Like this in my career and i dont expect to again. Reporter their target doesnt even realize hes been had. Doesnt even realize hes bought them fancy cars, luxury homes, and fivestar vacations. He was led to believe a fantasy. Reporter a fantasy that ended up fleecing him, costing him everything he had. Law enforcement calls it the sweetheart swindle. A sweet deal for the swindlers. Ciao it was like they won the powerball. Reporter tonight well take you inside this alltime classic con. This is one of the craziest cases ive ever seen. Reporter a long, strange trip stretching from the Pacific Northwest to las vegas and the capitals of europe. A game of deceit and double dealing starring a mildmannered millionaire who went looking for love in all the wrong places. Can you just spare us a minute . No, ive been told im not to talk. Reporter a criminal genius with a Grade School Education. A mysterious stranger with a deep dark secret. This wig, this watch, and a baby named giorgio armani. Hi
A little back to reality. 73 in bartow. 79 in tampa. 75 in crystal river. 80s moved in st. Pete. Instead of in the blue, we are running only a few degrees warmer. Up to 4 in many pots. Overall good visibility but the morning is dry. We havent seen thatch rain that has resulted in to much heat. Today with a little more moisture creeping in going with more a 30 to 40 rain chance not until after 3 00 in most spots. A swirl here a swirl here south of the keys. A tropical disturbance has a slim chance it will develop and moving west. Will not play a role in our local weather. As we head to the day today, more about the aboveaverage heat. 88 by lunchtime hit 92 today. Between 3 and 8 00 our best chance for scattered showers and storms including at the bulls game tonight. Could be storms around. Your gameday forecast coming coming. Thanks, lindsay, we start with a sad story out of Hillsborough County. Son in the back seat of a hot car. Investigators say Troy Whitaker accidentally left his 23m
Elsewhere 80s clearwater to st. Pete to tampa. 75 in crystal river, and we still have some patchy fog lowly improving for polk co county. Still keep it slow from plant city up to Wesley Chapel and near i75 toward inverness, patchy fog. But lifting over the neck hour, and not a drop of rain. Even on the east coast where our winds are coming from today, a little more moisture down south, and in the days ahead with this building, better rain chances. But today, just a little higher than yesterday. It is about 30 . By noon, 88. We hit 92, above average today and rain building between 4 and 10 00 tonight. Alcides lindsay, thank y you. We start this hour with the news alert out Sarasota County. The mother of a baby who was killed last year was found dead in a jail this morning. Correctional percent in Sarasota County found kristin burry around 1 00 this morning inside her jail cell. Pronounced dead at the hospital. She pled no contest to aggravated man slaughter in the death of her 9weekold
For weeks, but still official. Weekend upon us but cloudy, showery, you saw that radar but heres another peek at it, we have showers coming in from the south and west, so yeah, were not going to have a lot of sun. Showers on and off for the day time hours, will keep temperatures down from levels weve seen all week whether weve been in the 70s and 80s if, 58 outside right now, but were not going to see much of a rise in temps, well letou know what to expect for the rest of the forecast, tomorrow first day of spring and palm sunday, those details in a few minutes. Kristen thank you, lyndsay. One person taken to the hospital after singlevehicle accident in east charlotte. This is the scene at 3 00 this morning on eastway drive and audrey street. The victim taken to the hospital, should be okay. The driver hit and broke a power pole, it didnt affect power in closed for a while while crews make the repairs. Police are investigating what caused that accident. A crime alert, police are lookin
Afternoon. And a man was killed walking on the sidewalk, just feet away from a group of children. So that lets me know that the person who did it didnt liver around here because they knew the kids would be outside. The kids are outside all the time. Reporter neighbors tell us that the children had been playing on the porch at the time. You can see bullets struck the fence and pierced through home. Police say one of the stray bullets grazed a woman and another hit a 6yearold girl in the leg. Classmates . Yeah,. Okay. And they were just playing . Yeah, just playing. Reporter edgar owns the house where this happened. He says the 6yearold was here visiting his daughter and he tells us that his wife was the supervising those kids. She was treated at the scene before giving statements to the police. How is the little one doing . Still in the hospital. Reporter friends say the little girl has been recovering at the hospital after getting shot twice. Shes okay. Thats the really good thing. Rep