LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. PURSES SUNGLASSES, OTHER
MERCHANDISE WITH BRAND NAMES
LIKE LOUIE, BATON, GUCCI AND
VERSACE. THEY WEREN’T THE REAL
THING. AND NOW SEVERAL PEOPLE
ARE FACING CHARGES IN A BIG
COUNTERFEITING BUST. GOOD
EVERYWHERE. THUS TONIGHT AT SIX,
INVESTIGATORS HEARD THE BOGUS
ITEMS WERE BEING SOLD OUT OF
LOCAL FLEA MARKETS. SO THEY WENT
UNDERCOVER AND THEY WENT
SHOPPING. IT’S A CASE THAT SPANS
WARREN AND STERLING HEIGHTS. SIX
OF THE SEVEN PEOPLE ACCUSED JUST
APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE WITH THE
EMERGING DETAILS. HI, SEAN.
KIMBERLY NOT ONLY DID UNDERCOVER
OFFICERS COME IN HERE TO MAKE
BUYS AT COUNTY LINE TRADE CENTER
, POLICE OFFICER WORKING HAND IN
HAND WITH HIGH END BRANDS LIKE
LOUIS BATON TO IDENTIFY SOME OF
THE STUFF BEING SOLD INSIDE,
LIKE LOUIS BATON, GUCCI, VERSACE
, CHANEL COACH ARMANI,
FERRAGAMO. ALL FAKES OR ILLEGAL.
ONE BY 16 PEOPLE APPEARING FOR
VIDEO ARRAIGNMENTS LATE TODAY
INSIDE DISTRICT COURT IN WARREN
, EACH PERSON CHARGED WITH A
FELONY AND FACING A POSSIBLE
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON, INCLUDING
A MOTHER AND SON, HUSBAND AND
WIFE, SENIOR CITIZENS, THE CRIME
THE SALE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS,
NAMELY, FAKE LOUIS VUITTON BAGS
, BELTS, SUNGLASSES, THEY LOOK
LIKE THE REAL THING. THE REAL
PRODUCTS COSTING HUNDREDS AND
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON JUNE
24TH 2022 PARAMETERS PURCHASED A
LITTLE TIME FIRST VALUE $2000
MARKET VALUE FOR $35 OR MASONRY
CORRESPONDENT BASSEM JAMMER.
UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICERS SAY
THEY MADE THE BIS OF THE FAKE
STUFF FROM THE DEFENDANTS HERE
AT THE COUNTY LINE TRADE CENTER
ONTO QUINTER IN WARREN.
INVESTIGATORS ALSO SERVING A
SEARCH WARRANT AT THIS HOME OF
MOHAMED SALAM ON HANNAH STREET
IN MORNING MAKING AN EYE OPENING
DISCOVERY, SAYING THE HOME WAS
PACKED WITH HIGH END ITEMS. OR
COUNTERFEIT, EXECUTED A SEARCH
WARRANT AT HIS HOME AND ONE OF
THE ROOMS OF THE CEILING
ENTREPRENEURS, COUNTERFEIT SHOES
, COUNTERFEIT ISSUES. UM
TIMBERLANDS SHIRTS. HATS WE
SPEND ROUGHLY TWO HOURS TOGETHER
AND THAT EVIDENCE WE SEE MORE
THAN 2000 ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE.
A WOMAN AT THAT HOUSE TELLING US
THEY KNEW THE ITEMS WERE FAKE
AND SELLING COUNTERFEIT ITEMS IS
AGAINST THE LAW. BACK HERE LIVE
AND WARNS. WE GOTTA BUST HERE ON
THE LOCAL LEVEL. NOW, LOOK, THE
FEDS ALSO MAKE BUSTS LIKE THESE
BIG TIME. IT’S THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY BECAUSE THEY
SAY, NOT ONLY DOES THIS HURT THE
BRAND, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE DON’T
KNOW WHEN THE MONEY GOES BACK
OVERSEAS WHERE THESE ITEMS COME
FROM. THAT MONEY COULD BE USED
TO FOR CHILD LABOR OR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING THAT IS NOT BEING
ALLEGED IN THIS CASE. IN FACT, A
SON OF THE ELDERLY COUPLE WE SAW
THERE IN COURT SAYS HIS PARENTS
WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK
OR ALIVE AND MORE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL FORD BACK TO
YOU. OKAY, SEAN, THANKS. A
PONTIAC MAN IS SHOT AND KILLED
OUTSIDE HIS HOME, A POLICE SAY
HIS SUPERVISOR PULLED THE
TRIGGER HAPPENED MONDAY ON
WOODLAND DRIVE IN PARKDALE
AVENUE. POLICE SAY 25 YEAR OLD
MAN GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS
SUPERVISOR AT WORK, WHICH LED TO
HIM DRIVING A COMPANY TRUCK
HOME. IS SUPERVISOR AND OTHER
COWORKERS WENT TO HIS HOUSE TO
GET THE TRUCK. BUT ANOTHER FIGHT
BROKE OUT, AND POLICE SAY THE
VICTIM WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES.
THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE WAS
ARRESTED AND WILL BE ARRAIGNED.
WE’RE TOLD TOMORROW NONE OF THIS
MORNING SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT BY
THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
INVOLVING THE FLINT WATER CRISIS
, THE COURT RULED A JUDGE ACTING
AS A ONE MAN GRAND JURY HAD NO
POWER TO ISSUE INDICTMENTS
AGAINST FORMER GOVERNOR RICK
SNYDER, FORMER HEALTH DIRECTOR
NICK LYON AND SEVEN OTHERS. ROD
MELONI JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE
ON TODAY’S RULING. AT A BIG
DEFEAT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA
NESSEL ROD. KIMBERLY YOU KNOW
THAT THIS IS THIS ENTIRE CASE
HAS HAD POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS
FRONT TO BACK AND TODAY’S
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS A STUNNER HERE
IN FLINT. THEY’RE ALSO UPSET
ABOUT THE CIVIL SETTLEMENT,
WHICH MEANT TO ABOUT CAME UP TO
ABOUT $600 MILLION, BUT THEY SAY
A THIRD OF THAT’S GOING TO END
UP WITH ATTORNEYS FEES. THEY’RE
FRUSTRATED. THEY’RE CONCERNED,
AND THEY FEEL A MAJOR LOSS HERE.
WHEN THE NOW INFAMOUS WATER
SWITCH CAME IN 2014, MAKING THE
FLINT RIVER THE CITY’S WATER
SUPPLY UNSAFE RESIDENTS HAD NO
IDEA WHAT THE FUTURE HEALTH
YEARS LATER RESIDENT CYNTHIA
HANES IS OVERWHELMED AND I BROKE
DOWN AND CRIED. I DID. I BROKE
DOWN AND CRIED BECAUSE THEY
REALLY DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW
SERIOUS THIS IS MOVED TO FLINT
JUST BEFORE THAT WATER CHANGE
OVER AND HER SPECIAL NEEDS SON,
DANIEL, NOW, 12 YEARS OLD, ENDED
UP DRINKING A LOT OF THAT WATER,
AND SHE BELIEVES HIS LIFE IS
FOREVER CHANGED FOR THE WORST.
AND FOR THAT SATISFACTION IS
VERY DISTASTEFUL, DISRESPECTFUL.
AND I’M HURT. THIS IS WRONG. YOU
POISON A BLACK CITY. A BLACK
CITY AND NOBODY IS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. I’M ANGRY. I’M
FRUSTRATED. I’M DISAPPOINTED.
FORMER FLINT MAYOR KAREN WEAVER
IS EQUALLY DISCOURAGED.
SURPRISED. NO BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THINGS HAVE GONE. WE HAVE GOTTEN
SLAPPED IN THE FACE AND KICKED
IN THE BEHIND SINCE THIS WHOLE
THING STARTED, AND IT CONTINUES
TO HAPPEN FOR THIS COMMUNITY
VICTIMS WON’T HAVE THEIR DAY IN
COURT. DETROIT AREA ATTORNEY
TODD FLOOD WAS THE ORIGINAL
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FIRED FROM
THAT CRIMINAL CASE. THAT’S THE
UGLINESS OF THIS. THAT’S THE SAD
PART. AND ANYONE THAT’S BEEN
INVOLVED IN THIS. THAT’S THE SAD
PART, YOU KNOW. UM SO. THAT IS
UNEXPLAINABLE AND I’M STILL
TRYING TO PROCESS ALL OF THAT
MENTALLY. WHAT FLOOD IS TALKING
ABOUT THERE IS THAT HE SAYS THAT
MUCH OF THIS CASE IS TOO FAR
DOWN THE TRACKS THAT IT CAN’T
MEET THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
AND THAT WILL KILL MOST OF THE
CASE. THE ONE PART OF THE CASE,
HE SAYS THAT REMAINS ALIVE IS
THE MANSLAUGHTER CASE. BUT THERE
IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH SOMETHING
CALLED IT TAINT TEAM. SOME
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ATTORNEYS
AND THEIR THE DEFENDANT CLIENTS
GOT OUT. AND SO NOW THAT HAS TO
GO ON ALL OVER, WHICH COULD BE
YEARS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
HE SAYS. AT THIS POINT, HE
BELIEVES THE CASES DEATH BACK TO
YOU. WHAT IS DATA NESTLES
OFFICE, SAYING ABOUT FLOODS TAKE
ON THINGS. WELL HER OFFICE IS
SAYING JUST THE OPPOSITE. THEY
SAY THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD
WITH THIS CASE THEY WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS CASE, AND THEY
THINK THEY CAN GET PROSECUTIONS.
SO IT’S UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW
AS TO WHO WAS RIGHT ON ALL OF
THIS PLAYS OUT RIGHT. THANKS
STAR WITNESS OF A SURPRISE
HEARING OF THE HOUSE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE WAS AN AIDE TO THE
FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE CHIEF
OF STAFF CASSIDY HUTCHINSON
TODAY. DESCRIBED HOW THE TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE WAS WARNED JANUARY
6TH COULD END IN VIOLENCE AND
THE CHAOS SURROUNDING THE WEST
WING ON THOSE DAYS. I FOUND MR
MEADOWS IN HIS OFFICE ON THE
COUCH. THE SCROLLING THROUGH HIS
PHONE, REMEMBER LEANING AGAINST
THE DOORWAY AND SAYING SUDDEN,
INTERESTING CONVERSATION IS
BROODY MARK. SOUNDS LIKE WE’RE
GOING TO GO TO THE CAPITAL. HE
DIDN’T LOOK UP FROM HIS PHONE
AND SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT
OF THERE’S A LOT GOING ON, CASS,
BUT I DON’T KNOW. THINGS MIGHT
GET REAL REAL BAD ON JANUARY
6TH. HUTCHINSON ALSO TESTIFIED
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENDED
THE RIOTERS WHO CHANTED FOR THE
HANGING OF VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE. MORE HEARINGS EXPECTED TO
TAKE PLACE IN JULY. IN THE WAKE
OF THE RECENT SUPREME COURT
DECISION AND GROWING CONCERN
OVER A WOMAN’S REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS. THERE IS NOW AN
INCREASED DEMAND FOR MORNING
AFTER PILLS DR FRANK MCGEORGE IS
HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS
HAPPENING, AND HOW MORNING AFTER
PILLS ARE DIFFERENT FROM SO
CALLED ABORTION PILLS, DOCTOR
MCGEORGE. YEAH, KIM, SO THE
MORNING AFTER PILL, WHOSE MOST
WELL KNOWN TRADE NAME IS PLAN B
DOES NOT CAUSE AN ABORTION. IT’S
ACTUALLY INTENDED AS EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTION FOR USE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER UNPROTECTED
INTERCOURSE, BUT THERE IS STILL
SOME CONFUSION AND EVEN
CONTROVERSY OVER THESE PILLS.
WHETHER IT’S INCREASED INTEREST
IN PREVENTING A PREGNANCY OR
CONFUSION OVER WHAT THE MORNING
AFTER PILL DOES. THERE HAS BEEN
AN INCREASE IN SALES ENOUGH SO
THAT CVS AND RITE AID ARE
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF OVER THE
COUNTER MORNING AFTER PRODUCTS
AND INDIVIDUAL CAN PURCHASE
LET’S CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION
BETWEEN THE OVER THE COUNTER
MORNING AFTER PILL USED TO
PREVENT A PREGNANCY AND
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
PRESCRIPTION ONLY ABORTION
MEDICATIONS. THE MORNING AFTER
PILL IS A HORMONE, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY USED AT A LOWER DOSE IN
MANY COMMON BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
WHEN THE PILL IS TAKEN
IMMEDIATELY AFTER UNPROTECTED
INTERCOURSE, IT REDUCES THE
CHANCE OF A WOMAN BECOMING
PREGNANT BY ABOUT 87. THERE ARE
A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT IT
WORKS. FIRST IT CAN PREVENT
RELEASE OF AN EGG FROM THE
OVARY. NEXT IT CAN CHANGE THE
WAY AN EGG AND SPERM MOVES
THROUGH THE FALLOPIAN TUBES,
DECREASING THE CHANCE OF
FERTILIZATION. AND FINALLY, IT
CHANGES THE LINING OF THE
UTERUS, SO A FERTILIZED EGG
CANNOT IMPLANT AND DEVELOP. IF A
WOMAN IS ALREADY PREGNANT THE
MORNING AFTER PILL WILL NOT HAVE
AN EFFECT THE ABORTION
MEDICATION PRIMARILY A
COMBINATION OF RU 4, 86 AND
ANOTHER MEDICATION ARE FULLY
APPROVED BY THE FDA TO INDUCE AN
ABORTION IN PREGNANCIES, 10
WEEKS OR LESS. UNLIKE THE
MORNING AFTER PILL, THIS
COMBINATION OF MEDICATIONS WILL
RESULT IN A TERMINATION OF
PREGNANCY. NOW. RIGHT NOW, SOME
STATES THAT WILL RESTRICT
ABORTIONS ALSO INTEND TO
RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE
MEDICATIONS THAT WILL REDUCE AN
ABORTION. HOWEVER SO FAR, NO
STATES HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO
THE MORNING AFTER PILL, WHICH
AGAIN DOES NOT CAUSE AN
ABORTION. OKAY SO YOU MENTIONED
THERE’S CONTROVERSY OVER THE
MORNING AFTER PILL. WHAT’S THE
CONCERN OF THE PILL DOESN’T
CAUSE AN ABORTION. YEAH. SO YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT IT
CAN PREVENT PREGNANCY THAT I
MENTIONED IS IN SOME CASES, IT
BLOCKS IMPLANTATION OF A
FERTILIZED EGG IN THE UTERUS IN
THAT CASE, BECAUSE THE EGG IS
FERTILIZED. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
INTERPRET THAT AS ENDING A
PREGNANCY, ALTHOUGH I WOULD ADD
THAT’S NOT IN LINE WITH THE
MAJORITY OF DEFINITIONS ON THE
BEGINNING OF LIFE. NEVERTHELESS
THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE THE
GROUNDS THAT SOME STATES MAY TRY
TO USE TO LIMIT ACCESS TO
MORNING AFTER PILLS.
INTERESTING. OKAY, DOCTOR
MCGEORGE. THANK YOU. WE’VE JUST
RECEIVED THE LATEST WEEKLY
UPDATE ON COVID CASES AND
RELATED DEATHS IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN IN THE PAST WEEK, THE
STATE RECORDED MORE THAN 14,000
NEW CASES, THE DAILY AVERAGE OF
CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE CASES
ABOVE 2000 RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A
SLIGHT INCREASE FROM WHAT WE SAW
LAST WEEK. STATE ALSO REPORTING
ANOTHER 174 DEATHS LINKED TO
COVID 19. THAT NUMBER IS MORE
THAN DOUBLED SINCE LAST
TUESDAY’S REPORT. MEANWHILE THE
FDA IS VACCINE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE VOTED IN FAVOR OF