active and on going investigation, when i contacted the city manager's office, is was told there is a heightened sense of security. the city of titusville is still adding up the losses but believes thousands of dollars were stolen in what it's calling a sophisticated wire fraud scheme, carried out by e-mail. the city believes that several attempts were made, with one of them being successful. the city isn't saying much more about the ongoing investigation, but residents are. >> i hope they catch the people, and then they better reprogram these people inside, figure out wlas going on. >>reporter: in a written statement from the city manager's office, we were told the city is investigating this theft with our bank, state and federal l authorities. as well as reviewing administrative procedures to prevent future a occurrences. >> it's not something that you hear about hitting about a city. lots and lots of things

getting money from them, or some kind of scam, but never have i ever heard from a city. >>reporter: we found out today the city of titusville is still checking records to determine an exact dollar figure for the theft. but the city has liability insurance which should cover the losses sustained after a deductible is met. minimizing the loss to taxpayers. >> i would like them to get to the bottom of it, to find out what was going on. >>reporter: and we're told that insurance deductible is roughly $2500. live here in titusville, melanie holt, channel 9, eyewitness news sglchlt the director of a lake county day care is bind bars -- behind bars tonight, accused of child abuse, it stems from this video captured by a coworker at the day care that sparked outare rage on social media. 41-year-old kimberly reid, striking a 4-year-old boy with stuffed animals, and then picking him up and tossing him. the coworker told the investigators this abuse had

>> you're paying for your child to be safe, you're coming here, dropping your child off, hoping she'll have a good day. >> as bad as the video looks, police say the boy is fine. reid told the investigators it was rough play, but she was already on probation for fraud and grand theft cases, and remains locked up tonight without bond for violating her probation. new at 6:00, tonight, we're asking the police in maitland if they believe a local middle school has a gang problem. two mothers reached out to us with those concerns, after they say their sons were attacked at maitland middle school on friday. and today, we learned threats there prompted increased security measures today. channel 9's carla rey is there now. incidents on friday, there was threats on social media. >>reporter: maitland police told us tonight that those threats were regarding rumors of a possible school shooting. they determined that there was

those problems may be related to a group of students here, maitland police told me they're still trying to figure out who those students are. >> we spotted police cars parked prominently in front of maitland middle school today and a message from the school's principal to these parents explains why. >> over the weekend, i was made aware of threats on social media and immediately reported it to maitland police department. >>reporter: late today, we learned the threats were claims there would be a shooting at the school. lakeisha singleton and mercedes jones says this comes after -- >> you come to school to learn, not to fight, not to be -- you come to learn to school and that's it. >>reporter: the principal's call explained that the threats on social media, students were sent to class in staggered groups today. she also referenced the group,

>> we do know the group of students who are causing some of our disruption. >>reporter: we asked the district leaders whether the issues were related to a gang and were told that is up to law enforcement. law enforcement is working out the detail, but these mothers want answer. >> where were the teacher, where were the administrators, how did this happen? >>reporter: in that call to the parent, the principal went on to say there are two meetings held here tomorrow night, one at 6:00 o'clock, one at 7:00 o'clock can and that a school resource officer will be here to answer these threats. reporting live in maitland, channel 9, eyewitness news. in the past hour, investigators in brevard county confirmed the man found dead in a house along with a high school teacher, was her estranged husband. police found the bodies of ricky cook, and 54-year-old sandra melbourne home.

the only two involved, but have not released details. one neighbor says he isn't seen the two in a month. >> about a month, three weeks before christmas, they went away and haven't seen them since. >> sandra cook was a teacher at rock ledge high school. the school put out a statement. the orange county office is working to confirm another possible murder-suicide. they're not looking for any suspects in the deaths of katie hall and her boyfriend, baker, a relative found the couple's bodies at the mission club apartments on saturday. the couple does not have a history of reported domestic violence. >> we are asking what's next for prosecutors after a man's second-degree murder conviction was thrown out. we told you at 5:00, craig sandhouse could get 30 years taken off of his sentence, following a murder of a bouncer at a downtown orlando bar five years ago. he claims he was trying to help his daughter. live outside of the courthouse

the sandhouse family. >>reporter: and is was not able to get in touch with anyone. sandhouse never stop fighting, even though a jury here dismissed his argument and a judge dismissed his argument. but a daytona beach appellate court agreed with part of it. this video from outside of the lodge bar in downtown orlando shows the broul that erupted. eric was arrested for second-degree murder, the other brother, craig, admitted he was the one holding the knife when milton torres was stabbed to death. his story has never changed. >> they kept hitting him and hitting him and finally, milton walked away. and i kept running -- i kept yelling to eric, run, run, i didn't want to kill the kid, i wanted him to stop attacking my brother and i have a heart. i didn't want to see this kid die. >>reporter: now the 5th district

beach ruled that the most was proved was manslaughter, that sandhouse impulsive ily reacted and they did not know one another, there was no ill will, hatred or spite. the attorney general has the case and told us it's reviewing the ruling. wftv legal analyst perry says the state can ask for a florida supreme court review, but believes it's unlikely the state's highest court will agree to that. >> this ruling is not some new ruling, this ruling is based upon established precedent throughout the state of florida. >>reporter: sandhouse is 31 years old, he was going to have to stay in state prison until he was about 74 years old. but now, he might be getting out when he's 44. reporting live at the orange county courthouse. an excessive force complaint filed by two valencia college students has been dismissed by the orange county sheriff's office. today, officials said those deputies followed protocol, it

sparked the complaints by reid and lane, who says thod those deputies kneed them and twisted reid's arm so hard it was pulled out to socket. they were the ones at fault. we talked with their attorney, and we'll have more on that and what will be their next steps. a hearing is scheduled tomorrow for the orlando police officer accused of kneeing a suspect so hard, his spleen ruptured. we've shown you this video there of officer peter and suspect robert lee, said an orlando police holding cell in august 2014. investigators say lied about the incident, were both fired from the department. his trial is pt anded to begin -- expected to begin in mid february. >> the city of daytona beach wants you to donate to homeless assistance programs. because dozens of homeless people have been camped outside of the property appraiser's

the city has set up a link now on the website for anyone to donate and so far, more than $100,000 have been raise sfwld winter park city leaders may have been violating the sunshine law for years, the city's new attorney says the common practice of commissioners going to tallahassee as a group violates the sunshine law because those trips were not advertise xd there are no minutes of the meetings. the city may ask lawmakers to change the law to allow public officials to meet with lawmakers without those other requirements. rith now, kissimmee police are looking for a man who tried to sexual assault a woman. 4:00 a.m. saturday, he offered a woman a ride. police say when she got in the kashgs, he exposed himself and demand sexual favors, she refused and he pulled out a screwdriver and threat ped to stab her. the woman was able to get out of that vehicle.

evan was shot in the you would shoer and is recovering right now in torng jail. police say evans and another man carjacked a driver at gunpoint on conway on friday. police say they shot her when she crashed into their patrol cars, and drove towards officers. some republicans in osceola county want to get rid of red light cameras. the party office is offering a petition now to ban those devices. the petition says the cameras nothing more than money makers for government. organizers hope to get 500 signatures and they plan to send the petition to elected officials at the state and local level sgls a man says he showed up at a local hospital for testing and was forced to wait outside. >> the treatment he says he was forced to endure, when hospital workers learned he might have tuberculosis. >> and take a look at this video of a clerk turning the tables on a would-be robber there. next, the help investigators need now. >> and 82 degrees today, was the warmest in a month's time.

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you're watching channel 9 witness news at 6:00, coverage you can count on. you at 6:00, a man says he fwoept a local hospital for treatment and was forced to actually sit outside. >> yeah. the former police officer living with health problems now, after 911 went to the st. cloud regional medical center to be tested for tuberculosis, but he told shannon butler, hospital workers didn't know how to treat him. >> you know, take care of myself. >>reporter: patrick smith is a retired nypd police officer. he says he started having problems with his lungs. smith has black lung from the dust and the debris from the twin towers, on friday, he called his doctors after he wasn't feeling well and the doctor wanted him to get tested

he might have a strain of tuberculosis. so he says, he went to the st. cloud regional medical center. and what he says happened there has his wife fuming. >> an infested rodent sitting in a dirty parking lot, it's disgusting. >>reporter: when he showed up, they handed him a mask and ordered him outside. >> i don't know this, why am i out there. >>reporter: the doctor and the nurse came to talk to him while he sat on a bench. >> you're keeping me outside until they get a room ready. >>reporter: he told us that the nurse says they weren't e equipmented to test him there for tuberculosis and ask that he come back monday and sent him on his way without knowing if he had the disease or not. >> my vet treats my dog better than this and i let something like this go, it's only going to

and again, and again, and again, until it becomes fatal to somebody. >> in st. cloud, shannon butler. >> smith says he found out on sunday, but the doctor says he didn't have a contagious form of tb, smith's wife has called the state and the risk manager at the hospital to file a complaint. he couldn't comment on this specific case. drivers could face tougher penalties for a first time offense. tougher penalties for people who refused the breath test. the sponsor changed course and dropped that proposal and the state will have ignition interlocks. moers against drunk drives supports the bill. covering news where you live. in orange county, the school district and frustrated parents are asking county commissioner to shut down plans to build two new schools. opponents say there's no room for the two proposal charter schools in avalon park.

district against the project is p expected to be taken to county commissioners later this month. some residents are hoping schools are never build. >> you're not going to be able to get in and out of avalon park at all. >> the developer has plans to break ground for the first school. despite the district's move to stop him. he says he'll make sure that the traffic in area flows smoothly. in brevard county, the tables quickly turned for a guy who tried to rob a convenience store. the sugar creek gas station on state road 43. you can see the armed guy trying to rob the place. watch what happens as soon as he lets his guard down. the store clerk attack, punches the guy, several times, before he took off running. turns out the gun was fake, but the police still need your help in finding the crook. man, he got what was coming to him, huh? >> uh-huh sdmrchlt leaders in

new approach to keeping lakes and rivers clean. a proposed ordnance would ban removing the vegetation that filters and cleans the water. homeowners would be monitored by the county and fined hundreds of dollars if they break the rules, the proezed ordnance is up for revision and won't be up for public hearing until next month. investigators are trying to figure out how a big anaconda got loose from somebody and slitherred into a melbourne neighborhood. >> they captured it around 10:30 this morning. the snake is 9 feet long and folks who live on that street say knowing that there is a giant snake out there makes them a little uneasy. florida fish and wildlife is investigating. i guess, brevard county had a bigger one that was there. >> yeah, what, just a month or two ago. up there? >> yeah, rattlesnakes, pythons,

of the sunset looking to the west, downtown orlando, these clouds that you see, they'll clear as we cool off this evening, but the high today was 82 degrees, that's the warmest in orlando since new year's day. and the next two days will be in the 80s as well before another thunderstorms. and a big cooldown. we'll time that out in a second. in orlando. new smyrna down to 68 degrees. a little cooler along the coast. because of the water temperature is in the upper 60s, low 70s along the atlantic. for tonight, in orlando, including pepper mill and kings wood manor, in the 70s for dinner time. then the 60s overnight. look at the low temperatures, if you want 50s, well, you should be in palm beach coast, ocala and summer field, that's where we'll dro p to the upper 50 -- drop to the upper 50s by morning. this is a warm night, relatively speaking for february. want to give you a heads up,

5:00 to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and brian shields will basically update that if there are any issues tomorrow. check in with him before you head to work. 83 tomorrow. so it's warmer in orlando tomorrow than today. some of the warmest temperatures west of orlando. look at our beaches, though, low 70s palm beach coast, mid 70s cocoa beach. so a little cooler once again tomorrow, at the beach, highlighting the western zone, around clermont, greater pine, up to 84 tomorrow. into the villages, 84, ocala, 84, 83 for a high temperature. the warmest temperatures in the orange county county will be around the attractions, 83. downtown orlando. 82. we can't rule out an isolated shower tomorrow, but mainly dry weather. and then we'll be tracking more heat on wednesday. you see the front, though, behind me? that will bring a good chance for rain come thursday. talk more about that in a second. first, the front will also drop the temperatures, we're down to

so the temperatures take about 20 degrees behind that front. and then they'll warm up for saturday. speaking of thursday, this is going to be the day to watch. because we have a chance for rain, especially afternoon and evening, now, at this point, the severe weather risk looks low with thursday's forecast. but i dwoont you to pay attention over the next few days in chase that change, we'll let you know. a few lightning strikes will be possible on thursday. heavy rain looks to be the main threat. right now, it will be a great idea to put the wftv weather app on your smartphone, we frequently record videos of upcoming weather events, you can see them from the phone. the five-day forecast with your weekend always in view. tuesday and wednesday, we're if the 80s. rain chances low, but we can't rule out a brief shower. then thursday, that's when the front arrives. we have a 70% chance for rain, mainly afternoon and evening. highest chance for the heaviest rain will be north of orlando on thursday. then, friday, look at that cooler weather. 64, it's also windy on friday as well clear out. saturday, looks good.

time for high school athletes to start warming up their signing arms, national signing day is wednesday, while the students are thinking about their future, a handful of coaches are signing new deals. seminole high school one of them, announced the new head coach today, giving the job to were foer university coach don stark. seminole missed the playoffs for the last five days. stark was out of coaching last year. leading the cougars to back-to-back playoff appearances in 2013, and 2014. as for signing days, seminole defensive back brandon moore one of the local kids planning to sign with ucf, we'll have complete coverage of the class of 2016, along with the gator,

signing day special wednesday. in the nba, the magic ended a miserable january, with an impressive win over boston last night. that ended the 8-game losing streak. the magic are in san antonio tonight. >> i thought we looked you know, more like we looked -- more like ourselves, we fell bind, i guess it was 13. you know frshgs that point on -- you know, from that point on, we hustled. >> hope they keep it up. florida state in action tonight, seminoles host nc state at 9:00 o'clock. thank orange county deputies have been cleared of allegations of using excessive force against two college students in a case that was caught on cameras. >> tonight, we're asking the students' attorney why she didn't talk to the deputies during this investigation. at 11:00, right here on channel 9. thanks for watching channel

>> abc news world news tonight with david muir is up next. and for updates in between the newscast, check out wftv.com. >> see you later. .