LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A LOCAL JUDGE GETS A WARNING
OVER THE WAY SHE SPOKE TO A
CANCER PATIENT ABOUT THE WEEDS
ON HIS PROPERTY. JUDGE ALEXIS
CROSS WON’T BE LOSING HER JOB,
BUT THE JUDICIAL TENURE
COMMISSION SAYS SHE HUMILIATED A
72 YEAR OLD HAMTRAMCK MAN DURING
A JANUARY HEARING, TOLD THE MAN
HE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MYSELF
FOR THE OVERGROWN WEEDS AND THAT
SHE’D GIVE HIM JAIL TIME IF SHE
COULD. IN A LETTER TO CROP, THE
COMMISSION WROTE. THAT THREAT
WAS PARTICULARLY INAPPROPRIATE.
VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE WITH MORE,
INCLUDING REACTION FROM THE
FAMILY. THEY FOUND THEMSELVES AT
THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS,
VICTOR. YES DEVON AND KIMBERLY.
WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO A FAMILY
MEMBER WHO WAS ABLE TO WALK US
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED DURING
THAT HEARING BACK IN JANUARY.
BUT JUST LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE SAID
IT’S NOW A HIGHER POWER THAT’S
SAYING THE JUDGE WAS OUT OF
LINE. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
YOURSELF, ALRIGHT, GIVE YOU JAIL
TIME ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE A
LITTLE BIT RUDE ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT’S PUTTING IT LIGHTLY.
SHABIR SHAGARI SAYS HE COULDN’T
BELIEVE HE WAS THERE TO SEE
JUDGE ALEXIS CRUNCH VIRTUALLY
LASHING OUT AT HIS FATHER,
BURHAM THAT’S BATTLING CANCER
DURING THE HEARING ABOUT
OVERGROWN WEEDS. I AM VERY THICK
MAN. SHAME SHAMEFUL. NEIGHBORS
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
I DON’T KNOW. MAYBE SHE WAS
HAVING SOME BAD DAY OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY
SHE DID THAT TO US. SAYS HE HAD
TO GO TO BANGLADESH, LEAVING HIS
73 YEAR OLD FATHER ALONE FOR
THREE MONTHS BECAUSE OF THAT
REASON HE WASN’T ABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
PROPERTY. NORMALLY, HE IS HAVING
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING. HE
CAN’T EVEN LIFT. STOP EVEN, YOU
KNOW, IT’S VERY DIFFICULT FOR
HIM TO BEND AS WELL. IF HE DOES
ANY KIND OF STUFF FOR MAYBE HALF
HOUR, MAYBE ONE HOUR, HE HAS TO
LAY IN THE BED FOR 33 DAYS, THE
JUDICIAL COMMISSION IS NOW
SAYING THAT JUDGE CROCKETT
VIOLATED THE MICHIGAN CODE OF
JUDICIAL CONDUCT WITH HER
DEMEANOR. EVEN CITING THE SENIOR
WITH $100 FINE, BUT THOSE WHO
ARE WATCHING THE LONG MADE SURE
HE WAS OKAY. THE INTERESTING
THING IS I WENT TO PAY $100. BUT
I HEARD THAT SOMEBODY ALREADY
PAID BY PHONE. YOU KNOW, THE
COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS LIKE
OVERWHELMING. AND ONCE AGAIN,
THAT COMPLAINT HAS NOW BEEN
DISMISSED. THE JUDGE DID MAKE
SOME TYPE OF STATEMENT
APOLOGIZING TO THE COMMUNITY BUT
SHOULD BE A IS SAYING AT THIS
POINT IN TIME, HIS FAMILY HAS
YET TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM HER
DIRECTLY. AND HAMTRAMCK TONIGHT
. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL FORM
VICTOR OKAY. UPDATING YOU ON
NOW. SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
WEEKS. UM WHERE OFFICIALS ARE
WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF
PART OF THE HURON RIVER DUE TO A
CHEMICAL SPILL. THE WARNING FROM
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND
ENERGY WAS ISSUED LIKE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT STATES. BOTH
PEOPLE AND PETS SHOULD AVOID
CONTACT WITH THE RIVER BETWEEN
WIXOM ROAD IN OAKLAND COUNTY.
AND KENSINGTON ROAD IN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, THE COMPANY
TRIBE. OUR MANUFACTURING SAYS IT
DISCOVERED THE CHEMICAL RELEASE
MONDAY. OFFICIALS THOUGH, SAY
THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
DRINKING WATER. LESS THAN TWO
HOURS NOW, THE CLOSING OF THE
POLLS ACROSS MOST OF MICHIGAN IN
THE PRIMARY ELECTION AMONG THE
RACES, WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE
EYE OVER TONIGHT, THE
REPUBLICANS FIGHTING FOR THE
CHANCE TO CHALLENGE GOVERNOR
WHITMER FOR THE STATE’S TOP
ELECTED POSITION. LEADING
CONTENDERS INCLUDE TUTOR DIXON,
GARRETT SOLDANO, KEVIN RINKY,
RYAN KELLY AND RALPH ORBAN.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO PUNCHES
PULLED IN THE POLITICAL ADS
BETWEEN TWO DEMOCRATS, TWO
INCUMBENTS FOR THAT MATTER, AND
11 AND HALEY STEVENS IN THE U.
S. HOUSE RACE IN MICHIGAN’S NOW
HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC 11TH DISTRICT
AND IN THE 13TH SO MUCH TO WATCH
BECAUSE THERE ARE NINE
CANDIDATES VYING FOR US HOUSE
SPOT, INCLUDING SOME VERY
FAMILIAR NAMES AS HE DOES EVERY
ELECTION. THEY HELP ME. HANK’S
BEEN TRACKING IN THE ISSUES THAT
MIGHT THAT MIGHT POP UP AT THE
POLLS IN TERMS OF PEOPLE BEING
ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO
VOTE. LET’S GET TO HANK NOW FROM
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. ANY ISSUES
SINCE WE LAST SPOKE TO YOU AT
FIVE. HANK. YEAH AND DEVIN, THE
GOOD NEWS IS NO. WE WERE AT A
DIFFERENT LOCATION AT FIVE.
WE’RE HERE NOW IN SIX JUST OFF
LIVERNIOS. AND THINGS ARE MOVING
. WELL IN FACT, THE GOOD NEWS
RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE’VE SEEN AN
UPTAKE AND PEOPLE MAKING THEIR
WAY INTO BOAT AFTER THEY LEFT
WORK AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
SAYING THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR
HER TODAY MISINFORMATION. AT
THIS PRECINCT TODAY ON THE
CITY’S WEST SIDE, DETROITERS
SHOWING UP MAKING SURE THEIR
VOICES ARE HEARD BECAUSE IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR YOUR VOTE. YOU
KNOW, WE NEED TO COUNT, YOU
KNOW, AND IF WE ARE NOT HERE
THEN WE WON’T HAVE NOTHING TO
SAY ABOUT NOTHING THAT GOES ON.
ALSO TODAY AT THIS LOCATION,
CHECKING IN TO SEE HOW THINGS
ARE GOING MICHIGANNATIVE, ALSO
MICHIGAN’S ATTORNEY GENERAL,
BOTH CONCERNED ABOUT
MISINFORMATION PREPARED FOR
ANYTHING TODAY, BUT WE DO, I
WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES
COUNTERING THE MISINFORMATION
THAT RANGES FROM EVERYTHING FROM
WHERE DO I VOTE TO? HOW DO I
VOTE TO IS MY VOTE GET ACCOUNT?
ATTORNEY GENERAL NESTLE SAYS
THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING
MISINFORMATION NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD FACE
SEVERE PENALTIES. I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT
INTENTIONALLY DISTRIBUTING
MISINFORMATION OR DISINFORMATION
ABOUT AN ELECTION IF IT CAUSES A
PERSON TO BE DETERRED FROM
VOTING IS ACTUALLY A CRIME AND
WE’VE CHARGED BEFORE IN 2020.
ACTUALLY WE CHARGE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WITH THAT. AND MOST OF
THAT MISINFORMATION WILL THAT IS
ONLINE. I WANNA REMIND YOU OF
THE POLLS STAY OPEN TONIGHT
UNTIL EIGHT O’CLOCK, AND IF YOU
HAVE ANY ISSUES AT ANY POLLING
LOCATION THROUGHOUT METRO
DETROIT, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
DIRECTLY. WE ARE IN CONSTANT
CONTACT WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATE AND ALSO ALL THE COUNTY
CLERK. SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM,
WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS RESOLVED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO YOUR
VOICE CAN BE HEARD ON THIS VERY
IMPORTANT DAY. WE’RE LIVE ON THE
WEST SIDE. HANK WINCHESTER. HELP
ME HANK LOCAL 4. WATCH THOSE
ISSUES ALL NIGHT. ALL RIGHT,
HANK. BE SURE TO JOIN ME
TONIGHT, STARTING OCLOCK ON
LOCAL 4 PLUS JOINED BY OUR
POLLSTER RICHARD SHUBA, AND
OTHER ELECTION EXPERTS WILL
BREAK DOWN THE RESULTS AS THEY
START COMING IN. TONIGHT EIGHT
PM ON LOCAL 4 PLUS TURNING OUR
ATTENTION NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS
AND CASE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
TICK UP. MICHIGAN REPORTING
20,173 CASES DURING THE LAST
WEEK THAT AVERAGES TO ABOUT 2882
CASES PER DAY. 106 MORE PEOPLE
HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. NICE WARM
DAY, BUT WAIT TILL WHAT’S TO
COME TOMORROW. REALLY GONNA HEAT
UP ON US REALLY IS LET’S CHECK
IN WITH BRETT. SEE HOW WE’RE
DOING, BRETT. IT’S GOING TO BE
TOASTY, THAT’S FOR SURE. ON TOP
OF THAT. STRONG SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LOOKING MORE AND
MORE LIKELY, SO ENJOY THIS WHILE
WE HAVE IT CLEAR SKIES SEVENTIES
IN THE NORTH ZONE MOST EVERYBODY
ELSE IN THE LOW TO MID EIGHTIES.
BUT THE HUMIDITY IS WAY DOWN
RIGHT NOW. SO SOAK IN WHAT WE
GET THIS EVENING BECAUSE IT
WON’T BE AROUND MUCH LONGER
EIGHTIES, FALLING INTO THE
SEVENTIES AND EVENTUALLY SIXTIES
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, JUMP INTO
TOMORROW. IT’S MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON IN THE EVENING THAT
WE’RE EXPECTING THOSE STRONG TO
SEVERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
, AND IT’S HOT, MID NINETIES
FEELING LIKE TRIPLE DIGITS. SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG
TO SEVERE. WE’RE UNDER A SLIGHT
RISK IN PARTS OF THE AREA WILL
TALK, TIMING AND THREATS. ALL
THAT COMING UP HERE IN JUST A
FEW. OKAY, BRETT, THANK YOU HARD
TO BELIEVE THERE’S CONTROVERSY
ABOUT PICKLEBALL BUT ONCE POPPED
UP RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF THREE
COMMUNITIES. IT INVOLVES THE
BIRMINGHAM COUNTRY CLUB, WHICH
IS ACTUALLY IN BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP AND NEIGHBORS ON ITS
SOUTHEAST BORDER IN BIRMINGHAM
AND BEVERLY HILLS. AS
JASON COLTHORPE EXPLAINS, IT ALL
HAS TO DO WITH THE GROWING
POPULARITY OF THE SPORT. WELL,
YOU CAN’T MISS THE SIGNS.
SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS WHO LIVE
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE
BIRMINGHAM COUNTRY CLUB HAVE
THEM IN THEIR YARD. AND
BASICALLY, THEY JUST DON’T WANT
THE CLUB TO EXPAND AND ADD MORE
PICKLEBALL COURTS BECAUSE THAT’S
SPORT. WELL IT’S JUST TOO DARN
LOUD. PICKLEBALL IS ONE OF THE
FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN
AMERICA. RIGHT NOW, IT’S
CATCHING ON WITH PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES. AND AS YOU CAN TELL,
SOMETIMES THE RACKETS CAN MAKE A
RACKET. MORE AND MORE COURTS ARE
BEING DEDICATED TO PICKLE BALL
IN THE AREA, WHICH IS WHAT THE
BIRMINGHAM COUNTRY CLUB WANTS TO
DO. BUT MANY NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET
WITH THE PLAN BECAUSE THEY SAY
THE COURTS WILL BE TOO CLOSE TO
THEIR HOMES. BASICALLY ACROSS
THE STREET, I SPOKE TO SEVERAL
NEIGHBORS OFF CAMERA WHO SHARED
CONCERNS OF PICKLEBALL BEING
LOUDER THAN GOLF AND TENNIS
BEING PLAYED LATE INTO THE NIGHT
WITH PLAYERS WHO ARE BOISTEROUS
HASN’T BOTHERED US AT ALL. BUT
NOT EVERY NEIGHBOR SEES OR HEARS
THE PROBLEM. WE’VE LIVED HERE
FOR 13 YEARS WHEN THE PADDLE
TENNIS COURTS WENT IN YOUR KIND
OF LIKE, OKAY, NOW WE’RE ADDING
TO IT, BUT NOTHING THAT HAS I
HAVEN’T HEARD BEFORE, LET ALONE
WHATEVER IT’S FROM THE GOLF
COURSE FROM THE TENNIS EVEN FROM
THE POOL. SOMETIMES I THINK
YOU’RE JUST JUST KIND OF PART OF
LIVING ACROSS FROM A COUNTRY
CLUB. ACTUALLY MEETING COMING UP
ON THURSDAY NIGHT BETWEEN THESE
NEIGHBORS AND THE COUNTRY CLUB
AND NEIGHBORS ARE HOPEFUL THAT
THEY WILL LISTEN TO THEIR
CONCERNS, AND THEY CAN COME TO
AN AGREEMENT THAT BOTH SIDES ARE
HAPPY WITH JASON COLTHORPE LOCAL
4 JASON. 37 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED
IN KENTUCKY FROM LAST WEEK’S
FLOODING. THAT NUMBER IS
CERTAINLY GOING TO RISE. THE
HEARTBREAKING CONDITIONS ARE
SPARKING A LOT OF GENEROSITY,
THOUGH, AND PEOPLE HERE IN
MICHIGAN DICK AND DON ROSELL
HAVE FRIENDS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
. THEY COULDN’T HELP BUT GET
INVOLVED THERE COLLECTING
ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND DONATIONS
FOR THE FLOOD VICTIMS. PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE
STARTED TO GIVE EVEN THIS TRUCK
WAS DONATED BY LAFONTAINE AND
HIGHLAND. THE GOAL IS TO PACK
THE TRUCK WITH CLEANING SUPPLIES
. NONPERISHABLE FOODS, BABY FOOD
, DIAPERS, FEMININE PRODUCTS,
AND MORE. NEXT THURSDAY, THE
COUPLE WILL DRIVE HUNDREDS OF
MILES TO MAKE THAT DELIVERY.
THEY NEED EVERYTHING. I MEAN
THAT THAT’S A KIND OF A BROAD
TERM, BUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE
GOT OUT OF THE WAY IN THEIR
HOUSES WENT DOWN THE RIVER.
PEOPLE WANT TO HELP. I THINK.
THESE STORIES GET TO PEOPLE’S
HEARTS, AND THEY CAN’T IMAGINE
IF IT WERE THEM. WE’RE BRINGING
A TRUCK. SOME OF THEM CAN’T EVEN
GET OUT OF THEIR TOWN. SO THAT’S
WHY WE’RE WAITING A FEW DAYS SO
WE CAN GET IN A TRICKY PART.
GETTING HELP TO THOSE WHO NEED
IT. THEY ACTUALLY HOPE TO SEND
TWO TRUCKLOADS AND WILL HAVE