half to two hours of this. the cold front hot on the heels of this storm. we're going to get much cooler weather overnight tonight. let's me zoom into doppler radar. we're keeping track of the storms moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour. they are lined up from the heathrow area west of deltona. zoom in closer and there's some thunder along state road 44 out of deland past the pine lakes area. orange city, debary and deltona in the next 15 minutes or so. lightning strikes around also daytona beach. we don't see this usually in february, more like the middle of summer. ahead of this cold front it's still raining in palm coast, flagler beach and dunnellon. the rain moves out tonight and then i have lots of winter weather to talk about. >> we will see you then.

, a mims convenient store clerk is talking about how he disarmed a would be robber. this happened at the sugar creek gas station. melanie holt is in mims right now. this clerk told you worse things have happened. he told me when i know -- when this suspect walked into this store he didn't have time to think. >> you may have seen the video of a mims store clerk turning the tables on an armed criminal last month. the 34-year-old army vet said today it was just muscle memory and good training. >> the robber came through the front door over here, walked around, caught me when i wasn't looks, turned around and he was standing there with the gun and told me to put the money in the bag. >> david dick who just happened to be in a superman shirt when he caught up with him at the

said he served multiple tours in iraq. fearing he might be shot at home when he saw an opportunity he took it. >> that was number one in my mind, get the gun away, remove the threat and, you know, hopefully detain. that didn't happen. >> after the suspect took off running david dick realized something was wrong with the revolver, it was an air soft gun. >> it made me more upset. >> the sheriff's office is still looking for the robber. on the agency's website it said the suspect will probably think twice before taking on another vet but added they never encourage citizens to actively engage criminals over money. david dick agrees. >> pay attention to what he's doing, what he's wearing, the style of car. you can be a hero that way. >> reporter: after this robbery david dick told me he just cleaned up the area and went back to work. live in mims,

new 4:00 we heard how a brave 13-year-old boy was when he called 911 to tell police that he had been molested by his neighbor. >> the 53-year-old daytona beach man is now behind bars on charges of kidnapping, child abuse and lewd battery. blaine tolison spent the last hour listening to the boy's call for help. >> john mooreland the man who lives in this home behind me and is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy is a military veteran. the victim's family told me it's one of the reasons they trusted him. >> a 13-year-old told police he fought 53-year-old john worling in his daytona beach home before he escaped and called 911. >> my neighbor molested me and was touching me. >> do you know where your neighborhood is right now? >> at his house. >> worling faced a judge , accused of molesting the boy

>> you have been charged with kidnapping, aggravated child child. >> the victim's family was not home at the time of the alleged crime but said worling worked the boy's stepmother even said worling would buy things for her stepson. >> he bought my stepson a pair of shoes, a bag, got him a $50 prepaid visa card for christmas, a stocking full of candy. >> worling is a certified airline pilot and army veteran. he does not have a criminal record. he was armed with a gun shortly before his arrest and threatened to kill himself. >> worling is faces felony charges including kidnapping and aggravated child abuse. he's being held in the volusia county jail with no bond. reporting in daytona beach, blaine tolison, channel 9, eyewitness news. right now a federal judge is deciding whether a group of

case to get a lawsuit filed by corin brown dismissed. the 36-page document filed yesterday takes aim at brown's argument that florida's new districting plan violated the voting rights act. now it will go from jacksonville to west of tallahassee. days of the iowa caucuses the presidential candidates from repairing for a primary election in new hampshire. with it just five days away all campaigns are taking off in full force. ted cruz beat donald trump in iowa but so far trump is leading in new hampshire by 20 points. >> i think i would use trump. the reason is that trump has proven already that have he's completely valuable. i don't think he has any fixed opinions that he would really go to the white house and find for. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders are the only two democratic candidates still left

they will debate tonight in new hampshire. abc news hosts the next republican debate this saturday. christopher heath will be live on facebook for live analysis during the debate that starts at 8:00 on channel 9 and followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. someone has nominated republican presidential candidate donald trump for this year's nobel peace prize. many expect that to fall by the wayside. other include the greek island group welcoming syrian refugees. we're covering marion county tonight and digging up new information about a fatal deputy involved shooting. one deputy was hurt when this scene unfolded outside a gas station last night. myrt price has been looking into the suspect's second. he's been in trouble before. >> reporter: yeah, he's faced numerous arrests here in florida and in other states. in fact, when that confrontation happened

suspect was on probation. it shocked me. >> vince poe said he couldn't be believe it when he got the news that his friend, cristiaan dubrino had been shot and killed following a shoot out with marion county deputies here at this gas station. i came over. i was just about to here. >> the confrontation with night. deputies say they were dispatched here after getting reports that dubrino was armed. deputies found dubrino with one gun to his head and the other at deputies. deputies pleaded with him to put down the gun. >> please put the gun down, man, please. >> dubrino got on the phone and paced around his car and later got in. the video doesn't show what happened next but the sheriff's office said he started shooting at deputies and they returned fire.

out dubrino was wounded and deputy daniel trammell was also hit in the leg. dubrino later died. >> dubrino has been in trouble before and was on probation for trying to run away from police and for resisting arrest. he's also been arrested on numerous other charges across the country including kidnapping, battery and assault with a deadly weapon. >> we went to his apartment to talk with his family but no one answered. >> reporter: now, the sheriff's office said the officers that were involved in the shooting have not been placed on paid leave. in fact, they say they are actually just taking some time off because of everything that they've gone through. we tried to reach out to the family of the suspect but they said they're too shaken up to talk to us right now. live in marion county, myrt price, channel 9, eyewitness news. two managers at the department of veteran's affairs have been given their high level positions back despite using their position to make more money.

graves were accused of using job transfers to get around pay freezes and bonuses. they were demoted but a government review board over turned the demotions. >> our federal civil service laws are there to protect employees but they should not protect the deadwood that exists out there. >> the deputy va secretary said the punishment was excessive because others were not punished. he plans to look into a lesser penalty. the u.s. document of education is reducing its role in how your child is taught in school. they are rolling back policies including no child left behind. it's part of a new education law passed in december. it gives states and school districts more power over standardized testing. a pennsylvania judge has thrown out comedian bill cosby's immunity that was granted a decade ago. his attorneys said

agreement made with a former prosecutor. the current prosecutor argued the agreement isn't binding because it's not in writing. this stems from a temple university employee accused cosby of sexual assault back in 2004. in exchange immunity cosby agreed to testify in another civil suit. we're going to be watching to see if weather prevents an atlas 5 rocket from launches at cape canaveral tomorrow. it will be carrying a military satellite into orbit. right now the weather is only a 40% go because of possible high winds. our certified meteorologist tom terry said thick clouds will be in that area. the launch window opens at 8:38 in the morning. if it goes you'll be able to watch it live on eyewitness this morning on tv 27 and on wftv.com. 9 investigates uncovered a belle isle police officer who was fired from another agency is now accused of ignoring orders from the chief of police. >> new at 6:00, why the city could now end up paying him tens

>> it appears red light traffic cameras could have to come down. the reason florida lawmakers are ready to shut them off for good. >> a former cop is accused of protecting a dangerous gang. now a year later there's been no investigation. next 9 investigates digs deeper and asking the question was a case of corruption ignored. >> right now rain pretty much dissecting central florida. rain on the west side, heavy storms along i-4 and a big

we're following breaking news in brevard county where we are learning paramedics are rushing a young child to the hospital after getting hit by a truck on knot carpenter road in titusville. that child is 8 years old. the truck driver

we have a crew on the way there and we will bring you updates when we get them. there are dozens of law enforcement records that include allegations against an ocoee police officer. that stack of records doesn't explain what was or wasn't done about the former cop accused of having ties to the west orange gang. >> the investigation was to prove there was no investigation. shannon butler tells us a year after those claims we still don't know if the allegations were true and nobody seems to be able to answer why. >> this is brad dresher, former ocoee police lieutenant. police officers said they had different informants who said the same thing, that dresher was being bought by a gang with money and drugs. >> they were on the narcotics task force and told their boss what they heard. >> what did the task force do with this information as far as you know?

it. >> this interview happened after there were questions. >> some of the ocoee police department officers thought there was a cover up after a meeting between orange county and ocoee. >> the chief came over and spoke to the major and as of whenever the meeting was we're not looking into this anymore. it's over, it's done. don't about this anymore. >> the sheriff's office conducted this investigation to prove the agency didn't cover it up because they never looked into it in the first place. paperwork shows they all seemed to believe this the fbi was instead. >> ocoee's police chief choose lieutenant brad dresher was never under an investigation. still nobody has been able to why. >> the community has to feel

trustworthy and isn't going to cover up allegations against police officers. >> if they didn't believe the allegations from the start why wasn't the source of the information investigated? whether it was the officers or the informants. in ocoee, shannon butler, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> dresher who retired after 25 years declined our interview request. ocoee police told us people are being investigated but won't say for what or identify who they are. a lawyer told us they are under internal investigations. we've been posting about the story on our facebook page all day. you can go to the wftv facebook page. a nationally recognized mental health facilities operates in orlando. >> and it's been renamed in honor of belvin perry. he was one of the original board members of the center. the center's goal is to treat

substance abuse patients. the new plaque was unveiled. now named belvin perry, junior central receiving center. congratulations. >> that's quite an honor. >> he'll come to the stay and he's a plethora of information. the rain is here. it's right on time. well, mother nature is right according to script here. deltona with some heavy rain along i-4. you can see the traffic moving along there. choppy video but the wetness is here. showers moving from west to east. here's our cold front that will be dropping temperatures later on tonight. heavy rain up the i-4 corridor all the way to daytona, north and south along 95. where it's not raining now we'll get rain.

mary, winter strong sprinkleses. it's -- winter springs. it's heavy through daytona beach. usually we don't get lightning during the wintertime season. we're getting some electrical activity from this. still on rain on the back edge. it will take until 11:00 tonight before we push the bulk of this rain offshore. future track doing a great job of placement and timing of heavy storms up and down the i-4 corridor. they are moving east ward. at 8:00 rain along brevard county, melbourne, cocoa not quite as heavy as the rain we're getting by midnight here comes the last gasp of shower activity. we will cool down and in big order tomorrow with most of us. near 60 in orlando. look at this, a little bit of

early on saturday morning. this will be the best chance to get scattered rainfall. about a 30 to 40% chance for showers on saturday. we're going to clear things out very quickly for super bowl sunday. sunday looks great but it's going to be cooler. look at the temperature drop with the rain. 61 ocala, still 79 at the international airport in orlando. kissimmee, rain at 7:00, 10:00, midnight and then finally starting to clear out and cool down by 6:00 a.m. rain mainly to the north tonight. 41 palm coast, 46 in orlando. look at the temperatures tomorrow. with sunshine only in the 50s for the bulk of the afternoon with highs around 60 degrees. we will be at least 20 to 25 degrees cooler than we've been all week long. so welcome back to february. five day forecast with the weekend always in view. windy for tomorrow. we'll pick up some scattered showers on saturday. i'll see you at the mount dora art festival. sunday looks good too for your super bowl plans.

cook off going on. a lot more great events this weekend at icflorida.com. still tracking the last of the heavy storms coming up in 10 minutes. new for 6:00, three stories you haven't seen yet. 9 investigates a massive fraud scheme that put local families at risk. how investigators say thieves used children and seniors to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> plus, why one local city may end up paying a police officer big money to retire despite his history of trouble. >> also new, more cars on the 408 are bringing the expressway to a halt. >> you can only imagine what it's going to be like later. are so packed. >> be prepared for severe weather with storm alerts and exclusive video forecasts. download the wftv weather app today.

a bill that would turn off florida's red light cameras cleared a hurdle in tallahassee. george estovez is monitoring the story. they believe those controversial cameras are more trouble than they're worth. >> reporter: yes. what happened today with the red light repeal is kind of a big deal. the fact that the move to ban cameras made it out of committee is important. the issue, do they make us safer or just a way for the government to make more money by giving us more red light tickets. >> tickets given at intersections across central florida with red light cameras could be a thing of the past. >> cities aren't moving towards making intersections safer by adding counter measures. they're installing red light cameras as a revenue source. >> senator brandis said it's a

tickets and it increasing crashes. >> there has not been a dramatic decline in accidents. they have gone up. >> people against the camera said they don't stop typical red light runners. >> people are not paying attention or drunk or under the how is the not. >> those in favor said it's another tool for local law enforcement and a tax that have been avoided by safe drivers. >> if you don't do it you don't pay the tax. >> in the end. >> bill show the bill -- please show the bill reported favorably. >> reporter: if it moves through several other committees they would be disconnected by july of 2019 and then most contracts with red light camera companies would simply be null and void. martha. american airlines now apologize ing ing for mechanical issues that caused an emergency landing today.

oia for north carolina. pilots noticed a smell in the cockpit. they made it safely to jacksonville where they were met by fire crews. if you live in the city of clermont your family is protected by one of the best fire department ins the country. the clermont fire department just had its rating improved from a class 3 to a class 2. only about 2% of the nation's fire departments are rated class 2 by the insurance service office. insurance companies use this rating to determine homeowner and business premiums. it takes effect may 1st. it's been raining for hours now and we're tracking even more rain for 6:00. >> a bunch of it. >> that's right and some thunderstorms as well. don't get much of that in february. it's moving in from the west. heavy downpours from the north. i'm tracking big changes with our temperatures too. >> plus how investigators say these men used local children and seniors to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> and florida declared a health emergency because of the zika virus. it's not in the

right now we're still tracking that heavy rain and storms along i-4. >> some areas in fact have seen 2 inches of rain and more rain is moving into central florida right now. certified meteorologist tom terry is tracking the rain in severe weather center 9. we are in for one wet evening. >> that's right. it's wet right now. deltona with some heavy rainfall and more on the way. let me show you early warning doppler 9 radar. as you try to get out and around tonight if you don't have to let this rain pass through. there's a cold front behind this. very heavy rain now on the northwest

downpours from delwood to