LIVE
4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. AFTER LIVE
4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. AFTER HITTING 90 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. SOME BIG CHANGES
ARE HEADED OUR WAY. WE’VE STILL
GOT STEAMY CONDITIONS OUTSIDE,
THOUGH, BUT COOLER WEATHER IS IN
THE FORECAST. BRETT, YOU’RE
WE’RE ALSO TRACKING SOME
OVERNIGHT SHOWERS TO HIM THERE
AND LIGHTING UP PRETTY GOOD BACK
OUT TO THE WEST. THERE IS
LIGHTNING. THERE’S THUNDER.
THERE’S EVEN SOME GUSTY WINDS AS
WELL. IN THE MEANTIME, THE NEXT
FEW HOURS AT LEAST GOING TO BE
QUIET, KIND OF STEAMY AND A
LITTLE BIT BREEZY AT TIMES AS
WELL. SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES AT
THE MOMENT, BUT IT’S THESE
STORMS BACK OUT TO THE WEST.
THAT REALLY HAVE OUR ATTENTION
AT THE HOUR EARLIER THIS EVENING
, A COUPLE OF SMALL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE
SECOND. OUR AREA NOW UP TOWARDS
BAD ACTS, BUT YOU CAN SEE BACK
OUT TO THE WEST. THERE’S MORE
ACTIVITY EVEN MORE DOWN IN PARTS
OF ILLINOIS. ALL THIS WITH A
COLD FRONT THAT’S COMING THROUGH
. THAT WILL BRING US SOME COOLER
TEMPERATURES. BUT THE FIRST
THING IS THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS.
MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. AS WE
WAKE UP, THERE WILL BE A COUPLE
OUT THERE AND I THINK THE BEST
CHANCES WILL BE IN THE NORTH AND
THE WEST ZONES IN THE MORNING,
LATE MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON,
ANYTHING THAT DOES DEVELOP FEW
AND FAR BETWEEN FOLLOWING THAT
THERE IS MORE RAIN. AND SOME
COOLER TEMPERATURES JUST IN TIME
FOR THE WEEKEND WILL DIVE INTO
IT MORE COMING UP IN JUST A BIT.
OKAY BRENT. THANK YOU. HE WAS
THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF
THE MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE UNDER EMBATTLED FORMER
PROSECUTOR ERIC SMITH. AND
TONIGHT HE’S REACHED A PLEA DEAL
, WHICH INCLUDES TESTIFYING
AGAINST HIS FORMER BOSS, MARK
MCDONALD IS LIVE IN MOUNT
CLEMENS TONIGHT. MARA DOES THE
PLEA DEAL. SPECIFIED TO WHAT IS
NOW WILLING TO TESTIFY. KIMBERLY
IT SURE DOES. AND WE TOOK A LOOK
AT THAT DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THIS
DEREK MILLER PLEA DEAL AND HERE
IS ESSENTIALLY IN A NUTSHELL.
WHAT IT SAYS THAT HE IS WILLING
TO TESTIFY THAT HE OBSCURED
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN DRUG ASSET FORFEITURE MONIES
SO THAT OTHER ENTITIES LIKE SAY
, THE MACOMB COUNTY TREASURER
COULDN’T GET A LOOK AT THEM.
COULDN’T GET A LOOK AT THOSE
BOOKS. THESE ARE MONIES THAT HIS
FORMER BOSS IS ACCUSED OF USING
AS A PERSONAL SLUSH FUND. DEREK
MILLER WAS ERIC SMITH’S RIGHT
HAND AT THE MACOMB COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. AND NOW THE
DEAL HE’S CUT MEANS THAT MILLER
WILL TESTIFY ABOUT THE PLOT TO
CONCEAL ALL THOSE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DRUG
FORFEITURE MONIES THAT ERIC
SMITH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE USED AS
HIS PRIVATE SLASH ACCOUNTS
INSTEAD OF FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD,
WHICH IS WHAT THAT MONEY IS, BY
LAW TO BE USED FOR. WHAT IT WENT
FOR, ACCORDING TO THE A G, DANA
NESSEL FLOWERS AND MAKE UP FOR
SECRETARIES THE SECURITY SYSTEM
FOR HIS HOME PARTIES AT COUNTRY
CLUBS, AND THE LIST GOES ON IN
RETURN. MILLER IS GETTING A
BREAK, HE’LL PLEAD TO A
MISDEMEANOR INSTEAD OF THE TWO
FELONIES HE WAS FACING AND WILL
HAVE NO JAIL TIME. HIS FORMER
BOSS HAS ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY
TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN A
FEDERAL CASE AGAINST HIM FOR
MISUSING HIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS,
BUT HE’S STILL FACING
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. IS FROM
THE STATE AG. BACK HERE ALIVE.
MILLER JUDGE HAS TO SIGN OFF ON
MILLER’S PLEA DEAL. IT’S GOING
TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER
SMITH ACTUALLY GOES TO TRIAL IN
THIS OR WHETHER HE REACHES A
PLEA DEAL WITH THE A G S OFFICE
AS WELL. MILLER WOULD NOT BE
SENTENCED UNTIL AFTER THAT CASE
HAD CONCLUDED. WE ARE LIVE IN
MOUNT CLEMENS TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 MARA. THANK
YOU. A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME ALERT
TONIGHT IN GROSSE POINTE FARMS.
POLICE NOW ASKING FOR HELP TO
FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
TARGETING CARS IN THAT AREA.
PAMELA OSBORNE LIVE IN GROSSE
POINTE FARMS TONIGHT. WITH WHAT?
SPECIFICALLY, THEY’VE BEEN
STEALING, PAM. YES SO THIEVES,
THIEVES HAVE BEEN BREAKING THEIR
WAY INTO CHEVY, MALIBUS AND
IMPALAS, AND ONCE THEY GET
INSIDE THERE, RIPPING OUT THOSE
CARS, STEERING COLUMNS AND
STEERING WHEELS. TAKE A LOOK AT
THESE PICTURES. GROSSE POINTE
FARMS. POLICE HAVE COME ACROSS
SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH DAMAGE
JUST LIKE THIS. THEY ALSO SAY
THOSE TYPES OF CARS AREN’T THE
ONLY ONES. THIEVES ARE AFTER
OTHER VEHICLES HAD ITEMS
REPORTED STOLEN AS WELL. THIS
MAP IS WHERE THOSE BREAK INS
HAPPENED. IT’S IN THE AREA OF
KIRBY AND FISHER AND SHELL FONT
AND CHARLEVOIX. AND GROSSE
POINTE FARMS POLICE ASKING
ANYONE WITH HOME SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS THAT MAY HAVE CAPTURED
SOMETHING TO COME FORWARD AND
PASS ALONG ANYTHING THAT MAY
HELP THEM IN THEIR INVESTIGATION
. MEWHILE THE PEOPLE THAT WE
SPOKE TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE
OUT HERE WHO HAVE A GARAGE, SAY
THEIR PARKING IN THOSE TONIGHT
REPORTING LIVE AT GROSS IN
GROSSE POINTE FARMS AND PAMELA
OSBORNE, FOR LOCAL OKAY, PAMELA
. THANK YOU. FAMILY LEFT
BROKENHEARTED TONIGHT AFTER ONE
OF THE TWO TEENS HEARD IN A HIT
AND RUN CRASH ON BELLE ISLE DIES
FROM HER INJURIES. STATE POLICE
SAY A 12 YEAR OLD DIED TODAY AT
THE HOSPITAL OF 14 YEAR OLD IS
EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THE CRASH
HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHEN A 23
YEAR OLD MAN FROM YPSILANTI
ALLEGEDLY DROVE ONTO THE BEACH
HIT THOSE TWO GIRLS THEN TOOK
OFF. OFFICERS ARRESTED THE
DRIVER THIS MORNING AND
RECOVERED THE CAR BELIEVED TO BE
INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH RIGHT NOW
, POLICE ARE STILL INTERVIEWING
THE SUSPECT. A MASSIVE SEARCH
KICKING OFF TODAY IN MACOMB
COUNTY FOR THE REMAINS OF EAST
POINT TEENAGERS I IN FOSTER
DRAWN FOUR OVER THE PINE TREE
ACRES LANDFILL THAT’S IN LENOX
TOWNSHIP. WHERE PHASE ONE OF
OPERATION JUSTICE PRES A IN HAS
BEGUN. CREWS HAVE ZEROED IN ON A
100 BY 100 FT AREA. THEY PLAN TO
FIRST CLEAN ABOVE THAT AREA TO
INSTALL A ROAD, THEN BUILD A
SEARCH DECK. 17 YEAR OLD ZION
WAS LAST SEEN IN JANUARY. HER
COUSIN EVENTUALLY TOLD POLICE HE
THREW HER BODY IN A DUMPSTER
WHEN HE FOUND HER UNCONSCIOUS.
OUR LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED,
BUT LOOKING FOR HER AND FINDING
HER WILL NOT GIVE CLOSE. BUT IT
WILL HELP GET JUST THIS FOR ZION
. SHE DESERVES NO LESS. SHE
DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE WHERE
YOU’RE LOOKING. AND THAT SURGE
COULD TAKE UP TO SEVEN EVEN
EIGHT WEEKS. IT’S BEEN ONE WEEK
SINCE THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING
IN NEW VALLEY, TEXAS TONIGHT.
POLICE ARE SHARING NEW
INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING. WE
NOW KNOW YOU’VE LED POLICE AND
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO LONGER
COOPERATING WITH THE STATE’S
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY’S
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING
THAT KILLED 21 PEOPLE, MOST OF
THEM CHILDREN. ALSO TONIGHT.
TEXAS POLICE ARE NOW SAYING THE
TEACHER WHO PROPPED OPEN THE
DOOR TO THAT THE GUNMAN
ALLEGEDLY USED TO GET INSIDE THE
SCHOOL CLOSE THAT DOOR BEFORE
THE ATTACK, BUT THE DOOR DIDN’T
LATCH. MEANWHILE THE POLICE
CHIEF OF UROLOGY SCHOOLS WILL
NOT BE SWORN IN AS A NEW MEMBER
OF CITY COUNCIL IN WASHINGTON,
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WORKING TO
FIND COMMON GROUND ON GUN SAFETY
LEGISLATION TODAY, A GROUP OF
SENATORS FROM BOTH PARTIES MET
TO DISCUSS RED FLAG LAWS CHANGES
TO BACKGROUND CHECKS,
INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND
SCHOOL SECURITY. PROGRESS THAT
IS GOING TO SAVE LIVES RIGHT NOW
, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET
THAT DONE. WE’LL GET BACK AT IT
NEXT WEEK, SO THE SAME SET OF
SENATORS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD
TALKS AGAIN TOMORROW. PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS SAID HE’S WILLING TO
MEET WITH THE LAWMAKERS TO HELP
WITH ANY NEGOTIATIONS. IT WAS AN
EVENTFUL START TO THIS YEAR’S
MACKINAW POLICY CONFERENCE. SURE
WAS DETROIT MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN,
MAKING HEADLINES FOR ALLEGEDLY
OUTING. A FEDERAL INFORMANT.
DEVIN CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE
FROM MACKINAW AND HOW THE MAYOR
RESPONDED TO THOSE CLAIMS. BUT I
ALWAYS SAY THERE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT AGENDAS AT EVERY
MACKINAW ISLAND POLICY
CONFERENCE. THERE’S THE ONE
THAT’S DESIGNED BY THE DETROIT
REGIONAL CHAMBER. AND THEN
THERE’S THE ONE THAT HAPPENS
ORGANICALLY ON ITS OWN. AND THAT
BORE OUT EARLIER TODAY, AS MAYOR
DUGGAN FELT FORCED TO RESPOND TO
ALLEGATIONS FROM THE DETROIT
NEWS THAT HE HAD EXPOSED THE
IDENTITY OF AN INFORMANT IN AN
FBI CORRUPTION CASE. THE OPENING
OF THE POLICY CONFERENCE
INVOLVED IN UNSCHEDULED DETOUR
FROM MAYOR DUGGAN. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM I
WASN’T PLANNING TO START THE
MACKINAC CONFERENCE WITH THIS
PRESENTATION, THE MAYOR PUSHED
BACK ON THE REPORT. HE DOESN’T
DENY TALKING ABOUT THE SOURCE,
BUT SAYS HE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS A
SECRET. YOU’RE A FORMER
PROSECUTOR. YOU DO UNDERSTAND
THE SENSITIVITY AROUND THIS AND
THAT IT’S KIND OF A BIG DEAL. I
UNDERSTAND IT VERY WELL. I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU DON’T
KNOW SOMEBODY AS A CONFIDENTIAL
SOURCE, YOU CAN’T BE CRITICIZED
FOR DISCLOSING THEM. AND NOBODY
EVER CALLED AND SAID WE’RE
WORKING WITH THIS GUY DON’T TALK
, BUT I DID THE RIGHT THING. AS
FOR OTHER ISSUES, SHARE AND
UTTER INCOMPETENCE, WITH THE GOP
GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE SET FOR
THURSDAY, THERE IS PLENTY OF
TALK ABOUT THE CANDIDATES WHO
ARE NOT HERE. THOSE WHO
SIGNATURES WERE DEEMED
FRAUDULENT. POLITICAL VETERANS
REMAIN STUNNED BY THE BREADTH OF
THE COLLAPSE. THIS IS
HISTORICALLY UNPRECEDENTED TO
SEE THIS. MANY PEOPLE BOUNCED
OFF THE BALLOT. AND DON’T BLAME
IT ON ANYBODY ELSE. BUT YOUR OWN
CAMPAIGN APPEALS HAVE BEEN FILED
, BUT ZUBA THINKS TO LITTLE
EFFECT THE OTHER REPUBLICANS.
THEY GOT THEIR SIGNATURES. THESE
OTHER CAMPAIGNS DID NOT. THERE
WAS NO PLOT AGAINST THEM. IT WAS
PURE INCOMPETENCE ON THEIR
CAMPAIGNS, PART LEGAL CHALLENGES
HAVING ANY CHANCE. I DON’T KNOW
HOW. I JUST DON’T KNOW HOW
ALRIGHT, SO THE POLICY
CONFERENCE GETS UNDERWAY IN
EARNEST TOMORROW, A VERY FULL
DAY HERE, INCLUDING REMARKS FROM
THE U. S. SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION, PETE BUTTIGIEG,
I’LL BE INTERVIEWING HIM HERE.
AT THE THEATER OF THE GRAND
HOTEL, AND WE’LL HAVE MORE ON