BLUE FOUR NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. IF YOU’RE INSURED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN,
TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT YOUR BILL.
IT MIGHT BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE
. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US. SOME DEVIN SCILLIAN.
KIMBERLY GILL HELPED ME HANK
GETTING A TIP ABOUT A BIG
BILLING PROBLEM. AND TONIGHT
WE’RE LEARNING HOW MANY ARE
AFFECTED AND WHAT’S BEING DONE
TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION? CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER
LIVE TONIGHT AT BLUE CROSS
HEADQUARTERS IN DETROIT. WITH A
LOOK AT WHAT WENT WRONG TANK.
KIMBERLY DEVIN. THIS ONE IS
CONCERNING I HEARD FROM VIEWERS
REACHING OUT TO HELP ME HANK IN
ROYAL OAK, REDFORD AND WIND AND
THEY SAID, HANK, LISTEN, I THINK
SOMETHING’S GOING ON HERE. THIS
DOESN’T SEEM RIGHT. I REACHED
OUT TO BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. I
FOUND OUT YES. IN FACT, THERE IS
A BIG PROBLEM, ONE THAT AFFECTS
ABOUT 2000. METRO DETROITERS.
TAKE A LOOK. VERY CONCERNING
THAT SOMEBODY’S GOT MY ACCOUNT
NUMBER AND, UH, AND ALL MY
INFORMATION. WALSH DIDN’T
REALIZE SHE HAD SOMEONE ELSE’S
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BILL
UNTIL SHE GOT A CALL FROM A
STRANGER IN ROYAL OAK SAID IF I
DIDN’T CALL THE LADY FROM REAL
ROYAL OAK I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT
MY BILL AGAIN TO SEE SOMEBODY
ELSE’S NAME AND ADDRESS ON IT
PAID HER BILL BUT COPIED THE
ACCOUNT NUMBER IN THE STATEMENT
SHE RECEIVED ON HER CHECK LATER
LEARNING IT WASN’T HERS. I’LL
BET YOU IF YOU LOOK UP HER NAME,
AND I GAVE HER HER NAME AND HER
ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING YOU GO
LOOK THAT UP. I BET YOU MY CHECK
IS IN HER ACCOUNT. SO WHAT
HAPPENED HERE? A BILLIONAIRE? ER
THAT HELPED ME HANK HAS LEARNED
AFFECTS MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE IN
OUR AREA. SO I CONTACTED BCBS IN
MICHIGAN AND RECEIVED THIS
STATEMENT IT READS. IN PART,
THESE BILLS MAY HAVE INCLUDED
ANOTHER MEMBER’S INFORMATION. WE
APOLOGIZE FOR THIS INCIDENT,
WHICH WAS CAUSED BY AN ERROR.
ONE OF OUR PRINT VENDORS, WE
TAKE THE SECURITY OF OUR MEMBERS
INFORMATION VERY SERIOUSLY WHILE
THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED NO
BANKING OR CREDIT CARD
INFORMATION, WE ARE CONDUCTING
AN INVESTIGATION ON THE MATTER
IN THE INTERIM BLUE CROSS HAS
MAILED A CORRECT BILLING
STATEMENT TO MEMBERS WHO
RECEIVED INCORRECT BILLS, ALONG
WITH A POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE FOR
THEM. THEM TO RETURN THE
INCORRECT DOCUMENTS. HERE’S
MELANIE DO CANAL WITH THE BETTER
BUSINESS BUREAU. THEY’LL DO
WHATEVER THEY CAN TO PROTECT NOT
ONLY YOUR REPUTATION AND YOUR
CREDIT BUT ALSO THERE’S I’LL
TELL YOU WHAT I LOVE IS THE
VIEWERS WHO REACHED OUT TO HELP
ME HANK, BUT ALSO THE VIEWERS
THAT REACHED OUT TO ONE ANOTHER.
SOMEBODY GETTING A BILL THEY
KNEW WASN’T THEIRS AND REDFORD
AND THEN CALLING THAT PERSON IN
ROYAL OAK OR VICE VERSA, SAYING,
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? THE GOOD
NEWS IN THIS SITUATION IS THAT
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD DOES NOT
BELIEVE ANYONE’S PERSONAL
INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED
. OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE A
CUSTOMER IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE
WITH THE COMPANY. PROBABLY A
GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO REACH OUT
DIRECTLY TO FIND OUT IF THERE
WAS AN ISSUE WITH YOUR STATUS.
WE’RE LIVE HERE TONIGHT.
DOWNTOWN HANK WINCHESTER. HELP
ME HANK LOCAL 4 THANKS FOR
LETTING US KNOW. WE APPRECIATE
IT, HANK. POLICE CHIEF ASKING
THE PUBLIC FOR HELP IN GETTING
ANSWERS ABOUT THREE MEN WHO HAVE
NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE THE NIGHT
THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO PERFORM
AT A LOCAL CLUB. DANTE WICKER,
ARMANI, KELLY AND MONTOYA.
GIVENS HAVEN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE
JANUARY. 21ST THAT’S 10 DAYS
AGO. NOW THE CAR KELLY WAS
DRIVING OWNED BY HIS MOTHER WAS
FOUND IN WARREN CHIEF JAMES
WHITE SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THE MEN WERE TOGETHER AT SOME
POINT THAT NIGHT MAY HAVE MADE
IT TO THE LOUNGE 31 ON GRATIOT
BEFORE LEARNING THAT THE EVENT
HAD BEEN CANCELED, BUT THERE ARE
A FEW CLUES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL PHONE
DATA AND SEE THAT THERE’S NO
ACTIVITY ON ANY OF THEIR PHONES
ARE NOT HITTING ANY TOWERS OR
NOT COMMUNICATING. UH UM. THAT’S
ALSO VERY CONCERNING, SO WE NEED
THE COMMUNITY’S HELP. WE NEED
THE PUBLIC’S HELP ON THIS CASE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE CHECKING
CAMERAS IN NEIGHBORING
BUSINESSES FOR ANY INDICATION OF
WHERE THE MEN MAY HAVE GONE AND
WHO MAY HAVE BEEN WITH THEM IS
CONTINUING ITS LOOK INTO THE
DEATH OF FIVE YEAR OLD ETHAN
BELCHER AND WHETHER CHANGES ARE
NEEDED WITHIN MICHIGAN’S CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES. CRITICS SAY
CPS HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE AND
UNDERFUNDED, BUT THE AGENCY IS
ALSO STANDING BEHIND A LAW THAT
PREVENTS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW THE AGENCY IS WORKING TO GET
MADE PUBLIC. LOCAL FORCES ROTTEN
POLONIUS LIVE TONIGHT WITH MORE
INCLUDING THE MOVE OF FOOT IN
THE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE ALL
THAT ROD. KIMBERLY. HERE’S THE
THING. ETHAN BELCHER’S FAMILY IS
COMING TO TOWN FOR A FUNERAL
THIS WEEK. A FUNERAL OF THEY
DIDN’T EXPECT CERTAINLY, AND
THEY ABSOLUTELY CANNOT AFFORD
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE’RE
SEEING THAT THIS WHOLE SITUATION
WITH THE CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICES IS PROBLEMATIC FOR
ETHAN’S FAMILY AS WELL BECAUSE
COMING TO MICHIGAN FROM THAT FOR
THAT FUNERAL, RATHER IS CANDACE
RUSH. HE SPOKE TO ME TODAY FROM
HER HOME IN BRISTOL, TENNESSEE,
AND SHE IS SO DEVASTATED BECAUSE
SHE AND HER SISTER BOTH WERE
TRYING TO HELP THESE CHILDREN
COME OUT OF THAT HOUSE AND INTO
THEIR HOMES FOR SAFETY. IT
SHOULD HAVE NEVER CAME THIS FAR.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTENED TO
WHEN WE REPORTED IT SEVERAL
TIMES BEFORE CANDICE RUSH IS IN
TEARS, KNOWING BOTH SHE AND HER
SISTER ATTEMPTED TO PULL THEIR
TWO NEPHEWS, FIVE YEAR OLD ETHAN
IN HIS SIX YEAR OLD BROTHER OUT
OF THE ABUSIVE HOME. SHE POINTS
TO THESE BABY PICTURES OF ETHAN
BEFORE HIS PARENTS SPLIT, AND
THEN WHEN HE LIVED WITH HIS
STEPFATHER, SHANE ROBERT SHELTON
AND HIS MOTHER, VALERIA
HAMILTON’S WHO ARE CHARGED WITH
ETHAN’S TORTURE AND MURDER, SHE
SAYS SHE EVEN TRIED TO CONVINCE
A CASEWORKER TO LET HER TAKE IN.
BOTH BOYS AND I TOLD HER THAT I
WOULD COME FROM TENNESSEE AND
PICK THEM BOTH UP. AND BECAUSE
IT WAS AN ONGOING CASE AND THAT
SHE HADN’T BEEN PROVEN AND FIT
YET THAT IF I WAS TO REMOVE THEM
FROM THE STATE THAT I COULD
POTENTIALLY FACE KIDNAPPING
CHARGED, THESE FAMILY SITUATIONS
ARE A LEGAL MINEFIELD. BUT
REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR JIM
INSTEAD OF WHITE LAKE SAYS CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES HIDES BEHIND
THE SECRECY LAW, EXEMPTING IT
FROM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
REQUESTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT’S
GOING WRONG. HE’S LOOKING TO
CHANGE THAT. THIS IS THE ONLY
AREA THAT I’M AWARE OF THAT THEY
CAN PLEAT LEE CAN BOTTLE UP IN
STONEWALL ANY INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE CASE SO
THAT WE CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
FIX IT. AS FOR ETHAN’S FUNERAL
THIS WEEK, IT’S JUST GONNA BE
PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST DAYS
OF MY LIFE. NOW SENATOR RUN
STATE IS GOING TO BE PUTTING HIS
BILL UP AND START LOOKING FOR CO
SPONSORS ON THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE. TOMORROW THERE’S A GO
FUND ME PAGE FOR ETHAN AND HIS
FAMILY. THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO
RAISE FUNDS. THEY’VE GOT ABOUT
HALF OF WHAT THEY NEED TO PAY
FOR THIS FUNERAL. WE’RE
CERTAINLY GOING TO STAY ON TOP
OF THIS. ETHAN’S PARENTS ARE
ALSO GOING TO BE IN COURT
TOMORROW FOR A PROBABLE CAUSE
HEARING SO MUCH MORE TO GO WITH
THIS, AND WE’VE BEEN DIGGING FOR
MORE INFORMATION. WE FOUND A
WHOLE LOT MORE, AND WE WILL
CERTAINLY HAVE THAT IN THE DAYS
TO COME REPORTING LIVE RIDE
MALONEY LOCAL FORWARD. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO IT, ROD. WE
APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN TWO
YEARS LATER, INVESTIGATORS ARE
STILL TRACKING DOWN AND CHARGING
PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN BELIEVED TO
HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE JANUARY
6TH ATTACKS ON THE US CAPITAL.
THE LATEST BOYFRIEND AND
GIRLFRIEND WHO CLAIMED THEY HAD
BEEN ON VACATION SOMEWHERE OTHER
THAN WASHINGTON, D. C. SHAWN LEY
NOW WITH HOW THAT STORY FELL
APART, SEAN PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
PRESENTED BY THE FBI AT THEIR
HOMES HERE IN MICHIGAN. THAT
CHANGED THAT STORY VERY QUICKLY
. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A MAN FROM
BURTON, MICHIGAN, HIS GIRLFRIEND
FROM BEAVERTON, MICHIGAN, NOW
FACING VERY SERIOUS CHARGES,
WHAT THE FEDS SAY THEY DID
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE CAPITOL.
IT WAS A TIP TO THE FBI THAT
ISAAC THOMAS WAS ALLEGEDLY
BRAGGING ABOUT TAKING PART IN
THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT AT THE
CAPITAL THAT BROUGHT FBI AGENTS
TO HIS DOOR IN BURTON, MICHIGAN
, WHERE THEY MET WITH THOMAS AND
HIS GIRLFRIEND, CHRISTINA LEGROS
. SHE IS FROM BEAVERTON BOTH
TOLD AGENTS THEY WENT ON
VACATION IN NEW YORK AT THAT
TIME, AGENTS PRESENTED THEM WITH
PHOTOS OF THE TWO IN THE CAPITAL
ON JANUARY 6TH COURT DOCUMENTS,
THOMAS TOLD AGENTS. WHAT WAS
HAPPENING INSIDE, HE SAYS, WAS
CALM AND FRIENDLY. THE CAPITAL,
AND HE THOUGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP
ORDERED CAPITOL POLICE TO ALLOW
PEOPLE INSIDE. BUT THROUGH CELL
PHONE AND SECURITY VIDEO AGENTS
WERE ABLE TO TRACK EVERY MOVE OF
THE PAIR. PHOTOS SHOWING WHAT
WAS HAPPENING WAS NOT FRIENDLY
OR PEACEFUL. THOMAS WAS SEEN
WITH THE TRUMP FLAG ON THE
FLAGPOLE ON VIDEO WARNING AN
OFFICER THAT HE WOULD HIT HIM
WITH IT. AGENTS PROVIDED PHOTOS
OF THOMAS ATTACKING THE OFFICER
ONCE INSIDE THOMAS HIS OWN
PHONE, PROVIDED THE DETAILS TO
AGENTS SAYING HE BROKE HIS WAY
IN GOT THE SPEAKER. PELOSI’S
OFFICE AND THOMAS RECORDING
HIMSELF INSIDE THE SPEAKER’S
OFFICE, SAYING. THEY NEEDED TO
TAKE THE COUNTRY BACK OUTSIDE OF
THE OFFICE AGENCY THOMAS HAS
SEEN WITH OTHER RIOTERS PUSHING
POLICE DOWN A HALLWAY GIRLFRIEND
, CHRISTINA LEGROS, ALSO SEEN ON
VIDEO INSIDE THE CAPITOL,
YELLING AND SCREAMING WITH THE
OTHER RIOTERS. BACK HERE LIVE,
BOTH CHARGED WITH ENTERING A
RESTRICTED BUILDING, BOTH
CHARGED WITH INTERFERING WITH
GOVERNMENT ACTION GOVERNMENT
PROCEEDINGS AND THEN THOMAS IS
CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A POLICE
OFFICER. BOTH WERE CHARGED AND
THEY WERE RELEASED HERE IN
MICHIGAN, BUT THEY HAVE TO FIND
THEIR WAY NOW TO DC TO FACE
THOSE CHARGES IN COURT THERE,
DEVIN CLEARLY, FBI STILL GETTING
TIPS ARE STILL GOING OVER ALL
THAT VIDEO FOOTAGE STILL GOING
AFTER PEOPLE WHO BROKE THE LAW
THERE WHICH MAY COME AS A
SURPRISE TO MANY. ALRIGHT, SEAN.
THE MAN CHARGED IN A DEADLY
SHOOTING RAMPAGE ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE LAST AUGUST HAS BEEN
RULED NOT COMPETENT FOR TRIAL.
19 YEAR OLD DANTE SMITH IS
FACING MURDER CHARGES FOR THE
DEATHS OF THREE PEOPLE,
INCLUDING A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL. A
MAN AND HIS DOG WERE ALSO SHOT
BUT SURVIVED. INVESTIGATORS SAY
SMITH CHOSE HIS VICTIMS AT
RANDOM AND WAS IN THE MIDST OF A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT
INCLUDED HALLUCINATE.
HALLUCINATIONS AND PARANOID
DELUSIONS. THE FORENSIC CENTER
HAS DETERMINED SMITH IS NOT
COMPETENT FOR TRIAL, BUT THE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE WANTS AN
INDEPENDENT EXAM, WHICH THE
JUDGE HAS GRANTED WILL CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW THIS CASE. LET’S CHECK
THE NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR
THE WEEK, THE STATE REPORTING
6027 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST
SEVEN DAYS AVERAGING OUT TO 861
CASES A DAY. THAT’S ABOUT THE
SAME RATE THAT WE SAW LAST WEEK.
245 MORE COVID DEATHS ALSO BEING
REPORTED OVER THE SAME SEVEN
DAYS. OKAY SO IF YOU WANTED THE
COLD WEATHER, IT’S HERE. YOU
KNOW, WE HOPE WE DIDN’T SOUND
LIKE WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT
ALL THAT MILD WEATHER, BUT IT’S
GONE NOW. KIM PEOPLE WERE
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
TEMPERATURES AS MUCH AS THERE
WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT DID WANT
SNOW, AND WE GOT THAT. BUT WE
GOT A LITTLE MORE THAN WE
BARGAINED FOR. 12 IN PONTIAC IS
THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE 17 IN
MOUNT CLEMENS. ALSO AT METRO
AIRPORT, IT IS SEVEN DEGREES
COLDER RIGHT NOW THAN IT WAS AT
THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY IN
PONTIAC, FIVE DEGREES COLDER IN
MOUNT CLEMENS, BUT THAT DOESN’T
TELL THE STORY. IT’S REALLY THE
WIND CHILLS THAT MAKE IT FEEL SO
COLD OUTSIDE FOR ABOVE ZERO IN
PONTIAC, SEVEN AT METRO SIX IN
AN ARBOR AS WE WIDEN THE VIEW
MORE COLD AIR. THIS IS AN ARCTIC
AIR MASS. THAT IS JUST SETTLED
ITSELF OVER METRO DETROIT. NOW
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF
DAYS WHERE WE WARM UP JUST A
LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE ARE
RIGHT BACK. TO NOT ONLY COLD
TEMPERATURES, BUT COLDER THAN IT