BEFORE NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT BREAKING NEWS MINUTES AGO, A JURY HANDED
A VERDICT DOWN IN THE RETRIAL
FOR TWO MEN CHARGED WITH
KIDNAPPING, PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER AND BOTH MEN
ARE FOUND GUILTY. THE TWO MEN
WERE JUST CONVICTED IN THE
SECOND TRIALS. LET’S GET
STRAIGHT OUT TO SHAWN LEY. HE
JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM GRAND
RAPIDS WITH THE BREAKING DETAILS
ON THIS VERDICT, SEAN. THE
VERDICT JUST CAME DOWN JUST
BEFORE THE NOON HOUR YOU SAW
LIVE HERE ON LOCAL 4. LET’S GET
RIGHT TO LET’S TALK ABOUT ADAM
FOX, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS HERE.
THE MAN FROM GRAND RAPIDS AREA.
HE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY BY THE
JURY OF CONSPIRING TO KIDNAP THE
GOVERNOR. THAT MEANS AGREEING
WITH HIS CO CONSPIRATORS TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER BECAUSE
OF HER COVID RESTRICTIONS IN
ORDERS DURING THOSE COVID YEARS
EARLY ON IN 2020. ALSO THE JURY
FOUND HIM GUILTY OF CONSPIRING
TO USE A WEAPON OF MASS
DESTRUCTION. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
HUGE BOMB, BUT WHAT IT WAS WAS A
FIREWORK ASSEMBLED WITH SHRAPNEL
TO APPARENTLY TAKE OUT A BRIDGE
ON THE WAY TO THE GOVERNOR’S
SUMMER COTTAGE. THE SUMMER
COTTAGE WAS THE TARGET OF THIS
KIDNAPPING. ALSO TRUCK DRIVER
FROM DELAWARE. YOU’VE HEARD HIS
NAME A LOT. HIS NAME IS BARRY
CROFT. HE IS THE CO DEFENDANT
HERE. HE ALSO HAS BEEN FOUND
GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER,
MEANING AGREEING TO KIDNAP THE
GOVERNOR DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE
TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF TRYING TO KIDNAP
SOMEONE THE CONSPIRACY TO USE
THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
THAT FIREWORK THAT HAD THOSE
PENNIES AND SHRAPNEL ATTACHED
ATTACHED TO IT. ALSO FOR HAVING
THAT FIREWORK ON HIM IN HIS
POSSESSION POSSESSION,
POSSESSING AN UNREGISTERED
DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE. SECOND TIME
A CHART IS THE CHARM HERE FOR
PROSECUTORS. THEY TRIED THESE
TWO ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS HERE
LAST SPRING. WE WERE RIGHT HERE.
THE JURY IN THAT TIME FOUND TO
NOT GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES THEY
COULD NOT COME UP WITH A VERDICT
FOR CROFT AND FOX. HERE THIS NEW
JURY ON A RETRIAL DOES COME UP
WITH A VERDICT RIGHT BEHIND US
HERE. WE’LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE
ATTORNEYS FOR BOXING. CROFT WILL
ALSO HEAR FROM THE U. S ATTORNEY
IS WELL, WE’RE GONNA HEAR A LOT
ABOUT APPEALS. WE’RE GOING TO
HEAR A LOT ABOUT QUESTIONS ABOUT
CAN POTENTIALLY COMPROMISED
JURORS AND FBI INVOLVEMENT IN
ALL THIS BOTTOM LINE. NOW THE
JURY HAS THE SAY IN THIS ONE.
FOX AND CROFT GUILTY. RHONDA
BACK TO YOU AND SEAN. DO WE HAVE
ANY IDEA THAT? WOULD THIS BE
JAIL TIME? HOW MUCH TIME COULD
THEY BE FACING? IT’S A HUGE DEAL
. THAT’S WHY WE SAW SUCH A
BITTER FIGHT IN COURT. IT’S LIFE
IN PRISON ON THESE CHARGES ARE
THE POTENTIAL FINES HERE. THE
POTENTIAL PENALTIES TO OTHER MEN
INVOLVED SAY THEY WERE INVOLVED
IN THIS CONSPIRACY. THEY AVOIDED
THOSE LIFE SENTENCES BY PLEADING
GUILTY AND COOPERATING WITH THE
GOVERNMENT AND TESTIFYING
AGAINST FOX AND CROFT. TWO
DIFFERENT TIMES. THOSE GUYS ARE
GETTING AROUND 6 TO 8 YEARS IN
PRISON. FOX AND CROPS ARE FACING
UP A POSSIBLE LIFE IN PRISON FOR
EACH BECAUSE THE JURY SAID THEY
INDEED THESE PLANS WERE NOT
KIDNAPPING THE GOVERNOR. THEY
BELIEVED THEY WERE PLANS TO BE
SET IN ACTION. ALRIGHT SEAN,
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE QUITE
AN OUTCOME. TODAY WE WILL
CONTINUE TO GATHER REACTION TO
THIS VERDICT FROM GRAND RAPIDS
AND ALSO IN LANSING, AND YOU CAN
FIND CONTINUING COVERAGE ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AS WELL. WE
WILL HAVE MUCH MORE TO COME AND
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR AND
ALSO AT FIVE AND SIX. OUR OTHER
TOP STORY IS YET ANOTHER CHILD
IN DETROIT SENSELESSLY KILLED BY
GETTING THEIR HANDS ON A LOADED
GUN IN THE FAMILY HOME THIS
AFTERNOON AT FIVE YEAR OLD BOY
IS DEAD AFTER ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTING HIMSELF. IN THE FACE
THAT FIVE YEAR OLD WAS PLAYING
WITH AN UNSECURED GUN IN HIS
BEDROOM AND DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
. IT HAPPENED IN A HOME ON
OAKFIELD AVENUE BETWEEN SEVEN
AND EIGHT MILE NEAR THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY. VICTOR
WILLIAMS JOINS US NOW WHY, THEN
VICTOR? THIS IS SO DEVASTATING
FOR THE FAMILY. BUT AS WE TALK
ABOUT THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
THIS IS PREVENTABLE. OH YEAH.
AND THAT IS WHY GUN LOCKS ARE SO
IMPORTANT IN THE FIRST PLACE,
BUT I HATE TO BE HERE REPORTING
ON THE SAME STORY YET ONCE AGAIN
, JUST LIKE YOU SAID ANOTHER
CHILD SHOT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO FROM OVERNIGHT WHERE THIS
LIKELY HAPPENED BECAUSE OF A
SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. IT
WAS A FIVE YEAR OLD SHOT AND
KILLED AFTER FINDING A GUN RIGHT
HERE IN THE HOUSE ON OAK FIELD.
HE WAS TAKEN TO CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. FAMILY
MEMBERS SAY THAT THE CHILD MAY
HAVE FOUND THE GUN IN THE
BEDROOM. AND THEN SHOT HIMSELF
IN THE FACE. WE KNOW THAT
OFFICERS WENT INSIDE OF A HOME
TO SEARCH FOR THE WEAPON. BUT AS
OF NOW, IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.
NOT ONLY IS THIS A SHOCK FOR
EVERYONE HERE, BUT A SHOCK FOR
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE. AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE. THIS IS NOT THE
NEWS THAT CRYSTAL HABERSHAM AND
ADIDAS QUINN WANTED TO HEAR
WAKING UP THIS MORNING. I’M
FEELING SAD. I’M HURT. BECAUSE I
MET THEM. I MEAN, I HAVEN’T MET
HIM PERSONALLY, BUT I TALKED TO
HIM BEING AROUND A LITTLE KID. I
HAVE SEEN THE LITTLE KID RUN AND
PLAY. I’VE SEEN HIM BE A KID. SO
I’M HURT PERSONALLY, ME AND THEN
I GOT MY OWN SO, YEAH, I’M HURT.
YOU FIND $20 YOU FIND A MISSING
WALLET STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT A
GUN A BABY SHOULD NEVER HAVE.
AND WE ARE WAITING FOR MORE
DETAILS COMING FROM DPD IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR PRESS CONFERENCE IS
SUPPOSED TO BE HELD AND
HOPEFULLY WE’LL LEARN MORE
INFORMATION. FOR NOW. WE ARE
REPORTING LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE
VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL FORM VERY
SAD PRAYERS AND HEARTS CERTAINLY
GO OUT TO THIS GRIEVING FAMILY.
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION IS
STARTING TODAY TO PROTECT
PORTIONS OF I 94 MACOMB COUNTY.
THERE IS SEVERE EROSION THAT IS
THREATENING TO DRAIN NEAR THE
FREEWAY IN ROOSEVELT
CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD
BRACKETS. TENSION DRAIN IS
STARTING FIRST ON 13 MILES
BETWEEN GRATIOT AND LITTLE MAC.
AFTER THAT, CRUZ WILL WORK ON
THE DRAIN. THIS WILL BE IN THE
AREA OF LITTLE MAP BETWEEN 13,
MILE AND MASONIC. ALL IN
ROSEVILLE. THE EROSION IS
INCHING CLOSER TO THE WESTBOUND
LANES OF I 94 THE COUNTY WORRIES
THAT PART OF THE FREEWAY COULD
COLLAPSE IF EMERGENCY REPAIRS
AREN’T MADE RIGHT AWAY. IT’S
HAPPENING QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE
TYPE OF GROUND NEXT TO THE
FREEWAY. WHEN THEY BUILT 94
YEARS AGO. THEY BACKFILLED IT
ALWAYS SAND. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING
NOW? IT’S NOT REALLY GOOD EARTH
. IT’S ALL THIS SAND AND EVERY
TIME THERE’S ANY KIND OF
ACTIVITY IN THAT DRAIN. THE BANK
IS JUST SHELVING OFF ITS TWO FT
. 4 FT SIX FT. 8 FT. LOST.
THAT’S HAPPENING IN A VERY RAPID
TIMEFRAME. SO THIS IS A DRAIN
THAT OBVIOUSLY WE FIND A PROBLEM
. WE NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM
AND WE ARE DOING SO. THE COUNTY
EXPECTS CONSTRUCTION TO LAST A
FEW WEEKS AND REPLACEMENT PIPE
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY AT
THE SITE OF THE WATER MAIN BREAK
THAT CAUSE A BOIL WATER ADVISORY
THIS WEEKEND. THE DAMAGED
PORTION OF THAT PIPE WAS REMOVED
FROM FOUR GRATIOT TOWNSHIP CREWS
ARE NOW WAITING FOR A 48 FT PIPE
TO ARRIVE SO THAT THE REPAIRS
CAN CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY WAS
LIFTED FOR THE SEVEN REMAINING
COMMUNITIES, BUT THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY SAYS THAT IT MAY
BE IT MAY NEED TO BE REISSUED.
TWO SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE DROPS
WHEN THAT AND IF THAT HAPPENS WE
WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW
TO THE WEATHER, WHICH IS
CERTAINLY A BRIGHT SPOT THIS
NOON. HAS BRANDON IS WATCHING
OVER WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL
DAY TODAY. TROUBLE FREE TUESDAY
. HOW ABOUT THAT? WE’LL TAKE IT.
WE’VE HAD SHOWER CHANCES THE
LAST FEW DAYS, BUT NOT SO MUCH
TODAY. SO A GREAT LUNCH HOUR TO
GET OUT THERE, MAYBE PICNIC. EAT
OUTSIDE. WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO.
WE’VE GOT MIDDLE UPPER SEVENTIES
TO NEAR 80. IT IS 80. IT’S CITY
AIRPORT. 77 OFFICIALLY FLINT 77
THERE. 78 MOUNT CLEMENS. COUPLE
OF CLOUDS BUT HARMLESS CLOUDS
NOT PICKING ANYTHING UP ON RADAR
HERE. NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT TEMPERATURES HEADING BACK
INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE EIGHTIES
WITH A FEW CLOUDS COMING AND
GOING AS WE WARM RHONDA, WE ARE
TRACKING A COUPLE OF RAIN
CHANCES IN THE SEVEN DAY OKAY.
THANK YOU. BRANDON AND POLICE IN
DETROIT ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP
TO FIND THE PEOPLE WHO BROKE
INTO A HOME AND STOLE GUNS.
VIDEO SHOWS FOUR PEOPLE INSIDE
OF THE HOME AND FAUST NORWEST
OUTER DRIVE IN THE SOUTHFIELD
FREEWAY. IT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND BROAD DAYLIGHT. NO
ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME. BUT
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS A
BETTER LOOK AT THE SUSPECTS.
POLICE SAY THAT THEY SOLD SIX
GUNS, ALSO AMMUNITION AND OTHER
ITEMS AND THEN GOT AWAY. PLEASE
THINK THAT THEY RANGE IN AGE
FROM FOUR. 18 TO 20. SO IF YOU
KNOW ANYTHING, YOU ARE ASKED TO
CONTACT DETROIT POLICE. A
BUILDING CAUGHT FIRE AND
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE OVERNIGHT,
AND INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHY THE FIRE STARTED
IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON
SEVEN MILE IN OAKFIELD, THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY. IT APPEARS A
TRUCK WAS INSIDE OF THE BUILDING
AND PART OF THE GARAGE WAS