A WARREN POLICE OFFICER CHARGED FOR ATTACKING A SUSPECT AT THE CITY JAIL. THAT WARREN POLICE
OFFICER IS ON UNPAID LEAVE
TONIGHT AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US HERE AT FIVE. I’M DEVIN
SCILLIAN. I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
>> A SECURITY CAMERA CAUGHT THE
WHOLE THING AS IT HAPPENED. YOU
SEE OFFICER MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ
HIT THAT 19 YEAR OLD SUSPECT AND
TAKE HIM TO THE GROUND. PAMELA
OSBORNE LIVE IN WARREN TONIGHT.
PAMELA. WARREN’S POLICE
COMMISSIONER AND THE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR SAID THEY ARE NOT
MINCING WORDS ABOUT THIS. THEY
CERTAINLY AREN’T. THE
COMMISSIONER CALLED IT A
DISGRACE. AND HE WENT ON TO SAY
THAT THE VIDEO FOOTAGE IS SAD
AND UPSETTING TO EVERY SINGLE
MEMBER OF THE WARREN POLICE
DEPARTMENT. I DID HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE
FORMER ASSISTANT CHIEF OF DPD
TONIGHT. WE WATCHED THAT FOOTAGE
TOGETHER AND HE SAYS, OFFICER
RODRIGUEZ SHOULD BE IN JAIL. BAM
OH, MY GOD.
>> THAT REACTION COMING FROM
DETROIT’S FORMER ASSISTANT
POLICE CHIEF, STEVE DOLAN, WHO
WAS JUST AS SHOCKED AS WE WERE
TO SEE A 19 YEAR OLD PRISONER
BECOME A VICTIM AT THE HANDS OF
AN OFFICER.
>> IT’S SICKENING. AND STUFF
LIKE THAT, SAYS THIS IS WHY WE
DON’T TRUST YOU. IT’S BAD. IT’S
BAD.
>> WATCH OFFICER MATTHEW
RODRIGUEZ. YOU SEE HIM GET UP
FROM A CHAIR DURING THE BOOKING
PROCESS, HE AND THE PRISONER
THEY EXCHANGED WORDS AND THEN HE
HITS THE 19 YEAR OLD, SLAMS HIM
UP AGAINST THE WALL INTO THE
GROUND. WITHIN SIX SECONDS, THE
ARRESTING OFFICERS RUSH IN.
COMMISSIONER DWYER SAYS, WHAT
YOU SEE NOW IS THEIR ATTEMPT TO
DEFUZE THE SITUATION.
>> WHEN ONE OF THE OFFICERS
REPORTED SAYING, THAT’S ENOUGH,
THAT’S ENOUGH.
>> THE ASSAULT CONTINUES AS
RODRIGUEZ HITS THE 19 YEAR OLD
AGAIN BEFORE PULLING HIM UP BY
HIS HAIR AND HIS SHIRT AND THEN
THROWING HIM INTO A JAIL CELL.
>> NOBODY, NOT EVEN A POLICE
OFFICER ON DUTY, IS ABOVE THE
LAW. THE TWO ARRESTING OFFICERS
REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THEIR
SUPERVISOR, PROMPTING AN
IMMEDIATE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION
ON OFFICER RODRIGUEZ WAS PLACED
ON LEAVE.
>> THREE HOURS LATER, HE WAS
FORMALLY CHARGED TODAY, MACOMB
COUNTY PROSECUTOR PETE LUCIDO.
>> THERE’S NO DUTY TO HIT
ANYONE. THERE’S NO DUTY TO GO
AHEAD AND DO WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED. IN THE VIDEO, BOTH
LUCIDO AND COMMISSIONER DWYER
COMMENDING THE ACTIONS OF THE
ARRESTING OFFICERS WHO SPOKE OUT
AGAINST ONE OF THEIR OWN AFTER
WITNESSING SOMETHING THAT WASN’T
RIGHT.
>> THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS
DEPARTMENT, THEY DO NOT DESERVE
. TO BE LOOKED AT AS ANOTHER
RODRIGUEZ AND THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT’S
THE PERCEPTION AND WARNED POLICE
ARE HOPING THAT THEIR
TRANSPARENCY ON THIS INCIDENT IS
THE FIRST STOP IN REBUILDING
TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY.
>> AS FOR THAT 48 YEAR OLD
OFFICER, HE WAS CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT AND BATTERY AS WELL AS
NEGLECT OF DUTY. WE’RE TOLD THAT
HE HAD A $5,000 PERSONAL BOND
AND BY THE END OF THIS WEEK,
HE’S GOING TO BE HAVING A
HEARING WHERE HIS EMPLOYMENT
WITH THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO
BE DECIDED. FOR NOW, REPORTING
LIVE TONIGHT, I’M PAMELA
OSBORNE, LOCAL 4. WE’LL CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW IT. PAMELA, THANK YOU.
>> AFTER A FIVE YEAR LONG
INVESTIGATION, PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
SON IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES
IN DELAWARE. ACCORDING TO COURT
DOCUMENTS FILED TODAY, HUNTER
BIDEN HAS REACHED A PLEA
AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS OVER MISDEMEANOR
CHARGES OF FAILING TO PAY HIS
TAXES. A SEPARATE GUN POSSESSION
CHARGE IS LIKELY GOING TO BE
DISMISSED IF HE MEETS CERTAIN
CONDITIONS. ALICE BARR IS IN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT WITH REACTION
POURING IN. ALICE
>> DEVIN HUNTER BIDEN HAS BECOME
A HIGHLY CHARGED FIGURE IN THE
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AND TODAY,
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PROMISING
TO KEEP STEPPING UP THEIR OWN
INVESTIGATION. HSIEN’S CRIMINI
CHARGES FOR HUNTER BIDEN AFTER A
FIVE YEAR INVESTIGATION, THE
TRUMP APPOINTED US ATTORNEY FOR
DELAWARE HAS REACHED A PLEA DEAL
WITH THE PRESIDENT’S SON IN
WHICH HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD
GUILTY TO TWO FEDERAL
MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF WILLFULLY
FAILING TO PAY HIS TAXES. HE
ALSO FACES A FELONY GUN
POSSESSION CHARGE THAT’S SET TO
BE DISMISSED. BUT IF HE MEETS
CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE DEAL
CALLS FOR NO JAIL TIME IN.
HUNTER BIDEN’S LAWYER TOLD NBC
NEWS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
WE’RE DONE.
>> SO SUGGESTING PROSECUTORS DID
NOT FIND CAUSE TO CHARGE HUNTER
BIDEN IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN
BUSINESS DEALINGS OR ANY OTHER
WRONGDOING.
>> THOUGH THE US ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE HAS NOT CONFIRMED THAT
REPUBLICAN IS QUICK TO CRITICIZE
COMPARING THE CASE TO FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FEDERAL FELONY
INDICTMENT.
>> IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT’S
LEADING POLITICAL OPPONENT, THE
DOJ TRIES TO LITERALLY PUT YOU
IN JAIL AND GIVE YOU PRISON TIME
IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT’S SON,
YOU GET A SWEETHEART DEAL. MR.
TRUMP SLAMMING THE DEAL AS A
MERE TRAFFIC TICKET, CALLING THE
SYSTEM BROKEN.
>> BUT LEGAL ANALYSTS POINT TO
SIGNS OF POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE
.
>> AS THE US ATTORNEY FOR THE
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE IS A TRUMP
APPOINTEE, A HOLDOVER WHO
EXERCISED HIS OWN PROSECUTORIAL
CHOICES, EXERCISE HIS OWN
DISCRETION. IT COMES AS A
FEDERAL JUDGE IN FLORIDA SET AN
AUGUST 14TH TRIAL DATE, THOUGH
THAT’S LIKELY TO CHANGE FOR THE
CASE INVOLVING FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS AND ALLEGED
OBSTRUCTION.
>> IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX
NEWS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT
OFFERING THIS EXPLANATION FOR
NOT HANDING OVER THE DOCUMENTS.
>> BEFORE I SEND BOXES OVER, I
HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF MY THINGS
OUT. THESE BOXES WERE
INTERSPERSED WITH ALL SORTS OF
THINGS, THOUGH, THAT DEFIED THE
GOVERNMENT’S REPEATED EFFORTS,
INCLUDING A SUBPOENA TO GET THEM
BACK, GOING BACK TO HUNTER
BIDEN, HIS LAWYER SAID HIS
CLIENT BELIEVES IT’S IMPORTANT
TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE
MISTAKES HE MADE DURING A PERIOD
OF TURMOIL AND ADDICTION IN HIS
LIFE.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THE
PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY LOVE
THEIR SON AND SUPPORT HIM AS HE
CONTINUES TO REBUILD HIS LIFE IN
WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ALICE, NOW, HOUSE
LEADERS SAY THIS WILL NOT IMPACT
THE CONGRESSIONAL PROBE INTO THE
BIDEN FAMILY’S BUSINESS
DEALINGS. SPEAKER MCCARTHY, WHO
YOU JUST HEARD THERE, WENT ON TO
SAY TODAY THE PANEL WOULD NOW
ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM
THE DOJ AS THERE IS NO LONGER A
PENDING INVESTIGATION TO HINDER
IT.
>> AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN
PONTIAC LEFT 122 YEAR OLD DEAD
AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE INJURED.
OFFICERS SAY IT HAPPENED A
LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT AT NORTH
HILL FARMS APARTMENT COMPLEX OFF
KENNETT ROAD. WHEN POLICE GOT
THERE, FOUR PEOPLE WERE ALREADY
SHOT. ALL VICTIMS ARE FROM THE
PONTIAC AREA. THERE’S NO
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT A
POSSIBLE MOTIVE AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
>> NOW TO DETROIT’S WEST SIDE,
WHERE A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED
FOR SETTING A GAS STATION ON
FIRE. AND A SECURITY CAMERA
CAPTURED THE WHOLE THING.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE MAN WALKING
TO THE STORE WITH GASOLINE IN A
GARBAGE CAN AND A BLOWTORCH,
WHICH HE THEN POURS SOME OF IT
OUT AND LIGHTS IT ON FIRE. WILL
JONES LIVE ON THIS STORY
TONIGHT? WILL THE CLERK ALSO WAS
CAUGHT ON FIRE AND HAD TO RUN
THROUGH THAT.
>> KIMBERLY AND DEVIN, IF THAT
CLERK DIDN’T MAKE THAT SPLIT
SECOND DECISION TO RUN THROUGH
THE FLAMES, THIS COULD HAVE
ENDED DIFFERENTLY. HERE’S HOW IT
PLAYED OUT OUTSIDE BEFORE THE
FIRE, THE SUSPECT RIDING UP IN A
VEHICLE INSTEAD OF FILLING UP
HIS VEHICLE WITH GAS, HE FILLS
UP A TRASH CAN AND THEN HE TAKES
THE TRASH CAN INSIDE THE STORE.
AND THAT’S THE DAMAGE THAT WAS
LEFT BEHIND. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
CAPTURING A FIERY EXCHANGE
OVERNIGHT AT THE SUNOCO GAS
STATION AT SEVEN MILE AND
HUNTINGTON ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. THE SUSPECT BRINGING A
TRASH CAN FILLED WITH GASOLINE
INSIDE THE STORE AND THEN DUMPS
IT ON THE FLOOR BEFORE LIGHTING
IT ON FIRE WITH A BLOWTORCH. THE
STORE CLERK RUNNING THROUGH THE
FLAMES TO GET TO SAFETY. THEY
DID IT WITH SOMEBODY IN THERE.
>> OH, MY GOD. THAT IS CRAZY.
>> SEE THE SUSPECT TAKING OFF?
BUT OFFICERS QUICKLY TRACKING
HIM DOWN. DETROIT POLICE SAY
HE’S LIKELY TO FACE NUMEROUS
CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED
MURDER.
>> WE HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT
THE MOTIVE WAS. YOU KNOW WHAT
WHAT DROVE THIS PERSON TO DO
THAT? AND THEY’RE UNPACKING THAT
PART OF THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT
NOW. THIS COMING JUST HOURS
AFTER A HAZMAT SITUATION AT A
SPEEDWAY GAS STATION ON EAST
JEFFERSON NEAR CHRYSLER DRIVE.
>> A MAN ATTEMPTED TO START A
FIRE OUTSIDE THE STORE. THE
SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE
SAY THE TWO CASES ARE NOT
CONNECTED.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT CASE
IS INEXPLICABLE AS WELL. A
VEHICLE THAT WAS FILLED WITH
ACCELERANTS IN FRONT OF THE GAS
STATION, HE ATTEMPTED TO LIGHT
IT ON FIRE ONCE AND THEN HE CAME
BACK FOR A SECOND TIME AND WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL. HOWELL HAD IT GONE
UP, WE MAY BE HAVING A VERY
DIFFERENT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY’RE ALMOST FINISHED
BOARDING UP THIS GAS STATION.
THEY’VE BEEN WORKING ON IT
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. STORE
WORKERS SAY THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT
SET THIS SUSPECT OFF TO START
THIS FIRE. THAT REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION. POLICE ARE
LOOKING INTO THAT. KIMBERLY
>> IT’S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. WILL
DO WE KNOW THE CLERK? ANYTHING
ABOUT THE CLERK? HOW HOW IS THAT
PERSON DOING?
>> WELL, THE CLERK IS IN HIS 20S
AND SURPRISED HE WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL AND HE WAS
RELEASED. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED
DIFFERENTLY. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
SAY THAT CLERK DID THE RIGHT
THING BY RUNNING OUT
IMMEDIATELY. OTHERWISE THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT
STORY. KIMBERLY AND RUNNING
THROUGH THE FLAMES, INCREDIBLE.
>> OKAY. WE’LL THANK YOU.
>> THE US COAST GUARD SAYS
THEY’VE GOT ABOUT 37 HOURS OF
BREATHABLE AIR LEFT ON BOARD
THAT MISSING SUBMERSIBLE NEAR
THE SITE WHERE THE TITANIC WENT
DOWN.
>> AND THEY ALSO WARNED THAT’S
IF THE CREW IS STILL ALIVE. THE
CREW WENT MISSING SUNDAY AFTER
LOSING COMMUNICATION WITH THE
SURFACE ON A 12,500 FOOT DIVE TO
THE OCEAN FLOOR IN SEARCH OF
THAT SHIPWRECK. THE COAST GUARD
SAYS IT’S A RACE AGAINST TIME TO
GET EQUIPMENT TO THE SITE THAT
CAN GO THAT DEEP BEFORE IT’S TOO
LATE. OBVIOUSLY GETTING SALVAGE
EQUIPMENT ON SCENE IS A TOP
PRIORITY.
>> UNIFIED COMMAND IS WORKING
THROUGH THAT TO PRIORITIZE GUYS,
WHAT EQUIPMENT WE CAN GET THERE.
THERE ARE ONGOING OPERATIONS
RIGHT NOW VIA THE US NAVY AND
TRANS COMM TO GET TO GET
EQUIPMENT STAGED IN SAINT JOHN’S
AND TO GET IT ON SCENE. I CAN’T
GIVE YOU AN EXACT TIMELINE OF
WHEN THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THERE IS
A FULL PRESS, FULL COURT PRESS
EFFORT TO GET EQUIPMENT ON SCENE
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
>> THE SUBMERSIBLE IS PART OF A
TOUR COMPANY THAT OFFERS
PASSENGERS TRIPS TO THE TITANIC
AT A REPORTE COST OF A QUARTER
OF $1 MILLION PER PERSON.
>> WE WILL KEEP FOLLOWING THAT
AS WE HAVE BEEN. MINUTE BY
MINUTE. NOW TO THE WEATHER,
THOUGH, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT
LIVE PICTURES FROM OUR MT.
CLEMENS SKYCAM KIND OF STARTING
TO CRANK UP THE HEAT HERE,
FITTING ON THE LAST FULL DAY OF
SPRING. BUT WE ARE NOT DONE WITH
THE WARM UP YET EITHER. THAT’S
RIGHT. LET’S GET OVER TO KIM
ADAMS.
>> WE COULD REALLY USE SOME
RAIN, THOUGH, KIM. BOY, WE SURE
COULD.
>> WE HAVE A FEW CHANCES OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NOT GREAT
CHANCES, BUT THE CHANCE IS
CERTAINLY THERE OUTSIDE RIGHT
NOW. IT IS VERY NICE DOWNTOWN,
BUT TOMORROW WE GO BACK UNDER AN
AIR QUALITY ALERT AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO HEAT
UP. WE HAVE UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF
OZONE EXPECTED TOMORROW,
ESPECIALLY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS.
IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHEAST
LOWER MICHIGAN, BUT NOT UP INTO
THE THUMB. SO IF YOU SUFFER FROM
ASTHMA OR A SENIOR CITIZEN, THIS
IS WHERE WE ARE ON THE SCALE.
THE SCALE GOES FROM GOOD ALL THE
WAY UP TO HAZARDOUS, UNHEALTHY.
SENSITIVE IS WHERE WE ARE FOR
TOMORROW. SOME RAIN WOULD
CERTAINLY HELP NOT ONLY OUR
GARDENS, BUT ALSO THE AIR
QUALITY. AND I’LL TALK ABOUT THE
CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER THE NEXT