>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
ON DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Devin: A SHOCKING STATISTIC
FROM A NEWER SURVEY FOCUSING ON
SURGERY CENTERS.
SURGERY CENTERS. THE QUALIFICATION MORE THAN A
THIRD OF THE SURGEONS DON’T
HAVE.
HAVE. >> Kim: A TOP UAW EXECUTIVE
ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR THE PROBE INTO
CORRUPTION IN THE UNION.
>> Devin: SHOCK AND AWE!
POLICE MAKE A TRAGIC DISCOVERY
IN A HOME IN PORT HURON.
A FATHER AND 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD
SHOT TO DEATH.
OFF THE TOP AT 6:00, WE’RE
LEARNING POLICE BELIEVE THE
FATHER IS THE ONE WHO PULLED THE
TRIGGER.
TRIGGER. >> Kim: JASON COLTHORP HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. AND WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT
IT?
IT? >> Jason: THIS FAMILY USED TO BE
THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE
MOTHER WHO LIVED IN THE HOME ON
COOPER AVENUE NEXT TO ST. MARY’S
CATHOLIC ACADEMY.
CATHOLIC ACADEMY. BUT MARITAL PROBLEMS LED THEM TO
BECOME ESTRANGED.
BECOME ESTRANGED. YESTERDAY, THE MOTHER WAS
WORRIED WHEN SHE HADN’T HEARD
FROM EITHER OF THEM AND CALLED
POLICE TO CHECK ON THEM.
THEY WERE NOT READY FOR WHAT
THEY FOUND BEHIND THAT DOOR.
>> IT’S BEEN A PEACEFUL
NEIGHBORHOOD MY WHOLE LIFE,
NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED.
>> Jason: UNTIL 8:30 WHEN PORT
HURON POLICE SHOWED UP AT THIS
HOME ON COOPER AVENUE FOR A
WELFARE CHECK AND FORCED THEIR
WAY INSIDE.
WAY INSIDE. >> WE FOUND ON TWO DECEASED
INDIVIDUALS, A 35-YEAR-OLD
FATHER AND A 6-YEAR-OLD SON WITH
GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
GUNSHOT WOUNDS. >> Jason: POLICE BELIEVE ROBERT
LAGROW SHOT HIS SON WESTIN AND
THEN HIMSELF.
THEN HIMSELF. THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE WIFE
IS DOING.
IS DOING. I’M WORRIED ABOUT HER.
>> HOW DO YOU TAKE NEWS LIKE
THAT?
THAT? >> Jason: HIS FACEBOOK IS FILLED
WITH PICTURES OF HIS WIFE AND
SON, WHICH IS HEARTBREAKING.
AND HE OWNED THE DAYBREAK CAFE,
CLOSED TODAY CITING A FAMILY
EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY. THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
SHOCKED BY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
AND THE NEWS REALLY HAS STRUCK
THE WHOLE TOWN.
BUT FOR THE OFFICERS WHO MADE
THE DISCOVERY HERE AT THIS HOME
LAST NIGHT AND WORKED THE SCENE,
IT GOES MUCH FURTHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING FOR
US, FOR SURE.
MOST OF US ARE PARENTS AND A LOT
OF US HAVE YOUNG KIDS
THEMSELVES, SO IT TEARS US UP.
>> Jason: YOU SEE THE PICTURE
THERE OF WESTIN IN FRONT OF HIS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GARFIELD
ELEMENTARY, A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY
FROM WHERE HE LIVED.
AND IT WAS A VERY TOUGH DAY
THERE, AS WELL.
>> Kim: THE TEACHERS AND STAFF
MUST BE DEVASTATED.
>> Jason: ATALKED TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT AND THEY HAD THE
CRISIS TEAM THERE, VERY HARD
HIT.
HIT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT IN
COUNSELORS FOR THE OFFICERS WHO
DEALT WITH THIS.
>> Devin: IT JUST DOESN’T
COMMUTE, IT NEVER DOES.
>>> NOW LET’S TURN TO ANN ARBOR
WHERE TODAY SAW THE 10th
CONVICTION IN THE UNITED AUTO
WORKERS EMBEZZLEMENT SCANDAL.
>> Kim: FORMER IS THERE FOR
HUMAN SERVICES BOARD MEMBER WILL
BE OFF TO PRISON AFTER PLEADING
GUILTY FOR HIS PART IN THE
SCHEME.
SCHEME. OUR ROD MELONI WAS IN THE
COURTROOM AND JOINS US LIVE WITH
THE LATEST ON THIS GUILTY PLEA
AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, I GUESS,
ROD.
ROD. >> Rod: OKAY, THIS IS ANN ARBOR
COURTHOUSE.
COURTHOUSE. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH
AND A HALF, WE’VE HAD A UAW
OFFICIAL COME IN HERE AND PLEAD
GUILTY, HAD AN ARRAIGNMENT AND
PLED GUILTY.
PLED GUILTY. THIS TIME WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY
LAUNDERING.
LAUNDERING. HIS NAME IS JEFF PETERZIK.
>> I APOLOGIZE TO THE MEMBERS.
>> Rod: HE IS KNOWN AS PAYCHECK
BECAUSE HIS NAME IS HARD TO
PRONOUNCE, WILL GO TO PRISON FOR
TAKING HIS OWN PAYCHECK, AT
LEAST $123,000 IN HIS POSITION
AS CO-DIRECT FOR OF THE UAW
CENTER AND SAT ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS WITH MICHAEL GRIMES
WHO PLED GUILTY IN THE SAME SCAM
LAST MONTH.
LAST MONTH. THEY BOTH WORKED WITH JOE ASHTON
WHO ALSO HAS SINCE RETIRED.
IN THIS CASE, HE AND GRIMES
SHOOK DOWN FOR TRICK KETS,
BACKPACKS, JACKETS, AND OTHER
ITEMS.
ITEMS. HE WAS THE BAGMAN, DELIVERING
PAYOFFS TO AN UNNAMED UNION
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL. HIS ATTORNEY SAID...
>> HE WAS APPROACHED BY SOMEONE
WHO WAS IN POWER OVER HIM AND
ASKED TO DO SOMETHING, AND HE
DID IT.
DID IT. AND SOMETHING HE REGRETS.
>> Rod: BECAUSE THIS CASE
ORIGINATED INSIDE THE GM CENTER
FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, GM DECIDED
TO NEGOTIATE TO HAVE IT
DISSOLVED AS PART OF THE UAW GM
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT, AND THEY’RE
DECIDING WHETHER TO APPROVE.
>> HE WANTS TO APOLOGIZE TO HIS
FAMILY AND THE UNION MEMBERS
THAT HE DIDN’T FEEL HE SERVED
FAITHFULLY.
FAITHFULLY. >> Rod: THE UAW PUT OUT A
STATEMENT SAYING THE CRIMINAL
CONDUCT IS APPALLING AND GOES
AGAINST EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR
AS A UNION.
HIS ATTORNEY WENT TO GREAT
LENGTHS TO EXPLAIN HIS CLIENT
DIDN’T GET NEARLY AS MUCH MONEY.
HE IS RETIRED OUTSIDE OF BUFFALO
WHERE, AS MICHAEL GRIMES RETIRED
TO A HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOME IN
FT. MYERS, FLORIDA DS A GUILTY
PLEA OFTEN MEANS A LITTLE BIT OF
LENIENCY.
LENIENCY. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE, DO
YOU THINK?
YOU THINK? >> Rod: ABOUT 2 YEARS, MAYBE 27
MONTHS IN PRISON AND HAS TO GIVE
BACK THE MONEY AND THE NUMBER IS
$123,000.
$123,000. >> Devin: ALL RIGHT, ROD.
>> Kim: SIGNS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR
GENERAL MOTORS PROPOSED DEAL
WITH THE UAW.
THE UAW LOCAL CHAPTER IN SPRING
HILL, TENNESSEE, WITH MORE THAN
3,000 MEMBERS TURNED DOWN THE
DEAL TODAY.
DEAL TODAY. THIS COMES AS THE UAW LOCAL
CHAPTERS REPRESENTING ORION AND
DETROIT HAMTRAMCK PLAN TO HOLD
THEIR VOTES THURSDAY.
MEANWHILE, UAW LOCAL 163 IN
ROMULUS PLANS TO HOLD AN
EDUCATION SESSION THURSDAY AND
HOPEFULLY A VOTE FOLLOWING THAT.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VOTES ARE
DUE BY FRIDAY.
WE ANTICIPATE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON
TOTALS AROUND 4:00 P.M. ON
FRIDAY, SO STAY TUNED.
>> Evrod: NOW A LOCAL 4 UPDATE
ON A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU OVER
THE WEEKEND AFTER POLICE SAY A
MAN KILLED HIS MOTHER AND
STABBED HIS UNCLE.
29-YEAR-OLD GARRETT ROBERTS IS
ACCUSED OF STRANGLING HIS MOTHER
IN ORION TOWNSHIP AND THEN
ATTACKING HIS UNCLE WITH A KNIFE
AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AND
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT
MURDER.
MURDER. HE’LL BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING. >> Kim: DETROIT MAYOR MIKE
DUGGAN DEFENDS HIS STAFF IN THE
WAKE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
REPORT INTO HIS OFFICE AND THE
MAKE YOUR DATE PROGRAM.
>> Evrod: HE --
>> Devin: HE WILL NOT FIRE
ANYONE BUT INSTEAD ORDERS
TRAINING.
TRAINING. HE SAID HIS STAFF MADE A MISTAKE
BUT THE REPORT CLEARS EVERYONE
INVOLVED OF WRONG CANOGA.
>> THERE IS NO FINDING THAT
ANYBODY IN THE CITY BROKE ANY
LAWS.
LAWS. THERE’S NO FINDING THAT ANYBODY
VIOLATED ANY ORDINANCES.
THERE’S NO FINDING ANYBODY
VIOLATED ANY POLICIES OR CITY
RULES.
RULES. >> Devin: THAT’S THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL’S REPORT, DIDN’T FIND
ANY CITY RULES BEING BROKEN.
BUT AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
INVESTIGATION INTO THE CITY AND
MAKE YOUR DATE FOUNDATION GOES
ON, SO WE’LL STAY TUNED.
>>> A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE, A NICE
SMOOTH END TO YOUR TUESDAY.
BUT BOY, HAS IT BEEN BLUSTERY
TODAY!
TODAY! >> Kim: IT HAS, AND YOU CAN’T
SEE HOW WINDY IT IS.
LET’S BRING IN BEN BAILEY.
IS IT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
LATER ON?
LATER ON? >> Ben: IT MAY BE.
YOU SEE THE WINDS SUBSIDE AS THE
SUN GOES DOWN, BUT THAT’S NOT
THE CASE TONIGHT.
WE’LL SEE THE GUSTS AROUND 30
MILES PER HOUR NOT ONLY THROUGH
TONIGHT BUT MUCH OF TOMORROW AS
WELL.
WELL. SO HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT
ON "4 LIVE RADAR."
THE DOWNTOWN SHOT SHOWED DRY
CONDITIONS AND A PEAK OF SUN
HERE AND THERE.
THERE ARE SHOWERS AROUND AND
EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WITHIN
THEM BUT NOTHING ALL THAT
INTENSE.
INTENSE. TEMPERATURES ARE GONNA SLIDE
INTO THE 40s BY MIDNIGHT, 48.
AND WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT.
THE NIGHT. BUT THE REAL STORY MAY BE
TOMORROW MORNING.
TOMORROW MORNING. WE’RE EXPECTING A LOT OF SPOTS
IN THE 30s.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE WIND
CHILLS TOMORROW MORNING.
THAT’S THE 4ZONE FORECAST IN A
FEW MINUTES.
FEW MINUTES. GUYS?
GUYS? >> Devin: IN WEST BLOOMFIELD,
HUNDREDS OF CANCER SURVIVORS AND
THE DEDICATED DOCTORS WHO HELPED
THEM THROUGH THEIR CANCER CAME
FOR "GAME ON CANCER."
>> Kim: KIM DeGIULIO HAS THE
STORY FROM THE HENRY FORD HEALTH
CENTER.
CENTER. >> Kim: HERE AT HENRY FORD
HEALTH SYSTEM IN WEST
BLOOMFIELD, GAME ON CANCER IS
GIVING BACK TO THOSE WHO CHANGED
THEIR LIVES AND THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO GIVE BACK.
>> WHERE DO THEY FIND YOU?
BECAUSE THIS WHOLE PLACE IS FULL
OF LOVING, CARING PEOPLE THAT
REALLY MAKE THE PATIENT’S
JOURNEY A LOT EASIER.
>> Kim: IT’S MORE THAN A JOB?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> Kim: LORI JO, A BREAST CANCER
SURVIVORS OF ONE YEAR WAS THERE
TO SUPPORT THE DOCTORS THAT
HELPED HER THROUGH HER JOURNEY.
>> WE HAVE 12 PHYSICIANS THAT
WERE NOMINATED THIS YEAR AS OUR
MVPs.
MVPs. >> Kim: WITH THE HELP OF
SURVIVORS, THEY HAVE RAISED MORE
THAN $75,000 FOR GAME ON CANCER,
WHICH HELPS ALLEVIATE THE
FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT HITS A
PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY AFTER
THEY’RE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
>> AS SOON AS YOU GET A
DIAGNOSED, YOU’RE GETTING BILLED
FOR THE BIOPSIES AND THE
MAMMOGRAMS, AND ALL THAT STUFF
COMES IN, NOT COVERED BY YOUR
DEDUCTIBLE.
DEDUCTIBLE. >> Kim: THE DOCTORS AND THE
FORMER PATIENTS EVEN GOT A
CHANCE TO MEET WITH SOME OF
THEIR FAVORITE LIONS PLAYERS.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> GREAT TO BE PART OF THE
INITIATIVE AND GREAT TO CONNECT
WITH PEOPLE AND SO WE LOVE DOING
IT.
IT. I HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE.
>> Kim: THE LIONS CHEERLEADERS
AND ROARY, TOO, WERE HERE TO
CHEER THEM ON.
>> WE’RE GONNA START WINNING
HERE.
HERE. >> Kim: WIN OR LOSE ON THE
FIELD, THE LIONS ARE DOING THEIR
PART TO BEAT CANCER.
>> Kim: IN WEST BLOOMFIELD, I’M
KIM DeGIULIO, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A
COMMITMENT, REALLY NICE!
>> Kim: A CHECK OF THE NATIONAL
STORIES YOU’LL SEE COMING UP ON
"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS."
>> Devin: LESTER HOLT WITH A
PREVIEW.
PREVIEW. LESTER?
LESTER? >> HOW SOME PEOPLE CAN GO
THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY WITHOUT
A BOARDING PASS.
AND WHAT IF YOU CALLED 911 AND
NO ONE CAME?
A LOOK AT CRITICAL EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN RURAL AMERICA.
>> Devin: THE SERVICES ARE IN
DANGER RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY REALLY R WE’LL TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT IT.
MANY OF THE EMS AGENCIES RELY ON
VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS, THINGS
LIKE SPAGHETTI DINNERS AND FISH
FRIES.
FRIES. BUT WE’LL TELL YOU HOW IT COULD
IMPACT 60 MILLION AMERICANS.
>> Kim: SEE NEW ABOUT 20
MINUTES.
MINUTES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> AN ALARMING STUDY REVEALS
MONEY -- MANY SPECIALTY SURGEONS
ARE NOT BOARD CERTIFIED.
>> Devin: POLICE IN OKAYED
COUNTY REPORTING A STRANGER
DANGER CASE, AN ENCOUNTER
OUTSIDE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP
YOUR KIDS SAFE.
>> Kim: LOCAL 4 IS TEAMING UP
WITH NBC NEWS FOR A SPECIAL
EVENT CALLED EDUCATION NOW
DETROIT.
DETROIT. I’LL BE COHOSTING ALONG WITH
NBC’S REHEMAS ELLIS.
AND WILL TALK ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS,
CHRONIC AND -- ABSENTEEISM, AND
TRAUMA.
TRAUMA. THAT’S HERE ON LOCAL 4 STARTING