DOWNTOWN LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. EXACT TRACK. 40 RADAR SHOWING RAIN IS ON ITS WAY
TO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. BUT IT’S
WHAT COMES AFTER THAT. THAT’S
LIKELY TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT.
FOREWARN WEATHER TOPS OUR NEWS
HERE AT SIX O’CLOCK. THAT’S
BECAUSE OF A WIND ADVISORY SET
TO GO INTO EFFECT WHILE MOST OF
US ARE SLEEPING. KIM ADAMS HERE
WITH A LOOK AT RATHER
CONSEQUENTIAL WHETHER WE’RE
EXPECTING HERE, KIM DEGUILIO
THIS WIND ADVISORY THAT WILL GO
INTO EFFECT AT FOUR AM AND
CONTINUE THROUGH 10 O’CLOCK
TOMORROW NIGHT. WE DO EXPECT
WIND GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. OUT OF
THE WEST. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE
ALSO TRACKING JUST MAINLY SOME
LIGHT RAIN, BUT THE BIG STORY
OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS
WILL BE THE WIND. STARTING HERE
AT FIVE O’CLOCK. WE’VE ALREADY
SEEN SOME GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 27
TO 29 MPH, BUT AS WE ADVANCE
THROUGH TIME TOMORROW MORNING AT
FOUR AM WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
THOSE WINDS PICK UP THEY’LL HAVE
GUSTED ABOUT 30 TO 35. THEN
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND TOMORROW
EVENING IS WHEN WE START TO GET
THOSE 40 TO 45 MILE PER HOUR
WIND GUSTS ENOUGH TO WHERE IF
YOU HAVE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
OUTSIDE, MAYBE THOSE BIG
INFLATABLES I WOULD DEFLATE
THOSE TONIGHT AND PROBABLY JUST
GO AHEAD AND BRING THEM ON INTO
THE GARAGE. IF YOU CAN EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR. WE ARE WATCHING
A FEW SHOWERS OUT TO OUR WEST.
I’LL DO SOME STREET LEVEL
MAPPING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. DRY
AND WEST BLOOMFIELD. BUT WHITE
LAKE JUST HAD A FEW SPRINKLES.
ALSO IN WIX. UM, BUT THERE’S A
LINE OF A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER
RAIN. IT’S NOT SEVERE, ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. BUT JUST SOME GARDEN
VARIETY SHOWERS AND WE DO NEED
THE RAIN HERE IN METRO DETROIT.
I’LL HAVE MORE ON THE WIND
TOMORROW AND OUR TEMPERATURES
WILL BE FALLING QUICKLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDCHILLS
TOMORROW COULD EVEN GET DOWN
INTO THE TEENS. IF YOU WANT TO
KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE WEATHER
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IN BETWEEN
NEWSCASTERS BY DOWNLOADING THE
FOREWARN WEATHER APP. IT’S FREE.
JUST GO TO YOUR FAVORITE APP
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YOU CAN SEE THE RADAR. THE WIND
ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION, GO
TO THE APP STORE AND TYPE IN
WDIV’S DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP TODAY. ALRIGHT KIM,
WHAT SHOULD BE THE COST OF A
QUARTER CENTURY OF LOST TIME
BROTHERS FROM PONTIAC, WHO SPENT
25 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR MURDER
THEY DIDN’T COMMIT, WANTS
SOMEBODY TO PAY GEORGE AND
MELVIN DEJESUS, WHO ARE RELEASED
FROM PRISON THIS PAST MARCH, ARE
ASKING THE COURT FOR MORE THAN
$125. MILLION ROD MELONI LIVE
TONIGHT. WITH THE STORY AND ROD.
THEY SAY THEY WERE SET UP. OH
ABSOLUTELY. IT’S A 24 PAGE
COMPLAINT, AND IT MAKES SOME
RATHER REMARKABLE CLAIMS STATING
THAT A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IN A
POLYGRAPH EXAMINER TEAMED UP TO
FRAME THEM FOR MURDERING A WOMAN
WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR TO THEM BACK
IN 1995. AND EMOTIONAL LANSING
REUNION HAPPENED LAST MARCH.
GEORGIAN MELVIN DE JESUS KEPT
APART BY THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS FOR 25 YEARS.
TODAY, THEY CAME TOGETHER
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ONE OF THE
STRONGEST REASONS FOLLOWING THIS
LAWSUIT. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY.
GETTING THAT ANSWER. MAYBE THIS
WON’T HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
THERE’S AGAINST FORMER OAKLAND
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVE
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HARVEY.
CHESTER ROMANOWSKI IS NOW CLOSED
POLYGRAPH BUSINESS AND OAKLAND
COUNTY. THE BROTHERS CLAIM THOSE
PEOPLE AND ENTITY WORK TOGETHER
TO PUT THIS MAN BRANDON ROUX
HAGEN ON THE STANDARD TESTIFY.
THE BROTHERS FORCED HIM TO RAPE
AND KILL MARGARET MIDKIFF OF
PONTIAC. CLAIMING THAT HE PASSED
THE POLYGRAPH TEST. ATTORNEY
WOLFGANG MUELLER CLAIMS THAT HE
CAN PROVE GAHAGAN LIED IN THAT
PRETRIAL POLYGRAPH. IT HAD TO BE
FROM HARVEY CONVINCING ROLE.
MATTEL SKI FABRICATED REPORT
BECAUSE ROMANOWSKI WAS TOO GOOD
TO GET THIS THAT WRONG. THIS
ISN’T EVEN A CLOSE CALL. THE
MONEY AIN’T EVEN NOTHING
COMPARED TO WHAT WE LOST THOSE
25 YEARS, ESPECIALLY FOR MYSELF.
I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL GETTING
READY TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER BORN
OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
OUT WITH THIS STATEMENT THIS
AFTERNOON QUOTE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS
CASE GOES BACK MORE THAN 25
YEARS PRECEDING SHERIFF
BOUCHARD’S TENURE, MORE FACTS
WILL NEED TO BE GATHERED BECAUSE
NONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THIS STILL WORK HERE, END QUOTE.
NOW. MELVIN WAS ARRESTED WHILE
HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS DAUGHTER
TO BE BORN. HE NEVER SAW HER IN
PERSON OR EVEN TOUCHED HER UNTIL
THEY GET OUT OF PRISON. ALSO
CHESTER ROMANOWSKI, WE DID REACH
OUT TO HIM. TURNS OUT HE’S 87
YEARS OLD LIVES IN FLORIDA
DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE A WORKING
PHONE NUMBER. WE REACHED OUT TO
HIM. WE EMAILED HIM TO TRY AND
GET A RESPONSE DID NOT HEAR BACK
FROM HIM. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO
WILLIAM HARVEY. WE DID NOT HEAR
BACK FROM CUBA TO DAISY’S
BROTHERS SAY THAT THEY THINK
THAT OAKLAND COUNTY ULTIMATELY
WILL BEAR MUCH OF THE FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY. FOR THIS CASE
BACK TO YOU, LIKE YOU SAID THE
MONEY DOESN’T EVEN COMPARE TO
THE TIME LOST. WRITE IN THE
PIECE YOU MENTIONED BRANDON. GO,
HAGEN. AND WHAT? WHAT MORE DO WE
KNOW ABOUT HIM AT THIS POINT?
WELL HE HE IS 50 YEARS OLD. HE
IS IN PRISON IN IONIA, THE
BELLAMY CREEK CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY SERVING LIFE IN PRISON
FOR ANOTHER MURDER THAT HAD
EXACTLY THE SAME M O AS THE
FIRST. NOW HE HAD PLED GUILTY TO
SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THAT
CASE AND PART OF HIS TRIAL BACK
IN 2017 IS WHAT LED THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S OFFICE TO GET INVOLVED
IN THIS FIRST IN THE FIRST PLACE
IN ORDER TO EXONERATE THE
HAITIANS, BROTHERS. I’LL SEE HOW
IT ALL PLAYS OUT, ROD. WE
APPRECIATE IT, DEVON. WE NOW
MOVE TO A LAWSUIT THAT DOESN’T
SEEK ANY MONEY, BUT INSTEAD ONCE
A COURT ORDER REQUIRING CERTAIN
SAFETY PROCEDURES WITHIN OXFORD
SCHOOLS CHANGE FOR OXFORD IS
EXPANDING THEIR LAWSUIT JUST
AHEAD OF THE ONE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOOTING,
THAT, OF COURSE KILLED FOUR
OXFORD STUDENTS SHAWN LEY LIVE
WITH THE REASON THE GROUP IS
PUSHING FOR CLASS ACTION STATUS
AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IN THIS
CASE, SEAN SPEAKING TO ATTORNEYS
INVOLVED IN THE CASE AND
FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE CASE
HERE IN OXFORD, DEVIN SCILLIAN.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS
SUIT WITH MONEY HAS EVERYTHING
TO DO WITH SAFETY HERE IN ALL
OXFORD SCHOOLS. MY MOTIVATION
WAS MY CHILDREN’S MOTIVATION.
THIS WAS HIS DECISION. IT WAS
THE KIDS DECISION. THEY DIDN’T
FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL. UM WE
WEREN’T KIDDING ANSWERS AS
PARENTS BY ATTENDING BOARD
MEETINGS, SENDING EMAILS AND
WHATNOT. UM AND SO THE KIDS, YOU
KNOW, WANTED TO HAVE THE
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES LOOKED
AT AND KNOW THAT THEY COULD FEEL
SAFE AT SCHOOL. OXFORD PARENT
ANDREA JONES IS ONE OF THE
PARENTS INVOLVED WITH THE CHANGE
FOR OXFORD LAWSUIT A LAWSUIT
THAT BEGAN AGAIN WITH 19 OXFORD
STUDENTS AGAINST OXFORD SCHOOLS
NOT SEEKING MONEY BUT SEEKING
SAFETY IN SCHOOLS, A LAWSUIT
THAT CAN NOW TURN INTO A CLASS
ACTION SUIT AND WOULD INCLUDE
EVERY STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT
SCOTT WIDENED. FELLER IS THE
ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE
STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND
EXPLAINS WHY THEY ARE ASKING FOR
THIS TO BE CERTIFIED AS A CLASS
ACTION LAWSUIT. WE’RE NOT ASKING
FOR MONEY FOR ANY OF THE CLASS
MEMBERS. AND UM, SO BECAUSE
THERE IS NO MONETARY COMPONENT
TO IT. WE’RE JUST ASKING THE
COURT TO COME IN AND TO ENFORCE
SAFETY PROCEDURES TO FORCE THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT THEM
AND TO IMPLEMENT THEM. GET THE
CAR HERE. CAREFUL ALL RIGHT,
BACK HERE LIVE IN OXFORD. SO
BOTTOM LINE HERE. ATTORNEYS ARE
SAYING THAT ATTORNEYS ARE SAYING
THIS AS A CLASS ACTION, AND IF
FAMILIES DO NOT WANT TO TAKE
PART, THEY CAN EASILY OPT OUT.
WE’RE LIVE IN OXFORD TONIGHT.
SHOW ONLY LOCAL FOURTH BACK TO
YOU. ON THE TRIAL FOR THE
PARENTS, MEANWHILE, OF THE
GUNMAN IN THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHOOTING BEING POSTPONED, THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT ORDERED
THE STATE APPEALS COURT TO HEAR
AN APPEAL FROM JAMES AND
JENNIFER CRUMBLY. THE APPEAL
WILL DEAL WITH WHETHER THERE IS
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SEND THE
CRUMBLES TO TRIAL. IT IS A
VICTORY FOR DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
WHO ARGUE INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES DON’T FIT.
TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN
JANUARY. SO THE ORDER COMES ONE
DAY, OF COURSE, BEFORE THE ONE
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOOTING
, ETHAN CRUMBLEY ALSO WENT
BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY FOR A
HEARING BECAUSE HE’S 16 EVERY
MONTH, A JUDGE HAS TO DECIDE
WHETHER HE’LL STAY IN THE
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL WILL BE
MOVED TO A JUVENILE FACILITY.
THE JUDGE WILL TODAY CRUMBLY
WILL STAY WHERE HE IS IN THE
ADULT JAIL, PLEADED GUILTY TO
ALL OF THE CHARGES IN THE
SHOOTING THE FORMAL SENTENCING
EXPECTED NEXT YEAR. PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS HEADING BACK TO
WASHINGTON AFTER PUSHING HIS
ECONOMIC GENDER IN MICHIGAN.
PRESIDENT TOWARD THE
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SITE
. SK SILL TRON TODAY NEAR BAY
CITY. HE HIGHLIGHTED THE PLANTS
RECENT $300 MILLION EXPANSION.
PRESIDENT PRAISED UNION WORKERS
AT THE PLANT, SAYING THEY ARE
THE KEY TO SOLVING RECENT SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES. WE’RE GOING TO BE
THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE
DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE, WE’RE
GOING TO MAKE THAT SUPPLY CHAIN
AVAILABLE THE REST OF THE WORLD,
BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE HELD
HOSTAGE ANYMORE IN MICHIGAN ONCE
AGAIN BECOME THE MANUFACTURING
HUB OF THE NATION, AND THAT’S
NOT A JOKE. BECAUSE WHEN I GOT
TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE IS A
29 YEAR OLD KID HAD TO WAIT A
COUPLE OF DAYS TO BE SWORN IN.
BUT WHEN I GOT THERE, THIS WAS
THE ONE OF THE EPICENTERS OF
MANUFACTURING. THIS SUMMER,
PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE CHIPS
ACT, GIVING TAX CREDITS TO
COMPANIES THAT MAKE
SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS IN THE
UNITED STATES. OUR PHONE LINES
HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE FIVE A.M.
GIVING TUESDAY TODAY TAKING
DONATIONS FOR THAW. THAT’S THE
HEAT AND WARMTH FUN, HELPING
PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR
UTILITY BILLS. OSBORNE NOW LIVE
IN THE PHONE BANK. LET’S SEE HOW
CLOSE WE ARE TO REACHING OUR
GOAL. PAM $95,000. THAT’S WHERE
WE’RE AT RIGHT NOW. BUT THE GOAL
IS $150,000 CAN HELP US MEET
THAT GOAL BY CALLING THE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN THERE THAT NUMBER
888579495 NOW. DTE ENERGY IS
GOING TO BE MATCHING DONATIONS
UP TO $50,000 TODAY. AND IF
YOU’RE WONDERING IF YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THE ANSWER IS
NO 350, OR $3.50 RATHER PROVIDES
A FULL DAY OF ELECTRICITY FOR
ONE FAMILY. THIS IS FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS. 70% OF HOUSEHOLDS
HELPED BY THOUGHT HAVE A CHILD
OR SENIOR OR VETERAN LIVING
THERE, SO LET’S HELP KEEP THEM
WARM. THIS WINTER SEASON AND I
SHOULD MENTION YOU SAID THE
PHONE LINES HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR
MOST OF THE DAY. A LOT OF THE
CALLS COMING IN, IN ADDITION TO
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DONATING OR
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THIS
HELPS, SO THERE IS A GREAT NEED
OUT THERE TODAY. YOU CAN DONATE
BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN OR BY VISITING US AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM THANK YOU TO
ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO FAR
, BUT WE HAVE UNTIL SEVEN
O’CLOCK TO GET THAT REMAINING
$55,000 IN, SO LET’S SEE IF WE
CAN GET IT DONE. DEVIN SCILLIAN