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>> don't move! >> officer, please, can i just pay? >> did this deputy use too much force? why the pasco sheriff is standing behind him tonight. >> we actually recovered none of the 76 guns stolen from that home. >> a brazen burglar steals dozens of guns. the desperate search to find them. >> it's an accident waiting to happen. >> and why an aviation expert weighs in on their on-going

>> good evening, everybody and welcome, i'm kelly ring. >> and i'm mark wilson, welcome on this friday night. we are beginning with an alarming piece of video of a shoplifting suspect resisting arrest, and the sher sheriff says the body camera proves that everything was done by the book. >> do you have some merchandise you didn't pay for, put your hand behind your back -- stop resisting me -- lay on the ground you are about to get tased! >> that is just a portion of the video and if you're concerned about the woman you should watch the entire video, and the sheriff says the deputy did everything right, crystal? >> i asked a copy of the sheriff's use of force guidelines and under the guidelines the woman was actively resisting the i have officer

`deputy the right to take her down. >> i'm not going to -- back -- the glance. the sight of a bloody woman being taken down by a deputy, things only escalate from there. >> i'm about to taze you, get on the ground -- >> please, just let me go. >> 15-year-old tiffany tibow was confronted for apparently stealing a pair of shoes and as arm. >> it's during the tussle that she is swung into the build's cement wall cutting her head. >> if she had not resisted

her a citation and she would have gone on her way. >> under the severity of the crime and size of the suspect must be considers. shoplifting is a misdemeanor and tebow is only 5 foot 6, 125 pounds, according to the report. >> a lot of citizens have been complained because they say he is a big guy and how can he use this type of force. >> but the sheriff says his deputy showed restrain. >> had he jumped on her, that would have been a full-out fight on the ground -- >> the deputy later grabs a towel to help her with her wounds. she was charged with resisting arrest and theft, and taken to a hospital for treatment. >> not everything we do is clean or pretty. when you're wrestling with someone it's not easy but we are out there protecting our stiives. >> citizens.

that tebow has been in this situation. she had been arrested for drug possession and domestic battery and petty theft. the sheriff says he is grateful all of his deputies wear body cameras because of events like this. and he said instead of a months' long investigation he was able to clear the deputy by watching the video. >> we have posted the video along with crystal's story on our website, fox13news.com. >> there has been a massive gun sheft theft in st. pete and police are worried many of the guns may be in the wrong hands. dozens of guns were stolen but only a fraction are believed to have been recovered. >> we are talking about 70 plus guns stolen from a homeowner in

is police have recovered less than ten of those guns and so where are they? the answer is: proibl in probably in the wrong hands. >> police say what gregory phillips decided to burglarize an elderly man's home while he was in the hospital in late december he was after the mother lode of guns. >> we've been able to say it was nearly 76 guns. >> swiped from this home in st. pete where phillips used to mow the lawn, and only nine -- yes, nine have been recovered and that means 69 are out on the street. >> he was going from corner to corn selling corner to

corner selling them from the trunk of his car for $10 to $15 and a few pills. >> if you are a gun owner, the security of that gun is your responsibility. >> friday the mayor and police chief pushed a gun safety initiative and part of it includes giving away free gun locks and car clubs both aimed at keeping the thieves away. >> we talk about the second amendment but take it out of your car and lock it up, we are not trying to take it away, but just asking you to be responsible. >> as for phillips he has been charged with armed burglary and being a felon in potential of a firearm. prior charges include theft charges and others as well as dealing in stolen property. >> the city says they have 200

and they will get more, if you're a st. pete resident and want them, you can contact the police department. >> and detectives make an arrest in a murder that dates back to may 2014. this was at the claymore crossing apartments in seffner. williams was in his car when mary ordered him to get out and then shot him in the head with a shotgun and then drove off in his car, detectives say it was all about marijuana. >> a man is arrested accused or exposing himself to young girls. detectives say they saw andrew poblete driving slowly near schools and when he would see young girls he would expose himself to them. the cops were watching him because a couple of days earlier

13-year-old girls who growth wrote down his license plate and reported him. >> and someone stole justin verlander's license plate and then put it on a stolen car and that theft was part of a month-long crime spree by one guy. >> lakeland's most famous part-time resident was at the movies when he came out to find that his temporary tag had been stolen have this . this is the suspect and police say he is responsible for numerous car thefts and break-ins and verlander's tag was found on a car stolen out of auburndale.

traffic when the suspect came up to his car, pointed a shotgun at him. >> when someone pulls out a firearm and has you at that point the only thing that goes through your mind is am i going go them to home to see my family or am i going to die today? >> he said the suspect eventually allowed him to get out of the truck. the suspect is in jail with no bond, facing 2727 chargescharges including kidnapping and numerous charges including armed robbery. he tweeted today, with hashtags

>> and the pirate water taxi had its maiden joyage voyage today. the shuttle will have three boats boats. mayor bob buckhorn and visit tampa bay were on hand for the occasion. >> mayor, invoice in some more marine patrols because you have some busy waterways behind us from paddle bikes to paddle boarding to water taxis to "e" boats. we have it all and a great destination to boot. >> well, the water taxis will run from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on wednesday and thursday and they spend to midnight on we understand and during special events downtown. i think it's a great idea. >> i'm excited for it.

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after another round of >> concerning after another round of trouble for allegiant air. after a scary aborted take-off last night and more canceled flights this morning, evan lambert is putting this into perspective for us. >> i know you spoke with an aviation expert and an attorney. >> jim broccoli is an experienced pilot and aviation attorney and he tells me that allegiant's well documented emergency landings and aborted take-offs which prompt an overview but the faa of the airline. >> he says the mechanical problems the airline is having are dangerous. the latest emergency was

kentucky city lost engine power. pilots safely aborted the take-off and returned to the gate. allegiant says it's invested in new technology and training and maintenance is done by certified workers and it's a safe airline. >> i don't know how allegiant defines "safe" but any time you are dealing with emergencies or diverts or returns, yeah, i guess in their paralance it's safe, but it's really not. >> this summer media outlets reported dozens of emergencies in florida and across the country. the most serious in july when pilots ran out of fuel, forcing a landing as a closed airport in north dakota and then the faa says a maintenance issue caused a plane to prematurely off the ground, an error that pilots say is potentially disastrous. but both only resulted in

the faa has a long history of being lax with violations from airlines. >> what would it take for the faa to step in? >> unfortunately i think it's going be a crash with people seriously hurt or killed. >> the faa wrote the faa evaluates every event in the context of an airline's operations to see if an event or series of event indicates a pattern or trend that we need to address. >> i asked the clearwater airport, and keep in mind they make money off of allegiant's business and they have refused on-camera interviews for months but they wrote this the faa has not indicated any problems certaining the safe operation of

>> well, imagine winning a multimillion dollar jackpot and not keeping a cent of it? ruby sorah and her husband won the jackpot and took the lump sum but instead of keeping any of it they split it up between friends and family. >> and their neighbors say it couple. >> they are the nicest quitest people, really simple people with a simple life. winn-dixie. the store will get $100,000 for selling the winning ticket. that is fantastic. >> it's great, and talk about being so selfless. >> right, that's what they are.

a room when they found out they won. fantastic. >> how are you doing paul? >> still a little sad about chip, but are you doing okay? >> we are going to move on. >> we are going see him at some point, wherever he goes. but hope you had a nice day, a breezy and cool snap to the at no, sir atmosphere, and what a day we had, not a cloud in the sky although i see a hint of a contrail way out in the distance. this one from our buddy andrew deets, andrew always sends in good photos and we are appreciate his good work. the first four days we were up and then for a week we were

are back down, the month has been really all over the map. we'll be watching and waiting for a cold front to arrive on wednesday. el nino impacts are not done yet, it usually winds down late march, early april, and it's incredible. you think back on december and we had one day the entire month that was below average. that is tough to do and then we flipped the calendar and in january we had 16 months of that day and february has been wet and 12 days below average, and that will continue for a couple more days at least. a cold high to our west and all day today, cold air draining down the state. i will tell ya chilly to have sunshine and the mercury only in the low 60's. that is running a good 12

a nice night walk for walk in apollo beach, and i want to remind you if winds go calm, you may wake up to that early golf round and see frost around. it won't last long. sat right satellite shows lots of dry air. all of the red means no water in the atmosphere. the clouds will stay south of us tomorrow. mother nature is taking a break as there is not a lot happening in the east. we have two areas of high pressure west of us that will slowly drift in and camp over the state for a couple of days. cold air is diving south and for tonight, chilly with 30's and

day a lot like today, lots of blue sky, highs in the 60's and that moderating trend should get going tomorrow and it looks like sunday will be the warmest with the america mercury building into the 70's. sunshine and chilly tomorrow, 62. and then on sunday, lots of sunshine and a bit milder with a high up to 71 degrees. here is your seven-day. temperatures say in the 70's. next chance of rain looks like wednesday, and would be showers and thundershowers. we turn the month and it won't be long before the tree pollen gets going and everything turns green. only about a week away. >> and what is that stuff? >> flonase, we use a lot of that. >> apple is standing firm against the fbi. >> the problem is not breaking into one phone, the problem is

>> the fed's new push to break into a terrorists iphone. >> hey, a lot of gun for the money. >> a tampa gun maker tells us what is triggers record sales in

buyers everything a >> new development the to want on the standoff between apple and the fbi. apple is fighting orders to help the fbi hack a terrorist's cell

calls for president obama to get involved in this case which would work its way up to the supreme court. apple says the outcome could impact everyone with an eye phone. >> iphone. >> we are a staunch advocate of people's privacy. the words of the apple ceo. >> tim is absolutely right. the problem is not breaking into one phone, the problem is the precedent. >> no, i don't agree with that, apple hearing aid made the right decision. >> and others are critical of president obama's refusal to intervene in the fight. >> a better president would say we are entering a whole new age. i'm your president and i'm going for guarantee not only the privacy but the security of the

>> but instead, james come has become the face of the administration's push to get the phone unlocked. apple asked the court to vacate the order saying it violates the company's first and fifth amendment rights and other tech giants including facebook, microsoft and google plan to file briefs in support of apple's right to refuse. >> the phone is owned not be the terrorist but by the local government, and the need is to extract as much information as possible to learn more about the incident is something that our law enforcement officials have concluded is a priority. >> apple is arguing that the government is ordering them to create a product that makes it

a house judiciary hearing is scheduled. >> and sarasota police are not just warning warning customers about gas skimmers but they are teaming up with gas taition station owner, finally. they are telling owners to check their pumps for skimmers several time as day. >> i hate to give them too much credit but they are able to utilize the technology to facilitate stealing money from hard-working people. >> sarasota p.d. have found three skimmers in the city in the last month and a half. please, watch for those skimmers.

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open fire at his workplace in kansas and they are we are also learning about his florida connection. >> it turns out that the shooter was served with a protective order involving a former girlfriend just 90 minutes before the shooting began and authorities say that is likely what said him off. a deputy served it on him at work, and he went on break and then came back with an assault rifle and a pistol. the officer who shot and killed him is set to have saved countless lives. >> this is a horrible situation, terrible, just terrible but there was a law enforcement officer who responded right away and although he took fire, he went inside of that place and saverred multiple, multiple lives.

>> it turns out that ford had a criminal record in florida dating back ten years for burglary, grand theft, fleeing from an officer and carrying a concealed weapon and now a friend of his, a woman, has been charged with providing the guns to ford who was not allowed to own them and she is charged with knowingly transferring a firearm to a convicted felon. >> and deputies in the mason county area say a gunman called 9-1-1 to report that he had shot and killed his family. a girl who survived the shooting was taken to the hospital. authorities authority negotiated with the gunman for several hours.

allow them in, he turned the gun on himself and killed himself. >> and number one that is how they spell the words at the wharton school of business or just like chuck tower he must have hired a foreign worker to do his own tweets. >> mar marco rubio slammed trump by mocking his tweets, meantime donald trump got a big enforcement today. >> new jersey governor chris christi announced he is backing the billionaire. >> i am proud to be here to endorse donald trump for president of the united states. >> the new jersey governor tried to help trump shift attention away from what is being called a be debate drubbing.

up the sweat that pours -- did you ever see a guy sweet like this? it's rubio! >> ted crez crus was in the middle belt in tennessee and took trump to tack over his personal greed. >> the only thing he carried about was putting money in his bank account. >> you are the only person who has ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects i willly. >> i projectsillegally. >> i'm the only one on the stage who has hired people, you have not hired anyone. >> marco is right, he was found guilty of hiring people illegally and there was a $1 million judgment entered against him. >> the donald says he is being audited. i would think that would underscore the need to release

>> and then it deteriorated into ridicule. >> you want to have some fun? let's read some tweets. >> at every event today, con man or conarrest conartist, and if trump wins everything else and cruz wins his home state, tump trump will be very hard to catch. >> and sanders returned to his home state for one last stand primaries. the senator from vermont used a rally in minnesota to rip hillary clinton by accusing her of being too cosy with wall street. >> she also received you know, many millions of dollars in

good speaker, i admit that but to get $225,000 for a speech to goldman sacks you have goldman sachs you have to be really good. >> clinton is loading her schedule with event in south carolina with an eye towards protecting her big lead. >> and fox's tom fitzgerald shows us an incredible discovery 200 years in the making. >> on the alexandria, virginia water front, this archaeologist is making history. >> i'm amazing that the story of finding this particular ship has gone international. >> this revolutionary war ship was found at a hotel construction site, it's 50 feet long and 250 years old.

founding of alexandria. >> we've removed all of the timber frames piece by piece, carefully. >> our camera even captured one worker digging out a colonial era pipe impact, a rare thing. >> we find pipes all the time but finding an impact one is unique. >> but finding the ship was only the start. experts will tell you what they fowpped found inside has been an archaeological treasure trove. >> and next door was even more. >> we are finding a lot of soles of shoes and this is china and could be a fragment from a chamber pot. >> turning out the coral are big clues about where the ship sailed. >> what does this tell you?

probably sailed to the caribbean. >> in fact, after 200 years the ship will be heading back to water and the preservation tank as they continue the study of it. >> this is great, finding this ship. >> very interesting for sure. well, coming up we said good bye to chip carter today.

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career, 26 years and we have a look back at his good bye. >> here is chip carter and sports sunday. hey, chip. >> welcome to this mother's day edition of sports sunday. >> a friend of mine and i don't even know what year just started calling me chip out of the clear blue. the perfect tv name. all right, kids, same bet as before but this time i'm teeing off first. >> okay, chip, whatever. >> this guy says have a good time and we are outta here. >> whoa! >> oh, man, that was incredible. >> are you a boy or a girl lightning bug. >> i know i speak on behalf of the whole community when we say we have lovered lovered loved having you as a

>> you don't always have to get wet to learn how to die -- >> by the way, this will be on channel 10 at what sniem time? 10:50, right? >> channel what? >> oh, 13! >> chip carter knows racing and the drivers know him. >> chip knows nascar. >> and signed by jeff gordon and darrelle wall drip. >> darrell waltrip. >> oh my gosh, i've been able to do more things simply because we've been able to pick up a camera and go and do an incredible story on it. but it's the people that you remember, at least for me. >> thanks! >> it was hard, and for those -- i know a lot of you at home have gotten to know him over the years but the best part for us

funny and honestly is one of the sweetest people you ever want to meet. >> the incredible friendships we have here is just amazing because he is an incredible broadcaster. >> he can cover anything from fishing to driving driving to skydiving and if you look back, the things he was able to do, just fantastic. we are going to miss him, 28 years as a friend and a mentor, and it's going to be tough to go on without him but we'll do our best to carry the torch. and stamkos made a strong statement that he likes where he is playing. he is back in the middle and the goals just keep on coming. and i will explain why.

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a wild encounter is trending.. >> all right, a wild encounter, crazy video shot by arizona major jeff flake, he is on a trip to africa and this shows him with a group of elephants. trust me, they are coming and then look what happens, they are charging him, and when you hear that, that reasons run. the republican senator --

>> no, but he saw the humor in it, thankfully they stayed in their jeep, and he said the symbol of the gop have no respect for a fellow republican. >> there they go. >> i do not want you near my baby is what that elephant -- >> oh, you see the baby in the back, you are exactly right, and don't blame them one bit. >> incredit to believe incredible to see something like that. and it's been one year since the dress went viral, and the disagreement with the gold, white or blue, well, it's happening again. some say this jacket is white and blue and i see it as greenish blue and tan. >> there is no blue in there. >> i see black and brown. >> i said greenish and tan.

>> well, maybe -- >> maybe a gray. >> some people were saying gray, multicolored. >> is this going viral like the dress did? >> yeah. >> paul says it's green. see? we agree. >> green and tan, this is like a science project. >> great minds think alike. >> and you know what this is, what is similar with the other one before, there is no flash and so you are using natural light and it's the way it's hitting that your eye is telling you what color it is, and kelley, i'm with you, i think it's more blackish and that light that is giving it a greenish cast is fading. watch. >> we'll see if it goes viral like the dress, and then a navy officer's surprise and you can never get tired of seeing these. >> it's a huge surprise, you

just what it guess what it is, and if you could think of one surprise in the whole world what would it be? >> i don't know. >> aww it's a navy over who just came home from deployment and he surprised his little son alex, oh, that emotion, he is crying and it's gone viral and been viewed a million times but he is home and his little guy couldn't be more happy. >> he is overwhelmed a bit. >> that is awesome. all right, kevin, a big game tonight. >> a huge game, and stam cuss is stamkos is the center and really wants to play center, well, the stammer

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expense of just under $4 million per season and it includes a full no-trade season clause for this season and the next two. the rays get right into the swing of spring as the team officially comes together down at port charlotte. and really this is a good thing because now they just have five begin. the highlight of the morning session, chris arranger throwing live batting practice but then beckham turning on this one and cranks it out, you have to love this one. the bat flips, celebration, and you know, beck ham texted chris arrest archer saying he lived up to it. it's just the first full day of

playful bonding time needed. >> need being with the whole team again, and we'll work on the team drills and it's good to be a full team again and i know search excited to get out there and get going. >> everybody gets their feet under them and you know, treads water a little bit but most of the guys have been out here and it's just like a regular day with some fundamentals thrown in. >> and will st. pete beats lincoln today, and they will take on pompano beach, and sarasota river, a squeaker by one in o.t. and they take on coral springs and then tonight, largo with a two-point win over pensacola, and they take on dillard at 6:00 tomorrow.

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>> all right, here is the fox 13 umbrella winner for to want from madeira beach, charise, and i met an umbrella winner tonight that stopped in around 9:30 to pick up their umbrella. a little chilly along the east coast. dallas, 61. out west, mild, salt lake, 62, and phoenix topped off at 88 degrees. it's a cold night and the thing about tonight is some spots the winds will diminish and there may even be a touch of frost in colder spots. sun city center, you are already at 40 degrees.

wesley chapel 45, and inland away from the influence of the water it's as cold at 44 in wauchula. many of you in the upper 30's by daybreak. the forecast for tomorrow looks good. we may go the entire weekend without seeing a single cloud, and dry air right down the peninsula. we'll start warming up on sunday and the key is on sunday, look the wind arrows are coming in from the southeast. that is a warming direction for us. 44 degrees at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and by noon, we are at 60 and by 6:00, 61 degrees, a chilly morning, a cool afternoon and a beautiful day on day, back into the 70's. today.

back to you guys. >> good luck, and cull us call us if you win. >> and now it's official, the manatee population is growing. >> florida fish and wildlife said they counted more than 62,050 manatees in florida waters, 150 more than last year. the surveys found that three sisters springs and the canals at tico's big bend powerplan as the most popular hang-outs and there is a push to take them off the endangered species list. well, you have an exciting morning ahead if you live in st. pete. >> bring your dog out. >> he is crazy. >> and mine is not?

fundraiser. they provide guide dogs for many people in need, and veterans, too, and all of the money they raise is all private money. they don't get any government funding or any of that and so public assistance is very important. there are a number of walks and we one in sarasota and tomorrow one in st. pete, a little chilly in the morning. >> but the dogs love that. >> i'm .>> i'm going to bring hazel, and the mayor is going to be out there, and come down to the park if you can. >> a perfect day to do that for sure. and time now for the fox 13 11:00 news. >> right now, ask city drivers, downtown parking is always a problem. >> but some city councilmembers want to give themselves a free pass. >> if they don't like it they

>> the mayor is threatening a veto but others say that the perk could actually help the city's image. >> oh my gosh, okay! >> stop resisting me. >> the pasco chef sheriff said his dep deputy did everything right. >> and hoverboard heists are on the rise. law enforcement's message to the people who own them. >> new at 11:00 a parking push by tampa city councilmembers is ininfuriating downtown drivers and drawing a veto threat from the mayor. should councilmembers get a pass to park in any place in the city? first of all, why do they want it and why do they think they deserve it? >> i'm standing in the back of city hall and you see that city