evan lambert spoke to a marine scientist about what it could do and the effect on us. evan, what have you learned? >> chris, that college professor says water contaminated by wastewater can definitely make you sick, around if you see a sign that says no swimming definitely follow that pumping wastewater into the basins before hurricane hermine came in last week and it stopped today at 20 million gallons. signs were up at several beaches because of elevated bacterial levels but most were cleared today with the exception of laughing park beach. but the signs are small and some people are missing them. taking it upon herself to warn people about the contaminated water . >> they are fishing here and i have had people come out of the water with their children and dogs and kayaks. >> an overflow and mechanical problem led to 30 million gallons dumped by clearwater and tampa at more than a million gallons. representatives are planning to meet to discuss a fix to this program. >> and more storm aftermath in pasco county, crews will begin removing storm debris on monday, and th

they spoke to fox's evan lambert in florida. >> lyla was extremely happy-go-lucky.ter what your mood was. she can make you smile >> her smile shines through in almost every snapshot capturing a moment of the 6-year-old's life. now all her family can do is cry because lyla isn't here. detectives in asheville north carolina found her dead. her father, 36-year-old seth pickering killed her. >> there should have been no way he should have been able to find her >> her grand mother says the girl was in protective custody after the state removed her from her dad's custody. he said lie she came to florida to 68 her abusive husband and tried get her back. local media report authorities were in the process of putting out an amber alert when they found her dead. a call from north carolina broke the horrifying news to her mother, ashley. >> she was sitting on a step rocking back and forth and screaming at the top of her lungs, mom, bring lyla back. now, her mom is in the hospital after a breakdown and possible heart issues relating to her daughter's death. the girl's family in

evan lambert. fox 13 news. >> and new tonight a pinellas county attorney was rested for bringing a loaded gun into the courth louis was stopped during the expreeng sesms they say inside his backpack they found a riew ger 45 call ger handgun with a load magazine and one bullet in the chamber and a second loaded magazine there that backpack too. they say it's not clear yes was carrying the weapon but we confirmed that lie was at the courthouse for a disbar ment hearing. he does not have a concealed weapons permit. the city of tampa will pay a former university student more than $78,000 to settle her her dhevment is rachel stock well after she was arrested outside a nightclub on evaluate entienlz day 2014. stock well says an officer slammed her head so hard into the pavement that she suffers memory problems and had to withdraw from school. the officer said stock well wasn't cooperate whg she tried to give her a trespass warning and then resisted a wresms that officer later fired. the city council appr

early this morning in zephyrhills he died at the scene. 13's evan lambert is live. evan, what else have you learned? >> reporter: well, hayley, while police were investigating the child's death. they say they found drugs here at the home but they also say that the two women are persons of interest in that young child's death. this is how it all happened started. police say they got a 911 call from a home on apollo street just before 5:00 a.m. one of the women reported the 18 month-old child was not breathing. police found him in the doorway to the house. he later died while emergency workers were trying to save him. detectives say they found drugs, including meth and cocaine and that's why the women are charge. they've arrested 34-year-old angela bergy and 24-year-old kim bert colt. one of the women is the child's guardian the other is her wife. detectives say they are going to find out what happened to this child. >> it was, you know, heartbreaking to all of there's responded to that the drugs were just found as processing the scene drugs were found. right now, i th

evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> rain continues to fall on already oversaturated areas, making numerous roads impassible and threatening homes. crews have been hard at work pumping water from the trouble zones to try to lower the in port richey neighborhoods. the noise definitely keeps them up at night but also brings a bit of relief. >> yesterday they quit about 3:30, and so that was kind of a nightmare. not you know, scary not being able to sleep last night. and seeing them again this morning is great but with it being a holiday weekend i don't be out here for us. >> officials in pasco county say they are all in, until these neighbors are on dry land. >> intense flooding and damage that started with hermine. the storm washed many people out of their f homes and businesses in homosassa. fox 13 slows the damage in that area. too much for this tree to take. massive tree toppled over along 14th avenue north. >> thousands of people are without electricity and governor scott toured the damage in alligator point, he met with residents cleaning up after the storm. officials aren't entirely su

fox 13's evan lambert has the latest. >> the child's guardian and her wife are in jail facing charges but not yet for the death that child. we're also learning that one of those women had a troubled past that led to her having her own children taken from her custody. 34-year-old angela burghy and her wife, 25-year-old kimberly culp are under arrest. zephyrhills police say they're persons of interest in the death of culp's 18-month-old cousin, sebastian lieb. culp is sebastian's guardian. early saturday they got a home found the child not breathing in the doorway. the toddler later died. >> it was heart-breaking to all of us that responded to the scene. >> reporter: police became suspicious when they noticed bruises on the child. she haven't revealed a cause of death and so far burghy and culp are only charged for drugs police say they found in the home. >> i feel bad. i feel shaky today. >> reporter: this neighbor says he gave the toddler cpr and revived him when he was found not breeting a few month >> she said he choked. i doubt it, because he was bleeding through his ear, through h

. >> evan lambert spoke to his high school coach. >> fernandez graduated from alonzo high school and was a stand-out player there. today people from across the the all-star. >> he helped kids play little league, that is the joy that jose played with and the passion he felt with playing. >> mattingly held back tears as i described the person that hernandez was on and off the field. they spoke to reporters just hours after it was learned he and two close friends were killed when their boat crash morning. >> it does appear that speed was involved due to the impact and the he is severity of it, it los like they were at full speed. >> when you talk about a tragedy like this there are no words that come to mind. there is no playbook, no words of consolation. there's prayer and there's toward his soon-to-be-born daughter, and you recognize that -- how precious life is. >> the shock and sadness being felt across the baseball community, but ea sperlly here e inin tampa where he found a home after defecting from cuba. >> you won't find works as hard as he does and who has such passion and driv

evan lambert, fox 1 news. >> and districts are not taking changes. >> a bill will soon go into effect that strengthening the ppemenpenalties for anyone who s to carry out violation at a vioa school. threat on the school it was not a joke. it was very serious because what if someone did shoot up the school. i ended up staying home for two days because of it. >> with highly publicized school shootings as recently as yesterday in south carolina the times is appropriate but when someone makes a joke to shoot up a school, people panic. >> the law would make a threat a applies to stadiums and public office buildings and public servants and elected officials as well as others. >> and police say this man lied during an intern investigation with lying about an officer assaulting a 15-year member of broom was fired after the state sent him a letter saying he could no longer testify in court. court. >> and st. pete is phasing out junk food from its vending vendg machines. soon there will be low calorie in in in that cases at city hal, pools and rec centers. a study finding that adults and childr

evan lambert is live in new port richey. evan. >> haley we are at the blue heroin heron point community. this park is still floodwaters. at new port richey's blue heron mobile home park, trailers look like islands. paddles and boats are the only way to get around. >> the storm took it all away, took it over. >> the punishing rains from hurricane hermine pushed into >> i lost everything, i have nothing. >> judy checks on neighbors as first responders rescue young, old, dogs paddling where they would prefer to walk. in elfhurst, they saved karen motts and her days-old kittens. >> she can't thank them enough. >> they are awesome, so nice that they >> so much water her refrigerator floated. >> she says she has to stay. >> what's in my apartment is everything i had left from my daughter she passed away. and i don't want her stuff taken. because i know when this stuff happens, people rob you. they break in they steal your stuff. i will not leave this park. watch people not want to leave when they are under evacuation orders but rea

live in clearwater, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> soldiers from the state national guard's 320 special forces are on standby tonight. today they loaded up a zodiac at the camp landing joint training center near stark and will be there to help with high water rescue if need be. we're hoping that won't happen. landfall now. >> it's coming up. we got a look at what the conditions look like and what officials are asking residents there to do. could be a long night for them. >> as we head to break here is another look at sky tower radar. more rain bands moving ashore. hurricane hermine, the bands of it, moving on through. moving on up into the big bend area of the state. come on...you can do it! dogs just won't quit. neither does frontline. its new easy applicator frontline gold delivers powerful protection that doesn't quit for a full 30 days. its new triple action formula is relentless at killing fleas and ticks. frontline gold. the latest innovation from the maker of frontline plus. for persistent protection you can trust... good boy! go for the gold. new frontline gold. don't let dust a

. >> evan lambert reporting tonight, thank you so much, evan. and people in home dealing with water spilling over the banks of the river, and owners of properties are now facing cancellations and as you can imagine on labor day weekend they were supposed to be full but now they are not. the owners were booked for the last big weekend of the summer but those turned to cancellations because of the storm. >> pasco county can't seem to get a break these days. they got more heavy rains today recrerecede but then it startedo come back tonight. recresidents returning from woro find their streets completely flooded again. >> i can't get home! my cats are sitting at my house right now. >> so close yet so far away. getting home was impossible for brandy davis, as came rushing back into her neighborhood. >> if you try to walk through that t's up over your waist. >> for some, wading through it was the only way out. >> very poor drainage around here, everyone is walking through it to get to the store and everything else. >> and for those driving, there was n

fox 13's evan lambert asked why did these two men do this dangerous stunt.. and man who died wanted to know if his bulletproof vest still today marks 15 years since thousands of americans lost their lives in the nine-eleven terror attacks. ceremonies across the country marked the day.... including new york city. that's where democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton had to leave a ceremony at the world trade center early. she could barely walk to her vehicle. her doctor says she was diagnosed friday with pneumonia. in the video... you can see clinton walking to a van... and she stumbles and nearly falls. her aids went to her daughter's apartment to rest. a couple of hours later... she said she was feeling better and greeting people. there were also some events in florida today. one of the largest in our area was in palm harbor at curlew hills memorial gardens. a new york city fireman and hero from that day was there. fox 13's kellie cowan brings engine 16 headed straight into the wreckage. >> the tower had this huge gigantic thing. at that moment, the

. >> evan lambert reporting throughout for us tonight. thank you, evan. well, a big show of support for one presidential candidate. >> a local man is taking his devotion far beyond casting a vote. >> half of the people are going to hate me for it and the others are going love me for it but i'm happy with it. >> what do you think was the deciding factor that drove this tattoo. >> and from humble begins to a reception at the white house? coming up the turning point in a local fashion designer's career, taking her on the journey of a lifetime. well tell you ball it. hey, there, paul! >> happy last day of summer, and it certainly was a summer-like day, back in the 90's and with active ray bar but now not so much. the seven-day forecast lookings a lot like most of the summer's we are one nation under god. that black and white, we are one nation indivisible. that republican and democrat, we are all americans. i'd like to punch him in the face. you know what they used to do to guys like that? they'd be carried out in a stretcher, folks. i could stand in the midd

. >> evan lambert life in st. pete. disturbing in deed, and clearwater reports about 3 million gallons and 29 gallons released into c clearwater harb. hermine pushing the capacity of meantime a week after hermine, the clean up is continuing. there are still areas unbelievably underwater, and this is one that remains under volunteer v v evacuation orders. today people began to be reminded that everything must be sprited into different piles, depending on the type of and the emergency services director promises that this year's clean up will go smoother than last year. >> the longer a community waits to get back to community, the more people will move out of the community. pasco wants to be the premier county, and we want people to say those guys know what they are doing and now how to respond to a disaster. and i want to live there because i want to stay safe. >> the county by the way is dideclaration so it can be elg eligible for a recovery grant. >> and a handful of two people were arrested aftert- officers say they br

and evan lambert is live to complain what is going on now. evan? >> uber is lanking on leaving if the rules pass. even if they got rid of the requirements mandatory minimum fares and wait times, the rules and they include requiring fingerprint-based background checks which uber and lyft oppose. and the ptc chairman said the commission can get lifetime criminal history on drivers and alerted if a new crime is at the ptc meeting, most to support uber and lyft. taxi companies wanted the stringer regulations. i pushed uber why the company is so opposed to the more thorough background checks. >> no screening process is 100% perfect. we think the process measures up againsts competition and state, local. federal databases offender registry and terrorism watch list. >>> the refusals require a cap on surge pricing at 10 times the rate. and the rules are sure to drag on for months. and even if they are passed. there are appeals processes for the company. this is sure to drag on. >> kelly. >> everyone is watching it, too. >>> the things some people will do f

evan lambert is live at the school tonight where the costumes caused a wave of controversial. >> the students shared photos on snapchat leading to discipline from the district. >> we had three minute students dressed as klansmen, and those students will be up for displane. >> kurt browning superintendent for pasco schools made it clear. this is unacceptable. ranch high school upper classmen in what appear to be kkk robes and hoods. they were supposed to dress up as characters for homecoming week. >> i think it's sad that anybody would think that is okay. >> this mother first brought the costumes to the school's attention after they showed up. they first said they were dressed doesn't buy it. >> bo ghosts don't have pointy s or hoods. it was clear in the photo what was being depicted. >> it saddened and angered students and parents. >> you don't think you should experience in this 2016 but it seems like everything as far as racial relations is concerned is forwards. >> she also hopes that the entire school community can use this exercise in poor judgment as a lesson. >> i think it sho

. >> evan lambert, thank you. >>> and crews cleared trail debris from the hurricane. the city of clearwater had closed the trail for public safety. >>> detectives want to unmask an armed robber the chief who was -- thief hampton inn. he pointed a gun at a clerk and took money from the register and the clerk's wallet. he took off across waters avenue. anyone with information is asked to contact the hillsborough sheriff's office. >>> and a court battle between a millionaire businessman and exfiancee now the lawyers are slinging accusations. the latest in the case. gloria gomez has more. and bullying to them. back to you. >> first the video meltdowns. >> now the verbal mud slipping. >> it should not be about the lawyers. >> but it is. it started with a nasty breakup between scott mitchell and mary hunt. it turned uglier after he accused her of stealing millions in jewels and gold. mary said she was >> there were so many times that i wanted to give up and i could not do it any more. i think about how much he would have wanted this. >> but now his attorney accuses mary's a

evan lambert explains. >>> at newport, in an air mattress an paddle is one of the only the ways to get around. >> it -- it came in and just took it all over. >> reporter: the pounding rain pushed the river over its bank sending water gushing. several inch, even feet filling homes. >> the scene that's in my house, i lost everything. i have nothing. >> reporter: judy checks on neighbors at first responders rescue the young, old, even dogs left paddling where they would prefer to walk. volunteers went door to door. and her day's old kitten. she can't thank them enough. >> they're so awesome. it's so nice to know there are nice people like that. >> reporter: judy shows us where there was enough water to make her refrigerator float >> this floated down the hallway. >> reporter: as officials you wered her and her neighbors to go. >> what's in my apartment is everything i have left of my daughter's. and i don't want her stuff taken because i know when this stuff happens people rob you, break in, they steal your stuff. >>> live radar shows where hermine is right now. you could see the storm of

in zephyrhills, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> anjuli: deputy remain on a scene. around 9:00 last night a man walked into the store armed with a handgun. store employees and shoppers ran from the man. hearing gunshots. he was found in the back of the store a short time later. no one else was hurt. >>> new this morning despite pasco county deputies telling people to lock their car doors every night at 9:00, thieves broke into 23 cars this weekend. deputies say they're surveillance video shows two men walking in the division to land olacks. place say these giems may other car thefts in the past couple of weeks. >>> now to developing news out west. police say they have caught the gunman from the deadly shootings at that mall in washington state. he was seen on security video on the cascade mall in burlington holding a rifle. he's believed to be responsible for shooting and killing five people before fleeing the scene. after a massive manhunt, he was maul. >> he said nothing. just kind of zombie-like is the best way to describe it. he did not have a weapon with him. h

fox 13 tease evan lambert is in our newsroom. what does this mean for those >> reporter: kelly, it could mean those defendants that have been convicted have the right to a new trial. >> he damaged the validity of the criminal justice system with his lies. >> reporter: polk county sheriff grady judd said french yield chester was supposed to be an expert witness in computer forensics butets deputies say his main expertise was in lying about his resume. having a master's in computer signs. his claims about computer certifications were also false, according to judd. >> we're not sure to what degree any of this is true or what may be absolutely 100% false or what may be a figment of his imagination. >> reporter: deputies say quitowski has testified in dozens of court cases across the bay area, mainly as a witness for the defense. most of involved child porn or sex crimes against children. imthat will defense attorney rickman said now the fair informs those cases can be questioned. >> a defendant may a right to review that case, a righ

live in clearwater beach, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> thank you very much. it's so amazing. take us back a week ago. we're talking about the storm that wouldn't leave. tonight and you have this perfectly formed hurricane that's involved much of the southeast. >> paul said we have to watch it. >> we led the newscast for a week over literally a little spin. and people saying what are you doing? this is ridiculous. and we did it for a week straight. this is why. once it becomes a depression in the gulf, all bets are off. now we have an intensifying hurricane approaching the panhandle and we've got damage in the bay area. today very active indeed. you talk about a bad day. we'll put this into motion today on the serrato beach cam. just multiple band of very heavy rain and late in the afternoon we had this one squall line go by. that produced winds up to 70 in pinellas. confirmed 62 in downtown st. pete. kind of bent over some street signs. there you go. just a windy, wet, wild day today. it's not when you get a big hurricane and hurricane intensifying to your northwest and you a

for now live in clear water, evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> when rains it powers' the city of north port keeping a close eye on their drinking water, because they think chemicals from a may have leaked into this creek that leads to their water supply. they've stopped taking in waw per from that course. as we report, thr they're hoping their quick actions have stopped any of those chemicals from makeing it homes. >> reporter: there's a light sheen that's appeared in this creek in north port that's concerned city officials. >> i do not want to take any risks at all of every affecting anybody's health due to the water supply. >> reporter: it's believed to be chemicals from a tanker crash the tanker turned over and the department of environmental protection was called in to clean up the fuel. some of the chemicals are believed to have made it to into this creek when a rain stormed moved in. >> we don't know what's in the water at the time. we don't know what chemicals are in there. >> reporter: as soon as they learned the chemicals went downstream they shut off the source they water treatmen

. >> reporter: evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> in the panhandle, senator marco rubio visited storm-hit residents in tallahassee and he promised local officials he would cut through red tape to help the region recover. in a round table discussion he said he would meet with democratic senator bill nelson to make sure that fema does not forget the rural communities in florida. in kissimm 100,000 people gathered for the canonization of mother teresa. known for the work with the poor and india, she was elevated to sainthood by pope francis. during mass, the pope praised the work of volunteers and said ignoring those suffering hunger, sick nevada and -- sickness, exploitation is a modern sin. a person is have to have performed two miracles to two people say she helped them overcome tumors. >> the holy father will say that mother teresa is in heaven and intercedes for us from there and her life is a good example for us, what it means to be an excellent christian. >> following this morning ceremony some 1,500 homeless people will be served lunch at the vatican. new this morning clearwater poli

evan lambert. fox 13 news. and on top that flooding there now scam that pascoe county residents being warned about we will take closer look at that coming up at 12:30. >> clean up continues in citrus county following hurricane initial damage assessments are in areas $53 million. federal government to make he - disaster dec they are offering information sessions to residents affected can get help now and another one of those being held today until 4:00 at the cant o god building. florida department health confirms seven new non travel related zika cases in miami area. one of those cases is in miami dade county. right now there are more than 600 cases of virus in state of florida and that included 80 women and 56 non travel related cases of say sdooi. the agency spent 194 million of the $222 million allocated to fight zika about 35 million went to florida. but that does not include amount of money that governor scott allocated to the issue. >> there search for man who beat, choked and robbed an army veteran in pa

fox 13's evan lambert is in st. petersburg with a look at what happened and how that officer ended up hit with a bullet from his own gun. >> reporter: st. pete police say that officer is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound to his hand, his gun during a traffic stop. this is how it all started. last night around 11:00, a group of police officers spotted a car driving erratically. the driver sped off when they tried to do a traffic stop. they chose not to pursue, according to officers a short time later underconserve officers spotted that car in the area it down. then the 16-year-old driver failed leaving the car going. an officer got out tried to stop that car and at some point before it hit a deputy's car it caused his gun to go off and hit his hand. it was injured seriously he underwent surgery but we're told his injuries are nonlife-threatening. investigators still trying to figure out exactly how his gun went off. >> the undercover officer jumped in to try to stop the car and at the same car reached t

in tarpon springs, evan lambert. >> here's the situation with public schools for tomorrow. a number of counties decided to cancel school tomorrow because f the storm and we have this other high tide coming in in the morning. they are hillsborough, pinellas, one of the company's rockets destroyed at its cape canaveral launch site just days ahead of a scheduled launch. as fox's phil keating they're still trying to figure out what caused the explosion. >> that rocket, carrying the amos6 communication satellite meant to provide facebook's free internet program to sub africa. it follows another launch in june 2015. the company react to go this latest incident in a statement reading, quote, spacex can confirm that in preparation for today's static fire there was an anomaly on the pad resulting in the loss of the vehicle and its pay load. per standard procedure the pad was clear, and there were no injuries. spacex is tasked with bringing supplies to the international space station as well following program. coincidentally two astronauts were carrying out a space walk outside the s