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ON DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Hank: WE’RE GETTING ANSWERS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> Shawn: LIVE AT 5:00, ARRESTED
WHILE ON DUTY.
A FARMINGTON HILLS POLICE
OFFICER ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE PERSON WHO SAID SHE’S THE
VICTIM IS ALSO A FELLOW OFFICER.
>> Devin: WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS.
NEWS. WARREN POLICE SAY CRIMINAL
CHARGES ARE SET TO BE FILED IN
THE DE LA SALLE HAZING
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> Kim: BILL DWYER SAID ARREST
WARRANTS WERE ISSUED TODAY.
>> Devin: FIVE 18-YEAR-OLDS
CHARGED AS ADULTS AND TWO
16-YEAR-OLDS CHARGED AS MINORS
WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
>> Jason: IT STEMS FROM TWO NEW
VICTIMS THAT CAME FORWARD.
IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
SAGA SINCE OCTOBER.
LAST MONTH, THE PROSECUTOR FROM
ST. CLAIR COUNTY ANNOUNCED THERE
WOULD BE NO CHARGES BECAUSE OF A
LACK OF COOPERATION AND
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. AND THEN THE VICTIMS CAME
FORWARD AFTER SEEING THAT AND
LED TO CHARGES TODAY.
FOUR MONTHS AFTER A HAZING
INCIDENT AT A TEAM DINNER,
WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR 7
DE LA SALLE PLAYERS.
YOUNGER PLAYERS WERE HELD DOWN
BY OLDER PLAYERS AND ASSAULTED,
INCLUDING WITH A BROOMSTICK.
>> THERE WAS NO PENETRATION BUT
THERE WAS ASSAULT AND THEY’RE
BEING CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND
BATTERY.
BATTERY. >> Jason: THE SCHOOL DID ITS OWN
INVESTIGATION WHICH LED TO THE
TEAM CANCELING THE REST OF THE
FOOTBALL SEASON.
FOOTBALL SEASON. AFTER A LACK OF COOPERATION FROM
THE SCHOOL, PARENTS AND EVEN THE
VICTIMS, THE PROSECUTOR
ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH, THERE
WOULD BE NO CHARGES, BUT THEN
TWO NEW VICTIMS CAME FORWARD.
>> THE END RESULTS ARE THAT
WE’RE SENDING THE MESSAGE AS
INDICATED.
INDICATED. AND THE MESSAGE IS, IF YOU
COMMIT A CRIME, YOU’LL BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE, BE IT DE LA SALLE
OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE CONCERN IS NOT TURNING IT
OVER TO THE WARREN POLICE
DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY.
DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. >> Jason: DWYER EXPECTS THEM TO
TURN THEMSELVES IN OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AND BE ARRAIGNED EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. >> THE REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL
HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT TARNISHED, SO
WE HOPE IT BRINGS CLOSURE AND
IT’S OVER WITH AND THEY CAN GET
ON WITH THEIR LIVES.
>> Jason: NOW, DE LA SALLE DID
GIVE US A LENGTHY STATEMENT
TODAY.
TODAY. WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY
THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE.
THE LEADERSHIP AT DE LA
.
. >> Jason: IT’S A LENGTHY
STATEMENT, BUT THEY’VE SAID
LITTLE TO THE MEDIA.
A PARENT IS LIVID ABOUT THE LACK
OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE SCHOOL’S
PART.
PART. >> Devin: POLICE ARE TALKING
ABOUT CLOSURE, BUT I SUPPOSE
THERE’S A POSSIBILITY MORE
VICTIMS COULD COME FORWARD.
>> Jason: AND THEY’RE READY FOR
THAT.
THAT. AND IF ANYONE COMES FORWARD AND
THEY MADE IT SOUND LIKE THEY
WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF THERE
WERE, THEY WILL INVESTIGATE FROM
START TO FINISH IF ANYONE ELSE
COMES FORWARD.
COMES FORWARD. >> Kim: MORE BREAKING NEWS TO
GET TO, THIS TIME FROM ANN
ARBOR.
ARBOR. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
PRESIDENT JUST ISSUED AN APOLOGY
TO ANYONE HARMED BY A SCHOOL
DOCTOR.
DOCTOR. ROBERT ANDERSON WAS ONE TIME A
HOSPITAL DIRECTOR AND PHYSICIAN
OF THE ATHLETICS TEAM.
WE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT WITH
WHAT ELSE HE HAD TO SAY, COMING
UP ON THE NEWS AT 6:00.
>> Devin: OUR OTHER TOP STORY, A
FARMINGTON HILLS POLICE OFFICER
FACING A LIST OF CHARGES FOR AN
INCIDENT ON VALENTINE’S DAY.
>> Kim: MARIO VEKIC IS CHARGED
WITH STALKING AND FIRING A GUN
INSIDE HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND’S HOME.
THE VICTIM IS ALSO A FARMINGTON
HILLS POLICE OFFICER.
>> Shawn: GOOD EVENING, LET’S
GET RIGHT TO IT.
TWO RELATIVELY NEW OFFICERS AT
THE FARMINGTON HILLS POLICE
DEPARTMENT ENGAGING IN A
WORKPLACE ROMANCE.
WORKPLACE ROMANCE. A VALENTINE’S DAY BREAK-UP
TURNED UGLY.
TURNED UGLY. THE RESULT CRIMINAL CHARGES WITH
WARREN POLICE COMING TO THIS
DEPARTMENT TO ARREST THIS
OFFICER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CHARGES.
CHARGES. TWO YOUNG FARMINGTON HILLS
POLICE OFFICERS JUST STARTING
THEIR CAREERS BUT ENDING THEIR
WORKPLACE ROMANCE.
WORKPLACE ROMANCE. A VALENTINE’S DAY BREAK-UP
RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF MARIO
VEKIC CHARGED WITH DISCHARGING A
FIREARM AT HIS GIRLFRIEND’S HOME
IN WARREN.
IN WARREN. THIS IS HIS LAWYER.
>> CLOSE TO VALENTINE’S DAY,
EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER, OR ON
THAT SAME DAY, THEY HAD A
BREAK-UP, THAT’S ALL, JUST AN
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT. AND THEN ALL THIS OTHER STUFF
CAME UP RECENTLY, THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ARGUMENT.
VIOLENCE ARGUMENT. >> Shawn: HE IS A FORMER DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER GRADUATING FROM
THE DETROIT POLICE ACADEMY IN
2017 BUT THEN JUMPING TO A JOB
WITH FARMINGTON HILLS.
FARMINGTON HILLS HIRED ANOTHER
OFFICER AND A RELATIONSHIP
FORMED BUT THEN WENT FROM BAD TO
ALLEGATIONS OF CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. THE VICTIM GOING TO WARREN
POLICE ARE ALLEGATIONS SHE WAS
HIT AND PUSHED AND STALKED.
AND WARREN OFFICERS WENT TO
FARMINGTON HILLS POLICE
DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY AND
ARRESTED OFFICER VEKIC WHILE HE
WAS ON DUTY.
>> NOBODY WANTS A SCENARIO LIKE
THIS AND BEING ON TV AND ALL THE
DIFFICULTIES WHEN YOU’RE TRYING
TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
I MEAN, WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY
ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THAT? >> Shawn: A COUPLE MINUTES AGO,
FARMINGTON HILLS POLICE PUT OUT
A STATEMENT ABOUT THEIR OFFICER
BEING ARRESTED.
BEING ARRESTED. THEY SAY THEY’RE COOPERATING
WITH WARREN P.D. ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THE OFFICER ALSO OUT ON A
$50,000 BOND, ON A TETHER,
CANNOT HAVE ANY WEAPONS, AND
CANNOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE
FORMER OFFICER.
FORMER OFFICER. I SAY FORMER OFFICER BECAUSE
WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS
SITUATION WAS SO BAD, SHE JUST
GOT A JOB HERE AS AN OFFICER IN
2018 AND LEFT THE JOB BECAUSE OF
THE SITUATION.
THE SITUATION. >> Kim: DOES THE OFFICER HAVE
ANY PRIOR RECORD THAT YOU KNOW
OF?
OF? >> Shawn: HIS ATTORNEY NOTED
THAT, NO PRIOR RECORD.
AND THIS ALLEGATION, THE CHARGE
HE IS FACING ABOUT FIRING A SHOT
INSIDE HER WARREN HOME, HE IS
SAYING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,
SOMETHING THEY’LL VIGOROUSLY
FIGHT IN COURT.
>> Devin: LET’S RETURN TO THE
GLOBAL EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE
CORONAVIRUS AS MORE CRUISE SHIP
PASSENGERS ARE HEADING HOME.
>> Kim: AND THE RISK THEY MIGHT
POSE.
POSE. KAREN DREW HAS THE LATEST
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. >> Karen: THE CONCERN WAS
HEIGHTENED BY NEWS THAT TWO OF
THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS FROM
THE DIAMOND PRINCESS HAVE DIED.
THEY WERE BOTH FROM JAPAN AND IN
THEIR 80s AND HAD OTHER HEALTH
ISSUES.
ISSUES. STEPS TO QUARANTINE PEOPLE ON
THE SHIP HAVE BEEN INFECTIVE,
NE CALLING IT CHAOTIC.
HUNDREDS MORE PASSENGERS WHO
TESTED NEGATIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS ARE LEAVING THE
QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP IN
JAPAN.
JAPAN. CONFIRMED CASES NOW MORE THAN
630, ROUGHLY 1 IN 6 PEOPLE ON
BOARD.
BOARD. THERE’S CONCERN THE PASSENGERS
ARE BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE WITH
NO FOLLOW-UP QUARANTINE PERIOD,
ALTHOUGH MANY NATIONS, INCLUDING
THE U.S., ARE NOT ALLOWING THEM
TO RETURN FOR TWO WEEKS.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF CASES IN
JAPAN BEYOND THE CRUISE SHIP
PROMPTING THE GOVERNMENT TO
ADVISE PEOPLE TO TAKE
PRECAUTIONS AND EVEN AVOID
HOSTING LARGE GATHERINGS.
IN CHINA, THE DEATH TOLL IS
2121, BUT FEWER NEW CASES ARE
BEING REPORTED.
BEING REPORTED. >> THE DATA FROM CHINA CONTINUES
TO SHOW A DECLINE IN NEW
CONFIRMED CASES.
CONFIRMED CASES. ONCE AGAIN, WE’RE ENCOURAGED BY
THE STRENGTH AND THIS IS NO TIME
FOR COMPLACENCY.
FOR COMPLACENCY. >> Karen: CONCERN REMAINS HIGH.
RESIDENTS PROTESTED THE ARRIVAL
OF A PLANE CARRYING EVACUEES AND
ALL WERE SCREENED TWICE BEFORE
BEING ALLOWED TO FLY.
UKRAINE HAS NO CONFIRMED CASES
OF THE VIRUS.
GOING BACK TO THE DIAMOND
PRINCESS.
PRINCESS. AFTER ALL OF THE PASSENGERS ARE
OFF, THE CREW WILL REMAIN ON
BOARD AND UNDER QUARANTINE FOR
ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
THE SHIP’S OPERATOR PLANS TO
RETURN IT TO SERVICE IN APRIL
SAYING IT WILL BE FULLY
SANITIZED FIRST.
SANITIZED FIRST. >> Devin: THE SENTENCE IS IN FOR
ROGER STONE.
ROGER STONE. WE’VE GOT VIDEO OF STONE LEAVING
COURT TODAY.
COURT TODAY. HE’S BEEN SENTENCED TO SPEND
MORE THAN 3 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
LYING TO CONGRESS.
ALICE BARR IN WASHINGTON AS THE
FALL YACHT FROM THE CASE IS FAR
FROM OVER.
FROM OVER. ALICE?
ALICE? >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING, THIS
CASE HAS THROWN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT INTO A POLITICAL
FIRESTORM.
FIRESTORM. BUT TODAY, THE JUDGE MADE CLEAR
POLITICS HAVE NOT ENTERED THE
CASE SAYING THAT STONE WAS NOT
PERSECUTED BY ANY POLITICAL
ENEMIES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
CLAIMED.
CLAIMED. TODAY, A SENTENCE BUT NO PERIOD
TO THE SAGA OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
LONGTIME ALLY ROGER STONE.
A FEDERAL JUDGE ANNOUNCING STONE
SHOULD SPEND 3 YEARS AND 4
MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO
CONGRESS AND WITNESS TAMPERING
IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
>> SHE SAID, ROGER STONE WASN’T
STANDING UP FOR THE PRESIDENT,
HE WAS COVERING UP FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: THE CASE CAUSING
DEEP DIVISIONS AND REPEATED
REVERSALS WITHIN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR
INTERVENED TO SHORTEN THE
ORIGINAL SENTENCING
ORIGINAL SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESIDENT
TRUMP CALLED IT HORRIBLE AND
VERY UNFAIR.
VERY UNFAIR. TODAY, PROSECUTORS AGAIN CHANGED
COURSE TO PUSH FOR A LONGER
SENTENCE.
SENTENCE. >> THE PROSECUTORS WENT IN TODAY
AND ESSENTIALLY SEEMED TO REVOLT
AGAINST THE LESSER SENTENCING
MEMO.
MEMO. >> Reporter: THE FIRST TEAM OF
PROSECUTORS LEFT THE CASE IN
PROTEST OF ALLEGED POLITICAL
INTERFERENCE AND BARR ISSUED A
RARE PUBLIC REBUKE OF THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> IT’S TIME TO STOP THE
TWEETING ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE CRIMINAL CASES.
>> Reporter: IT WON’T
IMMEDIATELY TAKE EFFECT BECAUSE
HE HAS ASKED FOR A NEW TRIAL.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HASN’T RULED
OUT PARDONENING STONE, TODAY
WEIGHING IN ON HIS SENTENCE.
>> ROGER HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE
OF EXONERATION, IN MY OPINION.
>> Reporter: ADAM SCHIFF
TWEETING IT WOULD BE A
BREATHTAKING ACT OF CORRUPTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PUT TOGETHER
A TEAM TO CONSIDER FUTURE
CANDIDATES FOR CANDIDACY LED BY
HIS SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER,
SOMETHING USUALLY DONE UNDER THE
WHITE HOUSE ROOF.
>> Devin: STONE IS ORDERED TO
PAY $20,000 FINE AND SERVE TWO
YEARS OF SERVICED RELEASE.
>> Kim: WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING
ON A THURSDAY.
HERE’S BERNIE.
HERE’S BERNIE. >> Bernie: HI, THIS IS BERNIE
SMILOVITZ IN LAKELAND.
THE TIGERS CONTINUE TO PREPARE.
THEY DID TAKE TIME OUT TO TALK
ABOUT THE ASTROS CHEATING
SCANDAL.
SCANDAL. COMING UP, JORDAN ZIMMERMANN.
>> Ben: AND WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
THE WIND CHILLS AND THE RECOVERY
FOR THE WEEKEND.
>> Hank: SOME HOMEOWNERS IN
DETROIT WITH A SINKING FEELING.
WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE AND
HOW IS DWSD WORKING TO FIX IT,