right now on news channel 8, first at 4:00. now four headlines at 4:00, number one, a close call that could have been much worse, a 16-year-old attacked on the way to her bus op. number two, a rally in suofthese people worry it coul illegal. and number three, the state's response to hurricane hermine is under new scrutiny. the governor wants to find ways to do it better next time. > here's number four: >> hundreds of tattoo artists come from all over the world for tampa's tattoo art convention. i'll introduce you to some of the local talent, coming up. this is first at 4:00. >> we want to start with

afternoon. a deadly accident on interstate 4 that's causing big traffic problems for you this afternoon. let's send it to paul in eagle 8 hd. he has the latest, paul? >> reporter: good news, i can tell you at least two of the eastbound lanes of i-4 have been opened. now, where this accident is, let me set the stage for you, it's between dr. martin luther king jr. boulevard and the 301 exit. almost to the fairgrounds. and if i push in, it involves investigators are scouring over trying to figure out what happened. and if i move the camera up this way, and this white semi- truck. the front right side of the semi-truck is bashed up. the two must have collided at some point. but right now, it's a fatal accident. so there is an investigation ongoing. two lanes of the road are open. but it's very a very slow go through out of downtown, really slow as they investigate

thank you for the update. a young bradenton girl was attacked and robbed on the way to the bus stop. >> reporter: good afternoon, the 16-year-old didn't want to reveal her identity. she still is really rattled by this scary experience. shortly after 6:00 this morning, the girl was walking to her bus stop when a strae grabbed her backpack. >> he grabbed my backpack, he tackled me to clothes off. i was afraid i was going to die. >> reporter: as a car passed by, the man got up, took her phone and ran off. the girl's going to be okay. officials want to find this mysterious attacker. the manatee county sheriff's office plans to have deputies near the bus stop for the week. if you have information, call crime stoppers, john rogers, news channel 8. a man helped tie through

wearing his clothes and driving his car. we're told the suspects stole items from unlocked vehicles in lake land. they were later caught on camera using a victim's credit card at a gas station. investigators posted these photos on facebook and one of the victims saw the post and realized it was his stuff they were wearing. today a judge denied wont for devonte jefferson and sanders. they're still looking for andrew martin. protesters gathered downtown tampa hoping to keep a drug from being banned. the protesters are fans of the drug known as kretum. more than 18,000 people have signed a petition to keep it legal. now your first at 4:00

showers and storms around this afternoon. you can see the view from veterans ford. you can see all ready beginning at this location. temperatures have dropped back to 81 degrees so far. and as you take a look at the radar, across really the entire state, it looks fairly active. especially over toward the east coast, notice this counterclockwise rotation. area of low pressure to the north and east of us. moving up the east coast of florida. it's brought up rain chances, especially for the eastern half of florida. and for parts of our well. you can see extra rain today. not everyone has seen the rain. but we've seen the scattered showers and storms. you can see some of these even through our northern spots. you can see some lightning coming down just south of inverness, spotty showers in hernando county. shady hills dealing with some rain. some scattered showers over toward the brooksville dade city area. inland spots, pretty spotty at this point, frost proof dealing with rain right now.

west of fort meade. we're tracking a decent down pour in sarasota county as well. expect scattered showers and storms to continue for the rest of the evening all the way passed sunset tonight. showers and storms will be possible. we'll tell you how high rain chances will look like tomorrow fo. ng up in your fu > wh herminhit, it took a while to get the power back on and let important information. >> that response was not good enough for the governor. he's launching an effort to find solutions. here's our capitol bureau correspondent. >> reporter: a group is being assembled and will be tasked to figure out how to better respond to natural disasters following criticism of how the city of tallahassee responded to hurricane hermine. bobby bishop is assembling a task force. bishop says he's not trying to make this a blame game. >> what's the chain of command supposed to be? what are the communications

what's the prioritization of services ? >> reporter: the task force will officially be announced tomorrow. members include a former lieutenant governor, the executive director of the florida municipal electric association. and the florida commissioner of the florida energy commission. reporting in tallahassee, i'm matt gelka. maybe you're dreaming of driving a tesla, new numbers might convince you chevy is the way to turkey makes everyone feel good on thanksgiving. but one particular bird is helping spread happiness

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it's tough to get your teenagers to do a lot of things let alone save money and earn money. but it can be done. today 8 on your side has the answers. joining me now is john wax from waller and wax advisor, and raymond james, thanks for being here. i have a 15-year-old. this is important for me. we need to teach them. we're getting closer to the driving age and all those things you need money for. so you said goal setting is really key. >> you want to set a al you want to purchase, but also, it's the purpose for this, but it's also a time frame. if you don't set a time frame, they might just save a little bit of money and then think they did something good and that's it. there needs to be a sense of urgency, some goal set. some purpose for putting the money away. >> earning money once isn't going to cut it. >> because we're talking about kids that can hold down a job,

can do that. but also getting a job or helping out the neighbors, do some yard work. some babysitting. something of that sort. and then of course, you can encourage kids with some kind of an earnings for good grades, which we want them to have good grades. >> that helps with college costs. we like that. you said keep a spending diary. i'm wondering about a bank account. should they have their own bank account? >> it's great to have a bank account to learn about banking and see how it works, keep the but also keep track of the inflow and outflow. if they set this goal and use the money for something else, a spontaneous purchase, it sets back that goal. you can talk about maybe you're going to need to work more or spend less. it's all about helping them understand the right balance of spending and saving. >> as we know, teenagers and adults sometimes like to impulse buy. if you have a minor set back, you might need to readjust goals or time frames.

in life at any time. the younger generation seems to feel more fiscally restrained and adheres to saving more. i think we have a good leg up to start with. but it's good to work on practices as parents to help them be money smart. >> hopefully that goes through life. good advice. thanks john. over to you josh. animals can provide emotional support. but usually a therapy animal is a dog. but that's not the case for a woman in washington state. katie chen talks turkey wi her attention. >> she's always followed around by her pets. but one has a different strut. six months old and 30-pounds. sammy is not for eating. >> you little turkey. she took the whole thing. >> she's mary's emotional support turkey. >> a turkey can be domesticated

pain a lot and has depression. >> she keeps me going. having a turkey around just keeps things interesting in life you know. >> reporter: she can't cuddle or sit on mary's lap any more, she still loves bread, enjoys a good bath, and talks a lot. >> grandma's a little nuts any ways. >> reporter: even so, mary couldn't imagine a life ou having a turkey as a pet. now that i have her, i don't want to give her pup. >> reporter: they haven't certified her as a therapy animal but they plan to do that at the end of the year. >> under federal law any animal can be an emotional support animal. to get certified they need a prescription from a doctor. those animals can also legally ride on the airplane with owners. >> we've heard about those -- can you imagine her having that

seat? >> you have to buy the seat. >> sitting next to her, the turkey. that'd be interesting. >> what'd be your support animal if you needed or wanted one? >> i have two dogs and cats. >> probably a little dog. >> plenty of support too. two pups. >> you have dogs. let's take a look outside and get to the weather. we have a great view to show you from eagle 8 hd. we've seen scattered showers and storms around. you can see from this locaon terrace in hillsborough county. expect to see scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. inness brook throughout palm harbor, other spots have seen decent down pours coming through. winds light out of the west. here's the view from lake land. you can see darker clouds. likely showers and storms nearby. 88 degrees now. so not quite as hot today as we've seen the past couple days. rain chances have gone up.

well. we're calling for a 50% chance of storms. there's deeper moisture around. then we'll hold steady around 40% as we head into the coming weekend. in the tropics, we're tracking a few areas right now. we have tropical storm ian out in the central atlantic. and we also have invest 93, we've been watching this earlier today it had a 0% chance of development. but the nation hurricane center as of this afternoon left that to 48% as it moves north up the east coast of off the northeast coast of florida and also heavier showers and storms to the north and east as well. off the coast of africa, watching another area with a 50% chance of development over the next five days. so here's a look at ian, again, tropical storm ian, not going to cause a problem for us in the u.s. as it stays in the open ocean, a track that we like to see. for us now, invest 93 l brought in deeper moisture. you can see heavier showers and storms especially on the east

activity has been scattered throughout the day so far. you can see heavier pockets of rain. lightning near sugar mill woods. down through brook ridge, shady hills tracking isolated down pours. rain wrapping up over toward wesley chapel. light rain lingering there now. spotty showers from bartow to rolling hills. then as you head toward dundee, we're tracking down pours as well. temperatures dependant on if you've seen like in zephyr hills. 88 in bradenton. there's the tropical wave we're watching off to the north and east of us. for us this evening, the showers and storms continue. then wrapping up into the over night hours. when you wake up tomorrow morning, we'll have an on shower flow, that means we could see rain for your wednesday morning commute. especially if you live closer toward the coast. by your lunch hour, it starts to spread more inland, and we'll see scattered activity

on wednesday. and thursday it looks dryer. we'll drop our rain chances back to e way through this coming weekend. it looks very much summer like with a 40% chance of afternoon storms and highs near 90. ten huge acts will take the stage tonight in hollywood, they're the top ten finalists in this season of america's got talent. >> big night and you get to pick the mark barger gives us a preview. >> it's overwhelming. >> i think it's breathtaking. >> i've always said dream and then dream bigger and then dream again. >> half of the five finalists are singers. including a pizza delivery guy from new york. >> this is a whole new chapter in my life. there's no looking back from here. ? [ music ] ?

also harbors big dreams. >> i try to keep it simple but i mean it's the finals. >> the show is all i can think about honestly. finalists who are not singing include an amazingly flexible girl and a juggler who's the last one to make the cut. >> the excitement is bigger. the energy is bigger. and the reward might be much bigger. >> reporter: with the philadelphia eagles. >> it's unbelievable. it's a chance to win on a different aspect of my career. >> reporter: reading minds brought the clairvoyants to the finale. we also try to get finalists from mile finalist tape face but as usual he was at a loss for words. >> a little bit of everything huh? it looks pretty good.

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now let's check in with dan lucas. the bucks have the day off today. but very busy in the front office. and a new player on the team. a roster move today. signing running back, a veteran running back, rogers, it creates an interesting scenario for this buck's offense, i'll tell you why, first rogers played under buck's head coach cutter in atlanta and had some success. especially against the bucks of

four came against the bucks. so they join forces with cutter in tampa bay. but more important, this creates a great situation at running back. you have martin attop. then you have two very good pass catching runners in charles sims and rogers. there's an example right there. all right, last night the rays nearly had a little dust up with the blue jays. it happened on the final out of the game. steven suza jr. and jay's catcher had a discussion over the ray's etiquette of showing big de uninviteshti suza. >> i hit the ball good. i thought i got it. and i may have walked a little too much. i thought russ was saying something about it. which would have been on me totally. and i was saying dude i'm sorry. i thought i got it.

he actually said i thought you got it. so i said oh my bad. i walked away. troy jumped in and said things that weren't really necessary. >> cooler heads prevailed we think. tulowitzki refused to talk about the incident and shunned away reporters when asked about it again this afternoon in the clubhouse. >> does this just go away? >> i would hope so. i would hope that last night when russell martin said tulowitzki, dude, he was a little embarrassed. >> is this post season frustrations. >> the blue jays are going up against the red sox and the yankees are catching up in the al east. i can understand the pressure and stress for sure, however, today when asked about it, say something, anything, yeah, miscommunication, moving on. say something, both guys in the lineup again tonight, if the rays have a problem with it.

in baseball. plunk. we might see that. stay close. we'll be right back. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero.

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now four headlines at 4:30, number one, a big surprise in a dumpster in pittsburgh. a worker was taking out the trash when he discovered as many as 500 bricks of heroin and 25,000 individual doses right there in the garbage bin. the value of the drugs, $175,000. authoritie drug dealers. number two for the most part the streets are quiet in syria. it's the second day for a ceasefire agreement and for the most part, it's working. the russian military says only a few u.s. backed rebels have violated the ceasefire leading to six deaths and ten others being wounded. number three, china just finished construction of an amazing bridge. the suspension bridge towers

of a mile long. construction cost $150 million. number four, in the uk, you can pay with plastic even when spending cash, the bang of england released the countries first polymer bills. the five pound note is waterproof, it's expected to last for five years in circulation and be tougher to counterfeit. an update on breaking news out of hillsborough county, paul still up above a deadly didn't on i-4 that's raleigh accident on i-4 that's really slowing down traffic at this hour. are things getting better traffic wise? paul? can you hear me? >> reporter: sorry about that, stacy, you can see they're loading up this car on to the back of the tow truck. and once they get this loaded up, the traffic should be able to move over a couple lanes and pick up. but i can tell you the traffic is backed up from dr. martin luther king jr. boulevard.

malfunction junction. and as the afternoon progresses the traffic keeps backing up. it all started with this car in an accident with this truck, the truck is off the road. the patrol cars are still blocking two lanes of traffic, it's a slow go through here. you might want to avoid the area. back to you. paul reporting live from eagle 8 hd. thank you. the trump campaign is firing back against hillary clinton's deplorables remarks while clinton's health continues to >> steve is keeping track of the day's developments on the campaign trail. >> that word deplorables has so much political value now for the trump team. mike pence would not call former kkk leader and trump supporter david duke deplorable. he wants the world to remember that's the word hillary clinton used on trump supporters. in iowa, a battle ground state where he's poling first, donald

you as deplorable ander redeemable. i call you hard working american patriots. >> it was two days before hillary clinton's illness became obvious that she attacked half of trump supporters. >> what i call the basket of deplorables. >> don't blame her pneumonia. trump running mate mike pence. >> a catastrophic insult to the american people. around the country know this was a prepared speech. >> reporter: defending clinton's toughness was president obama today. >> she does not quit. she doesn't quit. she doesn't quit. >> recovering at home in chapaquah, clinton tweeted a video of trump supporting

deplorable. >> reporter: despite trump's praising of vladimir putin, trump stronger, four points behind clinton o'fallonly. in the survey monkey online pole, taken before clinton failed to disclose her pneumonia. supporters say clinton has been more transparent about health than donald trump. donald trump says he'll soon release the results of a new physical. stacy and josh, back to you on first at 4:00. so far this year, 29 children have died in the u.s. because they were left in a hot car. the most recent case or tragedy we should say, a case right here in the bay area that cost a little boy, a toddler his life. as candice mccown discovered today, psychologists say this can happen to anyone. >> reporter: good afternoon we talked to a psychologist who says there's been studies done on this. called forgotten baby syndrome. just like you might leave food or something in the car.

the car. this is following a case involving troy whitaker. a hillsborough county firefighter who's been placed on leave. on friday he apparently left his 23-month-old son lawson inside of a car around 8:00 in the morning and didn't realize he was there until eight hours later. psychologists say there's many factors that can come into play when something like this happens. >> stress really can impact your memory, your attention, your concentration, your mood. so many things stress levels. >> reporter: substance abuse might be a factor in this case. what substance might have been involved here. and what investigators will have to look into as they consider whether or not to move forward with this case, coming up in the next hour. a man who survived a pulse nightclub shooting in orlando died at a party sunday morning. deputies found christopher lying in the backyard unconscious at a home on garden lake circle in the keystone

his body showed no sign of violence. it's unclear what caused his death. he told orlando tv crews in june the flying bullets at the pulse nightclub narrowly missed him. next week the city of orlando will install a fence around the pulse nightclub. local residents will contribute art work to that fence. currently there's a barrier around the club scene. , but the new fence will secure a smaller area. this friday the orange county regional history center will ute items that have been left at the scene and place them in storage. deputies are hoping to catch a team of car burglars. four people broke into cars over night at the palms on parker point. this video isn't great. but you can see burglars there. and the car they drove away in. believed to be possibly a dark colored honda or toyota. if anything looks familiar, you're asked to call pasco deputies. and pasco deputies are also looking for the people who broke into several boats which

bailey's bluff road. four people stole items from the boats. including flares, tackle boxes, and a fire extinguisher, this happened a little more than a week ago. we're getting a look at the surveillance video. if you can help, call pasco deputies. and we're learning more about a fire at a popular south tampa restaurant. investigators say the fire at bella's italian cafe on south howard avenue started in the vent system for the pizza oven. the night and was under control by 11:20. a seminole county police dog named amber was honored at this year's missing children's ceremony in tallahassee for locating and saving a special need's child. >> it's one example of how search dogs can save lives and the reason why more k9s are helping police. >> reporter: when jimmy rice was murdered in 1995 after

homeless than two miles away, his parents firmly believed if a blood hound had been available to track him, he would have lived they set out to make that happen. each year the florida public safety institute hosts a week long trailing exercise for police dogs. this pasco county deputy hopes to improve his dog's endurance. >> he's up to six hours. really solid following the trail. we hope to get him up come from one place. >> donated from the jimmy rice foundation. >> reporter: her husband don continues the mission and there are more than 100 dogs worldwide keeping children safe. reporting from the state capitol, i'm mike. >> that competition brought a dog from as far away from michigan. >> it too was from the jimmy rice foundation. time for tomorrow's weather and track today on the 8's with

i want to talk about road work. we have holes in the roadway here. south tampa at mick dill, if you're traveling southbound, there's going to be work going on here. eastbound martin luther king, another depression here in the roadway. and it's those will both probably be there tomorrow. what's the weather looking like? >> we're going to see tropical storm around. it's going to feel humid. tomorrow morning there's a slim rain chance between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. when you're watching weather and traffic on the 8's back to you. catch lee and leslie with weather and traffic on the 8s at 4:00 a.m. do you need fresh ink? the perfect opportunity to get

anthony alred will give us a preview. school leaders claim there's no mold here. but if that's the case, 8 on your side wants to know why would they spend $15,000 to fix things up. today, i'm back at a largo house that was flooded with raw sewage by a mistake by the city. that was 33 days ago. i want to know, why is this if your kid playing school sports. you have to buy insurance whether or not you need it. we're on it tonight because you

welcome back. we all know we should get plenty of exercise. and while cardio and weight training are important, there's something else that you should add to your routine, 8 on your

pure bar. great to have you with us. it's very simple. you just need to stretch. >> exactly. when you do your intense work outs, whatever cardio work out you choose, stretch after to elongate, lean out the muscles and release tension. >> a lot of people, when they get ready to start a work out programmings you say it's important to start by stretching first. they want to jump in like i'm ready to work out and then they hurt themselves. >> yeah, you want to warm up your body to prevent injury. it's stretch, warm up and also a cool down. those two stretching aspects. and a lot of work out classes around the tampa bay area have that quick warm up and then a cool down segment that helps prepare your body so it's not getting injured. >> talk to people how important it is. if you don't have time to work out. if that's your excuse, just stretching can make you feel 100 times better. >> do it in the convenience of your home. if you have a foam roller or bands. >> which is amazing by the way.

do it in the convenience of your own home. even at work. if you work at a desk. try to work on that posture and open up the shoulders but you can always stand up and do a quick stretching break to get the blood flowing and muscles going. >> a foam roller is a foam roll and you rub your back on it to roll out the tension. how about yoga, that's popular now, people love yoga. >> yoga really has a lot benefits. mental aspect. releasing tension from your muscles, opening your hips, improving your posture, helping with other activities. whether it's cross fit, boxing, pure bar has yoga in it as well. yoga has great benefits. >> how about for the flexibility challenged where you can't touch your toes.

that are that unflexable? >> stretch everyday. every exercise you do, you're supposed to do three stretches for muscle group. if you struggle touching your toes, everyday before you go to bed, focus on getting further and further. and the more you stretch, the deeper you get into it. and you'll be able to touch your toes. i always had a goal to do a split. i finally got it. >> a split. let's slow let's just try to touch our toes. thanks for having me. we're going to head on over to julie. >> where we are not doing the splits. that sounds like a tough one. a tropical wave that we're currently trapping, that's going to bring us deep moisture. it's a going to keep it around here tomorrow as well. and it's definitely feeling like summertime. highs near 90 degrees through the rest of the week. and we're looking at decent afternoon rain chances through the end of the week and into

as we head into next week, we'll see a dry pocket roll through. at 9:00 p.m., about 80 degrees. any rain around should generally be wrapping up, at midnight, mostly dry, partly cloudy skies, warm, in up ther 70s, starting off tomorrow, mid 70s to begin with, then we'll top out in the upper 80s by the afternoon hours. so temperatures pretty close to average for this time of the year. at this point, we're still seeing some scattered showers and storms on the radar. you can see some of our inland spots. polk county tracking a line of showers and storms extending from just south of the davenport area as you head over towards bartow, just west of fort meade. tracking lightning strikes within those storms and tracking pockets of heavy rain west of the brooksville area. bushnell. at connorton and land o lakes. no rain at this location just yet. we may still see a few showers

there's that tropical wave to the north and east. for us, most of the rain will come to an end as we head into the late evening hours. the east coast of florida, up toward jacksonville. they're seeing strong and gusty winds due to that wave and seeing heavier rainfall. we haven't been effected as much today, we're on the dryer side. as we head into tomorrow morning, a few showers possible to start the day due to an on shore flow. by your lunch hour, showers and storms spread more inland. then we see scattered activity through the aften evening hours. thursday morning, a couple showers possibly. generally i think we're looking at afternoon rain chances for thursday. and rain chances start to drop back a bit as well. a little more seasonable. it feel like typical summertime weather with a 40% chance of rain. here's a look at the area of low pressure moving up the east coast of florida. you can see a little bit of the counterclockwise rotation. that spin on the visible satellite imagery, and there's a few areas in the tropics that we're watching. tropical storm ian is going to stay out at sea.

u.s. we of course have invest 93 l. it has a 40% chance of development as it continues to make its way north. and then off the coast of africa, i have another invest that we're watching that has a 50% chance of development over the next five days and then as you head off towards asia, we're watching super typhoon morontee, the strongest storm to form in 2016. max winds at 190 miles per hour. very impressive there. for us, we're looking at slightly weer again tomorrow. 50% rain chance with our rain chances tapering back to 40% through the weekend. guys ? >> and making news across america, you can find bedbugs in more places than just beds. a customer at a wal-mart in arizona says he was attacked by the biting bugs while riding on an electric shopping cart. it was that chair. he even took pictures. he says he felt the biting, turned around and discovered

electric carts out of service and moving them outside. i love this next story. an 89-year-old sharon amity man who sold popsicles out of a push card for decades can take time off thanks to an out pouring of generosity. a photo of sanchez pushing the cart around went viral. friends set up a crowd funding site hoping to bring in money to give him time off. make life easier. it ended up raising $200,000 in two days. sanchez says he plans to get some rest and buy his wife a nice present.

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>> this is actually a poem in spanish for my father. >> when it comes to tattoo artists expressing themselves, in the bay area -- >> he passed away five years ago. >> reporter: nobody does it better than the angry elephant. >> that reads my hero and my guardian, my guiding light, my father forever and always in my heart. >> reporter: to friends, family, and fans, david is betterne means sweet and crazy. and to have the skills to tattoo this naked eyeball on someone else's throat, i'd have to say shuga nut is more crazy than sweet. >> i prefer doing things that will turn heads and people will want to ask questions about. once the customer got a look, it was love at first sight. >> you know people say they have a third eye, i want to

more than noticeable. >> this is my angry elephant arm. >> the angry elephant shop owner, for him, tats are a big way he expresses himself. he's taking a team of his best artists to the convention. two artists coming in from new york. and two artists coming from indiana. >> reporter: if you're not ready to commit to expressing yourself in this uga nut promises you'll have a good time. >> if you love interesting people, you'll have your eye full. >> reporter: anthony alred news channel 8. >> are you going to go see shuga nut. >> i don't think so. tattoo-free. shocked aren't you.

the cheetah cubs drawing a lot of attention. that's when first at 4:00

>> now a look at what's trending beginning with support from hillary clinton all the way over in italy. take a look. an italian land artist created a get well card carving her likeness into a field in verona. it is a statement to hillary she has to keep going despite her physical issues. he has created portraits of president obama, and nelson

nine cheetah cubs have become the star of a zoo in poland. they are cheetah brothers from another cheetah mother. the public can get up close. that will have to change when they get a little bigger. and to see what is trending now and get updates between newscasts, you can always go to wfla.com. we have much more news ng newschannel8 at 5:00 with jen and keith starts right now. right now on newschannel8 at 5:00. >> a trio of brazen burglars busted. how social media tracked down the thieves. >> and a terrifying close call. a 16-year-old jumped on her way to her bus stop. tonight, the search is on for the attacker. >> and the pressure is on for congress to do something about

a look at where the funding fight is now. i'm jennifer leigh. >> i'm keith cate. thank you for joining us tonight. busted. three polk county burglary suspects tied themselves to their crime spree when a victim spotted them. not only driving his car, but, wearing his clothes. newschannel8's melissa marino talked to that victim. she talked about the role social media played in identifying the three suspects. >> reporter: good evening. these bold burglars stole a car and this one over here across the street. they were quick to use the stolen items and got themselves busted. >> when we saw one of those oh my gosh moments. >> reporter: this man who didn't want to be identified knew the moment he saw the post on crime stopper's facebook page. the burglary suspects they needed help finding were driving his car, stolen days before. >> he had some damage to it. so, i knew what it was right away. that was my vehicle. >> reporter: if he had any