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WFTS Action News At 6PM February 19, 2016

Her husband ipad. The video posted on youtube by police is what helped officers catch the youngest of the trio. He is now facing felony burglary charges. With the others on the loose she says she has not slept in days and does not feel safe. Yesterday when i left work i went to my friends house waiting for my husband. Reporter but she does think the video stopped the teenagers from targeting someone else. They were probably going to break into more houses. Reporter she and her husband now lock every door and window. Security system. In tampa, sarah rosario, abc action news. News for parents, Police Telling as a Highland County middle school paid on a 14year old student. Now police are trying to figure out if she has done it to anyone else. Police say stacy hooks send nude pictures to the teenager and travel to meet him for sex. Police say the relationship ended when the victims mother filed a report with police a few days ago. I have no words to say to her. It is disgusting. Those are children. You are in charge of children. Tonight, parents whose children interacted with stacy hooks are being urged to talk to them about the situation. The School District plans to put them on suspension without pay and then plans to fire her. New concerns for a bridge thousands of you drive. Structurally deficient. We are talking about the section that goes over 22nd street. It is the only bridge in the bay area identified in a new report that says 59,000 59,000 bridges in the u. S. Have flaws. The Builders Association says these bridges are safer now but something needs to be done. Good evening. We made it to another weekend. Today we were a few degrees above normal. Temperatures are cooling into the upper 60s but what is nice about this time of the year the afternoon will warm right up well into the 70s. I think some folks this weekend will be close to 80. There will be a few clouds coming in from the east coast. With those clouds may be a few showers. The immediate area. Front. We will talk about that in a couple a couple of minutes. Neighbors. It is over the use of 25 acres jacqueline it places explains why residents are not happy. Reporter singlefamily homes situated on acres of property. For most this is living at its finest. One landowner is trying to capitalize on that by turning the farmland into a gated subdivision. This proposal shows we are 75 houses would be built. The commissioner agrees to rezone land. I am a little upset. Reporter something happen. It seems like it is an uphill battle. Reporter the property has been up for rezoning twice over the past two years. Now, neighbors are preparing for another battle. According to neighbors the property in question sit in an area designated a floodplain. When it rains the cows are standing in water. What does that tell you . Reporter they worry that run off could end up in their yards. More than 100 residents have signed a petition. In valrico, jacqueline ingles, abc action news. A driver recovering from a crash that shut down lakeland investigators say a utility truck crossed the centerline in front of a semi. The driver swerved, overcorrected and flipped the truck. That driver was taken by helicopter to the hospital. A driver in trouble Police Telling us they caught the man driving the wrong way on interstate 75. Deputy say he was driving just 30 Miles Per Hour. When they stopped him they found an open alcohol of they found an open alcoholic beverage inside of the car. Sanitation drivers loafing on the clock while the cities collection rates are the highest in the region. Adam walter joins us live digging into the problem. Reporter just like many of call from a viewer. They saw workers sitting around in the middle of the day. We started to take a close look and what we found was shocking. It is a hidden camera investigation. Waste workers hiding out and getting paid for it. Is that acceptable . No, it is not. I was very disappointed. Reporter while tampa garbage rates have doubled employees are taking Home Millions of dollars in overtime. You should be doing your job. Reporter we are asking questions and holding officials accountable. Are there others out there . I believe there are. Reporter we used the cities own technology to prove that these employees were wasting time. Coming up tonight at 11 00. A new focus tonight in a search for baby willow. Police concentrating efforts on a pond. That body of water is a ten minute walk from where she was born. Neighbors and businesses nearby stopped to watch and pray for some good news. I think it is a disgrace. We are praying the baby is not in the pond. The search did not turn up any clues. The infants mother is being held on charges of neglect. She claims that she did not want the baby and left it at an apartment. That is left of a display honoring an unarmed man shot and killed by a Palm Beach Gardens police officer. Now his family wants to know what happens. His brother say they visited the memorial yesterday. Three hours later a camera captured the display going up in flames. Who did this . Reporter you think someone did this . I know we did not do it. At this point fire officials may at this point fire officials think it may have been accidental. People with outstanding warrants are urged to turn themselves in tomorrow to avoid getting into any further trouble. For just one day nonviolent offenders can revolve their cases without getting arrested. People can turn themselves in the vatican trying to clear up a comment the pope made involving donald trump. The pontiff spokesman saying it was in no way a personal attack on donald trump. The pope was just restating a general stance that immigrants deserve respect and dignity. Meanwhile, donald trump calling for people to boycott apple until the Company Unlocks the San Bernardino killer cell phone. Reduced to rubble, the cause of a fire that leveled a garage and why you may need to think twice the next time you start your car. Next, a look at a Critical Mission needed to keep our nation safe. Looking outside it is a beautiful evening for your friday night. The skies will be clear. We could have a little bit of fog in the morning and changes at this hour a man challenging what he calls the drunk drivers. Specifically the law requiring someones license to be suspended if they refused a breathalyzer test. He had his license confiscated following an arrest last november so he is pushing a 50 million class action suit against the state claiming the process is in violation of civil rights because a license is taken and suspended before a a judge refused the case. The lawsuit argues he appeals process is also unfair. Suspended for a a year, no judge, no jury. The suit is asking for money because drivers have to pay to get a new license even if charges are dropped. For the u. S. A crew has a special skill, refueling fighter jets in mid flight. We got where access to see how the midyear pitstop is done. Reporter it is 5 00 and a crew from Macdill Air Force base is preparing for a mission they can do in their sleep. Climbing aboard this airplane at macdill, they are on their way to fill up the thunderbirds. I have been at macdill for six years. Reporter the inside of the airplane looks more like a cargo plane. But the tale of the plane is where all of the action happens. Six of the eight thunderbirds arrived on time at the meet up spot somewhere high above new this is when the fun begins. One by one the airplanes break away from their formation and line up at the gas pump. Those are the guys that make it happen. They are the heroes of the day. Reporter it takes a steady hand, focus and good game tonight of the gate the boom into each jet. Once it starts it is fast. These pilots fill up faster than you can top off your car. The airplane goes anywhere and everywhere serving a critical need for the military and keeping the country safe. In combat situations mid air refueling is a must. The thunderbirds would have had to make three stops if they did not have us. Reporter a seven hour flight, 60,000 gallons of fuel it is pretty cool. A warning before you hit the remote start on your car. A man blaming that button for burning down his garage with two cars inside. Take a look at the aftermath. The homeowner said his remote starter he said he use the remote starter for 5 minutes then came outside to see his car on fire. Firefighters concert firefighters confirm the fire started inside of the car. I cant recall this happening. It is possible i guess. Thankfully no one was hurt. Remote starters have been linked to car fires before but most of those were not factory installed. We were joking earlier anything outdoors earlier you may want to because it is going to be great. It is going to be the nicest weekend of the season. Look at that sunset. A little bit of cloud cover at times. We are definitely going to have more sunshine in clouds. There may be a few showers on the east coast thanks to the atlantic moisture coming this way. On the flipside that also brings warmer temperatures. We hit 76 today in tampa. Visibility is not an issue this morning. Tomorrow morning there may be a bit of patchy fog. We dont expect any advisories. When it burns off we have another beautiful day. Low 70s. Clearwater is 70. That is the one thing, if you go to the beach this weekend expect it to be cooler than everyone else because the water temperature is still 60. Here is the easter wind, you can see it clearly with the cloud over on the atlantic side. There could be a sprinkle out of this, if that were the case it would be polk county eastward. Remember, we are surrounded by water and when the wind brings in moisture you cannot rule out maybe a quick little sprinkle. I think the forecast looks beautiful. We will see the same thing tomorrow and sunday. More sunshine and temperatures in the upper 70s. For us, warmer air. Rain chances, that will hold off until tuesday or into wednesday. Another low in the gulf could give us even higher total said what we are looking at right here. It is a little too early to tell. This weekend anything outdoors, including the pulled it back the beach, this is a great weekend. Look at that green color along the immediate coast, those are 60s, that is what a lot of folks will deal with because of the water temperature. Looking ahead for the weekend, saturday and sunday, mid70s, cool nights it might warm afternoons. The rain chance does not increase until tuesday. That is a beautiful weekend if you are looking for the winner of the daytona 500 it will likely come out of the Hendrick Motorsports of the joe gibbs team. Jimmie johnson was one of my favorites until he crashed last night. He lost about 5 Miles Per Hour between his primary and backup card today. But dale in hard junior doing a great job today. Kyle busch, denny hamlin, one of those will be there on sunday. We are in the middle of Basketball High School 20 my time. The boys will get rolling next week in lakeland. That is where Tampa Catholic hopes to be. They have two of the areas top talent talents on the College Recruiting trail. Pretty tough sell. We have the reasons why. Reporter the bay area has produced top level basketball talent. One is headed to yukon, and tony bradley signed with north carolina. Soon, his teammates will have to make a tough decision. I recently got back from a visit to duke and north carolina. Those are schools that have reached out to me. Reporter why are these kids staying close to home . You want to play at the top level. Going away was the best reporter he grew up watching Florida State because his parents played sports in there but he said it will not impact his decision. Right now i have no favorites. Reporter it is the potential at play get north carolina, duke or kansas is too sweet to stay home. Back to you. We are back in a minute and continuing coverage of todays stop we have todays we have coverage of todays top stories on abc action news. Com. Tonight, the showdown in the south just hours away now. Donald trump after taking on the pope, taking on another giant, apple. Apple firing back. The showdown in nevada. Hillary clinton and bernie sanders. And this evening, the early gift for clinton. Inside the rescue, one

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