PROSECUTORS REVEAL A TROVE OF NEW EVIDENCE IN THE CASE AGAINST THE CRUMBLEYS WORRIED MESSAGES
ON FACEBOOK. WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN
DURING THAT MEETING AT THE
SCHOOL? AND THE ONE THING THE
COUPLE TOOK WITH THEM WHEN THEY
WENT ON THE RUN. PROSECUTORS SAY
THEY TOOK THE RECEIPT SHEET FOR
THE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING AT
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD TO HAVE
YOU WITH US HERE AT FIVE. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN. I’M KIMBERLY
GILL.
>> THAT NEW EVIDENCE WAS
REVEALED IN THIS 30 PLUS PAGE
FILING WITH THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT. SO THE PARENTS ARE ASKING
THE COURT TO THROW OUT THE
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
AGAINST THEM. BUT NOW
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY HAVE EVEN
MORE EVIDENCE THAT THOSE CHARGES
SHOULD STICK. PAMELA OSBORNE HAS
BEEN GOING THROUGH THE FILING
AND SHOWS US HOW THIS COULD
CHANGE THE CASE. THE DEFENSE IS
ARGUED THE CRUMBLEYS COULD NOT
HAVE FORESEEN WHAT THEIR SON
ETHAN WAS ABOUT TO DO. THEY WANT
THE CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST BOTH
PARENTS AND RESPONSE TO THAT
APPEAL TO THE STATE SUPREME
COURT. THE PROSECUTION IS SAYING
, HOLD ON A MINUTE HERE. WE HAVE
MORE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THEY
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AND THAT THEY
SHOULD GO TO TRIAL.
>> WE’RE STARTING TO SEE WHY THE
PROSECUTION CHOSE TO GO TO THAT
NEXT STEP IN NEWLY RELEASED
COURT DOCUMENTS, THE PROSECUTION
DETAILS MORE EVIDENCE, IT SAYS,
SHOWS THE CRUMBLEYS KNEW OF
THEIR SON’S MENTAL DISTRESS.
>> IT POINTS TO FACEBOOK
MESSAGES DATING BACK TO MARCH
8TH, 2021, IN THEM, JENNIFER
CRUMBLEY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT
ETHAN, SAYING SHE WAS, QUOTE,
FREAKING OUT WHEN SHE COULDN’T
REACH HIM AFTER SCHOOL.
PROSECUTORS SAY SHE WAS
FRUSTRATED WITH HUSBAND JAMES
WRITING, QUOTE, I TOLD YOU TO
PICK HIM UP BECAUSE HE’S UPSET
AND I DON’T WANT HIM TO DO
ANYTHING STUPID.
>> THAT RIGHT THERE IS EVIDENCE
OF FORESEEABLE EVIDENCE THAT
THEY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT ETHAN WAS A TICKING TIME
BOMB.
>> WE SPOKE WITH CRIMINAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY NEIL ROCKIND,
WHO ISN’T CONNECTED TO THE CASE
BUT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING IT
CLOSELY.
>> AND WHAT THE PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE IS SAYING IS THAT THERE’S
MUCH MORE EVIDENCE.
>> PROSECUTORS ALSO SUBMITTED
MORE EVIDENCE SHOWING THE
CRUMBLEYS KNEW OF THEIR SON’S
PROFICIENCY WITH FIREARMS,
INCLUDING RECEIPTS FOR GUN RANGE
VISITS AND A RECEIPT FOR THE
MURDER WEAPON, WHICH JAMES
CRUMBLEY HAD ON HIM WHEN THEY
WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
>> BUT WHERE THE POLICE FOUND
IT, THAT THEY FOUND IT ON JAMES
CRUMLEY’S PERSON WHEN THEY WERE
SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO BE TURNING
THEMSELVES IN BUT HADN’T YET AND
HAD TO BE ARRESTED OR CAUGHT.
REALLY ADDS AMPLIFICATION AND IT
ADDS SIGNIFICANCE AND IT GIVES
IT SORT OF A SINISTER FEEL.
>> THE PROSECUTION ASKING THE
DEFENSE TO DISMISS THIS APPEAL.
NO WORD ON WHEN A DECISION MAY
BE MADE. I’M PAMELA OSBORNE,
LOCAL 4. WELL, AS FOR THEIR SON,
HE’S SET TO HAVE A KEY HEARING
NEXT MONTH AHEAD OF HIS
SENTENCING. NOW TO NEW
INFORMATION WE’RE LEARNING INTO
A DEADLY SHOOTING IN YPSILANTI.
>> YEAH, THE SHERIFF THERE NOW
TELLS US A 16 YEAR OLD AND A 20
YEAR OLD WERE KILLED. TWO OTHERS
WOUNDED. IT HAPPENED AT A HOME
ON GEORGE PLACE, NOT FAR FROM
MICHIGAN AVENUE AND NORTH
PROSPECT WILL JONES LIVE ON THIS
STORY. AND WILL, YOU’VE BEEN
TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS. DEVIN
AND KIMBERLY.
>> NEIGHBORS SAY TOO MANY YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE SETTLING THEIR
DIFFERENCES WITH GUNS AND SO
MANY LIVES ARE BEING TAKEN. THIS
SHOOTING HITS ONE FAMILY,
ESPECIALLY HARD. THREE OF THOSE
SHOT YESTERDAY ARE BROTHERS IN.
INVESTIGATORS BACK ON THE SCENE
THIS MORNING OF A QUADRUPLE
SHOOTING ON GEORGE PLACE IN
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, TALKING WITH
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS
WELL AS TAKING PICTURES OF THE
PARKING LOT WHERE IT HAPPENED
AROUND 630 YESTERDAY EVENING.
POLICE SAY FOUR PEOPLE WERE
SITTING IN A VEHICLE WHEN
SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS AT THEM. THE
VICTIMS TOOK OFF IN PERSONAL
VEHICLES TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT
ONE OF THE CARS CRASHED BEFORE
GETTING THERE. AN AMBULANCE TOOK
ONE GUNSHOT VICTIM TO THE
HOSPITAL WHILE A 16 AND 20 YEAR
OLD LATER DIED FROM THEIR
INJURIES. A 14 AND 19 YEAR OLD
REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL. THE
THREE YOUNGEST GUNSHOT VICTIMS
ARE BROTHERS. POLICE ARE STILL
SEARCHING FOR THE SHOOTER. THEY
HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED UP TO
THIS SHOOTING.
>> THE SOLUTION IS YOUNG KIDS
GOT TO STOP CARRYING THESE GUNS
. IT’S NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE
THIS MORNING, THREE, WILSON WAS
LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE TO HER CAR
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING IN FRONT
OF HER HOME WHERE SHE’S LIVED
FOR SEVEN YEARS. THEY DROVE INTO
IT AS THEY WERE TRYING TO LEAVE.
>> I GUESS TRYING TO GET OUT.
WILSON SAYS SHE’S THANKFUL THAT
NO ONE ELSE WAS HIT BY BULLETS.
>> AND I’M GLAD MY GRANDKIDS
WERE NOT HERE BECAUSE USUALLY IN
THE SUMMERTIME AND IT’S HOT,
EVERYBODY BE OUT.
>> SO STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS SHOOTING. POLICE HAVE
NOT SAID IF THEY HAVE ANY LEADS
ON ANY SUSPECTS. WE ARE LIVE.
WILL JONES LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT. WILL
>> FORD MOTOR COMPANY CONFIRMED
TODAY ANOTHER ROUND OF LAYOFFS
WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK. SALARIED
WORKERS IN ALL SECTORS OF THE
COMPANY WILL BE AFFECTED,
INCLUDING IN THE NEW ELECTRIC
DIVISION. THE AUTOMAKER SAYS IT
WILL START WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED
ENGINEERS, BUT MORE CUTS WILL
FOLLOW. FORD IS NOT ALONE,
THOUGH. RECENTLY, GENERAL MOTORS
AND STELLANTIS BEGAN REDUCING
HEADCOUNT BY LAYING OFF SOME
WORKERS AND OFFERING BUYOUTS TO
OTHERS.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEAD
OVER HIS RIVALS IS GROWING AT
THE SAME TIME HIS LEGAL TROUBLES
ARE GROWING AND PILING UP. IN
FACT, TODAY, SEVERAL MAJOR
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TAKING
THEIR MESSAGE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH ALL THE
NOISE. ALICE BARR, THOUGH, IS IN
WASHINGTON WITH DETAILS ON A
NEWLY SURFACED AUDIO RECORDING
OF MR. TRUMP APPEARING TO SPEAK
ABOUT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. ALICE
>> DEVIN, NBC NEWS HAS NOW
OBTAINED AN AUDIO RECORDING
REFERENCED IN THE 37 COUNT
INDICTMENT THAT ACCUSES FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP OF MISHANDLING
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND
MISLEADING INVESTIGATE OTHERS.
REPORTER A BUSY DAY ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS ONCE AGAIN
OVERSHADOW SHOWED BY LEGAL
TROUBLES FOR THE FRONT RUNNER.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> THESE ARE THE PAPERS. IT’S
PRETTY THIS WAS DONE BY THE
MILITARY, GIVEN TO ME AN AUDIO
RECORDING THAT’S EXPECTED TO BE
USED AS EVIDENCE REVEALING MR.
TRUMP APPEARING TO ACKNOWLEDGE
HE KNOWINGLY HELD ON TO A
CLASSIFIED DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
DOCUMENT ABOUT A POTENTIAL
ATTACK ON IRAN AND THEN BRINGING
IT OUT DURING A 2021 MEETING AT
HIS NEW JERSEY GOLF CLUB WITH
TWO STAFFERS AND A WRITER AND
PUBLISHER. IT IS HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET. THIS IS
SECRET INFORMATION THE FORMER
PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY CLAIMED
THAT BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE, HE
DECLASSIFIED ALL THE MATERIALS
HE TOOK WITH HIM.
>> BUT THE RECORDING APPEARS TO
CONTRADICT THAT.
>> SO AS PRESIDENT, I COULD HAVE
DECLARED. NOW, I CAN’T, YOU
KNOW. BUT THIS IS SO NOW WE HAVE
A PROBLEM.
>> MR. TRUMP DENIES HIS FEDERAL
CHARGES OF MISHANDLING SENSITIVE
NATIONAL SECURITY MATERIAL AND
OBSTRUCTING THE GOVERNMENT’S
EFFORTS TO GET IT BACK WITHOUT
EVIDENCE. HE’S ACCUSING THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL OF ILLEGALLY
LEAKING AND SPINNING THE AUDIO
RECORDING. TODAY CALLING THE
INDICTMENT A GREAT, GREAT,
BEAUTIFUL BADGE OF HONOR AND
COURAGE. HIS TOP GOP RIVAL TODAY
ALLUDING TO THE IMPACT THE
RUNNERS BAGGAGE COULD HAVE ON
THE 2024 ELECTION.
>> IF IT’S ABOUT RELITIGATING
THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN TWO, THREE
YEARS AGO, WE’RE GOING TO LOSE.
>> BUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
POLL NUMBERS ARE UP SINCE THE
LATEST INDICTMENT. A NEW
NATIONAL NBC NEWS POLL SHOWS HIM
WITH BACKING FROM 51% OF GOP
PRIMARY VOTERS. FLORIDA GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS DROPPING TO 22. HE
ALSO CAMPAIGNING TODAY, FORMER
UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY, WHO
DUCKED ON CRITICIZING HER FORMER
BOSS’S LEGAL ISSUES BUT SLAMMED
HIS CHINA POLICY. ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF GOP RIVALS TRYING TO
SET THEMSELVES APART FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHOUT
ALIENATING HIS BASE IN
WASHINGTON. ALICE BARR, LOCAL 4.
>> OKAY, ALICE, THE FIRST
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
IS SET FOR AUGUST, BUT THAT’S
GETTING INTERESTING, TOO. DONALD
TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO BOYCOTT
IT. FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE
DOESN’T WANT TO GET THE RATINGS
UP FOR FOX NEWS, WHO’S HOSTING
THE DEBATE AFTER FOX DID NOT AIR
SOME OF HIS SPEECHES OVER THIS
WEEKEND. A DETERIORATING STRETCH
OF ROADS IN PONTIAC WILL SOON BE
GETTING A FACELIFT THANKS TO NEW
FEDERAL FUNDING.
>> OVER $16 MILLION WILL GO
TOWARD RECONSTRUCT THE FOUR MILE
CORRIDOR ALONG PIKE STREET AND
SOME OF ITS CONNECTORS SUCH AS
FRONT STREET, EASTWAY DRIVE AND
BAGLEY STREET. WORK WILL ALSO
INCLUDE EFFORTS TO EXPAND
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND CREATE A
BIKE TRAIL ALONG A FORMER
RAILROAD.
>> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
LIVE PICTURES FROM UP NORTH.
WELL, SOMEWHERE BACK THERE IS
THE MACKINAW BRIDGE. THIS IS THE
SCENE FROM MACKINAW CITY JUST
YOU CAN JUST KIND OF MAKE IT OUT
. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ON A
NORMAL DAY, YOU WOULD CLEARLY
MAKE IT OUT. BUT THE SMOKE FROM
THE CANADIAN WILDFIRES HAS IT’S
SHROUDED IN HAZE RIGHT NOW. IN
FACT, FOLKS RIGHT AROUND THERE
BEING TOLD TO STAY INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. AND IF YOU GO OUTSIDE,
YOU CAN EXPECT TO SMELL SORT OF
A CAMPFIRE SMELL IN THE AIR UP
NORTH.
>> THAT’S REALLY INTERESTING.
OKAY WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
IS OUR WINDSOR SKY CAM. ONLY
SLIGHTLY BETTER. THAT’S RIGHT.
THINGS AREN’T MUCH BETTER AT
ALL. THERE IT LOOKS LIKE FOG.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS SMOKE IN THE
AIR RIGHT NOW.
>> AND WE ARE AGAIN UNDER AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT BECAUSE OF WHAT’S
HAPPENING OUTSIDE THAT COMES
AFTER ALL THE RAIN YESTERDAY TO
KIM ADAMS SAYS A LOT TO TALK
ABOUT TONIGHT KIM.
>> YEAH, IT’S ACTUALLY THAT RAIN
THAT PUSHED SOME OF THIS SMOKE
DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS WE’VE NOW
GOT SOME SINKING AIR AND IT’S
VERY STABLE, CREATING A REALLY
THICK LAYER OF SMOKE AND HAZE.
THIS IS OUR MOUNT CLEMENS SKYCAM
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S ALMOST A
STORMY DAY. IT’S NOT IT’S
COMPLETELY DRY. THAT IS SMOKE.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM
VIEWERS IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP
ASKING IF WHAT THEY’RE SMELLING
IS WILDFIRE SMOKE. AND YES, IT
ABSOLUTELY IS. 70 IN DETROIT AND
HOWELL, 64 IN PORT HURON, 69 IN
MONROE. AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS
BEEN EXTENDED ALL THE WAY
THROUGH. TOMORROW, IT WILL BE
THE WORST IN THE MORNING.
UNHEALTHY TO PERHAPS EVEN VERY
UNHEALTHY LEVELS. WE’VE BEEN
STAYING RIGHT AROUND HERE WITH
THESE ALERTS. THE UNHEALTHY FOR
SENSITIVE PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA AND
RESPIRATORY ISSUES. NOW WE’RE UP
A LEVEL TO UNHEALTHY FOR
EVERYONE TO BE OUTSIDE TOMORROW
AND COULD EVEN TOUCH AT TIMES
HOUR BY HOUR THE VERY UNHEALTHY
RANGE. SO IF YOU CAN STAY
INSIDE, I KNOW SOME OF YOU WORK
OUTSIDE, JUST TRY TO LIMIT THE
AMOUNT THAT YOU’RE OUTDOORS
TOMORROW. THEN ON THURSDAY, WE
WERE JUST PUT INTO A MARGINAL