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A disabled bus were watching busch boulevard westbound before nebraska avenue one lanics blocked. You could see minor delays heading that way. To a develop story now 8 04. Two teens, two guns, two scary situation for Hillsborough County school district. First, Plant High School was put on a modified lockdown after tampa police got a call about a vague threat on campus. Police searched parking lot and school. They found a gun. Ammunition, and a knife in a carta belonged to 18yearold stratton patterson. An avid hunter and member of the hunting club. Honest mistake he went hunting and forget to take everything out of his car it doesnt matter in end he is still being charged with a two counts of possession of a firearm on school property. And remember there is zero tolerance policy. The other incident happened earlier in morning on school bus. The detectives say a 18yearold jamar cuss sims was on a bus headed to a Brandon Alternative School when another student saw him load a nine millimeter handguns. He hid the gun and ski mask a few seats behind bus driver. Witness texted a relative that a called 911 that call led to a deputy to sims and weapon. Hes now facing two charges of Marijuana Possession and weapons charges. 8 05. To maryland a man shoots and kills two deputies in cold blood were learning shooter had warrant out for his arrest in central florida. It all happened a busy Shopping Center in Hartford County north baltimore. One deputies was shot in head middle of busy restaurant. Out with a gunman identified 67yearold david evans. Evans was later skilled. He had an outstanding warrants in maryland and florida. Flags will be flown half staff across maryland in honor of those two veteran deputies. After nearly five days on run a fugitive accused of trying to run over a pasco county sheriffs deputy is behind bars williams arrested yesterday Seminole County last saturday investigators say deputies tried to arrest him on multiple known charges. Thats when he put car in reverse and accelerated toward one of them. Got away. Hes currently being held in Seminole County jail. The deputy was not hurt. This appears to glass art from the chihuly mystery but the reappearance is just a boggling. Someone boxed up sculpture and left it outside the arts center a day after it disappeared. Well, Surveillance Video shows to another man. Man sending next to limb mo was not any any trouble police want to talk to him and hope he can the link link to to whoever stole al sculpture appear childs bike was stolen right in front of his cool but all wasnt lost. Some officers got to go to help replace it. That this morning good day good deed he got quite surprise and his bike was gone. Well some officers heard what happened and decided to help. Yesterday the Pinellas ParkCommunity Policing unity donated some new wheels to help him get around and restore a little faith. They were even on hand to watch them take it for a spin. A little love without all that sugar. We have healthier alternatives for your little valentines day. What this man is accused of a doing and why he may not be smiling so much after hes caught. First Charley Belcher stopping to smell the, what are you smelling . Or kids . Or kids. Yeah orchids all the time. Shelby garden ares sarasota. A cool thing about orchids they come in so many different shapes and sizes or smells or odors. We do the smelling they do odoring. Theres another example of orchid right there. Really just now setting up the show. Right there behind us setting up the show. It doesnt start until sunday. Valentines day. Orchids we will get welcome back. You know that time of year when our kids are trading valentines with they come home and on a sugar high. This morning we have some treat ideas that still full of fun but also healthier. Plus, you can make them with your kids. Okay. So first up, who doesnt love goldfish, right . Thats fill up baggy that is im like, hook, line or sink other or youre a great catch. Probably less expensive than buying bags of candy too. Yeah. And the best part about this is there some creative ways to put it a little more fun. Good for us parents when we try toic keep it fresh. How about speaking of fresh, some fresh fruit bananas for you. Yeah. Youre the apple of my eye. Right . Thats very cute. We make a great pair. Wed been grape together. Grape together. That one is really great. I like that. You can also fill baggies with trail mix salty and sweet treat for the kids. Oh, and they are saying that you can write what do we have here youre a trail blazer. Thats clever. But for older valentines im hot on your trail. See. Make a little steamy. Some popcorn, fill some bags up with the popcorn, for Valentines Day Party at your i just take a picture and sent to jim. Surprise your valentine on sunday night while youre watching a movie. A great way to surprise him and i love you corn ball. All right. Last week. Buy though little cups of apple sauce were having prompter issues, but yes. Apple sauce, add a note for i dont valentines day youre awesome sauce. Ive heard term but i never would have thought it with apple sauce. Very cute. You kids are going what . What are the m ms in the trail mix. You can sneak in some heel kneeier stuff make them laugh. Maybe make they will roll their healthy stuff. All right. We will get over to dave right now with a look at the forecast. Good morning. Id be afraid the kid would throw the it back at me. Theres that. That is cute. Usf marine science camera showing just a brilliant and i mean, we need all the sunshine we can get this morning. Because it is so chilly. It just looks cold. Tampa cam, when we have clear skies and temperatures this morning starting their recovery and lakeland, got down to mid 30s. And ill bet, many people waking up in the trying to do a little bit of that frost scraping off the windshield. Which will take care of itself soon by the way there cans degrees still in new tampa. 37 in plant city. 41 in westchase. 45 in palm harbor. Notice right around freezing mark still, brooksville, to inverness crystal river. They spent several hours or slightly below 32 degrees this morning up in citrus county. Low to mid 40s from bradenton southward through inglewood. Again still stubborn 30s. Bartow 34. Haines city at 39. Sebring at 39 degrees as well. We will continue to frost as freeze warning for hernando citrus and sumter counties. I expect and typically during good day, during eight and 9 oclock a bit of a bump, jump up if you will in temperatures. So it should be nice. That will be it. As far as the real cold, cold stuff goes. Were going to have chilly mornings. But we will start a warming trend. And start it today. Yesterdays high were only in the upper 50s. We were some like 14 degrees below normal yesterday for High Temperatures. Today. But with full sunshine, High Pressure in control, north northeast winds at least we make it back up into the mid 60s. A tons of sunshine and 64 for a high this afternoon. Tonight, starry skies, jacket weather again. It wont quite as cold as tomorrow morning. But 48 degrees in tampa area. Lower 40s inland and north. And more sunshine, what a great friday afternoon we have for you. Got High Temperature running close to 69 degrees for a High Temperature. And enjoy it. We still have a bit of a rip current issue. Winds and seas are calming down to point where i can actually put light chop for today. I like that upper 60s for highs friday, saturday and sunday. We make it to lower 70s. Then it looks like some rain comes through monday into tuesday. Good morning, vanessa. Good morning, dave new crash were following with lane blockage in minor delays. Youll want to plan maybe a couple extra minutes here north 56 the street and sligh avenue in tampa. As i mentioned before nothing serious in the way of delays. But were seeing some slow downs all directions through that intersection. Speaking of slow downs it a little a little bit slow i4 westbound 75 to 275 in red here an 18 minute ride weve lighten back ozone 14 minutes for fletcher in Pinellas County area along 275, 21 minutes is your ride if youre coming from 175 heading across the Howard Franklin bridge. Facing the real possibility of a brokered convention. Where no candidate has enough delegates to win the nomination. Coming up at 9 were going to talk political an analyst Craig Patrick about what would happen in that case. Fun to watch. Fun to watch. And a nature at its most awesome. Daddy long legs takes on one most poisonous snakes in world. Well show you pictures of the spiders. Then roses are red, vial et cetera are blue. But dont forget orchids which comes in every hue. You like that . I like it charley shows off gorgeous colorful flowers coming up next. Live outdoors as comfortably, and as fashionably, as indoors. Havertys has everything you need to find the right fit for your personal style stunning room settings to refresh your patio, sunroom or lanai. Choose a look and accessorize with rugs, lamps, pillows and more to bring your Outdoor Vision to life. Celebrate with us during our president s day sale. Everythings on sale. Plus enjoy thirtysix month, no interest financing. There has to be a way. Carry the centimeter, divide by 3. 14 something something something. [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad and now the name your price tool shows people policy options to help fit their budget. Is that a true story . Yeah people really do save an average of over 500 when they switch. I mean about you inventing it. I invented the story, and isnt that what really matters . Look at that you have one of those 3 d tvs at home enjoy. Did anybody buy those . I think a few people did. Was that an 80s thing. Flooe d tvs they are popular for like three months. Im Charley Belcher sell bee gardens to be exact getting ready for orchid show that kicks goes through march 27th. Were talking within gel assistant director of horticulture. This guy that knows everything about every plant here. 20 thousand different plants. And you know about all of them. You were one that explained to me we get vanilla from an orchid or didnt know that i look really smart on tv because of you angel. And actually we call a vanilla bean, its a pod, a seed pod. Particles we love on our desserts, thats their seeds. Thats pretty cool. From an orchid. We will talk about a couple different varieties. Because i mean, its almost endless. Exactly that. Exactly that. What is this i have in my hand here . Sweet scent or baby a lot of people call it smells exactly like chocolate. It does smell like chocolate. Does it taste like chocolate . Can you eat orchids you definitely can. Flowers of orchids are definitely edible. Like a scratch and sniff. You can do it. Scratch and sniff i would try to taste it, never tasted like what it smelled like. No, not at all. People will be should beed to find out that tiny little thing is an orchid. Cool part about orchid family diversity. This is a jewel orchid. Very small little orchid from belize. A huge name for a small plant that amazing floral arrangements. Very small, miniature. Actual orchid is bloom the whole thing is flower. Right. Perfect example of an epphyte. And, it can what that means if in last hour we talked about epphyte it goes on Something Else without hurting it. Thats whan epphyte. Selfie wall. Flower shovels evolved like Everything Else in Society Today heaven forbid we dont have selfie wall. Weve althoughed of fun from it being blank and lush orchids. What kind of orchid that is . Very common 234 our trade. A great indoor plant. You dont have greenhouse a type of orchid that you want to grow in ror house. How about these . Amazing. Whats that called. Grow. They require a lot of water a little higher light. But, you know you can do it especially here in florida. Especially here in southwest florida. You know what i keep thinking about the poor people that are segment because they are live typing closed captioning. And, going to be hard. I know. We should throw out. Oops. Turn on your closed captioning at home. They do a great job by the way service. So sorry were making it rough on you today. Angel thank you very much. Orchid show starts this sunday, valentines day goes through march 27th. Plenty more to explore. And we have a good day in the garden. Just so you know i looked, it says blah blah blah. They hate me. They say that for most of my segments. And belcher goes on and on and on. Well see you later. Okay. All right. Brush up on your latin. Career first baby later. More women or make that choice. Coming up 8 45 dr. Jo will talk about whether 35 is really consider ad high risk age any the new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. From tampa bays number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. Well you probably busy with your taxes right now. It that time of year but scammers are busy too waiting to pounce on your refund. Polk county Sheriffs Office warning us about a scam. It appears to be pretty widespread throughout the bay area. Shayla reeves has that for us right now. Russell. Already the polk county Sheriffs Office is receiving complaints about those irs telephone scams. Irs described them a sophisticated aggressive target taxpayers and recent immigrants. So right now im here with carrie here with polk county Sheriffs Office. Can you talk a little bit about some the signs that people should look for if they receive one of these calls . First of and foremost were reminding residents that irs never ever makes phone calls or emails anyone about their taxes pep communicate only via u. S. Mail. Of scam. In these kinds of situation Law Enforcement would never give you call on behalf of irs. Thats another scam. And thats another commonality between irs scam and other scams where youre being threatened by Law Enforcement to pay up or you have a warrant issued for your arrest. And these scammer, as irs mentioned sophisticated aggressive some of the things they may utilize as far as tactics include using fake names or even fake irs badge numbers correct. Also, they are able to a spoof phone numbers so it looks like coming into your phone from the irs or from a government agency. So thats you know, one indication weve always told people unknown number be ware. That doesnt apply any more they are sophisticated they are spoofing real numbers. They are giving out what people think are badge numbers. Irs names, even your the last four of your social. And in addition to that, you may get some bogus emails or even in some cases they might use background noise to imitate some to give you the impression this is a legitimate phone call. Right. We always tell people, you know first you never give out personal information over the phone. You senl dont send money to anybody you dont know. Some someone being aggressive thats biggest red flag there is nobody should aggressively trying to get them to send you money. Some things quickly before we go that, that call recipients are threatened with anything from jail time to your driver license being revoked deportation sometimes suspension of a business licenses, correct . Correct. And they use all kinds of aggressive scare tactics to try to get money out of people. Unfortunately sometimes elderly do fall prey to those were telling residents to remind elderly relatives about the scams too. Sometimes they are not on social media they this see warning we all right thank you so much for your time. Again if you become the victim of this type of scam or youre concerned that someone you know might have been a victim of an irs scam of course report this information to the irs or good advice this morning thank you, shayla. New this morning u. S. Customs officials want to warn you about a new something willing scheme criminals are conning elderly people into trafficking drugs to other countries. But drewing mules have no idea whatter this doing. Officials say they were contacted through social media and telemarketing with promises of inheritance or business opportunity. And they are told they need to meet with the lawyer in a different country. Then ask to take seemingly harmless items like picture frames, wooden hangers or chocolates. Those items actually have meth cocaine, ecstacy and heroin packed inside. And investigators have stopped nearly 150 elderly people from unknowingly trafficking these drugs. But they belief that more than 30 victims are behind bars overseas because of this scheme. One of the victims was a 74yearold man from lakeland. He spent 18 months in a new zealand jail before being released. Name may be distinguishing feature that gets him arrest. Surveillance caught him very clearly stealing from a walmart. Take look at your screen. You can see what we mean. Police say that on february 2nd he walked into a walmart on cypress boulevard picked up a laptop took it into a different department, and out of the box and some point he puts his hair up in ponytail changing his look a little bit and left the store with laptop he got into white chevy truck with black utility rack and he took off. Crime stopp