LIE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. AND WE’LL BEGIN HERE AT FIVE AND
WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE CALLING A
HORRIFYING CASE OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE THAT LATER TURNED INTO A
MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT THAT LEFT A
DETROIT WOMAN DEAD MAN AND HIS
NEPHEW ARE BEHIND BARS TONIGHT
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF
TIFFANY JOSEPH. THIS CASE
FOLLOWS THE VIOLENT CRIME THAT
DATES BACK TO OCTOBER OF 2020.
THE PROSECUTION IN THAT CASE
ENDED UP DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC. ROD MELONI HAS BEEN
DIGGING IN ON BOTH CASES
TONIGHT. AS THIS UNCLE AND
NEPHEW, BOTH STAND CHARGED WITH
MURDER. A LOT MORE QUESTIONS
LEFT ASKED THAN ANSWERED HERE
BECAUSE THIS HOUSE IS BURNED OUT
AND A WOMAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO
DEATH HERE, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW
WHETHER THE HOUSE BURNED BEFORE.
DURING OR AFTER BUT THERE IS ONE
THING FOR CERTAIN FOR ITS FORMER
RESIDENT 32 YEAR OLD TIFFANY
JOSEPH. IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT
PLACE. DETROIT POLICE CALLED OUT
HERE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON
JULY 4TH. THEY FOUND TIFFANY’S
BODY INSIDE. SHE BEEN SHOT, OKAY
. I’M SORRY, MR CROMER. CAN YOU
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD,
PLEASE CHROMOSOME ARRANGED FROM
BEHIND BARS TODAY IN THE WAYNE
COUNTY JAIL AND WEARING A COVID
MASK, 35 YEAR OLD BILLY RAY
CROMER. HERE’S A BETTER LOOK AT
HIS FACE. HE’S CHARGED WITH
TRYING TO HIRE HIS NEPHEW TO
KILL HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND HE’S
FACING A PREMEDITATED FIRST
DEGREE MURDER CHARGE.
PROSECUTORS SAY SPENCER LEWIS
CROMER, THE THIRD AGREED TO THE
HIRED HIT SUGGESTED BY HIS UNCLE
ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, AND HE IS
NOW FACING PREMEDITATED FIRST
DEGREE MURDER AND FELONY
FIREARMS CHARGES. BUT IT WAS
BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020 AND NOW
GUTTED HOME, THE DETROIT POLICE
AND THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAY THAT
KROMER BEAT A PREGNANT TIFFANY
JOSEPH SO BADLY SHE LOST HER
BABY. THE OLDER CROMER ARRESTED
BY DETROIT POLICE CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO DO GREAT
BODILY HARM, TORTURE AND
FELONIOUS ASSAULT THAT BEATING
SO BAD, PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY AT
THE TIME, NOTED IN A PRESS
RELEASE. QUOTE THIS OFFICE HAS
BEEN PRESENTED WITH WELL OVER
30,000 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WARRANTS IN JUST THE LAST FIVE
YEARS. I CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY SAY
THAT THE ALLEGED FACTS IN THIS
CASE ARE AMONG THE WORST I HAVE
SEEN END QUOTE. AND BECAUSE OF
COVID, CLOSING DOWN THE 36TH
DISTRICT COURT. THAT CASE ENDED
UP REPEATEDLY POSTPONED. IT IS
STILL ON THE DOCKET FOR EMOTIONS
HEARING NEXT WEEK. AND THERE IS
A PRETRIAL SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST
5TH IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CASE, AND SO FAR THERE IS NO
INDICATION THAT THAT CASE WON’T
PROCEED, EVEN THOUGH THE VICTIM
IN THE CASE HAS NOW PASSED BACK
TO YOU CASE, RIGHT. SO WHAT
ABOUT THE MURDER CASES THAT ONE
OF THE DEFENDANTS RETURNED TO
COURT? WELL INTERESTING. YOU ASK
DEVON BECAUSE IN AUGUST 5TH
THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE A
PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING FOR THE
ELDER CROMER IN THIS CASE, AND
ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION A WEEK
LATER WHERE WE WERE LIKELY TO
GET STILL MORE BACKGROUND ON
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MURDER
CASE. ALL RIGHT, ROB WE ARE
GETTING AN UPDATE ON PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S CONDITION AFTER BEING
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID 19 THIS
AFTERNOON, THE PRESIDENT HOPPED
ONTO A VIRTUAL MEETING ABOUT GAS
PRICES. DOCTORS SAY THE
PRESIDENT HAD A FEVER OF 99.4
DEGREES LAST NIGHT TOOK SOME
TYLENOL. HIS TEMPERATURE IS NOW
REPORTEDLY BACK TO NORMAL. BUT
TODAY THE PRESIDENT IS DEALING
WITH A RUNNY NOSE, FATIGUE AND A
COUGH. HE CONTINUES TAKING THE
ANTIVIRAL DRUG PACK SLOVIN. I
SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT OVER
FACETIME THIS AFTERNOON. I ASKED
HIM IF HE HAD A MESSAGE FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE PRESIDENT
SAID. HE’S STILL HE’S STILL
PUTTING IN EIGHT PLUS HOURS A
WORK DAY, AND THAT HE WANTS TO
REMIND AMERICANS TO GET
VACCINATED BECAUSE IN HIS OWN
WORDS IT MATTERS. PRESIDENT WILL
REMAIN ISOLATED AT THE WHITE
HOUSE FOR FIVE DAYS OR UNTIL HE
TESTS NEGATIVE FOR COVID. NOW
BREAKING NEWS IS A JURY FINDS
FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE SENIOR
ADVISER STEVE BANNON GUILTY OF
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS
THAT FOR DEFYING A SUBPOENA FROM
THE HOUSE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE
, BANNON REFUSED TO APPEAR FOR
DEPOSITION. DECLINED TO PROVIDE
DOCUMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE
COMMITTEE’S SUBPOENA. 68 YEAR
OLD STEVE BANNON FACES UP TO TWO
YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON WHEN HE
SENTENCED EACH COUNT WOULD CARRY
A MINIMUM SENTENCE OF 30 DAYS IN
JAIL. NOW TO THE WEEKEND
FORECAST IS GOING TO BE A HOT
ONE. AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT
THE END OF OUR ART FAIR AND HEAT
ISN’T THE ONLY THING WILL BE
DEALING WITH. THERE ARE MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF RAIN AND STORMS IN THE
FORECAST. ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE
ARTISTS HAVING TO RUSH TO GET
EVERYTHING COVERED UP WHEN THE
RAIN COMES ALONG. HEY, BRETT,
WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO DODGE A FEW
DROPS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
NOT GOING TO BE AN ALL WEEKEND
WASHOUT TYPE EVENT, BUT EACH DAY
A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MAYBE A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE MEANTIME,
REALLY NICE THIS EVENING. YES IT
IS HOT UPPER EIGHTIES TO NEAR 90
. BUT THE HUMIDITY IS WAY DOWN.
DO POINTS ARE IN THE FIFTIES.
FOR THE MOST PART ANYTIME IT’S
BASICALLY 60 OR BELOW, IT FEELS
MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. THESE
NUMBERS WERE IN THE SEVENTIES.
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHEN
WE HAD HEAT INDEX VALUES. TRIPLE
DIGITS, SO A GOOD DEAL OF
DIFFERENCE IN HOW IT FEELS NOW
GOING FORWARD THIS EVENING. ALL
THIS QUIET AS WE FALL FROM THE
EIGHTIES INTO THE SEVENTIES, BUT
AGAIN BOTH DAYS THIS WEEKEND
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY WITHOUT THE HIGHER
IMPACTS COMING ON SUNDAY, COULD
BE A GOOD DOSE OF RATE AS WELL.
BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS. SOME SPOTS
MACY OVER AN INCH. WILL DIE
FURTHER INTO HOW MUCH RAIN YOU
CAN EXPECT AND THE SEVERE
THREATS COMING UP IN JUST A BIT
TODAY. THE ACCUSED IN THE OXFORD
SCHOOL SHOOTING APPEARED BEFORE
A JUDGE OVER VIDEO LINK FROM THE
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL, IS ACCUSED
OF KILLING FOR STUDENTS AT
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL LAST NOVEMBER
. HE HAS BEEN IN THE ADULT LOCK
UP EVER SINCE TODAY’S HEARING
DETERMINED IF HE SHOULD STAY
THERE OR BE ALLOWED TO GO TO
JUVENILE DETENTION. SHAWN LEY IS
FOLLOWING TODAY’S HEARING. SEAN,
THIS DIDN’T LAST LONG. GOOD
EVENING, KAREN. IT LASTED ABOUT
TWO MINUTES. THAT’S ALL IT TOOK
FOR A JUDGE TO DECIDE TO KEEP
THE ACCUSED SHOOTER RIGHT WHERE
HE IS THE SAME JAIL WHERE HIS
PARENTS ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF
GOOD MORNING, MR CRUMBLY. CAN
YOU HEAR US? OKAY SIR, AS I CAN
OKAY WITH THE PROCEEDING VIA
ZOOM THIS MORNING. YES I DO.
ACCUSED OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHOOTER, MAKING HIS MONTHLY
COURT APPEARANCE VIA ZOOM FROM
THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL. BY LAW
. THIS REVIEW MUST BE HELD EACH
AND EVERY MONTH. TODAY’S EATING
TIMES SIT FOR A REVIEW HEARING
UNDER THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT, AS
ALL COME TO OUR WHERE WE ARE TO
CONDUCT THIS HEARING EVERY 30
DAYS AS IT RELATES TO THE
DEFENDANT’S PLACEMENT AND ADULT
FACILITY. TO WIT, THE OAKLAND
COUNTY JAIL PROSECUTORS, THE
ACCUSED SHOOTER’S LAWYERS ARE
ASKED IF THERE’S ANY NEW
EVIDENCE WHY HE SHOULD REMAIN IN
ADULT JAIL OR BE MOVED TO A
JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY.
DURING THIS REVIEW ALL SIDES
AGAIN AGREEING THAT HE WILL
REMAIN IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY
JAIL. THIS IS WHERE HE HAS BEEN
GIVEN AN IPAD TO CONTINUE HIS
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION BY LAW,
THE ACCUSED PARENTS, JAMES AND
JENNIFER CRUMLEY, ARE BEING HELD
IN THE SAME ADULT JAIL. THEY’RE
ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT. VERY
MANSLAUGHTER. PROSECUTORS SAY
THEY PROVIDED THE GUN USED IN
THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING.
AT A HEARING JUST WEEKS AGO A
JUDGING THEIR CASE RULING THAT
THEIR SONS JOURNAL ENTRIES LIKE
THIS ONE TO THE GUN AMMO. I WANT
TO HELP MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN
TO ME SO I CAN’T GET ANY HELP. I
HAVE ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL
PROBLEMS AND IT’S CAUSING ME TO
SHOOT. SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. MY
PARENTS WON’T DECISION ABOUT
HEALTH OR THERAPIST UNQUOTE
THOUSANDS OF THEIR SONS. TEXT
MESSAGES ARE ADMISSIBLE AS
EVIDENCE IN THEIR TRIAL. JAMES
AND JENNIFER CRUMBLING NOW
ASKING A COURT OF APPEALS TO
TOSS THEIR CASE, ARGUING, IN
PART, THE JUDGE HAS MADE A
MISTAKE BY ALLOWING THAT
EVIDENCE IN BACK HERE LIVE. WE
FOLLOW THE ACCUSED SHOOTER’S
MONTHLY HEARINGS VERY CLOSELY.
THE NEXT ONE IS SET UP FOR NEXT
MONTH WILL HAVE THE DECISION FOR
YOU WHETHER OR NOT HE STAYS PUT
AT THE SAME TIME. HIS TRIAL HAS
BEEN PUSHED BACK TO JANUARY OF
NEXT YEAR. KAREN ALRIGHT, WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SEAN.
LAST NIGHT’S BOMBSHELL. JANUARY
6TH HEARING, GARNERING A LOT OF
REACTION IN WASHINGTON AND
ACROSS AMERICA. REVELATIONS OF
DONALD TRUMP’S CONDUCT DURING
THE INSURRECTION HAVE SOME
WONDERING WHAT COMES NEXT. SUSAN
MCGINNIS WITH THE LATEST FROM
WASHINGTON, SUSAN NEXT STEPS FOR
THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE. MORE
HEARINGS COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER
AND ONE BIG QUESTION NOW WHAT
OUR NEXT STEPS FOR THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT. WHEN I STARTED FROM
WHITE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE
CONCLUDING IN ITS FINAL SUMMER
HEARING, DONALD TRUMP WAS
DERELICT IN HIS DUTIES WHEN HE
REFUSED TO STOP A MOB FROM
TERRORIZING THE CAPITAL, A MOB
HE INCITED. PATRIOTS THE
EVIDENCE PRESENTED HAS ALL EYES
TURNING TO THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS HELL HOPE THAT
MERRICK GARLAND HAS AN OPEN
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO
DONALD TRUMP, SOME SAY PROVING
GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
IS TOO STEEP TO CLIMB FOR
PROSECUTORS. OTHERS SAY THE LAW
IS CLEAR. LONGER THERE IS A
FEDERAL CRIMINAL STATUTE
CRIMINALIZES AN INSURRECTION AS
WELL AS CRIMINALIZING INCITING.
AN INSURRECTION. CONCLUSION
REACHED AFTER TRUMP MADE NO
ATTEMPT TO CALL FOR HELP THAT
DAY, GOING ON ON THE CAPITAL OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
NOTHING. NO CALL NOTHING.
AMERICANS REACTION REVEALING THE
STARK NATIONAL DIVIDE. HE
INCITED THE RIOT. I THINK THAT
THERE ARE SOME CHARGES THAT THEY
COULD YOU KNOW THAT CAN STICK ON
HIM. I DON’T THINK IT’S A BIG
DEAL. I MEAN, A BUNCH OF
PROTESTERS MARCHED INTO THE
CAPITAL AND TAKE SELFIES
STRIKING MANY AS A PIVOTAL
MOMENT THE PRESIDENT TAPING AN
ADDRESS TO THE NATION THE DAY
AFTER THE ATTACK. THIS ELECTION
IS NOW OVER. CONGRESS HAS
CERTIFIED THE RESULTS. I DON’T
WANT TO SAY THE ELECTION’S OVER
PRESIDENT REFUSING TO ADMIT HIS
LOSS AND ASSERTION THAT PERSISTS
TO THIS DAY. A NEW POLL FINDS
ABOUT HALF OF AMERICANS SURVEYED
THINK DONALD TRUMP SHOULD FACE
CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR HIS ROLE IN
THE INSURRECTION AND ABOUT A
QUARTER THINK HE WILL IN
WASHINGTON. SUSAN MCGINNIS FOUR
LOCAL ALL RIGHT. WELL, TONIGHT
YOUR LIFE COULD PERHAPS CHANGED
FOREVER. THE NEXT ROUND OF THE
MEGA MILLIONS. JACKPOT JACKPOT
HAS NOW GROWN TO AN ESTIMATED
$660 MILLION THAT IS THE NINTH
LARGEST GRAND PRIZE EVER. AND
THAT’S ACCORDING TO LOTTERY
OFFICIALS. NOW THE ODDS OF
WINNING THE MEGA MILLIONS
JACKPOT ARE ONE NEARLY 302
MILLION. BUT THERE’S A CHANCE
THERE IS STILL TIME TO BUY YOUR
TICKET. AND OF COURSE, WE WILL
HAVE WINNING NUMBERS TONIGHT.
RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11
. THERE ARE SOME WHO WILL HOPE
THAT NO ONE WINS BECAUSE THEN IT
KEEPS GETTING BIGGER OVER GOING
AND GOING. I’M EXCITED ABOUT
TONIGHT. YES YOU SEE THE TWEET
EARLIER TODAY I WAS TIRED.
RETWEETED DID TO ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS MUSICIANS TO COME OUT OF
DETROIT IS BACK HOME TONIGHT.
LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT LITTLE
CAESARS ARENA WHERE GRAMMY AWARD
WINNING SONGSTRESS ANITA BAKER
IS SET TO TAKE THE STAGE BORN IN
TOLEDO. BUT RAISED. OF COURSE,
RIGHT HERE IN DETROIT, AND
TONIGHT WILL BE HER FIRST TIME
PERFORMING IN METRO DETROIT
SINCE AN APPEARANCE AT PINE KNOB
IN 2010. SO IT’S BEEN 12 YEARS
IN THE MAKING AND FABULOUS TO
HAVE ANITA BAKER BACK SEEN
WELCOME BACK HOME MUCH MORE TO
COME HERE AT FIVE. LET’S CHECK
IN WITH HANK. UNEMPLOYMENT SCAMS
ARE GROWING, AND INVESTIGATORS
ARE MOVING IN TO PURSUE. YOU
KNOW WHERE WE SEE THESE BAD
ACTORS. TONIGHT YOU’LL LEARN HOW
INVESTIGATORS BROKE OPEN A MULTI
MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD CASE. HELP
ME HANG COMING UP. THE HEAT IS
HITTING REALLY HARD, AND LOTS OF
LOCAL DOCTORS ARE NOTICING A
CHANGE IN COVID CASES THIS WEEK
. I’M DR FRANK MCGEORGE AHEAD.
I’LL HAVE THE LATEST ON WHAT’S
GOING AROUND AND THE ILLNESSES
AND ISSUES CAUSING PROBLEMS NEAR
YOU. MICHIGAN HOUSE DEMOCRATS
CALLING FOR A FEDERAL PROBE INTO
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STATEHOUSE
11 REPUBLICANS THEY WANT LOOKED
AT THEIR ROLE IN FAKE ELECTRIC
PLOTS BACK IN 2020 COMING UP. WE