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being hauled off to jail an hour ago. deputies say he testified as a computer expert in five cases in polk county. one led to a conviction but they say that he was an expert in 50 cases across the bay area. deputies say they have been related to child porn or sex crimes and he claimed to have a master's from usf, not true according to deputies and they force career when he was in for several months before being terminated. right now they're not sure if kitowski has any expertise or if he is has been convincing in court. >> we're not sure to what degree any of this is true or what may be absolutely 100% false or what
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figment of his imagination, what is amazing here apparently nobody checke his credentials. trying to find out why and if any of the convictions that resulted from cases where kitowski was involved if they will be granted new trials, the defendants. there are a lot of things coming out of this, that could affect a lot of cases. keep us updated. thank you. detectives say a h murdered a 95-year-old man. deputies arrested the 37 lace hef lin in the parking lot of a bank they found her with a wallet that did not belong to her and cocaine and drug paraphernalia. she was a housekeeper for the 95-year-old who was murdered in his home. he was stabbed. evidence ties her to the crime. tampa's move fit cancer
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and the national cancer institute renewed the designation as a comprehensive cancer center. that's the highest wreck youron it can get and a grant of $17 million. >> cancer impacts all our families. nobody is immune from it. it is not partisan, rich versus poor. it affects everyone. we have the center here. >> it is one of the largest cancer centers in t and named the top cancer center in the southeast. they offer groundbreaking treatment that patients will travel across the country to receive. we'll interview one man who does just that. >> reporter: every three months mike latky walks through the doors the journey from wyoming to this facility started two years ago with the bump on his wrist, it looked like a half a golf ball sticking up.
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nerves that the surgeons in two other states said they would have to amputate. >> four days before his doctor told him about limb infusion. >> start with a blood out of the arm and reroute it for 45 minutes and hit your arm up and then put hot chemo in there and put it in the area where the cancer is, he had two and side-effects are minimal. >> a little bit of bane. there is four days in the icu and four after in the hospital. >> i have done about 50 for the sarcomas. we have a great response rate, 5 0% are responding. a certain subset we down stage their tumor to the point of resectable. >> he is one of a few in the country using the tech nick about 80% of the patients don't
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he said results are rewarding, when i walk in and are you i'm not saying i'll take off your warm. >> it hasdown in some places and shrunk in some. >> it is a response that's keeping this coach in the game, they have not come up with the procedure i don't have an arm. you know, yes. you don't think about how important your limbs are until you have been told you will lose one, for the fox medical team. have available tore skin cell and they performed more than 200 in the past eight years. his youngest patient was 16, oldest 95. and breaking news from tulsa the officer who shot and killed a man who had his arms in the air will be charged. betty shell by is charged with the crime. and his car stalled he could be
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he was shot and killed. she thought he was reaching in the window. >> in the matter of the federal government of ter terence crutcher the filing of manslaughter in the first degree against betty shell by is warranted. >> the prosecutor said there was a warrant for her arrest and arrangements for her to turn herself in. she could face a minimum of four years in charlotte north carolina prosecutors asked the state to investigate the shooting of a man. the death of keith scott has sparked two nights of protests. police say he was shot after pointing a gun at them but the family denies that. they said he had a book. the protests left five officers and nine protestors hurt, including a man shot in the head and in critical condition. the chief is asking the public
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but not releasing it to the public right away. >> the video does not give me definitive visual evidence that -- that would confirm a person is pointing a gun. i did not see that in the videos that i reviewed. so, what i can tell you taken in the totality of the support was we have heard in the version of the truth that we gave about the circumstances that happened that led to the death plaintiff scott. >> and in response to the protest the governors declared a state of emergency and deployed the national guard to protect the city of charlotte from looting. let's bring in joel waldman who is live in charlotte. do we know if the family has seen the video yet? >> reporter: they are probably
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there was a press conference and the family is urging no violence tonight and police making it clear they will show that footage to them but despite pleas from the community. they will not show to the public at all. behind me is the police department the same deal yesterday it was quiet in charlotte until the protestors started gathering at about 7 p.m. we'll take you on a there is a building on the other side of the traffic light and behind there is where the protestors started to gather. 100 or 200 initially f you saw that video -- initially. if you saw that they were 800 strong. this is downtown charlotte to the west of us that's the hyatt house hotel which was all over the news last evening. they are in the process of
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windows that were knocked out and a chance to talk to the bar tender in there a short time later, matt who lives in the area. he said it was extremely tense at first they were spray painting the windows and then you heard a bang and the windows started to come in there were people who were urged to go into the elevators to get out of the way. he went into a knife. he has a baby on the way and getting home to see his children. that shows you of how dramatic it was here yesterday and the tension involved as of the protestors clashed with the police. >> and you're right, watching that what is going to happen next. that was awful to watch it playing out in front of our eyes like that. a couple of things here, first the family is appealing for calm. what are the police anticipating
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another night of protests or what. and have the police given a good reason why they're not going to release the individual grow. a lot of -- the release the video. they are saying to the police you need to do that to calm the people down. >> as, as they do, citing the fact it is ongoing investigation. there have been talks that they're not going to release it at all but the fare of -- mayor the charlotte said they will time. they are releasing it to the scott family and looking at it. they held a news conference earlier. unanswered questions, the chief himself says that he still has a lot of digging to do. >> thank you, we hope everything is calm in charlotte. thank you very much, joel waldman. a data breach with 500 million e-mail accounts. can you put that many zeros on
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airport as the "hometown hero" returned from rio. >> reporter: kendall was the only survivor in the accident which took his father, friend and the use of his legs away forever. but the crash did not derail his dreams. it was an emotional homecoming as dozens of friends and family members arrived at the tampa airport to welcome brad kendall home. >> this mean so much t family and friends here. >> reporter: emotional homecoming for silver medallist brad kendall,ky not thank everyone enough t is incredible. >> that's right, daddy. >> family members and friends and sailors packed the terminal at the airport to welcome home the local sailor who has inspired so many. as a the is starting sailor i'm
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disabilities. this renot disabilities another factor in sailing, he started at an early age but being an olympian came later. his first dream was to become an airline pilot but the plans were dashed when he was 22. the kendall family's plane crashed into a clearwater neighborhood. his legs were crushed and be removed. he made i the others indied brad's dad and flight instructor were not so lucky. he soon started casing a dream passed down by his father, bruce kendall was a sailor and long-time member of the clearwater yacht club. brad embraced his factor's passion and after years of work brad and his teammates finally earned the right to represent the u.s. at this year's
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>> i woke up thinking about dad. >> he and his teammates captured a silver in the final race of the sonar class, the tribute to the father he lost 13 years ago. >> a lot of e-mails and text messages i got after we won was yo know your dad was watching down on you. i know. it is awesome. >> brad and his crew only had one shot to make the dreams come true because a part of the 2020 games in tokyo. cynthia. >> wow. >> that was emotional. you could hear that in his voice, what an example he is setting. that's a tragic life changing accident. >> what is that is 3 -- 13 years later, what a journey. >> impressive. >> paul we had impressive thunder and lightning a few minutes ago your choice came up.
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most cases it is good. >> i tell you the next update i'll tap you on the shoulder which will be unbelievable. 92 that's on sky tower. and this is a a look on the brok dale bay shore the first day of autumn and 92 degrees. we had storms developing today. and until we get a front to go the 50s and the 60s. we're locked in. we have a couple of storms and the coverage will not be extensive south of tampa bay. if you are watching us in northern hillsborough county. up by usf and temple terrace. a storm that did not move much an hour or so. this is what is left. from
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usf. fowler and fletcher and into pasco it was a big storm. you can see it here what it did it sat in the same spot you get the rain it cools the environment and the rain pretty much collapses and it is done. that's what is happening. inch, inch and a half >> and this is rural hillsborough and the south and weakening. sebring to lake placid the storm last night and of note. and a storm underway. light showers and to orlando and
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>> 92. 84 in tampa and a storm near tia. 90 in sarasota and brooksville. the heat continues. the update for september. three days below average that is because of clouds and rain and wind from hermine. one average day every other day 22 days in september. 18 above average and a long and hot summer. forecast that is never wrong. how much daylight we're losing on a daily basis it is over two minutes a day. that's a lot. now today we have 12 hours, 7 minutes of daylight a month from now we're down to 11 hours and 19 minutes. a month after that. 10 hours, 38 minutes.
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that is enough. and obviously shorter days yields cooler temperatures. lisa and karl a tropical storms out in the atlantic. this is karl that will bypass bermuda and be gone by monday. lisa is a storm and move out. should that dissipate and then we'll be watching another system this is one that in 7 to 10 days if it survives the trip over dry air and shear could get itself into the caribbean along way away. this sis a week from now and development in two days, 20% in five days but this could get into the caribbean and maybe be some issues somewhere in the caribbean or the gulf.
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that's two weeks from now. >> and we can do that. >> and work and we have showers and thundershowers we stay near 90 and rain chance through saturday. 30% sunday through thursday we wrap up september and on a hot and sticky note. >> this has been fun, we should stay in touch. what is the best way to reach you, e-mail? [ laughter ] >> hillary clinton poking fun at herself in a video will it help her with millennials that's
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situation she is losing support from millennials but she is leading. she is looking for ways to connect with the voters who do not follow the news but with social media and follow stars to that end she just followed going on a fake though between two ferns. >> look for a younger younger generation you will become their first white president. that's neat, too. as the are minute could you type and how does obama like his coffee like himself, weak. >> those are really out of date questions. >> you get the idea. odd ball questions, awkward silence and humor and what between two ferns is about. she is following the lead the same between two ferns bid paid off for the president two years ago in a very big way.
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remembered what got him elected he turned to stars who connect with young adults to bail him out and his interview took off on social media and at the time in the moment health care enrollment took off. clinton saw how that worked out she is trying to get a boost before the debate and since she had sol challenges relating to young voters she wants to show them and roll with the punches >> i enjoyed it a young voter but funny. they have been attacking each other. what is working and in your opinion what is not. since the attacks are, working against them and they are among the most popular nominees and since polling started it is a bruiser. you want to get into specifics trump has hammered hillary clinton for saying that half the supporters are deporable.
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well and it is not turning many votes in trump's favor but clinton trails trump on the issue of trust so attacks along the -- along the lines. lacks the judgment to be president that appears to be working based on the numbers and the stats because that's where trump is really struggling -- struggling in the polls. >> an interesting one as it continues on, >> and. a mom passed out. oded on drugs in the aisle. the push to raise awareness. what is being done in one of our local cities. and the star's divorce saga is and the star's divorce saga is getting come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped fall milk shakes. better yet,
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built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... those are sacrifices? its a matter of life and it is a matter of life and death. that's the warning from sarasota police are dealing with a heroin epidemic. and gloria gomez has more on the public plea and the numbers are just disturbing, aren't they.
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seeing too many people pass out from heroin. in july of this year 44 people overdosed, eight of those died. recently a drug distributor was busted in bradenton and what makes it dangerous is the fact it is mixed with a cocktail of other drugs, including fentanyl, till will not solve the problem taking people to jail but they are hoping to save lives. >> we're not going to arrest our way out of the issue if you have a brother, sister, mom, dad. >> aunt, uncle they are doing the drug, please tell them not to do it, i see the paramedics every day in my neighborhood the
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across the street has oded twice and made it because of the paramedics. the numbers of the cases from a year ago has doubled a i another is the foster care system more kids are ending up there because they don't have parents. they passed away from help out there they need to reach out for help >> and what we are talking about. >> and this is hard to watch the video. and that person in mass has that's the woman and her 2-year-old the 2-year-old is trying to revive her mom who collapsed from a heroin overdose. that's right there in the family dollar store. she collapsed in the aisle. in the video can you hear the toddler screaming for her
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>> that makes me sad. >> that's heartbreaking. and police in ohio released this photo of a couple passed out in a car with a young boy in the back seat. the child was taken away. they post pictures like this to make people think twice before trying heroin. >> let's bring in dr. jo to look at this problem. it's not just the heroin but what the users are mixing it with. >> what are they >> that's 10,000 tiles more point than morphine t is laced into the heroin they are using and it is being placed in other things like pills and a it is on xanax bars. when you have that drug that's a fast acting drug then you fool with another drug together will suppress the system so people
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nar can is good to bring them out of it. we cannot be everywhere at the same time it is being made available for people at home as well and again the problem is so, so bad i read a statistic that 80% are consumed here in the united states. >> and are you not going to have time to give it to everyone. what are professionals doing to combat the problem. >> i spoke with hoffman. what are you see something a implant that's placed underneath the skin but it's a limited number of individuals that can benefit from that. there are other things and other drugs that can be utilized but there is a chance to abuse they increase the addiction. we just don't have enough detax centers and the mental health
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we need to support the individuals to try to prevent the addiction and treat them i will tell threw are things down the line. he has injections that they have. it costs money they may not have it. you know the answer to the problem is just get more proactive and get out there and help the individuals. a protest at the governor's office. why they delivered 300 muffins and egg mc muffins this morning. what can baseball cards each us about wall street? >> i saw similarities between the market and the baseball card market. the experiment may have you
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developing right now.. a a massive data breach at yahoo affecting accounts. the information in the half a billion accounts were stolen in a breakdown and the breach goes back to 2001 114. the data includes dresses. telephone numbers. dates of birth and pass wards. users change your fort worth if you have not done so since 2014. >> that's a big deal. >> more than 300 egg mc muffin and publix muffins were dropped off at the governor's office as a protest. people are protesting admission
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ballot. since he sounds like mc muffin they chose the breakfast sandwiches to make a point. voters should have more options than major party candidates. >> people are coming more and more unhappy with the two major parties with the way things are in washington and with a network that you just -- you cannot accomplish anything, it is going to be the way it is not necessarily the way want it. people don't want to choose with the lesser of two evils. >> a spokesperson said it followed law setting up the ballot which has candidates from six parties,. and scott, what have you got for us, the bucs feel poor practice led to the loss but were they too confident after beating the falcons.
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throughout the weekend. the first batch shows nothing unusual, that's according to mosaic but people near the phosphate mine are worried after that sinkhole opened up and water started pouring into the acquifer. many people do not trust mosaic after being left in the dark about the sinkhole for three weeks. and why did regulators let the silence go on. ken suarez asked the governor >> by the time the sinkhole was discovered on august 27th, radioactive water was flowing into the acquifer. by the time the public was told about it three weeks later millions of gallons of the water had already poured in. and until mosaic figures out how to plug the hole, it will escape into the drinking water supply. the department of enviromental protection is supposed to protect us, the agency held off
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potential threat for weeks. when we spoke with the governor he seemed to dodge the issue. shouldn't they be mandated to let them know rather than letting it go a couple of weeks? >> sure. immediately. they will make sure. >> it is three weeks late. >> they started right away. they will keep everyone safe. >> a growing number of lawmaker does not share the governor's faith in the system. many say the delay was a mistake. >> it is shocking to me state regulators have no obligation to inform the public when a potential contamination of their drinking water has occurred. >> and a lawmaker said something needs to be done. >> when they found out we should work to a resolution so people are notified as soon as it is possible. three weeks is too long. >> there is no law that forces the dep to make an announcement. >> if they don't have a real requirement to report to the public. they have an ethical requirement
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drinking water could be impacted. there is no excuse to do anything else. >> and ken suarez reporting. there is a new development, a class action lawsuit was filed against mosaic over the sinkhoe at the plant. now, your sky tower radar forecast with chief meteorologist paul dellegatto. hello, folks a couple more showers around the area this afternoon. 87 degrees now. there is rain in the dance raining over tampa now. clouds have been bubbling up and we have dew points that are sitting in the mid70s. and the deepest moisture is tampa bay south. that was the case and now we had not much wind in the atmosphere and popping up and drifting slowly southeast and raining themselves out now. the big storm that literally soaked temple terrace. that's gone but the winds are
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and has produced -- produced a couple more storms in northeast hillsborough. here is one east of land o' lakes. these will roam around and drift south and southeast. here is a shower. not a big deal but it could grow. they move to the southeast and raining in polk city. and davis islands and part and that one is moving to the south and the southeast. >> in highlands this time of year autumn this is typical. 20, 30% that's about it. right now where it is rain
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today. and 91 degrees. what is interesting about this and 88. moving on the averages. and by october 20th good numbers. karl could be and it make as turn and moves away. we'll say goodbye to that. same thing with lisa in a couple of days it moves northwest and northeast and gone as a non-professional low in the north atlantic. we'll be watching this. this is a wave coming off the coast of africa.
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the sea. you see it moving to the west but the ten day forecasts they leave a lot to be desired as far as accuracy and watch it that system is well over 3500 miles away. this is tracking it day by day. and now 76. partly cloudy. partly cloudy. and winds are north bee have a high -- north. we have a high tide. no change of season we're still summertime and upper 80s to near 90 for high. lows mid-70s and a change in seasons a big lightning logo. >> and the world cup is having a
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the lightning opened without a tkolz of the best players. this is just the third world cup event and the previous two are wrapped up and take it to october 1. the dressing room a lot of empty lockers. they don't know how long the core will be gone but the games will have the guys in a better shape when they return. that's part of the positive here. there are a lot of is strange not seeing their superstars. >> it is different. you know exciting they have been t is different but it's -- it is good to see and hockey play now.
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meaning. >> and the battle when it starts. >> the bucs are being very cautious about taking on a team that has not taken down the rams. that was last december and a different team and different time for the bucs, this a credible game next up back to back from last year. ken ver -- denver and carolina. they did not practice well ar preparing for arizona. there is speculation they may have been overconfident. he does not see it that way. >> i don't think we had as good
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i mean wednesday was not good. >> and starting at 10:30 and rick reynolds and i will analyze the game and we hand it off to the guys in la and settle in for the rams and bucs at 4:00 here on fox 13. football tonight. patriots will take the field with their third stringer leading the charge. the game is actually the wide receiver julian edelman. we hope it does not get there and rob gronkowski activated. and look at big pappi. gets what it is made out of? dough naughts.
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delicious, probably not warm any more glazed doughnuts. that's correct. dun dun kin doughnuts is honoring the favorite slugger. number 34. they will donate 34 cents out of every doughnut used in the mural to go back to help the boston area food bank. that's cool way to use doughnuts. that would be a shame if they are not eaten. >> but sitting in the sun i'm not so sure. >> that depends. >> take them to department. trouble for brad pitt, the
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one of florida's specialty license plates has a specialty license plate has a redesign the new friends of animal tag. there is a fee to go with it but the neuter programs. and did you know it is world rhino day it is a new southern white rhino she was born last week. she wayed in between 80 and 100 pounds. about the the time she grows up try 4500 pounds. right now she is spending time bonding with mom and she will get introduced to the rest of
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because poachers are killing them. stocks closing after the reserve said it would keep the interest rates the way they were. the nasdaq climbed 44 and s&p rose 14. child abuse at the center of the split between angelina jolie and brad pitt? we have more on allegations. >> there are reports but we know the abuse against brad pitt have been referred to the f.b.i. this occurred in the air while the family was returning from a trip to france so the f.b.i. now has jurisdiction and the la department of children and family services received a call that brad was on the private jet and was verbally abusive to his kids. a source close to brad pitt said he is most concerned right now with his children he want tots see his kids but that angelina
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home. there is a chance he was drinking on the flight according to the source. -they have argued before things were tense and again the source telling us there was no physical altercation or exchange between brad and their son. there was some yelling but no abuse and the claims are simply not true. brad is working with authorities to get to the bottom of this. he is fully cooperating above all else and brad is most concerned again with being of his kids. he is disappointed that she has chosen to blast him in the media. they, according to many reports had troubles for some time. arguments mostly over parenting issues and our source said brad did not want this divorce he wanted to work things out but now instead as you see it is becoming a vicious battle. >> can you watch access hollywood here on fox 13.
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next. here are mark and linda. >> they have a problem with species that do not long here, and this is enough to make your skin crawl. baby pythons hatching in the keys. and the concern about snake breeding in florida and where they will turn up next. changes when it protects our kids from the flu. dr. jo coming up. explain what they should turn into. >> the challenges the kids face how she is helping the next generation that's on the fox 13
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we're going to put him in handcuffs to his false curriculum. he claimed to be an expert but he is a big and now we have details of the suit that's been filed. , they brought shame spon themselves and profession and they have shamed their family name. three attorneys disbarred for setting up a traffic stop. tonight we hear from the judge
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linda hurtado in for kelly ring. i'm mark wilson. an expert or a fraud? a special witness in a number of cases as across the area could e finding himself on the stand as a defendant. he lied about a number of things, degrees, experience, certifications. and evelyn lambert has more from his neighborhood. we're talking about new trials that could be retried. >> potentially, mark, inve the 57-year-old chester kitowski in all kinds of lies. he testified in cases that had to do with child porn or children who were victims of sex crimes. and they could be called in to question the fairness of the cases. look at video of kitowski being hauled off to jail. this was hours ago. deputies say he testified as an expert in five cases there. one led to a conviction.
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