TIM DECIDES ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. >> I PUT A GPS ON IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? SO IT CAN BE
FOLLOWED. I MADE A CALL TO CALL
THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY.
>> NOW IN DETROIT, CHOP SHOP IS
OUT OF BUSINESS. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US HERE AT SIX. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL. GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE. I’M KAREN DREW IN FOR
DEVIN SCILLIAN THREE TIMES.
WE’RE TALKING THREE TIMES.
TAMAKI ABDULLAH HAS HAD HIS
CHRYSLER 300 SPORTS STOLEN.
WELL, THIS TIME A HIGH END
TRACKING DEVICE HELPED HIM
QUICKLY LOCATE IT AND THEN HELP
POLICE UNCOVER A REALLY LARGE
CRIMINAL OPERATION WHEN THEY
STOLE THE CAR FROM YPSILANTI AND
POLICE FOUND IT ON CLOVER LAWN
ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE. LOCAL
FOUR’S ROD MELONI IS LIVE AT
DETROIT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH
HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED. YOU GOT
TO GIVE HIM CREDIT, ROD. OH, NO
DOUBT ABOUT IT.
>> I MEAN, HE PUT THAT GPS IN
THE CAR, GAVE HIM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THE CAR. HE
LED DPD TO THE CAR AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THERE ARE HALF A DOZEN
OTHER CARS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN
AS WELL. THEY ALL ENDED UP ON
TOW TRUCKS IN THE IMPOUND. I
WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND MY CAR
GOT STOLEN.
>> IT’S THE THIRD TIME IT’S BEEN
STOLEN. JAMARCUS ABDULLAH HAS
BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER, THE
WEEKS OF INCONVENIENCE GOING
WITHOUT WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATE
. SO TIRED OF IT, I PUT A GPS ON
IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? SO
IT CAN BE FOLLOWED. SO I MADE A
CALL TO CALL THE CALL THE POLICE
IMMEDIATELY.
>> HE SPENT ABOUT $700 AND
INSTALLED THE LINKER APP, WHICH
ALLOWED HIM TO FIND HIS CHRYSLER
300 IN THE YARD OF THIS HOME ON
CLOVER LAWN.
>> ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS STAY
ON A WEST SIDE OF DETROIT AND I
HAD THE LOCATION ON MY PHONE AND
SHE WENT THERE RIGHT AWAY. AND
WE LOOKED AND SEEN THAT IT WAS
IN THE BACK. AND WE CALLED THE
POLICE.
>> DEMARCO SAYS HIS CAR WASN’T
GONE BUT 40 MINUTES WHEN HE
FOUND IT. AND THE SCENE SHOCKED
HIM. AN OPEN AIR CHOP SHOP AND
PARTS MARKET OPERATING IN A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I’VE JUST SEEN MY CAR
STRIPPED. I’VE SEEN THE FRONT
END OF MY CAR JUST TOOK APART
AND PEOPLE MOVING PARTS DPD’S
AUTO THEFT UNIT SWOOPED IN ON
THE PLACE AND ARRESTED THE
HOMEOWNER WHO RAN.
>> WHEN THE COPS SHOWED UP.
LIEUTENANT DANA RUSSELL IS
THANKFUL THAT DEMARCO LED HER
TEAM TO THE HOUSE AND DIDN’T TRY
TO CONFRONT THE THIEF HIMSELF.
>> IF THE CITIZENS PLAY A HUGE
ROLE IN WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE
APPREHEND PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY
DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
DO TODAY, YEAH, IT’S REAL
DIFFICULT BECAUSE I WORK HARD
FOR MY STUFF.
>> YOU KNOW, WE ALL HERE
WORKING, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M
SAYING? I’M A WORKING MAN. I
DON’T STEAL NOBODY’S STUFF. I
DON’T DO NOTHING TO NOBODY. YOU
KNOW, I AIN’T. IT’S ALREADY HARD
ENOUGH OUT HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT
I’M SAYING? YEAH, WE DO KNOW
WHAT HE’S SAYING.
>> AND YOU CAN’T BLAME HIM. HE’S
VERY SMART. MOVE TO PUT IN THAT
GPS. AND SO NOW DPD HAD THE TOW
TRUCKS, TOOK ALL OF THOSE
VEHICLES AWAY. THEY’LL NOW TRY
AND ESTABLISH WHOSE THOSE ARE
AND CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION.
THEY HAVE ONE ARREST PROBABLY
LIKELY THAT THEY’LL BE ABLE TO
FIND OR HAVE SOME MORE BASED ON
JUST THIS ONE ALONE. BACK TO YOU
.
>> OKAY, ROD, I GOT TO ASK, WHAT
ABOUT THIS CAR TRACKER? TELL ME
MORE ABOUT THAT. WELL WELL, IT
IS NOT IT’S NOT LIKE YOUR CELL
PHONE TAG WHERE YOU JUST, YOU
KNOW, PUT THE MAGNET ON THERE.
>> THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. YOU
SPENT ABOUT 700 BUCKS AND IT HAS
THE APP FOR YOUR PHONE. BUT IT’S
LIKE 40 BUCKS A MONTH TO HAVE
THAT TO BE ABLE TO FIND IT. HE
HE RECOMMENDS IT TO EVERYBODY BY
THE WAY, AFTER HIS CAR BEING
STOLEN.
>> THAT MANY TIMES HE KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. I GUESS. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. ROD PAID OFF
FOR HIM, TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, CHARGES WERE
BROUGHT TODAY IN THE KIDNAPING
AND MURDER OF A LOCAL NURSE,
JAMIR MILLER IS ACCUSED OF
KIDNAPING AND KILLING
EX-GIRLFRIEND PATRICE WILSON AS
SHE LEFT HER JOB AT THE DETROIT
MEDICAL CENTER IN MIDTOWN WAYNE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY
SAYS WILSON WAS MURDERED AS SHE
WAS TRYING TO END HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH MILLER. MILLER
FACES SEVERAL COUNTS, INCLUDING
FIRST DEGREE MURDER, CARJACKING
AND FELONY FIREARMS IN COURT,
THE MAGISTRATE ENTERED A NOT
GUILTY PLEA FOR MILLER AND
ORDERED HIM HELD WITHOUT BOND,
SAYING HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A
DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> A MAN SUSPECTED OF RAPING AT
LEAST TWO WOMEN IS ARRESTED IN
WARREN. POLICE SAY BOTH WOMEN
REPORTED MEETING IN ORLANDO
MARSHALL THROUGH A PERSONALS
WEBSITE. THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED
EIGHT DAYS APART. EACH VICTIM
TOLD POLICE MARSHALL HAD RAPED
THEM AT GUNPOINT. INSIDE A
VACANT HOUSE ON COLLEEN AVENUE
IN WARREN EARLIER THIS WEEK,
POLICE WERE DOING SURVEILLANCE
AT THAT VACANT HOME AND THEN SAW
MARSHALL APPROACHING WITH
ANOTHER WOMAN. MARSHALL RAN BUT
WAS TRACKED DOWN BY A K-9 UNIT
AT A HOME IN DETROIT. HE FACES A
LONG LIST OF CHARGES, INCLUDING
FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT.
>> A LOCAL WOMAN IS UPSET WITH A
CEMETERY AFTER SHE SAYS HER
MOTHER WAS BURIED IN THE PLOT
RESERVED FOR HER UNCLE WITH HIS
NAME ON THE HEADSTONE. IN THIS
STORY TOOK OUR VICTOR WILLIAMS
TO THE PINE LAKE CEMETERY NEAR
MIDDLEBELT IN LONE PINE IN WEST
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP. VICTOR
JOINS US LIVE WITH A CLOSER LOOK
AT THIS UPSETTING MIX UP VICTOR.
YEAH UPSETTING INDEED.
>> AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A
CEMETERY AFTER THE LOSS OF A
LOVED ONE, YOU EXPECT THAT
CEMETERY TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE
BIT EASIER. BUT ONE WOMAN THAT
WE SPOKE TO IS SAYING THAT IT’S
DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE. IT AND
IT ABSOLUTELY WAS A BEAUTIFUL
CEREMONY AND EVERYTHING UNTIL WE
GOT HERE.
>> AND SAID THIS DOES NOT LOOK
RIGHT. RITA LOCK’S MOTHER PASSED
AWAY ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND SHE
SAYS EVER SINCE THE BURIAL,
SHE’S BEEN BEGGING PINE LAKE
CEMETERY TO MAKE ONE CRUCIAL
CORRECTION. MY MOTHER WAS BURIED
IN MY UNCLE’S PLOT ABOUT 20
YEARS AGO.
>> THREE BURIAL PLOTS WERE
PURCHASED FOR RITA’S MOTHER,
ALONG WITH HER AUNT AND UNCLE.
HER UNCLE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT’S
STILL HERE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS
THAT RITA’S MOTHER HAS BEEN
BURIED IN HIS SPOT. WE WANT TO
HONOR MY UNCLE’S WISHES AND HAVE
HIM BURIED NEXT TO HIS BELOVED
WIFE THAT HE WAS MARRIED TO FOR
YEARS. WHEN RITA’S FAMILY
APPROACHED THE CEMETERY FOR
RESOLUTION, SHE WAS TOLD THEY
WOULD HAVE TO PAY MORE JUST TO
MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
>> IT’S VERY OBVIOUS MISTAKE AND
THEY’RE ASKING THE FAMILY TO PAY
$3,000 TO RECTIFY THIS MISTAKE
AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHE WANTS
TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS BEHIND
HER SO HER FAMILY CAN MOVE
FORWARD.
>> WE’RE ALL VERY UPSET ABOUT IT
AND VERY DISTRAUGHT THAT AND WE
FEEL THAT THEY’RE DOING A TRUE
INJUSTICE TO THE FAMILY.
>> SOMETHING NEEDS TO GIVE. THEY
NEED TO WORK WITH US AND THEY
NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
EMPATHY ABOUT OUR SITUATION HERE
. AND WE’VE TRIED OVER AND OVER
AGAIN REACHING OUT TO PINE LAKE
CEMETERY FOR SOME TYPE OF
STATEMENT INTERVIEW OR WHERE
THEY ARE WITH THIS ENTIRE
SITUATION.
>> AN BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY
HAVE YET TO GET BACK IN CONTACT
WITH US. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT
THEY CAN FIND SOME TYPE OF
RESOLUTION. VICTOR WILLIAMS
LOCAL 4.
>> OKAY, VICTOR, THANK YOU.
>> AN ABANDONED HOME NEAR A
DETROIT SCHOOL IS BECOMING A
HOTSPOT FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
NEIGHBORS AND PARENTS SO
CONCERNED THEY CALLED HELP ME,
HANK. HANK WORKED WITH THE CITY,
AND NOW THAT PROPERTY IS LOOKING
QUITE A BIT SAFER. OUR CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR, HANK WINCHESTER,
IS LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE WITH
THAT HANK. THIS WAS REALLY BAD.
>> KAREN THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN
BECAUSE THIS IS THE SIDEWALK
THAT SCHOOL KIDS WALK UP AND
DOWN EVERY DAY. THE SCHOOL
LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE STREET
HERE. AND THIS IS THAT PROBLEM
HOUSE. IT WAS JUST WIDE OPEN,
EXPOSED A HUGE DANGER. BUT WE
GOT SOME HELP FROM THE CITY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. DETROIT
HOME, ABANDONED, WIDE OPEN,
EXPOSED. A BIG DANGER IN THIS
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD. INSIDE
LIQUOR BOTTLES AND THINGS WE
CAN’T EVEN MENTION AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, IT IS A HUGE CONCERN.
IT’S A LITTLE SCARY SOMETIMES.
>> I, I HEAR THEM HOLLERING AND
SCREAMING OVER THERE AND
FIGHTING AND WHATNOT AT NIGHT
AND MOST OF THE TIME I’M HERE BY
MYSELF.
>> AND HERE’S ANOTHER BIG ISSUE
THIS ABANDONED HOME IS LOCATED
RIGHT HERE NEAR THE JOY ACADEMY
, A SCHOOL IN DETROIT. AND EVERY
DAY CHILDREN ARE WALKING BY THIS
BLIGHTED MESS. I’M MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS ACROSS
THE STREET AT THE SCHOOL.
>> YOU KNOW, I DON’T WANT
ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
>> THOSE WHO LIVE HERE E-MAILING
HELP ME, HANK. THEY’RE WORRIED
ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THEIR
SAFETY.
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE
TORN DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> SO I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE
CITY, AND THE CITY MOVED ON THIS
ONE RIGHT AWAY, TAKING IT TO THE
TOP OF THE LIST, GETTING CREWS
OUT THERE TO BOARD UP THIS
HOUSE, MAKING THE STRUCTURE AS
SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE TIME
BEING. THE OTHER PART OF THIS
STORY, THE CITY NOW TAKING THIS
PROPERTY TO THE TOP OF THE DEMO
LIST. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THIS PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. BACK OUT HERE
LIVE. BIG THANKS TO THE CITY OF
DETROIT AND DPD FOR WORKING SO
QUICKLY YESTERDAY DAY, THE JOY
PREPARATORY ACADEMY ACROSS THE
STREET. VERY THANKFUL THAT AT
LEAST THE FIRST STEP HAS BEEN
TAKEN TO MAKE THIS STRUCTURE A
LITTLE BIT SAFER. WE’RE LIVE
HERE TONIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE.
HANK WINCHESTER. HELP ME, HANK.
LOCAL 4.
>> WELL, HANK, OBVIOUSLY THOSE
NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN TO YOU. DID
THEY COMPLAIN TO THE CITY AS
WELL ABOUT THIS HOUSE?
>> AND KAREN, THE NEIGHBORS WE
SPOKE WITH SAID THAT THEY DIDN’T
AND WE KNOW THAT THE IMPROVED
DETROIT APP IS A GREAT TOOL. WE
APPRECIATE PEOPLE REACHING OUT
TO US. OF COURSE, WE’RE ALWAYS
GOING TO TRY TO HELP. BUT
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT
THE CITY DIRECTLY TO REPORT
PROBLEMS JUST LIKE THIS ONE HERE
BEHIND ME. BACK TO YOU IS A BIG
HELP, THAT’S FOR SURE.
>> APPRECIATE IT. YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU, HANK. OKAY. BEAUTIFUL
DAY OUTSIDE.
>> OUTSIDE. DID WE TOUCH 90?
KIM, WE DID NOT.
>> WE CAME VERY CLOSE. TOMORROW
I THINK, IS THE DAY THAT WE’LL
PROBABLY GET TO 90 DEGREES.
WE’RE CLOSE, THOUGH, WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S.
IT’S ONLY 87 AT METRO. THAT’S
WHERE THEY KEEP RECORDS. SO WE
FORECAST FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT
IT’S CLOSE, 88IN PONTIAC AND
DOWNTOWN HIT 89 TODAY, 85 IN ANN
ARBOR AND UPPER 80S OUT IN
HOWELL. TEMPERATURE CHANGE LAST
24 HOURS, ABOUT 2 OR 3 DEGREES
WARMER THAN IT WAS AT THIS SAME
TIME YESTERDAY. AND TOMORROW
WILL JUST BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER
THAN THAT. OF COURSE, ANOTHER
AIR QUALITY ALERT DAY. IT LOOKS
LIKE UNHEALTHY LEVELS,
OBVIOUSLY, OF OZONE. SO IF
YOU’RE SENSITIVE, IF YOU HAVE
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, SENIOR
CITIZENS, PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA,
IT’S GOING TO BE A TOUGH COUPLE
OF DAYS. BUT THERE’S A BREAK
COMING, NOT TOMORROW.
TEMPERATURES GET INTO THE UPPER
80S TO RIGHT AROUND 90 DEGREES.
BUT A COUPLE CHANGES TO THE
WEEKEND FORECAST CHANCE OF RAIN
BRINGING THAT IN AND ALSO SOME