LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. WE HAVE OFTEN SEEN NEIGHBORS
UNITE AGAINST BLIGHT. BUT IN
THIS CASE, IT SEEMS SOMEONE HAS
BEEN PUTTING OUT THE WELCOME MAT
ENCOURAGING. ILLEGAL DUMPING OFF
THE TOP OF OUR NEWS TONIGHT AT
SIX. HELP ME. HANK HAS WORKED
WITH THE CITY FOR YEARS TO TRY
TO CLEAN UP BLIGHT AND AT THE
SAME TIME TRACKED DOWN THE
ILLEGAL DUMPERS TONIGHT.
TONIGHT’S CASE HAS AN UNUSUAL
TWIST, LEADING POLICE TO LAUNCH
AN INVESTIGATION. DETROIT’S
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER, LIVE ON THE WEST
SIDE. AND SO, HANK, WHAT HAVE
YOU LEARNED? KIMBERLY DE’VEON
HAD TO TELL YOU WHAT? I’VE NEVER
HEARD OF A SITUATION LIKE THIS
ONE BEFORE YOU SAID IT THERE AT
THE TOP OF THE NEWSCAST.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SOMEBODY
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAY HAVE
PLACED AN AD SAYING YOU CAN COME
HERE DUMP ON THIS LOT. YOU PAY
ME. THE PROBLEM IS HE DOESN’T
OWN THE PROPERTY. IT’S CITY
OWNED THE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT THIS
PROPERTY AND ANOTHER IN THE CITY
HAD BEEN CLEANED UP. TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS HUGE MESS IN THIS WEST
SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW SEE IT
FROM UP ABOVE, WITH THE HELP OF
DRONE. FOUR PEOPLE HERE TELL ME,
THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH. I MEAN,
IT’S TAKEN US OVER SEVEN. ALMOST
10 YEARS. WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FOR A LONG TIME TODAY.
CREWS FROM THE CITY CLEANING IT
ALL UP. THIS AFTER CYNTHIA WELLS
IN HER NEIGHBORS CALLED HELP ME
, HANK TO INVESTIGATE
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. WE’VE
BEEN DOING A LOT OF STUFF TRYING
TO GET THIS STUFF CLEANED UP.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? SEEN THIS
CLEANED UP? YOU KNOW WHAT? I
FEEL WONDERFUL. WE GOT ALL KINDS
OF, UM, RACCOON AND PASS SOME
AND ALL THAT AND THEN COMING
BACK, BIGGER POOL. NOW, HERE’S
WHAT’S REALLY INTERESTING AND
DISTURBING THE REAL TWIST IN
THIS ONE. WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD
BY INVESTIGATORS AS THEY BELIEVE
SOMEONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN CHARGED. IN PEOPLE
ALLOWING THEM TO ILLEGALLY
DUMPED HERE. WELL NOW POLICE ARE
WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE. BUT THERE IS A
RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT IS ACTUALLY PROFITING. FROM
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. THIS IS THE
WORD THAT CAME FROM THE, UM THE
ILLEGAL DUMPER. RAYMOND SCOTT IS
WITH THE CITY OF DETROIT. THIS
IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST
BIZARRE DUMPING SCENARIOS I’VE
EVER HEARD OF. TRUE TRUE, I
MEAN, IT’S NOT USUAL. AH IT IS
BIZARRE. I AGREE WITH YOU ON
THAT. YES ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANOTHER BIG MESS WE’RE TACKLING
TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN SITTING
HERE FOR WEEKS ON BURLINGAME ON
THE WEST SIDE. AND TODAY IT IS
ALL BEING CLEANED UP ONCE AND
FOR ALL. BACK OUT HERE LIVE
TONIGHT. NOW. INVESTIGATORS DO
BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHO’S
RESPONSIBLE FOR CHARGING PEOPLE
TO COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND ILLEGALLY DUMPED OR
CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS. RIGHT NOW
THEY’RE MOVING THIS
INVESTIGATION FORWARD, AND THEY
WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
ILLEGALLY DUMPING IN THE CITY
AND CHARGING PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY
DUMP IT IS A CRIME. WE’RE
TALKING BIG FINES AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF EVEN JAIL TIME.
WE’RE LIVE HERE TONIGHT ON THE
WEST SIDE. HANK WINCHESTER. HELP
ME HANK LOCAL 4 HANK. THANKS.
PROSECUTORS HAVE FILED CHARGES
IN THE DEATH OF AN 18 YEAR OLD
FROM GRAND BLANK, WHO WAS KILLED
IN DETROIT. THE BODIES OF JACOB
HILLS WAS FOUND IN THE BASEMENT
OF A HOME ON WEST WARREN BACK ON
JULY 25TH. COUNTY PROSECUTOR KIM
WORTHY IS ANNOUNCED CHARGES
AGAINST 23 YEAR OLD AVION
SANDERS OF WESTLAND WORTHY SAYS
SANDERS AND HILLS MET AT A PARTY
IN DETROIT HILLS HAD BROUGHT
WITH HIM HIS NEW A R 15. THE TWO
LATER DROVE TO THE WEST WARREN
HOME AND THEIR INVESTIGATORS SAY
SANDERS KILLED THE TEENAGER AND
STOLE THE RIFLE. SANDERS SHOULD
BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW. TONIGHT
THE C D. C ANNOUNCING REVISED
COVID 19 GUIDELINES, ACCORDING
TO THE CDC. IT’S LIFTING THE
RECOMMENDATION TO QUARANTINE IF
YOU COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH
AN INFECTED PERSON, THE CDC SAYS
PEOPLE NO LONGER NEED TO STAY AT
LEAST SIX FT AWAY FROM OTHERS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS, THE
CDC DROPPED A TEST TO STAY
RECOMMENDATION, WHICH SAID
EXPOSED STUDENTS COULD REGULARLY
TEST INSTEAD OF QUARANTINE TO
ATTEND SCHOOL. FIGHT BETWEEN
CLEANERS ENDS UP WITH ONE,
KILLING THE OTHER AT THE GENERAL
MOTORS ORIENT ASSEMBLY PLANT 49
YEAR OLD GREG ROBERTSON DIED AT
THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER DEPUTIES
ARRIVE TO FIND HIM UNCONSCIOUS
AND BLEEDING. ROBERTSON WORKED
FOR A THIRD PARTY CLEANING CREW
CONTRACTED BY GENERAL MOTORS.
GREG’S WIFE, COLETTE TOLD LOCAL
4 HE’S HAD SOME MINOR ISSUES,
BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. HE’S HAD
SOME PROBLEMS AND WHO HASN’T YOU
KNOW, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, HE
WAS A GOOD GUY. HE’S DONE SOME
BAD THINGS. UM HE PAID THE PRICE
FOR IT IN HE’S BEEN HOME THE
LAST TWO YEARS, AND HE’S BEEN
DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB. 48 YEAR
OLD MAN IS IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY
JAIL. MURDER CHARGES COULD COME
AS SOON AS TOMORROW. AS FOR THE
PLANT, IT DID SIT IDLE TODAY. IT
SHOULD REOPEN IN THE MORNING.
HEARTBREAKING IMAGES OF DOGS
ABANDONED BY A ROADSIDE, ONE OF
THEM INSIDE A CAGE COVERED WITH
WOUNDS, THE OTHER TIED UP BOTH
LEFT TO DIE UNLESS THE RIGHT
PERSON CAME ALONG AND DECIDED TO
HELP. THIS IS JUST ONE UNIQUE
CASE. BUT AS OUR VICTOR WILLIAMS
REPORTS, RESCUE GROUPS SEE IT AS
PART OF A LARGER TREND THAT
NEEDS ATTENTION. IT’S HARD TO
BELIEVE THE CONDITION IN WHICH
THESE DOGS WERE FOUND. THEY WERE
ABANDONED AND LEFT TO DIE RIGHT
HERE ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT THE
RESCUE GROUP THAT FOUND THEM
SAYS IT’S NOT THAT SURPRISING.
AFTER ALL HIGH IT’S OKAY. WE GOT
A CALL FROM AN OFFICER THAT SAID
THERE WAS TWO DOGS THAT NEEDED
RESCUING. WE RUSHED OVER AND
WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO
TO HELP WITH REBEL DOGS. DETROIT
INSISTING IT’S A MIRACLE THEY
WERE ABLE TO RESCUE A PAIR OF
DOGS. NOW NAMED CROP TOP AND
BUFFALO. ONE OF THEM WAS IN A
CRATE. AH AND THE OTHER ONE WAS
TIED UP NEXT TO THE CRATE. THE
ONE THAT WAS IN THE CREATE WAS
BARKING, VERY REACTIVE, VERY
SCARED, AND HE HAD LESIONS AND
WOUNDS ALL OVER HIS BODY AND
BUFFALO SKIN, AND HE’S COVERED
WITH SORES AND ELBOW GROWTH ON
HIS ARM. HIS BUDDY CROP TOPS
STAYED BY HIS SIDE. THE ENTIRE
TIME TAP IS JUST AS FRIENDLY AS
AS CAN BE CROP TOP IN BUFFALO
JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER THEIR
TREATMENT, BOYD I KNOW IT’S KIND
OF SCARY. IT’S OKAY. THIS IS ONE
OF THE MANY EXAMPLES OF DOGS
BEING ABANDONED VERSUS WHAT
HAPPENED DURING THE INITIAL
OUTBREAK OF COVID 19 FINDING
THAT, UM AS A RESCUE AT THE
BEGINNING OF COVID, WE SAW HUGE
INFLUX OF PEOPLE WANTING TO
ADOPT DOGS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
WE WERE ABLE TO RESCUE AND ADOPT
SO QUICKLY NOW WE’RE GETTING WAY
MORE CALLS ABOUT DOGS THAT ARE
FOUND DOGS THAT PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO SURRENDER, AND WE’RE
NOT ABLE TO HELP BECAUSE
APPLICATIONS FOR ADOPTION AND
FOSTERING JUST AREN’T COMING IN
AT THE SAME SPEED. DESPITE THE
HARSH NUMBERS, REBEL DOGS IS
DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP
OPENING UP THEIR OWN SHELTER ON
THE WEST SIDE. BUT EVEN THERE,
RESCUES CAN BE IN JEOPARDY OF
COMING TO A STANDSTILL. IF MORE
PEOPLE DON’T FOSTER, REGARDLESS
OF THAT THEY STILL WANT THE CITY
TO DO MORE ABOUT THE STRAYS ON
THE STREET. THERE AREN’T A LOT
OF RESOURCES FOR SURRENDERING
DOGS IN NEED, ESPECIALLY DOGS IN
NEED OF MEDICAL CARE WITHIN THE
CITY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF
PEOPLE RESORT TO DUMPING THEM IN
A MYRIAD OF CREATIVE OR NOT
CREATIVE WAYS. WELL, IT WAS A
BEAUTIFUL ENDING TO AT LEAST
THIS STORY. BUT ONCE AGAIN REBEL
DOGS DETROIT IS LOOKING FOR ANY
TYPE OF FOSTER’S OUT THERE
WILLING TO APPLY. SO IF YOU DO
MEET THAT CRITERIA HEAD OVER TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM, AS WELL AS
REBEL DOGS, DETROIT DOT COM FOR
INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN MAKE
A HUGE DIFFERENCE. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL ORGANIZATION.
OKAY VICTOR, THANKS. INVASIVE
INSECT HAS BEEN DETECTED IN
MICHIGAN FOR THE FIRST TIME,
STATE AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS SAY
A SMALL POPULATION OF SPOTTED
LANTERN FLY HAS BEEN FOUND IN
PONTIAC. THERE’S CONCERN THE
INSECT COULD HURT MICHIGAN’S
GRAPE INDUSTRY BECAUSE IT FEEDS
ON GRAPES BUT ALSO A VARIETY OF
TREES. THE SPOTTED LANTERN FLY
LEAVES A STICKY LIQUID, WHICH
THEN TURNS INTO A MOLD AND THAT
MOLD CAN THEN DISCOLOR. AND OR
KILL PLANTS. THE INSECTS SPREAD
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS
OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 2014
NOW MADE ITS WAY TO US. IT MOVES
PRETTY EASILY ON THINGS LIKE
FIREWOOD, TIRES. CAMPERS HERE’S
WHAT THE D N R. SAYS YOU CAN DO
ROUTINELY CHECK YOUR VEHICLE FOR
LANTERN FLIES OR INSECT EGGS.
ALWAYS PARK YOUR VEHICLE WITH
THE WINDOWS CLOSED, REMOVE AND
DESTROY PESTS AROUND YOUR HOME
OR WORKPLACE WHEN YOU FIND THEM
ALSO REMOVE POTENTIAL HOST TREES
. IN THIS CASE, THE UINTAS, ALSO
KNOWN AS THE TREE OF HEAVEN, AND
REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS OF THIS
CRITTER TO THE D N R. PHOTOS ARE
BEST THOSE CAN BE BE SUBMITTED
THROUGH THE EYES IN THE FIELD
PAGE, WHICH IS ON THE MICHIGAN
DNA. OUR WEBSITE IT’S BEEN A
BUSY WEEK AT LOCAL DOCTOR’S
OFFICES AND HOSPITALS AS COVID
CASES CONTINUE TO TAKE UP AND A
NEW CONCERN HAS MORE PEOPLE
SEEKING HELP. ALSO MORE PEOPLE
GETTING STUNG, AND THAT’S ABOUT
TO GET WORSE. DR. FRANK MCGEORGE
HERE LIVE WITH HIS WEEKLY LOOK
AT WHAT’S GOING AROUND, FRANK.
DOCUMENT EVAN, MANY DOCTORS ARE
GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT MONKEY
POX AND SEEING PATIENTS WORRIED
ABOUT VARIOUS RASHES. BUT FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN OUR WEEKLY
REPORTS, WE’RE HEARING ABOUT
MULTIPLE PEOPLE ACTUALLY TESTING
POSITIVE, AND THAT’S JUST ONE
CONCERN THIS WEEK. HERE’S WHAT’S
GOING AROUND WHERE YOU LIVE. IN
WAYNE COUNTY, HENRY FORD HEALTH,
SAME DAY CLINICS ARE SEEING AN
UPTICK IN COVID PATIENTS, PLUS
SOME STREP THROAT AND AN
INCREASE IN BUG BITES AND BEE
STINGS. TRINITY ST MARY MERCY.
LIVONIA ALSO REPORTS MORE BITES
AND STINGS. THIS WEEK. THE CVS
MINI CLINICS ARE SEEING COVID
VIRAL CROUP AND SEASONAL
ALLERGIES. MOVING OAKLAND COUNTY
TRINITY SAINT JOSEPH MERCY
OAKLAND IS SEEING AN INCREASE IN
COVID, DR. STEPHEN MCGRAW
ASCENSION. PROVIDENCE ALSO
REPORTS A NUMBER OF MILD COVID
CASES AND CHILDREN SUFFERING
FROM ASTHMA FLARE UPS. THE CVS
MINUTECLINIC, SIR. TREATING
COVID ALLERGIC RASHES AND SINUS
INFECTIONS LOOKING AT WASHINGTON
COUNTY, MICHIGAN MEDICINE IS
REPORTING COVID CASES IN ALL
AGES IN CHILDREN. DOCTOR PATIENT
MAHAJAN IS ALSO TREATING STOMACH
VIRUSES, UPPER RESPIRATORY
VIRUSES AND ASTHMA. SOME ADULTS
ARE COMING IN WITH STOMACH
VIRUSES, TOO, BUT NOT AT THE
SAME LEVEL, AS IN KIDS HEADING
HIM. MOREAU COUNTY YOUR DOCTORS
AT PRO MEDICAL MINERAL REGIONAL,
SAY COVID CONTINUES TO INCREASE
THEIR ALSO TREATING A NUMBER OF
GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESSES OVER
TO MACOMB COUNTY, DR JOSEPH
FLYNN IN THE ER MCLAREN MCCOMB
HAS SEEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE TESTING
POSITIVE FOR MONKEYPOX, THOUGH
FEW REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION.
HENRY FORD STERLING HEIGHTS IS
SEEING SOME COVID AND AN
UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF STREP
THROAT. THE CVS MINUTECLINIC
REPORTS, STREP COUNCIL ITIS YOUR
INFECTIONS AND POISON IVY.
FINALLY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY
DOCTORS ARE SEEING SOME COVID
CASES THERE, TOO, AND TRINITY,
SAINT JOSEPH MERCY. LIVINGSTON
AND TRINITY BRIGHTON ARE BOTH
REPORTING AN INCREASE IN B
STINGS AND BEE STING REACTIONS.
NOW A WORD OF WARNING HORNETS,
WASPS AND YELLOW JACKETS ALL
TEND TO BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE
THIS TIME OF YEAR AS THEY LEAVE
THEIR HIVES THERE REALLY
EXTREMELY HUNGRY AND THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR SWEETS AND PROTEINS
THAT TENDS TO DRAW THEM TO
BARBECUES AND GARBAGE CANS, SO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP FOOD
DRINKS AND TRASH COVERED BECAUSE
THAT CAN HELP MAKE THEM LESS