channel 9 eyewitness news continues right now at 5:30. this young father was trying to build a better life for his little girl, but instead, the investigators say a woman trying to outrun the deputies hit and killed him as he delivered pizzas. >> she stayss in jail for the rest of her life. >> tonight, we're learning more about why the suspect should not have been driving. >> if you were watching at 4:00, you heard that dad was just finishing his first shift at a new job when he was killed.

slammed into code gi garrick's car at the john young parkway early sunday morning. roy ramos looked into the suspect's background, you found out her license had already been revoked and she was scheduled to stand trial for fleeing from officers last year. >>reporter: on the driving record, i pulled she is listed as a habitual traffic o ferngsd we found citations that included dui, speeding and driving without a license. behind the wheel of that car, this mother says is a place that woman should have never been. >> she took away a piece of our family, a piece of our hearts. >> 23-year-old cody garrick family member s. >> it's heartbreaking, because she doesn't have a dad and everyone deserves a daddy. >>reporter: garrick was killed in a trash early sunday morning, 27-year-old syndia saint cyr ran a red light while fleeing from a deputy, who attempted to pull her over, for speeding.

saint cyr was travelling northbound on john young parkway when she approached this intersection, garrick was travelling eastbound headed back towards domino's pizza after a delivery when syndia saint cyr who was not supposed to be behind the wheel crashed into his vehicle, killing him. >> she took my son's life. she'd already run if the cops from before, she should never been out of jail, shouldn't have been on the roads. >>reporter: syndia saint cyr was denied bond for vehicular homicide and fleeing from laurpt. after i pulled her driving report, she had been cited in the past for driving under the influence, and can speeding and driving without a license. i also found this isn't the first time she has fled from the police. syndia saint cyr was facing a trial in april on charges of fleeing from the officers. >> i hope to god that her life is done and she stays in jail for the rest of her life. >>reporter: and i also did reach out to the orange county sheriff's office who said that deputy disenganged the pursuit.

for the safety of other drives. outside of the orange county jail, roy rays months, channel 9 eyewitness news. we are getting a ground crew on the scene of this breaking news happening in volusia county from sky witness 9, you can see the brush fire that we're monitoring is burning dangerously close right now, to structures, we can tell you we are working to get an update from the firefighters now. and we will be joining us live if a few minutes. we're also following break national news out of new york a judge has ruled that i u.s. justice department cannot force apple to open an iphone for the fbi. the california magistrate judge's order forcing apple to create software to hack a cell phone of the san bernardino only one florida candidate in the race for the white house, now, some are saying florida's other candidate may be in trouble as well, especially if he can't pick up a few wins on super tuesday. now. on both sides.

side, hillary clinton leads bernie sanders, 55-38. the latest cnn orc poll givers trump support nearly half of republican voters, here, 49-16. over marco rubio. that's his closest competitor. over the weekend, a new tactic by marco rubio, mocking donald trump. rubio criticizes trump saying he has small hands and a spray tan. >> trump refuses to denounce the kkk. >>reporter: rubio is hitting the air waves. the attack, coming as rubio searches for a way to beat the repen front runner. >> marco rubio is in danger of becoming the new jeb bush of this presidential race. >>reporter: wftv political analyst says rubio is in danger of eclipsed by ted cruz, who is poised to carry texas on super tuesday. >> ted cruz argued 9 cases in front of the supreme court. and won.

in the lone star state, rubio is in danger of finishing without any delegates. >> ted cruz knows what it takes. >>reporter: texas has 155 delegates, but a candidate must win 20% of the votes to receive any and rubio could miss the mark. >> he needs to score there in order to are the delegates he need in order to have any possibility of prevailing in this race. >>reporter: and hillary clinton is also expected to have a big night tomorrow night, with former secretary of state leading in all but two states, as for rubio, all roads lead to florida. on march 15th. his pack has started planning ad buys, but a poor showing tomorrow could change all of that. well, if you have any questions about the candidates in the races on super tuesday, greg and i will be live on facebook to answer them, just like wftv's facebook page and you can get notifications as soon as we go live, tomorrow night at 9:00. martha. and bernie sanders has picked up another endorsement,

allen grayson, he announced his support for sanders campaign. 376,000 democrats from around the country voted in grayson's online super poll. 86% of the vote. with marco rubio running for president, the race to fill his senate seat is getting more crowded, a close alley of governor rick scott is running for the seat. >> if my message doesn't resonate with the public, all the money in the world isn't going to -- >> multimillion their home builder talked to yns news. he has been a major donor to the republican party and to governor scott. but so far, scott who was said to be a close friend has not endorsed a candidate this the senate race. he is among a half dozen republicans now running for the seat. florida's senate primary is set for august 30th. disney ticket prices are about to go up, again, the theme park will charge guests based on the time of year that they go. during peak times, a ticket to the magic kingdom will cost

during the slower months, it will cost $106. some part goers say they'll have to budget differently to make up for the higher prices. >> they're going to get your money. you've just got to know you're on vacation and going to spend it chlth high points of the season, that a lot of people are there. they're just going to get your money. >> disney officials say the demand base pricing will help entice folks to go the parks when they aren't as crowd td and could make the crowds smaller during the peak times. the price for the ticket will not change. we know that you'll want to take a closer look at what your next trip to disney will cost you, we posted the new ticket break down on wftv.com. and we're ready now with a follow up to the breaking news in vush county are where -- volusia county are wr a fast-moving fire. live in volusia county, the flames could be close to buildings there.

about four structures, two sheds or barns, and two home, i'm not far from aerial road here in oak hiel, you can see the smoke all around us, we're a few hundred yards from the fire that the florida forest service says is now about 8 acre, we're near a house right now, people told me that they're not too nervous because they've dealt with this before, but rer taking precautions, you can see this gentleman using a hose to wet down the perimeter of his yard, where the fire is getting close. he's not worried and that's why. you can see there are firefighters here, they're ready to go into action if they have to, you can see his home is not far away. but there are a lot of resources here, the volusia county fire department as well as the florida forest service and the new smyrna beach fire department. we'll go to sky witness now, you can see the fire from above, it's 8 acre, but it's a little breezy out here, they say it's moving very quickly, so they're trying to get around it as quick

officials with the florida forest service say they do have it under control. it is burning into marshy area, it will burn it's out -- itself out, but they are taking precautions and residents are taking precautions as well. we'll continue monitoring the area. channel 9 eyewitness news. all right. blaine, we'll get gak to you as necessary. state lawmakers have set their sights on giving governor rick scott more money than he requested to reduce potentially fatal interactions between humans and bears. in november, the governor had requested $230,000 to help pay and outreach programs. the house and senate are both more than that. lawmakers say the funding is important for the safety of humans and bears. but wildlife officials say there education. >> these cans are relatively expensive as well. it's not running down to lows and grabs one or two for your

and so, we just felt like it was out. >> it's not a problem of too many bear, it's a problem of too many people feeding the bears: the extra money is coming from the more than 3700 hunters who permits. the money should be used to partner with businesses and can governments. a local mop says bullying -- mom says bullying nearly pushed her son to suicide. brand new for 6:00. what happened when we pushed the school district for answers. what a judge recommended for a former police chief, after he sentenced him for bribery. and a warning tonight for anyone wearing contact lenses. >> i never thought that i would end up at a point where i would have to lose an eye. >> next, 9 investigates, a spike in cases of a dangerous pair site, that eats your eyes and how you can prevent it. >> well, our warmup continued

tonight, we are a warning directly affecting more than one million l plus floridians that we're contact lenses, most of you are probably putting yourself and your sight at risk. >> channel 9 anchor found out how the lenses can attract a >>reporter: it's not the contact lenses to are the problem, it's us, or more specifically how we handle the lenses while showering or swimming or sleeping, all of that helps attract a microorganism that eats eyes. >> i'm 57 years old and i never thought that i would end up at a point where i would have to lose an eye. >>reporter: this is the eye he is talking about, it's frosted

three surgeries he's a victim of a tiny organism seen only in an aye microscope. >> i've cried over it and been angry over it, i've shaken my fist and says why a s this happening to me. >>reporter: the parasite thrives on contact lenses. too many patients are handling their contact lenses the wrong way. he says that the amoeba enters the eye and lit feed on it and it's excruciating. >> it starts living and growing in your cornea and you will know it because it's infiltrated along the nerves, and you will have pain like ten out of ten. >>reporter: the cdc published a report documents contact lens wearers risky behavior. 50 percent said they'd slept in their lenses. the amoeba lives everywhere, including color nighted drinking water -- chlorinated drinking water.

>> so often you have to do multiple debreedment, surgery, or transplant the whole cornea on an emergency basis to get rid of the infection. >>reporter: he says the pain is finally gone, but now so is his eye. >> maybe my story can help somebody else not have to go through what i'm going through. maybe there's a reason for it. >>reporter: in orlando, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> the cdc is focussing on things lens wearers can do, first, change your lens case every three months, do not top off your solution, dump it and replace it every night. and do not sleep in your contacts, the closed eye could help as an incubator. it lives in drinking water, keep your contacts away. the story has shared more than 1,000 times on the facebook page, tell your friends about this one, go to facebook.com/wftv. man, oh, man, i never heard of that. wow. a recent carnival cruise travelling in the gulf of mexico, rescued more than a

on a makeshift raft. the u.s. coast guard says 16 migrants r picked up on saturday by a legends of pittsburgh themed cruise. these pictures are from pittsburgh steeler james harrison's instagram page. he was one of several athletes on the ship. earlier this month, a disney cruise also rescued about a dozen stranded migrants. the count down clock will have a new home, these pictures from 2014 of crews taking the clock apart. the historic clock and the nearby flag pole are well known as the press site. the clock has been part of the kennedy space center since the moon landings 45 years ago. a beautiful day here in florida. >> we've had this crazy el nino pattern, a wet january, february has been a little drier, we've had stormy patterns, let me show you what it looks like with the

the last big el nino outbreak in 1998, we had the tornadoes here in february. we had fires in the summer. and this is something we have learned a lot of, a lot about, how to mitigate wise spread fires, and this is as you can see, kind of a wildfire we're watching over in oak hill, relatively small, but a sign wre dry. we picked up 1.7 inches of rain this month, this is not a month we generally get a lot of rainfall, we're drying than normal, but if we don't start turning things around here, el nino, generally gives us some drier weather, by the end of the winter and it can certainly mean a much more active fire season, once we get in late spring and early summer, temperatures warm back up again. the winds are on o shore and that again -- onshore and that again has been blowing the motor vehicle from the fire from the highway 1. you may see some of that from the i-95 area. downtown orlando, otherwise, we are gradually getting more daylight back, and couple of

daylight savings time, where we will have more evening daylight for you, to do your plans. 75 degrees, not much of a breeze out there. very comfortable temperature-wise tonight. certainly no wind chills, altamonte spring, temperatures for you back down in the lower 60s by midnight. mid 50s early on in the morning. palm bay and melbourne for you, low 60s to upper 50s. starting out your early tuesday. march the 1st. patchy fog to the west, and down here in our southern zones, south of o st. cloud, 57 in clermont and a nice day will be had by all. you can see the weather is mostly dry across central florida. a quick warmup for seminole county tuesday, back at 70s to low 80ss for daytime highs. winter springs, and continuing to stay quite mild, 81 orlando. under mostly fair skies. i am tracking our next cold front, which is on the map. and moving our way by a couple of showers along and the east coast tomorrow. moving in by wednesday, here it arrives this the morning,

lunch hour, don't cancel any plans over this, folks, it will come through with a wimper. boths of them -- both of them not doing much to temperatures or rain. we've turned off the stormy farn for a while. five-day forecast with you weekend always in view. 83 on wednesday. ahead of the next chance on showers. going down a little bit on thursday. look at the weekend coming up, of course, we had tv 27, the home of orlando city and the season opener of 1:30 on sunday. florida has been business i with tornadoes recently, a surprising look at how central florida has faired with that, martha. at 5:00, you heard the desperate plea. >> we always want to know, what happened to your son. >> new at 6:00, the critical evidence police hope will bring this family some closure. >> plus, the about face by the orange county sheriff tonight in the fight against the growing heroin epidemic. and is ocoee growing too fast for the firefighters?

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-- as a police officer. jeff was in court when the judge pointed out jackson still hadn't admitted doing anything wrong. >>reporter: former bell isle police chief. the now convicted felon go intused himself before heading into federal court on three counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery. jackson made bribes -- promoted him all the way up to command e giving him credentials and access to firearms, even though fdle insisted the felon wasn't allowed to be an officer or have a gun. in exchange, they believe jackson received more than $32,000 in the bribes. >> this is a rare instance of police misconduct at the highest level. >>reporter: all along, his defense claim the money was a loan, prosecutors say there was no evidence of that, based on the charges jackson faced a

but sentencing guidelines called for 5-6 year, the judge pointed out jackson has not admitted any wrongdoing, based on his years of service to the community he gave jackson just 4 years and allowed him to walk out today and turn himself into prison later. >> do you think you did anything wrong? >> i appreciate y'all 's concern, but i have no comment, thanks a lot. take care. >>reporter: the judge also said he would recommend that the bureau of prisons keep jackson in a low security camp, as for -- prosecutors say he left the country and now considered an international fugitive. some sanford neighbors helped the police catch a suspect who crashed a car into a home yesterday and took off. police si they were able -- say they were able to catch him after the neighbors chased him down. they had tried to pull him over about 10 minutes earlier, but he took uf and then crashed into that house on grand view avenue. he's facing charges of resisting an officer, leaving the scene of a accident and drug possession. volusia county deputies are

money from a 12-year-old girl scout selling cookies. >>. that is from the walmart on highland boulevard in deltona yesterday afternoon. the guy came up to the girl's table, snatched her cash box, and ran away. he drove away in a agree hyundai sonata -- santa fe. the car may have a north carolina tag. that's just wrong. girl scouts. >> that's awful. we are on top of breaking news right now, for eyewitness news at 6:00. >> the steps firefighters are taking to protect homes, from a most-moving brush fire in volusia county. plus, a case of bullying near led a middle school student to suicide. >> y the police are now involved. some neighbors in ocoee are asking if this small fire station is enough for the fastest growing part of town. all new at 6:00, i'm asking whether the city is doing (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some

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channel 9 eyewitness news continues right now at 6:00. >> and breaking right now, firefighters and forestry officials are battling a fas-moving wildfire that was near a couple of homes in volusia county. >> a live look from sky witness 9. the fire near oak hill quickly grew from 5-10 acres, blaine is live there, right now, and blaine, in the last few minute, you learned firefighters say that the nearby homes are no longer in danger. >>reporter: they are starting to get a handle on the fire out here, i'm standing near maple lane, that's near the aerial road at oak hill, and a few hundred yards this way is where the fire is, this is to our east. and residents in this area were not in a panic or anything like that, but they were out here taking precautions, we saw a man who lived here on this property, spraying the brush just along

because you can see how close his home is to the smoke that i just showed you. here, ou live truck parked there. and some residents in the area, again, taking precaution, but the officials say they where r wrapping things up. from sky witness 9, that's over the scene right now, this fire was moving very quickly, i was 8 ache -- it was 8 acres and threatened four structures, including two homes, but they say those homes are protected now they have a lot of resources and including the volusia county fire department. the florida forest service, new smyrna beach fire department in the area making sure that this fire does not get close to homes again. but now they think it's moving into a marshy area can and they have a handle on it and they are doing the mop up. we will give you updates. live in oak hill, channel 9