMP’S
ORGANIZATION FINANCIAL FINANCIAL
PICTURE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL LETICIA JAMES
SAYS THERE’S EVIDENCE THE
ORGANIZATION USED FALSE
INFORMATION TO OBTAIN LOANS.
JAMES CLAIMS THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS WERE INFLATED BY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND SIGNED OFF ON BY THE FORMER