. >> and two teens, robbed and attacked three people all in two our evan lambert spoke to one of the women robbed, and she says she wants people to see just how heartless these teens are. >> the spree ended with four people injured. deputies say 18-year-old nicholas nicholas gillhamand jaiohn mills beat her so bad she had a broken nose and fractured bones in her face. she says she wants everyone to know how violent the teens were and how they preyed on her, and she was not the only victim. after the teens ran away, they attacked another man. deputies say during that encounter the teens fired a one into someone's home, grazing the person and then a third time whip one other man before being caught by deputies. >> it was like i need my medicine, please don't hurt me, and he caused someone else which was a black eye that came and started kicking me. what if i was your mother and this happened to your mother, how would you feel? >> both teens confessed to the crimes according to the sherrif's office. reporting in carol carrollwood, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> the nation mourns the loss

tonight his parents are suing three different entities and our evan lambert is live for us outside the fair grounds, and his parents are fighting to hold someone accountable for his death, right? >> that's right, his parents say they hope will hold the people who attributed to their son's death accountable. >> my son was a vibrant young man with plenty of future in front of him. >> two years after his son's death at the florida state fair, andrew joseph junior relived every moment of the night his son andrew joseph iii was killed. they put him in a sherrif's office vehicle and transported him 100 yards away on the other side of the interstate. >> and when he tried to cross over to get back in, he was hit and killed by a car. according to his parents and a new lawsuit, joseph, an honors student was not in involved in the stampede, and the suit accuses deputies of making an unjustified arrest and negligently releasing the boy without letting his parents know. they say he was racially profiled and the purpose of the lawsuit they say is to hold the agencies accountable for contributing to

are it's called sextortion and fox's evan lambert explains deputies are worried it could be more -- >> he's a predator; he's disgusting and clearly he will stop at nothing to get, you know ahold of a juvenile -- and hurt her sexually. >> it's clear that 25-year-old lucas bail had -- the latest of intentions. when he struck up conversations with two polk county girls on they used white pages to find out personal information about an 11--year-old girl, then tried to threaten her into sending him nude pictures of himself. >> he was posting her home address on line and he was saying, i'm going to tell everybody to come over to your house and do some very vile things to you. >> in the messages from the display name daddy, bails repeatedly threatened her, writing quote, i'll just post your address, begging people to rape and you pushing her to quote, send me a live or a -- photo and he even told the girl he would burn her house down down. they matched the kick mess wings bail's ip messages and now he's facing 21 charges, including making threats to kill, using a commune commun indication de

fox 13's evan lambert talked with some of those st. pete passengers last night. many say they *won't be flying allegiant again: 3 12:10allegiant 904 is aborting. as the pilots were making split-second decisions to avoid an accident on the runway--passengers on allegiant flight 904 from st. pete-clearwater airport to kansas city had just heard a loud boom during takeoff. 5:46:07there was a large boom report and it shook the cabin so that's how we first knew something was wrong.passenger david stuckenberg just so happens to be a pilot with 10 years flying experience.he was on the thurday afternoon flight with his wife and young children.based on his expertise--he says it was clear one of the engines lost power--sending it veering off to one side.that's also how the allegiant pilot explained it to the control tower in recordings obtained by fox 13. source: liveatc.net12:37 experienced the left side blew out a little bit of smoke. 12:41yea it was compression stallthe pilots straighted out the plane and stopped it before going airborne--bringing passengers safely back

live in tampa, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >>> how about this talking about six days in a row. since january 15th and 20th. the last time was in 2010. it will be and very cold air mass t is entrenched. >> this is the view earlier. the gusty winds will subside you talk about frost and a freeze across the northern counties. we had six days in a row. and in blue and in the 50s and the 60s. 58 was the high today in tampa. the weather map has not changed. patchy clouds coming in off the gulf. skies are mostly clear. a huge trough along the east coast which is bringing with it cold northwest winds already below 50 in brooksville and 51 you know when it is 51 at 6:00 and skies are clear the air is dry, it will be cold. >> when you head out you say what is that snow? frost. frost inland and northern counties should have a freeze. and that's in the deeper blue that's when it is up. the light purple color 3 a.m. to 9 a.m., that's a frost advisory f you need tender vegetation you need to bring them in. do it soon. it is dark you want to get the covered by the time it is cold. you don't wa

evan lambert, fox 35 news. >> here's what eric plans to check off next. they hope to visit kennedy space center. >> we hope it's as beautiful a day as today for him. >> goodness gracious. the last few days, we've seen lots of sunshine, gradually warmer, and, man, wait until you see this week's forecast, folks. i hope you had a good weekend. temperatures yesterday still on up into the 70s. tomorrow temperatures will be, seriously, close to 80 . good sunday evening, everybody. the last sunday in february. march coming, yeah. is it going to be a lion or a lamb on the way in? 58 in orlando, 60 in melbourne dical brevard county. i want to show you we have clouds streaming overhead, coming out of the gulf of mexico. we're going to see a few more clouds in coming days. but i don't see any significant rain chances all the way through next weekend. very low rain chances, plentiful sunshine with a few clouds. the biggest risk i think we'll have weather-wise, patchy dense fog. could be more widespread this week. we have good conditions for fog. clear skies, fair con

as evan lambert reports. those little balls of light in the distance, that's fire. the florida forest service says that's causing all the smoke in this area as the 30 acre brush fire continues to smoulder. michelle jacoby caught a scene in the area, as a brush fire continued to spread to 30 acres. yards from a few home including her own. >> they came clear out to the road here so we were pretty worried. we couldn't get through. we had to take a back route through the woods. >> the fire burned right near the intersection of u.s. 98 and u.s. 19 just south of the citrus county line. troopers were forced to close 19 for hours because the smoke reduced visibility to next to it could be very smoky, two residents evacuated voluntarily. >> there were a few homes but in this area it is very rural and most of the homes are back there. so we were safe. >> reporter: the florida forest service cut lines around the fire with bulldozers and sprayed hot spots as smaller balls of fire smowl smowld smoulderred. a reminder, wildfires can burn at any time. >> it's important for homeown

fox 13's evan lambert has the latest now, on the search. 3 llpkg:on camdeputies say the teens cut a hole in the fence at the facility behind me and slipped now.now the department of juvenile justice has launched an inestigation to see how it happened and prevent any other escapes.vo the state gave us the mug shots of anthony cook and anthony bays.deputies say both teens were being held for grand theft auto.according to investigators they escaped around 9:15 a few minutes later a workers saw other teens looking at the fence. that worker oticed the hole and did a head count--showing that cook and bays were gone. the department of juvenile justice says a private company--g4s--runs the facility for them.they're interviewing workers and trying to figure out what went wrong.fsa djj spokeswoman released a statement saying-- youth in the tampa residential facility are to be supervised 24-hours a day, including when on the recreation field. djj's investigation will determine whether appropriate supervision was in place and whether or not all policies and procedures were followed. 3 "g-4-s" is the

fox 13's evan lambert has the details. 3 on camvothe rally will kick off at 7--with doors opening two hours earlier at 5. although you need to register for tickets--they are free. parking though--is not. according to usf--that'll cost 20 dollars per car.and remember to bring cash--because that's all that will be accepted.trump is taking on florida early with this event.and u-s-f students are taking notice--saying it's wise for him to target florida--which is traditionally a swing state. the buzz is already developing on campus.many students-- whether or not they support trump politically telling us they're interested to listen to the celebrity candidate.sot ariel helver, usf student 21:34:03i feel that more people will be going opposing trump than they will be supporting him.saad chowdhury, usf student21:35:31i do think that usf is one of the more politically active schools around here especially in the bay area and so whether or not people are supporters of trump i think they'll go and see what it's about regardless so yea definitely i think there's a lot of excitement for the trump

fox 13's evan lambert has more. 3 6:44:45my son went to the fair as a vibrant young man with plenty future in front of him. two years after his son's death at the florida state fair--andrew joseph jr. relives every moment of the night his 14-year-old son andrew joseph iii was killed. 6:44:18they placed my son in an official hillsborough county sheriff's department vehicle, transported him 100 yards away from the interstate and abandoned him.when the younger joseph tried crossing i-4 to get back to the fairgrounds on february 7, 2014--he was struck and killed by a passing car.he had just been kicked out.deputies say hundreds of rowdy teens caused a stampede on student day.it's where hillsborough county students get in for free. according to his parents and a new lawsuit--joseph--an honor's student--was not involved in the stampede.the suit accuses hillsborough deputies of making an unjustified arrest and then negligently releasing the boy without letting his parents know.they believe he was racially profiled.the josephs say the point of the lawsuit against the sheriff's office, the school d

fox 13's evan lambert tells us about a very violent weekend. 3 vanessa martinez is spending sunday in bed--with a broken nose, fractured bones in her face and a swollen eye. deptuies say two teens robbed and beat the 32-year-old mother early sunday morning-- all for her purse.avanessa martinez, victim21:49:42i started to walk when i seen a guy with a black mask on and as soon as i seen him i tried to turn around but he pulled out a gun on me. martinez left her car just after midnight headed to her home in the foxcroft apartments off dale mabry in carrollwood when the gunman approached. investigators say he was 18-year-old nicholas gillham. gillham hit her several times in the face with the gun after martinez held on to her purse because she had important medicine inside.21:50:17i was like i need my medicine please don't hurt me and he called someone else which was the black guy that came to me and started kicking me.martinez says the teens wrestled her purse away before taking off. the gun accidentally fired in the process--narrowly missing her.21:54:19you deserve life. you could have

fox 13's evan lambert shows us how eric's checking a big moment off his 3 23:57:40yesterday i took a very long walk.even though his heart is failing--you just can't stop the beat of 9-year- old eric piburn's spirit.or his determination.23:57:52i walked the whole hospital.so this party is not only a delayed bash for eric's 9th birthday--but a celebration after a personal milestone. recent surgery was successful in helping get him a new drug to give him more time and a better quality of life.randi piburn, eric's mom8:39that long long walk wouldn't have happened before. it would have never happened. him coming off that truck before and standing up where he did he would have like lasted maybe five minutes and he would have been like i'm tired i need to get in my wheelchair or he'd want to go sit on the floor. so it's already working.eric has a terminal heart defect called tetrology of fallot.his 9 years have been packed with doctor visits, hospitals and open-heart surgeries.that led eric and his mom randi to come up with a bucket list.eric piburn, celebrating birthday party23:56:23me and

evan lambert, fox news. >> surveillance photos were operating, when it happened at the club, one man opened fire, eight people were shot, killed. police say among the seven other victims, four were under age. no arrests were made. if you have any information about the shooting, call crime stoppers. >> it's a fight to the finish, seven republican hopefuls take the stage in new hampshire. the last debate before the state hosts the first presidential primary. fox's ed henry has more on this pivotal debate. >> unlike the last debate in iowa, there was no drama who would show up but rather, who would bring it. >> eminent domain is an absolute necessity for the country. without it, you wouldn't have roads, you wouldn't have hospitals you wouldn't have anything, you need eminent domain. >> the difference between eminent domain for public purpose as donald said, roads and infrastructure appliance and what donald trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in atlantic city. that is not public purpose. that is down right wrong. >> during a camp

our evan lambert tells us how we need to know if you are interested in seeing trump. tickets need to be reserved on line and there is a cap at about 10,000 because of the sundome capacity. you need to register for tickets but they are free, but parking is not. according to usf that will cost $20 per car and remember to bring cash because that is thawl will be allthat will be accepted. students are taking notice saying it is wise for trump to target florida which is a swing state, and the buzz is already developing on campus, students telling us whether they support him or not, they are interested to listen to the celebrity candidate. >> i think more people will be opposed him than supporting him. >> this is one of the most active schools politically in the bay area, and whether or not people support him or not, i think they will come and see >> we put a link on our site, just click on the as seen on tv section. lloyd, back to you. >> -- of the 1% getting this preferential treatment. >> presidential candidate bernie sanders made a special appearance on saturday night life, and everyon

reporting in clear award, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >>> a shooting broke out inside a packed gentlemen's club around 2:00 this morning in tampa. eight people were injured inside club rayne on north nebraska avenue and one of those people is dead. fox 13's 13's chris crystal clark gives us a look at the chaos as people frantically tried to escape the bullets. >> reporter: video inside club rayne captures the moment gunshots were fired. you can hear a woman scream. seconds later, the video cuts out. witnesses say that's when hundreds of people inside made a rush for the exit. >> it was like a stampede. people were stepping over each other. some people had to go to the hospital for injuries from just being stomped. >> reporter: eight people were taken to the hospital with injuries. one man was fatally shot. family members on scene identified him as 21-year-old marvin lancaster. a pair scope account under the same name was live streaming as stage in the gentlemen's club. >> among the seven other victims, three of them are women and four are under age. workers say on most nights security at t

evan lambert is live in ybor. have the deputies caught the ring yet? >> haley, not yet. they say it's an investigation that could take weeks. cruel and illegal cock fighting ring left behind. dozens of dead chickens and some alive but aggressive and caged. >> there's a lot we're still in the process of counting them at this point. >> deputies spent hours rang ling them. wrangling them. >> it was well set up, it looked like it was going to be more of an in depth thing at that time. it's just we got there early. >> reporter: deputies say neighbors tiched them off but neighbors say they watched dozens of cars drive onto the property. >> on rival arrival, deputies observed dozens of cars. many ran into the woods. several cars were towed and deputy questioned others pick being up their vehicles. hoping to get information on the ring leaders. and back live deputies say and afternoon mall services also says the surviving birds will have to be euthanized because they have either been pumped you up with too many steroids because they so aggressive and they will be euthanized. >>

evan lambert is there. evan. what are the parent's demanding exactly? >> mark the teen's parents are asking for more safeguards for children during the student day that day when the students have the day off and can get into the number one they don't think they should come inside at any point during the day without a parent. andrew joseph junior and his wife gathered with several others to show they still have reservations about fair policies and security. a lack of supervision and the staff led up to the their son's death. he was kicked out of the fair, accused of being rowdy with other teens and dropped off by deputies. when he tried to get back he crossed i-4 and was hit by a car. the fair and deputies changed policies and required teens to be accompanied by an adult after dark and allowed to come early in the -- earlier in the day by themselves. >> and the changes that are made i believe are obvious and needed to be. we appreciate that. however, there is so much more , they filed a lawsuit and the school board all the parties being sued said they do

fox-13's evan lambert was there. yesterday i took a very long walk.even though his heart is failing--you just can't stop the beat of 9-year- his determination.i walked the whole hospital.so this party is not only a delayed bash for eric's 9th birthday--but a celebration after a personal milestone.recent surgery was successful in helping get him a new drug to give him more time and a better quality of life.randi piburn, eric's mom that long long walk wouldn't have happened before. it would coming off that truck before and standing up where he did he would have like lasted would have been like i'm tired i need to get in my wheelchair floor. so it's already working. eric has a terminal heart defect called tetrology of fallot.his 9 years have been hospitals and open-heart his mom randi to come up with celebrating birthday partyme and mom were saying let's put up a bucket list and we thought we'll do other stuff, but once we thought of it we came to this party.a party is something the people at old mcmicky's farm in odess

evan lambert, how did they locate the owners? there for whatever reason, the dog nappers left the dog alone tonight she's home again. lyka the german shepherd waited hours to be able to kiss her family again. brenda and her daughters had an awards ceremony to attend at school. they left like always. >> we left the dog outside like we usually do. and whether we came back home, around 10:00 in the morning, we noticed that -- >> she wasn't there! >> she wasn't there! >> after tearing through yard and the neighborhood the medinas thought they had lost their family member forever. >> she's kind of like one of my kids, i love her to death and i couldn't picture somebody doing anything cruel to her. >> but someone had. police think someone stole lyka from the medinas fenced in backyard. they saw a man in a pickup truck put her out on the side of the they stood with her and waited for police to arrive. they posted her photo on facebook. and police spotted her and told the medinas. >> even if it was yours, especially something like is not

and evan lambert has been getting answers for parents today. what did you find out, evan? >> reporter: the district said today after the questions, this very rearranged at miles bus stop. and this was not just an isolated problem. >> and this angers me. and she has a list of things she thinks are wrong with the route, she is late to school and experienced her not coming home in a timely fashion in the afternoon. the bus has been repeatedly late to the stop off nebraska avenue for more than two months. and not by a few minutes. sometimes her 9-year-old does not get to school until well after the bell rings at 7:45. >> when a bus is coming in latedy that is routing. that is traffic. sometimes it is weather. now it is flu season. >> and a cluster of flu cases has contributed to the delays at the miles stop as well as delays on routes in carolwood. the county has worked hard to fight off a shortage for the last few years upping the starting pay to 12.71 and buying buses. now there are 1040 drivers. the problem you now is a shortage of drivers when they call in sick. but parent

evan lambert, what's the latest? >> haley, police are pushing this man's picture out to everyone. take a close look at this guy's face. clearwater police say this man followed a little girl into a macy's in clearwater mall, and attacked her. >> pushed her to the floor and it was her screams which led him to stop whatever it was he was >> the girl was physically unharmed but vectors investigators said that he ran and got away. >> hopefully, someone will say this is my neighbor, i have seen this guy at the convenience store, which looking at that photo you would recognize him. >> if you don't recognize the man, you may know who the women are, they think they were with the man. >> disgusting, filthy, not right, man, not cool at all. >> yet relieved the girl who was attacked made it out to her father safely. >> i don't believe she was physically hurt but emotionally traumatized, she was quite devastating and shane up by it. i'm sure the father as well was we have no idea what his motives were. >> back live just within the last few minutes, the victim's father put out a statement throu

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

.* fox13's evan lambert has more on the mess - and what you can do to avoid it. 3 a lake county teacher is in jail tonight.. accused of having sex with a former teenage student.. 3 41-year-old marshall jungreis faced a judge this morning.. investigators say he met the girl on an adult dating website.. and arranged to meet her in a classroom at east ridge high school. detectives say.. the 17 year old is still a student there. jungreis reportedly admitted to meeting the girl.. but denied that any sexual activity took place. he's being held at the lake county detention center without bond. 3 3 we have an update tonight to a deadly shooting in the town n' country area.. deputies tell us "terrance roach junior" was shot and memorial highway. at the time.. authorities say roach was armed with a gun.. and forced a woman into the apartment. it's believed he was trying to rob her.. deputies say another man inside the apartment surprised him.. they struggled with the gun.. and roach was shot in the upper body. the investigation continues tonight.. but so far no charges have been filed. 3 an orang

. @>> evan lambert reporting, thank @you so much, evan. @>> another wrong-way driver was @arrested in hillsborough county. @deputies say kenneth needs was @heading south on the northbound @lanes of racetrack road last @night when he rammed into a car. @signs of impairment and they @smelled alcohol on his breath. @the car he struck was totaled, @he gets a dui charge with @property damag damagee. @they say a body has been found @of the, @there were no life jackets on @board, his name has not been @released but family members say @he may have been suicidal. @>> you may remember the story of @this man's angry profanity-laced @voice mess ang to message to a local mosque @shortly after the terror attacks @last year. @>> i'm going to personally have @a militia that's going to come @down to your islamic society, @fire bomb you, shoot whoever's @on site on the head, i don't @care if they're [bleep] years @old or a hundred. @>> today he took a plea deal and @pleaded guilty to a hate crime @in federal court. @says he made those threlt ening @calls against two mosques @because he was angry over t

and evan lambert is there. what was the protest about? >> the josephs were protesting because they believe that the fair policies contributed to their son's death. they protested for hours and they say that policies contributed to his death. and the deputies killed the tep out after dozens were causing trouble. when andrew was back to the fairgrounds he tried to cross i-4 and hit by a car. they have changed the policy and no longer leave teens by themselves. they call a parent, the josephs say it is too little, too late. would be alive. we have not got one word from the sheriff, the authorities from the school word. we ask the community, we deserve answers. >> reporter: the josephs want to see a parent be required to supervise children at the fair at all times. now they cannot be accompany -- unaccompanied after dark. they filed a lawsuit against the school board, sheriff's office and the fair authority. back to you. >>> a bobcat hit by a car is recovering from surgery because of a good sand tank and vets at big cat rescue. they spotted t

reporting in hillsborough county, ever and -- evan lambert. >> florida lawmakers debating how tough we should be on teens when they break the law. should a youthful mistake stay on someone's record as an adult, possibly preventing them from getting a job in here are details on a bill that could clean the slate when a young person turns 18. >> juvenile justice centers are filled with young peep -- pipe will -- people making adults mistakes. >> my bill is about second >> sponsoring senate bill 1316. >> it would automatically seal public records for misdemeanors that a juvenile got convicted of so that they'd have a second chance when they turn 18. >> he says when the teen makes a mistake, the criminal record pops up on the internet and too often that individual cannot get a job because of it. but critics wonder if the legislation could send a message that it's okay to go wild one time. >> no, this isn't a free pass. these kids are still going to have to go through all the punishment that the court provides for them, whether it be juvenile detention, fines, and community service. but, rea

fox's he have -- evan lambert reports. >> they end up 10 feet out in a pond where there are snakes and alligators. >> reporter: this mom, who at any want us to show her face, says she remembers the afternoon of september 17th like it was yesterday. >> when i went up to that scene, it's something i never want anyone to go through. >> reporter: two of her children who attend the representry school were on this bus with dozens of other students when deputies say the speeding driver lost control, hopped a curb, and outside the nine eagle community in odessa. >> this bus sped up, it was out of control, it went deep into a lake. >> david is the family's lawyer. he's notified the school district of their intent to sue, blaming hillsborough county schools and the driver they hired. 54-year-old, for the crash that day. >> it will be a general negligence claim and certainly i would think that there's a claim for negligence in hiring of that particular bus driver as well. >> they're seeking money for medical bills and extensive treatment, especially for the mom's 10-year-old son, who still has br