HIS
VEHICLE, CHAOS BROKE OUT.
HEAR ABOUT THE TER FIRING NIGHT.
>> Devin: HUNDREDS OF TIRES
TAKING OVER A DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND A REAL DANGER.
THE NEIGHBORS CONTACTED "HELP ME
HANK" TO LOOK INTO IT.
>> Kim: CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR
HANK WINCHESTER TRACKED DOWN THE
MAN BACK IN MARCH RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MESS.
HE PROMISED TO HAVE IT ALL
CLEANED UP BY THE END OF APRIL.
IT'S NOW MAY 2d, HANK SHOWS YOU
HIS WORD.
>> Hank: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS
HUGE MESS, HUNDREDS OF TIRES
SITTING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOR SOME, IT'S A REALITY AND THE
OWNER IS BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE.
A MOUNTAIN OF TIRES, A HUGE MESS
LEFT BEHIND.
>> YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA BE
CLEANED UP BY THE END OF THE
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
UP.
>> LOOK, MAN --
MADE.
I DIDN'T MAKE THE PROMISE, YOU
DID.
>> Hank: AND NEIGHBORS NOT THE
ONLY ONES FRUSTRATED NOW.
>> WILL YOU GIVE ME A BREAK?
>> Hank: NO!
BECAUSE YOU SAID TO ME IT WOULD
THAT WAS YOUR BREAK.
>> [BLEEP].
>> Hank: I DON'T CARE.
WHY THE ANGER, WHY THE OUTRAGE?
IT'S ALL OVER THIS DISASTER,
HUNDREDS OF USED TIRES LEFT AND
DUMPED AT THIS ABANDONED
PROPERTY THAT CAUGHT FIRE ON
FENKELL IN DETROIT.
THE OWNER MS. FOX AND HER
HUSBAND JOSEPH.
HE MADE EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE
PROBLEM.
>> YOU CAN'T WALK DOWN THE
SIDEWALK.
>> AND LIKE I SAID AND SHOWED
YOU IN THE E-MAIL, WE'RE NOT
DOING THAT.
>> Hank: MR. FOX SAYS SOME OF
THE TIRES ARE HIS BUT PUTS THE
BLAME ON ILLEGAL DUMPERS, YET
THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS FINED
ONLY HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WHEN I TRACKED HIM DOWN IN
MARCH, HE PROMISED TO HAVE ALL
APRIL.
APRIL 30th.
>> Hank: I CAME BACK YESTERDAY
AND NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE, NOT
ONE TIRE MOVED!
AND THIS TIME ANGRY NEIGHBORS
WERE THERE TO GREET MR. FOX TO
LET HIM KNOW WHAT THEY THINK.
>> YOU PEOPLE SAID THE ILLEGAL
CLEAN IT UP?
BUILDING?
>> TECHNICALLY THE OWNER OF THE
BUILDING -- IT'S LIKE THIS...
>> EVERY DAY I RAISE MY WINDOW,
OPEN MY BLINDS, I SEE THEM,
THAT'S ALL I SEE.
>> Hank: AND THERE'S BEEN LITTLE
PROGRESS HERE ON SITE, SOME WORK
HAS BEEN GOING ON.
THERE'S BEEN A NEGOTIATION
BETWEEN THE CITY AND MR. AND
MRS. FOX WITH A TIME LINE TO
CLEAN EVERYTHING UP BY APRIL 28.
BUT THEN A CHANGE TO THIS DEAL,
ALL BECAUSE MR. FOX SAYS THE
EQUIPMENT HE NEEDS ALLEGEDLY NOT
AVAILABLE.
IT'S YET ANOTHER ROAD BLOCK IN A
BIG BATTLE FOR THOSE LIVING IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THIS
MESS CLEANED UP ONCE AND FOR
ALL.
IT'S NOT SAFE.
WHO WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS?
>> Hank: BACK OUT HERE LIVE.
ACROSS FROM THE CITY-COUNTY
FRUSTRATED.
THIS IS A COPY OF A STATEMENT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE CITY.
THEY ADMIT THAT A CONSENT
AGREEMENT WAS PUT IN PLACE AND
THEY OFFERED AN EXTENSION TO
MR. FOX TO CLEAN THIS UP BECAUSE
EQUIPMENT.
THEY ALSO ADD THAT FAILURE TO
COMPLY WITH THE EXTENSION AND
THE CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
BY MAY 12th WILL RESULT IN
BEING ISSUED.
LIVE HERE TONIGHT, HANK
WINCHESTER, BACK TO YOU.
>> Kim: I HEARD YOU SAY HE'S
BEEN FINED OVER AND OVER AGAIN
BY THE CITY.
OWES?
>> Hank: ACCORDING TO CITY
WORKERS, WE'RE ALMOST AT
$20,000, THOSE ARE THE CITATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON HIM
YOU HEARD FROM THE CITY, IF THIS