amber southard/escambia co. sheriff's office: he actually made our jobs easier. he put more pictures of himself out there maybe at a better angle to where people were able to make a tip the florida authorities have now added a new mug shot into the mix. writing: "how's this photo donald pugh?" #thanksfortheselfie. david wright, abc news, new york. and now your kolo 8 hour-by-hour weather a series of storm systems will will impact the sierra and western nevada through early next week. gusty winds will occur at times especially in higher elevations, along with periods of rain and snow. most of the snow for today is expected from the tahoe region northward into lassen county. the next storm is likely to bring moderate snow to northeast california and far northwest nevada late thursday and thursday night. && .short term... a leading band of moisture combined with cold air trapped around susanville brought a period of snow to the city including the valley floor around 4200 feet. short range guidance indicates that this shallow cold air morning from eastern lassen coun

now here's his latest photo, a new mug shot from the escambia county jail in pensacola. a tip and viral story helped deputies catch this guy. he's going to stay in escambia until he's extradited to ohio. >>> let's look at what is going on now, you can see the rivergate tower tampa camera with cloud cover over tampa bay, still a pretty decent start to the day and we'll have more and more sunshine in the mix throughout the day. so we are going to see started a little warmer and we'll be ending the day in the mid-60s. not bad for a winter day in florida. look at titan doppler, we're nice and dry now, and although there has been rain trying to work its way inland in the gulf of mexico it's going to fizzle out as it tries to make its way onshore. you can see on the futurecast showing us the extra clouds here, 4:00 in the afternoon, still some cloud cover, starts to thin out a bit more throughout the evening. but we are going to see still some cloud cover overnight and that is what helps to make it a little warmer so. this is not bad for the comfort factor. we start the day ag

escambia county sheriff's office give them a new like shot. hopefully he will be happier. >> as low as it gets. searching for a man wanted for stealing a woman's purse while she was giving cpr. it happened on january 6 around 4:00 p.m. the victim is a counselor at the school and while she was helping a student in a medical emergency she put her purse down in the stairwell. when she returned the purse was gone. you can see the suspect. if you have any information contact detectives. bill: the powerball. got your ticket? what can i say, i no i'm more likely to be hit by lightning when the lottery, but i got powerball fever. >> get a powerball ticket. going to take two. i just can't resist. >> i'm not the only one. >> it is a lot of money. >> 10,000 tickets are being sold in minutes, and that's just in pennsylvania. i spoke to one man who said he spent a hundred $50 on tickets. he has a plan and how he hopes to spend his big winnings. >> that's a good idea. >> what is it? i spoke to a financial advisor to get some tips. >> all right. we're going

he's being held in the escambia county jail until he is extradited back to georgia. back to you. >> calvin, thank you. two waffle house employees were fired in arkansas after they were caught on ram can a using a pot in a really gross way. a customer recorded two women, one treating the other's hair in a pot of boiling water. after this video surfaced online. waffle house corporate investigated, they fired these two women and the arkansas health department issued a full inspection of that restaurant. >> thought it was nasty and i needed to let somebody see this. >> it is nasty. the restaurant passed its inspection and was allowed to reopen. >> oh, gosh. >> did you see this? a new york car found encased in ice earlier this week. it is starting to that you. it really is. you can see in this video it's melting just a little bit. this is in hamburg, new york, that is new buffalo. this is what it looked like monday. snow, rain, wind, icy water all from lake erie tracked that car under a thick sheet of ice and i for rides all week. >> when it's that bad you leave it, wait

the report also found the problem was state-wide. times more often in escambia and three times in orange and palm beach counties and twice as often in broward county. >> in brevard county, west melbourne police asking for help finding whoever did thousands of worth of damage to a popular park. take a look. according to our news partners, pictures appear to show tire marks in the park. they estimate $10,000 of damage was done there. if you know anything about this case, call police. >> the weekend blizzard left people snowed in. >> this was the scene in the u.s. senate tuesday when all the senators showed up. republicans and democrats had one thing in common, they were all women. all the male senators took the day off. the women braved up the cold and showed up to work. >> i have heard this story and i me -- someone said maybe they were shoveling snow. women can do that too. go ladies. they did the right thing. >> everyone is quiet. you are playing it safe. this is thursday, every thursday we give away a news 6 umbrella. we are not going to open the umbrella. some say that is bad luck. we

. >>> deputies and escambia county in the panhandle are trying to find out how inmates died in jail, the 63-year-old man was found unresponsive by medical staff friday night, earlier that day he was active in cooperative during the checkup, he had been under psychiatric care and was in solitary confinement getting checked on every hour, his name hasn't been released. >>> the volusia county sheriff's department make it a new armored vehicle since the last is recalled by the federal government. the tank been loaned to the department was removed last wednesday, this comes after obama's effort to demilitarize law enforcement agencies. counter leaders are expected to decide whether to spend $2000 on a military surplus vehicles. >> tomorrow daytona city leaders are expected to decide on a new community, off lakeshore drive they saved of gromis facility. if approved the new center would go up your eye 4, the project will cost around $8.9 million. >>> a full-scale spatial mockup county. >> the inspiration soon go on an educational tour around the midwest, on saturday and spent 4 hours crossi

(amber southard/escambia co. sheriff's office) for the past few weeks mr. pugh has been on social media kind of taunting law enforcement, taking a selfie of himself and posting it to police department pages saying, 'hey, this picture is actually better.' pugh was picked up..... on three warrants from columbus, georgia.... for embezzlement and battery. new developments tonight on some severe weather in florida. people in cape coral are picking up the pieces after a tornado damaged nearly 200 structures. the twister left a trail of destruction over about 12 square miles. thousands of people also had their power knocked out for several hours after the storm. high pressure remains in control of the forecast right now, but will start to break down tomorrow, as a weak storm system approaches and passes to partly cloudy skies and light days. highs will warm to around 60 on friday and breezy winds will move in that day, ahead of another weak system that will pass mainly to our north, but this time will bring a very slight shot at showers on saturday along with a sl

enforcement stuff into a black drivers more than white. were stopped and cited more times than whites by escambia county, three times more by deputies in palm beach county, and 2.8 times as much hereby orange county deputies. >> is that surprising to you? >> no. >> reporter: the seatbelt law has been in place since the 1980s but it wasn't until 2009 when the officers a provision to pull over driver for not wearing a seatbelt. the aclu was concerned officers would use the law as a way to pull over black drivers they would not otherwise have been able to. the organization says it shows that happening, saying quote, suggesting law enforcement agencies across florida for seatbelt enforcement. the aclu is asking not only the training to law enforcement, but that the attorney general investigate the agencies with the highest numbers of blacks and ticketed. butler, invictus -- channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> the orange county sheriff's office and is a statement saying in part the orange county sheriff's office continually reevaluate policies, procedures and operation to ensure they are consistent with be

a new mug shot from the escambia jail and a tip helped deputies track him down. >>> a riverview man is putting his house on the market getting set to move home to help his aging dad. but as abc action news reporter cameron poler tells us how much it will cost to help. >> reporter: life can change in an instance. >> my father has a mental instability. >> reporter: now robert cole and his wife are uprooting from riverview to return to pasco county to return to the home he grew up in all for the love of family. >> he can take care of himself but he needs help. >> cole plans to build a 4000 square foot home on his father's five acre lot to be >> it is $13,000 worth of fees that -- before we buy the first bit of materials, before we invest the first bit of labor. >> reporter: he is talking about the county's impact fee. a one-time tax imposed on all new home construction and according to the numbers, pasco county imposes the most costly impact fee in the state. more than double the amount of hillsborough and triple that of pinellas county. but officials say the tax is necessary to keep prop

but when the photo went viral, well, he was recognized in arrested in escambia county. he was wanted for failing to appear in court as a person of interest in several other cases. deputies thank him by saying, quote how is this photo donald pugh # take the selfie. >> okay. we will get rain later today. >> tracking some rain and storms moving in tonight. even tomorrow morning we could have the weather radios going and have the app with you because we could see the threat for severe weather as soon as tonight. will be talking about this all week long. he was a look at daytona beach, 48 now. it is still chilly a couple 30s us in the 40s with a few 50s in the southern tier but lots of 40s around this morning. from port orange back through castleberry, oviedo, what a bar, winter garden, apopka overrunning of 40s through st. cloud, many and hope all. plus lots of clouds we have around this morning. mostly cloudy again, milder than yesterday. still cool, the planner winter springs, 60s for highs, 6 the planner winter springs, 60s for highs, 67 at 2:00. future track, let's go t

and 4 more times more likely in escambia county. so, what about here in tampa? the tampa police department is one of the agencies that has not been reporting their data for the last 10 yearswhich the aclu says violates state law. numbers it *did uncover, show tpd gave out 575 seatbelt citations to black drivers...compared to 549 to white drivers in 2014...although the total number of police interactions with both is unclear.the department denies any suggestion of racial profiling. if you're not wearing a seatbelt you're much more likely to get pulled over and get a citation regardless of your race. but it does recall the controversy over tpds handling of bicycle citations last year - where the majority where given to black riders. it shows the same type of problems that were exposed by the bicycle stopsthe aclu is calling for an investigation by the attorney generals office of civil rights into the statewide figures. drivers we spoke with had mixed feelings. you do get kinda targeted i think anybody should get a ticket if 3 send its citatation data to race infor

fact, in some counties black driving were three times more likely to be cited and four times in escambia county. >> what about in tampa? >> tampa is one of those not reporting their day data for the last ten years. >> tpd gave out 575 citations com compared to 429 to white drivers drivers. the department denies any suggestion of racial profiling. >> if you are not wearing a belt regardless of your race. >> this shows the same type of problem exposed by the bicycle stops. >> the aclu is calling for an investigation into the state-wide figures. drivers we spoke with ad mixed feelings. >> anybody should get a ticket that don't wear their seatbelt. >> now, tpd says it does send its citation data to the state but they will take a closer look at the format to ensure they are in full compliance. >> josh cascio reporting. thank you, josh. >> well, there currently exists no death penalty in the state of florida. this is what a pinellas county judge said as he blocked a penalty against steven dykes for kills his 3-month-old baby girl. his big rules could set another trend. one attorney tells us un

without that awareness, it's doubtful sheriff's deputies in escambia county, florida, goes several states away, would have >> he made the jobs easier. he put more pictures of himself, maybe at a better angle where people made a tip. >> flaw authorities added a new mugshot inviting how is this photo, donald pe, #thanks for the selfie. >> you can't make this stuff up. >> some of the mug shots do look bad. >> they shouldn't be flattering. >> i think you are right. >> we are in the picture business so any picture unflattering crushes us. [ laughter ] erase that. don't put that one out there. >>> let's take a look outside. we have a lot of sunshine. see, this is a very flattering picture here. is tyler the producer this half hour? is he still partying because of the alabama win? take the weather producer. i got this. we will take the weather graphics and show you what is going on at noontime. a beautiful look outside. we are looking at 29, 26 degrees. pressure falling. yesterday's high was 44. you see the normal is 38. today we are way below that. north part and massachusetts, 28. hauppauge 27

when the photo went viral, he was recognized and arrested and escambia county florida. he was wanted for failing to appear in court and is a person of interest in other cases. deputies think -- thank you by thing quote how is this photo donald you # thanks for the selfie. >> 6:39 am. we check weather and traffic >> temperatures are chilly. tonight better chance of rain and storms. mainly dry today. later this evening a slight chance of a shower but tonight and tomorrow when i see you at this time, we will track 60 percent chance of storms and 8 percent chance of a line of showers and storms moving in tomorrow. could be severe. isolated risk. have the weather app. with the forecast and live radar but also alerts tab. if watches are warnings are issues toggled them on or off. over toward the pines would work water bridge temperatures around 47 in orange county chilly lake marion longwood altamonte springs grains crews fern park temperatures upper 40s. 42 now in deland jacket weather and 48 debary and mostly cloudy today cool and highs in the 60s. updated future track and

cruz, we talk about the super pac money, $1 million that will be put up to possibly -- ted cruz at escambia coming up with a venue, and i said yesterday that will give him a second bite of the apple if he doesn't do well but donald trump really going to want to do that a couple days out from the iowa caucus? carly fiorina might weigh in on that too. it will be without a moderator. does that signify the fact that ted cruz thought he might not do well? it seems like almost okay, if i don't i got that. >> he needs to win iowa and trump would like to win a iowa. >> he should stop trying to be funny. is completely false flat the audience and wyatt. it was very awkward, don't try it. >> all right -- >> not funny. >> you and your co-workers knowing how much you make and the public, the white house proposing a plan that would force companies to submit salary data to the federal government each year. as part of the effort to close the gender pay gap but is this too much government intrusion? republican presidential candidate taking aim at clinton's's marriage during last night's debate, we will show

new selfie was spared 4300 times on facebook and a tip led to his arrest and escambia county shortly before he was captured, he called into an ohio radio station. >> i am sitting in a bunker next to topple guzman. >> he made our jobs easier. people pictures of himself and >> he was wanted for failing to appear in court and is a person of interest in several other cases. florida deputies thank him by saying how is this photo, doll pew and check out the # it says thanks for the selfie. >> someone should start glamour mugshots. >> a great idea. >> the doctor who inspired a new movie is going brain injuries in nfl football is asking congress for money to keep people safe the the doctor has been serious -- studying a good standard tive brain disease called cte. he says he discovered the length -- link between disease injuries. >> there is a reasonable risk of permanent brain damage and high impact sports in military. >> he is now asking for funding to develop a product that will identify cte because it can't -- before it causes devastating athletes. it is such an issue from young to all t

severe weather is confined to the new orleans area and severe weather to the florida panhandle and escambia county and pensacola and shy of beaumont, texas. the area here, within the throes of the warm front now, north of that, all about the snow and how much of that snow is going to accumulate in the washington, d.c. areas north by about over a foot in some locations but our big weather change comes with a wind shift and increase in moisture and this thing moves in late morning, early afternoon, tomorrow. the modeling has been all over the board. with the arrival of the thing, are we confident it will rain? you bet but the timing on it now could go either side, 2, 3, 4 hours either direction and i'll go maybe a little later with that notion, you can see here, by 2:00, modeling now, backing off and bringing in this line for the early afternoon. some of the modeling i've seen a little later, some sooner. what happens now, as it rides up the sooner board, a prolific snow maker for man areas over the mid atlantic and for us the high and departing surface low the atmosphere tightness up and win

afterra nationwide manhunt, donald pugh was captured in escambia county. he was able to elude police but he wasn't laying low. >> for the past few weeks mr. pugh has been taunting law enforcement, taking a picture of himself and posting it to police department pages saying, this picture is also better. he's also called into radio stations in ohio kind of teasing them that he's still on the run. >> pugh is now facing charges in several states. police say the selfie he upload the helped lead to the arrest helping them to u the hashtag thanks for the selfie. >> there are no shortage of these stories in florida, are they. >> we must have the dumbest bad guys around. in arkansas after they were caught on camera using a pot in a pretty gross way. a cuomer recorded two women. one treating the other's hair using a pot of boiling water in the restaurant's kitchen. after the video surveyed on line -- surveillance cameras online. the arkansas health department also ordered a full inspection of the restaurant. >> and i just thought it was nasty and i needed to let som

several other young men and women, is currently in training to be a correctional officer through the escambias training center located adjacent to santa rosa. >> if you can use a can of bug spray to kill a wasp or roach, then you can use pepper spray to spray a person. >> pepper spray is the only weapon most correctional officers carry when on duty. >> just a little bit. get it on the forehead, get it in the eyes. that's all you have to do. >> but when it's used to break up a disturbance, the officers themselves are often exposed to its effects. yet, they must continue to gain the upper hand. today's drill will test their ability to do so. >> we're going to be doing a direct exposure on all of the people in the class to pepper spray, and they have some tasks they have to perform after they've been sprayed and then they'll decontaminate. you've got to maintain control of yourself throughout the whole course. that's the whole thing, control. control, control, control. you can all get through this. we have not lost anybody yet. everybody's gone through it, everybody's done fine. >> now with his

selfie was shared 4300 times on facebook, without that awareness it's doubtful sheriff's deputies in escambia county florida, several states away would have caught pugh but they did. >> he made our jobs easier and put more pictures out there maybe at a better angle for people to make a tip. >> reporter: they added a new mug shot into the mix writing, how is this photo donald pugh. #thanksforthesteffel if i. david wright, abc news, new york. >> you cannot make this stuff up. >> it's what the greeks call sense of pride. >> one question, which filter did he use? >> exactly. >> what app did he clean up those wrinkles with? he looks fantataic. >> all right. guys. coming up we have a consumer alert about children's cough syrup. why some brands are being pulled from the shelves right now. >>> and, of course, the big powerball drawing just hours away. we've got two "shark tank" experts with us live telling you what to do, what not to do if you win it big. this is a body of proof. proof of less joint pain. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis with humira. hum

selfie was shared 4300 times on facebook, without that awareness it's doubtful sheriff's deputies in escambia county florida, several states away would have caught pugh but they did. >> he made our jobs easier and put more pictures out there maybe at a better angle for people to make a tip. >> reporter: they added a new mug shot into the mix writing,