SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETPLACE TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE FOR A DETROIT WOMAN WHO TODAY SHOWED UP IN
COURT TO FACE ONE OF THE MEN
SHE SAYS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
HER. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US HERE
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN. I’M KIMBERLY
GILL.
>> IT ALL STARTED AS SO MANY
PERSON TO PERSON SALES DO ON
FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. THE ITEM
A PLAYSTATION GAMING CONSOLE.
BUT POLICE SAY THINGS TOOK A
VIOLENT TURN WHEN THE TWO
PARTIES MET UP AT SAINT ANTOINE
GARDENS APARTMENTS NEAR I-75
AND WARREN AVENUE. SHAWN LEY
LIVE WITH WHAT WAS REVEALED IN
A DETROIT COURTROOM TODAY.
SHAWN THINGS JUST WRAPPED UP IN
COURT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
>> KIMBERLY, THOSE DETAILS
ABSOLUTELY STOMACH TURNING. THE
WOMAN WAS SELLING THE PS4,
AGREEING TO MEET THE BUYER
RIGHT HERE AT THESE APARTMENTS
HERE. AS YOU MENTIONED, SAINT
ANTOINE GARDENS. SHE AGREES TO
MEET, BUT THE BUYER SHOWS UP
WITHOUT ANY CASH. HE HAS A
KNIFE AND HERE ARE THE DETAILS.
HE ATTACK THIS ONE. SO MANY OF
US HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD ITEMS
RIGHT HERE ON FACEBOOK
MARKETPLACE. THERE ARE WAYS TO
PROTECT OURSELVES TO BE SAFE
MAKING SALES AT A POLICE
STATION OR ARRANGING FOR A
NON-CONTACT PORCH PICKUP FOR AN
ITEM. A 24 YEAR OLD DETROIT
WOMAN SELLING A PLAYSTATION
FOUR VIDEO GAME ON FACEBOOK.
MARKETPLACE THOUGHT SHE HAD A
BUYER. WHEN THAT BUYER CAME TO
HER APARTMENT HERE ON CHRYSLER
DRIVE IN DETROIT. THE ULTIMATE
NIGHTMARE BEGAN. LET’S TAKE YOU
INSIDE. 36 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
KENNETH KING’S COURTROOM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THAT SELLER ON
THE WITNESS STAND GOING OVER IN
EXCRUCIATING DETAIL THE
ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE FOR HER
TRYING TO SELL THAT VIDEO GAME.
THE BUYER, 27 YEAR OLD DAKARI
HAYES, THE SELLER, SAYS HAYES
PULLED A KNIFE ON HER ONCE
INSIDE HER APARTMENT AND
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. THAT
ORDEAL DID NOT END THERE.
PROSECUTORS SAY HAYES THEN
ALLEGEDLY CALLED A FRIEND TO
COME PICK HIM UP FROM THE
WOMAN’S APARTMENT. HE BROUGHT
THAT PERSON IN WHO ALSO
ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED THIS YOUNG
WOMAN THAT WOMAN HAVING THE
COURAGE TODAY TO FACE HER
ACCUSED ATTACKER AND GO OVER
EVERY DETAIL OF WHAT SHE
THOUGHT WOULD BE A SAFE SALE OF
A PS4 ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE,
BUT TURNED INTO AN ALLEGED
ATTACK FROM TWO MEN IN HER OWN
HOME. WE’RE BACK HERE LIVE.
AGAIN, THAT HEARING JUST
WRAPPING UP INSIDE JUDGE
KENNETH KING’S COURTROOM. HE’S
SENDING THIS CASE ON FOR TRIAL.
HAYES NOW WILL BE FACING TRIAL
FOR MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT, PLUS LARCENY,
STEALING A GUN FROM THIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX AS WELL
DURING THE TIME OF THIS AWFUL
ALLEGED ATTACK, HE WAS ON
PAROLE AND PROBATION FOR AN
ARMED ROBBERY OUT OF MACOMB
COUNTY. THAT’S THE LATEST FROM
THE EAST SIDE TONIGHT. SHAWN
LEY, LOCAL 4.
>> YEAH. OKAY, SHAWN, THANK
YOU.
>> FEW CLOUDS IN THE SKIES OVER
METRO DETROIT, BUT WE ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF
THOSE.
>> AND IN FACT, OF THE MUCH
DARKER GRAY VARIETY BY THIS
TIME TOMORROW.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. KIM ADAMS HAS
BEEN GIVING US A BIG HEADS UP
ON THIS. SHE’S TRACKING OUR
CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS
TOMORROW. HI THERE, KIM.
>> HI. KIM AND DEVIN. HI,
EVERYONE. WELL, WE’VE GOT A
NICE, QUIET EVENING AHEAD, SO
IF YOU HAVE THINGS YOU’D LIKE
TO DO OUTSIDE, CUT THE GRASS,
TAKE THE DOG FOR A WALK. LET
THE KIDS GO TO THE PARK, THINGS
LIKE THAT. TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
TO DO IT BECAUSE 24 HOURS FROM
NOW WILL NOT ONLY HAVE STORMS,
BUT WE COULD HAVE SEVERE STORMS
AS WELL. 82 IN DETROIT, ALSO IN
HOWELL AND PORT HURON, 80 RIGHT
NOW IN MONROE. SOMETHING HAS
CHANGED SINCE THIS MORNING. WE
ARE NOW ALL UNDER A SLIGHT
RISK. SO THAT’S AN INCREASED
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. IT USED
TO CUT OFF YESTERDAY AND THIS
MORNING IT WAS MARGINAL FOR
PARTS OF OAKLAND, NORTHERN
OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES AND
LIVINGSTON COUNTY. NOW, ALL OF
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN IS
UNDER A LEVEL TWO. SO THAT’S
FROM A LEVEL ONE. NOW BUMPED UP
TO A LEVEL TWO. ON THE FIVE
LEVEL SCALE, WE EXPECT SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOME OF
WHICH COULD CONTAIN HIGH WINDS
, LARGE HAIL AND THE THREAT OF
TORNADOES. TIMING OF IT LOOKS
TO BE SOMETIME BETWEEN 2 AND 8
P.M. BUT COMING UP ALL TIME,
THOSE STORMS OUT FOR YOU HOUR
BY HOUR.
>> ALL RIGHT, KIM, QUESTIONS
TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON
AT DETROIT FIRE. NOT ENOUGH
VEHICLES, MISSING EQUIPMENT ON
RIGS AND NOW CONCERNED
FIREFIGHTERS ARE TURNING TO
LOCAL 4 INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW
TO EXPOSE THEIR WORRIES AND
CONCERNS. LET’S BRING HER IN
WITH WHAT SHE FOUND TODAY.
KAREN
>> ALL RIGHT, DEVIN. WELL, IT’S
A MESS. THERE ARE SIX SQUADS
FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT TO ARE
BROKEN, SO THEY’RE OUTFITTING
OTHER ENGINES TO SERVE AS
SQUADS. NOW, THE ISSUE IS
THEY’RE JUST ISN’T ENOUGH ROOM
TO HOLD EVERYTHING. I GOT THIS
TIP JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, SO I
SHOWED UP AT A FIREHOUSE ON THE
WEST SIDE TO DO SOME DIGGING.
TAKE A LOOK. OKAY. HERE’S THE
DEAL. WE GOT THIS TIP TODAY. WE
COULD NOT SIT ON IT BECAUSE
FIREFIGHTERS ARE UPSET AND
REALLY LIVES ARE AT RISK. COME
OVER HERE TO THIS AREA. THIS IS
SQUAD FOUR. SOURCES ARE TELLING
ME, AND I DO HAVE A CONFIRMED
THAT THERE IS ISSUE HERE
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE
THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. IT’S KIND
OF LIKE A TOOLBOX WHEN THERE’S
A CAR ACCIDENT OR SOMEBODY
NEEDS TO BE RESCUED FROM AN
ELEVATOR. THEY NEED THE ROPE.
THEY NEED CRIBBING THAT WOOD
THAT MAYBE WILL HELP THEM
STABILIZE. THERE ARE MANY TIMES
THAT THESE VEHICLES DON’T HAVE
THE PROPER EQUIPMENT, AND THAT
PUTS YOU AT RISK IN A RESCUE. I
SHOWED UP AT WEST GRAND
BOULEVARD AT MCGRAW WANTING TO
ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS FIRE HALL
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
FIREFIGHTERS WEREN’T ALLOWED TO
TALK. BUT I DID SPEAK TO A
UNION REP ABOUT A RESCUE THAT
HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> THEY SENT SQUAD FIVE
SOMEWHERE AND WHEN IT GOT
THERE, THEY HAD TO SAY, SEND US
ANOTHER SQUAD THAT HAS ALL THE
EQUIPMENT ON IT BECAUSE THEY
ARRIVED TO THE SCENE BUT DIDN’T
HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY
EQUIPMENT.
>> CORRECT? OH, THAT’S NOT ALL.
MAKE ANNONCE IS ALSO AN ISSUE.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TIRE ON
LADDER 23 OUT OF HOUSTON,
WHITTIER AND GRATIOT CAME OFF
WHILE DRIVING BACK IN FEBRUARY
. THE UNION REP TOLD US THE
SAME THING HAPPENED TO ANOTHER
FIRE TRUCK. OKAY. AND THEN I
GOT ANOTHER TIP. WE’RE OVER AT
LIVERNOIS AND CURTIS OUTSIDE
HERE. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A
LOOK. THIS IS SQUAD FIVE AGAIN,
A VEHICLE THAT’S NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE A SQUAD. THEY’RE
OUTFITTING IT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE
IT’S READY TO ROLL. BUT THE
PROBLEM IS, IT’S NOT BIG
ENOUGH, SO IT CAN’T HOLD ALL
THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT IN MANY
CASES, THAT MEANS NOT ENOUGH
ROPE, NOT ENOUGH WOOD, WHICH
CAN AFFECT A RESCUE AND CAN
AFFECT YOU. WHAT’S THE CITY
TELLING YOU? NOTHING
>> THEY’RE LIKE, HEY, WHAT?
WE’RE GETTING IT FIXED. IT’LL
GET FIXED. YOU KNOW, THAT CAN’T
HAPPEN. THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE
HAPPENED. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH. IT’S THE SAME RHETORIC.
OKAY SO I DID TALK TO THE CITY
AND WAS TOLD SQUAD ONE AND FIVE
ARE IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS.
>> THEY SHOULD BE BACK IN
SERVICE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY’VE BEEN
WAITING FOR WEEKS. MEANTIME,
THE CITY WENT ON TO STATE. WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE FIRE ENGINES
CURRENTLY BEING USED BY SQUADS
ONE AND FIVE DO NOT HAVE AS
MUCH STORAGE SPACE AS THEIR
USUAL SQUAD VEHICLES. THIS IS
NOT IDEAL, BUT IT IS TEMPORARY.
THE SQUADS IN OUR FLEET WERE
DESIGNED TO CARRY ALL OF THE
EQUIPMENT ISSUED TO EACH SQUAD
COMPANY AND THEY DO WENT ON TO
SAY, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SPECS
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SOME
REPLACEMENT SQUADS THAT HAVE
BEEN APPROVED BY OUR FLEET
STEERING COMMITTEE. WE ARE TOLD
THAT FINANCING SHOULD BE IN
PLACE, BIDS SHOULD BE OUT FOR
THESE NEW VEHICLES BY THE END
OF THE YEAR, BY THE WAY, WHEN
YOU ORDER A VEHICLE, IT TAKES
ABOUT A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A
HALF. WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF
THIS. MORE TO COME.
>> ALL RIGHT, KAREN. WELL, ONE
DAY AFTER A US SOLDIER BOLTED
ACROSS THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE
IN A NORTH KOREA, WE HAVE NO
ANSWERS. STILL ABOUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING WITH 23 YEAR OLD ARMY
PRIVATE TRAVIS KING. ALICE BARR
REPORTS ON WHAT WE’RE LEARNING
ABOUT HIM, THE TROUBLE HE HAD
IN SOUTH KOREA AND WHAT’S AHEAD
HERE AT HOME.
>> GOOD EVENING. THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO
BRING THIS US ARMY PRIVATE HOME
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
HE’S HAD MULTIPLE RUN INS WITH
THE LAW DURING HIS TWO AND A
HALF YEARS IN THE MILITARY. HE
MYSTERY IN NORTH KOREA. WHY DID
A US SOLDIER BOLT ACROSS THE
HEAVILY FORTIFIED DEMILITARIZED
ZONE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH KOREA
AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH 23
YEAR OLD ARMY PRIVATE TRAVIS
KING NOW THAT HE’S IN THE
CUSTODY OF KIM JONG UN’S
ISOLATED COMMUNIST REGIME,
WE’RE GATHERING ALL THE FACTS.
>> BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS AND
WILL CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY WORK,
ACTIVELY WORK TO ENSURE HIS
SAFETY.
>> NORTH KOREA WAS SILENT TODAY
ON KING’S STATUS AFTER US
DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN
SAID HE HAD CROSSED THE BORDER
WILLFULLY AND WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION WHILE ON A
COMMERCIAL TOUR TO THE
DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
>> I’M ABSOLUTELY FOREMOST
CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF
OUR TROOPS AND SO WE WILL
REMAIN FOCUSED ON THIS.
>> A TOURIST FROM NEW ZEALAND
SAID SHE WITNESSED KING TAKE
OFF RUNNING. THEN HE JUST
DIDN’T STOP.
>> AND THEN THE SOLDIERS
REACTED AND CHASED AFTER HIM.
BUT HE WAS HE WAS HE WAS REALLY
FLYING.
>> KING’S MOTHER TELLING ABC
NEWS, QUOTE, I CAN’T SEE TRAVIS
DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT. KING
HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FROM
A SOUTH KOREAN PRISON AFTER
SEVERAL RUN INS WITH POLICE,
INCLUDING AN ALLEGED ASSAULT.
US OFFICIALS TELLING NBC NEWS
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO
THE US FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER
DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND THAT
MILITARY POLICE ESCORTED HIM AS
FAR AS THEY COULD GO TO AN
AIRPORT CHECKPOINT BEFORE HE
SLIPPED AWAY AND TAGGED ALONG
WITH THAT TOUR GROUP, THE US IS
NOW WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SOUTH KOREA AND SWEDEN BECAUSE
OF THE US AND NORTH KOREA. DO
NOT HAVE OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS. ANALYSTS SAY THEY’RE
HOPEFUL NORTH KOREA WON’T USE
THIS INCIDENT AS A PROPAGANDA
TOOL DURING A TIME OF HIGH
TENSIONS. JUST YESTERDAY, NORTH
KOREA LAUNCHED TWO SHORT RANGE
BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO THE SEA
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR,
LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ALICE. GOVERNOR
WHITMER SIGNED A BILL TODAY
ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES AT
COLLEGE SPORTING EVENTS IN
MICHIGAN. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS
AT MICHIGAN STATE AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN NOW CAN
FINALLY CATCH UP TO THEIR BIG
TEN RIVALS. THE BILL ALLOWS FOR
THE LICENSING OF ALL MICHIGAN
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES TO SELL
ALCOHOL AT FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL
AND HOCKEY GAMES. WITH SALES
BEING PERMITTED AN HOUR BEFORE
KICKOFF FOR TIP OFF OR PUCK
DROP AND ENDING WITH THE END OF
THE GAME.
>> WELL, NEARLY 2 MILLION
TICKETS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED IN
MICHIGAN FOR TONIGHT’S
BILLION-DOLLAR POWERBALL
DRAWING. BUT THIS ISN’T THE
FIRST TIME WE’VE SEEN A GIANT,
FRANTIC JACKPOT LIKE THIS. IF
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE BECOMING
MORE OF THE NORM, LOCAL 4
BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI SAYS
IT’S BECAUSE THEY REDESIGN
DESIGNED THE GAME TO DO JUST
THAT. BUT THEIR LINING UP
DULLING PENCILS AND WEARING
DOWN PENS, FILLING OUT
POWERBALL SLIPS AND THINKING
ABOUT ALL THE FINANCIAL
SECURITY THEY CAN SPREAD AROUND
WITH THEIR WINNINGS.
>> I WOULD HELP THE HOMELESS,
OF COURSE, AND GIVE ME A HOUSE
TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY, MADE
SURE THE FAMILY TAKEN CARE OF
THIS NEXT LEVEL.
>> FANTASY COMES BECAUSE THE
LOTTERY DOES RESEARCH AND THEY
DISCOVER THAT YOU WANT BIGGER
JACKPOTS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
BEFORE 2015, THE POWERBALL
DRAWINGS HAD YOU PICKING FIVE
NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 59 AND ONE
FROM 1 TO 35. TODAY IT’S FIVE
NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 69 AND THEN
ONE FROM 1 TO 26. AS FOR THE
MEGA MILLIONS, THEY WAITED
UNTIL 2017 TO MAKE THEIR
CHANGES. THEY STARTED WITH FIVE
NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 75 WITH A
MEGA BALL FROM 1 TO 15. THESE
DAYS, YOU TRY AND MATCH FIVE
NUMBERS, 1 TO 70, AND THEN THE
MEGA BALL BETWEEN 1 AND 25.
JACOB HARRIS IS THE MICHIGAN
LOTTERY SPOKESPERSON BY MAKING
THOSE CHANGES, IT CHANGES THE
ODDS A BIT AND IT HELPS DRIVE
THOSE JACKPOTS THAT THOSE
JACKPOTS HIGHER.
>> NOW, THERE’S NO GUARANTEE
THAT IT’S GOING TO TAKE LONGER
FOR THE JACKPOT TO BE WON.
>> MICHIGAN’S BIGGEST EVER
LOTTERY WIN CAME A YEAR AGO IN
JANUARY WHEN A FOUR PERSON NOVI
LOTTERY CLUB PICKED UP $1
BILLION JACKPOT. AND WE KNOW
FROM THOSE FOLKS IN NOVI THAT
IT IS POSSIBLE TO WIN THIS
THING. NOW SO THE QUESTION
BECOMES, WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU
WIN? WELL, GET YOURSELF AN
ATTORNEY. PROBABLY MORE THAN
ONE, A FINANCIAL PLANNER,
PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE OF
THOSE. BUT ABOVE ALL, YOU WANT
TO TAKE THAT TICKET, PUT IT
SOMEPLACE SAFE, LIKE A SAFE
DEPOSIT BOX OR A SAFE AND MORE
THAN ANYTHING, STAY QUIET.
DON’T TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE,
BECAUSE ONCE THE WORD GETS OUT,
YOUR LIFE CHANGES FOREVER. IN
SOUTHFIELD, ROD MELONI LOCAL 4.
>> HEY, ROD, THANK YOU. SO
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ODDS HERE
FOR A SECOND. THE CHANCES OF
YOU GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
THIS YEAR IS 1 IN 1 POINT 2
MILLION. THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOU
SUFFERING A SHARK BITE IS 1 IN
1 POINT 3 MILLION. THE ODDS OF
YOU WINNING THE POWERBALL
TONIGHT WITH ONE TICKET IS ONE.
AND 292 MILLION. TURNS OUT THE
STEEPER THE ODDS ARE, THE MEGA
MILLIONS THAT’S 1 IN
302,000,000. SO GOOD LUCK. WE
HAVE ALL THE WINNING NUMBERS
FOR YOU TONIGHT ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
AT 11.
>> NEW AT FIVE.
>> AND IF THOSE PEOPLE WEREN’T
THERE, I PROBABLY WOULD NEVER
GET TO SEE MY FOUR MONTH OLD
DAUGHTER AGAIN OR MY BEAUTIFUL
FIANCE. AND JUST THE THOUGHT OF
THAT KILLS ME.
>> FORTUNATELY, THE FALL DID
NOT KILL HIM. AHEAD, THE MAN
WHO SPLASHED DOWN INTO THE
DETROIT RIVER FROM THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE TALKING ABOUT
HOW IT HAPPENED AND THE PEOPLE
WHO CAME TO HIS AID DOCK.
>> WELL, THE GROWING SEASON IS
IN FULL SWING, WHICH ALSO MEANS
POISON IVY IS POPPING UP. HOW
TO AVOID THE MENACE AND MANAGE