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4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A MAN LIVE
4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A MAN FACING CHARGES IN WHAT DEARBORN POLICE ARE CALLING A CASE OF
ETHNIC INTIMIDATION. WE’RE GLAD
YOU’RE WITH US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS
AT SIX. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
SUSPECT MADE RACIAL SLURS AND
TRIED TO ATTACK TWO PEOPLE IN A
GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT
TONIGHT. WE’RE HEARING FROM THE
VICTIMS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT
DAY. JASON LUCAS IS CHARGED WITH
FELONIOUS ASSAULT. AN ETHNIC
INTIMIDATION. THIS WILL HAPPEN
BACK ON MAY 13TH AT THE WEST
BORN MARKET ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.
SHAWN LEY JOINS US NOW WITH
WHAT? WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE
CASE. WELL THIS MOM AND HER
DAUGHTER, THEY WERE SHAKING WHEN
THEY WERE TELLING ME WHAT
HAPPENED HERE. THEY WERE THERE
AT THE STORE TO SIMPLY BUY A
BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR HER HUSBAND
AND THE DAUGHTER’S DAD. OF
COURSE, THEY WERE ACCOSTED BY
THE MOST HATE FILLED SHOUTING IN
THEIR FACES IN THE STORE WHEN
THEY TRIED TO LEAVE TO GET AWAY
FROM THIS GUY. HE CAME AT THEM
WITH THE CAR. THEN WITH THE
BASEBALL BAT, THEY SAY EVERYONE
IN THAT STORE AT THAT MOMENT.
WAS IN DANGER. THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN ANOTHER MASSACRE. YOU KNOW
WHAT I’M SAYING? AND WHEN IT
WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN NOWHERE FOR
ME AND MY MOTHER TO RUN, WE ARE
NOT IDENTIFYING THIS MOTHER AND
HER DAUGHTER. THEY’RE AFRAID THE
MAN WHO TRIED TO ATTACK THEM AT
THE WEST BORN MARKET AND
DEARBORN COULD COME AFTER THEM
AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I’M HERE FOR MY
LIFE AND MY MOTHER’S LIKE,
BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS
MAN IS CAPABLE OF 1/13 POLICE
SAY THIS MAN, JASON EDWARD LUCAS
FIRST HIT THE WOMAN WITH RACIAL
SLURS JUMP IN FRONT OF HER. WHAT
YOU GONNA DO, MAMA? IN B, THEN
TRIED TO HIT THEM WITH HIS CAR
IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEN GOT
OUT AND THREATENED TO HIT THEM
WITH THE BASEBALL BAT PULLS UP,
HE’S GETTING READY TO HIT US
WITH THE CORE. HE JUMPS OUT WITH
THE BAT. AND SAYS WHAT YOU GONNA
DO NOW? MAMA IN B. WHAT THEY DID
NOT KNOW IS THAT WE FOUND THAT
LUCAS HAS A HISTORY OF HATE
FILLED VIOLENCE IN 2017. HE WAS
ARRESTED IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA FOR THE VICIOUS
BASEBALL BAT BEATING OF TWO MEN
INSIDE THIS GROCERY STORE. ALL I
COULD SAY IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD
, ME AND MY MOTHER AND ALL OF
THOSE OTHER CUSTOMERS AND
EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WAS OUTSIDE
ARE ALIVE TODAY. LUCAS, THE MAN
IN QUESTION HERE. WE JUST
CONFIRMED WITH THE CITY OF
DEARBORN. HE’S STILL BEING HELD
IN JAIL ON $150,000 CASH BOND,
THE CHARGES ETHNIC INTIMIDATION
. MOM AND DAUGHTER TELL US THEY
NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY NEED TO
MAKE SURE THIS GUY REMAINS
BEHIND BARS BECAUSE THEY’RE
TERRIFIED TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE
RIGHT NOW. SHAWN LEY FOUR LOCAL
WOW. OKAY SEAN. WELL TIME NOW
FOR A CHECK OF THE FORECAST AS
WE PREPARE FOR WHAT’S SHAPING UP
TO BE A PRETTY NICE MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND, BUT BEFORE WE GET
THERE, LOCAL FORECASTERS
TRACKING SOME THUNDERSTORMS, SO
LET’S HEAD OVER TO ANDREW AND
SOME DARK CLOUDS OVER DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. YOU JUST SAW WITH OUR
LIVE CAM THERE, DEVIN AND
KIMBERLY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE DARK
CLOUDS COINCIDE WITH SOME HEAVY
DOWNPOURS PRETTY CLOSE BY
INCLUDING RIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE CITY OF DETROIT, AND IN
PLACES LIKE DEARBORN. ZOOM IN A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH STORM
TRACKER FOUR. CLOSE TO DEARBORN.
YOU’VE GOT SOME OF THOSE HEAVIER
SHOWERS NORTH OF HAMTRAMCK AND
ALSO TOWARDS GROSSE POINTE WOODS
AND ACTUALLY TOWARD HARPER WOODS
AND JUST CROSSING THE LINE IN
THE SOUTHERN MACOMB COUNTY.
WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME HEAVY
SHOWERS AS WELL. LITTLE BIT
FARTHER TO THE WEST. WE’VE GOT
SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE
OCCURRING AT LEAST 1234. NEARLY
A HALF DOZEN OR MORE LIGHTNING
STRIKES OFF TO OUR WEST. SO
THESE DO CONTAIN SOME LIGHTNING
BOLTS AS WELL. SO IF YOU HEAR
ANY THUNDER, YOU’VE SEEN THE
LIGHTNING GET INDOORS RIGHT
AWAY. THOSE DARK CLOUDS OVER
DOWNTOWN DETROIT NOW, FROM THE
VANTAGE POINT OF OUR WINDSOR
CAMP 72 OVER AT METRO AIRPORT
WITH SOME OF THE RAIN COOLED AIR
IF YOU HEAD TO THE TIGERS GAME,
BE PREPARED TO DUCK INSIDE OR
FIND A SAFE PLACE UNDER THE
EITHER UNDER THE BLEACHERS OR
GRAB A PONCHO BECAUSE I THINK
WE’LL STILL HAVE SOME SHOWERS
AROUND, AT LEAST FOR THE START
OF THE GAME FOR THE FIRST FEW
INNINGS, BUT DRYING OUT TOWARD
THE END OF THE GAME AND LATER ON
TONIGHT. AS IT GETS COOLER.
WHAT’S ON TAP FROM THERE? WE’LL
TALK MORE ABOUT YOUR ENTIRE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST COMING
UP IN MOMENTS. IN THE MEANTIME,
DOWNLOAD THE LOCAL FORECASTERS
APP. YOU CAN TRACK THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN REAL TIME.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE ON THE GO
DOWNLOAD IT. NOW SCAN THIS QR
CODE, THE LOCAL FORECASTERS APP.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO YOUR APP
STORE AND SEARCH WDIV’S. ALRIGHT
ANDREW TONIGHT TEXAS POLICE
FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
IT TOOK OFFICERS SO LONG TO TAKE
DOWN THE GUNMAN INSIDE ROB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE NOW KNOW
THAT GUNMEN GOT IN THROUGH A
DOOR LEFT PROPPED OPEN BY A
TEACHER AND OPENED FIRE IN TWO
CLASSROOMS BEFORE BARRICADING
HIMSELF. POLICE SAY THERE WAS A
HUGE BARRAGE OF GUNFIRE RIGHT
AFTER THE SHOOTER GOT INSIDE THE
SCHOOL. NEARLY 20 OFFICERS,
THOUGH, STOOD OUTSIDE OF
CLASSROOMS FOR MORE THAN 45
MINUTES BEFORE THEY SHOT AND
KILLED THE GUNMAN. PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY WILL
TRAVEL TO YOU’VE ALL DAY SUNDAY
WILL BE MEETING WITH FAMILIES OF
THE VICTIMS. HERE AT HOME. WE’RE
HEARING FROM THE OAKLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF TONIGHT ON HIS
PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVENTS AND
YOU’VE ALDI MIKE BOUCHARD SAYS
THE POLICE RESPONSE WAS QUITE
DIFFERENT SIX MONTHS AGO IN
OXFORD. IT’S VERY CLEAR IN OUR
ORDERS THAT IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER AND YOU GET THERE FIRST
YOU’RE GOING IN. IF I GET THERE
FIRST I’M GOING IN, BUT WE’RE
GOING IN. NO ONE’S GOING TO
DELAY. NO ONE’S GONNA WAIT. AND
IF HE’S INSIDE OF A ROOM, WE’RE
GOING TO GET IN THAT ROOM ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER, AND THAT
INCLUDES RUNNING A PATROL CAR
INTO THE BUILDING. IF WE HAVE
TO. WILL BE MUCH MORE ON THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE BODY
SCHOOL SHOOTING AHEAD AT 6 30 ON
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER
HOLT IN 2017, MICHIGAN, SAW THE
OPENING OF ITS FIRST BLACK OWNED
HEDGE FUND, THEN 25 YEAR OLD
ANDREW MIDDLEBROOKS GAINED
NOTORIETY AND BROUGHT HIGH HOPES
TO THE PROJECT. BUT TONIGHT HE’S
FACING SERIOUS FEDERAL CHARGES
FOR ALLEGEDLY LOSING OR SPENDING
ON HIMSELF NEARLY ALL OF THE $39
MILLION INVESTORS PLACED WITHIN
THE SEC HAS CRACKED DOWN HARD TO
BUSINESS HAD A ROD MELONI LIVE
TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST ROD.
YEAH DEVIN SCILLIAN FRONT YET TO
BE WHAT’S KNOWN AS A
SOPHISTICATED INVESTOR, WHICH
MEANS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF
MONEY BECAUSE THE HEDGE FUND
WILL OFFER YOU HIGHER THAN
NORMAL RETURNS USING COMPLICATED
FINANCIAL SCHEMES LIKE IN THIS
CASE, THEY CALLED IT CONTEXTUAL
ALPHA MODELING. THE SEC HAS A
SIMPLER NAME FOR IT. PONZI
SCHEME FEVER. THIS IS 30 YEAR
OLD ANDREW MIDDLEBROOKS, CHIEF
INVESTMENT OFFICER AND PORTFOLIO
MANAGER OF THE DETROIT BASED ALL
WEATHER ALPHA FUND PARTNERS. HIS
BIO SAYS HIS INTEREST IN
INVESTING STARTED AT AGE SEVEN
WHEN HIS FATHER GIFTED HIM
STOCKS AND LATER AFTER STARTING
A REAL ESTATE CAREER CAME UP
WITH HIS OWN INVESTING COMPUTER
ALGORITHM. HIS PUBLISHED
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY READS AS
FOLLOWS. QUOTE. WE BELIEVE IN
WIN WINS, NOT UNSUSTAINABLE
RELATIONSHIPS WERE COMMITTED TO
A BUSINESS MODEL THAT
PRIORITIZES CLIENT SUCCESS AND
QUOTE. THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION BEGS TO
DIFFER AND CLAIMS HE PRIORITIZED
HIMSELF. INSTEAD THE 54 PAGE
COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM SAYS, IN
PART THAT MIDDLEBROOKS DECEIVED
INVESTORS BY MAKING REPEATED
FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE
FUND’S PERFORMANCE AND TOTAL
ASSETS, PROVIDING FALSIFIED
INVESTOR ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
MISREPRESENTING THAT THE FUND
HAD AN AUDITOR AND CREATING AND
DISSEMINATING A FAKE AUDIT
OPINION UP TO INVESTOR WHILE
CLAIMING IMPRESSIVE RETURNS OF
UP TO 2500. THE FEDS SAY THE
FUNDS SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC
LOSSES OF $27 MILLION IN ORDER
TO KEEP THE OPERATION AFLOAT.
THEY SAY MIDDLEBROOKS MADE PONZI
LIKE PAYMENTS OF $9 MILLION TO
SOME INVESTORS ON TOP OF THAT,
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS MIDDLEBROOKS
MADE IMPROPER PAYMENTS TO
HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE EXCEEDING A
MILLION DOLLARS. $470,000 INTO
HIS WIFE’S BUSINESS, THREE
QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS
AND HIS OWN BANK ACCOUNT AND
$64,000 FOR JEWELRY. NOW 100
INVESTORS WERE IN THIS HEDGE
FUND THAT OPERATED FROM 2017 TO
2022. THE FEDS HAVE ESSENTIALLY
SHUT IT DOWN, FROZEN ALL THE
ASSETS AND THEY’RE TRYING TO GET
MONEY BACK FROM MIDDLEBROOKS
THAT THEY CAN TO RETURN TO
INVESTORS. IN THE MEANTIME.
BECAUSE OF THIS FRAUD IS WHAT
THEY’RE CALLING IT. THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR A JURY TRIAL IN
DETROIT, ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4
FALL AND TURN AROUND. ALL RIGHT,
ROD SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW,
LEADING A PUSH TO EXTEND A COVID
19 PANDEMIC ERA FEDERAL PROGRAM
TO FEED STUDENTS FOR FREE THE
WAIVERS THAT ALLOWED SCHOOLS TO
OFFER FREE MEAL PICKUPS AND
DELIVERIES ARE SET TO EXPIRE
JUNE 30TH GRANT HERMES JOINS US
LIVE WITH MORE ON A NEW BILL
THAT WOULD GET THE MUCH NEEDED
FUNDING TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM
ALIVE, GRANT CAPABLY. GOOD
EVENING. WE’RE TALKING MILLIONS
OF KIDS NATIONWIDE. THOUSANDS OF
SCHOOL DISTRICT STRUGGLING WITH
PANDEMIC SUPPLY PROBLEMS ALL
WHILE THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
THERE IS JUST A LITTLE OVER A
MONTH TO GET THIS DONE. WITH
JUST DAYS TO GO BEFORE THE FINAL
BELL OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SENATOR
DEBBIE STABENOW OUT RINGING THE
ALARM BELL ABOUT FUNDING TO FEED
CHILDREN. WE CAN’T GET THEM SOME
HELP, AND WE’RE LOOKING AT ABOUT
A 40% REDUCTION IN THEIR SCHOOL
MEALS BUDGET, AND I’M DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT STABBING
ALWAYS BEHIND A BILL TO EXTEND
COVID FUNDING FOR FREE AND
REDUCED LUNCHES WITH A PRICE TAG
OF $11 BILLION. AS OF NOW, THE
PROGRAM STARTED BECAUSE OF COVID
ENDS JUNE 30TH WITHOUT IT MORE
THAN 100,000, MICHIGAN GO GREEN
THIS SUMMER AND WELL INTO THE
FALL. OVERALL THE PROGRAM HELPED
FEED 10 MILLION STUDENTS WHO HAD
FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS AND
HELP DISTRICTS STRUGGLING WITH
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND
SHORTAGES MEET STRICT FEDERAL
MEAL STANDARDS. DURING THE
SCHOOL YEAR. WE REDUCED ALL THE
PAPERWORK AND GAVE ADDITIONAL
MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS, AND AGAIN
, WE HAVE HAD MORE CHILDREN
EATING HEALTHY MEALS. THE
FUNDING, WHICH HAD BIPARTISAN
BACKING WAS CUT FROM A FEDERAL
AID PACKAGE. BY SENATE MINORITY
LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, WHO SAW
THE FUNDING AS UNNECESSARY. STAB
IT OUT, DISAGREES. IT’S JUST A
QUESTION OF VALUES. AND WHERE DO
YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR MONEY? YOU
WANT TO PUT IT INTO A BUNCH OF
BUREAUCRACY, OR DO YOU WANT TO
PUT IT INTO FEEDING CHILDREN?
AND THE SENATOR SAYS THAT RIGHT
NOW THEY ONLY HAVE TWO
REPUBLICANS ON BOARD. THEY NEED
EIGHT MORE TO GET THIS PASSED.
SHE SAID SHE WAS UNSURE OF ANY
MORE OF HER COLLEAGUES ACROSS
THE AISLE WOULD JOIN ONTO THIS.
THE VOTE IS SET FOR THIS ABOUT 2
TO 3 WEEKS FROM NOW. IN THE
MEANTIME, KIMBERLY SENT THE
SENATE IS OFF UNTIL JUNE 6TH FOR
THEIR MEMORIAL DAY BREAK BACK TO
YOU. WHAT ABOUT THE IDEA THAT
THESE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES
ARE GOING TO CHILDREN WHOSE
FAMILIES MIGHT NOT NEED THAT
HELP? THAT’S SOMETHING YOU HEAR
A LOT AND I ASKED THE SENATOR
ABOUT THAT, SHE SAID. THIS
PROGRAM WAS ALREADY TARGETED
GETTING THIS FOOD INTO
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT THE
MOST, BUT THERE’S ALSO BEEN SOME
PRETTY INTERESTING STUDIES DONE,
INCLUDING BY THE FORD FOUNDATION
OF WE’VE GOT A GUY HERE. SORRY
ABOUT THAT, BEFORE FOUNDATION
DID A STUDY THAT SHOWED THAT ONE
IN THREE KIDS WHO NEEDED THESE
MEALS IN PLACES WHERE THEY WERE
OPTIONAL STILL WENT HUNGRY
BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT
BULLYING. SO ADVOCATES SAY THAT
A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL SHIPS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROGRAM.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT.
GRANT APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.
WELL ARE YOU LOOKING TO SAVE
MONEY AND SCORE BIG DEALS? WHO
ISN’T RIGHT? MEMORIAL DAY IS A
GREAT TIME TO BARGAIN SHOP HAS
SOME BIG TICKET ITEMS ARE NOW ON
SALE. INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER IS LIVE HAS BEEN
LOOKING INTO WHAT’S COMING OUR
WAY OR THE SALES ALREADY UP AND
RUNNING, HANK DE’VEON. THEY
CERTAINLY ARE. AND THAT’S
ACTUALLY RARE. A LOT OF TIMES.
RETAILERS WAIT UNTIL MEMORIAL
DAY MONDAY, BUT THIS YEAR, THEY
KNOW LISTEN. HERE’S THE DEAL.
TIMES ARE TIGHT FINANCIALLY FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE NOT SPENDING CASH WHEN THEY
DON’T HAVE TO, AND THAT’S WHY
THOSE BIG SALES, BUT THEY’VE
ALREADY STARTED TAKE A LOOK.
MEMORIAL DAY. DEALS ARE ROLLING
OUT RIGHT NOW, AND HERE ARE SOME
BIG WAYS TO SAVE APPLIANCE HAS
BEEN MARKED DOWN AT LOWE’S AND
HOME DEPOT BETWEEN 20 AND 40%
OFF THEIR OUR MATTRESS, STEALS
EVERYWHERE, LOCAL STORES AND
ALSO ONLINE SPRING CLOTHING
BEING MARKED DOWN MACY’S, FOR
EXAMPLE, BETWEEN 40 AND 60% OFF
AND IT’S ALSO A GREAT TIME TO
BUY GRILLS AND PATIO SETS.
OVERSTOCK AND AMAZON HAVE DEALS
AT 20 TO 30% OFF, BUT THERE ARE
SOME ITEMS YOU MAY WANT TO HOLD
OFF ON BUYING TVS. THEY’RE
USUALLY MARKED DOWN IN JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY, HOME FURNISHINGS,
CARS AND JEWELRY. IF YOU NEED A
JEWELRY DEAL THINK VALENTINE’S
DAY. YOU’LL FIND A LOT OF DEALS
IN STORES OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT
IF YOU’RE REALLY LOOKING TO
SAVE, IT’S ALL ABOUT HOPPING
ONLINE ON MONDAY, WE ARE TOLD
BOTH AMAZON AND OVERSTOCK, FOR
EXAMPLE, SLASHING MANY ITEMS UP
TO 40. MAYBE EVEN 50. WE’RE LIVE