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WESH WESH 2 News At 400pm February 11, 2016

Drugs around and inviting strange individuals in the home is very alarming. It s sad that they didn t have a choice with their parents. Bob the children were placed with relatives. The two women appeared before a judge today on prostitution and child neglect charges. Leslie is also facing drug charges. There was no answer at the women s home today. Their neighbor says he s glad strangers may no longer be coming around. You never know what kind of people they re bringing here. A crack addict, who might try to mug me when i get home from work. You never know. Bob we just did some checking, and the women remain jailed here in osceola county. Their children were places with relatives and the department of been notified. Summer breaking right now, of the zika virus diagnose. Meredith this is a map of the counties where there have been reported cases. Two days announcement brings the total number of 18 cases in florida, all of them are travel related. We will have much more on the fight against zika and the likelihood a vaccine will developed. Late breaking from orange county. A pet cat was killed during a house fire. Summer chopper two was overhead just after the flames were put out around 2 00 this afternoon on minoso street. Right now, no cause has been determined, but investigators say it appears to be accidental. About half of the house is destroyed. Two dogs in the home were saved. No one was hurt. Meredith Orlando Police say they ve made an arrest in a november attempted murder investigation. Police say detectives had been looking for keith james in connection to the shooting of it happened on randall street on november 9. James was arrested at a home this morning. Police say a gun found in the room where james was staying was reported stolen with the Casselberry Police department. Summer the driver who slammed his car into an orlando home is now facing fleeing and eluding charges. The crash left a gaping hole and caused extensive damage to the home at 19th street and rio grande avenue. Police say Clarence Mclendon crashed into the home yesterday afternoon as he was trying to get away from officers. They were trying to stop him in connection with a hit and run. The owner s daughter and grandchild were inside when it happened, no one was hurt, but the family had to move to a hotel. Meredith a pediatrician s license has been suspended after being accused of working while under the influence. Wesh 2 s amanda ober is live outside of his office. Amanda you spoke with the doctor today. What did he have to say about the allegations . Amanda he denies the allegations and claims he s the exemployee whom he fired. Regardless, his Pediatric Office here on kaley is closed and patients have been coming to pick up their records. Signs on the door to dr. Norbert falasco s office say he is not seeing patients. Two weeks ago, the state ordered an emergency restriction of his medical license. According to documents, last fall, the department of health received complaints that falasco was drinking and taking drugs while treating children. Falasco s Office Manager told me she never saw evidence the doctor was impaired. Did you ever notice any evidence that he was under the influence . No. You didn t . No. So do you believe the claims that he was treating patients under the influence . Do you personally believe them . No. Amanda according to the state, back in november, falasco was evaluated by an addiction specialist and said he only drinks a glass of wine twice a week and takes ambien as needed, but a screening reportedly found falasco consumed a greater amount of in the documents, the state also pointed out that falasco was arrested on attempted Drug Trafficking charges in 2003. At that time his license was suspended. Falasco told wesh two news over the phone today and said he s heartbroken over losing his practice. He then refered us to his attorney who provided this written statement. Dr. Falasco adamantly denies that he is impaired, and we are not aware of any patient or parent complaints in this regard and believe the allegations were made by a former disgruntled employee. Dr. Falasco has 30 days to appeal the suspension of his license and says he plans to do so. Back in 2003, the first time his license was suspended, he did receive it back after completing a drug rehab program. He told me at that time, he was suffering from a major depression due to a divorce. Summer one of two suspects 74yearold man to steal his prescription medicine, made her first appearance in court today. The judge ordered tosha mullins held on more than 60,000 bail. She and Britney Telegdy are charged with battery and armed robbery. Deputies say the woman repeatedly slapped the man across the face with a cutting board, then took 100 pain pills from him. The victim told investigators the women knew he had just filled his prescription. Meredith Marion County deputies have arrested a man for Sexual Battery on a victim less than 18 years of age. Wesh 2 s Stewart Moore joins us now, and stewart, deputies are worried there may be other victims . Stewart that s right, and now they are asking anyone who may have been a victim of 60yearold Charles Elder to come forward. Detectives say in march of last year, the 17yearold male victim in this original case was at elder s home in dunnellon, helping him repair his laptop. The teen told police that elder gave him marijuana. And then the teen spent the night at his house because he didn t have a ride home. The Early Morning hours that the juvenile was sexually battered. For almost a year, the teen didn t tell anyone, but eventually he told his parents who then went to police. Elder maintains that everything was consensual. Elder says he paid the victim for sex with marijuana. Marion county investigators say they have interviewed people who know elder, and that s why they think there could be other victims. They are asking anyone with information to come forward and contact the sheriff s office. Summer. Summer the man who shot and killed two deputies in maryland, had a warrant out for his arrest in orange county. Witnesses say 68yearold david evans was sitting down when a deputy sat down to speak with him at a panera restaurant. Seconds later, evans pulled a gun shooting one deputy. He then killed another in a shootout before being killed in wesh 2 s greg fox found out more encounters with local police, greg as investigators try and wednesday s deadly shootings of two deputies in maryland, local police are revealing new past here in Central Florida. It s very stunning, it s tragic. Greg lt. Louis grindle of the Maitland Police Department Says his officers came in contact with 68yearold David Brian Evans in an Office Parking lot last april. Evans, formerly of Altamonte Springs, was spotted before sunup, in his car. According to the Maitland Police officer, he walked up to evans car back in april, he came up to the window which was partly rolled down and evans was sound asleep in the driver s seat. They began speaking with him. He gave false information and once the officers were able to obtain more information on the vehicle and realized there was a stolen tag on it, and at that time he became very nervous and decided to put the car in gear and began driving very recklessly down maitland boulevard. Greg officers say evans drove the wrong way on maitland boulevard. They broke off the chase because evans was not suspected in any violent crimes. The courts, six total citations against evans, who at that time, had no arrest record in florida. A criminal charge of reckless driving was placed on his record, and because he failed to stop for police, a warrant was issued for fleeing and attempting to allude. After seeing what happened in maryland, local police feel fortunate. Every day, this is what we re coming in contact with and again, what happened yesterday was an absolute tragedy. Greg greg fox, wesh 2 news. Summer in 1997, he was suspected of it his wife in maryland. Meredith the future of an orlando nightclub where 11 people were shot is a lingering mystery. Orlando Police Say Three gunman shot up the glitz ultra lounge early sunday morning. Two people were killed and 10 more hurt. A notice on the door tuesday evening indicated the club owners are more than 80,000 behind in rent, and the letter indicated a demand to pay the debt in three days or move out. Calls to Club Management and Property Managers have not been returned to see when the club may reopen. Found a mystery man who could help them solve the case of a man found dying in a parking lot, bleeding from terrible head wounds. Wesh 2 s dan billow reports the mystery man could be a key witness. Dan daily activity goes on in a parking lot on new haven avenue, the scene of a mysterious death early monday morning when 53yearold Kent Wilbanks lay dying on the pavement. Whey they got there, they thought it was some kind of medical problem. Ems transported him to holmes Regional Medical center. Dan but police and the county medical examiner now believe it wasn t just a medical problem. Wilbanks had severe head wounds, as if he were beaten multiple times. He died that morning. And while wilbanks was dying, surveillance cameras picked up the image of a man who was standing here on the sidewalk, looking toward the parking lot. The man s image is fuzzy and indistinct. Police say it looks as though he may be watching something. As poor as the image is, police have now found that man. A suspect. They have many questions for him. If he saw some type of incident with somebody else, or saw him fall, or anything that help can provide. Dan wilbanks was found right between two popular bars on new haven in downtown melbourne, but Police Believe the streets at 2 30 or so in the morning were largely empty. In addition to their mystery witness, police are hoping others might come forward to help them find out whether or not Kent Wilbanks was murdered. In melbourne, dan billow, wesh 2 news. Summer coming up at 5 00, we will bring you more details from the medical examiner. Meredith passengers are describing it as a nightmare cruise. Summer you will hear from some of the passengers. Meredith universal orlando is the first to raise its ticket prices this year. Summer have you ever ended up with a haircut you did not like . What one woman did after a similar experience. Eric it is going to be even warmer tomorrow. Lowes presents how to plan for the future. Happy valentines day. Happy birthday. Sorry i forgot our anniversary. Happy mothers day. Now get this 1. 5pint orchid for only 9. 98, you re watching wesh 2. Meredith it s just about the time of the year when theme parks announce price increases, right after christmas and just before spring break. Summer this time, universal made the announcment and raised the price 3. 00. Is 105 for a ticket too much . Michelle meredith asked around. Michelle universal just increased it s one day ticket pass from 102 to 105. Why 105 . That s what disney is charging for one day at the magic kingdom, which used to be the most expensive theme park in town. They are the ones that set the bar. Magic kingdom is the standard in orlando that is the one that people come out to the most. Michelle is 105 too much . Doubt universal did their homework and determined for the average tourist, it s not. Would that make a difference in you buying a ticket . Not for me. Why . Cause we flew all the way from conneticut, so we don t care if they raise for 3. 00 or not. Michelle another point, experts say many tourists aren t paying full price, when you factor in discounts given by staying on property and flex tickets. You always have to remember a day at the theme park is still better than most sporting events or concerts. Michelle is a 105 too much for the locals . Theme park experts tell us it s one way to motivate us to an annual pass. The experts tell us if people want to see harry potter, they are not going to let an extra 3. 00 stop them. In orange county, michelle meredith, wesh two news. For the record, a oneday park pass is 97 for one day. Universal said the price of their tickets reflects the value of the experience. Meredith thousands of happy, but very shaken passengers, back on dry land today after a the anthem of the seas docked in bayonne, new jersey last night, earlier this week, as it headed for port canaveral, it was battered by a powerful storm that produced 115 mile per hour winds and 30 foot waves. Passengers couldn t wait to get off the ship. I feared for my life. It was like in the movie titanic, when the two old people were lying in bed saying goodbye for the last time. That s what we felt like. I m on one bed so my other son won t fall off. It was amazing. Meredith at the height of the storm, the huge vessel listed as much as 45 degrees, leaving shattered glass and overturned furntiture everywhere. Royal caribbean is vowing to improve how it monitors storms the ship won t be allowed to sail again until it is deemed safe. World tour after her super bowl performance, and she s hitting up a couple of spots in florida. She won t be in orlando, but will perform in tampa on april 29, and she ll kick off the u. S. Part of the tour in miami on april 27. Tickets for the concerts go on sale this coming tuesday at 10 00 in the morning, so if you want them, you ll need to act quick. Meredith clear skies, lots of sunshine in tony is here right now. Tony when you go back to this morning, it feels pretty good. We were in the 20 s. Let me show you some of those through them. 28, ocala. 30, palm coast. We had a ninehour freeze duration in ocala. We just missed the record for cold this morning. Daytona beach, too much wind. Here we sit right now, sunny skies, gorgeous weather, 66 degrees. We jump up almost 30 degrees from where we were this morning. Let s take a look at the High Pressure dominating. S become 70. You will still need a jacket in scraping that ice off of the wind chills. 66, sanford. 67, ocala. We are running 15 degrees above warmer. It has not yet reached the i95 stretch through brevard county, but trust me it will. 54 by 9 00. 52, Daytona Beach by 9 00. Not as chilly where we were last night. 46, clermont. No mention of frost with the temperatures way to warm. Palm coast, 34. Cocoa beach, 54 a morning low. High pressure is down to the southwest. Gorgeous sunshine. 70 degrees returns across the board with the onshore flow. 74, villages. 76, kissimmee. A Beautiful Day to be out and about. The front is already down south, briefly warmer in the morning, but cools down as we got to have the afternoon. Sunday, partly cloudy skies and temperatures will be a little bit cooler for the sunday afternoon timeframe. We have a lot of events going on this weekend. You can see the temperatures, 54 and 65 degrees. As we work our way over to the speedway, saturday, breezy and 6 00, gorgeous sunset around 55 degrees. Your updated sevenday forecast. 75 on friday. 70, saturday. Valentine s day, we will plan that out, 65. Maybe a risk for a Thunder Showers late monday night and on to tuesday morning. I will have more to that story. Summer a scare at a naomi miami school. Wildlife refuge standoug we had real people make their own pizzas. They chose the ingredients they wanted. I like the fresh dough. Whats bha . Pim gonna go with the one thatpdoesnt have the acronyms. Pget that one without fillers. What are fillers . Hey no ingredients that you cant pronounce and no artificial flavors. And were proud to announce pour new quality guarantee plove your pizza, or get anotherpone, absolutely free. Pget any large pizza up to 5toppings pfor just 9. 99. Online only. Meredith a close call for a student at a south florida elementary school. Summer the student narrowly missed being hit when two bullets struck a portable classroom. Miamidade School Officials say the shots were fired this morning in the neighborhood near the school in coconut grove. One of the bullets shattered a window, hit a wall, then fell onto the floor a foot from one a student with disabilities. Fortunately, no one was injured. This was the second drive by shooting near a miamidade school in less than 24 hours. Meredith the mayor of cleveland is now apologizing after the family of 12yearold tamir rice was billed for the ambulance to the hospital. A white police officer. Their lawyer says they received a bill for 500, seeking reimbursement for the medical care. Rice was playing with a pellet gun when he was shot and killed by police back in november of 2014. A grand jury decided not to indict the officers. The mayor said the claim was routine, but it should have been redflagged and never filed in probate court. Summer six teens are killed after their school bus was hit by a part of a truck. French media is reporting that part sliced through the side of the bus carrying the students to school. Two others were taken to the hospital. The driver of the bus and the truck were taken in for questioning. This comes just one day after a 12yearold and 15yearold were killed when the driver of their bus lost control in snowy conditions. Meredith late breaking this afternoon, that long occupation at a National Wildlife refuge in oregon is over. Late this morning, three of the four remaining protestors surrendered to authorities. And a couple hours later, the last occupier walked out, the group seized the refuge to oppose federal landuse policies. Was taken into custody at a Portland Airport overnight. His son, ammon bundy, was leading the standoff until his arrest last month. We ve all had that bad haircut, but one woman took drastic measures. Summer she s accused of trying to shoot her barber. Take a look. A san diego barber says the 29yearold woman left happy with her haircut, even giving a 20 tip. But an hour later, the woman allegedly came back with a gun to complain about the cut. Witnesses in the barber shop say the woman tried to shoot the barber three times, but the gun malfunctioned and never fired. She came in with, you know, a bald spot on the side and i m like, i didn t do t

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