LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. IN A CITY WHERE IT’S NOT LEGAL TO
SELL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA TO
BUSINESSES ARE DOING EXACTLY
THAT WITH NO RISK OF BEING SHUT
DOWN. WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN LOCAL
4 NEWS AT SIX TONIGHT. MOUNT
CLEMENS WHERE YOU CAN NOW BUY
RECREATIONAL PART. THAT’S
DESPITE THE CITY, NOT ALLOWING
IT. IT’S A MIX UP THAT HAS A
CITY AND STATE POINTING FINGERS
ABOUT WHO’S TO BLAME HERE.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS’S LIVE OF
WHAT? WE’RE LEARNING JACQUELINE.
IT SEEMS THERE’S NO PUTTING
TOOTHPASTE BACK IN THE TUBE, SO
TO SPEAK WITH THIS SITUATION.
EXACTLY THIS IS HARD TO UNDO,
AND THOSE RECREATIONAL LICENSES
ARE EVERY BIT LEGAL GRANTED TO
THE BUSINESSES BY THE STATE
REGULATORY AGENCY, BUT THE CITY
IS STANDING BY ITS CLAIM THAT
THEY NEVER ISSUED SUCH PERMITS.
TWO DISPENSARIES IN MOUNT
CLEMENS GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES
NEWS THAT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO
CITY LEADERS AFTER THE ORDINANCE
ALLOWING ADULT USE MARIJUANA
SALES WAS RESCINDED IN JUNE DUE
TO THE DRAMA IT CREATED BETWEEN
BUSINESSES VYING FOR THE
LICENSES. THE SHOPS, DORIS
CANNABIS ON GROSS BACK HIGHWAY
AND PLEASANTRIES AT THE FORMER
GIBRALTAR TRADE CENTER OR
ADVERTISING THEIR NEW LICENSES
BOTH PREVIOUSLY OPERATED AS
MEDICAL ONLY DISPENSARIES.
NEITHER STORE GOT BACK TO US FOR
COMMENT. THE STATE REGULATORY
AGENCY TELLING LOCAL 4 THE
LICENSES ARE ACTIVE AND THE
SALES LEGAL WRITING QUOTE. WE
FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCEDURE WE
ALWAYS FOLLOW WHEN PROCESSING
LICENSES. THAT PROCEDURE
INCLUDES CHECKING WITH MUNICIPAL
OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE AN
APPLICANT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
LOCAL ORDINANCES, BUT THE CITY
ISN’T TAKING BLAME FOR THE MIX
UP WRITING QUOTE MOUNT CLEMENS
HAS NOT ISSUED ANY ADULT USE
MARIJUANA PERMITS. WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE STATE TO
CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THE BOTTOM
LINE HERE IS THAT THOSE SALES
ARE 100% LEGAL IS LONG AS THOSE
LICENSES ARE VALID, AT WHICH
TIME THEY ARE REPORTING LIVE.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4
JACQUELINE DOES THE CITY PLAN TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH ALLOWING
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES
JUST IN GENERAL. SO THE CITY OF
MOUNT CLEMENTS PUT THIS ALL ON
PAUSE IN JUNE, AND THEY’VE
ACTUALLY BEEN IN LITIGATION
SINCE THEN, AND THAT’S WHAT’S
BEEN PUTTING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS
ON PAUSE AS WELL. SO IT’S
UNCLEAR NOW WHAT THEY’LL DO
AFTER THAT LITIGATION IS SETTLED
IN LIGHT OF THIS LATEST DRAMA.
JUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS, WE
APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS AROUND 4
30 IN THE MORNING TWO SUNDAYS
AGO IN OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL OF
SHOTS FIRED IN PONTIAC. THEY
ARRIVED TO A TRAGIC SCENE 22
YEAR OLD JONAH ROSELLE JONES
LYING DEAD ON THE SIDEWALK IN
FRONT OF A HOME ON WEST COLUMBIA
AVENUE, JUST A BLOCK FROM HER
MOTHER’S HOUSE. THE KILLER STILL
LOOSE. MEGAN WOODS SPOKE WITH
HER FATHER ABOUT HOLDING THAT
PERSON RESPONSIBLE. IT’S THE
HOLIDAYS. THIS PONTIAC FATHER
SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON SPENDING
TIME WITH FAMILY PICKING OUT
GIFTS FOR HIS CHILDREN, BUT
INSTEAD HE HAD TO BURY HIS 22
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND THE PEOPLE
WHO KNOW SOMETHING WHO KNOW WHO
KILLED HER AREN’T SPEAKING UP.
TWO YEARS ARE HARD FOR ME TO
COME THROUGH, BUT THE PAIN IS
THERE. AND IT AND IT’S AND IT’S
HEAVY AND IT’S BEARING DOWN ON
ME. HEAVY WWILLIAMS STILL CAN’T
WRAP HIS MIND AROUND WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIS DAUGHTER, IK
YANA. HE DESCRIBES HER AS A HARD
WORKER. SHE WAS A SERVER AND
DISHWASHER AT BIG BOY TO SAVE UP
FOR HER OWN CAR AND APARTMENT
ALMOST EVERY MORNING SHE WAS
SENT HER DAD A MESSAGE JUST
SAYING, HEY, WHATEVER POINT OF
MY DAY I CAN RESPOND AND I CAN
RESPOND, YOU KNOW, SO BUT I
MISSED THAT. AND I WISH THAT I
COULD JUST BE LIKE, HEY. IT’S MY
TURN TO SAY HEY, BUT HEY, YEAH,
IT’S OVERBEARING. I NEVER
THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS,
STEVEN STILL HAS SO MANY
QUESTIONS. SHE WAS A REALLY KIND
PERSON, AND SHE DIDN’T THIS KIND
OF YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THAT
SHE WOULD BE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
WHERE SHE WOULD END UP WHERE SHE
WHERE SHE WAS. SHE WOULD END UP
BEING KILLED. HE KNOWS SOMEONE
HAS ANSWERS AND WANTS THEM TO
COME FORWARD. THE STREET JUSTICE
IS NOT THE WAY TO WAIT. I WANT
THIS TO END UP. I WANT WHOEVER
DID THIS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
. I WANT TO SEE THEIR FACE IN
COURT. AND IF THAT PERSON IS
WATCHING HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR
YOU. WHOEVER DID THIS, YOU CAN’T
AFFORD TO RUN. YOU CAN’T AFFORD
TO HIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT HIDE
OTHER PEOPLE, YOU WILL ALSO BE
CHARGED. IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING
YOU NEED TO COME FORWARD AS WELL
AS HIS OTHER PERSON. ANY BIT OF
INFORMATION CAN HELP. SO IF YOU
KNOW ANYTHING YOU’RE ASKED TO
CALL 1 800 SPEAK UP, YOU CAN
REMAIN ANONYMOUS OR YOU CAN
CONTACT OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT. I’M MEGAN WOODS.
LOCAL 4. MEGAN THANK YOU, JAMES
AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY MAKE A NEW
EFFORT TO BE LET OUT ON BOND,
ACCORDING TO A NEW COURT FILING.
THE PARENTS OF THE ACCUSED
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER SAY
THEY HAVE A FRIEND WHO’S WILLING
TO TAKE THEM IN. IF THEY ARE
RELEASED, HOWEVER, PROSECUTORS
OBJECT, SAYING THE SANTA LAC
COUNTY FRIEND REFERRED TO AS BJ
HAS A CHECKERED PAST. THE FILING
REFERENCES A HARASSMENT
COMPLAINT FILED IN MAY, WHERE BJ
ALLEGEDLY LIED ABOUT BEING
TRANSGENDER TO ENTER A WOMEN’S
LOCKER ROOM AND MAKE THREATENING
STATEMENTS. HE WAS NOT CHARGED.
THE PROSECUTION ALSO SAYS BJ IS
A CPL. HOLDER AND THAT VIOLATES
THE CRUMB, PLEASE BOND CONDITION
THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM MISSING
WEAPONS CRUMBLY, ARE CHARGED
WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN
CONNECTION WITH THEIR SON’S
KILLING SPREE. THEY’RE BEING
HELD ON $500,000 BOND. BETTER
NEWS FOR YOUR WALLET AS WE HEAD
INTO THE HOLIDAYS, A NEW FEDERAL
REPORT SHOWS INFLATION IS
FINALLY █COOLING A BIT. CONSUME
PRICE INDEX SHOWS INFLATION AT
7.1% IN NOVEMBER LOWER THAN 7.3
THAT WAS EXPECTED BY ANALYSTS.
IT IS COSTING YOU LESS FOR
THINGS LIKE GAS, CLOSED
ELECTRONIC AND MORE SLOWDOWN
SUGGESTS THE FEDS AGGRESSIVE
INTEREST RATE HIKE PLAN. IS
STARTING TO PAY OFF, BUT THE FED
IS STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE
RATES TOMORROW BY ABOUT HALF A
PERCENT WILL WATCH AND SEE WHAT
HAPPENS BEFORE PAST HIKES HAVE
BEEN THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT
. DESPITE TODAY’S NEWS, WE ARE
STILL FACING HIGH COSTS DURING
THIS HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON, UP
NEXT ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AND
THOMPSON DIGGING INTO THE DATA
DRILLING DOWN ON HOW TO STICK TO
YOUR BUDGET. PART OF THEIR
SERIES. THE PRICE YOU PAY
HOLIDAY EDITION THAT’S COMING UP
HERE TONIGHT AT 6 30. COVID
CASES ARE HEADING BACK UP IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN TODAY, THE
STATE REPORTED 13,043 NEW CASES
OVER THE LAST WEEK. THAT’S AN
AVERAGE OF 1863 CASES PER DAY
LAST WEEK, WE WERE AVERAGING
ABOUT 100. FEWER CASES PER DAY
STATE SADLY, IS ALSO REPORTING
ANOTHER 181 DEATHS. IT’S ONE OF
THE MOST TALKED ABOUT NEW CARS
TODAY. FORD’S ALL ELECTRIC F 1
50 LIGHTNING PICKED UP A
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE LIGHTNING
WAS NAMED MOTOR TREND’S 2023
TRUCK OF THE YEAR MOTOR TREND
CITED THE TRUCK’S OVERALL
PERFORMANCE SAFETY AND APPEAL TO
PICK UP BUYERS AS THE REASONS
FOR THEIR RECOGNITION. IT IS THE
SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AND ALL
ELECTRIC TRUCK HAS TAKEN HOME
THE AWARD YOU MAY RECALL LAST
YEAR IT WAS GIVEN TO RIVIAN ARE
WON T TONIGHT. A LOCAL MAN IS
PLEADING FOR THE RETURN OF HIS
VINTAGE BICYCLE THAT WAS STOLEN
THERE. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN
1976. SCHWINN WAS WRITTEN AWAY
WITH THEIR CANFIELD AND JOHN ARE
VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE IN THAT
SAME SPOT AFTER TALKING WITH THE
BICYCLE’S OWNER, NOT YOUR
AVERAGE EVERYDAY BIKE, VICTOR.
NO DEVIN, NOT AT ALL. AND THIS
WAS A REAL CLASSIC AND IT’S SUCH
A SHAME IT WAS STOLEN BECAUSE
YOU CAN TELL IT’S REALLY
CHERISHED BY THE OWNER. AT A
BLINK OF AN EYE. MY BIKE WAS NOT
IN THIS SPOT, AND IT WAS SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL BITE. IT ONLY TOOK A
FEW MOMENTS FOR THIEVES TO STEAL
THIS VINTAGE 1976 SCHWINN
BICYCLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE LA
PALMA MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT,
WHILE THE OWNER ROBERT HICKS WAS
INSIDE, I TOOK OFF RUNNING
YELLING. POLICE. POLICE. POLICE
STOP STOP DROP. DROP THE BIKE,
SO I FELT LIKE I TURNED INTO
SUPERMAN OR THE POLICE CLOSELY
AT THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, AND
YOU SEE TWO YOUNG ADULTS
BELIEVED TO BE STUDENTS PASSING
BY ON A SINGLE SCOOTER AND A
SPLIT SECOND DECISION IS MADE TO
TURN AROUND WHEN ONE GETS OFF
AND STEALS THE BIKE AND JUST
SECONDS YOUNG PERSON WITH A
BACKPACK THAT WAS ON THE
SCOOTER. ZOOMED IN SEEING A
BEAUTIFUL BIKE AND DECIDED I AM
GOING TO TAKE THIS BIKE. THE
BIKE MEANS A LOT TO MR HICKS.
IT’S ONE OF HIS MAIN SOURCES OF
TRANSPORTATION, POLISH IT, KEEP
IT UP VINTAGE HORN, AND IT’S
JUST AN AMAZING COMFORTABLE BIKE
, AND IT CAN’T BE REPLACED WITH
BIKES FROM THE SAME YEAR AND
MAKER BEING SOLD IN THE
THOUSANDS. MR HICKS SAYS HE’S
HOPING THAT THIEVES CAN HAVE A
CHANGE OF HEART AND RETURN IT TO
WHERE IT WAS FOUND. PEOPLE HAVE
ASKED ME, THEY SAID, ROBERT, I
HAVE AN EXTRA BITE. I’LL GIVE IT
TO YOU, BUT IT’S NOT THE SAME.
AND IF THIS BIKE IS NOT
RETURNED, MR HICKS SAYS THAT
HE’S PLANNING ON PRESSING
CHARGES. THAT’S IF HE FINDS OUT
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL FAIR, ALL RIGHT,
VICTOR. OKAY LET’S SEE WHAT’S
GOING ON WITH OUR FORECAST. AS
WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
WORK WEEK. HERE WE HAVE. SOME
CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY, PAULIE.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH PAUL. YES
INDEED. WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES
ON THE WAY AND HERE’S OUR LIVE
SHOT FROM OUR MOUNT LEMON SKY
CAM, YOU SEE THE LIGHTS AND YOU
SEE THIS DARK AREA RIGHT HERE.
THAT’S THE CLINTON RIVER. OF
COURSE, THERE’S NO LIGHTS IN THE
RIVER AND LIST. THERE’S A SHIP
GOING THROUGH A BOAT OF SOME
KIND TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW,
GENERALLY IN THE MID THIRTIES,
BUT LOOK AT YOU PORTRAY RON.
YOU’VE DIPPED INTO THE UPPER
TWENTIES 28 DEGREES THERE, BUT
NOTICE THE WIND IN MOST SPOTS IS
VERY LIGHT. EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR
SHOWING YOU NOTHING GOING AROUND
OR ON AROUND HERE. WE DO HAVE
SOME RAIN BACK TO THE WEST. BUT
THIS IS NOT MOVING THIS WAY.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING IS STUFF
THAT’S WAY DOWN THERE, WHICH
I’LL SHOW YOU. YOU’RE COMING UP.
IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES OR SO, BUT
THE FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT JUST VERY
SLOW SLIPPAGE AND TEMPERATURES
WITH THOSE CLOUDS AGAIN, EXCEPT
FOR THOSE UPPER TWENTIES IN THE
THUMB. MOST OF US WILL BE IN THE
LOW THIRTIES. SO COMING UP,
WE’RE GONNA GET VERY SPECIFIC
AND THE STORM’S IMPACT. IT’S
JUST SPOTTY LIGHT STUFF
TOMORROW, THE HIGHEST IMPACT
TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THAT’S BOTH
WIND AND RAIN. AND THEN THURSDAY
IS OUR ONE WARM DAY. ALL RIGHT,
DON’T FORGET THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP. IS THE NATION’S
BEST WEATHER APP BECAUSE WE
DESIGNED IT OURSELVES IN HOUSE
RIGHT HERE AT LOCAL 4. IT’S JUST
THE FASTEST BEST WEATHER AFTER
GOING TO GET REAL TIME RADAR