But for some reason, the venn tor, adp, didnt put the funds and all the checks boupsed. Around noon bounced. Around noon, he got the call, and for hours hes been trying to make it right by the people who helped him last night. The supervisor of Elections Office told us that theyre actually the only one in the area that cut checks the day of. Usually, theyre stoent the workers and it takes two weeks. Bill is in his office, hes handwriting the checks, he is going to address the media tonight and just the next half hour or so. He is writing those checks and along with those, he is writing a apology notes. Butler, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Not a good day for him. Meanwhile, elections supervisor was also trying to figure out who made the mistake on the ballot printing which creating the shortage at a number of precincts. The supervisor says it was a simple clerical error that precincts to run out of ballots. Today, demonstrators say we shouldnt have those kinds of problems in 2016. There needs to be something that just allows people to be able to cast their votes, even if somebody makes a mistake. The supervisor of elections is now making an action plan. He says theyre adding another layer of review for the ballots before theyre taking to precinct sdmrs tonight, two oms county sisters Osceola County sisters asked channel 9 how their Party Affiliations got changed. One said she was switched to democrat, the second said her designation got changed to no affiliated party. Elections Officials Say for some reason, a Third Party Group changed her designation, both sisters admitted they had signed petitions together and that could have caused the changes. Its been 24 hours now since this massive fire destroyed a land mark cocoa beach house, and know what caused it. Those flames were about 75 feet tall. And they devastated the mansion known as the pumpkin center. Channel 9s melonie holt, it doesnt sound as if anything is being ruled out. Reporter late into the afternoon, fire officials were still combing through the charred remains of the pumpkin center, but they have more potential evidence to collect. It was a long hot day for fire investigators as they combed iconic pumpkin center. Flames 5575 feet high, ripped through the 10,000 square foot mention r mansion last night, at the top, the property once owned by usa today founder al new hart was under renovation, but the cause of the devastating fire is still undetermined. Were looking at all aspects from electrical, where the electric was, was there anybody in the house that shouldnt have listening to everybody who is willing to come forward and talk to us. That was out here. Last night. Reporter former florida today publisher lives near the property. Very involved in the community, and would host several events for charities throughout the year. So you know, over the years, thousands, literally thousands of brevard county. Reporter 5 Million Dollars, but the loss to this community may be harder to measure. Ive been hanging right here on this beach for 2527 years. And its just been a part of my life. Reporter it may be a matter of days or weeks until the fire investigators determine the cause of the fire. Live in cocoa beach, melonie holt, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Facing charges for allegedly not doing anything to stop more than 80 children from being sexually abused. Josh working at San Pedro Center in Orange County and robert who was working at st. Patrick in mount dora have been charged in pennsylvania with conspiracy to endaker children. They knew another priest they were sexual predator, but never stopped him from having access to children. The Orlando Diocese placed both men on leave and they have now vacated their positions. One of the largest foster care agencies in florida is denying allegations tonight of medicaid fraud, however, officials with the Childrens Home society of florida just admitted to 9 investigated they did make billing errors. Investigate i reporter Darlene Jones has been digging into the story ever since we got a tip this afternoon, what have you learned . Reporter bob, we worked for this investigation. I got this statement. Spokesperson said there were allegations of fraud, they immediately notified the agency for healthcare administration, and inspect tor general and chs conducted an independent internal audit. Based in winter park has a stellar reputation providing care for 50,000 families throughout florida. And according to the most recent tax return ares available, the agency received 7 Million Dollars in medicaid or medicare paements from the state and payments from the state and federal government to provide care for those families. Now, there are questions about whether the agency overbilled the government for those claims. So we went to their offices today for answers. A spokesperson later sent us this statement, admitting the agency uncovered billing claim errors, totalling 82,000. Were told the agency implemented a new Electronic Health records and billing and during that process, a spokesperson said there were challenges related to allegations of fraud were unfounded. We asked if their internal investigation was related to the recent departure of cfo bob the spokesperson said no employees with the Childrens Home society have been disciplined because there were no findings of fraud. And he did not leave as a result of this investigation. A spokesperson said theyve already repaid some of the money and are in the process of repaying the rest. The state attorney general would not confirm or deny an Ongoing Investigation on that level. They did, however, confirm they have received five complaints against the agency since january of 2015. But wouldnt say what theyre related to. We posted more on past issues, the agency has had with the state on wftv. Com. Martha. Residents in cocoa say a noisy gun range has got to go. And the man leading the charge says hes willing to plead his case to the justice department. County deputies, near i95. And residents nearby say they hear gunshots at all hours. One of the residents who filed a lawsuit to get the gun the range shut down says there are only two ways to settle this. They can pack it up and move. Or dhe close it in. They can close it in. Very simple. We reached out to the Sheriffs Office for its side of the story but we havent heard back yet. Lawyers if the county says the gun range does not violate any noise ordnances but a judge hadnt issued a decision yet. The fight over whether to build a mosque is happening now. We first told you about the land owners plans on friday, on Eyewitness News at 5 00. Channel 9 is live in ong right now, and jeff Orange County right now, and jeff, you talked to the families who are against the mosque. Reporter bob, a lot of the people just started showing up for the meeting within the last ten minutes here, at sunset park elementary school. Now, they tell me they have change is approved by the county. Those who live near this stretch of land on Winter Garden vine land road in windermere showed up tonights meeting full of questions, all because of a developer wants to request a zoning change in order to build the windermere are also sen e developers showed us the picture of what the site will look like light. Orange county commissioner set residents concerns. Some of those i talked to told me theyre worried that if the mosque does get approved, it will bring about more traffic and noise. We have enough trouble with the First Baptist church, right behind us. They went in, said there was going to be nice and quiet and everything like that. Reporter now, i talked to the owner of the land who owns the land that the mosque is going to be built on, he tells me if he thought the mosque was going to be a nuisance, he wouldnt decide to build his house next door to it. Well have much more on this story, tonight on eyewitness but for now, reporting live in windermere, channel 9 eyewitness sgluz apopka city leaders will meet to discuss a plan that will change the city. The 2025 vision plan, so far, all we know is that project includes 33 strategies and has an initial cost of 79 Million Dollars. The City Council Meeting begins at 7 00. We found out major plans announced for the Fashion Square mall two years ago, could now take another six months to a year to complete. Work has stopped at this site at the mall. The developer says theres uncertainty over the future of macys and sears and they cant proceed without a clear picture of whats next for those stores. Big neighbors on both sides of you are making plans about their property, a lot of infrastructure, access coordination, we still will have a hotel along the frontage, might move around a little bit. But theres a hotel coming. U. P. Twopment has invest issed 20 Million Dollars in addition of this Dicks Sporting Goods among other things. Well, you may have already seen the pictures of this welldressed gator. On a bike. We asked wildlife officials why its owner could be forced to give him up. His name is rambo, after more than a decade. Ucf downtown campus is moving forward, it has state funding. Why that new project has paramour residents worried. Weve had dry weather for your outdoor activity, certainly hot weather, too, but clouds moving in, rain follows and big youre watching channel 9 Eyewitness News at 6 00 with bob opsahl, martha sugalski, and certified chief meteorologist tom terry. Covering orngs ucfs plans like a done deal, but not everyone is celebrating. Michael spoke with residents who live just west of i4, and michael, some of them are worried several Major Projects will slowly force them from their community. Reporter the new campus is not expected to displace any residents. Today, we walked in the neighborhood to find out where residents stand on their future neighborhood, the university of central florida. We first met allen lee. Its not for this type of environment neighborhood. Reporter the governor said yesterday, he wont veto the state funding the University Needs to get the project going. On top of that, a new soccer stadium is taking shape a few blocks away in paramour and so is a new school. And eventually the Orlando Magic entertainment complex. Its going to push a lot of people away from this neighborhood. Reporter supporters say the add jobs, and improve the look of the neighborhood. But activists residents will benefit from the changes. Do the accountability. Mow people do get jobs. Reporter ucf tells me theyre fully aware of the concerns, the school wants this project to be for the community and has worked with local leaders to support neighbors. For example, the school plans to offer clinics and job training for residents. People growed up here, stayed over here in this neighborhood and before all of this became the beat. Reporter with orlando growing, neighbors are worried about their future here. I spoke with orlando commissioner regina hill late this afternoon over the phone, she told me despite these concerns, she thinks this new campus will provide better access for education here for the residents and hopefully better jobs. Michaela part, channel 9 Eyewitness News. One of the highest shared we cant believe this story. Only in florida, a lakeland woman is fighting giving up her alligator. She took in the 15yearold gator named rambo, after he she kisses him. She took him in after he was rekused from someone who kept closet. The reptile is part of her family. Hes like my kids. Hes one of my kids, hes always been raised like one of my kids, take him in the motorcycle, in the car, we go fishing, you know, we do everything you do with a kid. She even dresses him, hes got his own room. They watch tv together. His own pool. Im not making this up. State wildlife agents says she has the right permit to own rambo, but state law requires 2 and a half acres and he is longer than 6 feet. Investigating. Too. Orange county employees were work today, thanks to sunrail. The idea behind the promotion is to encourage more people to take sunrail. As their regular mode of transportation. Its a partnership between the office of Community EnvironmentalDevelopment Services and sunrail. More than 100 county workers said theyd give sunrail a try today. I used to take i4 into the office and ive just found it to be a fantastic addition, you know, for me. Many employees we talked to say they enjoy their commute thanks to the air conditioning and free wifi. The teen accused of trying to kill an Orange County deputy is being charged as an adult. Last month, ortiz hit Sergeant Marge ji pierce with a car. On burglary charges. Today, the state Attorneys Office filed three charges against him, including attempted murder. Pierce is recovering from a fractured foot, and a head injury. In lake county, clermont, about to undergo a massive expansion. Department in the busy four corners area. The nonprofit hospital will also expand the own emergency and surgical facilities, crews are expecting to break ground on the project this fall. In brevard county, the cargo capsule headed to the International Space station next week, is going to have an unusual mission once it drops off the su mries. From earth, scientists will set the ship on fire. To see how flames spread in weightlessness. The cargo ship will launch next week. Rather quickly. Exactly. Warm weather . Yes. Things are changing, we need some rain. Lit be cooling down. A big change here, lit be happen as we start a new season. Its not going to feel like spring, it will feel like late winter. Right now, downtown, we still have some beautiful sunshine, a little bit of smoke in the distance. Several burns across central florida, prescribed and as we dont try to avoid a big 87 in deltona. The high in orlando today, just one degree shy of a record, only 89 in daytona today. Were going the be much cooler, the weekend. So say byebye to the near 90s along the beaches for a little while. Celebration, temperatures still mild, through evening hours tonight, in the middle 60s, palm county. A lot of folks think its melbourne, no, its palm bay. 67 in the morning. Another warm day tomorrow. Isolated showers, mainly to our north. And including ocala, and can palm coast, in the afternoon. 85 deland, and another very warm 87 orlando. Now, we do have this cloud shield moving in, this is ahead of a storm system, which will be totally overhauling our weather pattern, as the High Pressure ridge thats kept all of the hot temperatures here and the dry weather will go byebye, replacing it with more active weather here. Especially by friday, saturday, and the first part of sunday. You can see tomorrow morning, low clouds, patchy fog, thursday. Ill be standing here tracking some scattered downpours, maybe a rumble of thunder to our north. Overall, about a 20 rain coverage. Friday, a couple of showers in the Early Morning hours. And then, a mix of clouds and sunshine, mostly cloudy though, not quite as warm. Late day rain moving in friday night through early saturday. Well try to salvage tomorrow, tomorrow looks good. Friday, well try to keep most of the rain out until late in the day, saturday, were going to have some issues, though, we have a front stalled to the north, abundant moisture moving in, we will have a pretty good coverage of mainly afternoon showers and a few downpours. We have had these nice weekends. Rain friday. Saturday, those showers will be pesky during the day, the first part of sunday, you can see temperatures a bit cooler also, the rain will start to move out. Replaced by quite a bit cooler and in fact, tomorrow, a couple daytona. Otherwise, a decent beach day, cooling down after that. Fiveday forecast with your weekend always in view. Side here. For tomorrow, 87, and rain moves in late in the day friday, for rain. And then monday, looks fantastic, but were kind of temperatures. Bob. Some of us dont mind. Tonight, a mother is accused of hitting a teacher at her daughters school. The mother can face a lot of jail time, just because she didnt want to show her id. Were going to have that story tonight on Eyewitness News at orlando signature event begins tomorrow modern, five of the top eight golfers in the world will be at bay hill, roy mcllroy, ranked none two in the world, played in the proam today, he finished 11th in the invitational last year. That was his first appearance at bay hill. After his round today, he called wishes he had played in the kings tournament more often. Hes a real icon of the sport, great too play at his home, and obviously, be great to win here, one day, and you know, its no better week to do it than this week. All right. In soccer, orlando citys injury report, still a little long for comfort, head coach adrian heath says ka ka. Tommy redding was named to team usas under 20 roster for the upcoming dallas cup. In the nba, Orlando Magic have lost five of the last six, road games, charlotte has won 13 of their last 16 overall. Tonight. No word yet if nick and peyton will play poth of them missed last nights home win against denver. Perfect 330 at home. Will the hosting the Golden State Warriors for college baseball, ucf hosts number 5 mime tonight, bob, martha. All right. Tonight, the Supreme Court showdown. The president names his pick. A judge who took on Timothy Mcveigh after oklahoma city. Who took on the unibomber. But no