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prostitute. he requested she meet with adult males in exchange for money. the report does not say how he knew the teen and whatever he told investigators is redacted. no one answered the door at his home today and the judge did authorize a a public defender because he does not have a study job and has children to support. >> based on your dependent children and lack of employment, or dependence that you see you take care of and support. >> reporter: if he is given on down the line, he is not allowed contact with any children including his own. we did ask investigators for more information on the case tonight and they said they could not give it to us because it is still an ongoing investigation and we also found a criminal history for him. i am going over that now and
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00. the orlando police officer who fired driver will not face any criminal charges. we showed you the video of that incident in july. edward is accused of hitting an officer and speeding off. anderson said he fired after he was hit. and the mother filed an excessive force complaints. a plea deal could be reached for one of the four teenagers accused of being involved in a shooting spree. the trial is scheduled for tomorrow. but the state attorney office expects she for to take a plea agreement. he and three others opened fire on random homes in 2013 and they are responsible for the death of a a team in a home invasion murder. we are covering brevard county tonight and we have new information about how the
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11 hours. the man had barricaded himself in his apartment. shots were fired and it brought out heavy police reinforcements. roy ramose was there. drug residents that live here in this condo complex say they were forced out in the middle of the night with nowhere to go. this bowling alley was able to house residents and assistants like that helps investigators to resolve the standoff peacefully. they swarmed into the condo complex after responding to calls around 11: 30. >> he was given multiple
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to surrender and instead engaged our officers with a firefight. >> reporter: bullets just missed them and it a driver- side window. >> when they saw that, that, they all jumped and started firing back. >> reporter: the exchange continued into the morning and we found this facebook page from someone posting about the shooting and post showed pictures of bullets in a wall. >> social media may have been used to communicate the situation that was going on. >> reporter: residents were forced out of their home in the middle of the night for their safety. in nearby bowling alley house to them until taylor surrendered, he was taken into custody with a a scratch to his hand and injuries to his stomach. taylor faces charges including
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enforcement officers with a firearm, aggravated of what - - assault with a firearm and the mystic violence and battery. we are looking into his criminal history. criminal charges have been dropped against - - we should you the contract - - confrontation between them and - - her and the in the deputies, reed was charged with assisting an officer - - resisting an officer with violence. but just because the charges were dropped does not mean the case is o ver. a high school this morning the loss of a 16-year-old soccer play - - player. she collapsed yesterday during a match in houston. she was rushed to the hospital
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dead from asthma complications. officials have three weeks to raise enough money for a downtown campus. memorandum of understanding with the governor's office, appointing the details $20 million. they won't pitch the product - - project until they have support files secured the products. - - projects. >> we will focus the offers on those areas where there are workforce needs. >> they recently pledged $1.5 million each. we are still trying to find
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received a federal subpoena. george tractor down in washington. what did she say? >> reporter: good evening. neither congressman brown or the office would tell us what they were asking for in the subpoenas. they will say that it was politically motivated. we caught up with her and she was walking down. as much as i like to i like to talk to the media, my had better listen to my attorney. >> you said it was political motivation behind the attacks, motivated?
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i do. my mister gave us a ceremony on sunday and he said the lord is on your side. >> do you believe he is on your side? >> he has to be. if god is on your side, who can be against you? >> if you are not able to run the - - win this fight, will you run fight, will you run again? knew absolutely, yes, i am here because the lord put me here. it is plain and simple. >> why do you think it is political motivation to - - why do you think it is political motivation? snoo listen, have to go. >> reporter: letter has to be read on the house floor. at they written the letter, they would not ask that question. and the house speaker's office will speaker's office will
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looking into it. >> thank you george. a chairman of the florida democratic party announced that he is running for congress. the boundaries of all of the districts were altered last month when they approved a new congressional map. uses one of the reasons he is running is to create more opportunities for the working class. >> you are the real job
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he didn't say much. phillips who was in the military told investigators he suffers from ptsd even though he was never deployed. this is the scene of a stabbing. he was staying with his mother just down the street by several houses. >> reporter: this composite sketch was key in helping to solve - - solve a violent stabbing. they say phillips confessed to attacks on the children at the time. they lived several houses down. officials say he is in no way related to the victims and did not know them personally. >> he initially stated he was going out for a walk. he carries a knife.
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good way to get out of town. >> reporter: they spotted phillips in the neighborhood with a bandage on his finger. he was questioned and photographed and released. police tracked him down last night and they said both victims emotionally reacted to it. >> she immediately acknowledged that was the guy period she said . she said i will never forget him. >> reporter: phillips is charged with burglary. the victims did survive but were severely injured in this case and the landlord told me he believes they went back to ohio to be with family. the national center for missing and exploited children hope a new picture will help them to find a a little girl who disappeared six years ago. we had extensive - - extensive coverage in 2009. she disappeared
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stepmother was the last person to see her alive. this is what investigators think she looks like right now. florida - - the report ranks florida 30th in the nation. the authors also changed the way they calculated the rankings. massachusetts scored the best and nevada was last. >> you couldn't could an inch - - eventually need a permit to panhandle. and some are pushing for that change to tackle the problem. >> we've been watching plummeting stock prices on wall street. we asked an expert how this down week is affecting your savings. >> this young father was found dead in front of his house, and the recent deputies are asking
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deputies need your help finding a man a man who shot and killed a deputy. >> the city - - the city is still blocked off with crime tape and investigators can return to the home searching for clues to let them know what happened here. todayinvestigators searched for clues in into - - in and around the home after getting reports
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they arrived to discover ronnie have been shot in front of his home. >> we started cpr, cpr, any kind of resuscitation that we do. >> reporter: emts arrived and one on the scene, they pronounced him d ead. deputies are calling the depth suspicious and now they don't know the super - - circumstances surrounding i t. dmin is a father and his child is just a few months old. is a former corrections officer was on the job until 2014. many of his coworkers were devastated >> she he leaves behind his family at the sheriff's office and a lot of people are grieving his loss today. >> reporter: officials
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deputies say he was a dedicated employee. a constant - - competency hearing is scheduled - - fleetwood junior has been ruled incompetent to face a jury. his father had a park named after him. and - - florida carey inc. challenged the policy - - ac law prohibits having - - the university of central florida is set to launch a new investigation a new investigation into the largest
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they will search for undetected pollution on the oil spill. they believe anchoring toxic pollutants have settled below the seafloor that could further hurt the environment. that could be funded by a $1.5 million grant. orlando's tallest and fastest roller coaster is coming together piece by piece. yesterday cruise out of the apex of this shark inspired - - the rights it's 200 feet in the air. seaworld says it will go as fast as 73 miles per hour period it is scheduled to debut this summer. look at that, it is cool video. >> my son will be behind her and they will be watching. my friend in palm coast did not get a lick of sun today. if you are in palm coast, you are in the fog today.
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officially, but a whole different story on the coast, we've got see fog on the shortcut it went into the north, 61 degrees for you and a north breeze, 1 mile visibility along the coast and you can see the color coding here where that fog is dancing t hrough. and this will be mainly on the beach itself initially tonight and the wind could actually bring this closer tonight. we have 70 - - see fog - - you can see the fog coming through here and over the next five days, we have a shot of getting a subtropical - - some - - the tropical system from 2006.
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in 1970 that the vase 1978. and the closer we get to 5:00 in the morning, we will be tracking some light rain and a little bit more on the backside. and the future track is showing until the afternoon, with widely scattered showers. the next chance for rain will be saturday afternoon. scattered showers, a rumble of thunder, pushing off shore offshore by 8:00. the leader and saddle - - saturday, not a washout d ay. baldwin park has a shower early in the morning, temperatures in the 50s tonight got 50% rating coverage
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30% range and to the east. some rain chances on tomorrow and saturday. with the weekend in view, 77 degrees tomorrow, 78 degrees on saturday, more sunshine on sunday, especially monday and tuesday, with drier days and temperatures are finally back below average. we are still tracking the track with more rain coming up. jeb bush is taking another swipe at marco rubio. >> key has missed more votes over the last few years than any other senator. >> and he talks about the accusations that he was skipping out on his job. and a financial expert told
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>> it does not look good to the markets closed across the board, stocks are down at a a three-month little - - the three month low. but this could be an opportunity for many. >> reporter: stocks may be taking a beating, ending the day down, but that does not mean it is all bad news, at least not in the long run. >> people always say buy low and sell high. >> reporter: scott says it is a buying opportunity. traders will be looking for emergency, what does bargains, what does it mean for the average worker throwing money into the ira every month? those investors are boring - - buying low as well. stocks but in times like this can turn into big gains. he says most people who are in it for the long haul should come out of this okay.
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people certainly concerned, this dip is part of the natural cycle. the average investor should not panic. >> i believe in the economy period i . i think most people should continue to do that. do not do anything silly. >> it has been a rocky start to the new year, but european and japanese markets have fallen more . there is a search tonight for rentals who've ransacked a storage area. the vendors also discharged fire extinguishers and destroyed brand-new books, toys, clothing and dresses that would have gone to local homeless students. they see the damage is in the thousands.
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