STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. WE’RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING TWO BIG BREAKING
STORIES HERE AT NOON, A KEY
HEARING FOR THE PARENTS OF THE
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTER OVER
WHETHER THEY SHOULD GO TO TRIAL
FOR THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM IN
BREAKING NEWS, ALSO OUT OF
MEXICO, WHERE TWO OF THE FOUR
KIDNAPPED AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
FOUND, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND
DEAD. MEXICAN GOVERNOR SAYS THAT
THE TWO OTHERS ARE ALIVE.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE FOUR
TRAVELED TO MEXICO FOR COSMETIC
SURGERY GOT CAUGHT IN A DEADLY
SHOOTOUT AND WERE ABDUCTED THAT
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAYS
THAT CARTEL GUNMEN TARGETED THE
GROUP IN A CASE OF MISTAKEN
IDENTITY OF THE TWO THAT ARE
STILL ALIVE. WE KNOW ONE IS
WOUNDED AND THE OTHER IS
UNHARMED. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHERE
THEY WERE FOUND, BUT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE
DEVELOPMENTS AND WE’LL KEEP
BRINGING YOU UPDATES. BACK HERE
AT HOME, A PIVOTAL HEARING IN
THE CASE AGAINST JENNIFER AND
JAMES CRUMBLY THE PARENTS OF THE
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER, A
JUDGE IS DECIDING WHETHER THEY
CAN GO TO TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER AND BOTH SIDES JUST
MADE THEIR CASES IN FRONT OF THE
QUARTER OF APPEALS. SHAWN LEY IS
THERE IN THE COURTROOM AND CAN
BRING US UP TO SPEED AND WHAT
UNFOLDED TAKE US THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED. GOOD AFTERNOON. RON AT
THE COURT OF APPEALS IS HERE AT
CADILLAC PLACE IN MIDTOWN,
FASCINATING, HIGH STAKES HEARING
FOR THE CRUMB LEASE AND FOR THE
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR WHO
WANTS THESE INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES TO STICK TO
JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMLEY. LET
ME TAKE YOU INSIDE THE COURT OF
APPEALS UPSTAIRS THIS MORNING.
IT’S A THREE JUDGE PANEL THAT
IMMEDIATELY GOT RIGHT TO VERY
SHARP QUESTIONS FOR THE
ATTORNEYS FOR JAMES AND JENNIFER
CRUMLEY. WHO SAY THE PARENTS OF
THE OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTER SHOULD
NOT BE CHARGED, AND OAKLAND
COUNTY PROSECUTORS WHO WANT THE
PARENTS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS
OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER BUT
CRUMBLY WERE NOT IN COURT. TODAY
THEY’RE STILL BEING HELD IN THE
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL. THE JUDGE
IS GETTING TO IT RIGHT AWAY,
ASKING RIGHT AWAY IF DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARENTS ARGUE
THAT THE COUPLE HAD NO WAY OF
KNOWING THERE’S SOMEONE OPEN
FIRE ON CLASSMATES. THEY DID
KNOW THAT THEY BOUGHT HIM A GUN,
AND THEY DID NOT LOOK IN HIS
BACKPACK WHEN THEY WERE CALLED
TO OXFORD HIGH THAT DAY, THE
ATTORNEY FOR JENNIFER CRUMLEY
SAYS THE PARENTS AREN’T TO
BLAME. SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE TO
BLAME. THERE IS STILL NO LEGAL
DUTY TO LOOK IN A BAG. THERE’S
NO LEGAL DUTY TO LOOK IN A
LACQUER. HOW FAR DOES THAT LEGAL
DUTY EXTENT? WOULD IT GO TO A
CAR WOULDN’T REQUIRE YOU TO GO
THROUGH THEIR ROOM. I I’M SURE
THE PARENTS WISH THEY HAD LOOKED
IN THAT BAG. CERTAINLY WE ALL
WISH WE WOULD HAVE. AND THE
THING IS, THE SCHOOL WENT AND
GOT THE BAG FROM THE CLASSROOM.
THE SCHOOL. UM, PERSONNEL
CARRIED THAT BAG. DOWN TO THE
OFFICE WHERE ETHAN WAS SITTING
TO TALK TO HIM. AND THEY HAD
PHYSICAL POSSESSION OF THAT BAG
, AND THEY ALSO DIDN’T LOOK IN
THAT BAG. BACK YOUR LIFE. THE
JUDGES ALSO WITH VERY POINTED
QUESTIONS FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
PROSECUTORS. THEY’RE ARGUING THE
COUPLE HAD A DUTY A DUTY LEGAL
DUTY TO HELP THEIR SON AND
PREVENT THE SHOOTING. NOW AGAIN,
RHONDA, THIS IS A THREE JUDGE
PANEL. THERE ARE ARGUMENTS ON
BOTH SIDES. THEY HAD LOTS OF
QUESTIONS. HOWEVER THEY’RE GOING
TO TAKE THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT. I
ASKED COUNTY PROSECUTOR WHEN
THEY MIGHT GET A RULING ON THIS
AND THEY DON’T KNOW IT’S A THREE
JUDGE PANEL. WHEN THEY GET A
RULING DOWN, THEY PUT IT IN
WRITING AND THEN PUT IT OUT. SO
WE’RE WATCHING THIS VERY, VERY
CLOSELY FOR YOU BACK TO YOU. A
LOT AT STAKE HERE, SEAN, WE’LL
CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER. I
KNOW YOU’LL KEEP US UPDATED ON
THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AS THE
HEARING WAS GETTING STARTED.
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS SPOKE
OUT ABOUT A RECENT COURT RULING
ON THE CIVIL LAWSUITS. LATE LAST
WEEK, A JUDGE RULED THE OXFORD
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS
EMPLOYEES CANNOT BE SUED FOR THE
SHOOTING. THE JUDGE SAID THAT
SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES HAVE
GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. FAMILIES
HAVE FILED SEVERAL LAWSUITS
CLAIMING THAT THE DISTRICT AND
ITS EMPLOYEES IGNORED CLEAR
WARNING SIGNS. THE FIVE FATHER
OF TATE, NEAR ONE OF THE FOUR
STUDENTS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING
, HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THE
SHOOTER. HE DIDN’T WALK INTO THE
SCHOOL WITH GUNS A BLAZING, HE
WALKED OUT OF THE COUNSELING
OFFICE WITH GUNS A BLAZING WHO
IS THE IMMEDIATE COST. I THINK
YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT. THAT
THE SCHOOL IS THE IMMEDIATE
COST. BUT WE CAN’T MAKE THAT
ARGUMENT. BECAUSE OUR GOVERNMENT
DOESN’T WANT TO BE TESTED. EVERY
TIME YOU SEE THE PARENTS OF
THOSE STUDENTS WHO JUST BREAKS
YOUR HEART, WE WILL HAVE MUCH
MORE ON THE REACTION FROM THESE
FAMILIES AND WE’RE GOING TO BE
FOLLOWING THE CRUMBLY IS ALL DAY
IN COURT AS WELL. WE’LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED BOTH HERE ON THE AIR AND
ON CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM FOR
ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENTS ALSO KNEW THIS
NOON. GOVERNOR WHITMER HAS JUST
SIGNED A DEMOCRATIC PLAN TO CUT
TAXES HERE IN MICHIGAN. THE
GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL. INTO
LINE LANSING. IT INCLUDES A
REPEAL OF THE PENSION TAX AND AN
EXPANSION OF THE EARNED INCOME
TAX CREDIT NOW CALLS THE WORKING
FAMILIES TAX CREDIT, AND IT
RAISES THE TAX CREDIT FOR 6% TO
30% OF THE FEDERAL CREDIT. THIS
WILL DELIVER AN AVERAGE COMBINED
REFUND OF $3150 TO OVER 700,000
FAMILIES. THAT’S $384 MILLION
RIGHT BACK INTO FAMILY BUDGETS,
WHICH IS CRITICAL AS WE FACE
HIGH AND COSTS THAT ARE CAUSED
BY INFLATION. YEAH THE PLAN PAST
THE LEGISLATURE WITHOUT THE $180
INFLATION RELIEF CHECKS THAT
GOVERNOR WHITMER WAS PROPOSING
REPUBLICANS WERE AGAINST THE
CZECH, SAYING THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE PREVENTED AUTOMATIC INCOME
TAX ROLL BACK. THE CHANGES TAKE
EFFECT NEXT YEAR. A HEARING IS
BEING HELD TODAY TO CONSIDER DTS
APPLICATION FOR ANOTHER RATE
HIKE, WITH THOUSANDS OF
CUSTOMERS STILL WITHOUT POWER
FROM LAST FRIDAY’S SNOWSTORM
WANTS TO RAISE RATES BY $620
MILLION A YEAR, WHICH MEANS A
DOUBLE DIGIT PERCENTAGE INCREASE
FOR EVERY HOMEOWNER IN TODAY’S
HEARING, THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMISSION ANNOUNCED. THE
PUBLIC, UM, CAN WEIGH IN DURING
A HEARING ON MARCH 24TH AND
LANSING. NO DATE HAS BEEN SET
YET FOR DTS REQUEST. AT LAST
CHECK. DTS REPORTING 4700
CUSTOMERS STILL DO NOT HAVE
POWER AFTER THAT SNOWSTORM.
THERE ARE NEARLY 3300 CREWS THAT
ARE OUT IN THE FIELD TODAY,
WORKING TO GET THOSE BACK
ONLINE. TODAY THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN IS HOLDING AN
INAUGURATION INAUGURATION EVENTS
FOR ITS 15TH PRESIDENT SANTA ONO
. A CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR
THREE O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AT
HILL AUDITORIUM, AND THERE’S
ALSO GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY
RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY
AT INGLES INGLES MALL. OH NO
STARTED HIS FIVE YEAR TERM LAST
OCTOBER. THAT’S RIGHT. MAYOR
MIKE DUGGAN IS SET TO DELIVER
HIS 10TH STATE OF THE CITY
ADDRESS TONIGHT. THIS YEAR’S
LOCATION WILL BE MICHIGAN
CENTRAL STATION AND MAKE SURE
YOU JOIN DEVIN SCILLIAN,
KIMBERLY GAIL AND KRISTY
MCDONALD STARTING AT 6 30 OVER
IN OUR STREAMING CHANNEL LOCAL
4. PLUS WE’LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF
THIS SPEECH. AND THEN AT SEVEN,
YOU CAN WATCH THE STATE OF THE
CITY ADDRESS. LIVE RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 4 AND ON LOCAL 4 PLUS AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. TIME NOW FOR
YOUR 4WARN WEATHER YOU MAY HAVE
WOKEN UP TO A LITTLE COATING OF
SNOW, WHICH CREATED QUITE THE
PROBLEM ON THE MORNING DRIVE.
THIS IS THE VIEW OF DOWNTOWN
MOUNT CLEMENS. WORD APPEARS THE
SUN HAS HELPED MELT, BUT NOT
BEFORE A ROUGH COMMUTE THIS
MORNING, BRANDON ROUX REAPING
THE REWARDS OF SOME SUNSHINE. I
MEAN, WE’RE BATTLING SOME
BREEZES OUT THERE, SO IT IS NOT
IDEAL, BUT WE’RE SEEING TEMPS OF
40 DEGREES OR UPPER THIRTIES TO
40, SOUTH OF 10, MILES NORTH OF
THERE, IT’S MAINLY MIDDLE
THIRTIES AND THE WINDS SORT OF
THAT COUNTERBALANCE TO THE
WARMTH OF THE SUN SHINE BECAUSE
A NORTH WIND IN THE UPPER TEENS
IS NOW GUSTING 20 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR, SO IT FEELS GOOD. 10
DEGREES COOLER IN THE UPPER
TWENTIES. AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT,
HERE’S A LOOK AT CLOUDS AND
RADAR AND NOTHING ON RADAR. EVEN
CLOUD COVER, NOT SHOWING UP.
WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS ALL
SNOWPACK FROM SATELLITE VIEW.
YOU NOTICE NOTHING’S REALLY
MOVING EVEN THOUGH OUR CLOCK IS
MOVING, SO WE HAVE ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE FOR YOUR TUESDAY FREE
VITAMIN D GET OUT THERE AND SOAK
IT UP. JUST KNOW THAT THAT
BREEZE WILL BE WHIPPING A LITTLE
BIT, BUT LOWER FORTIES RIGHT
WHERE WE SHOULD BE, AND WE’RE