thatstudent grabbed the other student's backpack and had the knife in it and she ran to the teacher and they called the school's resource officers and checked the 14 combreers ol years old's backpack and they found the knife and the note of other classmates' names on it and the teacher's names as well. as well. >> the 7th grade is arrested on school property. >> they found out he had a note with some names of students on it. this was also something that we questioned himabout and the students, that's what he's plan to do to at azalea middle. >> the school principal telling parents that this knife was

this student,this 14 years old has no criminal history with them >> abc action news, live at azalea middle school. deputies tell us a man is going around looking for female ale estate agents who are alone and inappropriately touching them. >> sarah rosario explains deputies want him off the street s before he does something much worse. >> reporter: it is a scary situation for those realtors involved. it is model homes like this one where deputies say that man is targeting women. this man is sexually harassing realtors. >> nobody want to think that's happening on the streets.

>> surveillance video showing him nedz one of inside with sunglasses and a black shirt. he blocked the realtor from pushing the panic button by standing boois her december behind her desk and rubbing himself. >> knowing it is close to home >> both cases t realtor asked him to leave. you see himhere taking off in a toyota prius. now, there is concerns concerns that he's praying on women all over area. >> now, there is a security guard inside the office at all times. realtors will be getting panic button. >> michelle milford says she's she will be more aware ofher

>> i always have my cell phone on me to make sure that i can call for help. >> reporter: deputies here at hillsboro county, they're putting out a big warning because what this man is doing could lead to something much before someone is seriously hurt. >> abc action news. sarah rosario. this video shows just one of those encounters, the robberies happened between september and last week at four different locations. >> by chance if you know where this man is call the police pinellas county >> tonight, a woman from tampa who's been missing from decade, banished ten years from this weekend who has not seen since.

thefamily is still holding out hope. >> we are still waiting for that one person to come through with the one bit of information. that could bring jennifer home. we cannot quit and we have unconditional love for jennifer. >> we are not going to go anywhere. >> we are not going to go anywhere. >> police have no suspects. happening now, cleaning up blizzard from the bay area to the northeast. peopletoday dealing with a wide range of severe weather, the storms forcing more than 2400 flights to be cancelled across >> denis phillips is keeping an eye for us now. he joinsus on what we can expect, denis. >> at least in terms of the

gusty winds, and we are talking about thedamage in one home. the tree went through the roof andmost areas in south tampa had winds about 40 or 50 miles per hour as the storms came on through. now, it is over. what's coming in is strong winds out of the northwest and they are bringing in cold temperatures. by tomorrowmorning, we are going to see temperature in the 40s and 50s and we are only going warm up in the low to mid- 50s later in the day. al bluster ri day on saturday withtemperatures feeling like it is in the 30s or 40s and then i think we are talking freeze tomorrow night. thank you, as we speak, florida maker owners are making it hard for you getting scammed . >> reporter: with the swipe of your card, you easy get gas.

where crooks get your credit cards, too. >> thesis gas pump skimmers. it stores up to 5000 creditcard numbers which could be sent back to thieves. >> the department of agriculture says 166 skimmers were found last near in the state. year in the state. the average that the badguys get away with is $1000 from victims. >> i had my identity stolen so it is personal to me. >> dania young introduced a bill for those using skimmers and require a gas station to protect their pumps. it is aproblem that's happening all over the state. tampa bay andmiami-dade county are the worse places in the state. >> one example of protection is

>> racetrack stations have devices to shut people down if it is been messed with. >> i would go inside or go to a different gas station. >> because she says she's already paying enough to get frr from point a to b. >> every dollar helps and i hope these people would get caught. >> and soon getting caught, they mean a long jail sentence. problem passing. news. nearly a dozen of people accused of stealing your tax refunds. deputies tell us there are 11 schts were aapplying for public assistance and credit card and tax returns under other people's names.

people's cards in polk county. >> we have a program that was set up specifically to help people that needed that little extra help in our communities. >> unfortunately, we have people like these eleven individuals who are taking advantage of it and obviously committing a lot of crime. >> deputies tell us it was just one man checking his credit history that helped blow this case wide open. another wrong way driver is off the streets tonight. this one is going southbound in the northbound lanes of i-75. deputies telling us, they spotted nicole just before3:00 in the morning. thankfully they stopped her beforeanyone got hurt. she's now facing a long list of chargesincluding drug procession and driving under the influenced. an early morning fire in tampa. authorities are nowsaying this fire on north ninth street was set on purpose. >> people spotted the flames

helicopter patrols around 2: 30 this morning. it appearthat is the fire was set in bedroom. the home wasseriously damage injured. one person is in jail and another is on the run after deputies say they broke into an elderly's home. >> the neighbor called the sheriff's office when they herd a window breaks next door. >> bradenton spotted the 27 years old hi ing in the yard. >> deputies are looking for the other man who escaped. officers jimmy houston and his police dog were chasing the 19 years old abyu, when he jumped into a pond. he washolding him under water

abyu's family has asked for an independent in collision. the new numbers are out today showing the unemployment levels dropped in all of our counties during the month of december. >> ellis county leads the way with our lowest unemployment the states is not easily adjusted andunemployment rate is below the national average. more florida drivers illegally blowing past school buses. the bay area children are most at risk and the unexpected steps some drivers step to keep kids safe. >> jamieson, we had that rain and the strong storms and look at the surf coming in from ana maria island and it is going to be a lot higher than that.

miami police is on the haunt tonight for the man car carjacking grandmother. >> you can see eden was walking into the car and the thieve followed right behind her. the man grabbed her arm and demanded her keys. as the guy drives off, she calmlily y walks away. she did exactly what she was >> two hours later, carjacker. miami. the mangot away with credit card and iphone iphones and an undisclosed amount of cash.

senator bill nelson making that commitment today. >> d remains the remains of 51 boys. tonight, there is debate of where to bury the unidentified remains. children are put in danger on the way to and from schools. drivers blowing off school buses last year. >> abc action news, lauren reveals when kids are at the highest risk and how drivers are steppin to stop them >> each day, school drifrs drivers do everything possible

the difference. >> unfortunately, he says texting behind the wheel and distracted driving remain as huge problem in pasco. >> when i see somebody that is on the phone as i pass them, if they get behind me, i change lanes. >> they're in a rush and trying to get to their appointment appointments or work and they are running late. >> school leaders say the real problem is when kids with wheelchairs get load on and that's when drivers became impatients >> drivers say they work to communicate with kids to make sure they don't cross until it is safe. >> even though, it is not a guarantee. >> if a driver is being careless and just for that one moment, just not being conscious, all it takes is just

when things happen. >> they don't want that mistake to take a child's life. >> abc action news. >> bus driver in pasco county, more than 1000 drivers whizzing off school buses. >> in pinellas about 1900 drivers failed to stop. now, the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action news, weather. >> everybody is talking about the winter storm in the mid the one thing we are getting all this weather down here too and that had something to do down there. itwill be windy out there and windier tonight. >> our winds also is cranking up. earlier on today, checkit out. this is from the sky way. time lapse as the raincame through. this sky way had to be closed at times because it is so windy out there. >> a great shot there as it came through and we go from that to this.

white hous tsasnow just beginning to crank up. snow at the rate of aboutan inch an hour right now across the mid atlantic. >> i actually grew up north virginia so i remember the blizzard of 1979. this will be likely stronger than thatfrom dc to baltimore and up to philly and changing to rain on the eastern shore. the heaviest snowfall totals will beout to the west. >> arlington and last report of the top of the hour totals up to three inches of snow and ice travels is impossible for the carolinas. i am assuming isgoing to be an issue to the airport, too. >> for us, the rain have ended and at least the majority have. i still think a few scattered showers over night and tomorrow morning with temperatures right knew in the 60s. the winds, look at this, winds gusting over 30 miles per hou right now and it will be just as windy tomorrow which is why

it will be in the 50s. it will feel like it is in the 30s. outside right now,mid-60s across the area with winds gusting hard out of the west and northwest at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. >> saturday lite picture tonight, that strong northwesterly winds bringing out the moisture. everything is so quickthat'll start and be gone. by sunday, rather saturday morning, still a few lingering showers. . >> by afternoon, we'll see decent amount of sunshine. itwill be sunny but we are still in the mid-50s with windchill in the 30s. that's in the afternoon with the sunshine. then by tomorrow night, while i think we have to deal with the

citrus sdr and and pasco counties. most of us will be waking up to temperatures in the 30s on saturday night and sunday morning. we only hitthe mid-50s for forecast highs and upper 40s of the high temperatures across our northern counties. the highstomorrow and low temperatures, this is sunday morning and low to mid-30s up north and mid to upper 30s across the rest of the area and maybe mid-40s closer to the beach. here is a look at florida's most accurate windy and cold and high in the mid-50s. a few scattered showerspossible in the morning. sunday, we start off in the 30s and we warm up on monday and another chance of heavy weather by wednesday and thursday. hello folks, he's one of my all time favorite, john lynch

hopefully, this year, hewill get his call to ohio. >> today, going into the ring of honor. >> he became one of the most feared hitters of the history of nfl. >> i was just happy he's on my team because i don't want to get hit by john. >> you could not go half. >> he's one of the leaders. >> a super bowl champion a two time probarney fowler and five with the buccaneers and now you can add another to the john lynch, a member of the bucs. until i got here last night hey, this is pretty cool. myname will be up there forever.

he and hisformer buccaneers' among the 15 finalists of 2016. >> this time of the year is close and what's hard is nothing that i can do. it would be like the icing oen thecake just like this is and i am hopeful. >> reporting at one. abc action sports, john sabol. the chicago blackhawks, let's forget about it tomorrow. bigger things can be at stake. >> they could be traveling at sun rise taking on the division. >> right now they are one point back heading into tonight's action. >> we have to keep this going. we have not had one ofthese this year. >> when you get on this role and the confidence that your team is playing with, you got

going. >> every game we keep on raising the bars how well we are playing. >> we are playing this saturday and we are looking at the standing. that's the team that we want to reach out. >> we'll see what happens. coming up tonight, i will have my nfl picks. we are back in a minute and

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