Transcripts For WESH WESH 2 News At 400pm 20160321 : vimarsa

Transcripts For WESH WESH 2 News At 400pm 20160321

S Adrian Whitsett is live outside the department with what he s uncovered in this developing story. Adrian we know that these officers are part of the street crime unit in that unit has been suspended for now as this investigation gets underway. This hinges on what he kissimmee detective said in court and a sworn affidavit as opposed to what Video Evidence shows differently. Detective tiffany hall, in the charging affadavit for the case back in november, said she watched a drug deal go down at the Tropicana Motel on west vine, and that she went to the room by herself, knocked on the door and the suspect gave her a plastic bag filled with marijuana. According to the Public Defenders Office, during a motion to suppress hearing march 14, that story didn t match security cam footage at the motel. Wesh 2 news obtained that video. Here the Public Defenders Office says you can see three Police Officer going up to that door and opening it with a key. S office to drop the case after it learned that an investigating officer s testimony conflicted with that video. The state Attorney S Office says they are reviewing all of the cases involving these officers to determine whether prosecution should proceed. In a statement, Kissimmee Police say they learned from the state Attorney S Office that there may have been false testimony, and immediately removed three officers from duty, pending criminal and internal investigations. Furthermore, the entire street crimes unit has been suspended, other officers being assigned to other areas in the department. Other than detective hall, we are still working to confirm the names of the two other kissimmee officers relieved of duty. The state Attorney S Office telling us it is reviewing all of the open cases involving these officers to see whether or not they can proceed with prosecution. Live in kissimmee, Adrian Whitsett, wesh 2 news. At a disney nightclub is asking a judge to drop the charges. 27yearold Hector Herrera is charged with Sexual Battery on an incapacitated person. Detectives say the woman was intoxicated. Here is video from surveillance cameras at house of blues from last july 15 and 16. Herrera is seen dancing with the we re concealing. Now in a motion to dismiss, herrera tells a judge the girl danced in a very sexual manner and that he never provided her alcohol. He also says it was her idea to leave the club to engage in sex in the bushes nearby. No word when the judge may rule on the motion. Jim Orlando Police released a little more information in the shooting death of 15yearold destiny bargman who died saturday in apopka. Officers have charged a 16yearold she was dating with Second Degree murder. Wesh 2 is not identifying him because the courts haven t decided whether he ll be charged as an adult. Police say the boy and a group of friends were shooting a gun in the backyard of that home, then playing with it inside the home when destiny was shot. She died later on from her summer Daytona Beach police are looking for a man who they say tried to lure a 14yearold girl into his car friday night. With her mothers permission, wesh 2 s claire metz spoke with the victim, who says she initially froze when the suspect pulled up but then did what she had to to scare him off. Claire the teenager, the victim, lives down the street here on Berkshire Road and had gotten to this intersection at hillcrest drive, walking to a friends house just before 8 00 eight. She says a man driving a sky blue jaguar pulled up and wouldn t give up. I was terrified. That s why i screamed. Claire zaporha steward was sure she was about to be kidnapped when a man who looks like this, wearing an orange hat, stopped his jaguar, possibly a 2004, and harassed her. He repeatedly asked steward where she was going. She was so frightened, she stood rooted to the spot, refusing to answer. He was like, come here, and i completely ignored him and i shook my head, no. Then he was like, come here, and it sounded like he said, you come to me or i will come to you. Open, then leaned out as if he m scared. What do i do . Should i just scream . The smart thing to do is scream, and once i screamed he got scared i guess and speeded off. Claire the victim was actually closer to her boyfriends house commotion, but didn t get a look at this man. When she went to my house, i heard her scream and i came down the street and the dude sped off. Claire the victim is certain she has seen the blue jaguar multiple times in the neighborhood, but is unsure if it was the same man. She wants him off the streets her own ordeal. What is he going to do . Am i going to get kidnapped . Claire police are canvassing this neighborhood, looking for that distinct give vehicle, asking anyone with information to come forward. Summer Police Believe the suspect is between 30 years old and 40 years old. It is hard to judge since he did not get out of the car. Jim firefighters doing their best to get the upper hand on a wildfire that is burning in the avalon park neighborhood, about 50 contained. Jim summer moments ago, we saw homeowners using their own hoses to put the flames out. It is not appear any homes are in danger, however the wind is not cooperating. Let s get you outside to eric burris with the latest on that. How with the wind affect the fire . Eric the higher the wind, the more of a challenge the firefighting efforts will be. Over the last few hours, the wind has slowed just a bit. You can see, orlando, the nearest center to the fire, wind up to 10 Miles Per Hour and going up to 20 within the last hour s time. Another aspect is just how dry the atmosphere is, do want at 26. Look how much higher the wind is over in Daytona Beach. Gusting even higher than 20 Miles Per Hour. Melbourne, 14 Miles Per Hour winds. Red flag advisory for all of Central Florida. This is from the National Weather service saying between the guest wind and the dry atmosphere, things are right unfortunately for wildfire development. What this means, no burning and be incredibly careful out there. Wind goes cal m tonight and it becomes chilly. More on that inside. Jim windy, cool, and dry, much lower humidity than we re used to. It s created a high risk for wildfires around Central Florida. Summer wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel looks at the precautions fire officials hope we are all taking to keep the risk to a minimum. Dave windy and quite a bit cooler, and while that s pleasant for many people, it also creates a red flag warning situation all around Central Florida for fire danger. So you need to take some precautions, create some Defensible Space around your house. Wooden fences like this one. Forestry says a wooden fence right up to the side of your house is not a good idea. If the fence catches fire, it would lead it right to the side of your house and create issues. If you have a charcoal grill and you ve been cooking out, be extra careful, make sure those coals are cold before you get rid of them. Be extra careful when you re barbecuing. If you have an outdoor fire pit, make sure it s out before you walk away from it, put it out with water. Make sure the ember guard in is ts place. Embers can fly hundreds of make sure your eves are not full of pine needles and leaves. If an ember falls into dry material, it could burn right into your attic and create protect yourself, protect your home. Reporting in Seminole County, dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. Summer thank you. To refrain from recreation on the lake. This is after a sewage leak near apopka vineland road. They don t know exactly how many gallons of untreated sewage may have entered the lake, so right now they re testing bacteria levels, and will notify residents when it s safe. Jim an ormond beach man is accused of raping, stalking and threatening to post images of his exgirlfriend online. 23yearold Brandon Shoup is being held without bond. The Victim Told Police shoup forced himself on her in the bathroom of a park in early february, and she broke up with him. Last week, she said shoup started sending vulgar text messages. Police say shoup admitted he raped the victim. Summer new information. Officials say the prime suspect behind the paris terror attacks was plotting more violence from brussels. This new video footage shows him being arrested in a police raid last week. First police led an older woman out of the way before officers rushed up to the door. Immediately, a person tries making a run for it, but is shot at. Then a second man is brought out. It salah abdeslam. Officials believe more than 30 people may have been involved in orchestrating the paris terror attacks. Jim today, president obama is s president , raul castro, the brother of fidel castro. And tomorrow the president will be addressing the cuban people television. S jay gray is in cuba with more. Reporter president obama s a first day in cuba began in revelation square as he visited an important monument. Following the ceremony, the president walked the three blocks to the memorial to the revolutionary palace where he was officially welcomed by raul castro. During the reception, one of the most stunning sights and sounds of the historic trip. Reporter president obama played the national anthem. Following a brief review of the troops, leaders spoke behind closed doors with meetings described as productive by president obama. President obama for more than a halfcentury, this site would ve been more than imagined, but this is a new day. Between our two countries. Reporter the men discussed a wide range of topics including cuban rights, easing traffic restrictions and trade embargoes. The sanctions we have on cuba are stricter than anything we have anywhere in the world. Think about it. Reporter amazing or incredible, or is it here quite a bit during there is a state dinner this evening, and tomorrow president obama will address the cuban people during a historic speech broadcast it live on a staterun television here. Summer the search is on for a driver who killed a by solicitous. The family was emotional when speaking with us, however they are remembering their loved one in the latest in finding the driver. Jim back in court, apple and squaring off tomor jim breaking news out of east Orange County. It looks like firefighters and homeowners are getting their hands on a 20 acre brush fire that is burning in the avalon park neighborhood. They had a garden hose and were working a hot spot on one side and the firefighters were working on the other, and they kind of converged on the flames and very able to put out this summer fortunately, no homes have been damaged, and it does not look like it is encroaching on any homes right now. Wind at 20 Miles Per Hour. We will have much more coming up. It s tax season and there isn t much time left to file your taxes. Jim and if you ve noticed a lot of taxrelated spam, you re not alone. It appears more people are trying to take advantage of you as you file. Summer wesh 2 s Michelle Meredith looks into the alert and what you need to know so you don t become a victim. Michelle the irs is reporting a 400 increase in irs scams this tax season, and the scammers are tapping in to potential victims on two different levels. Thank you for calling the bbb, can i help you . Michelle here at the Better Business bureau, not only are they getting consumer complaints about irs scams, several Staff Members personally got calls on their cell phones, including the they said you are 7,000 behind on your taxes, and if you do not make arrangements to pay now a warrant will be issued for your arrest. Michelle naturally, holly and her staff knew better, sometimes would engage the caller for up to 25 minutes to get the full scope of the scam. They certainly want to the money to be wired, so yes, they were willing to get information on how to wire it, where to send it and they wanted it done right away. Michelle another angle involves the internet, emails where the scammers pose as the irs trying to extract personal information like your Checking Account number, Social Security number. Keep this in mind, always, when the other person initiates the contact either by phone or through an email, that is a huge red flag. He did not know who they are. It could be anyone. In most cases, the irs makes contact through the mail. The irs will not send an email asking for your personal info, and the irs most certainly will not demand that you wire them in Orange County, Michelle Meredith, wesh two news. Jim despite the old joke about that are still, the irs does not issue a warrant for arrest if you are tax money. Summer deputies arrested a man they say grabbed a 12yearold jogger friday night. The girl was running on the Seminole Wekiva trail outside of Altamonte Springs when the man approached her. She says cesar reyes asked if she wanted a running partner, and grabbed her arm, causing her to bruise. Reyes was arrested but has posted his 45,000 bond. Jim we now know the names of the two men killed late last week in the crash of a small plane near tampa. Louis caporicci of tampa and Kevin Carreno of st. Petersburg were the only two on board the cessna when it went down at the peter o. Knight airport. They were Business Partners and air force academy roommates. National Transportation Safety board investigators say another plane took off at the same time, but it wasn t clear whether that contributed to the crash. Summer turning to your forced conditions and wind. Eric we have seen the fire danger play out. The good news for now, it does not look like any damage has been wrote ordered from that, like red flag advisory has been posted in those conditions continue. When we talk a bit of red flag, that means the at mr. Is own dry and you have atmosphere is bone dry and you have gusty wind. Sustained wind around Central Florida running anywhere from 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour. Let s take it a step closer around avalon park. Look how there is more wind here, 17 to 22 Miles Per Hour versus closer to the metro, union park and conway, back in your the airport. It is quite a bit quieter there. Worrying too much about the wind, just a beautiful out there, 63. 63, romeo. 63, pine grove. 66, apopka. 57, oak hill. There is the cold front, way down there across the bahamas back over toward cuba. We are getting those generally northerly direction wind. It is beautiful but a little bit gusty. 69 by 6 00. By 8 00, watches as temperatures really drop. Once the wind stops, mother pictures after sunset. 51 by 11 00. Take a look at these readings. Much cooler tonight than what we saw last night. 36, ocala. 39, the villages, webster. 42, mounted north. 43, clermont. 46, winter park. And last night though. 44, New Smyrna Beach. 47, beachside. Frost advisory for the nature coast act over to marion county. That is posted from 5 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning dependent on the wind slowing. Elsewhere. The afternoon, no concern here. 75, less wind and it will feel great for spring breakers. The reason for less wind, the high sits on top of us, so a very tranquil set up. We will pick up the wind again on wednesday but we will have more moisture so we are not expecting red flag conditions. On thursday, we are watching and approaching frontal boundary, but all the moisture moving to our area so look for range can t rangers is on the increase rain a chances on the increase friday and saturday. Summer a neighborhood with kids playing is now the site of a homicide investigation. Jim an update on the investigation and we will hear summer scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At jim one man is dead after a road rage incident turned into a shooting. Summer deputies say the man was shot in fort lauderadale late sunday. One woman tried giving him cpr but it wouldn t be enough. The man was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. A person nearby says he was outside in his neighborhood when he heard gunshots. Very scared. Very scared of seeing my children outside. Somebody shooting. You always see that on tv but never think it would happen, like, right down the street. Summer broward sheriff s deputies say this all started between two men. They also say they ve been interviewing the shooter. Jim two 11yearold boys are safe after being pulled from a 30 foot deep hole. They were playing in a maryland neighborhood when investigators say they jumped on a soft spot of ground and it collapsed. One of the boys was able to climb out, but the other ended s expected to survive. Five years ago, a dog fell in. Putting mulch over a hole is not covering the hole. My brother could have died. You re not understanding. My brother could have lost his life. The child was rescued by lowering a rope system down into the hole with a rescuer, placing a harness around the child and then lifting the child and the rescuer up out of the hole. Jim Officials Say it took about 45minutes to get the boy to safety. Summer apple is going to be in the spotlight for the next couple of days. One reason is be

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