We broke records today. Well pinpoint where its heading next, in moments. And breaking news, the woman who sued Casey Anthony and lost is now behind bars. Why deputies just arrested zanaida gonzales. Good evening, this is news 6 at 7 00, getting results. Im lisa bell. Im julie broughton. Ginger gadsden has the night off. A familys pet also barely survived an encounter with a bear. In minutes, well talk with the dad who saw his daughters beloved pet being attacked in its pen. What is being done to track down the dangerous bear. Thats a scary story. And the pig has some pretty big deep wounds there. We start with the rain. The same storm system that broke records here spawned a tornado in south florida. Right now, chief meteorologist tom sorrells and meteorologist Candace Campos is pinpointing where the rain is heading. Its going to leave changes behind, right . It will go away and end with a pretty good weekend. Its just getting there thats big scattered showers have rolled back in to central florida. Were tracking them all the way from Brevard County to osceola, to zoom in tight here, even downtown orlando. Heres kissimmee, hunters creek, all getting rain again, raining lightly to back around windemere. Hunters creek is where we pick up heavier shower action. Its raining at better than a. 1 of an inch in spots that picked up a whole lot of rain through the morning hours. Still raining lightly around windemere. Heres the country club there. Isleworth, raining at. 04 of an inch per hour there. Notice its all built back in south of the villages, within the last hour and a half. Southern Brevard County has had a bullseye on you all day. Candace will address the rainfall amounts in a moment. Just know the records that weve picked up, theyre growing. The rain keeps coming down in melbourne. Heres south patrick. Well zoom in tight right here. The area outside of cocoa beach, outside of titusville, its raining at a quarter inch per hour. Thats how much its raining now. Weve eluded to the records. Standing by in the storm tracking center, meteorologist Candace Campos. How much rain are we talking . A lot of rain. Weve seen over an inch and a half in a lot of spots around town. This breaks it down into the three main cities the National Weather service keeps an eye on, orlando, melbourne as well as Daytona Beach. You can see in orlando, over an inch and a half. If you can pull that video full. The year was set back in 1903. In melbourne, just under threequarters of an inch, the record was set back in 1993. And in Daytona Beach, a whopping 2 inches of rain. Like toms been talking about, we could see more rain throughout tonight. Later on tonight at 11 00, tom will have probably an update on all these numbers as the night progresses. But we were nice and quiet here. All we had to deal with is the rain. Check these pictures out. The National Weather Service Confirms a tornado struck south florida picking up a vehicle on this is the same system that brought us the rain, bringing them severe weather. One person was hurt in the crash. Cell phone video also shows cars toppling over in the parking lot near Broward College in Coconut Creek and were hearing of Power Outages and roof damage. Fortunately, though, no one was seriously hurt. All of that with the same system. More rain is expected tonight. Because of all this rain, dont forget, you can have breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on your phone or tablet with our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. All you need to do, very easy, just search wkmg in your app store. It is absolutely free. Candace, thank you. Its not clear if wet roads played a role, but were seeing a backup on i4 thanks to a crash. You can see there i4 east of the beachline, the right lane is blocked between sand lake road and the beachline. Youll want to avoid this area if you can. Weve got breaking news out of Osceola County now. For defamation and lost is now behind bars, arrested for stealing and using a credit card heres the mugshot just in from the Orange County jail. Gonzales was arrested today. Along with a man. They ran up nearly a thousand dollars on a credit card stolen last month from the star motel. Detectives say gonzales and the man were working there, cleaning rooms at the time. Gonzales was most recently in the news last september when a judge threw out her defamation suit against Casey Anthony who once claims zanny the nanny took little caylee. A judge ruled there was no proof casey was talking about zanaida gonzales who filed the lawsuit. Tonight a firsthand look at some really terrifying moments on the beachline expressway. News 6 got ahold of dashcam video as troopers stopped a man driving the wrong way. Two cars crashed trying to get out of his way. At f. H. P. Headquarters. Florida Highway Patrol investigators tell me this driver may not face any charges, even though he drove the wrong way for nearly eight miles. Then again, he may never drive again either. Take a look at a florida Highway Patrol dash camera catches the moment a trooper pulls over a driver heading the wrong way on the highway. You can see this man was behind the wheel. Where you coming from now, sir . Troopers say he appeared disoriented and didnt know where he was. And as you can see, he had a difficult time following the troopers commands. Investigators say wigham caused at least two crashes as he drove eight miles the wrong way. Florida Highway Patrol, can i help you . Many drivers called 911. Im on the beachline going eastbound and theres a man driving westbound on the eastbound side . Yes, sir. All the phone calls we got giving us a playbyplay so we knew where this guy was. Theyre saying wighams license needs to be reexamined. They think there may be some medical issues involved that could result in his license being revoked. His daughters showed up on the scene and they agreed not to let him have access to his vehicle. We were lucky yesterday because we were in daylight hours. There are spots along the beachline that would send out alerts when someone gets on going the wrong direction. We found out today wigham did not get on at one of those points. In this case it was really up to the callers to tell f. H. P. What was going on. Were at f. H. P. Headquarters in orlando tonight, eric sandoval, news 6. Thank you. News 6 also found out wrong way driving is becoming a really serious problem. In the last year alone, there have been nearly 300 wrongway drivers reported to f. H. P. Some were on city streets. Also developing tonight at 7 00, a new twist in a growing problem with Homeless People camped out at a Volusia County government building. After several overnight arrests, the Daytona Beach police chief is speaking out. He may have a new way to get results for the homeless. People working there and the community. News 6 reporter Justin Warmoth is there. Daytona beach police chief Mike Chitwood told me today his officers have responded to more than 200 calls for Service Since the homeless camp opened about two months ago. Now he hopes to curb some of that crime with a plan to open temporary housing. Daytona beach Police Arrested four people at this homeless camp outside the county Administration Building on beach street last night. Its another sign that the situation here is out of hand and even dangerous. In fact, our cameras caught one homeless man tearing down a sign in the parking lot and two other women appearing to come pretty close to a physical altercation. Theres two ways to handle it. Shortterm and longterm. Shortterm is what we can do before today, there was not a short or longterm solution in place. The chief Mike Chitwood says the City Attorney instructed him not to trespass or arrest the homeless for camping here because it would be illegal. There isnt a shelter for them to go to within city limits. The chief said after a meeting with city and county officials, their goal now is to create a temporary shelter nearby. The objective is to solve this problem. The city manager has been working very hard to solve it. We talked to mike and we think if we can coming up with 100 beds, we think we can resolve this situation. The city manager has been working diligently to try to get it accomplished. The devil is in the details. Well see what they coming up with. Im willing to have an open mind about it. Despite the new developments today, he still plans on protesting outside the rolex 24 race this weekend. The goal, he says, is to bring light on the Homeless Housing situation. Chief Mike Chitwood says thats not a problem. This is america. First amendment. This is america. People protest every year you have religious groups, groups about racial equality, all kinds of groups come every year to protest. Thats what america is all about. In Daytona Beach, Justin Warmoth, news 6. New information tonight in a Marion County Excessive Force case. News 6 has learned a former deputy will face federal charges. A grand jury indicted the 33yearold jesse terrell. He and four other deputies were accused of violating the civil rights of derek price in 2014. Prosecutors say they repeatedly hit and kicked price during a drug arrest. Price was left with a black eye and bruises, but has recovered. Terrell last year. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. In the last 20 minutes, sheriff chris blair called a News Conference on this case tomorrow. Well let you know what happens. Only on news 6, the florida fish and Wildlife Commission is hunting for a bear that attacked a familys pig. Theyre hoping their pet recovers in time for the fair. To get into the pen three times before finally breaking the board and the fence and attacking their 200pound show pig. Hes worried it could do more damage and now the state is investigating. My dad says you couldnt even see the pig. Chris owens says the bear attacked his daughters 200pound show pig comet monday night, leaving behind massive wounds and claw marks. He was definitely try to kill her and eat her. Owens says the bear was determined to get into the pigs pen. It tried several times to climb over the fence before finally breaking it down. Owens father heard the squeals and ran outside and saw what he described as a 7foot, 500pound bear pinning down the pig. He was laying on top of her with his mouth right on the back of her neck. Owens father scared the bear off. Florida fish and wildlife Officials Say it could have been there because of the familys unsecured dumpster. Even the trapper said hes never seen Something Like this owens is worried if a bear could cause this much damage to a large pig, it could also hurt other pets and people who live in the community. People need to know that there might be a dangerous animal this in the area. Owens says comet is part of their family, adding the attack was terrifying and stressful. Theyre keeping a close eye on her as she recovers. F. W. C. Set up a camera to catch the bear if it comes back and loaned them an electric fence. Shes still alive. The doc thinks she has a good chance to make it if the infection doesnt get her. Its going to be a daybyday process with her. Poor comet. The florida fish and wildlife gave the family a warning about the unsecured dumpster and they set up a trap for the bear. And there was a different encounter in south florida, one she woke up with this unusual animal curled up with her like a pet cat. What it is and the new information on where it came from, in minutes. Shell never be forgotten and were going to make sure deaths like hers never happen again. Months after a ucf student was killed in a crash, other students hit the road to get results in tallahassee. What they want lawmakers to pass to make others safe on the road. Dont forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. Just search wkmg in your app store. Streaming live on facebook. All right. Were following breaking news right now in the sanford area. Youre looking live where a sunrail train has struck a car that was on the tracks at monroe street. There were no passengers on the train at the time. It was heading south from de bary. Were hearing that no one was seriously hurt in this on the train or in the car. But due to the crash, another sunrail train is stuck at the station in sanford. 30 people are on that train. But theyre all safe. They will likely be a little delayed tonight. Tonight, some ucf students are in tallahassee, hoping to get results for all of us with a on highways. Their lobbying for chloes law named after a 21yearold woman who died last year when she fell asleep and crashed into a retention pond off the 408. It will require more guardrails near state roads and bodies of water. Its not a reason to not pass it. Were going to make sure deaths like hers never happens again. The law is up for debate tomorrow in tallahassee. State lawmakers may give schools the option to drop the controversial florida comprehensive assessment test. The bill would allow alternative tests like the s. A. T. And a. C. T. For their yearly exams. The bill cleared a senate panel yesterday. A south florida unusual animal encounter is going viral tonight. Take a look. Imagine waking up in the middle guy curled up on your chest. Its a little cute and its something that gave a 99yearold miami woman the scare of her life yesterday. A veterinarian explains how it happened. The lady was sound asleep. And she feels something on her chest and she slowly wakes up and realizes that theres an animal curled up, sleeping on her chest. I dont know. I guess her First Impression was it might be a cat. But when they both got a look at out. The lady screamed. The animal took off and went into her attic. The woman called her daughter and a friend for help. They used a Youtube Video to lure the animal out of the attic. It may look like a monkey, but its actually in the raccoon family and lives in the rain forest of south america. This one was another womans pet. It escaped from a temporary cage it really does have an adorable little face. Its very cute. You dont want to wake up on you in the middle of the night. Its really cute. I read the animal could be vicious. That one didnt look vicious. That one is used to being a pet. Apparently. All curled up and snuggly. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is joining us now. Last night, you almost wanted to get under the covers and snuggle. In palatka, there was an inch of rain in the rain gauge early today. And tavares got 2. 7 inches. Thats a lot of rain. I heard from charlie in pine hills who had more than 2 inches of rain today. Al berry in leesburg called in today with 2. 1, all because of cloud cover like this in orlando. Its been great, gloomy and really wet all day long. Storm pins is available in your app store for free. Me your photos. Tracking some rain across central florida. Well talk about overnight lows. 63 is how we did this morning. 58 in gainesville. 63 in orlando and 64 in cocoa beach and 62 in Daytona Beach. How did we rebound . Only back to 67, oddly enough, because of all the rain weve already showed you. 67 was the daytime high. Its a fourdegree split between the low this morning and the high this afternoon. And now, weve only dropped off 1 degree from the daytime high. Were holding at 66 in orlando. 63 does it in ocala. And 61 in palm coast. 24 hours ago, we were only 1 degree warmer than we are now. Thats going to be weird as we go into the night tonight because were not going to drop much. Were going to hang in the 60s all the way through most of the night. Tomorrow, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being awesome, tomorrows ill give it a 6. Today was about a 5. A 6 tomorrow on the sorrells scale. Tomorrow the rain keeps coming. Periods of heavy rain, although i dont think it will be a tomorrow is this much better. Well bump that number up 1, to 6. The water vapor loop, thats all the moisture, the blue and white, the dark and black and oranges, thats the dry air. Theres no dry air aloft until you get back to memphis. All this moisture has to come through. Tracking the arrival of the heavy showers rolling through here tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, 8 a. M. , decent start to the day. Look how quickly it all comes back as the frontal zone approaches. By lunchtime tomorrow, meteorologist troy bridges will be here tracking that. Through central florida. A line of activity from orlando to kissimmee, out to the east, a reinforcing shot with the actual front coming through at 4 p. M. And then by sunset, hey, weve turned the corner. By midnight tomorrow night into friday, its all good. Clearing up and cooling down. Lows tonight, going 61 in new smyrna beach. 62 in titusville and the overnight low in orlando is 61. Heres tomorrow. The daytime high tomorrow struggles back to about 70 with an 80 chance of rain. The high on friday is 67. The rain is out of here. So tomorrow is one more active day before we rattle off about five great days in a row. Looks good. Brandnew model run coming up tonight at 11 00. See you there. Thank you, tom. The first primary vote is just days away. And Stephen Colbert is ready for the iowa caucuses. I have election fever. I think thats what it is. Every time i think about the candidates, i get a little queasy. Stephen colbert says all of the president ial candidates may tonight at 11 00, a new yearss resolution you may not have expected. An annual spike in divorce filings. Every january, mike holfeld change those trends, at 11 00. And after the news at 11 00, stay tuned for the late show with Stephen Colbert. Stephen colbert says all the candidates may want to copy Bernie Sanders ad. That is a blatant attempt to manipulate our emotions. And it worked. Senator sanders is looking to mobilize a new generation of voters and nothing says youth vote like a song from 1965. Paul simon has a huge catalog of immortal songs. Candidate. Everyone would love to see governor Chris Christie put out an ad with bridge over troubled waters. Martin omalley is not getting a lot of News Coverage these days, maybe the sound of silence would be fitting. 2 , so probably homeward bound. And donald trump, im going to say diamonds on the soles of your shoes. No, wait a second, still crazy after all these years. Tonight, colbert welcomes the star of the new movie the finest hours, chris pine. He got me, man. He made me laugh. Were tracking radar and rain into the night and through the day tomorrow. Ill have details at 11 00. Thank you, tom. In this line of work only the freshest ingredients make the cut its important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. Especially for this food critic. Publix bakery scratch made bread so you can serve it with some publix. Where shopping
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