That alligator then attacked his stepson. News channel 8s Jeff Paterson shows us now hes facing criminal charges. I dont know if he came out of that pond, theres another one over there by the fence. Reggie is 74 years old and has lived in florida all his life. He knew something was wrong when horses in this field started acting very strangely. I took my gun with me when i went out there. Because i didnt know what the heck was out there. Reporter he saw an alligator just a few from the horses. I think he was after the mini horses. Reporter he took out a nine millimeter and shot him. I shot at him four times and they said i hit him three. His son and law arrived and walked over close to the alligator. It was just a surprise. Reporter the gator clamped down on his leg. The next surprise came later when a deputy arrived arresting them, a report from the florida sites blanton for unlawfully killing the alligator. Blanton hired an attorney and he believes he has the right to protect his hors
Home. Florida department of Law Enforcement believes the toddler may be traveling with a man named handy charles. 5 feet tall. 120pounds. They may be in a 2003 blue honda civic. If you know the whereabouts of handy or harry charles, give 911 a call. The Hillsborough County firefighter whose child died after being placed in a hot car is on administrative leave. Hes facing chargesin old son. Candice mccown talked to those who know the father and are defending him as a father. Reporter he bonded out of jail here in Pinellas County on saturday. Hes now with family in an undisclosed location so they can have privacy. 126 degrees. Thats the body temperature of Lawson Whitaker after his dad pulled him from this truck. Hes crying. Hes crying out. The neighbor was there in the moments that the childs father troy was trying to revive him. Troy whitaker charged with the aggravated manslaughter of a child investigators saying he left the boy in the truck for more than eight hours. Im saddened by s
And storm team 8 has been tracking hermine every step of the way. Heres meteorologist Julie Phillips with the latest. Weve been tracking hermine since invest 99 l. At this point, moving away from us. We still have lingering Tropical Storm around. Heres the view from iness brook. 80 degrees. Rainfall totals, 2 inches today. Some places not as much. Some places have seen significant totals since midnight. Heres satellite imagery of hermine. Still bringing with it heavy rain and erweather. So its expected to move up the east coast, winds current, max winds at 50 miles per hour. Strengthen a bit and then kind of linger causing issues potentially for the northeast as we head into the end of next week. So this storm is going to continue to create problems. Not for us though. Our conditions will continue to improve, thankfully, clean up few days. At this point, the rain is fairly scattered across the tampa bay area. We have spotty showers and thunderstorms north of pine island, you can see no
Polk and hillsborough county. You can see that cluster right there in eastern hillsborough county. A ton of lightning, torrential rainfall. And this is right along i4. For for the for folks commuting, this is going to be rough. This goes until 4 15 this afternoon. For eastern hillsborough and western polk county. Not lake land just yet. But id be prepared for strong storms headed your way. As the a lot of heavy rain. Wind, potential for hail. You can see where its centered over the brandon area. As we show you the vertically indicated liquid, this indicates where we could potentially be seeing hail. Right along i4 into eastern hillsborough and western polk county, thats where we could potentially see hail. Scattered storms around bartow area over toward frost proof. Lake wails tracking heavier rain and spottier showers south into sarasota county, east of venice. So what to expect for the rest of the evening, well continue to see scattered and strong storms continuing in our inland spot
Penalties and requiring gas station owners to better protect customers. News channel 8s john rogers explains the new changes. Good afternoon, the new law kicks in saturday october 1st. Its going to make it a much more serious crime to install a skimmer. Skimmers are increasingly being found inside gas pumps throughout tampa bay, and theyre becoming more sophisticated. Lawmakers want to discourage it. Starting saturday, a new law will increase the offense of the crime so criminals before, it wasnt taken seriously, it was unknown as a crime. There was a low penalty. The law also increases penalties against crooks who have fraudulent credit cards. And gas station owners will be required to take certain security measures to prevent skimmers from being installed. Reporting in sarasota, john rogers, news channel 8. Contaminated water began leaking into the aquaphor, the governor showed up at a mosaic plant in mull bury, Governor Scott flew over the sink hole that opened up in august beneath