Transcripts For WFTV Eyewitness News Noon 20160219 : vimars

Suspect into custody. Were live to get the scene and you just spoke with someone who says he was in the same house as the suspect. He did, but a strange thing. He doesnt really know him. It appears the house behind me where the conflict began is sort of a room to room rental here so he says he really didnt know this 15yearold but has seen him come and go from the house. The confrontation began writing frontier at some point. Point. This is where the deputy was injured. He sped away in his car and marci pierce. She ended up on the hood of his car and then rolled off the car as the suspect sped away, injuring her head and a number of other parts of her body. Shes in the hospital right now moments. We understand the we have a picture of this 15yearold his name is john juan carlos ortiz. He and that pierce and a probation officer were trying to take him into custody for crimes he was wanted for. He did not want to cooperate and the sheriff says he deliberately ran down the sergeant. All morning deputies and officers from various agencies have been searching for him and the small white car he was driving. We believe it to be a honda. They have a number of vehicles like that in the area but have not located the car involved. They heard the event from blocks away. It sounded like nascar, tires squealing. Like a highspeed chase. We understand they are considering the suspect dangerous. They said he has a violent track record including other altercations with officers, so they are looking for the sheriff jerry dimming spoke outside Orlando Regional Medical Center about the ongoing search for the 15year old suspect. Janai norman posted updates on twitter as the sheriff spoke. He says several agencies are now. Reporter vanessa, right now sergeant marci pierce is still recovering at omc but the sheriff told us state troopers and Orlando Police have now joined his deputies in hunting down the suspect, 15yearold juan carlos ortiz. This is sergeant marci pierce we learned has been with the Orange County Sheriffs Office for more than two decades. Sheriff deming says shes still in good spirits despite the injuries she got a few hours ago. She dismounted from the vehicle and received a significant head injury as well as apparently injuries to her now the search is on for this 15yearold. Sergeant pierce and a juvenile probation officer were looking to pick him up on four juvenile pick up orders, the equivalent of warrants. They say ortiz was behind the wheel of a white honda hatchback with black rims when he allegedly rams his engine intentionally running over sergeant pierce. He has somewhat of a violent history including interactions with Law Enforcement. We found out last october 15 charges of aggravated assault on a Law Enforcement officer, fleeing armed burglary, two grand theft charges and trespass. Now hes in even more trouble wanted for more trouble wanted for assaulting a police officer. Thats really the sad part of this 15 years old, already been in trouble with the law, and again today. Reporter the sheriff says and will work with the state Attorneys Office to make sure the that ortiz is prosecuted appropriately although when i asked he couldnt say whether the team would be charged as an adult the teenager would be charged as an adult. But again they believe hes in a white honda hatchback with black rims. Janai norman, channel 9 Eyewitness News. The search for a missing newborn girl police say was abandoned by her mother has now moved to an orlando pond. Its been nearly 4 days since Police Believe woman a woman gave birth in a parking lot. The babys mother Susan Richardson is in jail and cooperating with the investigation. Janine reyes is there and you spoke to people who were worried for this baby, even before she was born. Marty, one woman stood with me right here along this crime scene tape the police just put up this morning, watching and not be found in this water. Its a disgrace. This is ridiculous. He works at this body shop and right outside his door orange counties dive team geared up to go into this body of water searching on day five for baby willow. His workers would often see Susan Richardson begging for money on at the 7eleven just across the street from the retention pond. We told you thursday clerks at the store suggested investigators combed the pond. Neighbors also thought it would be a good place to look. Its a pond over there they should be checking all back up in their. Robin rountree would see brexton in this area all the time. How often would you see her here . Just about every day. She gave birth monday. Rountree called the mother over and offered to help. She asked me for a dollar and she i gave her a dollar and she left. Two men on boats skimmed this pond and told me its only about 4 feet deep. Meanwhile robin just prayed. Just praying that the baby is not in the pond. As you can see, this is a meticulous process for the dive team. They are taking one small step at a time in a line out there in the water, and we have seen them pull up tires, vegetation even trash, but so far no sign of baby willow. Of course we will stay out here and keep you updated online. We will have the very latest at 4 00. For now live and Orlando Janine Reyes Eyewitness News. The man accused of murdering his wife and two children with withdrew their demand for a speedy trial. Only after the judge said he the lawyer did by force because he didnt want to leave his jail cell. The lawyer told the judge he can voluntarily but hes accused of killing ms. Juarez and her two children. His trial has been on hold as these are real people, real lives are being affected by whats going on but this is happening all over the state. No date has been set for his trial yet. His next hearing is on the 29th. Its a mild afternoon across Central Florida. Even warmer weather headed this way for the weekend. Brian shields is tracking the latest from Severe Weather center nines. Yes we Severe Weather center 9. Yes into this afternoon very pleasant temperatures, 74 for the high. Partly cloudy skies and we will see more clouds along the coast because of that onshore wind that is with us. Temperatures first you see the 70s around already. And 71 at Daytona Beach, waiting for weeks to come in at the readings to come in at the top of the hour. Theres the breeze keeping us cooler at the coast. Not as windy as yesterday but still 17th mileperhour winds over toward titusville. Some of the guests will be over 40 mi. h. We get that onshore flow and it works in that marine layer and you see some of those clouds filtering in. Especially flagler, volusia and bernard. Warmer inland with more sunshine. We will take you through the great through the day. 70 degrees at 2 00, maybe breaks in the sun and clouds rolling in but you will stay near 70 this afternoon intercoastal sections. Mid60s by the time we hit 6 00 and just after that tonight we clear out further. Coming up though we track that weekend, and an 80 degree weather returns to the forecast. Marty . All right in you can always track the warmer weather for yourself at wftv. Com whether. weather. We pray this breaking news yesterday after a worker found a piece of a human skull and called deputies. Kimberly eaton has been following the search today and kimberly, outside the woods investigators are looking for missing persons cases through missing persons cases as well. It could take months but they believe they found out link between the bones found in these woods and a missing persons case from 2014. They just ran depth of the day looking for the rough rest of the remains and indicators like clothing could help that could help indicate the persons identity. Its more than 24 hours since they started searching on red drawn don drive. Investigators may already have missing person. It will take testing in time before they can confirm and identity but a deputy told Eyewitness News there are indicators that they found this man, adolph gray. The 56yearold man vanished after leaving Volusia County jail in august 2014. He was considered a transient and has been arrested on misdemeanor. He may have left the jail a quarter of a mile away from todays search site and wandered into the woods. The same area where our records show but it wasnt until yesterday when a surveyor found a piece of the human skull that they again canvassed the area. Since then they have focused in on a spot about 300 feet into the woods and under feet of water, where they could find more evidence that links to gray. Until then the official word from Volusia County Sheriffs Office is that the identity of the remains is still unknown at again in the last few minutes those search efforts wrapped up for the day. I asked investigators if they had any indication as to what caused the death of the person found in the woods and they said its still too early to live and Volusia County Kimberly Eaton Eyewitness News channel 9. Two brothers murdered in orlando on super bowl sunday and the killer is still on the streets. The new push by police and family to find the gunman. And how trump defended himself against the pope. And we will warm up this week. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. Hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. 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Thousands of mourners are paint paying respects to Justice Anthony Antonine Scalia who died last weekend. The courts great hall this afternoon. And Stephanie Ramos reports president barack obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are among those ordering him today. Honoring him today. Justice Anthony Scalia is mourning her Nations Capital today. Court Police Serving as pallbearers and former law clerks serving as honorary pallbearers. The cost get carried casket slowly brought up the Supreme Court steps to lie in repose in the great hall of the court. On the same pedestal that held lincoln. One of the great rooms of washington, somber but filled with light. Inside, the justices standing in the order in which they sit on the Supreme Court bench. Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom his son who was a priest, father paul scalia offering a prayer. In your wisdom you have called your servant antonine a native, and icon and the first italian on the high court in the longestserving justice. The anchor of the conservative wing of the court and his sudden death marked by republicans and democrats alike. He influenced a generation of judges and lawyers and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. Justice scalia was a and american hell. He was a an american hero. And a justice of the law. Friends as well as president obama and the first lady will pay their respects today inside the building where he built a legacy. After the private ceremony this morning the public viewing began. It can be viewed by mourners until 8 00 tonight. The funeral is set for tomorrow and washington dc in washington dc. Vice president by the biden will attend the funeral. Stephanie ramos abc news. Theres confirmation today that pulitzer prizewinning has died. The author is best known for writing to kill a mockingbird. He quickly became a classic of american modern literature. Last year lee published the manuscript for a set a second novel. Great movie, great book. They are hoping a pilot will be able to tell them exactly went wrong to cause a health tourist helicopter to crash into the water new pearl harbor. Take a look at that video. You can see just short of landing and then it rolled over. This happened yesterday morning near the uss arizona memorial at pearl harbor hawaii. The family of four and the pilot were on board at the time. Eyewitnesses jumped into the water and helped pull the victims to shore. They said their somebodys their 70 still near crap so i dont through from the pilots side in the back seat and saw them and then saw the seatbelt was twisted so its everyone survived but a passenger is in critical condition. The National Transportation safety board is investigating a bystander say the last thing they heard was the chopper stuttering and then two loud bangs right before it crashed. The International Space station just took out the garbage. Astronauts released this capsule today loaded with 3000 pounds of trash. The capsule was released while it was flying over bolivia. It will reenter the atmosphere and burn a policy over the ocean sometime tomorrow. Any minute now they are expected to unleash a new version of its rocket. Unveil a new version of its rocket. The space. Officials with version galactic say once you reach the fringes you experience weightlessness and a fantastic view of the earth below. As it released itself its like an overthetop roller falling feeling in the pit of your stomach. The plan comes as the company prepares to resume testing for the First Time Since a 2014 accident killed one of two pilots on board. Thats an interesting description of what to expect. Is that supposed to get you to want to do it . Its interesting. They dont have to do what they dont have to do much to get me to not do it. [laughter] great weekend ahead and the speedway of course with the 500 races going on this evening. Well get into that. Theres a look and Volusia County, Daytona Beach. And a few more clouds along the coast. Wind winds out of the east at 11 mi. h. A couple 70s along the coast. A few spots with a little bit of extra call cloud cover. But there are the winds coming and that means you see some of that building inland. A little more sun and some of the clouds are making a run toward i70 knife 75. Cant rule out a chance of a sprinkle. Otherwise mainly cloudy conditions. 72 in ocala. 3 00 today on future track you see again more clouds most of that staying offshore and mainly dry for any afternoon and evening plans. The next best of chance of rain doesnt arrive until tuesday. Storms on tuesday and that will eventually coolest down wednesday into thursday, but until then we will gradually warm up. You see the numbers, if you 60s. Elsewhere at least touching 70 in most locations. Tonight 54 Waterford Lakes in at 5 to 10. That will keep us in the 60s in Brevard County and then 77 in clermont, and 74 degrees in deland. Dont forget i mentioned a ton going on this weekend. Download the all new ic florida app. I put a forecast on her for all the events going on across Central Florida, specific for you. Be sure to check that out. All right the fiveday forecast with the weekend always in view in view. We touch about 80 on monday clouds increase ahead of the next storm system and then we marty . All right a boy committed crimes that were supposed to put him behind bars for life but he ended up getting out. What hes doing now with his s Central Florida family says they lost thousands to a roofer who allegedly took their money but didnt do the work. In april 2014 she found a woods it a website with a Roofing Company who promised to build her roof in two weeks. He took 4000 but then stopped answering her phone calls. Thats when they realized he didnt have a contractors license. Nearly 2 years later he faces charges for grand theft and contracting without a license. Yes i am glad they caught up with him and hes arrested. Were happy for that. Contractors are required to put their license number on construction permits. We put a link on the website to check a license at wftv. Com links. Yesterday we told you that Stephen Somerville had just for a case that dates back to 1995. Seminole county says he several years. The victim came forward a few years ago but didnt decide to press charges until this month. They dont believe there are any other victims. Covering Osceola County we will be checking with the School District to see if there will be extra security at the monday. Theres no school today for Osceola County students but there have been several fights at the school this week. A student recorded this fight in the locker room. Another vide