LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FOR YEARS, CRIMINALS HAVE GOTTEN
EXTRA PRISON TIME FOR COMMITTING
A FELONY USING A GUN. NOW MACOMB
COUNTY IS PUTTING ITS OWN
VERSION OF THE FELONY FIREARM
RULE IN PLACE. THE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR SETTING THIS NEW
POLICY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT HE
FEELS IS SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT
OF THAT STATE LEVEL STATUTE.
NOW, PETER ACETO SAYS, BOTTOM
LINE POSSESSING A GUN WHILE
COMMITTING A FELONY IN MACOMB
COUNTY WILL ADD TWO YEARS TO
YOUR SENTENCE. SHAWN LEY SPOKE
WITH THE CEO TODAY JOINS US LIVE
TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THIS NEW
POLICY WILL MEAN MOVING FORWARD,
SEAN. KIMBERLY PAM. WE SAT DOWN
WITH PROSECUTOR PETER ACETO
MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTOR AND
LOOK, HE SAYS SOMETHING MUST BE
DONE, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO A
NEW YEAR TO GET A HANDLE ON GUN
CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE AND BY
ENFORCING FELONY GUN LAWS THAT
ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS IN MORE
CASES IS A PLACE TO START. ONE
WITH A GUN IN MACOMB COUNTY IS
GOING TO GET YOU TO. WE’RE GOING
TO CHARGE IT. ANY PROSECUTOR
PETER ACETO SAYS SOMETHING MUST
BE DONE ABOUT GUN CRIME, AND
HE’S HOPING TO BRING CHANGE IN
THE NEW YEAR. MICHIGAN LAW IS
CLEAR A FELON CAUGHT WITH A GUN.
THAT’S ANOTHER TWO YEARS IN
PRISON. BUT LUCY NO SAYS,
OFTENTIMES, FELONY FIREARM
CHARGES WEREN’T BEING BROUGHT IN
SOME CASES BECAUSE THE
UNDERLYING CRIME DID NOT INCLUDE
THE GUN, FOR INSTANCE. A FELON
FLEEING FROM POLICE AND A GUN IS
FOUND IN THE CAR. LATINO SAYS
HE’S FINDING FELONY GUN CHARGES
WEREN’T BEING BROUGHT NOW IN
MACOMB COUNTY. THAT PERSON WILL
BE CHARGED GUN VIOLENCE IS OUT
OF CONTROL. WE NEED TO GO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE
START THAT WE’VE IN. YOU KNOW,
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. LET PUT
IT INTO ACTION. COME NOW. RIGHT
NOW WE’RE STARTING A BRAND NEW
YEAR A BRAND NEW DAY. LET’S MAKE
THINGS CHANGE IF THE PERSON HAS
A GUN AND THEM IT WASN’T PART OF
THE CRIME WHEN THEY STOLE THE
CAR. BUT HAVING THAT GUN ON THEM
MEANS THAT WE’RE CHARGING WITH
FELONY FIREARM. WAS IT A CRIME
USING THE GUN? OR WAS IT A CRIME
WHERE THE GUN WAS LATER FOUND?
BACK YOUR LIFE LOOKED AT LAWS,
PLACIDO SAYS ALREADY ON THE
BOOKS WANTS TO START ENFORCING
THEM, EVEN THOUGH IF A GUN IS A
IN A CAR AND NOT USED IN A CRIME
, BUT A FELON HAS THAT GUN, HE
SAYS. THAT LAW NEEDS TO APPLY.
WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM? HE
SAYS, OF COURSE GUN VIOLENCE,
BUT ALSO HIS TALKS AND MEETINGS
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTY. HE SAID THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS ASKING FOR MORE
APPLICATION OF THAT FELONY GUN
CHARGE. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL BOARD BACK TO
YOU. INTERESTING. OKAY, SEAN,
THANKS. NEARLY A WEEK, THE
ELEVATORS IN WESTLAND
INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING
BUILDING ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE THOMAS
TAYLOR TOWERS FIRE SUPPRESSION
PUMP BURST ON THE FIFTH FLOOR
THAT FLOODWATER DAMAGED
APARTMENTS AS WELL AS ELEVATORS
ARE MEGAN WOODS JOINS US LIVE
AND MEGAN. THEY’VE HAD REPAIR
AND RESTORATION COMPANIES
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET
THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THAT’S
RIGHT, PAMELA. WE WERE HERE WHEN
THAT ELEVATOR COMPANY FINISHED
THEIR REPAIR, BUT TO PUT IT ALL
IN PERSPECTIVE, TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS. THIS BUILDING GOES UP. IT
HAS 10 FLOORS AND THEN 260 OR
MORE RESIDENTS OR UNITS HERE IN
THIS BUILDING. TWO ELEVATORS.
BOTH OF THEM WERE DOWN SINCE
CHRISTMAS EVE, AND 60 OF THE
UNITS WERE DAMAGED BY THIS FLOOD
, AND SO THEY WEREN’T DISPLACED
. BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THEY
WERE GOING THROUGH IN THIS LAST
WEEK. OH, MY GOD! HECTIC.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WATER
STARTED COMING DOWN. THERE WAS
NOTHING YOU COULD DO. YOU KNOW,
WE THREW A FEW TOWERS DOWN TO
TRY TO STOP THE SPREAD. BUT THEN
THEY COME IN AND RIPPED OUT ALL
THE CARPETING MOVING ALL THE
FURNITURE ON FLOORS ONE THROUGH
FIVE, AND NO ELEVATORS IS LESS
THAN IDEAL. BEVERLY TARRED IF
LIVES ON THE THIRD FLOOR, BUT AS
STAYED IN GOOD SPIRITS. MY
HUSBAND HAS A SLIGHT HEART
PROBLEMS, SO HE’S GOT TO TAKE
LIKE FIVE STEPS AND SOFT AND
FIVE STEPS AND STOP, BUT HE’S
DOING IT. WHERE YOU KNOW WE’RE
GETTING OUT, BUT THEY HAVE
SUPPORT FOR THE LAST WEEK STAFF
. YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET ANOTHER
WAGON, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TERESA DEHART SCHULTZ
HAVE BEEN DOING ALL THEY CAN. IF
YOU GO OUT TO THE STORE AND GET
GROCERIES, THEY USUALLY HELP YOU
CAN’T HAVE STAFF HERE THAT HELPS
TAKE THEM UPSTAIRS. I KNOW
THEY’RE DELIVERING OUR MAIL. WE
HAVE A CHAIRLIFT THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT LEFT ON SATURDAY,
EVEN PASSING OUT INFORMATION
PACKETS ON NEARBY CARRY OUT
GROCERY DELIVERY OPTIONS AND
MORE THEN RESIDENTS ARE HELPING
EACH OTHER DOROTHY ON THE SIXTH
FLOOR, ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT
RUNNING OUT OF FOOD. BUT SHE
GOVERNMENT TELL ME NO, I’M GOOD
FOR TWO MORE DAYS. I’M GETTING
OUT OF HERE TOMORROW AFTER DAYS
OF WORKING AND WAITING RESIDENTS
FINALLY GOT GOOD NEWS ELEVATOR
LARGE ONE. RUNNING CAN HEAR ALL
YOUR SCREENS RIGHT NOW. OKAY SO
I’M SURPRISED BY GOING TO MY
APARTMENT AND SOME ICE CREAM AND
GETTING SOME CHIPS AND TAKING IT
UP AND KNOCKING AT HER DOOR. AND
AS YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO
RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL
. NOW ONLY ONE ELEVATOR IS BACK
UP RUNNING. THAT’S THE LARGER
ELEVATOR. THE SECOND ELEVATOR,
IT’S GOING TO BE A PROCESS AND
IT’S STILL THERE. STILL WORKING
ON IT. YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE.
PROPERTY RESTORATION COMPANY YOU
KNOW, STILL PLANTED. THEY JUST
LEFT A MINUTE AGO. SO THIS IS A
WORK IN PROCESS BUT IN PROGRESS
BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE JUST
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT THE
ELEVATOR IS BACK RUNNING AND
PEOPLE CAN GET AND THEN OUT OF
THAT BUILDING LIVE IN WESTLAND.
I’M MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4 AND
GOOD TO SEE. THEY’RE TAKING
TURNS LOOKING OUT FOR ONE
ANOTHER AS WELL. THANK YOU,
MEGAN. YEAH ALRIGHT, WELL, THE
GAME PLANNING THE PRACTICES, THE
NEWS CONFERENCES ARE ALMOST OVER
. BY THIS TIME TOMORROW WE’LL BE
MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE
FIESTA BOWL BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND
TCU SO MUCH AT STAKE WITH THE
WINNER MOVING ON TO THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. OF COURSE,
THAT’S RIGHT. AND YOU CAN REALLY
FEEL THAT EXCITEMENT BUILDING
NOW IF IT WASN’T ALREADY WHICH I
THINK IT WAS, WELL, ABSOLUTELY
LESS THAN 24 HOURS UNTIL KICKOFF
IN THE FIESTA BOWL NUMBER TWO
MICHIGAN TAKING ON NUMBER THREE
TCU ARE HOBIE ARTIGAS IN
SCOTTSDALE, WHERE MICHIGAN PEP
RALLY IS GETTING UNDERWAY, HOBIE
NIGHT? PROBABLY STATE FARM
STADIUM IS GOING TO BE FILLED
WITH MAIZE AND BLUE. BUT TONIGHT
IT’S A BASEBALL STADIUM HERE IN
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, GETTING
FANS READY FOR WHAT’S TO COME,
OF COURSE IN TOMORROW’S NATIONAL
SEMIFINAL GAME. PLAYERS ARE
EXCITED, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ON
QUITE A JOURNEY 13 TO GET TO
THIS POINT, BUT THEY’RE NOT THE
ONLY ONES WHO HAVE WHO HAVE HAD
A CHALLENGING ROAD TO GET HERE
BECAUSE SOME FANS I’VE HAD THE
SAME THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM AS
WELL. TAKE A LISTEN. THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS BACK IN. SO,
TOO, ARE THE WOLVERINES READY TO
MEET TCU AND SATURDAYS? FIESTA
BOWL? I THINK IT MEANS
EVERYTHING AND JUST TO SHUT
EVERYBODY UP NATIONALLY AND LET
THEM KNOW WE’RE MISSING IN, YOU
KNOW. WITH POWERHOUSE OF THE BIG
10, AND WE’RE HERE GOING 13 AND
, OH, NOT EASY FOR THE TEAM. BUT
GETTING TO PHOENIX. NOT EASY FOR
SOME FANS EITHER CANCELED. SO
THEN SHE GOT A RENTAL CAR LIKE
AS SOON AS THEY OPEN THIS
MICHIGAN FAMILY HAD THEIR
FLIGHTS CANCELED, SO THEY HOPPED
IN THE CAR AND MADE THE 20 PLUS
HOUR DRIVE TO ARIZONA. TRAFFIC
IN NEW MEXICO IS ABOUT LIKE 30
HOURS 31 HOURS TOTAL. WOW ALL TO
SEE MICHIGAN PLAYING THE FIESTA
. YEAH LONG WAY. WE’VE GOT TO
COME BACK WITH A W I MEAN, COME
ON. WE’VE GOT TO BRING HIM BACK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE’RE
HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SUPPORTING US FROM BACK HOME,
HOPING TO SEE A DIFFERENT RESULT
THAN LAST YEAR THAT ORANGE BOWL
LOSS A DRIVING FORCE FOR PLAYERS
THIS SEASON, YOU KNOW, I JUST
STOOD THERE AND JUST WATCHED AND
JUST IT LOOKED AT EVERYTHING
THAT THEY WERE DOING. I WANTED
EVERY PART OF THE MORE FOCUSED
WE’VE COME BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN
HERE BEFORE. WE KNOW WHAT IT
TAKES A MAJORITY OF THE ROSTER
RETURNS FOR THIS RUN A GROUP
THAT JIM HARBAUGH SAYS IS ON THE
RIGHT TRACK AND PLAYING FOR ALL
THE RIGHT REASONS. IT’S A
FAMILY. UM, YOU KNOW, GUYS. GUYS
UH, THEY’RE HAPPY FOR THE OTHER
GUYS SUCCESS. THE. THEY SUPPORT
EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE EACH
OTHER’S BACKS. UH YOU KNOW, IT’S
A IT’S A TRUE TEAM. IT’S TRUE,
TRUE BALL TEAM. MICHIGAN STILL
IS PERFECT. TCU WAS UNTIL THE
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WHEN
THEY LOST TO KANSAS STATE, BUT
BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE EERILY
SIMILAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO SECOND HALF COMEBACK
COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN
SPORTS. WE’LL HEAR FROM BOTH
COACHES ON THAT TOPIC AS THEY
TRY TO FINISH THIS SEASON
STRONGER AND STRONGER AS THEY
TRY TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET. TO
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
THAT’S THE STORY IN ARIZONA
RIGHT NOW. HOPE BRT LOCAL 4. ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, HOBIE
AND WE’LL HAVE MORE FROM YOU IN
OUR SPECIAL COMING UP, PLUS
ANALYSTS BREAKING DOWN THE
MATCHUP IN CHASING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIAL TONIGHT AT
6 30 ONLY ON LOCAL 4 PLUS
FORWARD TO IT. OKAY JAMIE. THANK
YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER
IN SPORTS. POLICE PURSUED FROM
WARREN INTO DETROIT LEADS TO A
BIG DRUG BUST. POLICE GOT A TIP
FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT A DRUG
DEAL INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES NEAR
10, MILE AND HOOVER. THEY STOP
ONE OF THE DRIVERS, BUT THE
OTHER TOOK OFF SPEEDING.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE PUT THEIR
HELICOPTER TROOPER TWO IN THE
AIR TO HELP TRACK THE VEHICLE
UNTIL EVENTUALLY CRASHED. IN
DETROIT. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE
ARRESTED IN THE DRUGS FOUND IN
THE CARS LED POLICE TO SEARCH TO
HOMES WHERE THEY FOUND LARGE
AMOUNTS OF METH FENTANYL. AND
CRACK COCAINE ALONG WITH
MANUFACTURING MATERIALS. WE WANT
TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK AT OUR
MOUNT CLEMENS. SKY CAM. WE’VE
ENJOYED THE WARM TEMPERATURES
TODAY. DESPITE THAT LINGERING
RAIN LINGERING. ALRIGHT LET’S
CHECK IN WITH KIM ADAMS FOR THE
41 FORECAST. I KIM WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE PERFECT DAY IF IT WAS
SUNNY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE
HAD THE RAIN AND THAT WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT. IT WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES AS WELL. SO KEEP
THAT IN MIND IF YOU’RE HEADED
OUT 53 IN DETROIT, 47 HOW UPPER
FORTIES IN PONTIAC 51 IN ADRIAN
. EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR,
WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF
METRO DETROIT COUPLE HOLES HERE
AND THERE. BUT FOR THE MOST PART
IT’S RAINING AND WARREN
HAMTRAMCK, DETROIT OAK PARK,
EVEN BACK TO FARMINGTON HILLS,
LIVONIA. UM SALEM CAN’T AND
ROMULUS SHOWERS AT THIS HOUR AND
THOSE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW 54 IN
DETROIT, 49-10 PONTIAC, BUT WHAT
A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES ONE
WEEK AGO. TODAY WE WERE AT 22
DEGREES. THAT’S IT, AND NOW
WE’RE AT 53. SO THAT’S A PRETTY
NICE WARM UP FOR US THE BEST WAY
TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THIS UP AND
DOWN WHETHER IN BETWEEN
NEWSCASTS TO DOWNLOAD OUR
FOREWARN WEATHER APP. YOU CAN
FIND IT AT YOUR FAVORITE APP
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GREAT. YOU CAN SEE THE RADAR. IT
WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHEN THE
RAIN IS COMING TO YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD MOVING OUT OF YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT’S VERY EASY
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DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN WEATHER
APP TODAY. NEW AT SIX. FOR SOME
OF THE MOST VULNERABLE YOUNG
PATIENTS JUST GETTING THE
HOSPITAL FOR TERRORISM. MAJOR
CHALLENGE. I’M DR FRANK MCGEORGE
WHEN A LOCAL TEENAGER REALIZED
THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM, SHE
CREATED A SOLUTION COMING UP,
SEE HOW SHE’S HELPING FAMILIES