. WE’RE NOT ONLY SHOWING YOU THE PROCESS OF PAWNING, BUT HOW THEY AUTHENTICATE ALL THOSE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE BRING IN. WHY FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS STARTS
RIGHT NOW. WELL GOOD SATURDAY
MORNING. IT IS SEVEN A.M. I’M
ROD MALONE JONES. THANKS FOR
JOINING US ON LOCAL FOUR NEWS
TODAY. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
WEATHER. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
FOCUSED ON MOTHER’S DAY TO
CELEBRATE MOM AND CAN MAKE A
BETTER MOTHER’S DAY, THEN
PERFECT WEATHER REPORT. BRANDON
I USED. TO I USED TO OFFER THAT
AS MY YOU KNOW MY MOTHER’S DAY
GIFT. AND STEVE GARAGIOLA WOULD
ALWAYS SAY YOU CAN’T GIVE YOU
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
ALL RIGHT, BUT IT IS LOOKING
BETTER FOR THIS MOTHER’S DAY
WEEKEND CAN’T RULE OUT A COUPLE
OF DRIPS TODAY, BUT A LITTLE
DRIER TOMORROW WITH SOME CLOUDS
AROUND, BUT MILD. WE’VE GOT 57
POURED HERE ON 63 HOWELL. GOOD
MORNING, MONROE 62, A LITTLE
WETTER IN OUR SOUTH ZONE 64
DEGREES. IN DETROIT, BUT WE’RE
LOOKING AT LIGHT WINDS FEELING A
LITTLE COOLER THROUGH THE
MORNING IN THE FIFTIES UP NORTH
AS YOU WILL THROUGH THE DAY DUE
TO WINDS OFF OF LAKE HURON, BUT
YOU CAN SEE I 94 HERE ON EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR AND THAT’S SOUTH
OF THAT LINE WHERE WE’RE SEEING
LEN AWAY MONROE COUNTY LIGHT.
SHOWERS WITH SOME REINFORCEMENTS
. OUR DRY AIR WILL MAINLY WENT
OUT, MEANING MOST OF THE DAY
TODAY WILL BE A DRY ONE. BUT YOU
CAN’T RULE OUT A COUPLE OF DRIPS
HERE BETWEEN NOW AND NINE OR 10.
O’CLOCK NOTHING MAJOR AND THEN
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN KEEP YOUR OUTDOOR
PLANS WERE LOOKING AT MID
SEVENTIES. TODAY, GUYS. THANKS
BRANDON. THE CITY OF AN ORBITER
IS LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO
VANDALIZED A BLM MURAL MURAL,
WHICH READS BLACK LIVES MATTER
HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER SEVERAL
TIMES RECENTLY, THE WORD BLACK
HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER TO READ
ALL LIVES MATTER THAT’S BEEN
CLEANED UP. BUT NOW COUNCIL
MEMBER HARRISON IS LOOKING TO
ADDRESS THE RACIAL VANDALISM AT
A COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED
TO CALL THE ANN ARBOR POLICE
DEPARTMENT. WELL TRAGEDY
SURROUNDING A HIT AND RUN THAT
KILLED A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL AND
INJURED FIVE OTHERS HAS TAKEN A
SURPRISING TWIST AS WE LEARN
ABOUT CHARGES IN THAT CASE,
PROSECUTORS SAY THE PERSON
BEHIND THE WHEEL WASN’T EVEN OLD
ENOUGH TO DRIVE. THE 15 YEAR OLD
BOY DIDN’T HAVE A LICENSE OR
EVEN A LEARNER’S PERMIT.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS DRIVING
DURING A CRASH ON DECKER ROAD
AND WALTON LAKE BACK ON MARCH
22ND. THEY SAY HE FAILED TO STOP
AT A RED LIGHT AND DROVE OFF
WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO STOP
HIM. AT THAT POINT, HE CALLS THE
FOUR VEHICLE CRASH THAT KILLED
13 YEAR OLD PIPER CARRUTHERS,
HER MOTHER AND SISTER WERE AMONG
THOSE INJURED. A PASSENGER IN
THE CAR. 19 YEAR OLD GAVIN
GOSSIP IS ALSO CHARGED.
PROSECUTORS SAY STATEMENTS
CAPTURED ON CELLPHONE SUGGESTS
HE ENCOURAGED THE JUVENILE TO
FLEE BOTH FACE MULTIPLE FELONIES
, WITH THE MOST SERIOUS BEING
FIRST DEGREE FLEEING FROM A
POLICE OFFICER, WHICH CARRIES A
MAXIMUM OF 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
THE 15 YEAR OLD IS IT JUVENILE?
HE’S IN JUVENILE DETENTION
CENTER UNTIL HIS NEXT COURT
DATE. CASA PISS FREE ON $250,000
BOND. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL WAS
NEARLY KIDNAPPED OUT OF HER OWN
BACKYARD AND ALPENA COUNTY
EARLIER THIS WEEK. AUTHORITIES
SAY THAT IT IS UNTIL HER BROTHER
SAW IT HAPPENING AND FIRED ROCKS
AT THE KIDNAPPER WITH HIS
SLINGSHOT. WE HAVE JOSH KERMAN
WITH MORE ON THAT ATTEMPTED
ABDUCTION. YOU KNOW, YOU
WOULDN’T THINK IN THIS WORLD
THAT IF YOU WERE PLAYING IN YOUR
OWN BACKYARD OR ON YOUR OWN
PROPERTY THAT YOU WOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, UM, BUT IT JUST GOES TO
SHOW UM THAT THAT THERE’S EVIL
OUT THERE AND IT CAN FIND
ANYBODY ANYWHERE AND IT DID
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, POLICE SAY
AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL IN A
RURAL AREA OF ALPENA TOWNSHIP
JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY, WAS
HUNTING FOR MUSHROOMS IN HER
BACKYARD. WHEN SHE FELT SOMEONE
GRAB HER. THE SUSPECT HAD COME
THROUGH THE WOODS. AND TO HER
PROPERTY AND CAME FROM BEHIND
HER. GRABBED OR LIKE LIKE YOU’D
SEE IN THE MOVIES HAND OVER THE
MOUTH ARM AROUND THE WAIST AND
WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL HER INTO
THE WOODS, GRIMSHAW SAYS. THAT’S
WHEN THE GIRL’S OLDER BROTHER,
JUST 14 YEARS OLD. SAW SOMETHING
HAPPENING OUTSIDE. HE GRABBED A
SLINGSHOT AND WHATEVER
AMMUNITION HE COULD FIND AND
FIRED TWO SHOTS, ONE TO THE HEAD
, ANOTHER TO THE CHEST OF THE
ALLEGED KIDNAPPER, AND HIS
SISTER WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY. I
MEAN, HE REALLY IS THE ONE THAT
UM, BUT SAVED THAT I BELIEVE
SAVED HIS SISTERS. EITHER LIFE
OR FROM SOMETHING SERIOUSLY BAD
HAPPENING TO HER, UM YOU KNOW
FOR A 14 YEAR OLD TO SEE THAT
AND THE POP INTO ACTION THAT
QUICKLY IS EXTRAORDINARY AND HE
SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR IT.
TROOPERS SAY THEY FOUND THE
SUSPECT, 17 YEAR OLD BOY HIDING
IN A GAS STATION LATER THAT DAY
. I KNOW THE SOUND PROBABLY
SOMEWHAT FUNNY THE WAY IT COMES
OUT, BUT IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE
THAT WAY. BUT WHAT HE DID ALSO
HELPED US TO IDENTIFY WHO THE
SUSPECT WAS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE
HAD INJURIES FROM GETTING HIT
WITH A SLINGSHOT. AND THOSE WERE
THINGS THAT HELPED US
EVIDENTIARY WISE TO IDENTIFY WHO
IT WAS. SO THAT WAS VERY
VALUABLE TO ALL RIGHT, JOSH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE
HITTING THE ROAD IN NOVI THIS
MORNING. WATCH OUT, BECAUSE THE
RAN FROM I TO 75 9 96 CORNER BE
CLOSED. NOW THAT RAMP IS GOING
TO BE CLOSED FOR BRIDGE REPAIR.
BUT DON’T WORRY. THERE ARE WAYS
AROUND IT TAKE THE NORTHBOUND TO
75 TO 12 MILE ROAD AND THEN HEAD
WEST AND GO SOUTH ON M FIVE,
THEN HIT BACK ONTO I 6 96 WEST,
WHICH BY THE WAY, IS A LITTLE
BUSY BECAUSE THEY’VE
CONSTRUCTION THERE AS WELL. IF
YOU DON’T IF YOU DON’T NEED TO
DO IT, YOU KNOW, GO A LITTLE BIT
LATER BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO
REOPEN AT 11 O’CLOCK. WELL, SOME
PEOPLE ONLY WANT THINGS THAT ARE
BRAND NEW, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND
SOMETHING EVEN BETTER IF YOU
CONSIDER BUYING SOMETHING
SLIGHTLY USED. IN FACT,
PAWNSHOPS OFTEN HAVE A GOOD
SELECTION OF AMAZING JEWELRY.
THEY SPECIALIZE IN ANTIQUE AND
UNIQUE PIECES. SO YOU MIGHT JUST
BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT
NOBODY ELSE HAS. WOODS IS LIVE
IN HAMTRAMCK AT THE GRAND
OPENING OF MOTOR CITY POND,
BROKERS LOCATION AND MEGAN, WHAT
ARE YOU FINDING OUT THERE?
SOMETHING GOOD. I HOPE. A LOT OF
GOOD THINGS, NOT JUST ONE THING,
SO THEIR GRAND OPENING STARTS AT
NINE O’CLOCK. THEY HAVE A LOT OF
GIVEAWAYS. AND I AM HERE WITH
CHRIS. HE’S THE DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS AND FIRST OFF. HOW
EXCITED ARE YOU FOR EVERYBODY TO
COME HERE THIS MORNING? WE’RE
VERY EXCITED, HAPPY FOR THE
COMMUNITY HAPPY FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES, AND WE’RE EXCITED TO
GET THE STORE UP AND RUNNING.
AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF RARE
ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UM YOU
KNOW THAT’S THE WHOLE PROCESS
HERE. SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT
OKAY? YES. THIS IS A REAL
LOUISVILLE ATON. OR YOU KNOW,
HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE, BUYING
THINGS THAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR
THAT AUTHENTIC ITEM? ABSOLUTELY
TECHNOLOGY DEFINITELY NOT MAKES
THINGS A LOT EASIER. HOW THROUGH
DIAMONDS AND GOLD. WE HAVE
DIFFERENT INDICATORS AND TESTERS
FOR THOSE PURSES. EVERY PERSON
WE BRING IN IS AUTHENTICATED. A
CERTIFICATE IS PRINTED OUT. WE
PUT THAT BOTH WITH THE CUSTOMER
AND WITH APPEARS SAME THING WITH
SHOES. SHOES ARE TRAINING SHOES
ARE COMING A LONG WAY. NICE AND
WE HAVE SOME OF THAT OUT HERE,
SO OKAY, SO YOU USE MATERIAL TO
MAKE SURE THAT IS A REAL
DIAMOND. SO WHEN SOMEONE YOU
KNOW PAYS FOR IT, THEY KNOW THAT
THIS ISN’T FAKE. THIS IS REAL.
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IS
THOROUGHLY TESTED THOROUGHLY
EXAMINED. WHEN IT COMES IN AND
THEN ALSO WHEN WE PUT IT BACK
OUT FOR SALE, CLEAN, POLISHED
AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE CERTIFICATES. WE ALSO
PUT THOSE WITH THE ITEMS, SO
WHEN A CUSTOMER PURCHASES IT,
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GETTING,
AND THEN KEEP THAT WITH THEM.
YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE DURATION
OF THOSE ITEMS, AND SO WHEN
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RARE FINDS,
WHAT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, FAVORITE
MEMORY ABOUT SOMEBODY BRINGING
IN SOMETHING THAT’S JUST
INCREDIBLE. OR YOU WERE IN AWE.
SO MY FAVORITE THING NOW I HAVE
A COUPLE LITTLE KIDS, AND
THEY’RE OBSESSED WITH MARVEL
INSPIRED A MAN. SO JUST
RECENTLY, WE GOTTA STANLEY
SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE AND
COMIC OF SPIDERMAN BOOK. SO GIVE
THAT TO MY KIDS, AND THEY’RE
SUPER EXCITED. SO THAT WAS NICE
GOODNESS. YEAH THAT’S SO
PRECIOUS, AND THE THOUGHT THAT
WHEN PEOPLE BRING ITEMS IN, IT’S
GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. NO, WE
GIVE REALLY THE ELECTRONIC AND
SECOND HAND GOODS, THE CIRCLE OF
LIFE TO WHERE THEY COME IN TO US
INSTEAD OF JUST GOING ANYWHERE
ELSE. WE RE CIRCLE THEM. WE
REFURBISH HIM, CLEAN THEM AND WE
SELL THEM BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS HEARING BECAUSE THIS
IS A NEW LOCATION. YOU HAVE
BETTER PRICES. YES EVERYTHING
HERE IS PRICED TO SELL.
EVERYTHING IS AS GOOD AS IT CAN
GET. AND AS LONG AS WE CAN GO,
UM A LOT OF GREAT DEALS A LOT OF
GREAT FINDS, AND WE’RE EXCITED
TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN YOU KNOW TO
JOIN US RIGHT? AND SO THAT GRAND
OPENING STARTS AT NINE O’CLOCK
1ST 33 PEOPLE GET A $100 GIFT
CARD HERE IN HAMTRAMCK REPORTING
LIVE. MEGAN WOODS LOCAL FOUR.
THANK YOU, MEGAN. AND WE’LL SEE
YOU IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH
SOME OF THE RAREST FINDS INSIDE
THE SHOP, INCLUDING SCIENCE,
SPORTS MEMORABILIA, TOYS FROM
THE EIGHTIES AND EVEN AN ICONIC