LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. IT IS NICE TO UNDER DPD S NEW 12 POINT SAFETY PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN
DETROIT TONIGHT. WE’RE HEARING
FROM A GREEK TOWN BUSINESS OWNER
ABOUT THE RECENT VIOLENCE AND
THE LOSS OF A FRIEND. THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US. I’M PAMELA
OSBORNE. THE SAFETY PLAN IS AN
EFFORT TO CURB THE VIOLENCE.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS JOINS US FROM
GREEKTOWN WITH HOW THINGS ARE
GOING SO FAR. A LOT OF POLICE
OUT HERE AGAIN AS EXPECTED, AND
WITH THE WEEKEND WEATHER BEING
COOLER, THE STREETS HAVE BEEN
TAMER. BUT FOR THE BREAKDOWN,
BUSINESS COMMUNITY LAST WEEK’S
GUN VIOLENCE AND THE LOSS OF A
DEAR FRIEND ARE STILL TOP OF
MIND. IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT IN
GREEKTOWN, AND ALL IS WELL
INSIDE THE GOLDEN FLEECE, A
RESTAURANT OWNED BY YANNI, DIANA
PSAROPOULOS AND HIS FAMILY, BUT
IT’S WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE ON THE
STREETS OF MONROE. THAT’S OUT OF
THEIR CONTROL. RESPECT FOR LIFE
. THERE’S NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN
BEINGS ARE. HELLO HUMANS NEXT TO
US, TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE
SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED IN
GREEKTOWN LAST WEEKEND ALONE IN
RESPONSE TO TREAT POLICE ROLLED
OUT A NEW SAFETY PLAN, INCLUDING
METAL DETECTORS AND AN INCREASED
POLICE PRESENCE IS ON BOARD WITH
THE PLAN GIVING CREDIT TO THE
OFFICERS THAT TIRELESSLY PATROL
THE AREA. THIS IS NOT TRYING TO
DO ANYTHING. ELSE BESIDES
PROVIDE AND ENSURE EVERYONE’S
SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THAT IN
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT WHAT COMES
FIRST, THERE’S NO DENYING THE
POTENTIAL IMPACT THE VIOLENCE
COULD HAVE ON GREEKTOWN
BUSINESSES. LAST WEEKEND, THEY
GOT THEIR FIRST TASTE OF IT
FIRST TIME IN OVER 100 YEARS,
THE PARISHIONERS OF THE
ANNUNCIATION WERE NOT ABLE TO
COME TO GREEK TOWN TO GET THEIR
EASTER BREAD THEIR EASTER LAMB.
THE SOUP THAT WE DO EVERY TIME
EVERY YEAR FOR EASTER, AND THEY
WERE FORCED TO GO STRAIGHT HOME.
WHY BECAUSE THE STREETS WERE
CLOSED OFF BECAUSE OF THE
BECAUSE OF THE MURDER OF OUR OUR
FRIEND DARRYL. THAT’S WHERE THIS
GETS PERSONAL. DARRYL STRONGER
WAS THE SECURITY GUARD KILLED
WHILE ON THE JOB AT A BUSINESS A
FEW DOORS DOWN, DUBBED THE
GREEKTOWN GUARDIAN. DARRYL WAS A
DEAR FRIEND OF JOHNNY’S AND ALL
WHO KNEW HIM. CAROL WAS PART OF
THIS LEGACY, AND HE LEFT HIS OWN
LEGACY AND WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN. THAT WILL MAKE SURE
OF THAT. THAT’S THE LEAST WE
OUGHT TO HIM THAT HE PRETTY MUCH
DIED FOR US. JOHNNY IS HELPING
ORGANIZED TOMORROW NIGHT’S VIGIL
FOR DARRYL STRAWBERRY. IT’S
GOING TO BE HELD OUTSIDE THE
STORE WHERE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED AT ST ANTOINE IN MONROE
. IT’S AT EIGHT O’CLOCK
REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT.
JACKMAN FRANCIS FOR LOCAL
JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. COMMUNITY
MEMBERS COME TOGETHER IN DETROIT
AFTER A 20 YEAR OLD LOST HIS
LIFE TO GUN VIOLENCE. HEY
JAVONTE. NIXON WAS SHOT TO DEATH
LAST SUNDAY ON THE FRONT PORCH
OF A HOME AND BRAIN FURRED
STREET THAT’S NEAR EIGHT MILE IN
VAN DYKE. TONIGHT IS SPECIAL
BALLOON RELEASE TOOK PLACE IN
HIS MEMORY AS HIS FAMILY
CONTINUES TO MOURN THEIR LOSS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE JOINING
THEM AND WANTING TO STOP THE
VIOLENCE. I LOVE YOUR SMILE. I
LOVED HIM HIS HIS PERSONALITY.
HE WAS JUST HE WAS JUST I DON’T
SEE ANY KID. YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS
OLD. HE DIDN’T EVEN LIVED TO SEE
HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY. WE HAVE TO
PUT DOWN THESE FIREARMS. THAT IS
NOT THE ANSWER. SHOOTING UP OUR
COMMUNITIES. EVERYBODY LOSING
THIS MOTHERS, FATHERS, COUSINS,
RELATIVES, WE ALL LOSE IN THIS
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT
ALL ON JAVONTE NIXON’S MURDER
CALLED DETROIT POLICE OR CRIME
STOPPERS AT 1 800 SPEAK UP. TIME
NOW FOR A CHECK OF THE WEATHER A
WET SATURDAY ACROSS METRO
DETROIT WITH TEMPERATURES AND
FORTUNATELY SET TO DROP
FOREWARNED METEOROLOGISTS RON
HILLIARD LIVES WITH US NOW, WITH
A LOOK AT HOW COLD IT’S GOING TO
GET WRONG. IT’S GOING TO FEEL A
LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WINTER AND
AFTER HAVING SUMMER LIKE
TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK AROUND 80
DEGREES, WE WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE
TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING
TONIGHT. SOME OF US ALREADY IN
THE THIRTIES. RIGHT NOW, IS THAT
TRACK FOR THE RADAR SHOWING THAT
WE HAVE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS
MOVING THROUGH THE METRO AREA.
THESE ARE MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER TO SOME OF THE LOCATIONS,
SEEING SOME OF THIS RAIN WE’RE
SEEING THEM AROUND DETROIT
HELPED TRADEMARK HIGHLAND PARK
GETTING OVER TOWARDS EAST POINT
. WE’RE SEEING THESE ALSO AROUND
STERLING HEIGHTS AS YOU GET
CLOSER TO ROMEO AND IF YOU GET
IT TO LAPEER SOME OF US STILL
SEEING THESE SHOWERS ALSO OVER
TOWARD MARINE CITY. YOU’RE
SEEING THEM OVER INTO THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF GENESEE
COUNTY IS YOU GET OVER TOWARDS
ELBA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
PIER. WE WILL CONTINUE SEEING
THESE RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING
INTO TOMORROW IN SOME LOCATIONS
. THEY WILL BE VERY SPORADIC,
THOUGH. RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES
QUITE A BIT COOLER ABOUT 5 TO 10
DEGREES COOLER RIGHT NOW THAN
WHERE WE WERE LAST NIGHT AT THIS
TIME, SO WE HAVE COOLER AIR
USHERING IN RIGHT NOW. THOSE
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA IN
THE THIRTIES ALREADY AND THEY
WILL CONTINUE FALLING OVERNIGHT
. WE’RE AT 38 IN DETROIT, 37
PONTIAC AND 39. ADRIAN THOSE
WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. SO
HERE ARE THOSE HEADLINES. WE
HAVE THOSE SHOWERS WRAPPING UP
WE WILL STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF
SHOWERS INTO TOMORROW. PAMELA.
MORE COUNTIES IN THE UPPER
PENINSULA ARE NOW UNDER A STATE
OF EMERGENCY. GOVERNOR, WHITMER
ADDED. SIX COUNTIES, INCLUDING
MARQUETTE, TO THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY TO BRING THAT TOTAL TO
EIGHT COUNTIES. WARMING
TEMPERATURES IN THE U. P CAUSED
FLOODING THAT BEGAN ON APRIL
11TH THAT FLOODING CAUSED BY
ACCELERATED SNOWMELT. ALL STATE
RESOURCES WILL BE DIRECTED TO
THOSE AFFECTED COUNTIES. WE
WILL, OF COURSE KEEP YOU POSTED
HOPEFULLY, WE’RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN
THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE DON’T
WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE
DID. TONIGHT’S SURVIVORS SHARE
THEIR STORY AFTER A FORMER CHOIR
TEACHERS CONVICTED FOR SEX
CRIMES IN OAKLAND COUNTY
PROSECUTORS SAY 44 YEAR OLD
JASON DEBONED GROOMED STUDENTS
FOR SEX WHILE TEACHING AT
CLEARANCE VILLE HIGH SCHOOL. THE
CHARGES STEM FROM INCIDENTS THAT
HAPPENED FROM 2012 TO 2015 AND
2028. STUDENTS CAME FORWARD WITH
THE ALLEGATIONS. THEY SAY THE
ENCOUNTERS HAPPENED AT THE
BAND’S HOME IN BERKELEY. 2021 TO
BAN WAS CHARGED WITH FIVE
CRIMINAL COUNTS OF SEXUAL
CONDUCT. ON FRIDAY, HE WAS
CONVICTED ON ALL CHARGES. WE
TALKED TO TWO SURVIVORS TONIGHT
THAT THEIR HOPES TO THEY HOPE
THEIR STORIES RATHER WILL
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO COME
FORWARD. I WAS. UNFORTUNATELY I
NAIVE ENOUGH WHEN I WAS A CHILD
TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS THE ONLY
PERSON THAT HAD THIS SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JASON AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN, BAM. THERE’S
EIGHT OF US THAT HAVE HAD THIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH JASON, SOME
FORM OF ANOTHER FORGET WHEN HE
WAS FOUND GUILTY. I LOOKED AT
HIM IN THE EYE AND HE LOOKED AT
ME TOO. AND HE JUST SHOOK HIS
HEAD. NO. LIKE I JUST DONE
SOMETHING WRONG. AND ALL I DID
WAS SHAKE MY HEAD BACK. YES
DEMAND WILL BE FORMALLY
SENTENCED ON JUNE 6TH U. S REP.
DAN KILDEE IS OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL AFTER A SURGERY
SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED A CANCEROUS
TUMOR THIS MORNING KILLED THE
LEFT GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN
WASHINGTON, D. C HE STEPPED DOWN
FOR A FEW WEEKS AFTER A SCAN
FOUND A SMALL, CANCEROUS TUMOR.
AND ONE OF HIS TONSILS. KILDEE
REPRESENTS THE EIGHTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH
INCLUDES FLINT, SAGINAW AND
MIDLAND, ONE OF THE MOST RARE
PRIVATE CAR COLLECTIONS IN THE
ENTIRE WORLD IS OPEN FOR THE
PUBLIC FOR A GOOD CAUSE. THE
COLLECTION HOSTED A CHARITY OPEN
HOUSE, INVITING GUESTS TO VIEW
MORE THAN 200 RARE AND EXOTIC
VEHICLES WITH MORE THAN 15,000
SQUARE FOOT OF SPACE. THE
COLLECTION ONLY OPENS FOR PUBLIC
VIEWING A FEW TIMES EACH YEAR.
THE OWNER ONLY ASKED FOR A
DONATION TO THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY AND IMPORTANT WARNING
TONIGHT FROM GENERAL MOTORS.
FIND OUT WHY SOME DRIVERS ARE
BEING TOLD TO PARK OUTSIDE. PLUS
HERE’S MEGAN WORK, BOOTS TRASH,
AND THIS HANDY TOOL IS JUST SOME
OF THE MANY WAYS PEOPLE SPENT
CELEBRATING EARTH DAY. WE TAKE