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STARTS NOW. >> HEAVY RAINS, STRONG WINDS
>> HEAVY RAINS, STRONG WINDS
AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING.
A STORMS MOVE THROUGH METRO
DETROIT BRINGING MORE POWER
OUTAGES TO THE AREA.
AS YOU COME TO YOU TONIGHT AT 11:00 HOUR, DTE REPORTING ABOUT
11:00 HOUR, DTE REPORTING ABOUT
39,000 CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW
WITHOUT POWER.
>> PAUL HAS BEEN BUSY TONIGHT
ARE WE IN THE CLEAR NOW PAUL? >> FOR THE MOST PART WE CAN SEE
>> FOR THE MOST PART WE CAN SEE
THE LINE THE STORMS CAME
THROUGH THE DAY.
SEE HOW THAT LINE JUST KIND OF
CONGEALED AND THAT WAS REALLY
THE BIGGEST BATCH DOWN TO THE
SOUTH.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HAS PROGRESSED
THROUGH THE AREA. THERE IS ONE LITTLE STORM LEFT
THERE IS ONE LITTLE STORM LEFT
IN SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY
HIBBERT THE MOVE OFF INTO LAKE
AREA SHORTLY.
OTHER THAN THAT WERE DONE FOR THE NIGHT.
THE NIGHT.
STORM REPORTS HAVE SCATTERED
AROUND THE AREA BUT WE DID HAVE
SOME AND THEY WERE NOT TRIVIAL.
AND HOW WE HAVE REPORTS OF HOW
DOLLARS TO WALNUT SIZED HAIL
BUT DESPERATE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY DOING A CAR AND CALLS
ACTUALLY DOING A CAR AND CALLS
DAMAGE TO CARS.
DON AND ADRIAN WE HAD A LARGE
TREES DOWN, NEAR CHESTNUT STREET AND ADDISON STREET.
STREET AND ADDISON STREET.
OVER JUST A LITTLE EAST OF
THERE IN LAMBERTVILLE WE HAD
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN AT BRADFORD
AND BEDFORD AREAS.
IN FURTHER TO THE NORTH WILL DO
ONE MORE STOP IN MOUNT CLEMENS.
WE HAVE WIRES AND TREES DOWN IN
SHANNON ROAD AND CLINTON RIVER ROAD THERE IN STERLING HEIGHTS
ROAD THERE IN STERLING HEIGHTS
ACTUALLY.
WE’VE HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE
AROUND BUT FORTUNATELY, AGAIN,
THE WEATHER IS MOVING OUT.
FOR THE BUS STOP, THE KIDS TOMORROW WILL BE COMPARABLE WAS
TOMORROW WILL BE COMPARABLE WAS
62 DEGREES AND A LOT OF CALLS
BUT DRY.
MOSTLY SUNNY AND 76 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE FORECAST RIGHT TO THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND COMING UP FOR
YOU IN A FEW MINUTES GUYS.
>> THANK YOU PAUL AND
FORTUNATELY NO REPORTS OF MAJOR
DAMAGE BUT WE ARE SEEING FLOODING.
>> GETS ALONG I-94 WITH THE AREAS THAT DRIVER SHOULD BE
AREAS THAT DRIVER SHOULD BE
IMPORTANT FOR NOW.
TIM.
>> WE ARE JUST ARRIVING ON THE
SCENE AND THIS IS 90 FOR THE
LODGE BUT WHEN THE WESTBOUND
LANE OF 94 AND 75 THERE.
HIS VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER COMING
WESTBOUND ON 94. THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WITH THE
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WITH THE
LEFT-HAND LANE THERE’S WATER
AND I AM BEING TOLD THE DRIVER
HYDROPLANED AND LOST CONTROL
AND ROLLED OVER HERE. A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE
A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE
FREEWAY ABOUT THREE MILES WEST.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ARE
ARRIVING ON THE SCENE AND THERE’S ONLY BRAIN -- ONE LANE
THERE’S ONLY BRAIN -- ONE LANE
POSSIBLE ROOT THE SHOULDER HERE
IN THE OTHER LANES ARE COVERED
BY WATER.
I SPOKE TO A WORK CREW AND THEY
SAID THE STORM SEWERS ARE OPEN
AND THEY ARE NOT LONGER PLUG UP
ANYTHING.
THE WATER IS SIMPLY NOT GOING UP AS A PUMP IS NOT WORKING.
UP AS A PUMP IS NOT WORKING.
SEVERAL VEHICLES GOT STUCK
INSTALLED OUT HERE. MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE ARE TAKING CARE OF
THE TWO VEHICLES THERE. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT
CONDITIONS ARE LIKE AROUND TOWN
THIS EVENING.
ALONG 94 WITH THE NIGHT CAME,
TIM WITH LOCAL 4 NEWS.
>> OKAY TIM TONIGHT WITH A
BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT THE
FBI WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN IT RAIDED THE OFFICES AND HOMES OF
RAIDED THE OFFICES AND HOMES OF
DETROIT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
JENAE AYRES AND SCOTT BENSON.
>> WE ARE LIVE DOWNTOWN
TONIGHT.
NOW WE KNOW THE LAWS THE FEDS
BELIEVE MIGHT HAVE BEEN VIOLATED HERE.
VIOLATED HERE.
>> DEVON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
BRIBERY, DISTORTION AND WIRE
FRAUD RECLAMATION YOU PUT THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT WAS
SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT WAS
OBTAINED AND FILED BY ROBERT
DAVIS IS NO STRANGER TO VIOLENT
LITIGATION.
THE DOCUMENTATION RELEASE IS A
PICTURE OF BOTH AYRES AND
BENSON ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR THE SAME REASONS.
FOR THE SAME REASONS.
DETAILED HERE.
BRIBERY, CONCERNING PROGRAMS
RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS BUT EXTORTION OR ATTEMPTED
EXTORTION OR ATTEMPTED
EXTORTION.
MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD AS WELL AS
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THESE
OFFENSES.
IT THEN GOES ON TO DETAIL
EVERYTHING THE FBI AGENTS WERE
ENTITLED TO AND THE LIST IS NOT
SMALL.
WHAT THEY TOOK FROM EACH OFFICE
IS INTERESTING AS WELL. HERE ARE THE PROPERTY RECEIPTS
HERE ARE THE PROPERTY RECEIPTS
NUMEROUS THUMB DRIVES, INTERNET
SEARCH PRINTOUTS AND MULTIPLE
TOWING DOCUMENTS. SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING A
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING A
CHOICE TOWING ENVELOPE AND
SHREDDED DOCUMENTS. EITHER
AYRES NOR BENSON HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.
BOTH ARE RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND BENSON’S ATTORNEY STEVE
AND BENSON’S ATTORNEY STEVE
FISHMAN SEEMED MILDLY
UNIMPRESSED BY THE WANTED
DOCUMENTS RELEASED.
THIS QUOTE TO ME TONIGHT, THE
FURTHER YOU LOOK THE LESS YOU
SEE. >> BACK HERE LIVE, AYRES AND
>> BACK HERE LIVE, AYRES AND
BENSON ARE THE LATEST YOU COME
UNDER SCRUTINY.
ANDRE’S BODY WHOSE NOT RUNNING
FOR REELECTION IS FACING A
BRIBERY CHARGE AND EARLIER THIS
YEAR GAVE LELAND PLEADED GUILTY
TO MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE AND HAS RESIGNED FROM THE
AND HAS RESIGNED FROM THE
COUNCIL.
WE ARE LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT
AND I AM ERIC McDONALD.
>> A INTERESTING LOOK INSIDE. >> THE TAYLOR POLICE DEPARTMENT
>> THE TAYLOR POLICE DEPARTMENT
AGAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT OVER AND
ARREST BY OFFICERS. HIS WOULD
HAPPEN IN 2016 AND INVOLVED IN
18-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN.
THE FIVE-YEAR CONTROVERSY BROUGHT OUT PROTESTERS TO THE
BROUGHT OUT PROTESTERS TO THE
DEPARTMENT’S HEADQUARTERS AND
JASON IS THERE TONIGHT WITH THE
LEGAL BATTLE PLAYING OUT.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ARREST HERE, MIND YOU, BUT
ARREST HERE, MIND YOU, BUT
NEVER RESULTED IN ANY
INVESTIGATION OR CHARGES
AGAINST THESE OFFICERS.
BUT THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
ARRESTED WOULD LATER BE
DIAGNOSED AS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
HIS MOTHER FEELS THERE HAS NOT
BEEN JUSTICE IN HIS CASE.
RALLY FOR THE TAYLOR POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TUESDAY DEMANDING
DEPARTMENT ON TUESDAY DEMANDING
JUSTICE FOR CHRIS.
CHRIS SAUL WHO TAYLOR POLICE TRIED TO PULL OVER FOR SPEEDING
TRIED TO PULL OVER FOR SPEEDING
IN 2016 WHEN HE WAS 18. CHRIS SAID HE WAS CONFUSED BY
CHRIS SAID HE WAS CONFUSED BY
THE OFFICERS COMMANDS WHICH
STARTED WITH LIGHTS AND THEN
HONKING AND THEN SIRENS.
SO HE CONTINUED AT A SLOW SPEED
AS DID THE CARS AROUND HIM.
>> I WAS JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING
THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE I DO NOT
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
MY THOUGHT IS IF ALL THESE
PEOPLE ARE GOING THAT I CAN
KEEP GOING, TOO. >> DID ANOTHER CAR BOMBS CHRIS
>> DID ANOTHER CAR BOMBS CHRIS
AT A STOP IN AN OFFICERS ARREST
HIM.
>> I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON AND I KEPT GOING AND I AM
SORRY.
>> NOT YOU WERE GOING TO JAIL.
> OUR ENTIRE LIVES HAVE BEEN
CHANGED.
>> THE FAMILY FOUGHT THE
CHARGES AND DECIDED TO NOT FACE A REDUCED CHARGE AND INSTEAD
A REDUCED CHARGE AND INSTEAD THEY LOST AND HE WAS CHARGED
THEY LOST AND HE WAS CHARGED
WITH FELONY .
>> I HAVE LOST YEARS AND WE
SPENT OVER $60,000 TO FIGHT FOR
WHAT IS RIGHT.
>> AT THIS POINT THEY WANT HIS
RECORD EXPUNGED AN EFFORT IN
WHICH THEY HAVE AN UNLIKELY
ALLY.
THE TAYLOR POLICE CHIEF. CHIEF JOHN BLAIR HAS SPOKEN
CHIEF JOHN BLAIR HAS SPOKEN
WITH CHRISTINA SOLD SEVERAL
TIMES INCLUDING BY EMAIL AND
WHAT RESPONSE HE WRITES, HE
MADE A MISTAKE BUT DID NOT DESERVE A FELONY CONVICTION.
DESERVE A FELONY CONVICTION.
I WILL SAY THAT IN PUBLIC AND
WRITE A LETTER IN SUPPORT TO
WHATEVER COURT IS NECESSARY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TWO FOR MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY
MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY
HOW WRONG IT IS AND THEY WANT
TO HELP BUT THE SYSTEM DOES NOT
COOPERATE.
>> EVEN IF THEY DO GET THE
CONDITION EXPUNGED SHE WOULD STILL LIKE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STILL LIKE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS CASE,
SPECIFICALLY, THE ARREST AND
HOW THE OFFICERS TREATED HER
SON.
YOU CAN’T TELL FROM THE CLIPS
WE USED IN THE STORY BUT WE HAVE POSTED THE FULL 43 MINUTE
HAVE POSTED THE FULL 43 MINUTE
ARREST VIDEO.
WITH THE STORY CLICK ON
DETROIT.COM. IN THERE YOU CAN SEE
IN THERE YOU CAN SEE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE FAMILY
TAKES ISSUE AND HOW HE WAS
TREATED.
AND TAYLOR, JASON COULTER WITH
LOCAL FOUR.
>> SPENDING THE NIGHT IN JAIL AFTER VIOLATING HIS BOND
AFTER VIOLATING HIS BOND CONDITIONS FOR ONE THIRD TIME.
CONDITIONS FOR ONE THIRD TIME.
>> JONES WAS HANDCUFFED AND
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND
PROSECUTORS SAY HE VIOLATED HIS
BOND BY DRINKING ALCOHOL ON
LABOR DAY.
THEN TAMPERING WITH HIS TETHER
BUT IS NOT THE FIRST STRIKE
EITHER. HE HAD ALREADY PAID THE COURT
HE HAD ALREADY PAID THE COURT
$1000 FOR NOT PAYING THE FEE TO
KEEP THE ALCOHOL TETHER ACTIVE.
>> THIS DEFENDANT’S ACTIONS
FROM HIS CONDUCT DURING THE
CHARGED CRIMES THROUGH EACH OF THE THREE BOND VIOLATIONS SHOWS
THE THREE BOND VIOLATIONS SHOWS
THAT HE BELIEVES THAT AS A
PERSON WHO WRITES OUR LAWS THAT HE IS ABOVE OUR LAWS.
HE IS ABOVE OUR LAWS.
>> JONES WILL BE IN JAIL UNTIL
AT LEAST FRIDAY WHEN IS A
PRETRIAL HEARING SCHEDULED FOR
HIS DRUNK DRIVING CASE. >> THE
FDA VACCINE ADVISORY PANEL
MEETS ON FRIDAY FOR A VOTE ON BOOSTER SHOTS.
BOOSTER SHOTS.
THE PANEL WILL BE REVIEWING
AVAILABLE RESEARCH ABOUT THE
VACCINES AND IMPACT OF ONE
THIRD DOSE.
SOME, INCLUDING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ARE AGAINST
HEALTH ORGANIZATION ARE AGAINST
NATIONS OFFERING BOOSTERS WHILE
SO MANY AROUND THE WORLD REMAIN
UNVACCINATED.
THE U.S. WANTS BOOSTERS
AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK.
BRITAIN HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
OFFER A BOOSTER SHOT THIS WINTER TO EVERYONE OVER THE AGE
WINTER TO EVERYONE OVER THE AGE
OF 50.
CHRIS TURNED ON A SOUTHWEST
DETROIT BUILDING AFTER THE
GROUND BENEATH IT LOCALS. >> STASH DETROIT MEDICAL
>> STASH DETROIT MEDICAL
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY ON FOURTH
NEAR DEARBORN IS A PILE OF
RUBBLE AND HAD TO BE TORN DOWN
BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
TO THE STRUCTURE.
RESIDENTS SAID THEY SMELLED GAS
IN THE WEEKS BEFORE THE ROAD
SWELLING UP TO THE CAUSES TO UNKNOWN.
>> SO FAR ALL INDICATIONS IS
THAT, AGAIN, THERE WAS NO GAS
EXPLOSION OR MAJOR WATER BREAKAGE HERE THAT CAUSED IT.
BREAKAGE HERE THAT CAUSED IT.
>> WE JUST WANT ANSWERS BUT IT
WAS OUR STAFF SAFETY AT RISK
AND LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING.
>> THE DISPENSARIES OWNERS HAD
INSURANCE AND THEY DO PLAN TO REBUILD.
>> STILL AHEAD, TWO DOGS ARE
FOUND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND
LOCKED IN A HOT CAR.
>> CAN YOU STOP RECORDING?
>> OH MY GOD, HE JUST THREW IT. >> INVITATION WHAT HAPPENED
>> INVITATION WHAT HAPPENED
ONCE THE DOG’S OWNER SHOWED UP.
>> HE OWNED SEVERAL PIZZERIAS
IN MACOMB COUNTY NY FEDERAL JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO NEARLY 3
JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO NEARLY 3
YEARS IN PRISON.
>> FIRST JAMES CRAIG HAD TO
FIND A NEW LOCATION TO KICK OFF