LIVE
NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. HIGH LIVE
NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT IN CUSTODY
TONIGHT AFTER CLINTON TOWNSHIP
POLICE SAY A GUN IS FOUND ON
SCHOOL GROUNDS. WE’LL START
THERE AT SIX. SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS SAY A TIP FROM A
PARENT AND ANOTHER STUDENT LED
TO A TEMPORARY LOCKDOWN. IT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT
CHIPPEWA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ON
19, MILE NEAR ROMEO PLANK.
PRIYA MANN JOINS US LIVE WITH
WHAT SHE’S LEARNING ABOUT THIS
INVESTIGATION. WELL CAME AND
DEVIN POLICE CONTINUE TO
QUESTION THIS STUDENT. HE HAS
NOT BEEN CHARGED APPARENT AND
ANOTHER STUDENT WERE AMONG THE
FIRST TO ALERT OFFICIALS. THIS
WAS THE PICTURE POSTED ON
SNAPCHAT THAT UNDERSTANDABLY
RAISED ALARM BELLS, A CHIPPEWA
VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SITTING IN A BATHROOM STALL WITH
A GUN. A STUDENT AND PARENTS SAW
THE PHOTO FRIDAY MORNING AND
CALLED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED CLINTON
TOWNSHIP POLICE AND THE HIGH
SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON A TEMPORARY
LOCKDOWN. POLICE ARRESTED THE
STUDENT AND RECOVERED THE GUN.
NO STUDENTS, TEACHERS OR STAFF
WERE INJURED. THE DISTRICT THANK
THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND
POLICE FOR THEIR QUICK ACTION,
AND THANKS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS
WERE REPORTING THE PHOTO THANKS
. SAFETY IS A COMMUNITY WIDE
EFFORT. IN AN EMAIL TO PARENTS
ON FRIDAY, SUPERINTENDENT RON
ROBERTS WROTE. PARENTS PLEASE
REMEMBER TO TALK TO YOUR CHILD
ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR
BEHAVIOR AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL,
REMIND THEM OF THE SCHOOL
POLICIES THAT PROHIBIT WEAPONS
ON SCHOOL PREMISES AND THE
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES THEY WILL
FACE IF THEY VIOLATE THOSE
RULES. THE STUDENT IN THE PHOTO
REMAINS IN POLICE CUSTODY VALLEY
HIGH SCHOOL WAS SCHEDULED FOR A
HALF DAY AND STUDENTS WERE
RELEASED ON TIME. AND AGAIN, THE
DISTRICT IS PRAISING THE QUICK
THINKING OF POLICE AND THE QUICK
THINKING OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS
AGAIN. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING
ONLINE THAT SUSPICIOUS, REPORTED
AND AGAIN TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
ANYTHING YOU POST LIKE THIS.
IT’S JUST NOT WORTH THE
NOTORIETY AND THE TROUBLE THAT
YOU’LL BE FACING, OF COURSE,
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU POSTED
IF HE IS EVENTUALLY CHARGED,
REPORTING LIVE IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP. I’M PRETTY MAN LOCAL
FOR DATA. OKAY THANK YOU. DEVON
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES HIS
FIRST STOP IN MICHIGAN TOMORROW
IS FIRST SINCE ENDING HIS 2020
CAMPAIGN IN GRAND RAPIDS. HE’S
COMING TO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
TO SUPPORT TWO CANDIDATES WHO
WERE UNKNOWN JUST A FEW MONTHS
AGO BUT HAVE QUICKLY BECOME BIG
NAMES IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES.
GRANT HERMES JOINS US NOW WITH
MORE IS GRANT. THESE TWO
CANDIDATES ARE IN LOCKSTEP. IT
WOULD APPEAR WITH THE FORMER
PRESIDENT. THEY CERTAINLY ARE.
AND THEY ARE RUNNING FOR KEY
SPOTS IN OUR STATE GOVERNMENT,
ESPECIALLY AS THE FORMER
PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO FALSELY
CLAIMED THAT HE WON THE 2020
ELECTION AND AS HE EYES A LIKELY
RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN IN 2024.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,
COMING TO CAMPAIGN FOR TWO
CANDIDATES FOR TWO OF THE
STATE’S TOP OFFICES. FIRST IS
CHRISTINA KARAMA RUNNING TO
UNSEAT SECRETARY OF STATE
JOCELYN BENSON. TRUMP ENDORSED
HER BACK IN SEPTEMBER. THE WAYNE
COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROFESSORS CAMPAIGN IS BASED ON
THE LIE THAT THE ELECTION OF
2020 WAS STOLEN, CLAIMING SHE
SAW ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AT THE
FORMER TCF CENTER. KARAMA HAS
ALSO DABBLED IN OTHER EXTREME
VIEWS, INCLUDING, AS HE NOTED
SPEAKER AT A CONFERENCE FOR
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS LAST YEAR.
SHE’S ALSO BEEN ACCUSED OF ANTI
SEMITISM BY THE ANTI DEFAMATION
LEAGUE AFTER A RECENT TWEET
ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DONOR AND
JEWISH IMMIGRANT GEORGE SOROS,
THE OTHER CANDIDATE. IS MATT
DEEPER. NO HE’S ONE OF THREE
REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL, BUT THE ONLY ONE TO GET
TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT. TRUMP ALSO
HOSTED THE PORNO AT HIS MAR, A
LAGO RESORT IN FLORIDA. HE
STAKED HIS NAME AS THE ATTORNEY
WHO FILED LAWSUITS IN ANTRIM
COUNTY, MAKING FALSE CLAIMS
VOTING MACHINES HAD BEEN RIGGED
, ESSENTIALLY KICKING OFF A KEY
PART OF THE LIE SURROUNDING THE
2020 ELECTION AND BUILDING HIS
CAMPAIGN AROUND THAT IN RECENT
DAYS, THIS AD BEGAN RUNNING IN
FLORIDA, WHERE IS THE MONEY TO
PAY FOR? NO REPUBLICANS NEED A
WIN OR RUNNING FOR MICHIGAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL DIRECTED AT THE
FORMER PRESIDENT, A TEST FOR
TRUMP AND HIS CHOSEN CANDIDATES
IN HIS FIRST VISIT BACK TO A
MAJOR BATTLEGROUND STATE. WE DID
REACH OUT TO BOTH CAMPAIGNS
TODAY. WE DID NOT GET A RESPONSE
BACK FROM RAMOS CAMPAIGN WE WERE
ABLE TO REACH SOMEBODY WITH MR
DEEPER KNOWS CAMPAIGN BUT THEY
DIDN’T RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST
FOR AN INTERVIEW DOORS OPEN
TOMORROW AT TWO PARKING, THOUGH,
OPENS AT EIGHT. A.M. AND THE
FORMER PRESIDENT ISN’T SLATED TO
SPEAK DEVIN SCILLIAN. TOMORROW
NIGHT BACK TO YOU AGREE IT’S
SOMETHING PERHAPS A LITTLE
CONSPICUOUS BY ITS ABSENCE. THE
GOVERNOR SLOT GOVERNOR WHITMER
IS, OF COURSE, A TARGET FOR THE
FORMER PRESIDENT AND
REPUBLICANS. YEAH THAT’S THE
CURIOUS THING HERE IS THAT THERE
AREN’T ANY OF THESE
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES SLATED
TO SPEAK TOMORROW THE FORMER
PRESIDENT HAS SUPPORTED IN THE
PAST THE RIGHT WING MEDIA
COMMENTATOR TUTOR DIXON. HE ALSO
HOSTED CARRIE JOHNSON, THE
BUSINESSMAN FROM MICHIGAN,
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AT THAT
MARA LAGO EVENT LAST OR RATHER
BACK IN FEBRUARY, SO IT’LL BE
INTERESTING TOMORROW TO SEE
WHETHER HE ENDORSES ONE OF THEM
ON STAGE WITH ONE OF THEM SHOWS
UP. IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING
WE’LL BE WATCHING TOMORROW
NIGHT. YOU BET. ALRIGHT, GRANT.
STARTING MONDAY, A GRAND RAPIDS
JURY WILL BE BACK TO WORK TRYING
TO DECIDE A FOUR MAN ACCUSED IN
THE PLOT TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
WHITMER WILL GO TO PRISON. ADAM
FOX, BARRY CROFT JR. DANIEL
HARRIS AND BRANDON CASERTA. ARE
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO
KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR. THEY WERE
ARRESTED IN OCTOBER OF 2020.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE MEN WERE
ANGRY WITH THE GOVERNOR’S COVID
RESTRICTIONS. DEFENDER SHAWN LEY
JOINS US LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS
TONIGHT AS THE TRIAL MOVES
CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE,
SHAWN LEY AND KIMBERLY JUST
BEFORE FIVE O’CLOCK TONIGHT. THE
JURY TOLD THE JUDGE IN THE CASE
THAT THEY WANTED TO GET A FRESH
START ON DELIBERATIONS. FIRST
THING MONDAY MORNING. THEY HAVE
SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT. AFTER
THREE WEEKS OF TESTIMONY,
EVIDENCE, SECRET RECORDINGS OF
BIG CASE AND EVEN MORE THROWN AT
THEM TODAY IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS
THE FINAL WORDS TO THE JURY FROM
PROSECUTORS INCLUDED WHAT THEY
BELIEVE WAS THE MOTIVE FOR THE
KIDNAPPING PLOT GOING OVER EACH
DEFENDANT ONE BY ONE, BARRY
CROFT BELIEVED THERE WOULD BE A
CIVIL WAR IN A NEW COUNTRY WOULD
FORM ADAM FOX WAS ANGRY AND
BLAMED OTHERS FOR HIS LIFE.
DANIEL HARRIS SUGGESTING WHY
DON’T WE JUST KILL GOVERNOR
WHITMER BRANDON CASERTA OBSESSED
WITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES. THE
ATTORNEY FOR ADAM FOX RIPPED THE
GOVERNMENT AND FBI, SAYING THEY
CONTROLLED THE PLOT AND PUSHED
HIM HIGHLIGHTING TO THE JURY HOW
THE PROSECUTION ONLY SHOWED THEM
SNIPPETS OF EVIDENCE. DANIEL
HARRIS ATTORNEY ARGUED THAT THE
MARINE WAS ONLY WITH THE GROUP
TO OVERSEE WEAPONS TRAINING
SAFETY BRANDON CONCERT, HIS
ATTORNEY AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED THESE
WORDS FROM CASERTA HIMSELF. I’M
SICK OF IT, AND THESE ARE THE
GUYS WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING IT,
ARGUING THAT CASERTA WAS TALKING
ABOUT HIS REACTION IF COVID
BACKED SCENES WERE MADE
MANDATORY AND THE ARGUMENT FOR
BARRY CROFT THAT THE FBI HIRED A
KNOWN FELON TO BE AN INFORMANT
TARGETING BARRY CROFT, ACCUSING
THE FBI AND INFORMANTS OF HIDING
FACTS AND LYING TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE THE MEN ALL AGREED ON THE
KIDNAPPING PLOT. LATE THIS
AFTERNOON, THE JURY DECIDED TO
GET A FRESH START ON
DELIBERATIONS MONDAY MORNING AND
WENT HOME FOR THE WEEKEND JUST
BEFORE FIVE WE WERE ABLE TO ASK
THE ATTORNEY FOR ADAM FOX WHAT
HE HOPES THE JURY GOES HOME WITH
ONE OTHER MESSAGE. YOU HOPE THAT
THEY ARE TAKING HOME WITH HIM
TODAY. I JUST HOPE THAT THEY
DIVIDED BY THE AMMUNITION TO
JUDGES GIVEN THEY FOLLOW THE
RULES, AND THEY MAKE A FAIR
DETERMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
AND COME BACK WITH THE TRUE AND
JUST VERDICT. NOW. DURING THIS
TRIAL, THE JURY HEARD SECRET
RECORDINGS OF THE MEN TALKING
ABOUT SHOOTING POLICE AND
POLITICIANS. TODAY, DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS SAID THEY WERE
ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT POLICE
PROTESTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2020,
AND WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HOW
THEY WOULD REACT IF COVID
VACCINES WERE MADE MANDATORY.
THEY WEREN’T TALKING ABOUT THE
OTHER THINGS PROSECUTORS WERE
SAYING DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WERE
SAYING THE ONLY JURY ONLY HEARD
A SMALL SNIPPET OF THOSE
RECORDINGS AND DIDN’T HEAR
ENOUGH OF THE RECORDINGS TO PUT
IT ALL IN CONTEXT. AGAIN.
DELIBERATIONS STARTING MONDAY
MORNING. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT
SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4 AND WE KNOW
YOU’LL BE THERE. SEAN WOULD
APPRECIATE IT. TIME NOW FOR A
CHECK OF THE WEATHER, LET’S GET
OVER TO PULL WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
TO EXPECT AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND HERE, PAULIE HEY THERE,
AND WE’RE GOING TO GET THINGS A
LITTLE BIT MILDER THAN WHERE
WE’VE BEEN TODAY, BUT WE’RE ALSO
GOING TO HAVE SOME RAIN CHANCES
AND I’LL BREAK DOWN THE TIMING
AND THE RAIN CHANCES COMING UP
IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES RIGHT NOW,
THOUGH, IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT
THE DOOR 48 METRO THIRTIES
EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND WE HAVE
WIND CHILLS THAT ARE BASICALLY
IN THE TWENTIES. OUT THERE.
DRESS FOR TWENTIES. IF YOU ARE
HEADING OUT THE DOOR, THAT’S
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE HEADING OUT
RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE LITERALLY
HEADING OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW,
JUST TO GET DOWN TO THE WINGS
GAME AND L C A. WE’RE GONNA FALL
THROUGH THE THIRTIES THIS
EVENING, BUT VERY SLOWLY AND
WITH THE WINDS STARTING TO
LIGHTEN UP DURING THE EVENING
AND CLEARING SKIES, NO RAIN OR
SNOW OR ANYTHING. THIS IS GOING
TO BE LIKE A BASIC WINTER DAY
GOING TO THE GOING TO THE HOCKEY
GAME. EXCEPT THAT RIGHT NOW IT’S
APRIL. YOU DON’T WANT WINTER
DAYS, BUT NO PROBLEMS GETTING TO
AND FROM THE CAR. WE’LL TALK
MORE ABOUT THOSE WEEKEND RAIN
CHANCES COMING UP JUST A FEW
BALL. YOU HAD SIX GOVERNOR
WHITMER OFFICIALLY VETOES A BILL
THAT WOULD HAVE PAUSED THE
STATE’S 27 CENT GAS TAX FOR SIX
MONTHS. THAT LEGISLATION PASSED
IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE EARLIER
LAST MONTH. THE GOVERNOR HAS
ASKED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
SUSPEND THE 18 CENTS FEDERAL GAS
TAX. WELL TODAY IS THE LAST
FRIDAY THE STATE WILL RELEASE
CORONAVIRUS DATA GOING FORWARD.
NEW CASES AND NUMBERS WILL BE
RELEASED ONCE A WEEK ON
WEDNESDAYS, THE STATE REPORTS
1661 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS OVER
THE LAST TWO DAYS, AN AVERAGE OF
831 CASES PER DAY. 33 DEATHS
WERE ALSO REPORTED DURING THE
SAME TIME PERIOD, INCLUDING 27
FROM A VITAL RECORDS REVIEW. NOW
THE LATEST IN THE WAR IN
UKRAINE. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CLAIM
TO UKRAINIAN MILITARY
HELICOPTERS STRUCK A FUEL DEPOT
ON RUSSIAN SOIL. UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS SAY THEY CAN NEITHER
CONFIRM NOR DENY THAT THE
ATTACKS TOOK PLACE YET.
PRESIDENT PUTIN EARLIER THIS
WEEK VOWED TO DE ESCALATE
ATTACKS NEAR THE CAPITAL OF KIEV
, BUT THE UK MINISTRY OF
DEFENSE’S KEITH HAS BEEN
SUBJECTED TO CONTINUED
AIRSTRIKES. MEANWHILE DATA FROM
THE UNITED NATIONS SUGGESTS
NEARLY FOUR MILLION REFUGEES
HAVE LEFT UKRAINE TO FLEE TO
NEARBY COUNTRIES. THAT’S NEARLY
10. OF UKRAINE’S POPULATION.
EXPECT MORE ON THE WAR IN