least a strong suspicion it had to do with the drug trade but it's still a mystery. >> 33-year-o ld jonathan avilla rojas's mother claimed his body. on facebook we found an out pouring of sorrow calling him a husband and father with a big heart. we asked the orlando assistant special agent in charge of the dea today whether it's working the case. >> yeah. i mean, obviously because of the nature of the crime the orlando police department has primary responsibility and jurisdiction but in any situation like that when we're asked for help or you have information that will help we're involved. >> internet chatter suggests the murders of rojas and joseph villalobos had something to do with a drug trafficker. >> because it's an homicide investigation that opd is primary on i'm not at liberty to

>> we found no evidence tieing either man to trafficking. the investigation involves so many opd officers that this memo was send to all that responded to the scene or went to the hospital to document it so opd request keep track of it all. they won't give us a report detailing how off-duty officers handled the situation here that night. >> internet photos suspect the killers photographed their victims to prove they hit their marks. >> that wouldn't shock me if that occurred. >> reporter: jeff walsh told us a drug hit is in -- not out of the realm of possibilities because there's so much money involved in the drug trade and so much tough competition for customers. kathy belich, channel 9, eyewitness news. breaking right now, seven people need another police to sleep tonight because a hit and

the 27-year-old suspect had nothing to say as he was taken off to jail. he was involved in a previous crash near i-4 and colonial drive and then slammed into this blue grande avenue. the homeowner said his daughter and the bedroom when the car slammed into it. >> that's okay. the house can be replace ed d as long as my kids are fine. >> where are you going to go tonight? >> we're waiting to see what's going to take place with the insurance company and all that. you know, we're prepared for whatever happens. >> we just found out the homeowner's insurance is putting them up in a hotel. we'll let you know when investigators release more information. it was another day in the 50s but we're in for more chilly weather tonight. >> we're monitoring frost and freeze warnings by the morning. tom, it seems as if we'll hit the 30s tonight.

50s and we are cooling down quickly. once we die the winds down after 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. is when the temperatures will fall quickly. we already lost 10 miles per hour on our wind gusts. winds already backing off. freeze warning to the north including all of sumter, northern parts of lake, volusia, marion and flagler county. a frost advisory for the rest of us. not everybody getting frost but the out lying areas a light freeze possible up around apopka. lots of 30s including melbourne and palm bay at 34 and and 32 in deland. agents are expecting to see more drug busts after the heroin take down today. carla ray spoke to investigators about the rise in heroin-related crimes. do they think it was as bad as the pill mill crisis they saw a few years back?

closing of those pill mills that heroin would come to the forefront. that's what investigators have been telling us. they said more raids on places like this one here today could help stop an epidemic before it gets started. >> these 10 mug shots are the latest proof of an on going effort to prevent florida's pill mill epidemic to reincarnate itself. >> it's heroin now. >> we told you about orange county's heroin task force but this round up was done with the high intensity drug trafficking area program. the program has been around since 1998. since then it's funding has tripled and new there's a dedicated $3 million to fight drug trafficking in central florida. >> the pill mills are going away, the opiate addicts will get heroin into their systems.

150 officers on stake outs tracking accused drug dealers including this 74-year-old wheelchair bound woman who is accused of pushing two kilos of heroin a month out of the condo the backs up to the cul-de-sac. we got a picture of everything taken from the group. local and federal agents said if there's for of this on your streets they plan to clean it up. >> we will continue our efforts and continue to go after those who are selling the poison to our families in orange county. >> reporter: and speaking of continuing to go after those people, investigators tell us they are still looking for one other person who is allegedly involved in this operation. we will let you known when that person is arrested. in orange county, carla ray, channel 9, eyewitness news. two apopka women are used of beating an elderly man who lives down the street to get his pain pills.

there when they were arrested this afternoon. 74-year-old ronald hollingsworth let them into his house after she claimed she was locked out of hers. a few minutes later investigators say she unlocked a door and let in her girlfriend and then deputies say she started hitting the man with a cutting board. >> he said last night in the hospital just the sound of that cutting board hitting me on the head rings in my ears. >> i bet. neighbors told eyewitness news they were caring for two children. dcf said it has placed the younger one now with a family friend. we're working to find out who is caring for the older one. sanford police are searching for an armed man that broke into a home and attacked a woman. it happened at 3:00 in this area on magnolia and palmetto neighborhood. they're working to draw a sketch of the suspect. no word on the condition of the victim.

over time costs at the orange county sheriff's office 911 center has doubled in the last year. michael laparty learned it will be the first of its find in recent memory. >> what is the location of the emergency? >> she's breathing >> the sheriff's communication center is where you know -- is one of the busiest. >> we learned over time costs nearly doubled from $392,000 in 2014 to $772,000 in 2015. the sheriff put out these documents asking for an outside consultant to come in and look at scheduling. they said there's always over time available because of sick. >> the county wants the

employees should start, how long they should work and how to best staff the center as it deals with an increasing number of calls. >> turn over at this center is around 18%. to the sheriff's office they said that's near industry standard but higher than they would like. >> we asked why the sheriff wants a consultant for the job rather than do it in house. the sheriff is looking for way to provide 911 service and been proactive in recruiting new employees. the question is to how best schedule them as more people call for help. >> michael la party, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> they could select someone next month. eatonville city leaders told us the entire town is under a boil water notice. they believe the cold weather may is caused a water main to break along kennedy boulevard. part of kennedy will be closed until tomorrow for repairs. now all

dealing with the inkon -- inconvenience. >> the water will be tested for two days before the boil water notice can be lifted. an orange county man blames a hidden clause for his 40000 loss. after his financing was turned down he said lenar homes refused to return his down payment. he said an arbitration clause banned him from going to court. action 9 found out they are showing up everywhere and could deny you a day in court. todd ulrich is live chatting about what is hidden in those contracts. if you have a question log into facebook and submit your questions. fan dual, the fantasy sports company that lets players win real money in online fantasy

news was the first to report those lay offs earlier today. the company said they were part of a secondary project. they will keep their maitland office and keep 99 employees. they facing legal charges now in states it is considered gambling. the city of dunellon could have a new police chief soon as they narrowed it down to five. a big change is coming where a big price tag. lake county and clermont fire rescue partnered to build the station. just a few months ago the department found out that plan falls short of a new standard. each is going to have to pay an

a local woman said her new habitat for humanity home is full of problems. >> everything is patched up or rebuilt. >> new at 6:00, what happened when we took those issues to habitat. >> what a local corrections officer is accused of doing that cost him his job and landed him in jail.

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county's habitat for humanity office to try to get answers about things like this, a bullet hole that was left in the window of he rehabbed home. each time we were told no one can spoke on camera. >> latita wilkerson showed us her home. from cabinets touched up with spray paint to a water frau set broken loose and closets not constructed correctly. >> this holds two different doors, two different sizes of the door and it's up like this. >> she sent a laundry list of complaints including this leak every time she does laundry to osceola's has been habitat for humanity leadership. she said they promised repair but today -- >> they told you they don't have the funds. >> right. >> joan miller got a brand new habitat for humanity home. >> when i first moved in it was only a little bit. >> but cracks in the tile r

the driveway for her special needs daughter is not complete and her disposal has no switch. >> did you put that on your punch list? >> yeah. >> she said they didn't have funds. it wasn't supposed to be in here. >> at the habitat office no one could speak on camera. one board member commented by phone. they could not gather all the information but said they did everything to make it livable and believe they did a good job. >> reporter: in the last 30 minutes we received a statement from the habitat for humanity spokesperson. they said they do walk-throughs with homeowners to do the issues. naqita said it's been this way since she moved in.

other damage at the home by going to wftv.com. an ocala man sentenced to life in prison for a deadly home invasion wants another trial. a judge sentenced him to life because he was one of two men who shot and killed robert jameserson at his home. his attorney told the judge that the previous lawyer made some mistakes that are to blame for his life sentence. it could be several weeks to know if teens charged in a stabbing will be charged as adults. daytona beach police said they wrapped up an investigation into a fight over gang turf wars. officers arrested a 16-year-old and 15-year-old who are accused of stabbing kamari dallas. covering news where you live county by county. in brevard county a corrections officer was fired an arrested for sexual misconduct with a female inmate. >> i can't tell you how much it angers me.

for someone who took the oath of office and now violated the trust of not only our citizens but his supervisors, the sheriff and his community. >> sheriff wayne ivy announced the firing and arrest of barry taylor this afternoon. he said the investigation started yesterday after allegations from inmates. taylor has worked at the jail for 5 years and never had any problems. the sheriff said the investigation is on going. in marion county plans are moving ahead to build a new stand alone emergency room in summer field. ocala health has purchased two acres at 441 and dell web boulevard. construction on the 10,000 square foot facility is scheduled to begin in the next 60 days and will take about 6 months. in orange county we uncovered an up tick in the number of homeless families. we spoke to one mom who was given a 3-day notice to leave after she she said she ended up sleeping in her car with her 4 month old baby.

live. especially for him. i'm just looking, searching for help help. >> commissioner pete chashg said his -- clark said he's working to help families. the mom we spoke to is now working to get into a program that offers transitional housing. we know shelters will be open because it's going to be so cold tonight. >> no freeze officially for orange county but we'll get a lot of frost. i have an interesting forecast map. i want to show you this. come to your tv set. that's smoke developing right now. you can see right where it starts, way over there. it goes up to about 5,000 feet and spreads out. beautiful sunset right now. we're at 52 falling. winds dying douven is going to down is going to let the temperatures drop after midnight. temperature 48, same for ocala and the villages.

winds have dropped by half to the west. the last to drop will be along the east coast. you will be the last to get that potential frost development later on. a freeze warning out for our northern zones. we will have lots of rural areas that will get down briefly to 32. we tweaked the early warning future cast model to show you the blue and the purple where we think we'll have a light freeze. not much down here to the south. could get a brief light freeze near 32 over west of melbourne basin. areas on the north side after lake apopka back in towards the wociva area. air shrinks. you can feel it get cold if you have the windows down in your car. we will get patchy frost and light freeze

harrny and away from the beach i think that's where the best opportunity for a freeze will be tonight over the san sula area, along the st. johns's river and then through marion county, south towards leesberg. a lot of areas. just make sure you're preparing for that tonight. make sure the pets are inside. deland 32, 29 for ocala, 35 in sanford. that freeze warnings, temperatures at least for two for more freezing to the north. don't use plastic to cover up your plants. can develop moisture in there and freeze to the plants. get a sheet. that's what i use at my house. mount dora tomorrow back in the 60s. warming up to from there to the mid 70 by friday. here's your five day forecast with the 64 to on sunday. weekend.

a lot of great events at icflorida.com. there's chris heath and his dog. we will see him saturday at lake eola for our paws in the park.

the magic won back to back games but tonight it's tougher because they space the spurs. orlando last to san antonio by 15 just 9 days ago. players are dealing with the usual february trade rumors. the deadline the make moves is the 18th and the all star break starts on friday, meaning tonight could be the last time we see this roster all together. scott skiles said he has not addressed it with the team but social media means everyone is aware. >> these guys now are aware all the time. if they don't see the rumors somebody in their circle

>> i'm never on twitter anyways. you know, i think there's too much negative stuff on it. i'm on instagram though. >> magic and spurs tip off at 7:00. back up point guard c.j. watson could play. in soccer kyle aaron missed the first two weeks of train being orlando city because he was training with team canada. the rookie of the year was back for the open practice and said it was good to be back in the citrus bowl. >> just excitement. excitement for this season and get ting that jump in my step again when i'm playing. just the first game will be exciting just to go out there and hear the fans roaring. >> he should get his first pre-season game action saturday night in jacksonville. >> thank you, joe. we're staying on top of breaking news in orlando right now. a hit and run driver plowed into a family's home. >> we just got a

that's kwup -- that's coming up tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >> thank you for watching channel 9 eyewitness news at 6:00. >> world news is up next. for updates in teen our news -- in between our newscasts check out wftv.com.