trouble. good evening. i'm paul lagrone. >> and i'm laura harris. tonight ryan raiche exposes how the power of love ended up costing local taxpayers. >> 911. what is the address of your emergency. >> reporter: from the moment that the caller opens her mouth, you can tell she is flustered and confused. >> department of corrections. >> reporter: if denise martinez sounds nasally, she reveals to detectives that she was holding her nose to she is trying to get officers sent here where her boyfriend was waiting to take a urine test. the 911 dispatcher sent every available unit, seven officers and three detectives. they immediately evacuated the building including martinez's boyfriend, jason drake. >> i thought it was a fire drill. apparently it was not. >> reporter: it only took investigators about 20 minutes

martinez's phone. a couple clicks on the computer revealing she lives at this lake wales apartment. the same apartment as the man waiting to give a urine sample. >> obviously he didn't think he was going to be able to pass the test. >> reporter: it turns out that the two texted back and forth as he waited. according to her, he ordered her to do something now. >> threatening to blow up a building, whether it's a state building, private building, no matter what is serious business. a lot of resources need to be deployed. >> reporter: a as in text officers using taxpayer money to investigate a couple's love for each other. sending them both to jail tonight. >> love can make you do things that normal people can't fathom. >> reporter: ryan raiche, abc action news. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> how are you doing, everybody.

you can blame tropical orm julia for this. it's extending from the carolinas down to our area. the moisture and the rains in the gulf will be rolling in right on through the overnight hours. heaviest raiis zephyrhills and dade city. decent amount of lightning in dade city. heading down to bloomingdale and fishhawk. looking at the bigger picture, you can see the rain developing out in the gulf of while i think things will wind down tonight with temperatures in in the upper 80s, there's plenty of energy for rain overnight. throughout the evening hours, the rains push east. i think we start to clear out. but you can already see the morning forecast, showers in the gulf overnight. we will talk about that coming up in a couple minutes. >> thank you, denis. new pictures of the suspect in a jewelry store robbery. take a look at this crystal clear picture we're getting

man. they stole jewelry from mirage diamonds in the brandon town sniffer mall last week. this is from a similar case in pasco county. they believe it could be the same man. a new study finds hillsborough county ranks one of the top counties contributing to a new study out there to florida top juvenile citationefrts of 201 hillsborough, county are responsible for nearly one quarter of juvenile arrests. counties that arrest youth create more rio fenders that generate more crime. the battle twins hillsborough county and ride- sharing companies like uber and lyft. the county agreeing to rules regulating cars and drivers. we're talking fingerprinting and background checks. uber and lyft says no way. but the county says state laws

driver's prints. while that is going on, there is another ride-sharing business ready to take on customers in tampa. it's called downtowner. it's a shuttle service giving free rides. they are hiring 20 drivers tonight. uber drivers are already feeling the heat from the competition. >> i've been doing uber for almost three years now and depending on it for all this time. it has been steady income, consistent income that i've depended on. >> downtowner sponsored by hillsborough county in part because they agree to give fingerprints. we're learning the school bus driver involved in a crash in lakeland resigned. four people were hurt in the accident, including three students. the bus driver was cited for causing the crash. troopers say the bus was heading for kathleen high school when the driver turned in front of a pickup truck. again of the 20 students on board, three were hurt, along with the pickup truck driver. new at 5:30, it's that time

shot. local hospitals like tampa general are getting huge supplies this month. but these thousands of doses, they're not for the patients. they're actually for the staff and the doctors. they tell us the 7,000 employees will all be getting that vaccine. it's a way to make sure that they stay healthy to safely interact with patients and famiesthe cdc recommends everyo months and older get the flu vaccine, with a few rare exceptions in there. experts say an estimated people in the u.s. die each year from the flu. take a look behind me. tonight we're getting our first look at plans for a memorial to honor the victims of the pulse nightclub victims in orlando. take a closer look at the images. this is a fence be that they're building with messages like orlando united and love more, hate less. they're going to start installing this new fence next week featuring work from local artists throughout orlando. and remember tamir rice,

cleveland. the cops thought he was holding a real gun. tonight the gazebo where he was shot dead is being dismantled and moved to a museum in chicago for display. it sparked the black lives matter movement. right now in democracy 2016. donald trump's wife is taking to twitter to settle questions whether she followed immigration law when she first came to the united states. milana trump tweeted out this letter from an attorney saying she followed all of after people asked questions this summer. at issue is a photo shoot that several outlets reported may have taken place in the united states in 1995, before she had a work visa: former model tweeted out she, quote, correctly went through the legal process when arriving to the usa. hillary clinton will be meeting with foreign leaders at the united nations next week. she plans to meet with the presidents of egypt and ukraine. tonight clinton is still taking

pneumonia. but breaking tonight, her doctors say she is fit to be president. that statement part of the medical information her campaign just released about an hour ago. tonight more refugees could be on the way to the united states. president obama wants to accept 110,000. that would be for the entirety of next year. here in the state of florida, the state has taken in almost 2500 refugees since last october. right now nsa whistleblower snowden is asking obama to pardon him before he leaves office. he gave thousands of classified documents to journalists back in 2013. right now he is in moscow. snowden says the leaks were moral and ethical because they revealed the scope of nsa surveillance. the white house says snowden needs to return to the u.s. and face the charges against him. and tonight new developments. another big name pulling away from north carolina following

the acc now following the ncaa and pulling athletic championships from north carolina. the decision means the acc football title game scheduled in charlotte will be moved. north carolina's bathroom bill requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. some say it discriminates against lgbt people. new details on a developing story here. russian hackers trying to catch athletes releasing what they claim are medical records of usa athletes that competed in the olympics. biles says her use of medication for ada is within the rules and she was approved for use. williams saying she followed the rules and was granted therapeutic use exemptions as well. the russian hackers said that the united states had played

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>> we're taking action for you tonight. it's one of the fastest growing industries in tampa bay and the pay is competitive. >> tonight ashley yore found out how you caland new job in just six weeks. >> reporter: in a machines and gadgets, ben moore says he was able to change his life. >> i didn't want to work in retail my whole life. i wanted to learn something that i could apply that i could do. >> reporter: he learned advanced manufacturing. a six-week certification program through st. petersburg college landed him a job here at dynamet. >> i feel like contributing something that i do something that i enjoy.

demand. jill says there are about 30,000 manufacturing jobs in pinellas county alone. >> there's lots of opening entry level right now. manufacturers are willing to take you in and train you. if you can show the best work ethic possible. and you can kind of work your way up the ladder. >> reporter: the basic certification will teach you vocabulary you need to know to work in the field and tour you through manufacturing companies. and they work around your schedule so you can keep your current job. >> we have offered them in the morning for students who work in the ev for students who work during the day. so we can be very flexible to help you in your career change. >> reporter: less than a thousand dollars, less than two months, money and time well spent for ben. >> i was on a pretty tight budget working retail. i didn't exactly have a lot. but now that i'm working in this, i can actually afford to pay for more food now. >> reporter: to start a new certification class, the

no semester schedule here. in clearwater, i'm ashley yore, abc action news. >> thank you, ashley. and ups also looking to hire you. the company expecting to hire around 95,000 extra people for the holidays. but that seasonal job could become a full-time gig. ups says around 37% of the holiday workers have become full-time over the past few years. we have all of the information you need to apply on our website right now. and hillsborough county extension is hosting a three- part program designefo finances. the class are scheduled for october 11th, 18 and 25th at florida west coast credit union office in brandon. topics include making financial goals and investment basics. the series is $10 and you have until october 4th to register. take a look at this. a manatee rescue is in the works tonight after four sea cows became displaced during hurricane hermine. this is at a plantation on

pond on a golf course. they are doing okay but the fwc want them moved back to their natural habitat. that will happen tomorrow. meanwhile tonight, south carolina bracing for another soaking from a tropical storm, after hermine moved through the state. julia asked mean four to eight inches of rain along the coast through friday as it moving slowly northeast. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> i'm counting down the days to the end of hurricane season. >> yes. >> that's a high number. let's see. >> i feel like there's a while though. >> 75 more days. >> yeah. that's approximate right. it's the end of november. but we're headed in the right direction. we hit the peak and now we're on the way down. right now we're good. looking outside, still looking at moisture. and this is kind of related to julia. i mean, it extends all the way up to the carolinas.

it's the beach. how can you go wrong? still scattered showers. this is an on shore pattern. the rains come in from the gulf. you knowly we see rains building in overnight. we saw it last night and we will see it again tonight. if you live along the coast from clearwater on to the north, about 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, expect a few more showers, maybe even a couple of thunderstorms. that will continue into the morning hours. usually by the evening, everything pushes inland. if you're planning your weekend, by then we'v changes that i think you're going to like. temperatures right now anywhere from the low 80s in lakeland. 86 in auburndale. spring hill 81. down south, south of i-4, you're closer to 90 than 80. apollo beach and sarasota. outside right now, tampa at the airport mostly cloudy. 89 degrees. the dew point is 75.

ballpark at 90. the record is 95. st. pete mostly cloudy and 85. and sarasota also mostly cloudy earlier. but now the sun broke through and they are sunny and 88 degrees. southwest winds. that's your gulf breeze coming in at about 11 miles per hour. there's the satellite. early on this morning, there's the rain. we had some scattered storms. but most of this just tropical rains. you walk outside in the morning and you feel like you got hit in the face with a wet tropical air mass on top of us. the way you play this, not just tonight but right on through friday is there could be a chance of a shower at any point in time. by the evening though, those showers begin to push east. by 10:00, folks in polk county, maybe down to hardee and desoto, you could see scattered storms. mostly dry closer to the beach. by 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, more showers pop up. now, coverage might only be 20, 30%, but tomorrow morning you

especially citrus and hernando, better chance of morning showers. outside of that, i think things begin to clear out rather nicely along the coast. and then everything pushes inland. so tomorrow, much like today. a tropical day. it will feel like azon a but coverage of the rain will only be about maybe one in three folks will get any rain at all. friday, we start to see drier air come in. i'm not ready to say sub eall day but better than today and tomorrow. and coverage will be back which means more sunshine earlier in the day. that extends to the weekend. if you're making the weekend plans now, more sun early and storms popping up later on in the day. typical florida weather. i mentioned this to paul and laura. the peak was september 10th of atlantic hurricane season. we're headed downtill hill. one thing to see. an uptick in october. that's gulf of mexico storms. that's why we can't let our guards down yet.

a ways to go. we already talked about julia. we have a new tropical depression out here. we're tracking it. right now the track is more west. you're like oh, boy, here we go again. it will take into the caribbean and eventually the u.s. probably not. i think long-range forecast hints at a turn down the road. we will be on it. can't write this off yet. at this point in time nothing to worry about. winds at 5 to 10 knots. the water testimony still rm at 84 degrees. there's your upcoming tides and sunrise and sunset. partly cloudy skies overnight. i do think by 2:00, 3:00 in the morning we begin to see the showers pop up along the coast. not inland. then they push inland later on in the day. here is florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. the highest rain chance is probably tomorrow at 50%. little drier air comes in. and the timing of the rapes will change by the weekend. and change for the better. meaning more sunshine most of the day. the rains that develop will be

activities. you don't have o worry about rain. it will be hot. highs near 90. i think next week we're back to normal with more sunshine and less rain. >> thank you, denis. foodies, it's that time ofaer that we learn for. especially cot food and wine festival opened today. it's even longer this month. two nths. 62 daytobe prece. mouth watering food from all around the world. one based on the islands of the caribbean. you can at beat concert series. that is a nightly live music performance. get ready for extra traffic around downtown tampa this evening. tonight rap super star kanye west brings his saint pablo tour to amalie arena. ?[music]? ? that don't kill can only make me stronger ? ? ? i need you to hurry up now ? ? >> this is paul's jam. he is nodding his head.

million albums worldwide. he is one of the most influential people in the world. the show starts at 8:00 tonight. at 5:30, she left the dentist office with more than a tooth brush. she gloat a disease. how could that happen? wait until you hear what the dentist told her. download the new abc action news app for your mobile phone and tablet. just search for abc action news

>> she got tested after her june check-up when the dentist called and warned her about the

with the equipment. she needed to get tested for several diseases, including hepatitis c and hiv. >> i'm concerned. and i don't really feel, you know, able to comfortably touch anybody right now. i don't know what it's about. i'm scared. i'm hoping my body is strong enough to heal it. >> she has hired an attorney to investigate how this happened. the clinic says they're not aware of any other patients who may have contracted hepatitis c. take a look at this video here. trying to run over police officers. watch here closely. you see the car careening right towards the officers. they were standing by their cruiser. one of the officers goes flying in the air. another falls to the ground. and tonight police in phoenix where this happened say the driver was deliberately targeting the officers. they believe he was under the influence of something at the time of this attack. now here is wendy ryan were

killed his roommate breaks down on camera. all new at 6:00, the reason he pulled the trigger and why deputies let him go free. plus these top stories. >> reporter: a teen attacked walking to the bus stop. we are bringing safety concerns to light to keep her and dozens of students out of harm's way. it is a toddlers suffering more chemical burns to the eye than anyone else. the things you that need to do

>> the man who attacked a bradenton teen near the bus stop is still on the run tonight.

i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm wendy ryan. we're hearing from a man who shot and killed his roommate overnight in brandon. he did it to save a woman's life and his own. >> they taught me to respect people and respect -- and respect -- >> i did the right thing. because he when he had to do this morning to save a woman's life. >> i walked to his door and i opened the door and i had my gun behind -- hidden behind my right thigh. >> reporter: the fight between donald and his girlfriend was too much early this morning. >> this was like the first time that he was really hitting her. that drew the line for me. >> reporter: hillsborough county sheriffs deputies said