hundreds of cell phones stolen. now at 6:00,the scheme that kept you from getting your phone and why police think this is could be the tips o f the iceberg. >> church verses church, the few of the congregations heading to court. >> good evening everyone. thank you for joining us. members of the restoring remnant church says they are in danger of losing their home all because they want to end the two decades affiliation with the church of cod in christ. >> as a young man he helped shingle the roof on his father's church. >> i would volunteer for it >> pastor douglas junior is concerned of this sanctuary. >> i would hate for anyone to

remove a place of landmark. >> restoring the ministries international has a new name. >> we saw in this community as needed so we did whatever we could to try to make sure we had a place where people coming just to get hope. >> in >>, the church broke away from the church of god from christ to dedomination. now,nomination. >> they are attacking a charge that has 20 to 30 members with the wait of a national organization. >> attorney michelle says the church of god and christ will be trumped by florida laws. >> coming to your home--because i give you your coffee table or accent table, now you are trying to sell your home, i am going to insert any rights i want.

any ownership on the deed. >> as this battle heats up, pastor douglas believes the matter is out of control and dad taught him under this roof. >> you guys have to do what the lord is telling you. >> in tampa. action news. we are continuing following breaking news in tampa. police on a frantic search for the personbehind a violent home invasion. a gunman bargedinto a woman's home and fired off. the one year old child home at the time were not hurt. we are toldthe victim and attacker knew each other but it is not clear what their relationship is at this time.

only 14 years old. >> he was filling up his car at a gas station at cortez boulevard when the teen who we are not identifying approached him and needed a lift home. >> limon agreed but before the teen made it into his house t kid pulling out a bottle and started bleeding him. >> i am sure my nose is bleeding and it really hurt. my teeth is all shattered. >> she's getting a reputation being something thatwe'll keep a close eye on. >> that 14 years ol is now facing a list of charges including robbery and aggravated battery and resisting officer. >> a man stole a car with a six years old girl inside. the black kia was taken from from the station last night. >> she was safely reunited with her family after a jogger found her crying by the side of the

>> hundreds of cell phones reported stolen from ups. one man is already been charged. tonight, cliff clip ton french is explaining why police believe this could be the start of something much bigger here. >> reporter: yes, jamieson, only a couple of stolen phones were found here at this shop. meaning thereare hundreds potentially circumstance late circulating in other places. >> saint george phone repair where they buy and sell and trade and fixed cell phones. >> according to tampa pee dee is also a distribution of stolen phones. >> the one arrest that we made is just a little part of it. but, we are looking to see how big it is and how many people might be involved. >> one of the phones found stolen from the ups

to $45, 000 in cell phones reported stolen some times in delivery. >> somebody grabs it and we are estimating it could be as many as 200 or 300 stolen phones. >> the investigation is still active and ups is not willing to comment. police are telling us they're not sure if this will have a regional or international reach. >> it is larger than just one little business. >> reporter: i spoke to the shop's owner off camera earlier, he denied of the cell phones stolen and he never buy phones from customers. his sign and hiscard right here says differently. according topolice, they do believe that some employees at ups are involved. i am reporting live in tampa. >> clipton fren. abc action news.

in the nyc hoodie wacced up the bank and demanded money. >> he did not show a weapon. call crime stoppers. your tip could be anaward. today as he address the in st. petersburg. a path in the rightdirection. both sides are continuously talkingabout how to move forward. >> council members wills vote on the plan next thursday. if you would like to see the proposedagreement, you can find it on our website on abcactionnews.com. >> the affordable care act is safe for another day. >> cutting federal funding for planned parenthood. the bill goes back to republican and led congress which does not have the vote to over ride that veto. now, the most accurate

abc action weather. >> good evening everybody, if you are going out this evening, skies are partly cloudy but the rain has ended with some decent rainfall totals. mild and pleasant right now from the upper 60s and low 70s. 76 is the high in tampa and 75 both in st. pete and clear water. this evening, look for partly cloudyskies and it stays dry, that's not the case tomorrow. >> we start out early with partly sunny skies, clouds thicken and storms rolling in the afternoon. >> we'll pinpoint the timing of the rain and tell you the cool air behind it, coming up. new evidence they hope will solve a triple murder. take a good look here. deputies trying tofind out this cargo van. >> detectives also looking for three men with caribbean accents.

castro castro is killed after the incident. 26 years old brittany fu entees ignored several cones last night and she reported to run from police. >> her blood alcohol level is more than three times the legal blood limit. >> police are working with the silicon valley to help track down terrorists. members of social mediamet with federal policies today to figure out a plan to address this issue. they discussed various wayto use technology and including identifying recruitment method and making it harder for terrorists to carry out attacks. representative jay ray burn met

>> an identical bill was filed inside the state senate. people with concealed weapon licensesbarred from carrying guns at airport terminals as you know. this bill would lift that ban. you wouldnot be able to carry weapons into those boarding areas. >> i thought they would be pulling out dead bodies later in the ianing. evening. >> a teenage girl saved not only her dad but the entire family. elephant controversies, tonight, why they're still being paraded around tampa. >> beautiful sunset there from the main sale, gorgeous. past those clear skies, more clouds andmore rain.

take a look, you can see her grabbing the a student by the hood of his sweatshirt and dragging him across the room. that 4 years old's student stepmother says the teacher asked him to take off his sweatshirt and when she refused she escalated the situation. the teep teach teacher claimed the student was threatened her but now this video surfaced. now the school wants to press charges. the attorney general's office says agents come confiscated so called heroin pills. parents caneasily mistaken these pills from something else. >> it is so frightening and parents have to know that. >> you are reducing the

going from the needle to the pill form that more people would be inclined to use. >> traffickers using old pill presses to disguise from law enforcement. >> south florida police are on the hunt tonight from the man being called a polite robber. >> he robbed add pizza parlor and then he apologized to his employees that his kids needs christmas. a story out of virginia. a 19 years old savingher family from tragedy. >> charlotte myers' father was working under the garage gas spilled over the area. >> charlotte saw what happened to her dad and cannot explain what happened next. >> when i saw the truck lifted

okay, you almost got it so i lifted it one more time and i finally managed to get it out with some crazy strength. >> she single handedly lifted the gmc pickup truck and pulled her dad to safety. the incredible actdid not stop there, she jumped into the truck while it was on fire and drove it with three wheel and calmly walked into her home and unreal. right now controversies is continuing to swirl around the elephants used in the wringly brothers. >> animal activists believe the alternatives won't be much better. >> >> it is hard to tear up about it. it is such atradition being out here. >> his grandfather and father before him. joeyfrisco trained elephants

trunks. >> they all have good manners and personali ies, everyone is different, the same as people. >> his life work will change under animal activists and ordinance under the write. wringly brothers are retiring elephants from service. >> it is a difficult chapter. >> a place we visited in november. peter tells usthe condition at the center is nearly as bad. >> wringling has a history of what's going on behind the scenes. >> wringling say the elephants are a routine. >> meanwhile, protesters phasing the elephants out of

right direction. >> it is interesting to see people coming out of the circus as well because there is a lot of sadness they can see in the animal's eyes and demeanor. >> it is quite a depressing place to be when you get out of the building. >> what others people say don't like what we do. has a problem with something. the public know what is we do is right with the elephants and that's the most important part. >> other animals continue to perform in the circus. >> in tampa bay, eric wax ner, abc action news. >> abc action weather. well, if you are going out this weekend, maybe going to a circus or a game or two, you will be dodging some storms. >> late tomorrow afternoon, that's the time you have to worry most about it. not in the morning so ifyou want to do something outside tomorrow. thefirst half of the day looks good.

there over night and this morning and early afternoon. that's now gone, if you are going out this evening, you have nothing to worry about. the weather willstay pleasant and then tomorrow, we begin to see some subtle changes early and the rain arrives later on in the day. >> outside right now, tampa at 71 degrees and mostly cloudy and up in the 60s at clear water and skies already cleared. >> satellite picture right here, we had the rain last night. kind of figured it it would linger inthe morning hours and long gone by lunchtime which is the way how things played out. what we are expecting the several couple months, we have been talking about el nino. it is bringing us a lot of changes. everything comes in quickly and exitsquickly. >> we'll see things play out like that and long rain forecast gets more interesting.

partlycloudy skies mild and temperatures in the upper 70s. tomorrow, when you wake up still a decent amount of cloud cover. we'll see some peeks of sunshine butthe rain won't arrive later on. we'll expecttemperatures warm up nicely before they arrive. >> latest advisory if you will, they're called on con investigate activity outlook. >> late tomorrow afternoon, there it comes by 4:00, we see the chance of some heavier showers and a couple of thunderstorms. i am just not that impresswith it. i think the heavier stuff stays we'll still get some rain out of it. itis not a bad thing. from 4:00 to 9:00 unless if you have anything planned outdoors tomorrow amp. by8:00, things whining down and by mid night, they are gone. >> saturday looks good and sunday looks better.

this, we got the rain out here and skies begin to clear. >> that brings us some colder weather. >> and those colder temperatures will be pretty significant by monday. >> we are not going to see it arrives, we are back in the upper 70s in our southern counties and low 70s up north with the clouds arriving earlier. look at that, lower 80s,polk county south ward and national picture. thereis the storm taking shape and that cold air is a lot of it. >> we were talking about the minnesota game, the vikings game and the outdoor stadium will be zero. ten days out a week from mown monday, i think we'll see a freeze across the northern counties. no notthis monday but the next monday. look at next week,low 60s on monday and mid-60s by the end

front by next week. buccaneers gm jason, he's talking to caroline nature panthers defensive coordinator, shawn mcdermott that's still to come. we still expect cutter to get if job. the job. >> doug martin, will you run the ball or playing for the contract every year? nature tin's season was so good this year. >> all right, jose fernandez in sunday. uconn iscoming to town, unbeatened and ranked number one. >> john sabol has more. >> in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. >> when it come to women's college basketball, the best has been uconn the last two

>> everybody got to get through it. they're numberone in the country. >> they're the standard and it is a great opportunity for us here o our home floor. >> usf they are one of the best. the team is loadedwith talents. do they have enough to beat the husky huskies team that won 49 games. >> i think we have all the piece to take us to the next level to be able to beat them. >> originally, we had the same team we had last year. >> they know what uconn is about. >> the bulls have never beaten uconn. >> the bulls are not putting too much pressure on themselves for sunday's games. >> our goal of where we want to get before the nca tournament. we'll see them two more times. one more for their play and a championship. >> it is a big home game, we'll

it is one game. >> reporting at usf, john sabol. abc action sports. john cooper says this week, it is time the players say enough is enough. >> the gmwants wants to be a buyer. >> let's look for bishop tonight. not sure ofcallahan's ability against the oilers.

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