LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. THE FAMILY OF A DEARBORN MAN WHO IS
AT THE CENTER OF AN ETHNIC
INTIMIDATION CASE, SPEAKING OUT
TONIGHT, EXPLAINING HIS HISTORY
AND WHY THEY BELIEVE HE
SHOULDN’T BE IN A JAIL CELL
RIGHT NOW. THOSE CHARGES WERE
FILED AFTER HASSAN CHOKER WAS
ALLEGEDLY THREATENING CHILDREN
AND THEIR PARENTS IN FRONT OF
TEMPLE BETH EL IN BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP, THEN EVEN MORE
DISTURBING CONDUCT WHEN HE FACED
A JUDGE, OF COURSE, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LIVE THE OAKLAND COUNTY
JAIL TONIGHT. WITH THE NEW
DEVELOPMENT, JACQUELINE WE’RE
TOLD TO SIGN CHOKER HAS BEEN ON
A HUNGER STRIKE SINCE ARRIVING
HERE AT THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL
LATE LAST WEEK. THAT’S ACCORDING
TO HIS BROTHER, WHO WERE TALKING
TO TONIGHT AS HE SHARES HIS
STORY, SAYING, THERE’S MORE TO
IT. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE
GOOD TIMES, HASSAN CHOKER AND
HIS BROTHER HUSSEIN GRABBING
FOOD TOGETHER SHORTLY BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN, AND THINGS TOOK
A TURN. CORONAVIRUS CAME. HE GOT
SICK AND THE VIRUS AND THE PTSD
FROM LOSING HIS BUSINESS. ALL
THIS TOOK HIM TO LIKE A
DIFFERENT A MENTAL STATE OF MIND
. THIS IS ONE HIS MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS STARTED. SO DID HIS LEGAL
TROUBLES IN 2020 HASSAN WAS
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A
DEADLY WEAPON AND ASSAULTING A
POLICE OFFICER. THE INCIDENTS
STEMMING FOR AN ANGRY OUTBURST
AT THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF
AMERICA. BUT IT’S HIS RECENT
BEHAVIOR THAT’S GARNERED THE
MOST ATTENTION. HE WAS ARRESTED
LAST FRIDAY, ACCUSED OF
THREATENING PRESCHOOLERS AND
THEIR PARENTS IN FRONT OF TEMPLE
BETH EL IN BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP,
CHARGED WITH TWO FELONY COUNTS
OF ETHNIC INTIMIDATION. HE DID
NOT DO THINGS THAT WERE RIGHT
WHEN HE WENT TO TEMPLE BELL,
ILL. THAT’S NOT RIGHT. THAT WAS
WRONG. HIS BROTHER SAYS THERE’S
NO MERIT TO ANY OF THE CHARGES
AGAINST HIM, SAYING HE NEEDS A
PSYCHOLOGIST, NOT A JAIL CELL
EVERY TIME THAT HE HAD A MENTAL
HEALTH EPISODE THEY WERE THROWN
BEHIND BARS, AND WHEN WE ASKED
FOR HIM HIS FAMILY TO BE
PETITIONED TO GET MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT THEY NEVER EVER HELPED
US OR REACHED OUT. THEY LEFT US
CRYING IN OUR HOUSES, HE SAYS.
THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
EXPLAIN HIS BROTHER’S RECENT
OUTBURST IN COURT AND HIS
ONGOING HUNGER STRIKE BEHIND
BARS. BOND IS SET AT $1 MILLION
FOR THE ETHNIC INTIMIDATION
CHARGES. IF RELEASED. HE’LL BE
SENT TO WAYNE COUNTY JAIL FOR
THOSE PREVIOUS ASSAULT CHARGES.
REPORTING LIVE AT THE OAKLAND
COUNTY JAIL. JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT, JACQUELINE.
WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS
RIGHT NOW. DETROIT’S WEST SIDE A
FIRE THAT STARTED THE INSIDE A
VACANT HOME HAS NOW SPREAD TO
BOTH NEIGHBORING HOMES. THIS IS
HAPPENING ON STO PULL WEST OF
LIVER NOI NORTH OF MCNICHOLS ON
THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. ONE OF
THE HOMES IT IS ALREADY BELIEVED
IS A COMPLETE LOSS. THEY ARE
STILL LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE.
BUT OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW, PRIME
ISSUE GETTING THE FIRE OUT.
BRITTNEY GRINER IS ON HER WAY
HOME. THE W. N B A STAR HAS BEEN
DETAINED IN RUSSIA SINCE
FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. HER CASE
DREW INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
WITH ADVOCATES DEMANDING HER
RELEASE AND THE RELEASE OF METRO
DETROIT NATIVE PAUL WHELAN.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS EFFORTS
TO BRING GREINER HOME TOOK
PAINSTAKING AND INTENSE
NEGOTIATIONS. AFTER NINE MONTHS
SPENT IN RUSSIAN DETENTION W NBA
STAR BRITNEY GRINER IS FINALLY
FREE. HAPPY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
, SITTING ALONGSIDE GRINDERS
WIFE IN THE OVAL OFFICE AS HE
SPOKE TO THE OLYMPIC GOLD
MEDALIST OVER THE PHONE, PROUD
THAT TODAY WE HAD MADE ONE MORE
FAMILY WHOLE AGAIN. GRINER WAS
ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AT A
RUSSIAN AIRPORT LAST FEBRUARY,
TESTIFYING SHE INADVERTENTLY
PACKED THE CANNABIS OIL FOUND IN
HER LUGGAGE. SHE ENDURED
MISTREATMENT AND A SHOW TRIAL IN
RUSSIA WITH CHARACTERISTIC GRIT
AND INCREDIBLE DIGNITY GRINDERS
LAWYER CONFIRMING THE RELEASE
WAS PART OF A PRISONER SWAP WITH
CONVICTED ARMS DEALER VIKTOR
BOOT MY JOB AS PRESIDENT, UNITED
STATES TO MAKE THE HARD CALLS
AND PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS
EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD DID NOT
INCLUDE PAUL WHELAN, A METRO
DETROIT MAN THAT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT HAS DECLARED
WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN RUSSIA.
UNFORTUNATELY THE CHOICE BECAME
TO EITHER BRING BRITTANY HOME OR
NO ONE SPEAKING ON THE PHONE
FROM A REMOTE PENAL COLONY.
WHELAN EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT
AS HE APPROACHES FOUR YEARS IN
RUSSIAN CUSTODY, PRECARIOUS
SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
RESOLVED QUICKLY. MY BAGS WERE
PACKED. I’M READY TO GO HOME. I
JUST NEED AN AIRPLANE TO COME
AND GET ME. SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTONY BLINKEN PROMISES. EFFORTS
TO SECURE WIELAND’S RELEASE WILL
CONTINUE. WE WILL NEVER RELENT
UNTIL PAUL AND FOR THAT MATTER.
EVERY OTHER US NATIONALS HELD
HOSTAGE WRONGFULLY DETAINED
ABROAD. IS FREE. AND BRITTNEY
GRINER IS EXPECTED TO LAND AT
SAN ANTONIO’S KELLY FEELS
SOMETIME OVERNIGHT. WE WILL
BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST ON HER
ARRIVAL ON LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTING
AT 4:30 A.M. MOVE YOUR POLLS
RATHER UNUSUAL CALL THE MAYOR OF
DEARBORN HEIGHTS PUT OUT EARLIER
THIS WEEK, BUT AS WE FOUND OUT
IT WAS WARRANTED. SHAWN LEY LIVE
TONIGHT IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS, THE
MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT ABANDONED
UTILITY POLES THAT CAN BE FOUND
IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE
CITY. AS YOU FOUND SHAWN. I HAD
TO SEE THIS FOR MYSELF.
DEVIN SCILLIAN. CLEAR WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE POLLS,
BUT HE’S TELLING UTILITIES AND
BUSINESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM
TONIGHT, USE THEM OR LOSE THEM.
IT’S NOT NICE TO BE LEFT SOME.
IT LOOKS LIKE A GARBAGE STORAGE
AREA. YEAH IN FRONT OF OUR YARD
WHEN MIMOSA MUSTAFA GOT HOME
TONIGHT, SHE ALMOST TRIPPED OVER
THE FIVE. COUNT THEM FIVE POWER
POLES LEFT IN HER YARD. THEY
HAVE TO GO. THEY MESS UP THE
LAWN. THEY DON’T LOOK GOOD. ALSO
NOT LOOKING GOOD OR BROKEN
BARRICADE DUMPED IN HER FRONT
YARD. SOME KIND OF WORK WAS
BEING DONE HERE. BUT NOW THE
POLLS HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
DEARBORN HEIGHTS. MAYOR BILL
BOZZI SAYS THERE ARE PROBLEMS
CITYWIDE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE
CALLING THE CITY HALL ALSO THE
ADDRESS THAT I COUNCIL MEETINGS
THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM
SO NOW BECAUSE HE HAS PUT IN THE
UTILITY COMPANIES ON NOTICE WHO
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR POLES LEFT
AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND YARDS
TO USE THEM OR LOSE THEM. PUBLIC
WORKS IS POISED TO COME, CUT
THEM UP AND HAUL THEM OFF,
ACTUALLY DID A TOUR OF THE CITY
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, DRIVING
AROUND I’VE COUNTED AT LEAST
2025 POLLS, YOU KNOW, JUST IN
THE LAST DAY DAY AND A HALF OF
DRIVING AROUND POLES ARE THEY
MERE BAZI IS CALLED AND EMAILED
UTILITY COMPANIES AND HAS GOTTEN
NO RESPONSE. THEY’VE BEEN HERE
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. SOME OF THEM
BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 89 MONTHS.
BACK YOUR LIFE. WE JUST NOTICED
THIS ONE HAS D T E WRITTEN ON
IT. THE MAYOR WANTS RESIDENTS TO
CALL IN AND REPORT POLLS WHERE
THEY SEE THEM SO THEY CAN MAP
THEM OUT AND KNOW HOW MANY THEY
HAVE HERE. IN THE MEANTIME,
THEY’RE GIVING THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THEM UNTIL THE END OF THE
MONTH. IF THEY DON’T COME PICK
THEM UP. THEY’RE GOING TO CHOP
THEM UP AND HAUL THEM AWAY. BACK
TO YOU. THAT’S A NEW ONE REALLY
STRANGE PROBLEM. ALRIGHT, SEAN.
A DRIVER SUSPECTED OF HITTING A
15 YEAR OLD GIRL. WALKING TO
SCHOOL IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.
THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND SEVEN
THIS MORNING AS A 15 YEAR OLD
WAS CROSSING NEWBURG ROAD AT
MARQUETTE ON HER WAY TO JOHN
GLENN HIGH SCHOOL IN WESTLAND.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE IN AN SUV RAN
A RED LIGHT, HIT THE GIRL AND
KEPT GOING. THE TEAM WAS RUSHED
TO ST MARY’S HOSPITAL IN LAVONIA
WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. WESTLAND
POLICE SAY THEY’VE LOCATED THE
SUSPECTED DRIVER. AND TAKING
THAT PERSON INTO CUSTODY. A
LOCAL UROLOGIST KNOWN FOR
TREATING HOCKEY PLAYERS IS
FACING MORE SEXUAL ASSAULT
CHARGES. DOCTORS V LEVANTE,
LOCAL LEVERENZ IS FACING TWO
ADDITIONAL CHARGES NOW OUT OF
FARMINGTON AND FARMINGTON HILLS.
THE COUNTS INCLUDE 2ND AND 4TH
DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.
DOCTOR LEBRON IS ACCUSED OF
ABUSING PLAYERS DURING PHYSICAL
EXAMS. POLICE DO BELIEVE THERE
ARE MORE VICTIMS OUT THERE
TOMORROW. VAN DYKE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED
DUE TO EXCESSIVE ILLNESSES.
THAT’S RIGHT. THE DISTRICT
POSTED A MESSAGE ON ITS WEBSITE
THIS AFTERNOON, SAYING ALL
SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE
CLOSED TOMORROW. THEY SAY THERE
ARE JUST TOO MANY ILLNESSES
GOING AROUND SAFELY RUN THE
BUILDINGS. THE DISTRICT IS NOT
SURE WHICH ILLNESSES ARE CAUSING
THE CLOSURES. BUT THEY COME AMID
SPIKES IN COVID FLU AND RSV.
LIVE. LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN
SKYLINE ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT
TEMPERATURES HOVERING JUST ABOVE
FREEZING. THAT’S RIGHT. BUT
WE’RE GOING TO GET A TASTE OF
WINTER TOMORROW. KIM ADAMS
TRACKING LITTLE BIT OF SNOW
MOVING OUR WAY, KIM, THERE’S
JUST A LITTLE BIT MOST OF THE
DAY TOMORROW WILL BE DRY AND
THEN LATER ON IN THE EVENING IS
WHEN WE DO EXPECT A FEW VERY
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO MOVE
THROUGH METRO DETROIT, POSSIBLY
EVEN MIXING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
RAIN TEMPERATURES ALREADY DOWN
TO THE LOW THIRTIES AND PONTIAC
36 IN ADRIAN 33 HEALTH 36. IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT, AND THAT’S
PRETTY MUCH THE STORY ACROSS THE
AREA. BUT WE’VE GOT A FEW CLOUDS
IN PLACE, SO WE ONLY EXPECT
ATTEMPTS TO DIP DOWN INTO ABOUT
THE UPPER TWENTIES. MAYBE 20-6
20-6, SEVEN IN PONTIAC AND SOME
OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS.
OTHERWISE YOU CAN SEE THIS
SATELLITE HERE. EVERYTHING IS
DRY. THERE’S NOTHING GOING ON
EXCEPT A LITTLE CLEARING OFF TO
OUR SOUTHWEST, SO WE MIGHT
TEMPORARILY CLEAR OUT IN THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW,
BUT CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY FILL IN
IN THE AFTERNOON AT ANY TIME
AFTER FOUR O’CLOCK IS WHEN WE
EXPECT THOSE SNOW SHOWERS. TO
MOVE IN FROM WEST TO EAST. SO IF
YOU LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE THAT
SNOW WILL COME A LITTLE BIT
LATER WEST SIDE A LITTLE SOONER.
I’LL BREAK IT DOWN, HOUR BY HOUR