ARE A STRING OF HOME INVASION
BURGLAR RIS ENDS WITH THE ARREST
OF A MAN USED EVERY TRICK IN THE
BOOK TO ELUDE CAPTURE.
>>> A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY
TEAM FINE AS WAY TO SAVE THEIR
SEASON AFTER BEING TOLD THEY
COULDN’T KEEP PLAYING BECAUSE OF
AN OPPOSING PLAYERS POSITIVE
COVID TEST.
>>> IF YOU ARE ONE OF MANY
PEOPLE HOPING TO GET A VACCINE
AT FORD FIELD MICHIGAN’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS A SCAM
WARNING, YOU NEED TO HEAR.
AND WE WILL START THERE TONIGHT
AT 6:00.
AS THINS GOT UNDERWAY, AT
TODAY’S FORD FIELD SOFT OPENING,
THE A. G.’S OFFICE WAS PUTTING
OUT A WARNING.
>>> IT INVOLVES HIGH TECH
THIEVES PAR TARGETING PEOPLE WHO
LIVE AND WORK IN DETROIT.
OUR CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER JOINS US AND, HANK,
THEY ARE AFTER PEOPLE’S PERSONAL
INFORMATION WHICH MANY PEOPLE
MIGHT THINK IS JUST PART OF THE
PROCESS OF GETTING VACCINATED.
>>> EXACTLY, KIM WERELY.
THAT IS PROBLEM OF THE PROBLEM.
THE A. G. AND HER TEAM THEY HAVE
BEEN OUT IN FRONT OF THIS FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
WARNING US ABOUT PROBLEMS AND
SCAMMERS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND
YOUR ATTENTION.
NOW, THESE SCAMMERS MAKING THEIR
MOVE AS THEY KNOW THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE WORK TO TO FETE AN
APPOINTMENT AT FORD FIELD.
>>> THOUSANDS OF YOU WILL SOON
BE MAKING YOUR WAY INTO FORD
FIELD TO GET VACCINATED AND WE
KNOW MANY ARE STILL WORKING TO
GET APPOINTMENTS AND THE
SCAMMERS KNOW IT.
INVESTIGATORS TRACKING A SERIES
OF DISTURBING E-MAILS AND TEXT
MESSAGES, FROM HIGH TECH
THIEVES, CLAIMING TO REPRESENT
CITY, STATE OFFICIALS, AND FORD
FIELD.
ALL THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
DO NOT FALL FOR IT.
>>> YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU ARE IGNORING ANY IMMEDIATE
CALLS FOR ACTION, BECAUSE THEY
ARE HOPING THAT THAT HIGH
PRESSURE TACTIC IS GOING TO GET
YOU TO PIE.
>>> WITHIN THE PAST WEEK
INVESTIGATORS NOTICING A
DISTURBING TREND, SCAMMERS
REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO LIVE
IN THE CITY, REQUESTING PERSONAL
INFORMATION, TO GET THE VACCINE.
AND NOW, THEY ARE CONNECTING TO
THOSE WHO WORK IN THE CITY, WHO
ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS DO NOT FALL
FOR THESE SCAMS.
>>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING VERY
CAUTIOUS, IN I TIME YOU ARE
RECEIVING A TEXT MESSAGE OR
E-MAIL AS WELL.
THAT YOU DON’T CLICK ON ANY OF
THE LINKS WITHIN THOSE MESSAGES.
>>> MICHIGAN’S ATTORNEY GENERAL
RELEASING THIS STATEMENT,
SCAMMERS REMAIN FOCUSED UNDER
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ONGOING
[ NO AUDIO ]
>>>
STATE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
WILL NEVER CALL YOU WITH
UNREALISTIC DEMANDS THAT INCLUDE
YOU HAVING TO HAND OVER
INFORMATION LIKE YOUR SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER.
BIRTHDATE.
OR ADDRESS.
>>>
>>> AND WE HAVE THE FULL
STATEMENT AND WARNING FROM THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE HELP ME
HANK PAGE AT CLICK ON
DETROIT.COM RIGHT NOW,
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAIN WAY
THESE HIGHTECH THIEVES ARE
TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION IS
BY SENDING YOU A TEXT MESSAGE,
EITHER ASKING YOU IF YOU WOULD
LIKE AN APPOINTMENT, OR ASKING
YOU FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO
CONFIRM AN APPOINTMENT.
DID DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
WE ARE LIVE, HELP ME HANK.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
HANK, MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE
GETTING THEIR COVID-19 VACCINES
AT FORD FIELD TODAY, AND AS WE
MENTIONED WHAT WAS SORT OF A
SOFT LAUNCH AT THE STADIUM.
BEFORE A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ARE INVITED FOR THE OFFICIAL
OPENING OF THE VACCINE SITE.
>>> AT FULL CAPACITY THE
FEDERALLY SELECTED REGIONAL MASS
VACCINATION SITE WILL ADMINISTER
ABOUT 5,000 DOSES A DAY FOR TWO
MONTHS.
AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 SHOTS WILL
BE ADMINISTERED DAILY ACROSS
METRO DETROIT, AND NOT INSIDE
FORD FIELD.
WE POSTED ALL OF THE INFORMATION
YOU NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
ON OUR WEB SITE.
JUST GO TO CLICK ON DETROIT.COM.
LET’S MOVE TO THE LATEST
CORONAVIRUS CASES AND NUMBERS
KEEP RISING.
>>> THEY DO.
THE STATE REPORTS 4079 NEW CASE
AND 16 AT DECISIONAL DEATH,
VACCINATIONS CONTINUE TO
STEADILY GO UP WITH THE STATE
NOW SAYING 29% OF MICHIGAN
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
>>> BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR
FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, OF
COURSE, FIRST THERE WAS
UNCERTAINTY THERE WOULD EVEN BE
A SEASON, NOW LOT OF TEAMS ARE
FINDING THEIR SEASONS CUT SHORT
OVER EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS AND
SOME SHAPE OR FORM.
JAMIE EDMUNDS SAID THE STORY
ABOUT THE KNOW I HAVE HOCKEY
TEAM THAT FOUGHT TO KEEP THEIR
SEASON GOING, JAMIE?
>>> THE NOVI HOKY TEAM’S
QUARTERFINAL GAME IS A GO IN
DEARBORN BUT JUST THIS WEEKEND
THEIR WHOLE SEASON WAS IN
JEOPARDY.
NOVI HOCKEY PLAYED LaOWN YEAH
STEVENSON SATURDAY IN THE
REGIONAL FINAL.
A GA IMTHAT ENDED IN AN OVERTIME
WIN FOR THE WILDCATS.
>>>
>>> LAST YEAR WE PLAYED STEVEN
SON IN THE REGIONAL FINAL, AND
ONE OF THE TRIPLE OVER TIME AND
WE LOST, PLAYING STEVEN SONS
AGAIN AND BEATING THEM IN
OVERTIME THIS YEAR.
>>> , IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
EXCITING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.
>>> IT WAS A GREAT TIME UNTIL
THEY GOT A CALL ON FRIDAY IN THE
REGIONAL SEMIFINAL.
>>> THERE WAS A POTENTIAL WHERE
WE COULD BE GOING INTO
QUARANTINE.
>>> A POSITIVE CASE ON AN
OPPOSING TEAM MEANT THE WILDCATS
WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE AND THE
SEASON WOULD BE OVER.
BUT, HOW MUCH EXPOSURE DID THE
WILDCATS HAVE WITH THAT PLAYER?
>>> WE WENT TO THE TAKE, THE
FILM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE
WERE.
AND THE AMOUNT OF CONTACT THAT
WE HAD.
>>> LESS THAN 10 MINUTES PER THE
VIDEO EVIDENCE, SO KNOW VIE
SUPERINTENDENT CALLED THE
OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
THE DECISION WAS REVERSED
PENDING NEGATIVE COVID TEST FROM
ALL KNOW I HAVE PLAYERS, NOW,
THE QUARTERFINAL GAME WITH
TRENTON IS BACK ON.
>>> IT IS A BIG YEAR FOR US
BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A
LOT OF RETURNING PLAYERS, SO, BY
THINK WE CAN GET FAR AND
HOPEFULLY WIN STATES.
>>> THIS ROLLER COASTER OF A
YEAR CONTINUES IN THIS CASE
THERE WAS A POSITIVE ENDING FOR
THESE KIDS.
>>> A HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY GAME
WILL NEVER BE PUT IN FRONT OF
THAT.
OUR KIDS SAFETY OR ANYBODY
ELSE’S SAFETY.
IT IS JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
AND THE GRAND SCHEME OF WIFE,
BUT, FOR OUR KIDS AT THIS MOMENT
IN TIME, WE ARE FORTUNATE AND
LUCKY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO COMPETE.
>>> JAMIE EDMUNDS, LOCAL 4.
>>> THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
JAMIE, THANK YOU.
OUR WE HAVEN’T ABOUT GET MORE
INTERESTING, SHALL WE SAY?
NOT IN THE BEST WAY EITHER.
>>> THAT IS PUTTING IT KINDLY.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A COUPLE
SYSTEMS WATCHING BOTH RAIN AND
HIGH WINDS OUR WAY, TOO, BEN
PURCHASE MARCH WAS SUPPOSED TO
COME IN LIKE A LION BUT THAT GOT
DELAYED ABOUT HALF A MONTH AND
NOW WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IT,
YOU PROBABLY FELT THOSE WINDS
PICK UP A LITTLE BIT TODAY, YOU
ARE STILL GUSTING AT ABOUT 20-25
BUT AS WE INTO TOMORROW, ABOUT
THIS TIME, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER WE WILL SEE 30-35 MILES
PER HOUR GUSTS, RAIN IS NOT
GOING TO BE HERE UNTIL
OVERNIGHT, WE WILL PICK IT UP AT
MIDNIGHT AND SEE IT IS WIDELY
SCATTERED STUFF THROUGH THE
MORNING COMMUTE.
SO MORE DRY SPOTS THAN WET BUT
THE SHOWERS WILL BE OUT THERE
UNTIL 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
THEN IT WRAPS UP, MILD NIGHT
TONIGHT OF COLDER AT THE END OF
THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST, AND IT
GET AS WHOLE LOT WETTER, TOO, WE
NEED THE RAIN AND WE ARE GOING
TO GET A TON OF IT AS WE GET
INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SO WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP,
LOCAL FORECAST HAS YOUR ENTIRE
10-DAY FORECAST WHERE YOU CAN
GET A SNEAK PEEK AT THAT
PRECIPITATION, AND IT IS FREE IN
YOUR APP STORE AS ALWAYS BY
SEARCHING WITH.
D. I. V., GUYS?
>>> HEY, BEN.
A COLORADO COMMUNITY GRIEVING
TONIGHT AFTER YESTERDAY’S
SHOOTING AT A COLORADO GROCERY
STORE.
21 YEAR-OLD AHMED ALYSSA FACES
10 COUNTS (^) OF FIRST DEGREE
MURDER.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE OPENED FIRE
INSIDE THE STORE TAKING THE
LIVES OF 10 PEOPLE AGES 20-65.
BOULDERER POLICE NOT ONLY
INVESTIGATING THE MURDERS BUT
GRIEVING LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR
OWN, 51 YEAR-OLD OFFICER ERIC
TALLEY THE FIRST OFFICER ON THE
SCENE.
MEANWHILE, SURVIVORS ARE DEALING
WITH THE SHOCK AND DISBELIEF OF
THE ATTACK.
>>> IT HAS BEEN DEFINITELY BUN
ROUGH.
I MEAN WAKING UP THIS MORNING,
PROCESSING EVERYTHING, IT IS
DEFINITELY BEEN HARD.
IT IS HARDER THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY JUST SEEING THE
FRIENDS I LOST.
>>> INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
AREN’T CLEAR ABOUT A POSSIBLE
MOTIVE IN THE ATTACK, HERE AT
HOME GRETCHEN WHITMER ORDERED
FLAGS TO FLY AT HALF STAFF TO
REMEMBER THE VICTIMS.
OF THE SHOOTING.
FOR MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION IN
COLORADO JOIN LESTER HOLT FOR
NBC NIGHT THROUGH NEWS
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NEW
CAST AT 6:30.
>>> TROY POLICE HAD A BUSY
WEEKEND ARRESTED AN AM PIIOUS
AND ELUSIVE BURGLAR, CHARGED
WITH COMMITTING SEVERAL HOME
INVATIONINGS.
ROD MALONE AT THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT, ROD, THEY BELIEVE
THIS GUY TOOK UPWARDS OF 150,000
IN CASH AND JEWELRY.
>>> THAT’S RIGHT.
ACTUALLY IT IS MORE THAN THAT
AND HERE IS THE THING, THIS WAS
THE KIND OF THING YOU MIGHT SEE
IN A MOVIE OR T.V. SHOW.
WHAT THEY ARE TELLING SUS THIS
GUY ALLEGEDLY BURGH LED FOUR
HOMES IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
HE SHOWED STAM LaAND STEALTH
THE LIKES OF WHICH THEY HAVE NOT
SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME,
OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
>>> THIS IS 40 YEAR-OLD DARE
YELL THORNTON ARRANGED ON
40,000-DOLLAR BOND.
TROY POLICE LIEUTENANT JOSHUA
JONES TOLD LOCAL 4 OFFICERS
FIRST SUSPECTED THORNTON AFTER
THE FIRST HOME INVASION A WEEK
AGO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR
SOMERSET COLLECTION.
>>> WE HAD SOME VIDEO DIFFERENT
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AROUND THE
AREA AND RAIN CAMERAS AND
COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
>>> IMMEDIATELY DETECTIVES WENT
TO WORK AND FOLLOWED THORNTON TO
THIS TROY NEIGHBORHOOD, AT
ILLINOIS AND BIG BEAVER SATURDAY
NIGHT LAKE.
THEY SAY THEY WENT TO WORK
ROBBING TWO HOMES.
>>> YOU HAVE TO GIVE OUR GUYS
CREDIT FOR BEING A ABLE TO THIS
THAT, THIS WAS OVER THE WEEKEND
THAT THIS OCCURRED.
SO THEY CAME IN AND WERE OFF
DUTY AND GOT ALERTED HE WAS
LIKELY GOING TO START WORKING,
WORKING FOR RESIDENTS TO BREAK
INTO, THEY CAME IN AND GOT ON
HIM PRETTY QUICKLY.
>>> OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO ARREST
HIM BEFORE HE GOT TO HIS
VEHICLE, BUT JONES SAID THORNTON
THREW HIS LOOT IN THE AIR AND
RAN.
AND KEPT RUNNING FOR MILES.
AND HOURS.
UNTIL HE GOT DESPERATE LOOKING
FOR A WAY OUT AND STARTED
CHECKING DOORS AND HOMES NEAR
WADDLES AND I-75.
>>> SO HE FOUND AN OPEN DOOR ON
RESIDENCE UP IN THE WADDLES I-75
AREA AND THE SUBDIVISION THERE,
WENT IN AND USING THE PHONE TO
CALL FOR A RIDE.
>>> JONES SAID THORNTON GOT INTO
AN OUT OF THE HOME WITH A
LANDLINE, UNDETECTED.
AND WHEN HIS RIDE SHOWED UP WITH
A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT IS WHEN
POLICE NABBED HIM.
>>> SO, IT IS -- THIS IS QUITE
THE STORY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ALSO
SAY IS THAT HE IS A -- HAS A
PRIOR RECORD, SO THAT IS PART OF
THE REASON WHY THEY -- HE BECAME
SO ELUSIVE.
BUT, THEY ALSO SAY THEY ARE
STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
IT IS HE WAS ABLE TO FIND FOUR
HOMES OR ACTUALLY THREE HOMES
UNOCCUPIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO
GET THAT MUCH IN THE BY OF CASH
AND JEWELRY.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> ROD, TO REITERATE HE WENT
UNDETECTED IN AN OCCUPIED HOME
AND USED THE PHONE?
>>> WELL, HE USED THE PHONE,
DEVIN AND THEN HE STOLE STUFF
OUT OF THE HOUSE BEFORE HE LEFT
TO GET HIS RIDE SO THEY DID NAB
HIM AS THEY CAME OUT.
>>> IT ALL RIGHT.
IT IS A NEW UNWITH.
ALL RIGHT.
ROD.
>>> AHEAD HERE AT 6:00, AN
IMPORTANT DETROIT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION PREPARES TO SAY
GOOD-BYE TO THE ONLY LEADER IT
HAS EVER HAD.
>>> HERE IS DR. FRANK
McGEORGE, DOC?
>>> WHAT IS THE RISK OF GETTING
COVID AFTER BEING FULLY
VACCINATED?
I’M DR. FRANK McGEORGE, COMING
UP, A MOM WHO GOT SICK IN SPITE
OF HAVING THE VACCINE AND WHY