a lakeland home, here is video showing the man, ryan tallent being booked into jail. the accident killing janice folds. investigators say that there is no doubt he was drunk. this pinellas county deputy is out of a job facing charges after he stole prescription pills and even pond his service gun. >> erik waxler just talked with the sheriff about how the arrest is part of a much larger problem. >> reporter: the deputy's name is stephen smith, this is his mug shot, he was a good cop when he first started in 2012 but then his life fell apart because of a drug addiction. >> he had nothing, you could tell just by his cruiser honestly it was a mess. he might have been living in that.

addicted to oxycodone because of a long-term back injury that is why his job performance and started to suffer. he was eventually demoted twice and given a desk job but on the desk job instead of destroying an unused prescription he took them home instead. >> he may have taken as many as three of the oxycodone pill bottles and probably over 300 pills. >> smith's downward spiral got so bad he sold clock at this pawnshop. smith told investigators he did not take the pills on the job instead he doubled up on his dosage after work>> he needs to face the consequences for his actions. we hope he gets the help he needs. >> reporter: the sheriff says he wishes smith had admitted his problem earlier so he could of gotten help before hitting rock-bottom.

he was missing his gun because he has two. erik waxler abc action news. also right now hurricane the cold bearing down on bermuda. look at this category two storm, a round of dangerous storm surge now that the eye has passed over bruno. >> isolated tornadoes are possible let's move over to meteorologist shay ryan. the biggest concern will be the tropical storm to the near hurricane force winds the island will continue to see on the backside of the system, also a significant storm surge about 6 to 8 feet we are still looking at 5 to 8 inches of rain tonight to fall on the island. again it is weakening as it moves northeast away from the island. moving at 21 miles per hour, moving quickly and it will be a category one storm by tomorrow afternoon. and it will continue to dissipate in the atlantic.

improve throughout tonight but it is dealing with strong winds , hefty storm surge and rainfall totals. as far as our weather is concerned, fabulous, a glorious day out there, tonight is looking the same, mostly clear skies and mostly dry conditions temperatures falling from the 80s into the mid-70s by 11:00 tonight. the rest of the seven-day forecast coming up in just a little bit. there way for you to get an idea of how election day is turning out in the key battleground states. >> information that until this election only journalists had action -- access to. >> the race is projected as too close to call. >> most news organizations take the cautious approach not

until the polls have closed. what if you could track how the candidates are doing in real time all day long cloaks>> it is something we have been working on. >> the president of haystack in washington dc this company has been making projections for political campaigns for more than a decade. now a team of election veterans want to share that information with all of us. >> to be how this state is voting and here's the projected outcome. >> the group formed a company called vote caster taking volunteers on the ground in seven battleground states. those volunteers will be at polling places keeping track of how many people voted, they will then combine the turnout information from hundreds of districts across the state and calculate how they are doing. the numbers shift throughout the day as turnout changes, one

declare a winner. >> we feel good about the models but we would never say 100%. >> there is a demand from the public and the voters we talked to say they are interested. >> would you still go to the polls? >> yes, every vote counts. >> charles franklin is weary about sharing this information. >> if you make a mistake and suffer the consequences. >> there is a data under wraps until the polls close. >> you introduce a new element to elections which is not valuable to the public if it turns out to be misleading. >> vote caster hopopes letting people see the game will better connect voters to the process and be the norm in future elections. >> reporter: vote caster will be introducing 10,000 voters in

including florida. the survey along with turnout numbers as well as absentee votes will all be in the projections, just to clarify phot cancer -- caster will not know who you are voting for. and alleges dogfighting brink of 22 dogs were found. here is a closer look at the animals, deputies found with no food, water and chained down. at a home on tweak street, they could even smell decayed flesh. the owner of the house james harris and darrell smith both facing animal cruelty charges tonight. the dogs are getting proper care and treatment. to make room for the dogs there is an adoption special going on at the shelter, they did not euthanize any dogs to make room but they need to make space to

when approved families can adopt animals for $10. tons of rocks shut down a busy road in tampa today following a crash in the northbound lanes on north 50th street. 24 tons of rocks spilled from this truck after it collided with a van, everyone expected to be okay. an independent autopsy revealing keith lamont scott died from gunshot wounds in his he was shot to death last month by a police officer, the autopsy says scott specifically suffered gunshot wounds to his left back, left stomach and his wrist. he also had broken ribs, the medical examiner results have not been released. we are learning of a music of viruses own in miami, five people have tested positive and officials believe they got the virus from here in florida.

police sergeant contracted the virus, one sergeant noticed she had symptoms of the virus that is when previous test came back positive for the virus. michelle says she feels some symptoms but she is back to work full-time.>> i brought it to the attention of the department because i wanted everybody to be aware of what is going on for the department to take precautions. this is serious. >> with the long hours michelle is worried one of her colleagues will also get sick. deputies need help finding a person who rob a supermarket in sarasota. it happened last night a man came into the store with a gun and demanded money, the men was last seen wearing a baseball cap.

want to get away, traveling to cuba $450 round-trip in december. we go to the airport with details on the fight. >> december 12 that is the first flight out of tia to havana expected to be incredibly popular. consider this, the third- largest cuban-american population in the us, the airline tampa is the perfect market for the flight, it will be once a day, a nonstop flight, how much it could cost? anywhere from $300-$400. we also found a more flexible you are, the lower the fair you can get. we found the flights as cheap as $150. remember, travel to cuba for tourism purposes only from the united states prohibited but there are 12 categories of

abcactionnews.com. i'm lindsay logue abc action news. a local family goes from paying $35 to over $500 for their water bill, how it happened and what you should look out for. contaminated water, why some wells in polk county are testing positive for

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one family feared they would have to move out of their home after it happened. >> we were told they faced losing the water supply and it wasn't their fault. >> running water. music to her ears. >> i have lived here six years normally the water bill would be $25-$30 per month. >> then came the august bill. a indicates martha and her dad somehow used 70,000 gallons of water in a single month compared to their average 5000. >> there was no way i could pay $500. >> when the shock wore off they try to figure out how they ended up with the water bill and then they remembered one block away from their home under these barricades was a

hydrant in front of her house, she reported the bill and the sinkhole. what did they say to you? >> i called and they said we had to pay that. >> i contacted the county with questions about the bill looking for an expedition. >> it was the day after they apologized for the inconvenience. >> in this email a spokesperson confirmed this is the only bill that was out of range for he the county cannot confirm where the water came from but they processed a credit of $448 on the day we made contact. >> very surprised. i didn't think they would help us. >> jackie callaway, taking action for you. the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> a pretty good go of it as of

of year where there are fewer storms and more showers. >> the mornings are more pleasant. afternoon not exactly. >> still pretty muggy there is no way to get around it. we still don't have enough of the cold front coming through to bring in the dry air but it is coming. the tower temper camera looking beautiful with temperatures in the mid-to upper 80s and over harbor and davis islands nice doppler radar you can see the little bits of green working across the state northeast pulling moisture off the atlantic trying to get across the state. that is great for those of you who want to get the jogging tonight or walk the dog without a passing showers not likely. as we look at the temperatures across hillsboro county, there got 82 degrees in fish hawk 83 in plant city. off to the north into citrus

we look closer to the coastline in pinellas county things are looking pretty good mainly 85 to 86 degrees you can see palm harbor 86, looking good across the area with a nice mix of sun and clouds today. will continue to see the same pattern tomorrow with this north easterly flow, we get a nice breeze from time to time a problem and most of this doesn't reach the ground, so you may get a sprinkle out of it but that is it. this front we can't get excited, there is no big push of dryer, cooler air, but the next one coming next week around this time between friday and saturday we will see the front push through and we will get a nice batch of cool dry air. the beautiful weather continues

the afternoon, we will still see low chances for rain that will be reinforced behind the front but no dramatic changes yet. if you are trying to plan out the night and you're headed out to the lightning game things are looking nice and dry and we will see partly to mostly cloudy skies, we don't have rain icons overnight or into early tomorrow morning so the commute is looking very good. if you have yardwork to do tomorrow, anim time, the temperatures will be starting off in the 70s, ending the day in the mid to upper 80s, if you want to stay out of the heat get the yardwork in earlier otherwise no problems for you. this holds through the weekend as we are looking at saturday and sunday, i want to point out we are going from 10% chance of a shower to 20%. this is not a big deal, but you might be more likely to see a

doubting you will be bothered by any of it or it will mess up any plans. rain unlikely for saturday may be a brief shower sunday as we look at next week we get drier air tuesday bringing the rain chances down to near zero, but the rest of the week is looking at 10%. bottom line, a lot of dry days ahead. back to you. the fight for lunch or dinner time business is now have one more option. the tech giant launched amazon restaurants giving prime members the option to get food delivered from local restaurants for free. the initial prime membership fee is $99. uber eats started a service recently. >> are huge one location had to

with the orders. >> amazon restaurants is free for members but you have to order $20 worth of food. >> the clearwater jazz festival one of the most popular music festivals is back for its 37th year, the festival is kicking off in clearwater featuring local and national jazz musicians and other bands, the commodores and cool in the gang are performing tonight. tonight th darryl hall. drug tainted french fries? the ingredient that one mother says was in her child's fast food rest -- french

we are celebrating everyday heroes who have had an impact by giving up their time and talents, you can be a hero, local centers need your help, here are some ideas from the dawn center of hernando. >> the dawn center is partnering to build an on-site kennel for dogs and cats coming into the shelter.

somebody with skills in carpentry can come out and help build we would love to have them on-site, if they have materials that are helpful or useful we would very much appreciate that as well.>> another way to help is by attending the charity events, here are a few, october 20 the peace breakfast in saint pete on the 26th the spring will host its gift of peace and on it its faces luncheon in clearwater. a mother in ohio demanding answers after her daughter was served pot laced french fries at wendy's. her daughter complained that her french fries were yucky, so she told her to spit them out.>> at first i thought it was chart french fries but i was looking and you could see the paper. you could see the marijuana in

manager left, police say what the mother found is marijuana and two of the three employees they questioned to smoke pot that they said they were not responsible. here is wendy ryan with a look at what is happening at 6:00. >> new details after officials tested private wells for radioactivity. this after a toxic sinkhole was found. connected. and these top stories. coming up, one day after the death of a teenager family hopes a community can step in to find the person responsible. many for-profit graduates feel cheated. >> i am working day in and day out trying to pay it back. >> at 6:00 the big change that could save the ctims from

live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. a car slams into a tampa teenager and speech away tonight they're grieving mother's message.

the mother today.>> holding her daughter's shattered phone. she still hopes for the phone call she never got. this cell phone video shows the 17-year-old ashley perdomo with her mom and brother just before heading to work. she was a senior at hillsboro high school, a model planning to go to college. >> >> as usual ashley was on her way to catch a bus home from work but this time she took longer than most picks but her brother charger phone here, less than one block from her work along hillsboro avenue. >> it turns out she was hit as she crossed intersection, killing her and then taking off. >> whether the person stopped