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FAMILY THROUGH A TRYING TIME.
Announcer: LIVE, THIS IS
"24 HOUR NEWS 8".
11:00.
WE ARE LEARNING NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CARING FOR A
MENTALLY ILL KENTWOOD MAN WHO
STOLE A SCHOOL BUS FROM
WYOMING ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
CURTIS ALEMLY STOLE THAT BUS
AND TOOK IT AND WILE,
DANGEROUS TRIP ACROSS THE
STATE, BEFORE BEING ARRESTED
NEAR ANN ARBOR.
CONSIDER IS IS WELL-KNOWN BY
POLICE FOR BIZARRE BEHAVIOR
WHEN HE IS OFF THE MEDS BUT
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
FORMER GUARDIAN SAID HE WAS
DOING WELL.
LEON HENDRICKS IS LIVE
TONIGHT IN GRAND RAPIDS WITH
A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED.
LEON?
Reporter: SUE, GOOD
EVENING.
SOMETIMES CHANGE IS NOT GOOD.
THTHAT IS THE CASE HERE SAYS
THE FOLKS UP DOWNTOWN GRAND
RAPIDS.
THEY SPECIALIZE IN HELPING
THE HOMELESS BE A METALLY ILL
AND THEY SAY CURTIS' DECISION
TO CHANGE GUARD YUNS EARLIER
THIS YEAR MAY BE BEHIND ALL
OF THIS.
CURTIS MADE NEWS THE FIRST
TIME DURING A BIZARRE
INCIDENTS AT KENDALL COLLEGE
WHERE BEHAVIOR CAUSED THE
EVACUATION OF THE SCHOOL AND
WAS TAKEN UNITED NATIONS THE
RING OF THE SERVANT CENTER A
GRAND RAPIDS-BASED
ORGANIZATION THAT CARES FOR
ILL.
HE IS INTELLIGENT AND
TALENTED AND ARTISTIC.
BUT IN APRIL, IT WAS
CURTIS WHO PETITIONED THE
COURT FOR A CHANGE, WITH
THAT, THE SERVANT AND THE
STAFF CAME A DRAMATIC CHANGE
IN HIS BOW HEAVIER.
CURTIS DECIDED HE WANTED A
DIFFERENT GUARDIAN
A.24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN A YEAR
YOUNGER THAN HE IS NAME MAD
RAN DID A SHEAR.
FRIEND OF HIS.
HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE PERSON
HE WAS ASKING TO BECOME HIS
GUARDIAN WAS SUITABLE FIT.
WE CAUTIONED STRONGLY AGAINST
THAT.
SERVANTS TOLD "24 HOUR
NEWS 8" THEY FOUGHT PETITION
BEFORE A PROBATE COURT JUDGE
BUT LOST THEIR BATTLE TO KEEP
CURTIS TUNER THEIR CARE.
IT IS FRUSTRATING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAW
GUARDIAN.
THEY SAW CURTIS ON THE STREET
AND COULD TELL THE THINGS HAD
GONE BAD AGAIN.
PARENTS.
WHY THE CONCERN WOULD BE
THAT SOMEONE WOULD GET
SERIOUSLY HURT AS A RESULT OF
WHAT MIGHT SON MIGHT DO.
AND THEY, TOO, LACK LEGAL
STANDING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT
IT.
NOW RIGHT NOW, CURTIS ON
THE EAST SIDE IN A JAIL
BECAUSE OF THAT BUS INCIDENT.
WE WERE AABLE TO TRACK DONE
THE CONSIDER REN GUARD
WHEREIN BY PHONE TODAY.
SHE SAYS I WAS THE LAST TO
KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
HIS CONDITION HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH ME BEG HIS GUARDIAN.
THIS HAS COMPLETELY, THAT HAS
BEEN COMPLETELY OUT OF MY
HANDS, SHE SAYS THAT THIS HAS
LOTS TO DO WITH CURTIS'
REFUSAL TO TAKE HIS
MEDICATION BUT THAT IS
DO.