FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS MOTHER THAN
STAGING HER DEATH TO MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT. TODAY, HE
FINALLY LEARNED HIS SENTENCE,
BUT NOT BEFORE SEVERAL TENSE
EXCHANGES WITH THE JUDGE. HE’S
REFERRING TO YOU AS A VICTIM.
YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM HERE.
AFTER A LONG CORD HEARING.
ULTIMATELY MOHAMED ALTON TOWEY
WAS SENTENCED 35 TO 60 YEARS IN
PRISON. THIS WAS A CASE THAT
GOES BACK TO 2017 WHEN HIS
MOTHER WAS FOUND DEAD OUTSIDE
THEIR HOME AND FARMINGTON HILLS.
IT APPEARED SHE HAD FALLEN OUT
OF A WINDOW. INVESTIGATORS LATER
DETERMINED THE DEATH WAS AN
INTENTIONAL ONE AND THAT SHE WAS
SMOTHERED AND THEN THROWN FROM A
SECOND STORY WINDOW. PAMELA
OSBORNE LIVE TONIGHT. PAM THIS
CASE HAS PITTED FAMILY MEMBER
AGAINST FAMILY MEMBER AND
TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING FROM THE
DEFENDANT’S SISTER. YES SHE
SPOKE OUT NOT ONLY IN THAT
COURTROOM, BUT AFTER THAT
SENTENCING TOOK PLACE. TAKE A
LISTEN. HE CAN DIE TODAY AND I
WOULD NOT GO TO THE FUNERAL. I
WOULD THROW A PARTY INSTEAD.
LIKE I DON’T CARE ABOUT HIM
SHOWING NO MERCY FOR HER BROTHER
MOHAMMED AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED
TO AT LEAST 35 YEARS BEHIND BARS
FOR KILLING THEIR MOTHER LAST
FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN A LOT. I
TRIED TO SYMPATHIZE. I’LL TRY TO
BE EMPATHETIC EMPATHY IN THE
COURTROOM FOR MOHAMMED, WHO
SEEMED TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AS THE
VICTIM, ANGERING THE JUDGE. YOU
ARE NOT A VICTIM. THERE WERE
TEARS. OH MAN, AND REFERRED TO
DIE AT 35 YEARS OLD, TERRIBLE
DEATH BY ANY MEANS BY ANY HOURS
OF RAMBLING WHETHER YOUR HONOR
GIVE ME 40 YEARS TO 80 YEARS OR
40 YEARS TO 8000 YEARS. I DON’T
CARE BECAUSE SISTER INTERRUPTING
I DIDN’T KILL HER. FOLLOWING HER
OWN OUTPUT. YEP. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE BRIGHT WAS A
REACTION TO THE ONE PERSON WHO
STOOD IN DEFENSE OF MOHAMMED,
THEIR FATHER. HE’S BEEN
CONVICTED CONFLICT CONVICTED
ALSO THAT IMPACTED ME AND HIS
SISTER IMPACT STATEMENT. IT’S
ABOUT HIS VICTIM IMPACT
STATEMENT CUT SHORT BY THE JUDGE
WHO DID NOT FIND HIS REMARKS
APPROPRIATE. HEY, I SAID HE NOT
ALL RIGHT. BUT IF HE’S TALKING
ABOUT YOU, CERTAINLY HE’S
REFERRING TO YOU AS A VICTIM.
YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM HERE. THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN THIS
CASE, CALLING MOHAMMED A SKILLED
LIAR PRACTICED IN THE ART OF
DECEPTION. HE TELLS US HE WAS
SATISFIED WITH THE SENTENCE THE
JUDGE HANDED DOWN TODAY AND THAT
HE HOPES THAT MOHAMMAD GETS THE
HELP THAT HE NEEDS WHILE HE’S
INCARCERATED, REPORTING LIVE
TONIGHT, AND PAMELA OSBORNE
LOCAL FORM SOME KIND OF DAY. ALL
RIGHT, PAM. OUR OTHER TOP STORY
, THE BIG WEATHER CHANGES COMING
OUR WAY. LET’S GET OVER KIM
ADAMS BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING IN
ABOUT A 30 DEGREE SWING HERE
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
WE SURE ARE THIS AFTERNOON. WE
WERE AT 86 DEGREES TOMORROW
MORNING. DOWN TO 54 RIGHT NOW.
73 AT CITY AIRPORT, SOME OF THE
COOLER AIR JUST TRYING TO WORK
ITS WAY IN, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE
A LITTLE SLOW HERE FOR THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO, AND THEN
TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET
OVERNIGHT. AND BY THE TIME YOU
SEND THE KIDS OFF TO THE BUS
STOP YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE A JACKET OR SWEATSHIRT
BECAUSE IT WILL BE 54 DEGREES.
THE HUMIDITY WILL BE GONE. IT
WILL ALSO BE BREEZY TOMORROW
WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
UP TO 20 MPH 63 DEGREES. THAT’S
ALL WE MAKE IT TWO IN THE
AFTERNOON. HERE’S THE WEATHER
STORY. SIXTIES FOR HIGHS, NOT
LOWS. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH
FRIDAY COULD BE AN INSTABILITY
SHOWER TOMORROW, JUST A COUPLE
SPRINKLES HERE AND THERE, THAT’S
ABOUT IT OTHERWISE RAIN CHANCES
FOR THE WEEKEND. ONE DAY IS
DEFINITELY BETTER THAN THE
OTHERS. TO TALK ABOUT THAT. ALSO
HURRICANE FIONA STRENGTHENING AS
IT HEADS TOWARDS BERMUDA, AND WE
HAVE THREE MORE RIGHT BEHIND IT
THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TROPICAL DISTURBANCES. THING’S
REALLY HEATING UP IN THE TROPICS
, BUT HEATING UP AROUND HERE,
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING. WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE THAT SEVEN DAY
FORECAST COMING UP. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. KIM AMERICAN LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION SAYS 2022 IS ON
TRACK TO SEE A RECORD ATTEMPT OF
BANNING BOOKS AT PUBLIC
LIBRARIES AS WELL AS SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES. NOW IN ROYAL OAK
LIBRARIANS ARE BRINGING
AWARENESS TO THESE BOOK BANDS
THAT RESULTED IN A LIBRARY BEING
DEFUNDED IN ONE MICHIGAN
COMMUNITY. MARA MACDONALD LIVE
IN ROYAL OAK TONIGHT, MARA.
THEY’VE COME UP WITH A PRETTY
CLEVER IDEA. WELL KAREN, IT IS A
PLAY ON WORDS. THE LIBRARY. THE
LIBRARIANS DID IT THEMSELVES, UM
, TO MIMIC SOMETHING THAT IS,
YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH A STAPLE
IN A WHOLE LOT OF WARDROBES. LET
ME SHOW YOU DONE IN THE STYLE OF
A T SHIRT FOR A ROCK CONCERT.
BUT INSTEAD OF ALL THE CITIES
BEING PLAYED, IT LISTS THE TOP
100 BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN
CHALLENGED OVER THE LAST NINE
YEARS, WHICH INCLUDE CLASSICS
LIKE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, AS
WELL AS OTHER TITLES DEALING
WITH RACE AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
. WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT PROTECT
YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND
YOUR ABILITY TO READ WHAT YOU
CHOOSE. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
CENSORSHIP ATTEMPTS IN THIS PAST
YEAR ACROSS THE NATION THAN
THERE HAVE BEEN IN RECENT
HISTORY, WHICH IS WHY THE FRONT
OF THE T SHIRT READS INSTEAD OF
I’M WITH THE BAND. I’M WITH THE
BAND AS IN BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN
AT THE CENTER OF CENSORSHIP
FIGHTS. TO BE CLEAR. THIS HAS
NOT BEEN AN ISSUE IN ROYAL OAK.
THEY’VE ONLY HAD ONE CALL ABOUT
AN L G B T Q TITLE THAT’S IN THE
ADULT SECTION, BUT IT HAS BEEN A
HUGE ISSUE ANOTHER MICHIGAN
COMMUNITIES IN OTTAWA COUNTY,
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP. DEFUNDED ITS
LIBRARY OVER LGBT Q TITLES IN
HILLSDALE, A LIBRARY BOARD
MEMBER PROPOSED BANNING HARRY
POTTER AND CONCERNS OVER BOOKS
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY
LIBRARIES HAS PROMPTED SOME
PARENTS TO DEMAND CERTAIN TITLES
BE REMOVED IN DEARBORN, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT REMOVED SEVEN
TITLES FROM ITS COLLECTION FOR
FURTHER REVIEW AFTER PARENTS
COMPLAINED, IT’S HARD AS A
PROFESSIONAL. LIBRARIAN BECAUSE
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO READ. YOU
WANT PEOPLE TO READ WHAT THEY
WANT AND NOT EVERYBODY FITS INTO
THIS BOX OF WHERE SOMEBODY
ELSE’S VALUES MIGHT LIVE. BACK
HERE ALIVE. THE TIMING OF THIS T
SHIRT IS NOT COINCIDENTAL. IT IS
BANNED BOOKS WEEK, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT THE AMERICAN
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN
DOING ANNUALLY ANNUALLY FOR MORE
THAN 30 YEARS. THE T SHIRT HERE
IS ON SALE FOR 15 BUCKS. THOSE
PROCEEDS GO TO THE FRIENDS OF
THE ROYAL OAK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR
UNEXPECTED EXPENSES. WE’RE LIVE
IN ROYAL OAK TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 CLEVER IDEA
TO RAISE AWARENESS INDEED.
THANKS, MARA. THREE TEENAGERS
ARE CHARGED AS ADULTS IN A
DEADLY STABBING AND FRASER
HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 13TH AT A
HOME NEAR FRASER HIGH SCHOOL AND
RICHARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. POLICE
SAY ALL THREE ALONG WITH ANOTHER
14 YEAR OLD BOY FORCED THEIR WAY
INTO THIS HOME TO ATTACK TO
FRASER, HIGH SCHOOL. MALE TEENS
AND OTHER TEEN GIRLS WHO WERE
THERE WITH KNIVES. THEY SAID THE
TEENS UNDER ATTACK FOUGHT BACK,
BUT THE 14 YEAR OLD WAS STABBED
AND LATER DIED. EACH TEENAGER
FACES FELONY MURDER CHARGES
CLASSES WILL BE BACK IN SESSION
TOMORROW IN THE SOUTH REDFORD
SCHOOL DISTRICT, A CYBERATTACK
CANCELED CLASSES TWO DAYS IN A
ROW. THE DISTRICT WAS FIRST
CLOSED TUESDAY. AFTER THAT
ATTACK WAS DISCOVERED. SCHOOL
LEADERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
CYBER FORENSIC TEAMS TO RESTORE
THE SYSTEM TO NORMAL OPERATIONS
. SO FAR, WE DON’T KNOW OF ANY
PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS AT
RISK. NEW TONIGHT. A FEDERAL
APPEALS COURT HAS NOW LIFTED THE
JUDGES HOLD ON THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT’S ABILITY TO USE
CLASSIFIED RECORDS SEIZED FROM
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAR A
LAGO ESTATE SO THAT CAN MOVE
FORWARD THAT INVESTIGATION.
MEANWHILE NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY
GENERAL FILED THE LAWSUIT
EARLIER TODAY AGAINST THE FORMER
PRESIDENT. HIS THREE ELDEST
CHILDREN AND THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION ALLEGING FRAUD.
COMPLAINT DEMONSTRATES THAT
DONALD TRUMP FALSELY INFLATED
HIS NET WORTH BY BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. TO UNJUSTLY ENRICHED
HIMSELF. AND TO CHEAT THE
SYSTEM. THEREBY CHEATING ALL OF
US CLAIMING YOU HAVE MONEY THAT
YOU DO NOT HAVE. DOES NOT AMOUNT
TO THE ART OF THE DEAL. IT’S THE
ART OF THE STEAL, ACCORDING TO
THE SUIT, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION
DECEIVED LENDERS, INSURERS AND
TAX AUTHORITIES BY INFLATING THE
VALUE OF PROPERTIES WITH
MISLEADING APPRAISALS. ALSO
TONIGHT, THE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCING IT IS
REACHED TO DEAL WITH VIRGINIA
THOMAS TO BE INTERVIEWED IN THE
COMING WEEKS. THOMAS OF COURSE,
IS THE WIFE OF SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS AND HAS
COME UNDER FIRE AFTER CNN
REVEALED TEXT MESSAGES SHE SENT
TO THEN WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF MARK MEADOWS. ABOUT
OVERTURNING THE ELECTION. AN OIL
REFINERY NEAR TOLEDO, OHIO,
REMAINS CLOSED TONIGHT AFTER A
FIRE THAT LEFT TWO WORKERS DEAD
TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS FIRE AT
THIS TIME. LAST NIGHT, IT BROKE
OUT AT BP’S HUSKY REFINERY IN
THE TOWN OF OREGON, WHICH IS
ALONG LAKE ERIE. THE REFINERY
CAN PROCESS UP TO 160,000
BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL A DAY. SO
FAR, NO WORD THOUGH, ON THE
CAUSE, NOR THE REAL EXTENT OF
THE DAMAGE, EXPERTS BELIEVE FUEL
PRICES SHOULD REMAIN CONSISTENT
EXCEPT FOR DIESEL AND JET FUEL.
BUT THOSE ESTIMATES MAY CHANGE