WE FELT SO BAD LIFTING THEIR SPIRITS UP. >> THEY WERE SO EXCITED. TAYLOR
SWIFT FANS DEVASTATED TONIGHT
AFTER FALLING VICTIM TO A TICKET
SCAM. ALL THEY COULD TALK ABOUT
. AND THEN THEY CAME HOME FROM
SCHOOL YESTERDAY TO FIND OUT
THAT WE DON’T HAVE ANY TICKETS.
>> LOOKING LIVE AT FORD FIELD
TONIGHT, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE PACKED THE STADIUM FOR
TAYLOR SWIFT’S FIRST OF TWO
CONCERTS IN DETROIT. BUT NOT
AMONG THEM FOR TEENAGERS FROM
BERKELEY. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US FOR THE NEWS AT 11, I’M
KIMBERLY GILL.
>> AND I’M WIL JONES, IN FOR
DEVIN SCILLIAN. THAT FAMILY
LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT THEY HAD
FALLEN VICTIM FOR A SCAM.
>> OUR JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT WITH THE
COSTLY LESSON THEY’VE LEARNED.
JACQUELINE YEAH, THEY’RE OUT
$1,200 JUST LIKE THAT.
>> AND THE THING IS, WITH
CRAIGSLIST, THERE’S NO
ACCOUNTABILITY OR GUARANTEES.
IT’S THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN.
AND TAYLOR SWIFT AT FORD FIELD.
OH, GOSH, IT WAS A 4.5 HOUR WAIT
LINE AFTER THE SYSTEM CRASHED
FOR FIVE HOURS, SELLING OUT TO
SWIFTIES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
. IT WAS GREAT.
>> I GOT LOCKED OUT LIKE 4 OR 5
TIMES MONTHS BEFORE THE SHOW.
AND I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T GET ANY.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET TICKETS
TO A CONCERT. LISA TURNER
COULDN’T GET TICKETS THE FIRST
TIME AROUND, SO SHE WENT ON
CRAIGSLIST SEARCHING FOR A LAST
MINUTE FIND FOR HER DAUGHTER AND
THREE FRIENDS.
>> SHE TALKED TO THE SELLER BY
PHONE.
>> I HAD A BIG STORY ABOUT WHY
HE WASN’T ABLE TO USE THE
TICKETS AND WANTED THEM TO GET
INTO THE HANDS OF FANS AND
AGREED TO SEND ME A TICKET
BEFORE I PAID HIM, WHICH WAS THE
ONLY REASON I AGREED TO IT
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS THEN
PREVENTING, LIKE KEEPING OUT OF
THE SCAMS THAT I’VE HEARD ABOUT.
A TOTAL OF FOUR TICKETS SENT TO
HER APPLE WALLET SHE PAID HIM ON
VENMO ONE $1,200, 300 APIECE
MONEY WELL SPENT.
>> SHE THOUGHT. JUST LOOK AT THE
GIRLS REACTION. THEN CAME THE
TEARS.
>> THERE WAS CRYING WHEN WE
FOUND OUT WE GOT THEM AND CRYING
WHEN WE FOUND OUT.
>> AND THEN, YEAH, I HAD A
SPIDEY SENSE YESTERDAY AND DROVE
DOWN TO FORD FIELD WITH THE
TICKETS AND TOOK THEM INTO THE
BOX OFFICE JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY WERE OKAY.
>> AND THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE
PHONE BACK, HAD TO LIKE LOOK IT
UP ON THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM,
BROUGHT SUPERVISORS IN AND SAID
THAT THEY WERE SOME OF THE BEST
TICKETS THEY HAD EVER SEEN, BUT
THAT THEY WERE FAKE IN THE END,
IT WAS THE GIRLS THAT LOST THE
MOST.
>> LIKE I HAVE TO WORK $300,
LIKE TO GET $300 BACK AND SO DO
THEM TOO. AND THEN THIS WAS HER
ONLY BIRTHDAY GIFT. SO LIKE NOW
IT’S LIKE VERY, VERY, VERY
DISAPPOINTING THAT, LIKE, WE
HAVE TO WORK FOR ALL THIS MONEY,
THAT WE DIDN’T GET ANYTHING FOR.
YEAH THE MOM MADE A POLICE
REPORT AND FILED A CLAIM WITH
VENMO AND HER BANK.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE OF
THOSE HEARTBREAKING EXAMPLES,
TALES OF HOW SCAMMERS ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE DESPERATE TO
SEE THE SHOW. REPORTING LIVE IN
DETROIT, JACQUELINE FRANCIS,
LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
JACQUELINE.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
TODAY INDICTED ON 37 FELONY
COUNTS STEMMING FROM HIS
HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE,
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ACCUSING THE
FORMER PRESIDENT OF MISLEADING
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS IN ORDER
TO HOLD ON TO SENSITIVE
MATERIALS THAT HE KNEW WERE
STILL CLASSIFIED AND IN TWO
INSTANCES, SHOWING THE DOCUMENTS
TO PEOPLE WITHOUT SECURITY
CLEARANCES. ALICE BARR TAKES US
THROUGH TODAY’S DEVELOPMENTS.
UNCHARTED TERRITORY TODAY FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
>> THE UNITED STATES LEGAL
SYSTEM AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
WATCHING THE FIRST FELONY
INDICTMENT AGAINST A FORMER US
PRESIDENT UNFOLD. THE NOW
UNSEALED INDICTMENT INCLUDES 37
FELONY COUNTS TIED TO
ALLEGATIONS THAT MR. TRUMP
MISHANDLED CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
IMPROPERLY STORED AT HIS MAR A
LAGO ESTATE AND RESISTED THE
GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS TO GET THEM
BACK.
>> WE HAVE ONE SET OF LAWS IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY APPLY TO
EVERYONE. MR. TRUMP ON THE
ATTACK, ACCUSING THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE OF ORCHESTRATING A
POLITICAL WITCH HUNT ON HIS
TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM.
>> I’M AN INNOCENT MAN. I DID
NOTHING WRONG. AND WE WILL FIGHT
THIS OUT JUST LIKE WE’VE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR SEVEN YEARS.
>> THE CHARGES INCLUDE A
VIOLATION OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT
RELATED TO THE WILLFUL RETENTION
OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION,
AS WELL AS CONSPIRACY TO
OBSTRUCT AND MAKING FALSE
STATEMENTS. IT’S THE INDICTMENT
ALLEGES THAT ON TWO OCCASIONS IN
2021, MR. TRUMP SHARED
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL WITH PEOPLE
WITHOUT SECURITY CLEARANCES,
INCLUDING ONE DOCUMENT DESCRIBED
AS A PLAN OF ATTACK AND ANOTHER
CLASSIFIED MAP RELATED TO A
MILITARY OPERATION. A TRUMP
AIDE, WALT NADA, IS ALSO UNDER
INDICTMENT. HE’S COME UNDER
SCRUTINY FOR ALLEGATIONS HE
MOVED BOXES OF DOCUMENTS AT MAR
A LAGO AFTER A SUBPOENA WAS
ISSUED TO GET THEM BACK. FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO
SURRENDER TO A FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE IN MIAMI ON TUESDAY.
FROM CAPITOL HILL. AND THAT WAS
ALICE BARR REPORTING.
>> AFTER YEARS OF BEING SOME OF
THE BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS FOR
FERNDALE, TWO PROMINENT BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE SUING THE CITY.
>> THEY’RE CLAIMING THE CITY
OVERSTEPPED ITS AUTHORITY IN
APPROVING A NEW DEVELOPMENT
DOWNTOWN. MARA MCDONNELL IS LIVE
IN FERNDALE TONIGHT. MARA, THEY
SAY THEIR BUSINESS IS SURVIVAL
IS ON THE LINE. IT IS WILL
ACCORDING TO THEM.
>> AND IT’S THE SAME OLD STORY
WE HERE IN FERNDALE ALL THE
TIME, PARKING OR OR IN THIS
CASE, LACK THEREOF OF I’M
DISAPPOINTED DISAPPOINTED IT’S
COME TO THIS TODAY MICHAEL
HENNIS AND RAFFINI VALENTINE
FILED SUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF
FERNDALE OVER THIS THE SOLE
PARKING LOT NEAR THEIR
BUSINESSES WHICH FERNDALE HAS
GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO TURN
INTO A NEW MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT. THE PLANS OF WHICH
LOOK LOVELY. BUT WHERE IS
ANYBODY TRYING TO EAT IT HOUSE
OR HAVE A COCKTAIL AT
VALENTINE’S OR ANY OF THE OTHER
BUSINESSES ON THAT STRETCH GOING
TO PARK IT REALLY PUTS OUR
FUTURE IN JEOPARDY.
>> I MEAN, IT REALLY KNEECAPS
OUR BUSINESS.
>> BOTH VALENTINE AND HENNIS
HAVE GONE TO ALL THE COUNCIL AND
PLANNING MEETINGS TO NO AVAIL.
SUING THE CITY TO STOP THE
DEVELOPMENT IS THE LAST PLAY.
>> DESPERATE? WE’RE WE’RE ABOUT
TO CELEBRATE OUR 25TH
ANNIVERSARY AND I DON’T KNOW HOW
WE CAN CONTINUE TO WITHOUT
WITHOUT THE PARKING.
>> THE SUIT IS ASKING FOR A
RESTRAINING ORDER ON THE
DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE CITY CAN
COME UP WITH ANOTHER PARKING
OPTION TO REPLACE THE 76 SPOTS
THAT WILL BE LOST FOR TWO
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE
CIVICALLY MINDED. IT’S A PAINFUL
SPOT TO BE IN ON A PERSONAL
LEVEL, IT JUST IS.
>> IT’S REALLY HARD TO DEAL WITH
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE
BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS FOR THIS
FOR THIS WHOLE CITY.
>> BACK HERE LIVE, I REACHED OUT
TO THE MAYOR TONIGHT. SHE TELLS
ME SHE HASN’T SEEN THE LAWSUIT
AND SHE HAS NO COMMENT AT THIS
POINT. WE’RE LIVE IN FERNDALE.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT,
THOUGH. MARA, THANK YOU.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WILL
USE DONATION MONEY TO CREATE A
MEMORIAL HONORING STUDENTS WHO
WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN
FEBRUARY’S CAMPUS SHOOTING.
>> THE UNIVERSITY SAYS $300,000
WILL GO TOWARD THE PERMANENT
MEMORIAL. THREE STUDENTS WERE
KILLED AND FIVE MORE WERE
WOUNDED WHEN THE GUNMAN OPENED
FIRE INSIDE TWO CAMPUS
BUILDINGS. THE FUNDS ARE COMING
FROM THE $2 MILLION DONATED TO
THE SPARTAN STRONG FUND. THE
REST OF THE DONATIONS WILL BE
USED TO SUPPORT PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED BY THAT SHOOTING.
>> A 22 YEAR OLD DETROIT MAN IS
CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES
FOR ALLEGEDLY FIRING SHOTS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A CROWDED HIGH
SCHOOL PARKING LOT IN WARREN.
PROSECUTORS SAY JORDAN BARRY
THOMAS IS THE MAN IN THIS VIDEO
SHOOTING INTO THE AIR AS SCHOOL
WAS BEING LET OUT ON MONDAY AT
MICHIGAN COLLEGIE HIGH SCHOOL.
WARREN POLICE SAY THEY TRACKED
HIM DOWN AT HIS JOB IN
FARMINGTON HILLS TO MAKE THE
ARREST. POLICE SAY THERE WAS A
DISPUTE AT THE SCHOOL EARLIER IN
THE DAY AND THOMAS RETURNED
LATER WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS
INVOLVED. HE’S BEING HELD ON A
HALF MILLION DOLLARS BOND.
>> THE 12TH ANNUAL CIPRIANO
CLASSIC FUN RUN AND WALK EVENT
JUST WRAPPED UP A BIT AGO. IT
BENEFITS THE CIPRIANO CHILDREN’S
TRUST. IT WAS HELD AT THE
FARMINGTON FAMILY YMCA IN
FARMINGTON HILLS. WALKERS AND
RUNNERS HAD TO GET AROUND SOME
CONSTRUCTION DETOURS IN
FARMINGTON HILLS, BUT ORANGE
BARRELS AREN’T ENOUGH TO STAND
IN THE WAY OF SUPPORTING A GOOD
CAUSE. BACK IN 2012, SAL
CIPRIANO BROTHER TUCKER,
ATTACKED HIS FAMILY, KILLING HIS
FATHER, AND SEVERELY INJURING
SAL AND HIS MOTHER. THE FAMILY
SAYS SAL HAS HAD SOME SETBACKS
SINCE LAST YEAR AND THEY’RE
EXPLORING SURGERIES. THE EVENT
RAISED MORE THAN $41,000 LAST
YEAR.
>> AN IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR
ANYONE HEADING UP NORTH OR TO
NORTHERN OAKLAND COUNTY THIS
WEEKEND. A BIG STRETCH OF I 75
IS CLOSING BOTH DIRECTIONS OF I
75 ARE CLOSED FROM DIXIE HIGHWAY
TO SAGINAW ROAD. THE CLOSURE
STARTS IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
NEAR CLARKSTON AND GOES TO THE
OAKLAND COUNTY GENESEE COUNTY
BORDER CREWS WILL BE DEMOLISHING
THE DAVISBURG ROAD BRIDGE OVER
I-75. THE FREEWAY SHOULD REOPEN
BEFORE THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE. WELL WE’VE HAD TO DODGE
SOME SMOKY, HAZY SKIES THIS
WEEK, BUT WE’RE FINALLY IN FOR A
BREAK THIS WEEKEND.
>> FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST KIM
ADAMS IS HERE TRACKING SOME RAIN
ADAMS IS HERE TRACKING SOME RAIN . >> WELL, WE STILL HAVE THAT AIR
QUALITY ALERT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF
HAZE DOWNTOWN, BUT CERTAINLY AN
IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST NIGHT. 71
IN DETROIT, 60 EVERYWHERE ELSE.
AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE 80S
TOMORROW, 85 DEGREES WITH LOTS
OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IF YOU HAVE A GRADUATION PARTY
OUTSIDE OR A WEDDING, YOU’RE
FINE DURING THE DAY. AFTER 8:00
TOMORROW NIGHT, THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN COMES ON
SUNDAY. TAYLOR SWIFT TOMORROW,
DOWNTOWN WILL BE A NICE DAY IF
YOU’RE COMING DOWN EARLY.
SUNSHINE WARMER, THOUGH, THAN IT
WAS TONIGHT. 84 AT 6:00, 78 BY
9:00. FINALLY WE SEE SOME RAIN
IN THE FORECAST. IT’S GOING TO
DO A COUPLE THINGS. IT WILL HELP
THE DROUGHT AND IT WILL ALSO
HELP THE AIR QUALITY. BUT IT
COULD SPOIL YOUR PLANS FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SO