charges for helping the parents of the alleged shooter. james and jennifer crumbley are each being held on a $500,000 bond in the same county jail as their 15-year-old son. they have pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. now, this exclusive video shows the couple being taken into custody from a warehouse in detroit after setting off a fugitive manhunt. police say someone helped the pair get into that building. we believe they were assisted in that location to get there, to get in. and we re gathering that information and we re going to have the totality of that done fairly soon and present that to our prosecutor for potential charges for either aiding and abetting or obstruction of justice. during the crumbley s arraignment on saturday, their lawyers claimed they d fully intended to turn themselves in before being arrested. they also denied that their client s son had unrestricted
next time don t get caught. and then, obviously, on this very tragic day, on the 30th, they were called to the school and about their son s drawing, which literally depicted threats and acts of violence, and instead of disclosing to the school that he had full access to this weapon, they chose not to, chose not to take their son home, they chose not to tell anybody that he might be dangerous, when it was clear and they had every likelihood that he was and instead they left. reporter: and instead they left. the prosecutor saying that these parents, had they acted, could have prevented this tragedy from happening, therefore they are criminally negligent. we did hear from the lawyers representing jennifer and james crumbley. they insist that even though the crumbleys did not show up for their arraignment on friday, they were not, in fact, fleeing. take a listen to what one of their lawyers had to say. last night and throughout the
reporter: and instead they left. the prosecutor saying these parents, had they acted, could have prevented this tragedy from happening, therefore, they are criminally negligent. we did hear from the lawyers representing jennifer and james crumbley. they insist that even though the crumbleys did not show up for their arraignment on friday, they were not, in fact, fleeing. take a listen to what one of the lawyers had to say. last night and throughout the day, we were in contact with our clients. they were scared, they were terrified. they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do, getting finances in order. this case is absolutely the saddest, most tragic, worst case imaginable. there is absolutely no doubt. but our clients were absolutely going to turn themselves in. it was just a matter of logistics. and all the prosecution had to do was communicate with me about it. reporter: they say this was all about miscommunication. but the oakland county
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though the crumbleys did not show up for their arraignment on friday, they were not, in fact, fleeing. take a listen to what one of their lawyers had to say. last night and throughout the day, we were in contact with our clients. they were scared, they were terrified, they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do, getting finances in order. this case is absolutely the saddest, most tragic worst case imaginable. there is absolutely no doubt. but our clients were absolutely going to turn themselves in. it was just a matter of logistics. and all the prosecution had to do was communicate with me about it. so they say this was all about a miscommunication, but the oakland county prosecutor and sheriff say, look, the crumbleys went to a nearby atm, they withdrew $4,000, they did this at a place that wasn t very far from the place that they were expected to turn themselves in. that doesn t seem like someone who was trying to turn