LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A MAN ACCUSED OF EXPOSING
HIMSELF TO WOMEN ALONG IN MACOMB
COUNTY TRAIL IS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED. NOW POLICE WANT TO HEAR
FROM OTHER POSSIBLE VICTIMS.
IT’S BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS ON
TRAILS IN MACOMB COUNTY, AND NOW
POLICE HAVE CAUGHT SAY THEY’VE
CAUGHT THE MAN WHO’S DOING IT,
BUT IT’S NICK MONACELLI REPORTS
. THEY KNOW THERE ARE MORE
VICTIMS OUT THERE AND THEY’RE
HOPING THEY COME FORWARD AND
WARNING. SOME OF WHAT YOU’RE
ABOUT TO HEAR IS GRAPHIC. THIS
TRAIL IN UTICA IS USUALLY A
QUIET, PEACEFUL PLACE. BUT IN
MAY, A WOMAN WAS JOGGING WHEN A
MAN PASTOR THAN TURNED AROUND,
PICKED UP HIS PACE TO MATCH HER
AND BEGAN MASTURBATING WHILE
RUNNING BEHIND HER. THE WOMAN
RAN TO THE UTICA POLICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS RAN OUT, BUT
HE WAS ALREADY GONE. TWO MONTHS
LATER, A WOMAN WAS ON THE SAME
TRAIL, AND SHE SAW SOMEBODY
SUSPICIOUS KIND OF ACTING WEIRD
HIDING IN THE WOODS. JUST
SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT. SO SHE
RAN TO THE UTICA POLICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS RAN OUT HERE
AND THEY RAN IN TO THIS MAN WHO
ADMITTED HE WAS HERE TWO MONTHS
AGO, BUT SAID ALL WELL, IF
SOMEBODY YOU KNOW THIS HAS
HAPPENED BEFORE, PEOPLE HAVE
KIND OF GOTTEN THE WRONG
IMPRESSION. AND I JUST I WAS I
HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
REALLY BAD. THE SUSPECT IS 32
YEAR OLD WILLIAM BENJAMIN BROWN.
WHO HAS HAD MULTIPLE CONTACTS
WITH POLICE. FOR THE SAME THING
, AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENT TIMES
SINCE 2015 IN UTICA, STERLING
HEIGHTS AND SHELBY TOWNSHIP. NOW
INVESTIGATORS REALIZED THEY HAVE
A REPEAT OFFENDER AROUND THEIR
HANDS, SO THEY BROUGHT THEIR MAY
VICTIM BACK, SET UP A PHOTO
LINEUP AND SHE WALKED IN AND
SAID, THAT’S HIM. I’LL NEVER
FORGET HIS EYES. BROWN HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED INDECENT
EXPOSURE BY A SEXUALLY DEVIANT
PERSON. BECAUSE OF THE REPEAT
OFFENSES. BROWN IS NOW FACING UP
TO LIFE IN PRISON. SERGEANT
VINCE GRANELLI KNOWS THERE ARE
OTHER VICTIMS AND WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR FROM THEM TO HELP BOLSTER
THIS CASE, AND YOU KNOW, IT’S
JUST I THINK, BRINGING SOME
RELIEF TO THOSE VICTIMS THAT THE
PERSON THAT DID THAT TO HIM IS
CAUGHT. YOU KNOW THAT THEY DON’T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. HEY, IF I’M
OUT WALKING THE TRAIL IS THIS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN?
THAT GUY IS, YOU KNOW, DEALT
WITH NO AND UTICA NICK MONACELLI
LOCAL 4 THANK YOU. AND AS YOU
HEARD, INVESTIGATORS ARE HOPING
TO CONNECT WITH VICTIMS IF
YOU’VE BEEN VICTIMIZED OR HAD AN
ENCOUNTER WITH THIS MAN CALLED
THE UTICA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE’S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF
ACTIVITY ON THE OLD STORM
TRACKER 4 TONIGHT AS WE HEAD
INTO THE EVENING, BUT THE BIGGER
STORIES, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S
UNBEARABLE OUT THERE. BRIAN
SHERMAN IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT
OUR WEATHER FORECAST. BRIAN HEY
THERE. KIMBERLY AND JASON. GOOD
EVENING, EVERYONE. YEAH FEW
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HERE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS TONIGHT, AND I
THINK WE’LL KEEP HIM AROUND FOR
THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS AS WELL.
STORM TRACKER FOUR HAS THOSE TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST OF DETROIT TO
THE EAST AND TO COME SEE TO THE
SOUTH OF JACKSON AND ALSO DOWN
IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OHIO,
NOT THE AMOUNT OF SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THAT WE
SAW ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO. BUT
WE’VE GOT MORE THUNDERSTORMS ON
THE WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS WELL. GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
MOUNT CLEMENS A LITTLE BIT OF
SUNSHINE CHECKING IN AT 84 RIGHT
NOW. HERE IN DETROIT, 85 HOW 81
PORT HURON AND 83 RIGHT NOW
YOU’RE WORKING TO ADRIAN. YOU
FACTOR IN THAT HUMIDITY, HEAT
INDEX VALUES SITTING AT 91 RIGHT
NOW MOUNT CLEMENS 90TH CITY
AIRPORT AS WELL AS METRO AIRPORT
FEELING LIKE 89, FLINT AND 91
RIGHT NOW OVER IN LANSING AS WE
GO THROUGH THE EVENING TONIGHT.
RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP THE OPTION
OPEN FOR A FEW SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO
THE SEVENTIES, AND WE HAD TO THE
NINETIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE
ENTIRE WEEKEND AHEAD. WE’LL TALK
MORE ABOUT THE HEAT, HUMIDITY
AND OUR STORM CHANCES. YOUR
COMPLETE FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. AND DON’T
FORGET WHAT THE THUNDERSTORMS ON
THE RADAR DOWNLOAD THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS APP. IT’S FAST, IT’S
EASY. IT’S ACCURATE AND GET OUR
FUTURE CAST. JUST SEARCH WDIV’S
AND THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY
STORE. JASON YEAH. ALERTS AS
SOON AS LIGHTNING IS IN YOUR
AREA, BRIAN. THANKS IT’S NOT
EVERY DAY ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S
TOP COLLEGE HOCKEY PROGRAMS.
LET’S GO OVER WINNING HEAD
COACH. BUT THAT IS THE CASE
TODAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN. PEARSON WILL NOT GET A
NEW CONTRACT AFTER AN
INVESTIGATION FOUND HE
CONTRIBUTED TO A TOXIC CULTURE
WITHIN THE HOCKEY PROGRAM,
INCLUDING ENCOURAGING PLAYERS TO
LIE ABOUT COVID 19. PRIYA MANN
WITH MORE TONIGHT FROM ANN
ARBOR. HE WAS A FAMILIAR FACE
HERE AT YOST ICE ARENA AS HEAD
COACH FOR FIVE SEASONS. BUT
AFTER FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE
TODAY, UM ANNOUNCED MEL PEARSON
WILL NOT BE RETURNING. I THINK
HE DESERVED IT, AND I THINK I
THINK IT WAS COMING FOR A LONG
TIME. ON FRIDAY, IT WAS OFFICIAL
MEL PEARSON’S CONTRACT WITH YOU
OF THEM WILL NOT BE RENEWED GOOD
THING FOR ANY TEAM IN ANY
UNIVERSITY TO HAVE ANYTHING BAD
GOING ON LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK
IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. THE
FORMER MICHIGAN WOLVERINES HEAD
COACH WAS ACCUSED OF RETALIATING
AGAINST STUDENT ATHLETES WHO
RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
CULTURE OF THE HOCKEY PROGRAM.
HE WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF
PRESSURING STUDENTS TO LIE ON
COVID 19 TRACING FORMS AND
CREATING A TOXIC INVITE. IRON
MINT FOR FEMALE STAFF MEMBERS. I
MEAN, IT’S GOOD THAT HE’S GONE
FINALLY, BUT I DON’T LIKE THAT.
IT TOOK SO LONG. LAST YEAR, A
FORMER, UM GOALIE FILED A
COMPLAINT CLAIMING PEARSON FIRED
HIM FOR REPORTING THE
ALLEGATIONS. UM AND THEN HIRED
AN INDEPENDENT FIRM TO REVIEW
THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE OF ITS
HOCKEY PROGRAM. THE REPORT FOUND
. PEARSON LIED TO INVESTIGATORS
IN A STATEMENT, DIRECTOR OF
ATHLETICS WARD MANUAL WROTE OUR
STUDENT ATHLETES HAVING A
POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL
EXPERIENCE IS OF PARAMOUNT
IMPORTANCE AND A CLEAR
EXPECTATION WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENT IS THAT ALL EMPLOYEES
AND STAFF ARE VALUED AND
SUPPORTED. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE
SHE ATE AND VALUE THE MANY
INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME FORWARD.
THROUGHOUT THIS REVIEW. THE
MICHIGAN HOCKEY TEAM IS TALENTED
ENOUGH IN ITSELF, WHERE,
WHICHEVER COACH THAT THEY HAVE
THEY CAN WORK WITH TO STILL
SUCCEED MICHIGAN. I’M SURE
THEY’LL THEY’LL BOUNCE BACK. AND
UNDER PEARSON LAST SEASON, THE
MICHIGAN WOLVERINES HAD THEIR
MOST WINS SINCE 2007 AND INTERIM
HEAD COACH HAS NOT YET BEEN
ANNOUNCED. OF COURSE WE’LL KEEP
YOU POSTED AS SOON AS WE HEAR
REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT. I’M
PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4 ALL RIGHT,
THANKS SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO
ROBBED A BANK IN GROSSE POINTE
WOODS. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED
THIS MORNING JUST AFTER NINE
A.M. AT THE FLAGSTAR BANK OFF
MACK AVENUE. THEY SAY A MAN
WALKED INTO THE BANK DEMANDING
CASH. PLEASE TELL US THE TELLER
GAVE HIM THE MONEY. AND THEN HE
FLED IN A GRAY FORD ECO SPORT.
POLICE SAY HE WAS WEARING A
BLACK SWEATSHIRT WITH JEANS AND
A BLUE FACE MASK. ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL
GROSSE POINTE WOODS, PUBLIC
SAFETY TEENAGER WHO ESCAPED FROM
EAST POINT POLICE CUSTODY
EARLIER THIS WEEK FACED A JUDGE
TODAY. AND SO DID HIS MOTHER. 18
YEAR OLD DEVANTE MORE WAS CAUGHT
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THURSDAY
NIGHT, TWO DAYS AFTER HE ESCAPED
WHILE BEING PUT IN A TRANSPORT
VAN POLICE SAY WHEN THEY RE
ARRESTED AND MORE WAS HIDING IN
THE BACK OF A CAR DRIVEN BY HIS
MOM, WHO IS NOW FACING CHARGES
RELATED TO HELPING HIM AFTER HIS
ESCAPE THE JUDGE TODAY DECIDING
ON $100,000 CASH BOND DURING THE
PANDEMIC. WE SAW MANY BUSY
DOWNTOWN STREETS CLOSED DOWN SO
THE RESTAURANTS COULD SET UP
OUTDOOR SEATING. WELL. NOW, ONE
LOCAL DOWNTOWN SPOT HAS DECIDED
TO KEEP THOSE CLOSURES, BUT IT’S
CAUSING SOME CONTROVERSY AMONG
THE LOCALS. KIM DEGUILIO WENT TO
DOWNTOWN NORTHVILLE TO CHECK IT
OUT. WE’RE AT THE CORNER OF
CENTER AND MAIN HERE IN DOWNTOWN
NORTHVILLE, WHICH WAS A VERY
BUSY INTERSECTION BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THIS AREA
FREELY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT CARS
. BUT ARE THESE BUSINESSES
MISSING OUT ON PEOPLE THAT WOULD
BE DRIVING BY AND BE POTENTIAL
CUSTOMERS? OUTDOOR DINING AND
WALKABLE STREETS ARE NOW WHAT
YOU’LL GET IN DOWNTOWN
NORTHVILLE MAIN AND CENTER
STREET CLOSURE STARTED OFF AS
SOMETHING TEMPORARY. NOW IT’S
HERE TO STAY. PEOPLE REALLY
ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE
ABILITY TO BRING FAMILIES DOWN
THE SAFETY THE RESTAURANTS.
PARTICULARLY BUSINESSES WERE
VERY MUCH IN FAVOR. BUSINESSES
LIKE THE DANCING I GALLERY, A
GIFT SHOP ON THE CORNER OF MAIN
AND CENTER OWNER TERESA SHERLOCK
. OH SAYS SHE LOVES THE FOOT
TRAFFIC SHE GETS IN HER STORE
AND FEELS LIKE THE AREA IS MUCH
SAFER. THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES
FROM SHELDON WOULD JUST KIND OF
COME DOWN HERE AT A FAST CLIP,
AND THEN THE SAME. THEY’D WANT
TO TRY AND MAKE THE LIGHT. WHILE
IT’S LIKELY SAFER AT THIS
INTERSECTION, PETER BOOTH, WHO
LIVES RIGHT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN
, SAYS IT’S MORE DANGEROUS NOW
IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TRAFFICS
HAPPENING ANYWAY, AND IT’S GOING
THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IT’S
A SAFETY CONCERN. THERE’S NO
TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT’S ALL STOP
SIGNS, AND HE SAYS THE CLOSURE
MAKES THIS AREA FEEL DEAD.
WALKING THROUGH IT FEELS LIKE A
GHOST TOWN. HMM IT’S JUST LIKE
THIS IS YOUR BUSTLING CITY, AND
THERE’S NOBODY AROUND, CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER MARYLAND, PRICE
SAYS AFTER SURVEYING THE CITY
AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT LAST YEAR’S
DOWNTOWN SCENE WAS NOT AS ACTIVE
AS 2020 WAS WHEN INDOOR DINING
WAS CLOSED. SO THE CHALLENGE
GOING FORWARD IS GOING TO BE HOW
DO WE KEEP IT ACTIVATED? ALL
YEAR ROUND WHEN WE DO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE INDOORS, CLEAR
SIGNS OF WHERE YOU KNOW YOU CAN
PARK WITH A HANDICAP STICKER
ALSO SOME LOADING ZONE OR A DROP
OFF ZONE. KIM DEGUILIO FOR LOCAL
INFLATION IS NOT JUST MAKING
FOOD AND HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE
FOR SOME AMERICANS, THE
LIFESAVING MEDICINE THEY NEED IS
NOW UNAFFORDABLE. IT’S LEAVING
TOO MANY FAMILIES TO FACE
HEARTBREAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
WHAT TO PAY FOR. AND WHAT NOT TO
ALL OF THOSE ARE FROM MY HEART.
THESE ARE THE MEDICINES ANGELINA
SCOTT CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THIS IS
A BLOOD THINNER FOR HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND
IN A REGULAR HEARTBEAT. DON’T
TAKE THESE. MY HEART WILL STOP.
BUT WITH SKY HIGH INFLATION AND
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN MONTHLY
MEDICAL COSTS, THIS NOTARY AND
HER HUSBAND WHO’S A MAINTENANCE
WORKER ARE FALLING BEHIND ON
THEIR BILLS STATING OFF SHUT OFF
NOTICES. TO CUT COSTS. SHE’S
STOPPED TAKING MEDICINE FOR HER
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME. PEOPLE
WILL YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO
KNOW LITERALLY. I CANNOT AFFORD
TO. IT MAKES ME REALLY SICK. WHY
DO I HAVE TO CHOOSE? BETWEEN
LIVING AND LIVING. IN JUNE. US
HEALTHCARE COSTS WERE UP 4.5%
FROM THE YEAR BEFORE AND WITH
THE PRICE OF FOOD, GAS, RENT AND
UTILITIES. IT’S TOUGH, BUT THIS
LEADS PEOPLE TO DO IS HAVE TO
MAKE HORRIBLE TRADE OFFS BETWEEN
PAYING FOR THEIR MEDICATION OR
THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ARE
SEEING THEIR PHYSICIAN OR THEIR
DOCTOR AND HAVING TO PAY FOR
BASIC COSTS OF LIVING THEIR GAS,
THEIR FOOD, THEIR GROCERIES,
THEIR CHILDCARE. A NEW SURVEY
FROM GALLUP AND WEST HEALTH
FOUND ROUGHLY TWO AND FIVE
ADULTS AND ESTIMATED 98 MILLION
AMERICANS HAVE DELAYED OR
SKIPPED TREATMENT, CUT BACK ON
DRIVING UTILITIES AND FOOD OR
BORROWED MONEY JUST TO PAY
MEDICAL BILLS IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS, AND 39% HAVE MAJOR
CONCERNS ABOUT AFFORDING CARE IN
THE COMING MONTHS, INFLATION AND
ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE ARE,
YOU KNOW, ARE BREAKING FAMILIES
AND BREAKING INDIVIDUALS AND WE
NEED TO. WE NEED TO WAKE UP AND
ACT SO MANY THE BUDGET BALANCING
ACT GROWS MORE DIFFICULT BY THE
DAY. THOSE THINGS ARE HORRIBLE.
BUT HOW DO I TOUGH OUT TRYING TO
LIVE? YEAH EXPERTS SAY IF YOU’RE
HAVING TROUBLE AFFORDING YOUR
MEDICATIONS, CALL YOUR DOCTOR TO
START SEE IF THERE ARE ANY LOWER
COST OPTIONS AVAILABLE. THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT BEING
DEBATED IN THE SENATE WOULD
PROVIDE SOME HEALTHCARE REFORM,
LIKE ALLOWING MEDICARE TO
NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES AND
CAPPING OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES
FOR SENIORS AT $2000
HEARTBREAKING WAS SO MANY PEOPLE
GOING THROUGH EXPERIENCING ALL
RIGHT. WELL, WE’VE GOT SOMETHING
PRETTY FUN COMING UP AFTER THE
BREAK. I SPENT SOME TIME TODAY
WITH JIMMY FALLON. WHAT AFTER
THE TONIGHT SHOW HOST GOT INTO
AN F 1 50 LIGHTNING AND FLOORED
. IT WILL HAVE HIS HILARIOUS