IN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX START. NOW. SENTENCING TURNS INTO A CIRCUS. YOU SIT DOWN MR
ALL YOUR HONOR. MR SON IS A MAN
CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS OWN
MOTHER TESTING THE PATIENCE OF
THE JUDGE TODAY, SPENDING HOURS
RAMBLING IN COURT. TOPPING OUR
NEWS AT SIX, THE JUDGE LISTENED
TO HOURS OF CHALLENGES AND
OBJECTIONS FROM MOHAMMED TAWI
BEFORE HANDING DOWN THE SENTENCE
OF 35 TO 60 YEARS FOR MURDER.
THIS IS A CASE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING SINCE AUGUST OF 2017.
THAT’S WHAT NANA HOURANI WAS
FOUND ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE OF
HER FARMINGTON HILLS HOME.
PROSECUTORS SAY HER THEN 16 YEAR
OLD SON, MOHAMMED. SUFFOCATED
HER AND THEN THREW HER BODY OUT
OF A SECOND FLOOR WINDOW, THEN
STAGED THE SCENE TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE AN ACCIDENT. THEY ARGUED HE
KILLED HER. BECAUSE HE WAS UPSET
THAT SHE WAS DIVORCING HIS
FATHER. THIS PAST MARCH, A JURY
NEEDED JUST THREE HOURS TO FIND
ALTON TO WE GUILTY OF FIRST
DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER. HE
SAYS. HE’S INNOCENT. PAMELA
OSBORNE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
TODAY’S HEARING. THIS DID NOT GO
SMOOTHLY. PAM DID NOT. THERE
WERE SEVERAL OUTBURSTS IN THAT
COURTROOM TODAY. IT TOOK THE
JUDGE FOR MORE HOURS TO EVEN GET
TO THE SENTENCING PART. HERE’S A
LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT PLAYED OUT
IN COURT FIVE YEARS AGO, I GOT
ARRESTED. FOR AS I SAID, THE
WORST CRIME IMAGINABLE.
CONVICTED MURDERER MOHAMMED AL
TANTAWI MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE
AT HIS SENTENCING TODAY
REQUESTED SENTENCE FOR 40 TO 80
YEARS. I DON’T CARE FOR HOURS,
HE RAMBLED ON, INTERJECTED AND
INTERRUPTED SO MUCH SO THE JUDGE
THREATENED TO REMOVE HIM QUIET.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON STANDING IN
HIS DEFENSE. HIS FATHER, HE WAS
A LOVING AND HE’S STILL A
LOVING, CARING, SUPPORTIVE HUMAN
BEING HIS VICTIM IMPACT
STATEMENT CUT SHORT BY THE JUDGE
WHO DID NOT FIND HIS REMARKS
APPROPRIATE. REFERRING TO YOU AS
A VICTIM. YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM
HERE STATEMENT LEADING TO THIS
MOMENT. HOME. MOHAMMED SISTER
ESCORTED FROM THE COURTROOM IN A
RAGE, SHE RETURNED LATER
INTERRUPTING HER BROTHER, WHO
WAS REPRESENTING HIMSELF IN
COURT. I DID. THERE WERE TEARS
COULD CHANGE. OH MAN, THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CALLING
MOHAMMED, A SKILLED LIAR
PRACTICED IN THE ART OF
DECEPTION, ADDING THIS MOTHER
WASN’T TAKEN AWAY. SHE WASN’T
KILLED, HE MURDERED HER. HE
MURDERED. BEFORE HANDING DOWN A
SENTENCE. THE JUDGE SAID SHE
NEVER FINDS THESE CASES EASY,
BUT CALLED THIS CRIME HEINOUS.
SHE ALSO SAID AFTER LISTENING TO
SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD IN
COURT THERE TODAY THAT IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH MOHAMMED VIEWS
HIMSELF AS THE VICTIM AND NOT
HIS MOTHER. THOSE FACTORS ALL
WENT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR HER
SENTENCE, WHICH WAS AS WE KNOW
35 TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON. WHY
WHAT A DAY. ALRIGHT PAL. BY THE
WAY, WE JUST HEARD FROM THE
DEFENDANT’S SISTER OUTSIDE OF
THE COURTROOM. SHE HAD SOME
REMARKABLE THINGS TO SAY. WE’LL
HAVE THAT COMING UP LATER ON
TONIGHT AND LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PAM. WELL,
IT’S BEEN A FEW HOURS SINCE THAT
STORMY WEATHER ROLLED ON
THROUGH. NOW COMES THE BIG DROP
IN TEMPERATURES. ADAMS TRACKING
THE BIG CHANGES FOR US AND THE
WEATHER IS WATCHING THE CALENDAR
, APPARENTLY RIGHT ON CUE, WITH
FALL ARRIVING TOMORROW AT 904 P.
M. AND WE ARE GETTING THE
COLDEST AIR WE HAVE SEEN SINCE
LAST MAY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW,
THOUGH, IT’S STILL HOT. IT’S
STILL HUMID 84 DEGREES AT METRO
AIRPORT, BUT WIDEN THE VIEW. AND
I’LL SHOW YOU THE 24 HOUR
TEMPERATURE CHANGE. SO IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS, TEMPERATURES HAVE
DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. IN FACT,
IT’S 27 DEGREES COOLER RIGHT NOW
IN MINNEAPOLIS THAN IT WAS AT
THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY, AND
THAT’S ALL HEADED OUR WAY. SO
TEMPERATURES WILL IT’LL BE THE
SLOW TO FALL. SO IF YOU’VE GOT
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TONIGHT,
STILL HAT STILL HUMAN, BUT THEN
THAT COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
AND TOMORROW MORNING YOU’LL FEEL
IT. 54 DEGREES 30 DEGREE DROP.
BY TOMORROW MORNING AT SEVEN
A.M. IN THE AFTERNOON. WE ONLY
REBOUND TO THE LOW SIXTIES. YOUR
WEEKEND FORECAST IS COMING UP,
BUT FIRST DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP. WHEN THE STORMS
MOVED THROUGH TODAY, THOSE THAT
HAD THE APP COULD TELL EXACTLY
WHEN THOSE STORMS WERE COMING TO
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. DOWN TO
STREET LEVEL MAPPING DOWNLOAD
FOREWARN WEATHER TODAY QUESTIONS
TONIGHT ABOUT SAFETY AND
SECURITY NEAR THE MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. WAS ENOUGH
DONE TO WARN STUDENTS ABOUT
THEIR SAFETY AFTER A FRESHMAN
WAS SEXUALLY ATTACKED OFF CAMPUS
, THE 18 YEAR OLD FRESHMAN AT
MSU SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT, SARAH
ELLIS WANTS OTHER STUDENTS TO
KNOW SHE WAS ATTACKED NEAR THE
CAMPUS, AND WHILE SHE WAS ABLE
TO ESCAPE AND GET AWAY, SHE
WORRIES ABOUT SAFETY OF OTHER
STUDENTS. NOW SHE WAS ATTACKED
10 DAYS AGO DURING RUSH WEEK IN
THE AREA OF ABBOTT AND BURCHAM.
THAT’S JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH
OF MSF’S MAIN CAMPUS. IT WAS
ABOUT NINE O’CLOCK ON THAT
SUNDAY NIGHT, ELLIS SAYS. MORE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PROTECT
STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS
BUSY RUSH WEEK. I’VE BEEN ABLE
TO TALK WITH UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS AND POLICE TO GET SOME
ANSWERS. MEANTIME SHE WANTS
COLLEGE STUDENTS TO KEEP THEIR
GUARDS UP. I WAS DOING RUSH FOR
SORORITY AND FOR GREEK LIFE, AND
I WAS WALKING WITH FRIENDS, BUT
SHE HAD TO, LIKE, TURN TO GO TO
DIFFERENT SORORITY. AND SO I WAS
LIKE, FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
ONE I WAS GOING TO AND LIKE THIS
MAN RAN UP BEHIND ME AND, LIKE
ATTACKED ME, ELLIS IS SHARING
HER TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WHILE
WALKING TO A SORORITY HOUSE IN
THIS AREA OF ABBOTT AND BURCHAM
, NEAR MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY. LAST WEEK, MY HIPS
AND LIKE PULLED ME TO HIM AND
LIFTED MY DRESS AND STARTED LIKE
GRABBING ME AND HE WAS LIKE 63
AND LIKE STRONGER THAN ME, YOU
ABLE TO GET AWAY JUST LIKE
JOLTED. REALLY? I’M PRETTY
STRONG. I LIKE JOLTED REALLY
FAST AND I FELL AND I HIT MY
HEAD AWAY. I RAN AWAY WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT, THEN I RAN TO THE
SORORITY I HAD TO BE AND THEY
HELPED ME. LANDS IN POLICE WORK,
HAULED IN A REPORT WAS MADE. THE
FRESHMAN SHARED WHAT HAPPENED TO
HER ON SNAPCHAT. I JUST FELT
LIKE I HAD TO SO THAT PEOPLE
COULD TALK TO ME IF SOMETHING
SIMILAR HAPPENED TO THEM OR UM,
JUST SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING ON DURING RUSH WEEK.
THE 18 YEAR OLD FEELS MORE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PROTECT
STUDENTS WALKING FROM CAMPUS TO
THE SORORITY HOUSES BELIEVE THAT
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE WAY
SAFER OF LIKE HAVING A BUS OR
ANYTHING TRANSPORTATION FOR THE
GIRLS THAT ARE GOING TO THESE
HOUSES THAT ARE LIKE FROM
ANYTHING FROM 15 MINUTES TO LIKE
45 MINUTES AWAY, SO I DON’T
KNOW. I THINK IT’S PRETTY
DANGEROUS WALKS WITH A WHISTLE,
A TASER AND A MESSAGE TO HER
FELLOW STUDENTS TO STAY ALERT.
I’M JUST LIKE SUPER ANXIOUS,
LIKE KIND OF WALKING AROUND WITH
LIKE FEAR. YOU GOT TO GIVE HER
CREDIT FOR SHARING HER STORY
RIGHT CASE UNDER INVESTIGATION
TONIGHT. NO REST HAVE BEEN MADE.
I DID REACH OUT TO N S YOU WHO
SENT US THIS STATEMENT THAT
READS IN PART, THE MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF
POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY DOES
NOT CONDONE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF
ANY KIND AND TAKES EVERY
ALLEGATION SERIOUSLY, WHILE THIS
INCIDENT OCCURRED OFF CAMPUS AND
IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE
EAST LANSING POLICE DEPARTMENT,
OUR MSU, DPP S SPECIAL VICTIMS
UNIT HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE
STUDENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN
SUPPORT OF RESOURCES. MSU DPP S
HAS ALSO ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS
WITH OUR FRATERNITY AND SORORITY
LIFE. AND WAYS TO COLLABORATE
AND INCREASE SAFETY AT OFF
CAMPUS EVENTS. WHILE THIS
INVESTIGATION IS BEING LED BY
THE EAST LANSING POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE STAND WITH A
STUDENT AND STAND AVAILABLE TO
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE. SO WE KNOW THE
UNIVERSITIES HAVE WORKED TO
DEVELOP KIND OF MODERN WARNING
SYSTEMS, OFTEN OVER TEXT MESSAGE
DID THAT HAPPEN HERE TO THE
WARNING OR AN ALERT? GO OUT?
THAT’S WHAT I’M ASKING. I MEAN,
WOULDN’T YOU JUST THINK A BIG
EMAIL BLAST WOULD GO OUT? AND
THIS IS WHERE THE QUESTION IS?
MSU SAYS. OH, IT’S EAST
LANSING’S POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
SEND THAT. SO THEN I CALLED
THESE LANSING POLICE AND THEY
SAID, YEAH, WE’RE NOT SURE IF WE
SENT THAT, SO THAT’S WHAT’S
REALLY FRUSTRATING. I CIRCLED
BACK AND I SAID, LISTEN, PEOPLE
GET ON THE SAME PAGE. BOTH OF US
THAT OUT OF BLAST. IT DOESN’T
MATTER. THE KIDS NEED TO KNOW
THIS IS HAPPENING SO THEY CAN BE
PREPARED. THIS IS NINE O’CLOCK
ON A SUNDAY AND A BUSY STREET,
SO THEY THEN QUICKLY RESPONDED A
COUPLE HOURS AGO. AND THEY SAID,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE. WE ARE IN
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN
BETTER SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
THEY MENTIONED THEY’D LIKE TO
USE THESE BUSSES TO HELP KIDS,
BUT THERE IS A SHORTAGE. WHICH
OF BUSSES MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
BETTER THE REDUNDANCY OF TWO
MESSAGES THAN NONE RIGHT TO
ALERTS. YEAH, CONCERNS ON CAMPUS
SAFETY. SHOOT ME AN EMAIL. I’M
ALREADY GETTING SOME CONCERNS
AND I’LL BE CHECKING INTO THEM
FOR YOU. SO ALL RIGHT NOW THE
LOCAL 4 NEWS UPDATE THREE
TEENAGERS FORMALLY CHARGED AS
ADULTS IN A DEADLY STABBING IN
FRASER HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 13TH
AT A HOME NEAR FRASER HIGH
SCHOOL AND RICHARDS MIDDLE
SCHOOL. POLICE SAY ALL THREE
ALONG WITH ANOTHER 14 YEAR OLD
BOY FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THIS
HOME TO ATTACK TO FRASER HIGH
SCHOOL. MALE TEENS. AND OTHER
TEEN GIRLS WHO WERE THERE WITH
KNIVES IN DEFENDING THEMSELVES.
THE TEENS UNDER ATTACK FOUGHT
BACK. THE 14 YEAR OLD WAS
STABBED AND LATER DIED. EACH
TEENAGER FACES FELONY MURDER
CHARGES THEY ARE BEING HELD
RIGHT NOW WITHOUT BOND. POLICE
ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN
RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING THREE
DOGS ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE,
KILLING TWO OF THEM HAPPENED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
MILWAUKEE AND DAVIDSON, LEADING
RESCUERS TO NAME THE CANINE
SURVIVOR. DAVEY VICTOR WILLIAMS
JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT WITH MORE
ON DAVIES SURVIVAL STORE STORY
AND THE AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
PUT HIM IN DANGER. VICTOR YEAH,
KAREN, THIS WAS JUST REALLY
AWFUL. JUST LIKE YOU SAID. WE
KNOW THAT THE GUY WHO DID THIS
TO THESE POOR ANIMALS IS STILL
OUT THERE OFFICERS RIGHT HERE AT
THE 10TH PRECINCT IN DETROIT ARE
STILL SEARCHING FOR HIM. BUT
IT’S JUST SOMETHING TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS HAPPENING WAY TOO
COMMONLY. TV. HE DEFINITELY
COULD HAVE DIED LIKE IT’S. IT’S
WILD THAT HE’S ALIVE. JUNIPER
FLEMING WITH REBEL DOGS DETROIT
HELPING YET ANOTHER
INTENTIONALLY HARMED ANIMAL IN
THE CITY. THIS TIME, IT’S A DOG
SHOT FIVE TIMES, ALONG WITH TWO
OTHER PUPS THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT.
THIS POOR GUY WAS THE ONLY ONE
WITH THAT AN OWNER. AMAZINGLY HE
WITH THE FIVE GUNSHOT WOUNDS
DIDN’T HIT ANY MAJOR ARTERIES.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. NEIGHBORS
CALLED 911 ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS
SHOOTING THE DOGS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE STREET NEAR MILWAUKEE AND
DAVIDSON. RIGHT NOW, THERE’S NO
IDEA WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO DO
SUCH A THING. I DON’T KNOW IF IT
WAS MORE FOR FUN. SOMETIMES WE
HEAR THAT PEOPLE. OUT OF BOREDOM
AND A DESIRE FOR EXCITEMENT. UM
MAKE CHOICES THAT HARM ANIMALS
LIKE THIS, BUT THE DOG NOW NAMED
DAVEY IS HAPPY TO BE ALIVE,
ESPECIALLY KNOWING THIS DOG
PASSED AWAY FROM THE SAME
INCIDENT. WE SPOKE TO ITS OWNER
WHO WAS TOO SHAKEN TO GO ON
CAMERA. IT HURT BECAUSE YOU GET
CLOSE TO YOUR ANIMALS JUST SAID
THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS KIND
OF THINGS IN THIS CITY. UM BUT I
GUESS THIS GOES ALONG WITH
LIVING INSIDE DETROIT RIGHT
AFTERWARDS, WE ENDED UP
STUMBLING UPON ANOTHER DEAD DOG
STUFFED INSIDE OF A GARBAGE BAG
AND LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
AS FAR AS DAVIES RECOVERY. HE
SHOULD BE JUST FINE. BUT ONE OF
HIS LEGS, UNFORTUNATELY HAS TO
BE AMPUTATED. IT’S THE BEST
THING FOR DAVEY, AND IT MEANS HE
CAN GO INTO A FOSTER HOME
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SURGERY,
SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM.
AND DAVIES VET BILLS RIGHT NOW
ARE OVER $6000 SO REBEL DOGS
DETROIT IS, OF COURSE, LOOKING
FOR DONATIONS TO HELP OUT WITH
THAT. THEY’RE ALSO LOOKING FOR
FOSTER PARENTS THAT CAN ALSO
TAKE DOGS LIKE DE’VEON. SO IF
YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED HEAD
OVER TO OUR WEBSITE
CLICKONDETROIT.COM FOR A LINK
STRAIGHT TO THE REBEL DOGS
DETROIT WEBSITE VICTOR WILLIAMS
. FOR HOW ALL RIGHT THANK YOU,
VICTOR. WE APPRECIATE IT FOR THE
THIRD STRAIGHT TIME. THE FEDERAL
RESERVE TODAY HIKED ITS KEY
INTEREST RATE BY THREE QUARTERS
OF A POINT. IT’S THE CONTINUING
EFFORT TO FIGHT INFLATION BY
GETTING PEOPLE TO BORROW AND
SPEND LESS, WHICH IN TURN COULD
BRING DOWN PRICES. BUT IT COULD
ALSO CAUSE ECONOMIC PAIN FOR
MILLIONS. IT PUSHES UP THE COST
OF BORROWING FOR EVERYTHING FROM
HOMES TO CARS, AND IT’S
CERTAINLY CHANGES THE INTEREST
RATES ON YOUR CREDIT CARDS. THE
FED SIGNALED, THOUGH MORE SHARP