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missing guns may be now. >> this is a hole that the burglars christmased to get inside -- smashed to get inside of this gun shop. tonight the four brothers trying to figure out how they spent nearly two weeks in jail. >> i felt i was going get lost in the system. >> october 24th. xavier was playing video games homes. >> they had guns in my face. he and his brothers were accused of breaking into this gun shop. someone called in a tip. he was taken to jail where he sat for two weeks. >> it was a test of faith for me. i was in jail, the only people that cared about me were in jail with me. they were released, saying the
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the evidence that freed him, was not near the scene. >> i was thinking of cameras my neighbor may have, a store down spotted me. >> it was a cell phone. obstacles. he was put in to foster care as a child, at 18 he was homeless. he and his brother was featured on a segment as a success story for a home less youth program. been in jail. recovered. the owner of the business has not been happy with the investigation. >> there's something wrong here. >> i think there is. they don't have who did it. i just feel really poor about
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kept up-to-date. >> the atf believes the guns are in the local area but there's a possibility they have been shipped out of state. >> just within the past hour we sheriff's office. two witnesses positively i.d.ed the brothers, that gave them the probable cause -- >> two cases under investigation in manatee county, the discovery of a young woman's body on bishop harbor road. the victim is in her 20s and evidence of foul play. the name has not been released. police are investigating a shooting, 38-year-old karl tuxford was found shot to death.
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dark colored suv they say was clear water police are looking for a thief who stooped to low levels stealing a church's donation box. this is video from the church. the guy you see here walked in last wednesday, there he is, he broke open the donation box and stole $50. department. we're confirming the man who beat a bay area woman is behind bars. we told you about christopher anderson in november when his girlfriend said he beat, kicked and stomped her in the face. federal marshals picked him up in tampa this afternoon. we're committed to taking
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if you or someone you know is in a situation all the hotline. we've posted information on web site, facebook page and twitter page. good evening, we have a freeze warning in effect for the northern county, citrus, county. should flirt with 32 degrees. the rest of us it will be a cold start, we're not expecting it to be around 32. these are the forecast lows. low 30s up north. mid-30's pasco. first it is cold, then severe weather by friday morning. a closer look in a couple minutes. taking action for your
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a man ineffected with the zika virus. one of three in florida. the one thing we should listen to and avoid to limit your risk of getting sick. >> if you like spending time out side you noticed the this winter. advisory since the beginning of summer and we're still under the advisory, we have not had any mosquito. >> west nile and other mosquito illnesses are a concern here, and now there's another mosquito born virus, it's the zika virus and all the patients here recently traveled to south america where the mosquito are common. >> a person can expect to have
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eyes, joint pain, and there's no true antibiotic to treat it, it's supportive care for the patients. >> the symptoms last a week and only 20% of people affected have any symptoms. the best method of prevention is to avoid travel to the hardest hit areas of south america. >> there's a birth defect in brazil that may be related back to zika virus. >> at home use the bug spray and drain standing water. it only takes a tiny amount of water for mosquito to breed. the hammer coming down on a popular medication that gave their children life threat everyoning conditions. the u.s. supreme court
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johnson and johnson must pay $60 million to the family of samantha. she was 7-year-old when she was given motrin, she lost her eye sight. in october we told you about a family that suffered through the same thing. she lost her lawsuit and is glad that another family is getting justice. preying on the vulnerable, a woman is charged with stealing $12,000 of cash and jewel rye -- jewelry from people in an assisted living center. the thefts happening over the past several months. all of her victims were over the age of 80. police need your help finding a stolen puppy.
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the puppy from all about puppies last week. he sold the dog for drugs and cash. if you know anything about this case call largo police. all about puppies is offering a thousand dollars reward for the safe return. if you're looking to buy a new home, areas like wesley chapel are expanding and pasco county population will double by 2040. why people across the bay area are feeling more comfort to buy. area. >> aileen loves spending time in the yard of her new home. >> i can go outside and reset throughout the day. >> her family just moved here >> we wanted to long something in to have a mortgage at a low
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florida remains one of the only home markets under valued. >> the fact is, affordability is important to both young people and baby boomers. >> with gas prices below $3 and unemployment consumers want to buy a home. >> more people feel this is a great time to buy. >> as it stands, pasco and hillsborough counties are seeing more young counties and others are seeing retirees. get preainvolve on a home lone snap you know how much you can spend. >> have a tremendous amount of persistence and patience. >> realtors say some families may need to put in offers on a dozen homes because of lack of inventory. aileen loves her home.
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the way the area is only going to get better. i'm still to come, pablo escobar's florida home demolished. the discovery before it came down. a doctor accused of botching multiple surgery speaking publically. the tactic he's using to clear his name and who he says is behind the attacks. it's the cold, the storms and the cold again. we'll time that out and let you
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a bag of powder believed to be cocaine. but the safe was gone today. escobar is believed to have supplied the u.s. with 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the u.s. before his death. a weight loss surgeon in mexico is speaking out. >> what he had to say. >> the doctor claimed he's the victim, he said it was part of a setup to ruin his reputation. doctors we found disagree. >> dozens of weight loss surgery patients shared their stories. mexico. >> what kind of doctors office would drop you off at the
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would find you. >> the i-team uncovered four died. two dozen injured. all had dr. marioal monza in tijuana. he's speaking out. >> i used to have a good reputation. >> his brother on the left and his an teasologist all say their surgeries are safe. he claims he's set up by a former employee who lives in tampa. >> they are living the life, they are rich and famous, someone else is in a coma. melissa said the doctor was performing 20 surgeries a day in unsanitary conditions. >> two patients in the or at the same time.
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$500 to speak badly about him. >> she's offered money to patients. >> we caught up with melissa on skype. >> he's flying to avoid or take the focus off all the complaints against him. >> several patients say they were never offered money. >> it's ridiculous. >> she had a hold in her stomach. this was a week's worth of her lick bird diet. -- liquid diet. >> he never takes responsibility and i'm lying. >> the doctor continues to call them fake stories. he says he's a safe doctor. >> the mexican government has been investigating. he claims he's been cleared after the patients who filed the complaint never showed up
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patients tell us they were never contacted about a hearing. good news for all you blue bell fans, your wait will be over. the texas based company announcing stores across florida will start selling the ice cream on january 25. blue bell was taken off the shelves after listeria. you can have the ice cream as long as it's on a hot brownie, i'm cold right now. >> it's chilly. granted, it's not like up north, when we have a freeze warning. >> we're wimps. >> the kids need to bundle up, it will be in the 30s. it's not like up north, we get
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warm up in the mid-60's later. it is quiet. it will stay that way until friday morning. i'm not going to say we'll have another round of severe weather on friday. it's a possibility. more than likely not as strong as the last two. something we have to keep our eyes on. we're dealing with cold weather. freeze warning in florida is a big thing. all the citrus and the tropical plants. it can be an issue. what we think will happen from pasco to the north. it won't be the issue on the coasts ainland. temperatures have dropped 5 degrees in the last hour. low 50s across the rest of the viewing area and a chilly day, 10 degrees below normal. 59 in tampa.
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clear, clearwater and st. pete clear. clearwater and st. pete are cooler than the airport at tampa. reenforceing shot of the cooler air coming in, it's bringing drier air and colder air. i think tomorrow morning is the only morning we'll have to worry about a freeze. temperature will warm up. here's the dry air, it's out there. with clear skies and the winds coming down before sunrise, that gives us the opportunity for the freeze. skies will remain clear, not overnight. that's another reason why we'll the area. tampa 39 near the airport. a little bit of cloud cover later thursday, until then we're beautiful. with that cloud cover comes an
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weather on friday morning. it's going to rain, whether or not we'll be dodging severe storms it's too early to tell. check us out tomorrow night and thursday. there's a chance as these temperature warm, and they will, there will be more instability and more energy for strong storms on friday. by saturday, the weather cools off again. we're talking 30s by sunday morning. there's the forecast. the roller coaster ride continues. start. strong storms on friday and the temperature drops by saturday, breezy, cold, highs in the 50s and back in the low 70s by early next week. hello folks, can he make it six wins in a row.
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this will be back-to-back nights. the oilers playing in sunrise last night. it will be the win on january 8 that started the five-game win streak. edmonton comes in without hopkin who's broke his hand last night. coop hopes the train keeps running down the tracks. >> even though teams know you're on a streak, they are thinking these guys are on a roll, every break they get they are thinking you're on a roll. there's something to be said about momentum, i don't think it's a 1 game thing. it turns into a snowball and hopefully that's going to happen to us. >> hopefully folks can keep the
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it's not cooperstown but it's deer to pete rose's heart. the mets announce pete rose will be inducted into the team's hall of fame. i have three words, it's about time. here's rose on what he wants his statue time to look like. >> not at turf way at the 2- dollar window. [laughter] nobody is looking over my shoulder. >> good to see he has a sense of humor. buccaneers have four defensive coaches. nun can read up on the coaches in the sports section on abcactionnews.com. coming up tonight at 11.
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