i reached out to the department of children and families. >> ccf, i'm calling again. yes, i've left a couple messages and emails. >> two representatives told us several times they were working on a statement. they knew of the deadline, by air time, still nothing. in the jania case the extent of disciplinary action was a two- day suspension for closing the case too soon. for not reporting she was missing for weeks and thoroughly investigating. while she says caseworkers human and can make mistakes, they should be held to a higher standard. >> you can't achieve perfection, but in striving towards it, we can hope for excellence. and that should be the standard that we expect of our government employees. >> in some cases, lives depend on it. the manatee county sheriff's office, the agency who initially investigated this

we will continue to stay on top of this story and we won't stop. we will not stop until questions are answered. the case of jania thomas is something that many of you won't forget. and 10 news reporter was there when her body was discovered. this is something that you can't forget. probably no matter how hard you try. >> you have a lot of hope when you go for a story like this. i thought that, you know, hopefully she ran away. he would be able to be found alive. it was just something that was tough to hear. when we found out the result of what actually happened. >> you were there that night when her body was discovered in that freezer. her grandmother and aunt found the body. how were they reacting? that's one of the toughest things as a reporter is seeing the gut wrenching pain of a family. >> all day the community at the apartment complex where she

literally walking around. then we ended up finding out that at the home where the aunt and grandmother lived is where she was found. the family was in disbelief. you know, it was a surprise that they spoke to the media. when something like that happens, you never know how a family will react. but the fact that they were speaking. you could tell they were disgusted and in disbelief about it. >> so heart breaking, we're dealing with a young girl here, have you followed it over the past year seeing how things have >> multiple reporters here have followed the story. for me it was tough honestly. i hated hearing about what happened. and seeing the home where she was found. it was really tough for me. seeing the freezer itself. it was really, really tough. and i haven't followed it as much, but being part of it from the beginning, you know, it really touches you as a reporter. you just don't want to see that. >> whether or not you're a parent, this has an impact. >> absolutely. i think everyone was impacted

almost brought to tears about it. and i talked to so many parents in the area who knew about this story. and knowing that i was in the media, wanted to talk to me about it. and they hated hearing that i was on the story, they said that was tough to hear the details. it's just really terrible. >> what really struck a cord with many of you too was the fact that seven employees were reprimanded in the mishandling of the case. yet no one was fired. among e a child protective investigator, up to a deputy director. three received a one-day suspension. two were suspended for two days. and two got a letter of reprimand. switching gears, parents, listen to this, we told you about a possible link between homeopathic teething products like this one and a variety of side effects including seizures and death. the fda confirms they're

10 news went to five stores. cvs, big lots, winn-dixie, target, and dollar general, none of the stores had these pucks on shelves. walgreens had it in stock, but when we went to buy it, the cashier wouldn't sell it to us. the fda recommends if you have the tablets or the them out. if your child has had seizures, difficulty breathing, you should report that and any other add verse side effects to the fda. running drivers off the road. take a look at this, highway patrol troopers say one man was driving straight at them with no regard for his life or anyone else's. when the man didn't pull over, he led police on a high-speed chase down some dirt roads in southern oklahoma.

the medal. many folks were forced off the road. police put out a spike strip which ultimately got the driver to slow down. but he almost ran over a trooper while they were trying to take him into cust can i. two months after historic flooding in louisiana, it's fast becoming a sellers market for homes in hard hit livingston parish east of baton rouge. many whose homes were flooded say it's too much for them to start over. they're walking away from three feet of water flooded this house. as you can see, it's been gutted. but the water damage is still there. >> a lot of people are selling them as-is. two reasons, they don't have the money to put it back together because they didn't have insurance. or they did have insurance, and they're going to use that money to get out. one realtor says this is the 15th flooded house he had

two months. he says investors are buying out flooded homes and flipping them for profit. some are selling them for half the price they would have listed before the flood. school officials were probably hoping for a quiet homecoming after a sexual assault scandal rocked the texas campus this year. but one group wasn't having that. they call themselves the nose brother hood. a society of -- a secret society at the baptist university at the school's homecoming parade. they walked behind a carrying brooms, and sweeping things under a rug like they say administrators are doing. they're known for pranks and satirical publications, they say this is a serious issue. >> we'll still be making dumb jokes. but we're going to talk about whatever needs to be talked about and we're not going to ignore it. i think it's important we keep talking. >> an investigation found the school didn't take action needed when football players were accused of sexual assault. the head football coach was

star had to resign. she was the first female officer hired by the lake land police department. and now she has a key to the city. leila was honored as a pioneer for women in law enforcement. she joined the force in 1956, a parking meter reader according to partners at the ledger. the mayor proclaimed leila flare day in the city of lake land. former and current officers were there to thank her for her service. the department had more female officers. teenagers aren't texting as much behind the wheel. but they're still distracted by those phones. what's making them take their eyes off the road. empty at breakfast. and full by lunch. but the day is not over for a group of volunteers who are

elise: we couldn't believe it. that poor girl was raped by two football players and their friends. we were sure they would go to jail. so, when i heard state attorney mark ober decided to go easy on them, i was scared -- scared for my daughter. none of those young men served a day behind bars. ober said losing a baseball scholarship

i've seen what can happen as the result of hate. my son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. he was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. they offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. they drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a split-rail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. in the aftermath of matt's death, my family saw the best of america t we were shown. so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember. he's a mexican. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart.

and taking a live look outside. >> let's go. >> i'm all ready there. we're tracking the tropics and some cooler air. we'll let you know what you can area. countless weddings and funeral took place in the bay area this past week and flowers decorated those ceremonies. a few days later those buds get a new role thanks to a group of local volunteers. bobby lewis is on the road trading stems for smiles. >> am i an expert? no, i just love doing it. >> if you're looking for a few wall flowers, you won't find them here. >> each one is beautiful and

>> in a tiny work room. >> these are daisies and carnations. >> you'll find some pedal pushers and stem sniffers, blossoming volunteers. >> we have some really creative people here. >> did i do a good job? >> you did a great job. >> random people, extending random stems, for random acts of flowers. turning donated flowers into bouquets. >> not many people can spend the hours we spend he with flowers. >> this group started with a bunch of empty vases and random flowers donated to the group. by lunch time, they had 125 beautiful bouquets. if that number impresses you, check out the chalk board, this group made 35,000 bouquets. but they're not staying here. they need to be delivered along with some smiles. >> hi, random acts of flowers, can i leave these here for you, put a little smile on your face

i've given flowers to people where they just start crying. it's bad but someone thought of them that day. that's all you can think of. that's what i think of. someone has thought of them and it makes them happy for a few moments. >> i love every moment of it. >> we're delivering hope and encouragement to people who need it the most, one bouquet at a time. >> yours is going to look good. >> i'm bobby lewis, 10 news, wtsp. >> we got the flowers, le a few more. >> doing so much good there. random acts of flowers has five locations across the country. dunedin's is the only location in florida. the all-volunteer group delivers about a thousand bouquets every month. if you have a story idea for on the road, tweet, facebook, email bobby at on the road at wtsp.com. tracking storms, alerting

you show med pictures yesterday, a video of snowfall. and i'm like, are you kidding me? all ready. it's coming down in certain parts of the country. it's beautiful. don't get me wrong. it's beautiful to look at. probably want to go there a day or two. let the kids do the snow man. but then i have to go back to the beach. >> i feel that way about the fall weather. let's dry out a >> that's out in california. that's part of the system we showed you yesterday. the satellite and radar when it was coming through the truckee area. big time system. obviously at elevation. those are the areas that saw cold enough air to make snow. look at our air mass. snow in there. we have 80s on the map. and almost 90s. 89 right now in sarasota. we were at 91 earlier today. the record in tampa was 90.

then 86 in lake land and river chew. it's warm out there. palm harbor. we're talking about 84-85 degrees. it's 87 in fish hawk this afternoon. satellite and radar, real quiet out there today. so great news as far as that's concerned. reg and i are talking. we were thinking west chase, tampa bay down, beautiful view there. if we come back out can see the planes lined up there. but flying in or out tonight, no problems. first thing tomorrow morning, no problem. patch or two of fog is it. storm tracker 10. this is the forecast tomorrow. we wake up in the upper 60s to low 70s, we were 71 this morning. we'll be similar to that tomorrow morning. there are a couple green spots. you see that there. that's a few showers drifting by. mainly after 2:30 to 3:00.

sea bring, we could see about a 20% chance for a shower tomorrow. 10% or less when you get west of i-75. the dry air mass continues. but that dry air mass heats up quickly too. we'll go around 88 to 90 degrees for a daytime high. winds out of the east/northeast around 10 to 15 miles per hour. not as much as we've been seeing. today the bay was awesome. the gulf coast waters, great a surge of wind in the morning. we've been seeing that out of the east/northeast. but 10 knots throughout the rest of the day. the water temps hanging in there. that's not going to hang in there beyond the weekend. high tide is coming up at 3:45 tomorrow morning. your tide's on wednesday, 11:30 in the morning for a low, high tide at 6:32 in the afternoon. we're talking lots about fall.

maine. lots of color up there. there's cold air up there. this air mass here, part of it coming out of canada too, it's what's going to plunge down to the south and east. that's behind a front. that's the front that gets through here friday night into early saturday morning. rain chance with it very slim. not much moisture to work with. 10 to 20%. that's it. but the beautiful weather for the weekend, 70s for gh couple days and subtract 10 degrees. that's what we'll have for the weekend. 70s for highs. 50s and 60s each morning. sunday morning and monday morning will be the coolest. 50 president to 80 president chance of development. this is the visible satellite. the center is in here somewhere. it's getting a little bit better organized. but not by much. it still looks like it will. don't worry about this one at this point. it looks like it wants to try to come to the northwest and look interesting for us.

cooler air will come through and pick it up and take it out to sea. the seven-day forecast is basically a dry one. rain chance, 20%, that's high for late friday afternoon and evening hours, the weekend stays dry, most of next week, dry, and gradually warming up. more often than not, genetics are playing a role in just how healthy you are. that's why genetic testing can unlock the secret into how your body works. if high cholesterol runs in yo get yours checked regularly. fh is a genetic mutation. 1 in every 250 of us have it. 90% are not properly diagnosed. >> unfortunately, health care providers don't always recognize that this may be familial. >> he died at 51 from a major heart attack. he found history repeating

his 30s. leading to a double bypass, heart attacks, and blockages. his daughter had high cholesterol. more than 70 points above normal. he needed genetic testing to confirm he had familial, hyper cholesterol anemia. so does his dawger blair. >> i don't want my daughter to walk down that road. >> if people are diagnosed early and get the treatm they need, they can live decades longer. >> blair takes one pill a day to manage her cholesterol. scott takes statins and needs a shot every ten days. >> wow. i know we have a few stranger things fans in here as well. net flix shares are soaring on better than expected earnings in the last quarter. some of the shows have something to do with it. 3.5million international subscribers also signed up for net flix despite the increase

like surprise summer hits. hot on the web is happening again. you may have noticed this on your facebook feed. another paragraph long privacy warning that everyone copies and reposts. here's the bottom line. just like the last one and the one before that, it's a hoax. you don't need to do this. the warning says everything you have on your facebook page, posts, picture, check ins, will become public tomorrow unless you copy and paste this post that reads that the content of your profile and private information. this is not a dangerous hoax. it's just a bunch of words. but the only thing it could damaging your reputation on facebook, or you might get unfriended pi facebook users who are sick of seeing the same thing over and over and over again in their feed. he is supposed to uphold

time. i'm dion limb, coming up, we're breaking down a policy one police chief is keeping in place to try to keep employees like this one from breaking the law. hacking the voting system, rigged elections, probably won't happen. i'll tell you a real reason why

we all know better than to text and drive. but it looks like aping while driving could be a big problem too. >> teens say they are texting less but a lot of them are

wheel, many are navigation and music. a study found nearly 70% of teenagers admitted to using apps while driving. nearly 80% believe apps are not distracting. >> even a short glance away from the roadway can have an impact on your ability to respond. >> i felt like i shouldn't be >> it's not just inexperienced or younger drivers. adults are also easily distracted. experts say parents should encourage young drivers to enter in the address in the app before they start driving. and if they feel like they need to look at their app, they should pull over on the side of the road. 10 news at 6:00, just

when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. buesing's firm was even accused of overbilling local schools ,

i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone.

an officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law. and it's not the first time. your signature could be the key to casting your vote. what you need to know about your autograph now to make sure your ballot counts. is this truck driver allowed to park in a handicapped spot? a viewer sent us this photo and

answers. 10 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> good evening. questions tonight after a saint pete police officer is charged with driving under the influence. officer anthony green was arrested early this morning. >> but there's more to the story. officer green was arrested back in 2009. not only for dui but also leaving the scene of a crash with property damage. now 10 is at the chief of police. how many arrests is it going to take before an officer loses his job? >> reporter: at the intersection of golf boulevard and medera way, sheriff deputies found anthony green passed out behind the wheel. green, a saint pete police officer, arrested for dui. police chief anthony holloway

arrest since 2005. >> the first time an officer makes a mistake, he needs help. the second time, there's something we need to do. >> he was suspended for six weeks without pay after the first conviction. >> once you're charged with a dui, you can not drink for five years. >> with this being his second arrest, he's placed on administrative leave without pay. a new policy the chief implemented today. where he can suspend an the case has not yet come to a conclusion. >> officers not being paced on administrative leave with pay. so he's collecting money from the taxpayers. he's going to want his due process. >> 10 news learning that green is not the only saint pete police officer that's been arrested for dui in the past five years. >> we give everybody a khan to