Transcripts For WESH WESH 2 News At 5pm 20160111 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WESH WESH 2 News At 5pm 20160111

Promise you it is there. It s getting warmer, but that will not be for long. In orlando, it didn t even get as high as 60. We expect to see the temperatures bottom out in the 20 s in some areas tonight. A freeze warning has been issued for some local counties. Angela outside the studios, it is a little bit chilly and we have more. It is chilly out. That s why we have the jackets. We have a warning in effect. We have High Pressure building with clear skies and relatively light wind. These temperatures are going to drop from the mid to upper 50 s now into the upper 20 s as you guys just mentioned in marion county. Right around 40 now. A little patchy frost just west of orlando. We will have a frosted visor he graphic coming up for you later on. Coming up for you later on. Angela thank you. Big news from a Volusia County courtroom today. The man who kidnapped and raped one woman, and murdered another has been sentenced. , today, 52yearold john lytus negotiated a plea deal. Jim for both crimes, he was sentenced to 45years. Wesh 2 s claire metz was in court today, and breaks down that deal. Claire the victims in the cases against john lytus agreed to a plea deal to avoid the pain of a trial, but they say lytus is a monster who had to be taken off the streets. Justice has been served. Claire Jennifer Moreno agreed to be identified despite being kidnapped, raped and tortured by john lytus, thankful to have survived him. I just kept praying the whole time and i don t know what happed, he let me go, and i m grateful for it. Claire moreno was 6 months up at a 711 store and took her to his home. But once inside an rv parked there, lytus hogtied marino, tortured her with a knife and raped her. I just felt grateful that i ve moved on with it and i hope that he feels one day what we have all felt. Guilty. Claire lytus pled guilty to the assault on moreno and guilty in the murder of 30yearold laura nagengast. Her nude body, hands and feet tied, was found in a ditch near deland in september, last seen getting into a truck with lytus. He will serve 45 years in prison for all the crimes but at his age, the victims know that means life. A third woman who says lytus raped her, though he was never charged, was also in the courtroom for the plea. I can t believe it, i m shocked. I can t believe he really pleaded guilty. He admitted it. He admitted he knows what he did. Claire that woman and ms. Moreno says lytus attack was lifechanging. Moreno, an admitted drug addict, says she s now clean and sober, raising her baby and two other children. Because john lytus s crimes were of a sexual nature, should he ever get out of prison, he could be subject to civil commitment under the jimmy ryce act. County, Claire Metz Wesh 2 news. Jim right now, the person who rant over right now the teen , charged with trying to run over an Orlando Police officer with a car, is trying to get out of jail. Wesh two is there today as an attorney for edward kelty the third pushed a judge to grant a 15,000 bond. Last july, police say kelty ran over officer william anderson, who fired 2shots in return, wounding kelty. Officer anderson appeared in court today. Both his wife and kelty s mother testified. We fear for our safety. If someone obviously is willing to go out and hurt a Law Enforcement officer, i fear who else that individual would hurt as well. Jim also in court offering moral support for the andersons was the widow of Orange County deputy scott pine, who was killed in the line of duty two years ago. S bond request tomorrow. Right now fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire in a ucf Student Housing complex. It happened at the knight s Circle Apartments around dinnertime last night. Two people suffered burns. The fire was out before firefighters arrived. As a precaution, one building had to be evacuated. Right now we don t know which building in which it started, and the extent of the injuries. However the two who were burned did not have to go to the hospital. Angela one of the suspected killers in a new year s eve nightclub shooting that left two dead appeared in court today. Anthony dawson was arrested last night. He was formally charged with two counts of murder for the club in daytona beach. A third man was wounded in the gunfire. But dawson is just one of the men police say pulled the trigger. Who s still on the run tonight. Police think both mayo and dawson got into a fight with we re told it may have been witnesses to the shooting that helped mayo get away. Right now at 5 00, sheriff s deputies in Osceola County are looking for the men who robbed a circle k at gunpoint. Wesh 2 has obtained this surveillance photo, showing one of the men threatening the wesh 2 s Michelle Meredith joins us live with the latest on the michelle . Michelle here s the bottom line, investigators hope someone out there can tell them who these men are. The images of the robbery are terrifying. We see the circle k clerk, hands up with a gun pointed to the back of his head. S a violent crime. They held a gun to the employees head and demanded money so we happen again. Michelle it all started this morning at about 3 45 a. M. Investigators say the clerk was in the back office of the Convenience Store on when a venture a boulevard when on buenaventura blvd. When he was approached by a masked man at gunpoint. Investigators say while that register, a second masked suspect helped himself to some merchandise. You don t know if the other person is desperate for money or what. Michelle customers we talked to were surprised. This one says he once worked at a Convenience Store. It s crazy you know. I don t have nothing to live for why should they. People don t care anymore. Michelle when it was over, the suspects took off with the money and the goods, and disappeared into the darkness. Now that clerk was not hurt but he had to have been scared. Very scared by the incident. Very cooperative with investigators and gave a detailed description of the suspects and their clothing. Michelle here are descriptions of the two suspects. Both are medium build and somewhere between 5 5 and six feet tall. Suspect number one one was wearing a grey and black hooded sweatshirt with white and black basketball style shoes. Number two was wearing a knitted style cap, a hooded sweatshirt and basketball style shoes with red or orange accents. Even though their faces are covered investigators feel confident someone out there can help. If that s you call crimeline or the Osceola County sheriff s office. Jim wildlife officers in Brevard County say coyotes are feasting on pet cats in Indian Harbor beach. To catch the animals, trappers are now using drones. The hunters watch on scene, while the flying device does the work for them. At gleason park in Indian Harbor beach, trappers say 3 or 4 coyotes have set up shop. Last week we showed you Security State wildlife officers say trying to remove the animals will likely be futile. Angela an orlando man has been arrested for going on a shopping spree with fake 100 bills. Police say when 24yearold nero mcfadden was arrested, he was wearing an ankle monitor. They found out he is currently on federal probation. Police say mcfadden and was arrested with Christal Jones inside the Fashion Square mall on saturday. Mcfadden allegedly told the arresting officers he won the cash gambling and believed it was real. , your help identifying a man who was hit by a car last month. Jim he was hit in december, and brought in for treatment. Doctors don t know who he is. The hospital describes the man as asian or hispanic, and says he s in his midtolate 20 s. He was hit by a car on the 27th, near the intersection of Colonial Drive and kirkman road. The man is about 5 6, and weighs 144 ponds, if you think you know who he is, call orlando health. A tennessee man is behind bars in orange city. Police say he tried to carjack a woman and her boyfriend, but the victims fought back. Take a look at 42yearold kevin miller. Police say he met the couple at the oyster bar saturday night, and asked them for a ride home. They agreed, but they soon suspected miller was up to no good. When he couldn t tell them where he wanted to go, they stopped at a friends where deputies say miller pulled out a knife and ordered the woman to drive. Instead, she and her boyfriend jumped out that s when the victim pulled out his own knife, and punctured the tires so miller couldn t get away. They ended up Holding Miller for deputies. Angela jury selection is underway in the murder trial of amber wright. Wright is accused of killing 15yearold Seath Jackson back in her first she was found guilty, but because she hadn t been read her miranda rights during her arrest, she was given a new trial. Jim wesh 2 news investigates is following a meeting between lawmakers right now who are investigating patients who had their prescriptions rejected at a pharmacy. Angela matt grant is here to explain. Matt we are monitoring a state Senate Hearing in tallahassee that could help patients frustrated by rejections at the pharmacy. Take a live look at the committee. State senator aaron bean is proposing a bill that would put into law that doctors can electronically prescribe class to pain medications. This would eliminate confusion and let pharmacists prescription they are getting is accurate and legit. It instructs wholesalers to scrutinize pharmacies that order more than 5000 doses of a controlled substance and a month to see if it is reasonable. That language has made it harder for them to get meds and thus harder to treat patients, according to pharmacists. We will bring you the latest at 10 00 and 11 00. Jim see you then, thanks. 1. 4 billion. The Powerball Jackpot has jackpot has grown, and so has the frenzy over buying tickets. Angela a lot of money is being raised, but how is it being spent . Some of it s supposed to fund florida s schools. We re breaking down how much the education budget could get, as those ticket sales skyrocket. Jim plus, a train hits and kills a man last night in orlando. Investigators are still trying to figure out why it happened. Angela and check this out. A massive blaze down under. We ll tell you what it was that find your sweet spot today with dunkins chicken apple sausage sandwich. Enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. America runs on dunkin. Angela the fbi says they ve robbing six Jewelry Stores in five states over an 8month time period. Abigail kemp was arrested on friday in georgia. Kemp is accused of stealing from a store in florida. Investigators say she would threaten employees with a gun, tie them up with zipties and then steal all the jewelry she could. Investigators say they tracked her down after her cell phone number showed up near all of the stores while they were being robbed. Powerball fever continues to sweep the nation. With a more than 1 billion dollar jackpot ticket sales are , through the roof. Jim it s amazing. Millions are scooping them up at a record pace. And as wesh 2 s amanda ober found out, with some of the proceeds going to state education funding, our schools may experience a boost. Amanda with the Powerball Jackpot now breaking a world record, sales are gonna get crazy. And here at buddy s food and votto, this single machine is no re getting a second one delivered today. We re gonna win. Amanda floridians are getting giddy for a Powerball Jackpot that could rise to 1. 6 billion dollars. 40 , or . 82, of every Powerball Ticket sold goes to Public Education in numerical terms, it means that we ll be able to transfer additional 70 million to the Education Enhancement trust fund. Amanda in 2015, powerball sales raised 150 million for florida s Education Enhancement trust fund. Many consumers assume that money is in addition to what the state already budgeted for education, but not necessarily. State lawmakers determine each year how the lottery money will spent and critics claim the money is used to complete the education budget rather than enhance it. Orange county got 11 million in lottery funds last year and the district officer says the impact is not huge. The lottery in general is such a small portion of our overall funding it would not make a substantial difference in our operations because its less than 1 of our total operations. Collins says over the years, the state has put more lottery money towards Bright Futures schollarship and less towards k12 education. But he also says any money spent on education is good money, no matter the amount. Jim if you re hoping to enroll for healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care act, do so. To promote the coverage, health and Human Services secretary Sylvia Burwell visited an orlando United Way Office today. Her office says florida has the most amount of enrollees out of any state. 1. 5 Million People have signed up. This morning, burwell stopped by the wesh 2 studios to explain. Right now and the marketplace, seven in 10 people can find plans for 75 or less the financial assistance. Jim if you don t sign up, you will face a penalty. Amanda angela we know it s cold, but it s going to get colder. I am glad i wore my jacket to the studio today. On a day like today, you look at that camera and think that s not too bad. You get out there and think yeah, that s brisk. I like it. It s invigorating. A little extra jump in the old step there. We talked about freeze warnings heading up the palm coast and back toward marion county. We will have to watch , there is could be put into this later on. S talk about that for a second. When you have a freeze warning, that means you are expecting temperatures to be below freezing for at least two hours over a widespread area. At that point, we are worried about citrus. We want you to remember to bring in the pats. This big dome of High Pressure tonight. Relatively light winds. S to low 60 s will rapidly fall around sunset. By daybreak, it will be in the 20 s and 30 s. We could have some patchy fog. I would not be surprised to see that on the rooftops. Dear heck right around 60. Even back toward the coast, it s 62. Hour by hour as you are in and around downtown, look at the readings here, 9 00, upper 40 s. 11 00, mid40 s. Here is where we will be tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. The village, 35. Mount dora, 37. Up toward orlando, 40. That would make it the coldest back toward cape canaveral, 40 three. Melbourne also coming in a 44. The coldest temperatures so far this year in all three of the major metropolitan cities. Because of that, we are watching the potential for a freeze here in the purple. Some patchy frost north of Sumter County in Northern Lake county. You know those normally cooler areas, in fact, when you take a look at ocala, it s a threeday stretch of some chilly weather. We will be at or above freezing wednesday morning as well. Let s take a look at the setup for tomorrow. Cold High Pressure to the north and west. A flow out of the north means afternoon highs again will be well below normal. Tomorrow should be up around 70. Poinciana righted about 64. Marine land, you are there are some changes coming as you get into friday. We will talk more about our next storm system and the chance for seeing stronger thunderstorms. But notice the temperature trend friday and saturday. It s a little bit warmer, guys. Jim coming up, new information on the man police say ambushed a philadelphia Police Officer last week. Angela he allegedly did it in the name of isis. Why investigators think he could be connected to a bigger terrorist plot. Plus, your Household Budget may need a revamp, very soon. What decisions america s financial bigwigs have made, that will change how you spend your money. Angela right now, Philadelphia Police are on high alert. They re concerned that the suspect who ambushed an officer last week may be part of a the fbi is investigating a tip to police that three other radical shooters are on the they re not sure how credible the information is. Police say Edward Archer confessed to shooting officer Jesse Hartnett last thursday in the name of isis. The officer is recovering in the hospital. At least 15 people were killed, including 12 children in an air strike in syria. A school was hit this morning. Dozens of people were also hurt. Officials expect the death toll people missing that are believed to be under the rubble. There are reports that the bombs came from russian warplanes. Russia has not claimed responsibility. Jim check out this big plume of black smoke. Its coming from a massive fire in an Industrial Area of melbourne, australia. 12thousand tires burned in this fire. No word on what caused the blaze. Investigators say the toxic smoke does not pose a threat to the community but people who live nearby are being told to stay inside and shut their windows. New information tonight on your Household Budget. It might need some tweaking. It all started when the Federal Reserve raised Interest Rates last month and then said there would be further gradual increases during the

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