concerned about sending their kids off in polk county: police in lake wales are trying to track down two people.. who robbed a convenience store owner.. and then ?killed him. this video shows the hooded robbers running away after shooting "mohamed allam," one of the owners of q-p, a convenience store in lake wales.. it happened around two a-m thursday. investigators say allam had just closed the store , when the robbers told him to complied, they ?still shot and killed him. if you recognize him, call lake wales police. and take a good loook at these pictures. detectives in hillsborough county need your help finding this man. these are surveillance images from a subway restaurant on brandon boulevard... wednesday afternoon. deputies say this man ordered a sandwich and then robbed the cashier at gunpoint. the man grabbed the cash and then got away in a newer model black pickup truck. the man was in his 30s, balding with a goatee. three thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest. an update to a horrific crash on m-l-k boulevard in brandon wednesday night. we're now lear

arrests for a group of suspected purse-snatchers. lake wales police say they have 5 people in custody... ending a week-long, multi-county crime spree. 3 investigators say they targeted some of the most say...in a matter of one week...criminals stole this stolen suv. then used it, as they made life a nightmare for several women...most in the mid-60's. snatching purses from 7 different women in polk county and clearwater... all the way down to bradenton. including this woman... who was too shaken up to show her face. 3 lake wales police officers looking for the stolen s-u-v... spotted it yesterday evening. as they followed it...the vehicle stopped to deal with a tire issue...and police swarmed in. investigators have not yet released the names of the five people taken into custody. 3 a terrifying moment for a south florida mother... her baby.... held at *gunpoint inside a grocery store. 3 surveillance video shows two men inside the store... pretending to shop... when they walked up to the register and pulled out a gun. behind the register is the store clerk... who brought her 9-m

mulberry and lake wales. or winter haven. in high lineds. bands of rape going by. for those of you watching me inland. i'm talking about places like sebring and frost proof and lake wales. and it may not be that bad with the worst well to the this is going to be a coastal rain rain fall. >> and when they get high in the sky not much sr*ertcal development at all. this is a lot of tropical moisture -- not much vertical development at all. this is going out into the gulf. that from sky tower. rain fall amounts are adding up nearly 9 inches along the coast. a lot of you a couple of months a egg in pinellas were saying it will not rain at m over time it find as i what. it watches up. 5 or 6 in sarasota county. another 5 to 10. near the coast. and lesser elements inland about 1 to 2 in highlands. this is what i'm talking about. this is for later tonight and tomorrow this band down by cancun the yucatan channel. this line that is curling here. that will be moving northeast. it could be off shore or could be over us for several hours tomorrow f that happens we'll get another 5 to 10-inches

wales. a woman crashed her car on state road 60 and the deputy stopped to help. the car hit them, killing her and injuring the deputy and it took off. sheriff grady judd will have a news conference to announce the arrest. >>> and a chase ended in a surprising way. ditch a cruiser went in right after it. investigators arrested the driver, david dixon and michael moncref. they found a gun and two magazines for bullets. someone saw three people stealing lawn equipment from the garage of a home and called 911. the suspects took off through neighborhoods and on to the interstate. things got wild when they went off the road. >> talent has been arrested several of prison. maybe that was more the trying to flee and elude. they would be serving time bauz of their histor. >> all three are charged with burglary and more. >>> and a guide dog is becoming a big part of the widow of chris kyle. she was put in the spotlight after the movie about her husband's duty in iraq. support of the dog. she considers it a blessing and helps her keep going. >> the newest fell of the kyle family came into he

. lake wales light rain not a big deal. rain now approaching lakeland from the east and northeast. heavy rain near polk city. rain up by kissimmeend everything is moving to the west northwest. additionally a few showers by inverness. kind of curving up the 75. they're not moving much. they're moving west northwest. going to keep an eye on sky tower. storms could be locally heavy along 75 in a few hours. away from the rain today, 91 in tampa. look computer, 56 degrees in wauchula. how nice would it be right now to have clear skies. 56 for an hour or two would be pretty good. forecast tonight. any storms end then partly cloudy and 76. mix of clouds and sun tomorrow afternoon storms. the outlook for saturday is more of the same. sunshine early and afternoon storms and 91. winds becoming onshore ten knots east two feet. light chop on the bay. next tide is high tide 10 10:587-day forecast. as the tropics stay qui and night time lows in the 70s. 40 to 50 percent rain chances through next week. back to you. >> anchor: is trouble on the horizon for macy's? new at steak 'n shake! 24 meals under f

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crash. it happened just after midnight. a car veered off state road 60 in lake wales hitting a young woman in a polk county deputy. the woman was killed and a deputy remains in the hospital fox 13's kelly cowan has more. was safe and she had wrecked her car in this ditch. >> smashed, the windshield it landinged on its passenger side. she actually crawled out through the smashed wind scmeld came out into the median to flag somebody down for help. >> reporter: polk county deputy sheriff stopped to help. >> he immediately called for e.m.s. and the last transmission that he had was at 12:38. e.m.s. had not anticipated thought they were arriving to assist that woman who was injured in the crash. instead when they got here they found her, and the deputy in the grass severely injured it. >> was quite obvious from the very beginning that they had been struck by a vehicle. >> reporter: detectives say a vehicle swerved around the deputy's vehicle and sped through the median running right over deputy and the woman. >> i think her injuries were so significant that it wasn't possible for her she

she saw the flash it is lights. she ran off state road 60 near lake wales and wrecked her car in this ditch. >> it smashed the windshield and landed on the passenger side. she crawled out through the smashed windshield and came out into the median to flag somebody down for help. >> reporter: polk county sheriff's deputy adam pinell called for help. the last transmission was at 12:38. >> ems got there seven minutes later but didn't anticipate the horrifying scene they found. they thought they were arriving to assist the woman injured in the crash. instead, when they got her they found her and the deputy in the grass severely injured. >> it was quite obvious from the very beginning they were struck by a vehicle. >> reporter: detectives say a vehicle swerved around the deputy vehicle and sped through >> i think her injuries were so significant it wasn't possible for her to be revived. >> kellie: she died and deputy pinell survived with multiple bron bones. his injuries are serious and he needs several surgeries. deputies are hopeful he'll recover and are hopeful they find the person

long time last nght. bartow to lake wales and lakeland and plant city pretty decent rain. if you are watching in sun city if you watching in bartow a thunderstorm on your doorstep right now. also rain near lake wales. basically it's down 60 from bartow to lake wales then down to sebring and avon park there's very heavy rain with frequent lightning. everything moving west northwest. and light rain from sarasota. got a ways to go. it's only 6:49. storms will continue and they could interrupt your p time this evening. sebring lake placid down u.s. 27. these storms are strong. also of note is rain by palmdale. this is charlotte and lee counties. some of this rain could sneak into sarasota county later this evening. also you get dade city. you've got ridge manor. along 75. jumping over 75 down 50 to active. if you are watching in inverness and elcanto thunderstorms heading your way. this is a problem. state of emergency right now in louisiana. look at this mess. and it's a stuck. not going anywhere any time soon. right down the mississippi river and up to baton rouge almost in new orleans

lake and sam keen roads in lake wales. according to the sheriff's office, deputy adam pinel stopped a to troll car to help a whom hit a tree. he had his emergency lights on and called for an ambulance when another car drove into the median and hit them both. the deputy, deputy pine l, has the person he was helping died. jessica otera. she is have tampa. polk deputies don't have much informing about the car that did this. they do believe it would have front-end damage. we will continue to follow this story throughout "good day." >>> a disturbing case of a school bus driver taking advantage of a student. >> alcides: happened thursday was starting. social media may have played a worse situation. deondre davis was a relief bus driver and last week he handed a 16-year-old his facebook chat identification and they started communicating over social me media. on thursday, he drove her on the school bus to an undisclosed location where according to investigators, they had sex. that girl later told teachers at her school and they contacted deputies. they arrested d having an inappropriate rel

limits of lake wales. we do not have any businesses nearby, but, of course, we are pulling video from any businesses in the five to t ten-mile radius, especially after 12:45 a.m., looking for any sort of vehicle that has front-end damage. there wasn't any debris left behind, so we don't know what behind. he didn't see anything. he was knocked unconscious immediately. so we are really looking for the public to help us with the case. >> do we know if the patrol car had a dash cam at all? >>caller: no, sir, we don't have dash cameras in our cars. >> alcides: all right. carrie, thank you so much for being with us. our thoughts and prayers are with you and entire department and the woman who was killed in this. thank you. >>ll bus driver took advantage of a student. >> alcides: happened in pinellas county thursday morning at the same time school was actually starting. deputies say social media may have made the situation even worse. here is why, deandre davis is a relief bus driver for pinellas county schools. last week he handed a 16-year-old girl his facebook chat identification and they

. osceola. numerous showers and storms. coast. it is their turn that is down to lake wales. inland and evening and for our viewers near lake placid. you have storms around you for the past hour. heavy rain. dark skies. thunder and they are gradually grising to the southeast while they are redeveloping on the back they are moving in place. heavy rain over lake okeechobee and the the east coast because you know the light west wind and sea breeze interaction right here. some could drifted. they wind town another brutally very sticky. it will be a steam bath. the tropics are busy. we have karl. td number 13. that will be tropical storm lisa. karl will take a right hand hook and miss states. it may be strong enough to make it bypass bermuda to the east. which is good news for them. and bypasses it this weekend. we have td number 13 way out in the atlantic. >> and a storm and move and pop up. a slight trop in average. >> and changes on. and the first day. >> three days to go. 24 toe go. and for the first cold front point. 42 days to go until halloween. the calendar is moving along. 88 dew po

live at this section 8 complex say they've up because they are getting bitten by bugs at lake wales gardens. the bugs are still there. and ken suarez has more from the complex with more. >> ken >> imagine being in their shoes or beds. tired come home from work. you can lay your head on the pillow and then it starts. , they attack. >> where will they show up. the bed bugs the terror as making their mark here. >> right there, there. all right there. it is bad. down and clean it up, she is worried their son may be next. >> i don't want to the baby to get bit. he could have an allergic reaction. >> code enforcement has gotten half a dozen complaints the problem could be bigger. this woman said she is not the only one afraid to make waves. and reporting the problem. >> i capital lose my house i live here because i afford any other place, you think there will be retribution. >> yes, we called corner stone out of indiana. they would not say how many may be infested. the manager on site told us to fet off the property. a few minutes later not one or two but three lake wales crews showed up.

lake wales this no closed captioning is available for traffic. it's 5:xx, here are some of today's top stories. tampa police are on the scene of a wrong-way crash involving a police cruiser. it happened at east kennedy boulevard and south hyde park avenue just before 3:30 this when a driver entered his path going north on south hyde park avenue. the airbags in both cars went off. the driver was not hurt. the officer was taken to t-g-h for treatment for minor injuries. pinellas park police are still trying to figure out who killed a man whose body was found by a dumpster saturday night. police say 38- year-old "will joe hodges" was found by two people collecting cardboard behind the shoppes at park place. we'er told hodges was homeless and died from blunt force trauma. but police still haven't said ?how exactly he died and if they have any suspects. new hogfish rules will go into place next year in the florida keys. starting january first, fishing for hogfish will be limited to taking one hogfish per day during the six-month season. florida fish and wildlife says the move is aimed at cu

convenience store in lake wales as a man was locking up and walking to his car. vido shows two men running after shooting and killing the man. investigators say he had just closed the store when two walked up to him, demanded he take off his pants, and even though he dd exactly what they said, they sht and killed him anyway. >> well, the search continues fr the person involved in a deadly hit-and-run that took the life f a 33-year-old woman and severely injured a polk county sheriff's deputy. he stopped to help a woman who ran into the ditch. someone drove into the median ad ran them both over and then just took off. the woman died. the deputy is still in the hospital. he had a six hour surgery on his broken pelvis yesterday. there's a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arret of that driver. >> these guys thought it would e okay to donald trump a couch in the woods in pasco county, but they didn't know they would be fox 13's evan lambert is live in pasco county in one of the areas known for illegal dumping. what can you tell us about this hidden camera catch? >> well, linda, all

injured. kellie in lake wales, thank you so much for being with us. >>> new this morning, deputies arested a school bus driver they say had sex with a stu student. deondre davis started talking to a 16-year-old on social media last week, and davis drove the girl to an off-campus location on that bus. that is when the 24-year-old had sex with the student. it was reported to the school yesterday. officials say davis admitted to having sex with that student and charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor. >>> also new this morning deputies are searching nor escaped inmate. shannon holmes was last seen avenue east in bradenton. she had been serving time there since may on burglary and drug charges. the 39-year-old was lapse seen wearing a pink polo and blue jeans. >>> also developing this morning, police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a motorcyclist in in ruskin. this what we know. 3:30 at 19th avenue and 30th street. officials say the two drivers got into an argument down the street. it zack believes it had to do with a friend being abused. marcano got on his m

you're watching in sebring and avon park, the storms are around you. lake wales with a steady rain, storms near arcadia, and we zoom in and there is arcadia, down 17, moderate rain and lots of lightning. some light showers moving on shore in manatee and s sarasota. with a west wind and some energy i would assume there are showers near the coast very late tonight, and with showers where they should not broken. it is not 89 -- sarasota has a 77 and dewpoints are high, and we may get a break from the humidity. >> not go going to allow -- >> on matthew, we'll show you the stats in a second. one thing we can show you this system just by the science of it, you look back on ow her hherminewas so tough to get goit never looks like this east and soasoutheast of us. as far as size goes this is going to be a big hurricane, and it's gone from the atlantic east of the wester antilles, you are in the and this is radar from barbados and you see the center right here that will continue to move to the west. here is the update. this is the 11:00 advisory, top winds 65 moving west at 15. it will stay

were from winter haven, haines city, and lake wales. the man shot was 32 year old "francis perry." he was rushed to the hospital... and no word on his ?current condition. the task force ?knew perry. he had an active warrant and he's a known violent convicted felon. and as the task force surrounded his car... they say he started shooting at them ?through his passenger window. they returned perry several times. law enforcement leaders are now just grateful, this didn't end perry has a long criminal history. he just recently got out of prison in march. he's been convicted of attempted 2nd degree murder, impersonating a law enforcement officer, fleeing to elude, and other drug charges. robbed...and run over. this week at a shopping mall jewelry store. a store worker is in the hospital... fighting for his life. and the thief who made off with ?thousands of dollars in jewelry... is still on the run. and fox 13's shayla reaves is live at the sheiffs office right now, with the today in marion county: a ten year old boy heads to court... charged with manslaughter. and it's all over the de

women to death... during a robbery. the murder happened in lake wales back in 20-11. during the trial, jurors voted unanimously to recommend that davis should die for the killings. circuit judge michael hunter imposed the death sentence. davis was also sentenced to death for the execution-style killings of two clerks at a b-p gas station and convenience store. runners will be paying tribute to our nation's heroes this veterans day. the "old glory relay" will end in tampa at amalie arena. if you want to run or walk the last leg of the cross-country run with the group.. they'll be gathering near gandy and bayshore around four p-m.. then proceeding along bayshore blvd. to amalie arena where a ceremony will take place around five. a bay area charity will be working hard for the homeless this weekend. and they're doing it... with some old school fun. (jen/ "family promise" is holding a box car derby ?fundraiser tomorrow afternoon. the proceeds will help give boxed lunches to local homeless children and their families. here are a few of the entries so far. this derby is all flintstone

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trip... to a national historic landmark... "bok tower" in lake wales. and right after the break... dave has another check on the thursday forecast. good day is back ... in looking for a great bargain? you can find one today in tampa. it's an estate sale... right next to tampa international airport. the home is in the five thousand block of north hesperides street. and it's literally right next door to the airport. the family has actually lived there since the 1950s... when the airport ?used to be called "drew field." over the years the family members have moved on or passed away... and now, it's time to move out of the house for good. behind quite the treasure trove though. two brothers who lived there for about three decades were huge race cars fans. much of their car collection remains... including hundreds of collectable diecast cars.? there's also 20 huge cargo containers filled with antiques. some dating back to the 18 hundreds. the estate sale runs from eight a- m to five p-m today... through sunday. the hillsborough county sheriffs office will be there, to help deal with

about 9:30 am i okay? you will be fine a lake wales. forecast. for work related its $0.50. good deal. an 83 degrees with dew point of 78 likely to get back to lower 90s for today. with rain chance around 40 percent. all eyes on the tropics. and that's something we will talk about coming up in just a few minutes, vanessa. all right thanks, dave. >> and we'll check in here along 275. this is the howard frankland actually in a minute i switched the shot here busch boulevard southbound at busch. contained to right shoulder from what i can tell maybe one vehicles poking out partially blocking that outside lane get getting off on that exit. take caution as you head that way howard frank lan travel times look slightly slow eight 90s north here. we had an earlier crash blocking one lane. since moved to shoulder. neared near mid span remember your move over law here. >> all right. vanessa, thank you. we have some sad news to report this morning. well known and well lined priest from st. lawrence catholic church in tampa. we're bringing in alcides segui to talk about monsignor. what kind of a

. this is video of the area we're talking about. this is state road 60 in lake wales. the scene unfolded after midnight saturday. while the deputy was on his way authorities say the deputy spotted a woman standing on the side of the road. he stopped to speak with her and found out she crashed into a tree and suffered injuries. you're seeing deputy panell on your screen. he called medics that arrived within minutes to something unexpected. not only was the citizen hurt but he suffered injuries, too. both struck by a driver who veered onto the median and did not stick around to help. 33-year-old jessica of tampa did not survive the added trauma. the deputy is expected to recover from his injuries and according to deputies, and investigators, we know that throughout the weekend, several businesses in the area, they spent that time searching, checking cameras, trying to find any sort of video, any clues, any evidence that could help them track down the driver who did not stick around in this case. we're told the vehicle could front end damage. heartland crime stoppers is offering a reward up

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some cases moderate strorms east lake wales down towards frostproof. at about5 miles an ho. heaviestoronight nowo do into and sarasota. you can see the dri along i- on get dow inoradentonnd h intradentoneading in right along i-75.ial probably going toy anotn there's more rain lined up along the coastal areas. that's working its way on shore longboat key down towards siesta. that light to moderate rain all way basically do you think towards naples get to see more rain as we go through tomorrow morning more radar views talk more about coming up in a little bit linda. >> thank you, jim there are sand bag locations all across our area. we've posted those locations at www.fox13news.com. >>> investigators are looking into what led up to deadly incident involving a water slide ride in kansas. did you hear about this? ten-year-old boy wascally killed. slide. >>> we're saddened to share that a young boy died this afternoon. young boy died dies on world tallest water slide. incident happening sunday at the work park in kansas city, kansas. we honestly don't know what's happened. that

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deputy from the radio t night near lake wales there is a reward for information. and we're live at the medical center. how is the deputy doing? >> kelly he is here and recovering. he has a lot of broken bones and a long recovery ahead of him but the sheriff is relieved that the man survived but there is another family and they are heartbroken they have to bury the mother of the children and child and they are having to bury. they have the same message for the driver who did this. turn yourself in. >> a woman in black walking on the grass trying to she stood in the left hand lane. >> that call came in saturday morning. she crashed her car on 60 year lake wales. i don't knowha she did neat help and the deputy spotted her and stopped. >> this his voice raiderring in she hurt her arm. >> that's when a person runs through the median, runs over them and then flees the scene. paramedics were on the way to respond to the crash. they expected to see a minor dead and the deputy badly hurt. >> and in the median and law enforcement. he is down. justice is what jessica's mother is hoping for. >> i

lake wales. they're now reviewing surveillance footage to see if they can identify the vehicle. as of right now there's not a lot to go on. they say the car or vehicle will have significant front end damage. polk county sheriff grady judd is out of town, but he did release a statement and it says community's help we will identify and arrest the coward who ran over a deputy and a young woman, left them both for dead, and then fled the scene. we will work day and night until the case is solved. to the coward that did this, we advise you turn yourself in sooner rather than later. >>> the miami-dade medical examiner has released their toxicology report into the death of marli fernandez. here's what we know. the report reveals that fernandez had cocaine in his system when he died. it also showed he was drunk at the time of the boat crash off miami beach. an attorney for the fernandez family says fernandez was not driving the boat at the time of the crash. the attorney says fernandez was on the phone with someone at the time of the crash and was directing someone else who was at the helm. >

marked patrol car was in the driveway and she wales police got there. he told police officers he got into the backyard to our name. admitted to being a sex offender and was arrested. and the ballots for f of the students would be hanging in the ballots tomorrow morning. and there could be a rezoning program and forcibly shift a lot of students to go to other schools. and the uncertainty sim pact reag, hesitant to close on a home because they don't know what school their child will be a theangtd point. >> it definitely got to swell people's thoughts on purchases and unfortunately but we understand that that you know is a pretty big decision you know for most families. >> no matter what the school committee decides tomorrow morning. the superintendent and the board will have to approve t. we'll stay on top of and let now what conceding last week. hillary clinton breaks her silence. >>> >>> i will admit coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me. not afraid to admit the defeat and after the break what else she is saying about the election results. >>> plus, peace and love i

pretty good still, in lake wales and down u.s. 27, into highlands county, and sections of desoto and arcadia. by 1:00 or 2:00 a.m., most areas will be rain free, and tomorrow, the sunshine should make a come-back. although it will be on the cool side with a chilly wind as well. and so low pressure goes up the east coast and on the back side it will drag down cool and breezy weather for us. the only forecasting issue i really have is on saturday where and maybe light rain or sprinkles. i don't really see it's going to be a big deal. we've got 50's now and don't forget the high was a record-high 84 degrees. we dropped about 30 degrees from the 84. zephyrhills is 53, and inland counties running in the 50's to low 60's. temperature change now compared to 10:00 or 11:00 last night, this is pretty significant. ocala 20 degrees colder, tampa 15 degrees colder. that, my friends, is a cold front and the cold air is rushing in on north and northwest winds. breezy tomorrow and not a good boating day at all. with a small-craft advisory up. low pressure is going to go up the east coast, and this

-year-old lucas bales i.p. address to his family in lake wales. >> he is disgusting and clearly of an young female and hurt her socially and sexually. >> he had the illest of intentions when he struck up a information with the girls on the messages app kik. he used the information on an 11-year-old girl and then threatened her into sending him nude pictures of yourself. >> he was saying i'm going to postyour address on line and tell people to go over to your to you. >> i'm going to beg people to rape you and pushing her to send me a live or immediate photo, and even told the girl he would burn her house down. after the girl told her dad, he told deputies and that led him to his cape coral home, and now communication device to commit a felony and stalking a minor. >> he is the predator we are always going after in polk county. >> unfortunately deputies say they see cases like this with alarming frequency. >> the suspect will threaten and coerce the victim to send naked photos and then the next thing you know they are arranging a way to get the victim to meet him so he can physically hu

is available for it's 5:xx, taking lake wales police need your help identifying this woman. she tried to use a fake 100-dollar-bill at the burger king off highway 60 east. when the clerk refused to accept the fake bill, police say she left with a man who then tried using the fake 100- dollars at a drive-thru.. police say they were driving a small gray sedan.. in pasco county, quick thinking by a deputy leads to the arrest of a suspected bank robber. deputies say "elias chapanoff" walked into a new port richey wells fargo and immediately started from a previous arrest. "chapanoff" took off with cash.. and then tried to force his way into two different cars.. that's when a deputy chased him down on foot and tackled him. st. pete police are searching for an unusual pick- pocket. this is video from inside the south side food mart last saturday. a woman steals 50-dollars from a man's pocket and when he confronts her she lifts up her dress and stuffs the cash in her underwear. the woman got away on a bike. if you're not headed out of town this week... you may be headed to tampa intern

took off... after hitting and killing a woman in lake wales and badly injuring a deputy. charlie lewis will appear in court this afternoon... sheriff grady judd says the 71-year-old confessed to deputies he had been drinking at a party before the crash. now judd says it could put him in jail for the rest of his life. saturday morning's crash killed 33-year-old jessica enchautegui-otero. sheriff's deputy adam pennell was severely injured. jessica flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60. that's when officials say lewis drove his blue ford f-150 into them and kept going. an anonymous crimestoppers tip led them to lewis' truck. he was arrested yesterday afternoon on his street... just minutes from lewis will appear before a judge at 1 this afternoon. police arrested a woman in saint pete for the death of her child... who disappeared nearly 5 years ago from their home in bendale, west virginia. lena lunsford is charged with the death of her child, aliayah lunsford. she was 3-years-old when she went missing in september of scheduled to be extradited to west virg

sections of polk county, and rain near lake wales, and beside that, that's about it. heaviest rain is over by the moving down south down 95. the winds are shifting and picking up in speed. tomorrow the winds will turn rapidly to the northeast. it's kind of a mixture of clouds and sun, a bit breezy and turning less humid as the day goes on. t leading edge of at least dry air aloft will move south and then high along the east coast for many days. the long-range models have a big high in the southeast, as far as the models can go, which is seven to ten days and that means every day we'll see a fair amount of sunshine and the rain chances will stay fairly small if at all. in the southeast, no sign of cold air, around they are down to 50, and nashville is 55, 66. the air mass is very dry with dewpoints in t 30's and 40's. that is the main function of this to drop our dewpoints into the 50's and 60's. breezy and low humid. temperatures in the low 80's. as i mentioned high pressure is going to dominate in the east. it's in place now ove it will move to the southeast and then just meander

morning.. long after being hit on state road 60 in lake wales.. you may remember deputy adam pennell.. he was hit on october 29th by "charles lewis".. while assisting a woman.. who was killed by the same driver. well on thanksgiving.. he and his family shared a message of hope on facebook.. it reads in part: there where we have been more grateful. we are thankful for the miraculous recovery adam has made and continues to make each and every day. as we continue on this long road, we are ever so thankful we have the support we do. our prayers are that each and every one of you take the time this thanksgiving to look around and be thankful for the small things in life. much love and appreciation... the sheriff's office says they are happy to report that adam is improving every day all across the country, americans are flocking to malls and other stores... as the holiday shopping season officially begins. today is black friday ... which means shoppers will be able to get some great deals. and, retailers are hoping it will be the start of a strong holiday season. fox's kristin fisher, has

happened in lake wales. police say: adams but for some reason left the three-year-old behind. she was in the van for about 30- minutes before someone noticed and called police. adams told police: it was an ?accident. he says: both he and his mother thought the ?other person had the little girl. ((wally)) developing this morning: it's happened again... another injury, on an amusement park... this time, a three-year-old boy fell off a rollercoaster in pennsylvania. ((anjuli)) he was conscious when flown to the hospital... we're still waiting for word on his condition. and there's growing concern, after two other about ride safety. ((anjuli fox-13's shayla reaves is on the story for us... near busch gardens. no accidents there, let's be clear... but shayla, we live in the theme park capital of the country... this is a big concern. ((shayla/take cg3))1. obey listed age, height and health restrictions2.. do not force anyone to ride an attractions they do not want ride (esp. children)3. parents should make sure children can understand and follow safe and appropriate ride behavior4. follow v

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to avoid the area. and an arrest in a hit-and-run crcrash. evan lambert is in lake wales. >> sheriff judd says the way working just the way it should, a tip pointed them in the direction of 71-year-old charley lewis and his truck. investigators went to his home and found the truck and lewis. investigators say he had been drinking at a party before he headed home and hit jessica enchautegui-otero and adam pennell. they were standing in the after the woman crashed her car and flagged down the deputy for help. she was killed and he was seriously injured. >> he admitted to us that he was the one driving the vehicle, swerved off of the road and ran over and left for dead our deputy and jessica enchautegui-otero. >> look at the lives he has damaged forever with what he did. are serious and it may be up to a year before he recovers. llewis is facing traffic homicie charges and will appear before a judge tomorrow afternoon. >> and this gives a whole new meaning to nail polish removal. this couple is said to have stolen hundreds of nail polish from wal-mart. the two in the video walked into t

say she did that on nierm rouse occasions in september. and in lake wales police want your help in identifying this woman. they say he tried to use a fake 100-dollar bill at the burger king and when the clerk man who then tried to use a fake 100 in the drive through of the same restaurant. they were driving small gray sedan. all right. now to clearwater where police are trying track down a serial robber. they say this man here targeted four different stores in less than 24 hours each time point age gun orem ploy theag had one. fox 13 hayley heinz reports from clearwater. >>> >> here n- at rns market and robber got away with $200 in cash. one employee chased him slark his front diers. he drove way and that wasn't enough to stop him. so far he has hit four different business and they don't want to stop happen a 5th time. they say he went into the speedway on drew street and implied he a weapon. grabbed cash and took o. then just before 11:00 a.m., police say he tried trobt jk foot store on bellair road but didn't leave with nismght 15 minutes later they say he drove to r and deli and

wales. if you can avoid the area in the meantime, please do so. >>russell: you just that final out without getting goose bufrpz.pit took seven gam, 108 years but the cubs are the world series champions and the curse is broken. it took every member on that team to accomplish this incredible season but two of the standouts from the championship team have strong ties to tampa bay. >>laura: joe maddon and ben zobrist. he's a part of this town. it was part of the reason why we you have to be happy for him. >>russell: oh, no doubt about that. you have to be happy for joe maddon, for ben zobrist as well, two very nice men and both still have ties to the tampa bay area. we know joe maddon does with the restaurant behind us in south tampa. i have to give you a look at what chicago looks like right now, though. you have dozens of people taking pictures outside field, there with the marquis and people still celebrating even right now. i have to tell you, a couple of hours ago, maybe two or three hours ago, tens of thousands of people were packed along the streets there at wrigley field. of co

implemented by governor scott after the alarms, just a month ago we learned mosaic at the new wales plant facility in mulberry spilled 215 million gallons of contaminated radioactive water into the florida aquifer after a sinkhole opened up on its site. now, after that occurred, new regulations were put into place that required companies that deal with contamination, deal so that's how we're finding out about this spill here in plant city. yesterday morning 50,000 gallons of water, contaminated with foss for rick acid was spilled into the ground after a pump malfunction on site. of course, the plant in new wales, all the surrounds properties were t so far those tests have come back negative. no highlighted or higher levels of radiation off-site. they say in both scenarios the spills are contained to their sites, so there shouldn't be a threat of these spills leaving the site at this point, and they, of course, notified the florida department of environmental protection as well. so we continue to follow this situation as it happens. least is the spill in plant city has been contained to it

wales. according to the sheriff's office, deputy adam pinel stopped his car to help a woman who hit a tree. he had his emergency lights on and called for an ambulance when deputies say another them both. that car took off. deputy pinel has a broken pelvis and other broken bones the person he was helping has died. her jame is ses ca otero and she is from tampa. polk deputies don't have much informing about the -- don't have much information about the car that did this but do believe there is front end damage. we have a crew to the scene and we will continue to follow this story throughout "good day." >>> authorities arrested a the sheriff's office said deondre davis started talking to a 16-year-old on social media last week. on thursday, davis drove the girl to an off-campus location on the bus. that is when the 24-year-old had sex with that student. it was reported to the school yesterday. officials say davis admitted to having sex with that student. he is now charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor. >>> also new this morning, manatee county deputies are searching for an es

road 60 in plake wales. pyou see guy leaning on the hood pof the car? olk county deputies say he pstole more than $600 in cash. pright from the front desk. pwhile the employees were pservicing his tires. phe was driving a gold 1990s pmodel infinity 4 door car. p>> and in pasco county deputies pare looking for man in this psurveillance video. phe's accused of a burglar rising pon state road 54 in wesley pchapel on sunday. pwe're told that man walked up to pthe shop, smashed the glass pthrough the front door, and took pmoney from the register inside. psurveillance video is clear. peven though the hoodie is hiding pmuch of the man's face. p>> thanks for stretching there plaura. ptomorrow downtown tampa. ptampa bay lightning will be phosting their annual celebration pof local hockey. pand they will a wall to wall pevents featuring street, high pschool, college amateur hockey pon dismay. pthis is going to be awesome. pour own walter allen is inside pamalie arena. pa great event aimed at getting pkids involved in game early, pright? p>> yeah. pit really is. retty much everything that t

results. in lake wales. >> fox 13 news. >>> investigators found the cell phone outside of town and the law enforcement is checking it for any fingerprints and killer. >> rider ship is strong for the cross bay ferry. >> and the mayor hopes this is a sign of things to come. >> if this is a success and the rider ship is strong and we'll look to the state and federal infrastructure which is the vessels themselves. >> this weekend the ferry is getting help from the lightning. the team bought all the seats for a ride for the game. the lightning will shoot a promotional video for the ferry during the ride across. >> cannot wait to see that. we know how expense tive see a doctor n bradenton can you get treatment free of charge. there is no catch. an event at manatee technical college. they are inviting everyone to stop by for treatments. >> can you get flu shots. tests and prescription eye glasses no questions no money required. the event served with more than a million dollars worth of medical treatment. >> owning our own business, we don't have departmental coverage. and for us to be abl