mail: comments@captioncolorado.com police are hunting for thieves caught on camera during a get away. how you can help ahead. >> residents say they don't want to go through this again. pasco county is planning for the future, but what will flood control efforts mean for homeowners in at-risk areas? lindsay logue is out live and she wi questions coming up. good morning, thanks for waking up with us on action news. >> how's it looking out there, ivan? >> looking great and by afternoon, i think we'll be great here. that has been the trend in the last couple of days. that will continue today and some changes begin tomorrow. mid and upper 70s. look at brooksville even cooler now at 67. compare that at st. pete. it's 78. a big difference there as we

in the 80s. we'll hit a high around 91. rain chances still ended because of the dry air. just like yesterday and the day before. south of i-4, i think, about 20% chances will do it. we'll be back to talk about the extended forecast. first, let's check in on the thursday morning commute. here's janelle. >> getting close on thursday. the roads are dry, so we have a smooth ride out there if you are heading out the door right interstate. up to speed in both directions. no crashes or breakdowns to slow you down there. i-4 looking great into downtown tampa. 75 from the wesley chapel area into i-4. 70 looking great over into pinellas. we still have the closure. so state route 72 closed.

the road work is expected to last through tuesday. back to you. two minutes after 5:00 right now. finally, one week later, people in the bay area are returning home after hurricane hermine. in mass coe county alone it's estimated the storm caused as $89 million. the hardest hit was the sun coast mobile home park in port richie. lindsay logue is live where people are getting their first look at good morning, lindsay. >> good morning to you. a week later it is hard to believe we are still seeing things like this. take a look. flood waters, gallons and gallons of floodwater with pumps pushed out into the streets just so people can get into their homes. hurricane hermine damaged thousands of homes. many people are returning home

a week. not to mention, the waterlogged homes. one woman we talked to was grateful that all she had to replace was a washer and dryer. for many, it's a lot worse. coming up on the news at 6:00, there is a plan to move those pele avoid situations like this in the future. i'm going to outline that plan in detail coming up in our next hour. for now, i'm live in pasco county, lindsay logue, abc action news. >> thank you, lindsay. a former pasco school resource officer is accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend. deputies say russell joined the sheriff's office in 1999. he started working at a local

terminated his employment. >> a jewelry store thief is on the run after seriously injuring an employee who tried to stop him inside of the brandon town center mall. the thief got away with a necklace and bracelet totaling more than $23,000. on surveillance video you see right here, the employee runs after taking that necklace. the worker, the employee, runs after him. the employee jumped onto the hood of the get away car but fell off as it sped off. >> it's really important that we catch this guy obviously from the nature of his actions, you know, he very easily could have killed this poor victim. >> deputies need your help to identify the suspected burglar. they are looking for a silver camaro. another burglary case this morning, this one involving two furniture businesses in tampa.

store called oh, whatever on manhattan avenue south. they say he pried 0p a side door -- pried open a side door shortly after midnight and stole checks. he tried to break into summer house furniture but couldn't get inside. if you recognize this guy, call crimestoppers. they are offering a $3,000 reward for tips leading to his arrest. today, the tampa city council will review plans for a drug and alco people living in the community say they don't want the rehab center there. a recently closed rehab center, neighbors say, police were constantly called as it caused nothing but problems. >> we saw everything from drug use to public intoxication. >> the day they moved in they were asking for money on our front doorstep. >> reporter: so far, the city council turned down the special zoning needed for the rehab facility. administrative approval was

a former secret service officer accused of trying to solicit sex from someone he thought was 14 years old. he's now facing more serious charges here in florida. robert lee moore is set to appear in court in west palm beach. he was first arrested in delaware where the girl turned out to be an undercover agent. now they have filed federal charges against hi the jury indicted him in june for producing child porn. if you saw this truck weaving across the lines, would you call 911? one woman in the panhandle did. she wants to know why police never responded. that woman followed that 18 wheeler for more than an hour on florida highways. she recorded video on her cell phone. thee she called police several times giving them updates on where he was from 85 to i-10.

call police to let them know they are supposed to come and investigate. i did that. nobody came. isn't that what my tax dollars are supposed to be for? >> highway patrol says they don't have enough troopers to respond to all callsp. list ton this story. palm beach police say this man ran his 72 foot yaht aground and simply walked away. when officers caught up with thomas baker, he admitted to having just a few too many island iced teas. his yaht, the time out, is still stuck offshore. thomas baker will be taking a time out himself. he has been arrested for boating under the influence. three tampa police department k-9 officers will be safer on the streets today thanks to a generous donation. they all have bulletproof and stab-proof vests.

who set blankets on fire on board a jetblue flight. investigators say she boarded a jetblue flight from jfk headed to puerto rico. during the flight, she used a lighter to ignite two blankets and a seat next to hers. thankfully no one was hurt. she was litter arrested and placed in fbi custody. if convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison. women interested in becoming marijua sellers should be in a networking event. the organizers say it is the biggest cannabis networking group in florida. meanwhile, marijuana that use is on the rise among college age people. 38% of college students tried marijuana that in the past year. that's up 8% from a decade ago. more troubling, daily use of

students, the highest level in the last 34 years. some good news, though. researchers say other drug use is declining among students. if you air january of ja rule and ashanti, you are in luck. they are performing tonight. ivan is happy about that. they are at the ritz at ybor city. doors 0p at 7:00. aeg live organizing that concert. there are still tickets mission is set to launch from cape canaveral tonight. it will help scientists understand how the solar system formed. it will travel for an asteroid. the spacecraft will then bring a sample of that asteroid back to earth for study. the mission is expected to take seven years to complete. ivan, you say liftoff looks

i wander the studios in the morning. [ laughter ] as we check the forecast, we're looking good. by the time we get into the afternoon, we're looking at temperatures in the low 80s and the launch looks green as far as weather. we'll have the forecast coming up in a few minutes. coming up this morning, a shark attacks a woman in hawaii. how rescue teams pulled her out of the water and why she wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. >> a man said he'd rather be

prosecutors just dropped all charges against a man caught on camera beating a man to death after that man tried to rape his wife. even the dead man's family spoke in support of 61-year-old mamadou diallo. they said he should not be punished for protecting his wife and both families have su down to assault and finally no charges at paul. >> i'm happy for the decision. >> diallo thanked the people who showed up in court every day to support him. fellas, listen up, if you are mad at your wife, please never do this. in kansas city, a man says he robbed a bank to get away from his wife. lawrence whipple walked into a

had a gun and demanded cash. get this, the teller turned over more than $2,000. he tooked the money, walked out to the lobby and sat down. he told the guard he was the robber. according to court documents, he told investigators he and his wife had been fighting earlier that day and he wrote the robbery neat right in front -- note right in front of her and told her that he would rather be in jail than at home. the the judge let him out on bond. so now not only does he face the charges, he's got to face his wife. >> clearly -- [ all talking at once ] >> in two weeks, i'll be one year into marriage. things haven't gotten that bad yet. >> don't rob a bank. >> he needs more than counseling, doesn't he?

if you under citrus county, look at brooksville. 67 up in crystal river. we've begun to see changes here. that's not a cold front. that's just dry air allowing the temperatures to fall back more. you widen out the shot and it hasn't been that much with streaming showers from east to west. they are fast moving and much more of the that will be dividing the showers and storms once again. so it's just south of i-4, more moisture to work with here. so the north of that, we're locked in with the dry air and it has not rained. the rest of the southeast adds well. so for us -- as well. so for us, right allock the southern polk county border,

coverage about 20%, that would be the favored area. tampa about 91. so despite the coolness to the north and upper 60s, you'll get back to the low 90s. the humidity starts to increase. we'll feel like mid and upper 90s. that will be the trend the next few days. the temperatures holding where they should be in the low 90s. the rain coverage going back to where they should be. so it's going to be a few more two, three-daybreaks. then rain and two three- daybreaks. let's check in on the thursday commute with janelle. >> we're checking cameras over in pinellas county where the drive is looking great. we're also checking the interstates, major roads,

a drive. all of the traffic indicators are in the green. so a smooth ride for you. this is what it looks like once you get to the junction lanes. if you are heading out the door right now it should be a smooth ride for you. 17 minutes from 54 and down at the bottom, six minutes a woman was in the water where she was bitten by a shark. there are no-swimming signs. the 51-year-old woman ignored the washings. she was 300 yards offshore when she was bitten on the shoulder and arm. one witness says the woman is a regular known as aunt lulu and swims in all sorts of water by

armed robbers and the message for the thieves. >> the woman kidnapped and forced into the trunk of her own car does everything right, but sadly, her story still ends in tragedy. >> first this morning, apple held another one of its big announcement events. what's on the horizon, and how are users' experiences about to change? >> reporter: in today's tech bytes, apple says hit the road, jack. the company confirms that the iphone 7 will not have a head phone jack. >> the iphone 7 and apple watch 2 will be water resistant. apple will start taking orders tomorrow. you may be wondering how to list ton music with the iphone 7. it will come with ear

ear phones. >> apple's ceo tim cooke's big announcement surprises were spoiled first when amazon put up a page and then when apple's own twitter account revealed the phone itself.

thursday morning. a kidnapping victim called for help shortly before her death. sadly, they later found her body in the trunk of her own car. 37-year-old rita mays was at a rest stop when somebody hit her in the head and forced her into the trunk of her pontiac grand prix. she had her cell phone, called her husband and law enforcement. they tracked her signal to a trucking company parking lot in spokane. by the time they arrived, though, she had already been killed. stop what you are doing and a jewelry store owner in australia was trying to protect his employees when he confronted a pair of armed robbers. the guy drove a chair at the thieves as they get away. the armed men were carrying a gun and sledgehammer. he tried to get inside. he was hoping to distract the robbers. they pointed that gun right at them. thankfully he wasn't hurt. the thieves managed to grab

escape. this is when he threw the chair at the get away vehicle. he says he doesn't know if he would do this again. just watching the video has taken a toll on his family. >> i have a daughter. she saw footage because they have the footage on the camera. she's terrified. >> hannah says one of his employees is too scared to return to work. the thieves have not been caught. coming up, a warning for anybody thinking of hitting the beach. we'll tell you where the waters are too dirty to swim in. >> a fugitive is in the hospital after he shot at officers and officers fired

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