LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS IS THE COAL
LEADER WHO PLOTTED TO KIDNAP
MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TOPS OUR NEWS THIS
NOON EVERYONE THANKS TO, UH,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE
WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THAT. BARRY
CROFT. JUNIOR AVOIDED A LIFE
SENTENCE. BUT UH, THIS COMES A
DAY AFTER HIS CO DEFENDANT, ADAM
FOX, ALSO COULD HAVE SPENT THE
REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. BUT
HE WILL NOW SERVE 16 YEARS
BEHIND BARS FOR THE LATEST ON
THIS DEVELOPING STORY. WE WANT
TO GET OUT TO SHAWN LEY WHO HAS
BEEN COVERING THIS FROM THE GET
GO, SEAN. JASON GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT’S
19 YEARS IN PRISON FOR BARRY
CROFT. HE WAS JUST SENTENCED IN
A FEDERAL COURTROOM OVER IN
GRAND RAPIDS. IT WAS A FIERY
SENTENCING PROSECUTORS COMPARING
CROFT TO ISIS LEADERS. THE
ATTORNEY FOR BARRY CROFT,
STRIKING A FAR DIFFERENT TONE IN
COURT THIS MORNING IN TWO TRIALS
, HE BLASTED AND BLAME THE FBI
FOR SETTING UP THE MEN WHO WERE
PLOTTING TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER. BARRY CROFT
WAS CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
CHARGES, CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP
AND WEAPONS CHARGES. HIS
ATTORNEY BLAMED HIS MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES AS A CHILD IN
COURT THIS MORNING AT SENTENCING
, PROSECUTORS BLASTING CROFT,
COMPARING HIM TO ISIS LEADERS
SAYING HE TRULY WAS INTENT. AND
CLOSE TO LAUNCHING A VIOLENT
ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE
HE WANTED TO SPARK A WAR IN THE
COUNTRY. FEDERAL JUDGE ROBERT
YONKER SAID CROSS ACTS WERE
INCREDIBLY SERIOUS, DANGEROUS
YET A LIFE SENTENCE WAS NOT
APPROPRIATE. BACK YOUR LIFE. SO
IT’S 19 YEARS FOR BARRY CROFT AT
16 YEARS FOR ADAM FOX. THESE ARE
THE TWO GUYS CONVICTED OF
FEDERAL CHARGES HERE. THERE ARE
OTHERS FACING STATE CHARGES OF
SUPPORTING THE PLOT TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER. BUT JASON WAS
JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF
WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT TODAY,
MUCH MORE STARTING AT FIRE BACK
TO YOU. IT WILL BE INTERESTING
TO BREAK THIS DOWN, GIVEN WHAT
THESE TWO MEN HAVE DONE AND
THEIR ROLE IN THIS WHOLE PLOT,
SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT. MORE
THAN 50. PEOPLE HAVE DIED ACROSS
THE NATION DURING THE HISTORIC
WINTER STORM THAT BURIED BUFFALO
, NEW YORK IN MORE THAN 100
INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR THIS
SEASON AND RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK
, SERIE COUNTY WHERE 31 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED, LIFE IS A STRUGGLE.
CREWS ARE WORKING TO CLEAR THE
ROADS THERE, WHILE BUFFALO IS
BENT ON DRIVING STILL IN EFFECT.
OFFICIALS SAY IT’S BEEN A
STRUGGLE TO KEEP FUEL AND
GROCERIES IN STOCK AS THEY WORK
TO RESTORE POWER. CLEAR THE
ROADS. THEY’RE CHECKING ON HOMES
AND OTHER CARS FOR PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT STILL BE STRANDED. NOTHING
WE HAD TO DEAL WITH, THANKFULLY
. BUT LET’S GET A CHECK OF THE
FORECAST THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BRYAN SCHUERMAN TRACKING IT ALL
FOR US THIS AFTERNOON, JASON, WE
ARE DEFINITELY HEADING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. SEEING A LITTLE
BIT OF SUNSHINE AS WE’VE WORKED
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING THAT WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS
WELL. TOWER CAM OVER DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. WE HAVEN’T COMPLETELY
SCOURED OUT ALL OF THE CLOUD
COVER BUT EXPECT THAT FILTERED
SUNSHINE TO CONTINUE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE GOOD
NEWS WITH THAT WE HAVE FINALLY
MADE IT ABOVE THAT. 32 DEGREE
FREEZING MARK. WE’RE SITTING AT
37. RIGHT NOW, HERE IN DETROIT,
36 OVER AND HOWELL 35 RIGHT NOW
WORKING INTO PONTIAC AND 35,
ALSO AN ADRIAN, BUT THAT WIND IS
A LITTLE BREEZY OUT OF THE
SOUTH, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO
UPWARDS OF 15 EVEN 18 MILES AN
HOUR, SO IT’S MAKING IT FEEL
JUST A TAD BIT COLDER THAN IT
ACTUALLY IS OUTSIDE, BUT
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY, THE
ENTIRE REGION RUNNING ANYWHERE
10 PLUS DEGREES WARMER THAN WE
WERE THIS TIME YESTERDAY AND
EXPECT THAT WARMING TRYING TO
CONTINUE AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, STILL
HOLDING ON TO SOME OF THAT CLOUD
COVER, BUT IT IS THINNING OUT A
LITTLE BIT. OVER SOUTHEASTERN
MICHIGAN. SO THE DAY IS NOT A
COMPLETE WASHOUT. WE KEEP OUR
WARMING TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY
AS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
UPPER THIRTIES FOR DAYTIME HIGH
TODAY. THE WARMING TREND
CONTINUES THE NEXT FEW DAYS
BEFORE RAIN MOVES IN AS WE HEAD
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK, I’LL
TIME OUT WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO
NEED THAT UMBRELLA AND YOUR
COMPLETE FOREWARN FORECAST
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
JASON BRIAN SOUNDS GOOD. ARE YOU
TRAVELING TODAY? WELL HOPEFULLY
YOU’RE TRAVELING DELTA OR UNITED
BECAUSE THE SAME CAN BE SAID
ABOUT SOUTHWEST ABOUT THINGS
GOING SMOOTHLY. THEY HAVE
CANCELED THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS.
IN THE US AND THOSE CANCELATIONS
AND DELAYS ARE LEAVING TRAVELERS
FRUSTRATED AND STRANDED AT
AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION.
AIRLINES TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK
FROM THAT WINTER WEATHER, NBC’S
BRIE JACKSON IS IN WASHINGTON.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
INVESTIGATE WHY SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES FELL SO FAR BEHIND
OTHER CARRIERS. TRAVEL CHAOS
CONTINUES AT AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE
, DELAYED, DELAYED, DELAYED AND
DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED
AND THEN CANCELED. IT’S BEEN
STRESSFUL, PRETTY TOUGH.
SOUTHWEST WAS A MESS. SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES IS BEHIND MOST OF THE
BACKUPS, FORCING SOME TO
SCRAMBLE FOR RENTALS. BEEN HERE
FOR THREE DAYS. WEST HUGE
LUGGAGE NIGHTMARE. THE COMPANY
SCRUBBED 70% OF ITS FLIGHT
SCHEDULE ON MONDAY WITH PLANS TO
CANCEL OVER 2000 FLIGHTS DAILY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WE’RE
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
RETURN TO A NORMAL OPERATION.
AND PLEASE ALSO HERE THAT I AM
TRULY SORRY. CEO SAYS THE
CARRIER TOOK THE WORST HIT
PARTLY BECAUSE WEATHER IMPACTED
TWO MAJOR HUBS IN CHICAGO AND
DENVER, BUT SOUTHWEST PILOT AND
FLIGHT ATTENDANT UNIONS SAY
OUTDATED SCHEDULING SOFTWARE IS
ALSO TO BLAME. CLEARLY WE NEED
TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR ALREADY
EXISTING PLANS TO UPGRADE
SYSTEMS GOT PASSENGERS WHO CAN’T
GET A HOLD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IT’S AN UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE
BUTTIGIEG SAYS HE’LL HOLD THE
AIRLINE ACCOUNT. HERBAL. THIS IS
CLEARLY CROSSED THE LINE FROM
WHAT’S AN UNCONTROLLABLE WEATHER
SITUATION TO SOMETHING THAT IS
THE AIRLINES DIRECT
RESPONSIBILITY. THE HOLIDAY
MELTDOWN HAS TRAVELERS FEELING
STRANDED AND RAGED AND FED UP SO
HAPPY TO COME BACK. DO ENOUGH
LIGHT AGAIN. I’M SCARED TO
SOUTHWEST. AIRLINE OFFICIALS SAY
THEY’RE OPTIMISTIC FLIGHTS WILL
BE BACK ON TRACK BEFORE NEXT
WEEK, AMERICAN AND DELTA
AIRLINES HAVE ANNOUNCED CAPS ON
THEIR FARES AS A RESULT OF
SOUTHWEST CANCELATIONS AND
WASHINGTON. I’M BREE JACKSON
BACK TO YOU. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
. FORMER CASTAIC FOOTBALL
STANDOUT J. CAMPBELL BEING
REINED IN COURT FOLLOWING A
STANDOFF WITH AUBURN HILLS
POLICE, CAMPBELL STREAMED THE
TENSE MOMENTS FROM HAVEN UIC
HOSPITAL ON FACEBOOK LIVE OVER
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IN IT, YOU
SEE HIM HOLDING A LITTLE GIRL
WHO HE SAYS IN THE VIDEO IS HIS
DAUGHTER. YOU CAN ALSO SEE
CAMPBELL HOLDING A PAIR OF
SCISSORS, CAMPBELL HELPED LEAD
THE CASS TECH FOOTBALL TEAM TO
ITS 2011 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE
ALSO HELPED FAIR STATE REACHED A
NATIONAL TITLE GAME IN 2018 WILL
HAVE MORE ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT
AND THE CHARGES HE IS NOW FACING
COMING UP AT FIVE O’CLOCK
TONIGHT. DETROIT POLICE ASKING
FOR YOUR HELP AFTER A DISTURBING
VIDEO SHOWS A MAN SHOVING A
WOMAN INTO A WORK VAN POLICE
TELL US THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.
AFTER THIS VIDEO CAME TO THEIR
ATTENTION. IT SHOWS A MAN SHOVE
THE WOMAN IN THE VAN THERE. WE
DON’T KNOW WHO THE MAN IS OR WHO
THE WOMAN IS, OR IF SHE’S EVEN
OKAY, BUT IT APPEARS THEY DO
KNOW EACH OTHER IN THE VIDEO.
YOU CAN HEAR THE WOMAN CALL HIM
BY HIS NAME, SAYING QUENTIN. THE
MAN IS SEEN WEARING A GOLD
JACKET WITH THE NUMBER ONE ON
THE BACK. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS VIDEO OR RECOGNIZE
WHO’S IN IT CALLED DETROIT
POLICE. WOULD YOU HAVE A SAD
UPDATE TO A STORY? WE BROUGHT
YOU YESTERDAY? THE BODY OF THE
HENRY FORD DOCTOR WHO WENT
MISSING FIVE DAYS AGO HAS BEEN
FOUND. THE JACKSON COUNTY DIVE
TEAM RECOVERED THE BODY OF BOLEK
PAYAN IN A FROZEN POND ON THE
PROPERTY NEAR HIS HOME. HE WAS A
DOCTOR AT HENRY FORD HOSPITAL IN
JACKSON AND WAS LAST SEEN
LEAVING THE BUILDING ON THURSDAY
. DETECTIVES BELIEVE HE DIED
BEFORE THE MISSING PERSONS
REPORT WAS FILED, AND IT WAS
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THAT DAY. FORMER
DETROIT MAYOR KWAME KILPATRICK,
NOW ASKING A JUDGE TO CLEAR HIS
REMAINING DEBT AND GIVE HIM THE
GREEN LIGHT TO TRAVEL. THE
REQUEST COMES NEARLY TWO YEARS
AFTER THE PRESIDENT GRANTED HIM
CLEMENCY, ALLOWING HIM TO BECOME
A FREE MAN. AFTER SERVING EIGHT
YEARS OF A 28 YEAR PRISON
SENTENCE FOR PUBLIC CORRUPTION.
HIS ATTORNEY IS FILING PAPERWORK
ASKING FOR KILPATRICK’S
REMAINING RESTITUTION OF $1.5
MILLION TO BE WIPED AWAY. THE
ATTORNEY ARGUES THAT LIQUIDATION
OF SOME ASSETS TIED TO CO
DEFENDANT BOBBY FERGUSON SHOULD
BE APPLIED AS A CREDIT AND
SATISFY THAT DEBT. SINCE HIS
RELEASE FROM PRISON. KILPATRICK
HAS MOVED TO ATLANTA AND STARTED
A MINISTRY, MICHIGAN’S PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION TRYING TO
HELP DTE CUSTOMERS SAVE SOME
MONEY. THE COMMISSION DENIED AND
EXPENSIVE PRE PAY PROGRAM AS
WELL AS A REQUEST TO PULL
CERTAIN CUSTOMER PROTECTION.
WINS. FROM DTE THROUGH THAT
PROGRAM, CUSTOMERS COULD PAY FOR
ELECTRICITY BEFORE USING ANY
ENERGY AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL
PAY IT AFTER YOU GET THE BILL,
THE UTILITY LOOKED TO ITS ENTIRE
CUSTOMER BASE TO PAY FOR THE
PROGRAM, WHICH COSTS MORE THAN
$12 MILLION JUST TO GET STARTED,
AND IT WASN’T CLEAR HOW MUCH IT
WOULD COST TO KEEP THE PROGRAM
RUNNING. DTE ALSO ASKED TO
SUSPEND CERTAIN BILLING RULES
THAT SERVE TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS.
TO AN UPDATE NOW TO A STORY WE
BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY WITH THE
POWER NOW RESTORED AT THE
DETROIT CITY CLUB APARTMENTS.
THIS COMES AFTER PEOPLE THERE
WERE LIVING WITHOUT HEAT SINCE
CHRISTMAS DAY AFTER A PIPE BURST
ON THE 22ND FLOOR, CAUSING THAT
POWER OUTAGE. DTE WAS WAITING
FOR A PART AFTER SOME EQUIPMENT
WAS DAMAGED BY THE FLOOD WATERS
. THEY GOT IT ABOUT 8 30 LAST
NIGHT AND DTE SAYS WAS ABLE TO
GET THAT POWER BACK ON FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE THEY’RE AFFECTED.
STILL TO COME HERE ON THE NOON
THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT,
STACKING UP EVEN HIGHER AFTER NO
ONE WON THE JACKPOT WILL TELL
YOU WHAT YOUR ODDS ARE TO WIN IT
THIS TIME WHEN WE COME BACK, AND
ANOTHER PRICE SITE MIGHT BE
HEADED TO THE PUMP WILL TELL YOU