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took trying to find her way home period she was . she was found on tuesday at a domino's pizza on a busy intersection. janine is outside of the elementary school. that little girls dad said he spent an hour and then some looking for his daughter. >> reporter: this is the spot he was told he could pick up his little girl. she was not here because she had been released out the back gate. >> might daughter told me she was just will - - walking and crying. >> reporter: fortunately a couple stopped to help the little girl. >> to find out she was walking anything could have happened to she is only eight years old. >> reporter: not just the busy traffic has him upset, it's the
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area where she walked alone. she's eight years old and there are around 25 pedophiles in the area she was walking at . anything could have happened to my daughter. >> reporter: 20 within 1 mile of this parking lot period in one step these were involved, they drove the little girl back to her school. >> no principle, no teachers, no staff members, nobody members, nobody else, just me. >> reporter: school staff did not tell him deputies had his daughter, instead, he followed before she followed a pair a pair of boys home and the parent called them. her parents want policies upgraded and followed. >> we did the right procedure . but your procedures were not followed. >> reporter: we did see a line of students making their way into the office area. they were not picked up at 3:00 here.
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supposed to happen with deanna. it appears as though the school - - the school may be making changes already. a police officer is out of a job tonight after admitting he showed naked pictures of himself to a waitress. they recommend the officer be fired. tim barber is at the department now. >> reporter: the investigation shows he did not commit any crime. and it appears he did not, the incident was not significant enough for him to lose his certificate. the officer has been with all to mont springs for nearly five years without problems.
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complaint that he showed naked pictures of himself to a waitress. they had exchanged text and video last year, but the married. after the incident, she told a customer who alerted law enforcement. he did not commit a crime because the victim - - picture was on his phone, but they say he compromise core values and it overshadows their work and it will not be tolerated period >> this may be unbecoming and could serve as a basis of his firing, but it will not rise to the level of decertification.
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enough to get full benefits period i call the office or times and was not able to hear back from him period we put the . we put the full statement on our website. if we get his side of the story, we will let you know. there is new video of donald t rump's not so warm welcome in v ermont. the front runner was interrupted and drowned out and screamed at by demonstrators last night in burlington. the supporters of sanders got the boot, but supporters of trump and sanders they say are cut from the opposite side of the same cloth. they are so - - fishing a similar pond of independent working-class whites. >> reporter: a pole has sanders eating trump, and
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run against trump. marco rubio has released another campaign at to play up and athletic background and even poke fun at his - - at himself. >> the most important part is a big speech and make sure that there is water nearby. >> they had jokes on that and touched on the fact that he played college football for a year. he said it is a folk - - way to keep folks interested but he is still focused on the issues. cynical leaders are reacting to a tough choice given to them by the county council period and we were the first to show you the large homeless gathering. now the city has a couple of months for - - to come up with a safe zone for those men and women period but they . but they say the solution is not easy. >> we are looking for a way to
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neighborhood or business. >> josh wagner plans to meet with each leader individually to come up with a solution. the mother of a tither testified against her boyfriend who was a main suspect in her daughters disappearance. he would get her several different types of drugs and he also got a a text about drugs the night that he disappeared period . the toddler has not been seen since july 24th and his body has not been found. the drug trial starts next week. eaton couch is still in mexico tonight but his mother is back in texas. tonya faced it - - tonya faced a judge this morning period vanessa has been following the case period and she would only speak to a judge this morning. >> reporter: that's right, she
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has not said anything to report spirit she was escorted yesterday and she hid herself in her and cuffs, but - - and her handcuffs, but today there was no hiding the orange jumpsuits. the mother of eaton couch only had words for the judge in court this morning. she is charged with hindering the capture of her son. he got probation despite killing four people in a drunk driving crash because his lawyers argued that he grew up to wealthy and privileged to know white - - to know right from wrong. when video surfaced of him at a party with alcohol, it violated probation . to he and his mother escaped texas and went to mexico and stayed at a resort and partied at a strip joint. authorities caught up with them at this
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mexico and fighting extradition period his mother was brought back to california and then sent to texas yesterday where the sheriff himself escorted her to jail period >> she was . s h e w a s q u i e t a n d r e s e r v ed and very rough - - respectful. >> reporter: the judge said if couch posts bond, she will have a list of conditions including wearing an ankle monitor and surrounding her passport period >> they have already filed a motion to have her bond lowered. and her son is still in mexico but the sheriff in texas says he believes her son will be sent back to texas. we have a crew in texas a crew in texas and have another story coming up on channel nine nine after eyewitness news at 6:00 the police are investigating a fatal a fatal accident that happened seconds after a road rage incident.
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into a tree just before noon yesterday. we spoke with investigators today, do they know if it was a a medical condition that caused his death? >> reporter: detectives are still waiting to hear back period they . they are not sure if you died of a medical event or if it was the impact of the crash, but the incident was a start of tragic events that led to his death. take a look at the picture, this was the scene before noon near the high school shortly after the 81- year-old smashed into a tree. today we returned to the scene and found class and damage left behind by the crash period >> it's clear that he had a medical episode that caused him to beer across the traffic and strike the tree. >> reporter: emergency workers
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they could do to save his life. >> he was transported to the medical center and later was pronounced dead. >> the victim had been involved in a road rage a road rage incident. he and another driver got out of their car and argued and the victim drove away and seconds later, into a tree. >> they pulled in and saw the truck - - crash had occurred and they spoke with officers and provided state - - statements. >> reporter: there is a possibility that the medical event was brought on by the argument. police are urging drivers not to confront other drivers over disputes behind the wheel. they say call police and let them handle it because if you do not got things like this could happen. and it's a story you have not seen yet, a local store manager was arrested after secretly recording a woman in the bathroom period and investigators . and investigators discovered the
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this video shows a man vandalizing a mosque with a machete. and how the congregation is now moving past this unfortunate incident. in investigator was forced to race to find evidence in criminal cases. next, the small change that could have a huge impact on the fight against crime in central florida. it is nicer than it started
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to remove the need for warrants on dna swabs - - swaps. peter hernandez is working for justice for a 21-year-old man murdered in orange county in 2006. one suspect is in custody and now he is on the hunt for a second man. he could be a defendant or a witness, but the dna will rule him out as one or the other. >> reporter: he feels law has not caught up with technology. a warrant is required to swab a person for dna, but but that expires after 10 days period hernandez says it is a huge waste of time and resources and it could leave dangerous suspects on the streets longer period >> dna . >> dna is not like other evidence.
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and is hoping push a bill that would remove the expiration this takes . so this takes up staffing hours and a judges time. the judge has to see the same warrant several times over. >> reporter: a suspect can be swapped anywhere and anytime police find them. >> dna is with you forever and always. you cannot get rid of it. >> reporter: the detective says his job would be easier and the communities could be safer. so we could get more bad guys off of the street with something like this. >> reporter: the proposal has the support of the florida police chiefs operation. a new york a new york man accused of planning a terror attack based a judge today. he was described as an ex-con with mental health issues.
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use a machete to kill people celebrating new year's in a restaurant. mexican federal police are celebrating a huge victory, an infamous drug lord has been captured. the world know with a a tweet that said action accomplished, we have him. they came under heavy scrutiny after he escaped seven months ago from a maximum security prison. it >> it is a very big deal that they were able to pull this off when we consider all of the potential resources that man has at his disposal period. >> reporter: he was . >> reporter: he was captured in an early morning raid period since he has escaped twice from mexican prisons, the question tonight is if he will be sent
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and the rain was right on time. late day sun will give us a nice kick into friday night. 72 degrees is the high today. 71 degrees right 71 degrees right now, light wind at 5 miles per hour, at another system is approaching period we don't have to deal with it tonight. 71 in melbourne period 60s along the coast and a chance for some fog developing later on tonight. temperatures will cool back quickly into the middle 60s and right around 60 degrees, starting out the morning tomorrow, some 50s tomorrow, some 50s over the interior, and still above average. of fast-moving system kicked on by with late stragglers along the coast that have no ring drink themselves out. and we also keep some coastal fog and a chance a chance for low clouds over the interior. then late day sunshine and then the next storm system.
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in a little bit - - differing a little bit here. late afternoon or evening showers, a gusty thunderstorm as this weakens and moving across the coast, it still coast, it still has some power tonight. a 40% coverage of afternoon and evening thunderstorms on saturday. the best chance for showers will be in the western zones and this will get weaker as it passes on by. sunday will be a little bit a little bit cooler and late tomorrow we will be watching, the storm pretty - - production center has a low risk isolated thunderstorm. but with storms on the gulf of mexico, we will be watching to see how this forms and deviates tomorrow afternoon. otherwise, it is a nice day in the upper 70s with a late day shower or thunderstorm possible,
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in melbourne, a big turnaround and cloud cover will break up enough to allow temperatures to warm up again. along the beaches we can see coastal clouds hugging the edge of the water tomorrow and otherwise temperatures get into the 70s with dangerous surf and a big low that has not developed. look at these temperatures next week, about 63, 65, 62, a nice winter trifecta. and with the weekend in view, a warm day tomorrow with a chance for late day showers, we will keep you updated throughout the evening tonight and sunday we dry out and hello winter next week. local and federal agents busted a massive drug ring here in florida, the florida, the seized guns, money, and methamphetamines. at high-tech security measures
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outside of the service. >> the reporters wonder why they were targeted or if anyone else had been involved. they also acknowledged the outpouring of support that is come from the community. >> reporter: we waited outside of the mosque as services resumed for the first time since this act of vandalism was caught on video. >> we prayed for peace, and forgot to protect us. there is a lot of fear going on in our nation today. it is all based on endurance. about us period. reporter: police have arrested a suspect in this case. michael wolf has been charged but this is an active and ongoing investigation. the fbi has the keys under review and the attorneys offices trying to determine if the vandalism should be classified as a hate crime. >> they need to take it slow
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one step at a time. they have to be fair and judicious, judicious, but we do not want anything more or less than justice. >> reporter: many have sent messages of support to the mosque. >> i told them that this test is going to pass, but it should make you stronger, not angry or upset, you should respond with love, because the vast majority of people are good people. >> reporter: he took time to think the chief and his department for locating and arresting suspect. knew it says, the lengths is - - federal agents went to in order
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tonight got guns and drugs are off of the streets after federal agents busted a massive meth ring operating on this dirt road. >> anytime you can put 117 people in jail, you impact the quality of life for citizens. >> reporter: and the sophisticated technology that help them to get away with it for so long.
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