WHY FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TONIGHT FOR A
BUS COMPANY PROVIDING RIDES TO
SCHOOL FOR HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS
. THE DETROIT BUS COMPANY
WORKING ON REPAIRS TONIGHT AFTER
THIEVES STEAL CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS FROM BUSSES, THIEVES
MUST HAVE ONE OF THEM BADLY
BECAUSE THEY LEFT IN A HURRY
LEFT SOME OF THEIR TOOLS BEHIND
. ACTUALLY SHAWN LEY LIVE WITH
HOW THIS COMPANY IS NOW WORKING
SO HARD TO TRY TO BE UP AND
RUNNING FOR MONDAY, SHAWN LEY
THEY TRULY ARE ALL NIGHT LONG,
ALL WEEKEND LONG. LOOK, HERE’S
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE GUYS
STEALING CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
FROM DETROIT BUS COMPANY BUSSES
ARE STEALING RIDES TO SCHOOL ON
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FROM
DETROIT STUDENTS. NOVI 10. WHEN
THEY FIRED UP THEIR BRAND NEW
BUS. THE GUYS THAT DETROIT BUS
COMPANY KNEW THAT SOUND MEANT
ONE THING. WELL WE WERE ROBBED.
YEP FINALLY HAPPENED. SOMEONE
BROKE INTO THE TRADE BUS COMPANY
INSTALLED A BUNCH OF OUR CATTLE
CONVERTERS ABOUT $15,000 WORTH
LEFT. A FEW OF THESE AROUND,
THEY CUT THROUGH THEIR FENCE.
JUST CUT LIKE BUTTER RIGHT
THROUGH IT. THEY LEFT TOOLS
BEHIND EVEN BROUGHT HIS OWN
JACKET TOOLS TO SNEAK UNDER.
ARLO BUSSES. TWO GUYS. TWO
JERKS. YOU CAN HEAR IN THIS
SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO, CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS BEING CUT OFF THEIR
BUSSES. THOSE GUYS ALSO CUTTING
OFF RIDES TO SCHOOL FOR
THOUSANDS OF DETROIT KIDS MONDAY
MORNING FROM THE KIDS. THE BUS
COMPANY EXISTS TO GET KIDS TO
SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMS, THAT’S WHAT IT DOES.
WE MOVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
KIDS EVERY MONTH TO PROGRAMS
THROUGH LOW AND NO COST
SERVICES. AND NOW THIS JUST
COMES OUT OF THEM. IT’S JUST
LESS RIDES THAT WE GET TO GIVE
BECAUSE WE GOTTA PAY TO FIX
THESE BUSSES. WE BASICALLY HAVE
TO WORK ALL NIGHT TO FIX THESE
THINGS AND FIND PARTS AND
WELCOME BACK TOGETHER, AND IT’S
JUST GONNA BE ALL HANDS ON DECK
TO EVEN MAKE TO MEET OUR
OBLIGATIONS. WE’RE GOING TO FIX
THESE THINGS UP. WE’RE GONNA GET
ROLLING AGAIN. THAT’S THE
DETROIT WAY WILL BE THERE WILL
BE THERE ON MONDAY. A COUPLE OF
OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS TO POINT
OUT DETROIT BUS COMPANY. IT HAS
GOOD SECURITY ALL AROUND THE
GROUNDS. THEY’RE THEY’RE GOING
TO BEEF UP SECURITY TO JOINT BUS
COMPANY HAVE GOOD IMAGES OF THE
GUYS WHO WERE STEALING THE
CATALYTIC AND BURNERS. THEY
BELIEVE THEY WILL BE CAUGHT AND
ARRESTED. AND BOTTOM LINE. YOU
HEARD ANDY SAY IT WILL BE THERE
BRIGHT AND EARLY. THEY WILL NOT
MISS ANY STUDENTS WILL PICK
STUDENTS UP FOR THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING. BACK TO
YOU. OKAY, SEAN, THANKS. TONIGHT
WE’RE HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME
FROM A MOTHER OF FOUR WHO WAS
SHOT DURING A CARJACKING WHILE
WORKING TO FEED HER FAMILY.
JOANNA WITHROW WAS INJURED AT A
WARREN GAS STATION FOUR MONTHS
AGO. SHE IS NOW OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL, BUT SHE IS FIGHTING TO
WALK AGAIN. MEGAN WOODS LIVE
WITH HER STORY. MEGAN COULDN’T
HAVE IMAGINED HOW THE WAY HER
LIFE WOULD CHANGE WHILE JUST
PUMPING GAS. YEAH DEVIN. IT’S
SOMETHING MANY OF US DO. WE GO
AND PRE PAID FOR OUR GAS. WE GO
BACK OUT, AND WE’RE READY TO
PUMP THAT GAS. BUT JOANNA TELLS
US THAT SHE WASN’T ABLE TO GET
THAT FAR. SHE WAS SHOT THREE
TIMES AND. SHE REMEMBERS THE
VERY MOMENT POLICE ARRIVED TO
RESCUE HER. SOON AS I SEEN HER
AND THEY RAN ABOUT ME. I GRABBED
HER HAND AND JUST WAS LIKE,
DON’T LET ME DIE. PLEASE LIKE
GET ME BACK TO MY BABIES. YOU
KNOW. APRIL 15TH JOANNA WITHROW,
A MOTHER OF FOUR STOPPED AT THIS
GAS STATION AND WARN FROM THERE
SHE WAS PLANNING TO PICK UP A
FEW DOORDASH ORDERS. SHE PREPAID
WALKED OUT, AND THAT’S WHEN SHE
SAYS A GUY WITH A MASK WAS
POINTING A GUN AT HER. THEY
DIDN’T GIVE ME A CHANCE TO YOU
KNOW, IT WASN’T LIKE, JUST GIVE
ME YOUR KEYS. GIVE ME YOUR NO,
HE JUST SHOT ME RIGHT AWAY. AND,
UM, IT WAS LIKE FIVE ROUNDS. I
REMEMBER HEARING THEM. SHE WAS
HITTING HER STOMACH AND TWICE IN
HER LEG. THEN THE SUSPECTS TOOK
OFF WITH HER CAR PHONE AND HER
FANNIE PACK WITH HER WALLET
INSIDE. JOANNA WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE STAYED FOR
MORE THAN A MONTH. SOUNDS ARE,
THEY KNEW HIS MOM TALKED HIM
INTO BED. AND NEVER CAME BACK
AFTER FOUR SURGERIES, THREE
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND HOURS OF
THERAPY. SHE’S BACK WITH HER
CHILDREN AND THREE PEOPLE ARE
CHARGED WITH THE CRIME. BUT NOW
JOANNA HAS TO START OVER
INTERVENING ON EVERYBODY’S LIVES
A LITTLE BIT LIKE EVEN MY
BOYFRIEND, HE YOU KNOW, HE HAS
TO TAKE ME TO ALL THESE
APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE I CAN’T
DRIVE. AND EVEN BEFORE MY MOM
HAD HELPED TAKE ME TO
APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW THIS IS A
LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S TIME TO
EVEN IN A BAD TIME LIKE THIS,
SHE SAYS SHE’S SEEN THE GOOD IN
SO MANY FROM THE POLICE OFFICER
WHO RESCUED HER TO A KIND
NURSE’S AIDE TELLING HER HOW
THEY TOOK MY FANNIE PACK. AND
SHE TOOK THIS OFF AND SHE WAS
LIKE HERE I WANT YOU TO HAVE AND
I WAS JUST LIKE ALMOST CRYING.
SHE CAN’T HELP BUT TO BE
GRATEFUL. I FEEL BLESSED. I FEEL
LIKE A MIRACLE. AND DOORDASH WAS
JUST A SIDE HUSTLE. JOANNA WAS A
HAIRSTYLIST, BUT THAT CAREER IS
NOW UP IN THE AIR. DOCTORS ARE
TELLING HER IT COULD BE MONTHS
BEFORE SHE COULD START WORKING
AGAIN AND IF SHE CAN START
WORKING AGAIN NOW THERE ARE
THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED
WITH THIS CRIME. THEY ARE BACK
IN COURT NEXT MONTH. BACK TO
YOU. WHAT AN ORDEAL. REALLY
ALRIGHT. UM, LET’S TURN TO THE
WEATHER. AND YOU KNOW WHEN WE
LAUNCHED FOREWARN WEATHER, WE
TOLD YOU THAT IT APPLIED TO
GREAT WEATHER AS WELL. IN FACT,
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS SAYS,
MOSTLY ONLY PRESIDED OVER GREAT
WEATHER SINCE SHE GOT YEAH, A
LITTLE BIT OF A ROLE. IT’S GOING
TO BE JUST A GORGEOUS WEEKEND,
AND WHEN WE FOREWARN YOU, IT’S
JUST LISTEN. YOU BETTER TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE WE ONLY
HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OF NICE
WEATHER, AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO
GET BACK TO SOME STORMS ON
MONDAY, SO THAT’S WHAT WE ARE
FOR WARNING YOU ABOUT. TONIGHT
OH, MY GOODNESS. IT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE NICE SLEEPING
WEATHER ALREADY DOWN TO THE
UPPER FIFTIES IN IN ARBOR AND IN
PORT HURON 63 RIGHT NOW IN
ADRIAN. 64 PONTIAC LOW SIXTIES
OVER IN HOWELL, A FEW CITIES
DROPPING DOWN TO THE MID TO
UPPER FIFTIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
THAT ALMOST FEELS LIKE FALL. SO
BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY
WEEKEND LOOKS GREAT MONDAY AND
TUESDAY, THOUGH WE ARE TRACKING
SOME SHOWERS AND THE HUMIDITY
MAKES A BIG RETURN FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
WE’LL TALK ALL ABOUT IT IN THE
FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ROUGH DAY ON WALL STREET STOCKS
PLUMMETED WHEN THE FEDERAL
RESERVE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT
INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO RISE. THE DOWEL WAS
DOWN 1000 POINTS AT THE CLOSE.
THE S AND P FELL MORE THAN 3%
THE BIGGEST DROP IN TWO MONTHS.
IT HAPPENED AFTER SPEECH FROM
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME
POWELL. HE SAID THE FED WILL
LIKELY HIKE INTEREST RATES AGAIN
IN THE COMING MONTHS AS IT TRIES
TO TAME THE HIGHEST INFLATION
RATE IN FOUR DECADES. TODAY
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE PAUSING
THE PROCESSING OF MARIJUANA
BLOOD SAMPLES BECAUSE OF A
PROBLEM WITH THE TESTING METHOD
. THE MSP FORENSIC SCIENCE
DIVISION NOTIFIED PROSECUTORS,
IT IS IMMEDIATELY HELPING THE
PROCESSING OF BLOOD SAMPLES. THE
REASON THE TEST THEY’RE USING
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN THC, WHICH IS THE
PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUND IN
MARIJUANA. AND CBD, WHICH IS NOT
A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. SO FAR,
IT’S NOT YET KNOWN HOW MANY PAST
AND CURRENT CRIMINAL CASES MAY
BE AFFECTED BY THIS, BUT WAYNE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY
SAYS SHE’S ALREADY NOTIFYING
ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES OF THE
ISSUE. A SNAG IN THEIR PAIRS FOR
THAT BROKEN WATER MAIN THAT
CAUSED THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY
FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, THE SEGMENT
OF REPLACEMENT PIPE THAT WAS
JUST DELIVERED YESTERDAY WAS
SENT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER.
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY SAYS
DIDN’T MEET SPECIFICATIONS THAT
PART ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE
REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL LIKELY
ARRIVED NOW ON SUNDAY. CRUISE
AREN’T SURE WHAT THIS WILL DO TO
THEIR REPAIR TIMELINE. BUT
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE BOIL.
WATER ADVISORY IS NOT IN PLACE
NOW. A MAJOR STRETCH OF I 75 HAS
CLOSED FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.
75 SHUT DOWN FROM EIGHT MILE
DOWN TO I 3 75 ALL OF THE RAMPS
FROM NINE MILES TO MAC OR ALSO
CLOSED CREWS WORKING ON REPAIRS
TO THE ROADS AND THE BRIDGES
THERE THROUGH THAT STRETCH. THE
SOUTH BONG LANES, THOUGH, SHOULD
REOPEN BEFORE THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE. BUT IF YOU’RE HEADED
DOWNTOWN FROM THE NORTHERN
SUBURBS THIS WEEK MAKE NOTE THE
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REOPENING OF
THE GIANT SLIDE AT BELLE ISLE
BROUGHT UP BIG CROWD. IS TODAY
REALLY DID THRILL SEEKERS RETURN
TO A SLIDE WITH SOME
MODIFICATIONS TO KIND OF SLOW
THINGS DOWN A BIT AFTER VIDEOS.
OF A BUMPY RIDE WENT VIRAL THE
D. N R ON HAND TODAY TO GIVE
THOROUGH INSTRUCTIONS TO ENHANCE
THE EXPERIENCE WITH FEWER
SCRAPES AND BRUISES. HOPEFULLY
BUT WE DID HEAR SOME THUMPS OUT
THERE TODAY. JUST FOLLOW THE
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. WE GIVE IT
A SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE WAY
YOU LEAN FORWARD AND YOU HOLD
ONTO THE BAG. THAT’S REALLY ALL
YOU GOTTA DO. IT WAS TERRIFYING
, BUT IT WAS AWESOME. I HEARD
SOME GROANS. THERE WAS SOME
GROANS. THERE WERE SOME. THERE
ARE SOME POPS AND SNAPS IN THE
BODY, TOO. BUT IT WAS VERY FUN.
IT WAS VERY FUN. YEAH IT IS OPEN
FROM 11 AM TO THREE PM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY THROUGH LABOR
DAY. SO SCHEDULE YOUR
CHIROPRACTOR APPOINTMENTS FOR
THE HOURS OR A DAY AFTER YOU
SLIDE, APPARENTLY, MY GOODNESS.
I LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN LIKE A
ROLLER COASTER. THE APPEAL IS