IT’S GOT YOUNG PEOPLE PULLING PRANKS. BUT EXPERTS SAY MANY OF THEM DON’T REALIZE THE RISK
THEY’RE TAKING. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US HERE FOR THE NEWS
AT SIX. I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
>> I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN. WE’VE
SEEN WHAT CAN GO WRONG WHEN A
STRANGER KNOCKS ON SOMEONE’S
FRONT DOOR, EVEN IF THEY’RE
JUST THERE TO ASK FOR HELP.
WE’LL THROW IN THE ELEMENT OF A
SKI MASK THE RISK OF TROUBLE.
OF COURSE, RISES VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE WITH A SOCIAL
MEDIA TREND CAUSING A LOT OF
CONCERN. VICTOR
>> YEAH, DEVIN AND KIMBERLY,
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THE MORE
THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY
STAY THE SAME. AND MAYBE THAT’S
THE CASE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
THE CONCEPT OF DING DONG DITCH.
BUT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING IN
TODAY’S WORLD, THAT MIGHT NOT
BE SUCH A SMART IDEA. IT’S A
PROBLEM.
>> AND IT SHOULDN’T START THAT
TREND.
>> IT’S A BAD TREND TO START.
>> VIDEOS SURFACING ONLINE
SHOWS BRAZEN TEENS DOING
SOMETHING THEY’VE ALWAYS DONE.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THESE TEENS
ARE PLAYING SOME WEIRD,
DISTORTED RECORDING FROM A CELL
PHONE AND WEARING SKI MASKS. IN
A MUCH COLDER WORLD.
>> SO UNSAFE AND ABSOLUTE. IT’S
RIDICULOUS THAT KIDS ARE
PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY CAN BE
HARMED.
>> LOCAL 4 CRIME AND SAFETY
EXPERT DARNELL BLACKBURN CALLS
IT A DANGEROUS RISK TO TAKE
JUST FOR A FEW LAUGHS.
>> SOMEBODY CAN PERCEIVE THAT
YOU’RE TRYING TO BREAK INTO
THEIR HOME AND THAT PUTS THEM
IN A JUST VERY DANGEROUS
POSITION.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THESE TYPES
OF CHALLENGES ARE SPREADING
LIKE WILDFIRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TO THE POINT WHERE PRANKS LIKE
THESE ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER
OUR REGION. CAPTAIN ANTHONY
COPPOLA WITH THE CLINTON
TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
ADVICE FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO MAY
BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
DOOR. STEP BACK BEFORE YOU
REACT IT.
>> PATIENCE IS THE KEY WITH
IMPROPER OUTLET OF HUMOR IN
SOME OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> HE ALSO HAS SOME ADVICE FOR
THE TEENS WHO MAY BE TEMPTED TO
COPY.
>> WE HERE AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CAN RECOMMEND SOME
SORT OF OTHER OUTLET OF HUMOR.
IT’D BE IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION THAN THE OLD DING
DONG DITCH. AND THERE ARE
TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, ACROSS
THE NATION WHERE, YOU KNOW,
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES LEAD TO
NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S GOING TO
TAKE A KIDS LIFE AND THEN IT’S
GOING TO BE A WHOLE ISSUE.
>> AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ONE
OF THE VICTIMS OF THESE PRANKS
, IT’S BEST TO CALL 911
IMMEDIATELY. JUST SO A RECORD
CAN BE MADE OF THE INCIDENT.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, LET’S GET
TO BREAKING NEWS NOW OUT OF
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
ARE ASKING DRIVERS TO AVOID THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY NEAR FORD
ROAD. THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ARE
CLOSED AS TROOPERS INVESTIGATE
A BODY THAT WAS ON THE FREEWAY.
DRIVERS BEING REROUTED AROUND
THE CLOSURE, BUT THE BACKUP
RIGHT NOW. WELL, THERE YOU SEE
IT IS MILES LONG. THERE IS NO
WORD ON WHEN THEY EXPECT THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES WILL REOPEN.
BUT IF THAT IS PART OF YOUR
AFTERNOON DRIVE, YOU’LL WANT TO
MAKE SOME OTHER PLANS.
>> ZION FOSTER HASN’T BEEN SEEN
SINCE EARLY 2022. AN EXTENSIVE
SEARCHES FOR HER BODY HAVE
TURNED UP NOTHING. HER COUSIN
CHARGED WITH HER MURDER,
TESTIFIED AT A HEARING TODAY,
AND SO DID ZION’S MOTHER, SHAWN
LEY WAS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE
NOW WITH WHAT SIERRA MILTON HAD
TO SAY. SEAN, SHE TRAVELED
QUITE A DISTANCE TO BE IN COURT
TODAY.
>> SHE DID AFTER THIS
EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH FOR HER
DAUGHTER. TOO MANY BAD
MEMORIES, TOO MUCH STRESS. SHE
DID MOVE OUT OF STATE AND HAD
TO TRAVEL TO COME BACK HERE
TODAY TO TAKE THE WITNESS STAND
AND TESTIFY, SEEKING JUSTICE
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME FOR HER
DAUGHTER. AND AT THE SAME TIME,
SHE HAD TO ANSWER A LOT OF
DEFENSE ATTORNEY QUESTIONS
ABOUT HER DAUGHTER’S LIFE.
>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT
YOU SAW HER?
>> JANUARY 4TH. ZION FOSTER’S
MOTHER, SIERRA MILTON, TAKING
THE COURAGE TO TAKE THE WITNESS
STAND TODAY AND FACE JALEN
BRAZIER, THE YOUNG MAN WHO
STANDS ACCUSED OF MURDERING
MILTON’S DAUGHTER, ZION FOSTER
OF COURSE, IT WAS EMOTIONAL FOR
MILTON.
>> SHE BROKE DOWN AS
PROSECUTORS ASKED HER TO READ
DOZENS OF TEXT MESSAGES SENT TO
HER BY BRAZIER AS SHE WAS
FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR HER
DAUGHTER. BUT IN ALL OF THOSE
TEXT MESSAGES, BRAZIER INSISTED
HE HAD NOT BEEN WITH ZION.
>> HE THEN ASKED ANY UPDATES IF
THIS ISN’T LIKE HER, I’D GO
STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE, CRY
FACE AND TRY TO STAY POSITIVE.
SHE’S PROBABLY OKAY. HEY, I’M
REALLY GETTING FED UP WITH THE
BACK AND FORTH WITH PEOPLE
ASKING ME, HAVE I SEEN ZION? OR
IF SHE WAS OVER.
>> THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR
BRAZIER THEN FOCUSING ON ZION
FOSTER AND HER LIFE, HER
BEHAVIOR, GETTING HER MOTHER TO
ADMIT THAT SHE FOUND OUT ZION
WAS SMOKING MARIJUANA, THAT SHE
GOT A TATTOO, SHE TOOK PHOTOS
SHE FELT WERE IN APPROPRIATE.
MILTON WAS ASKED IF SHE EVER
EXAMINED THE MARIJUANA ZION WAS
SMOKING. ASKED WHAT ANTI
DEPRESSANTS SHE WAS ON, AND IF
HER DAUGHTER WAS EVER SUICIDAL
.
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HER TRY
TO HARM HERSELF PRIOR TO YOU
TAKING HER TO THERAPY?
>> NO, I DIDN’T SEE HER TRY TO
HARM HERSELF.
>> BACK OUT. LIVE HERE AT 36
DISTRICT COURT WHERE THIS
HEARING WAS HELD TODAY. IT’S
NOT OVER YET. IT’LL PICK UP
TOMORROW AT 11 A.M. LOTS MORE
TO COME IN THIS HEARING. WE’LL
BE HERE FOR ALL OF IT, GUYS. I
DID SPEAK WITH SIERRA MILTON,
ZION FOSTER’S MOTHER AFTER SHE
TESTIFIED. SHE CALLED THE
QUESTIONING KIND OF HARD TO
TAKE. SHE TOOK IT VERY, VERY
TAKE IT VERY WELL AND SAYS SHE
CALLED THE QUESTIONS KIND OF
CLUMSY QUESTIONS, BUT SHE
ANSWERED THEM AND SHE EXPECTED
THEM. HER FOCUS IS ON FINDING
JUSTICE FOR HER DAUGHTER. WE’RE
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. SHAWN
LEY, LOCAL 4.
>> UNDERSTAND. DIFFICULT TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, SHAWN,
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND
LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HAPPENS
TOMORROW. THANK YOU.
>> EIGHT DIFFERENT POLICE
AGENCIES CELEBRATING THE END OF
A CREDIT CARD CRIME SPREE
LASTING MORE THAN A YEAR.
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP POLICE WERE
PART OF THE ARREST IN INGHAM
COUNTY OF THESE THREE MEN. THEY
WERE ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO
VEHICLES AND STEALING CREDIT
CARDS AND THEN CHARGING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THE
CARDS BEFORE THEY COULD BE
REPORTED STOLEN. THE TRIO IS IN
THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL UNTIL A
HEARING NEXT WEEK. THIS MAP
SHOWS HOW WIDE THIS
INVESTIGATION SPREAD INVOLVING
LOCAL POLICE FROM WATERFORD,
WHITE LAKE, MERIDIAN AND BATH
TOWNSHIPS. ALSO, THE SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENTS IN LIVINGSTON,
INGHAM AND JACKSON COUNTIES,
ALONG WITH MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE. WELL WE DON’T NORMALLY
BRING YOU DRONE FOOTAGE OF THE
BIG MEGA MILLIONS BILLBOARD,
BUT THIS IS NO NORMAL JACKPOT.
>> MORE THAN $1.5 BILLION UP
FOR GRABS WITH A CASH OPTION OF
MORE THAN $780. MILLION YOU CAN
BUY TICKETS UNTIL 1045 TONIGHT.
THE DRAWING IS AT 11, AND WE’LL
BRING IT TO YOU LIVE RIGHT OFF
THE TOP OF LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11.
SO BE SURE TO JOIN US TO SEE
THE WINNING NUMBERS PICKED IN
REAL TIME.
>> COLLEGE ATHLETIC
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE TOUGH TO GET.
YOU KNOW THAT. SO MUCH SO YOU
WOULDN’T EXPECT SOMEONE TO GIVE
THEIRS UP AND GIVE IT AWAY AS A
GIFT TO A TEAMMATE. BUT THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT AN EASTERN
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAYER DID
FOR A TEAMMATE IN NEED. WILL
JONES LIVE WITH A HEARTWARMING
STORY? WILL
>> DEVIN, I LOVE THIS STORY. WE
HEARD FROM TODAY. EASTERN
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAYER BRIAN
DOOLEY AND COACH CREIGHTON THIS
AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS
SCHOLARSHIP. GIVE ZACH CANTY,
WHO RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIP,
WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. HE WAS
SO OVERWHELMED BY THIS ACT OF
KINDNESS ON GAME DAY. EASTERN
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAYER BRIAN
DOOLEY IS USED TO MAKING ROOM
FOR HIS TEAMMATES TO SHINE IN.
OFF THE FIELD IS NO DIFFERENT.
>> I LIKE MAKING OTHER PEOPLE
HAPPY. IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S A
SMILE, GOES A LONG WAY.
>> YES. SEE. THIS VIDEO
CAPTURING THE MOMENT.
>> DOOLEY GIFTED HIS TEAMMATE
AND FRIEND ZACH CANTY WITH HIS
SCHOLARSHIP CAP.
>> OUR FRIENDSHIP IS TIGHT. YOU
KNOW, IT’S LIKE IT’S
UNBREAKABLE. YOU YOU KNOW, THE
OUR THE OLD LINE BROTHERHOOD IS
SOMETHING THAT’S. IT’S REALLY
HARD TO BREAK.
>> CANTY A WALK ON FOR THE PAST
FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN PUTTING IN
LONG HOURS TO SUPPORT HIMSELF
THROUGH SCHOOL. HE WAS EVEN
SELLING PLASMA TO PAY THE BILLS
. HEAD COACH CHRIS CREIGHTON
HAD BEEN TRYING TO SECURE
CANTY, A SCHOLARSHIP, BUT THE
SCHOOL HAD REACHED ITS LIMIT,
WITH ONLY TWO CLASSES REMAINING
IN HIS GRADUATE PROGRAM. DOOLEY
KNEW CANTY NEEDED THE
SCHOLARSHIP MORE THAN HE DID.
>> HE’S GOT ANOTHER YEAR AND A
HALF. YOU KNOW THAT SCHOLARSHIP
CAN HELP HIM MORE THAN IT’S
GOING TO HELP ME. BRIAN DOOLEY
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE
LIKE HIM SOMEDAY.
>> YOU KNOW, I’VE DONE THIS FOR
A BUNCH OF YEARS AND I JUST
I’VE NEVER SEEN IT. AND I’VE,
I’VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
>> WHEN DOOLEY TOLD HIS MOM
THAT HE WAS GIVING UP HIS
SCHOLARSHIP, SHE STARTED TO CRY
. SHE WASN’T UPSET. SHE WAS
JUST VERY PROUD OF HIM. THE
EAGLES KICK OFF THEIR SEASON ON
SEPTEMBER 1ST AGAINST HOWARD.
>> DEVIN, IT IS SO WONDERFUL.
WELL, IT REALLY IS. BUT I TAKE
IT DOOLEY NOW HAS PUT TOGETHER
A GAME PLAN FOR THE ADDED
EXPENSES THAT HE HAS WITHOUT
THE SCHOLARSHIP.
>> EXACTLY. AND LIKE SO MANY
COLLEGE STUDENTS, HE’S GOING TO
TAKE OUT A STUDENT LOAN. BUT HE
SAYS, DEVIN, HE HAS NO REGRETS.
WOW WHAT A STORY.
>> ALL RIGHT, WILL.
>> IS INCREDIBLE. ALL RIGHT. A
REMINDER THAT THIS IS ELECTION
DAY IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES
ACROSS METRO DETROIT. YOU STILL
HAVE A FEW HOURS TO VOTE IN THE
AUGUST PRIMARIES FOR THE OFF
YEAR, 2023 RACES. ONE OF THE
BIGGEST RACES IS IN THE CITY OF
WARREN, WHERE MAYOR JIM FOUTS
IS NOT ON THE BALLOT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME.
THERE ARE ALSO ELECTIONS IN
EASTPOINTE, ROYAL OAK, DEARBORN
HEIGHTS AND WESTLAND. THAT’S
JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE POLLS
ARE OPEN THROUGH 8 P.M. TONIGHT
.
>> NO EXCUSES FROM THE WEATHER
FOR ELECTION DAY. JUST JUST NOT
A WHOLE LOT OF ACTION OUT
THERE. BUT REALLY NICE DAY.
>> A NICE IMPROVEMENT FROM
YESTERDAY, TOO.
>> KIM, IT REALLY IS YESTERDAY
FELT MORE LIKE FALL TODAY, A
RETURN TO SUMMER. WE WERE ABOUT
10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER TODAY
THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY. 79 NOW
IN DETROIT, HOWELL CHECKS IN AT
80. ALSO PONTIAC AT AND ADRIAN,
IF YOU ARE HEADED TO THE TIGERS
GAME TONIGHT, WELL WE CAN’T
GUARANTEE IT WILL BE 100% DRY.
THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF
SPOTTY SHOWERS, BUT IT’S
NOTHING THAT’S GOING TO REALLY
AFFECT ANYTHING. IT COULD BE
JUST A PASSING SPRINKLE AND
MOST AREAS STAY DRY TONIGHT.
BUT WE DO HAVE TO THROW IN THAT
CHANCE. 73 DEGREES BY 10:00
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW
ARE FOR THE MOST PART IN THE
UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S THE WARM
SPOTS. CITY AIRPORT AT 84, 80
IN PONTIAC, 81 IN MOUNT CLEMENS
AND IN PORT HURON. NOW TOMORROW
WE GET EVEN WARMER THAN TODAY.
WE GET TO A HIGH OF 86. BUT
TOMORROW MIGHT NOT BE 100% DRY
EITHER, AS WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR
RAIN EVERY DAY UNTIL SATURDAY
DAY. BUT NO DAYS WILL BE A