LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. GARDEN CITY TEENAGER WILL STAY
BEHIND BARS FOR ALLEGEDLY
PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
TONIGHT A WARNING FOR PARENTS
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY HE
ALLEGEDLY USED TO EXPLOIT DOZENS
OF CHILDREN. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US
TONIGHT AT SIX. THE VICTIMS
LOCATED ALL OVER AND THE FEDS
SAY THIS PREDATORS REACH WAS
AMPLIFIED BY AN APP BUT ALLOWED
HIM TO CONNECT TWO YOUNG GIRLS
MANY PARENTS MAY NOT EVEN KNOW
ABOUT. IN FACT, IT’S OUTSIDE THE
TOP 50, AN APPLE STORE DOWNLOADS
FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS.
PRIYA MANN IS LIVE WITH A WAKE
UP CALL FOR PARENTS WHO MIGHT
THINK THEY’RE ON TOP OF THINGS
WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR KIDS
DEVICES PRIYA. KIMBERLY DE’VEON.
GOOD EVENING THAT APP YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT IS WINK. I HAVE
THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT HERE AND
IT DETAILS HORRIFIC ALLEGATIONS
OF ABUSE. THAT GARDEN CITY TEAM
WAS IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY, AS
WERE HIS PARENTS. THEY DID NOT
WANT TO TALK TO LOCAL 4, BUT WE
DID SPEAK WITH A TECH EXPERT WHO
SAYS PARENTS NEED TO BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THIS CASE. IT’S
JUST IMPERATIVE THAT PARENTS
HAVE TO MONITOR AND SUPERVISE
DEVICES. DIGITAL WELLNESS
ADVOCATES ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM
AFTER GARDEN CITY TEAM WAS
CHARGED WITH PRODUCING CHILD
PORN, THE FBI SAYS GERALD KURODA
THIRD ALLEGEDLY USED THE GAME
TRUTH OR DARE TO TRICK KIDS INTO
SENDING NUDE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
THROUGH VARIOUS APPS. THERE ARE,
UNFORTUNATELY A VERY SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT
TO DO THIS, SO WE HAVE TO STAY
AHEAD OF THEM. IT’S HAPPENING.
IT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR ZIP CODE.
IT’S HAPPENING IN MINE.
OFFICIALS SAY CORO ABUSED 27
KIDS THREATENING TO POSE NUDE
PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNLESS
THEY FOLLOWED HIS DEMANDS. IN
ONE CASE, POLICE SAY, CROW GOT A
NINE YEAR OLD GIRL TO TAKE
EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HER SIX YEAR
OLD SISTER. GROW CONNECTED WITH
THE GIRL ON AN APP CALLED WINK,
WHICH WAS LINKED TO HER SNAPCHAT
ACCOUNT. EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE
PLENTY OF TOOLS TO HELP PARENTS
MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN’S ONLINE
ACTIVITY. SO THERE ARE HUNDREDS
OF OUTSIDE THERE AND THEN
GUARDIAN. GO GUARDIAN BARK. I
MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU ON THE
FRONT OF LIKE DEATH TOPS AND
IPADS. YOUR ROUTER IS GOING TO
BE YOUR BEST FRIEND. YOUR ROUTER
WILL FILTER OUT EXPLICIT CONTENT
. IT WILL STOP THIS TYPE OF
WEBSITE, AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK
ME LIKE WHEN SHOULD I GET MY
CHILD? I FOUND WHEN SHOULD I
GIVE SOCIAL MEDIA? MY AUTOMATIC
RESPONSES WHEN YOU’RE READY FOR
THEM TO SEE PORN OR BE ASKED
PORNOGRAPHIC THINGS. AND EXPERTS
ALSO SAY THAT IT’S IMPERATIVE TO
KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION
OPEN. TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT
WHAT’S APPROPRIATE. WHAT IS
APPROPRIATE AND DON’T LET YOUR
CHILD USE THEIR PHONE, LAPTOP OR
IPAD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT
DEFENDANT WILL BE BACK IN COURT
IN A FEW WEEKS. REPORTING LIVE
TONIGHT I’M PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4.
REALLY EYE OPENING INFORMATION,
PRIYA. THANK YOU. NOW THE NEW
INFORMATION WE’VE RECEIVED ON A
POLICE CHASE THAT ENDED LAST
NIGHT WITH AN SUV HITTING A TREE
IN DETROIT. BOTH PEOPLE INSIDE
RAN AWAY. THE DRIVER WAS
INITIALLY BELIEVED TO HAVE
KIDNAPPED THE FEMALE PASSENGER
THAT NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE THE
CASE. VICTOR WILLIAMS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE IT
BROKE LAST NIGHT. VICTOR, THE
SOUTHFIELD POLICE CHIEF, SAYS
THIS IS PRETTY BIZARRE. OH YEAH,
BIZARRE. INDEED THIS WAS
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING
INITIALLY, BUT REGARDLESS, THEY
WERE ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE.
OFFICERS HAVE EXPECTATION THAT
WHEN THERE’S A REPORT OF A
KIDNAPPING, WE NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING THAT
PERSON OR PERSONS INTO CUSTODY.
POLICE CHIEF ELVIN BARON
SPEAKING ON JUST WHY OFFICERS
WERE SO ADAMANT ABOUT CHASING
DOWN A GREAT SUV THAT CRASHED IN
THE ROSEDALE PARK AREA. SO IN
THIS CASE ARE WITNESSES REPORTED
WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE. A
FEMALE BEING ABDUCTED, REPORTED
THAT THERE WAS A FEMALE BEING
FORCED INTO A GREAT SUV AGAINST
HER WILL TURN OUT. IT WAS A
DOMESTIC SITUATION, BUT THE
CAR’S STOLEN AND THE DRIVER
DOESN’T WANT TO STOP WHEN BEING
PULLED OVER AFTER CHASE STARTS
AT EIGHT MILE AND SHOW IOWA SEE
DOWN THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY
OFFICERS TRIED TO PIT MANEUVER
THE CAR BUT FAIL, THE DRIVER
LOSES CONTROL ON HIS OWN AND
HITS A TREE ON ASHTON EAR,
MCNICHOLS. BUT HERE’S WHERE
THINGS GET EVEN STRANGER, THE
MAN AND WOMAN INSIDE TAKE OFF
INTO THE BACKYARDS OF PEOPLE
NEARBY. WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE
FIRST THE DRIVER IN A GARBAGE
CAN HIDING. AND ULTIMATELY FOUND
THE FEMALE HIDING A FEW DOORS
OVER IN ANOTHER GARBAGE CANS.
FEDS FINDING THE WOMAN HIDING
WAS BIZARRE FOR OFFICERS BECAUSE
THEY ULTIMATELY THOUGHT THEY
WOULD BE FINDING A KIDNAPPING
VICTIM. WE NOTICED THAT SHE WAS
NOT REALLY COMPLYING WITH US, AS
RELATES TO WHAT SHE BEING
KIDNAPPED. THE THING THAT I’M
MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT
THIS INDIVIDUAL MADE A DECISION
TO NOT ONLY PUT HIMSELF AND THE
FEMALE PASSENGER AT RISK, BUT
ALSO THIS COMMUNITY AT RISK AND
OUR OFFICERS. AND THEN 26 YEAR
OLD DRIVER WILL BE ARRAIGNED
TOMORROW ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDE
FLEEING AND ELUDING, RESISTING
AND OBSTRUCTING POLICE AND ALSO
POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE.
THAT 23 YEAR OLD WOMAN AT THIS
POINT IN TIME IS NOT BEING
CHARGED VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4
VICTOR, POLICE, OFTEN HOPE THEY
CAN GET SOME HELP FROM THE
COMMUNITY. AND WE DID HAVE
PEOPLE HELPING ON TWO FRONTS AS
THIS WAS ALL UNFOLDING. OH YEAH.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
POLICE CHIEF TOUCHED ON. JUST
HAVING PEOPLE CALLING 911 IS
THEY’RE SEEING THINGS PLAYING
OUT THAT WAS CRUCIAL AND MAKING
SURE THAT ARREST WAS MADE.
GREAT. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR. THE
FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS TRIMMING
ABOUT 3000 WHITE COLLAR JOBS.
THE AUTOMAKER SAYS IT’S PART OF
A COST CUTTING EFFORT AS IT
MAKES THE TRANSITION TOWARDS
BATTERY POWERED VEHICLES. CUTS
REPRESENT ABOUT 6% OF THE FULL
TIME SALARIED WORKFORCE IN THE
U. S AND CANADA. FORD SAYS THOSE
AFFECTED WILL GET SEVERANCE PAY
BENEFITS AND HELP TO FIND NEW
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. FORD’S
56,000 UNION FACTORY WORKERS ARE
NOT AFFECTED. THE JURY HAS NOW
GONE HOME FOR THE DAY AND THE
RETRIAL OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF
PLOTTING TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
WHITMER CLOSING ARGUMENTS
WRAPPED UP PRETTY EARLY
DELIBERATIONS DID GO ON FOR A
FEW HOURS TODAY. SHAWN LEY
REPORTS FROM GRAND RAPIDS WITH A
LOOK AT WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS
TIME COMPARED TO THAT FIRST
TRIAL LAST SPRING. GOOD EVENING
FROM GRAND RAPIDS AS THE JURY
HERE CONTINUES ITS DELIBERATIONS
, WE SPEAK TO A DEFENSE ATTORNEY
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL
LAST SPRING, AND ONE ATTORNEY,
JULIA KELLY, WENT UP AGAINST
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN THE
WITTMER KIDNAPPING CASE AND ONE
WINNING THE FREEDOM FOR A KOREAN
MAN, DANIEL HARRIS. SHE WATCHED
THE RETRIAL OF ADAM FOX AND
BARRY CROFT THE DIFFERENCE THIS
TIME IT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON
THEIR ON THEIR SIDE, AND, YOU
KNOW, THEY PLAYED A LOT OF
CLIFFS, A LOT OF AUDIO CLIPS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK CHRIS AND
KAREN AND JOSH REALLY PRESENTED
A GREAT DEFENSE FOR THEIR
CLIENTS. PROSECUTORS TODAY ARE
URGING THE JURY TO CONVICT THIS
TIME IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS,
SAYING FOX AND CROFT WERE DEAD,
SET ON KIDNAPPING GOVERNOR
WHITMER AND EXECUTING HER
TELLING THE JURY QUOTE THEY WERE
OUTSIDE A WOMAN’S HOUSE AT NIGHT
WITH NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AND
GUNS AND THEY MADE A REAL BOMB.
BUT THE DEFENSE PUSHING BACK
HARD TODAY, TELLING THE JURY
THAT THE FBI CONTROLLED THE PLOT
PUT THE GOVERNOR IN DANGER BY
PUSHING IN THE PLOT AND SAYS THE
MEN WERE ENTRAPPED BY THE FBI
AND ROGUE INFORMANTS WERE
CONCERNED THAT HE WAS BREAKING
THE RULES. AND THEY SAID, WELL,
DON’T WORRY. WE’VE GOT A SAYING
IN OUR OFFICE WE GOTTA SAYING AT
THE FBI DON’T LET THE FACTS GET
IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY.
BRANDON CASERTA FROM CANTON WAS
ACQUITTED IN THE LAST TRIAL. HIS
PREDICTION FOR THIS VERDICT. I
THINK THESE BOYS ARE GOING TO
WALK OUT. MEANTIME JURY
DELIBERATIONS IN THIS RETRIAL
CONTINUE FIRST THING TOMORROW
MORNING IN GRAND RAPIDS,
SHAWN LEY. FOUR. LOCAL ALRIGHT
SEAN. WE KIND OF HAD A WEATHER
CAFETERIA TODAY. WE DID. SOME
PEOPLE SAW A LITTLE RAIN A
LITTLE SUNSHINE. LET’S GET OVER
KIM ADAMS. SEE HOW THINGS ARE
LOOKING RIGHT NOW. BUFFET IF YOU
WILL. YES, WE’VE HAD A LITTLE
BIT OF EVERYTHING TODAY SOME
SUN, SOME CLOUDS AND EVEN A
COUPLE OF RAIN SHOWERS ON THE
EAST SIDE. WEST SIDE DID STAY
DRY 83 AT METRO AIRPORT FOR THE
MOST PART WHERE IN THE UPPER
SEVENTIES, WE EXPECT A NICE
QUIET EVENING HERE. THERE ARE
SOME SHOWERS. OUT TO OUR EAST.
YOU CAN SEE THAT AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE CONTINUING TO SPIN AND
SPIN A COUPLE OF SHOWERS OVER
MACOMB COUNTY EARLIER THIS
EVENING, BUT OTHERWISE IT’S
GOING TO BE NICE AND QUIET AS
TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN INTO THE
UPPER SIXTIES BY NOON BY NOON BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND
FORECAST AND A WARMUP HEADED OUR
WAY AND WHEN THE NEXT CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS BUT
THE BEST WAY TO KEEP UPDATED ON
THESE ISOLATED SHOWERS THAT WE
KEEP GETTING HERE IN METRO
DETROIT. TO DOWNLOAD THE
FOREWARN WEATHER APP YOU CAN PUT
IN YOUR CITY. AND I’M TELLING
YOU, IF A RAIN SHOWER IS
ANYWHERE NEAR YOU, YOU’RE GOING
TO GET AN ALERT ON YOUR PHONE.
IT WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN IT
GETS TO YOU AND WHEN IT GETS OUT
OF YOUR AREA AS WELL, SO
DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN WEATHER
APP TODAY, KIM, THANK YOU FOR
PEOPLE IN CUSTODY AFTER BIG DRUG
BUST INVOLVING A SEMI TRUCK
ENTERING THE U. S FROM CANADA.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT SEMI
TRUCK ENTERED THE US FROM THE
BLUE WATER BRIDGE ON AUGUST
18TH. THEY SAY IT WAS FOUND AT A
CLOSED BUSINESS IN COLUMBUS
TOWNSHIP WITH SUSPECTED DRUGS
BEING LOADED FROM THE TRUCK AND
INTO A VAN, MARIJUANA AND
ECSTASY WERE FOUND WITH A STREET
VALUE OF $1 MILLION WHILE AT
THAT SCENE, ANOTHER VAN ARRIVED
IN THE AREA AND THE DRIVER WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. A SEARCH AT
A HOME IN DETROIT UNCOVERED CASH
AND GUNS. ALL FOUR MEN THAT YOU
SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN FACE
SEVERAL DRUG CHARGES. AND IN
DEARBORN TO PEOPLE FACING
CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A
SERIES OF AIRBAG THEFTS ACROSS
METRO DETROIT 33. STOLEN AIRBAGS
AND STEERING WHEELS WERE
RECOVERED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION
. UNDERCOVER OFFICERS SAY THEY
WATCH TWO MEN SMASH A WINDOW OF
A CHEVY MALIBU. IT HAPPENED LAST
THURSDAY IN THE PARKING LOT OF
THE HOLIDAY INN ON MERCURY DRIVE
IN DEARBORN. POLICE CAUGHT THEM
IN AFTER A SHORT CHASE. BOTH MEN
FACE SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING
RECEIVING AND CONCEALING STOLEN
PROPERTY. WE’RE TOLD POLICE HAVE
SEEN A RISE IN AIRBAG THEFT
INVOLVING GENERAL MOTORS
VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY THE CHEVY
MALIBU. CREWS CONTINUE WORK
TODAY REPAIRING THE WATER MAIN
BREAK THAT CAUSED THE BOIL WATER
ADVISORY FOR THOUSANDS OF METRO
DETROITERS SKY FOR OVER THE
REPAIRS OWN THIS AFTERNOON
SATURDAY, THE GREAT LAKES WATER
AUTHORITY LIFTED THE BOIL WATER
ADVISORY FOR ALL SEVEN
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE STILL
UNDER IT. OVER THE WEEKEND,
CRUISE REMOVED THE DAMAGED
SECTION OF THE 120 INCH PIPE BY
CRANE. THE REPLACEMENT PORTION
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW,
WITH REPAIRS EXPECTED TO BE
FINISHED BY SEPTEMBER 3RD BUT
THEY SAY IF THE WATER PRESSURE
DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY, THE BOIL
WATER ALERT MAY NEED TO BE
REINSTATED. RESEARCH SHOWS MORE
YOUNG ADULTS ARE SMOKING
MARIJUANA. SCIENTISTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SAY
MARIJUANA AND HALLUCINOGEN USE
IN 19 TO 30 YEAR OLDS INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY LAST YEAR TO THE
HIGHEST LEVELS IN MORE THAN
THREE DECADES. NICOTINE AND
MARIJUANA VAPING ALSO INCREASED
, THE STUDY FOUND. ALCOHOL IS
STILL THE MOST USED SUBSTANCE
AMONG YOUNG ADULTS. RESEARCHERS
SAY THEY USE THESE STUDIES. IS
TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF THINGS
SUCH AS THE PANDEMIC ON YOUNG