on paid leave right now at the fdle office. those are the same charges he arrested people for, for his stint at this office. >> a lot of people we talked to online that did travel to the house. >>reporter: working on the tampa office of fdle, chuck mcmu seeking sex with children. >> we will do our part in investigative efforts to find those people and arrest them as well. >>reporter: investigators arrested mcmullen after getting reports from 28 -year-old boys at the santa rosa kids house. a third boy telling the similar story. one told a case where mcmullen touched him downstairs on his private parts. when told of the allegations that mullen began to cry. and arrest report says he told another eight -year-old boy this is between you and me and not to tell anybody. denied any contact up. arresting a special agent was not easy for deputies. >> from a law enforcement standpoint, it is a difficult case to work because of the individual but by the same token we are prosecuting and doing the case exactly, nothing different than any o

and the fbi and fdle and sheriffs were acting in that same fashion, which i took as very professional. third was to gather as much possible information as we could because we knew we were going to have to communicate in some fashion at some point. >> you told me that that was really important to you that you wanted to be able to communicate as much information as you possibly could as early as you possibly could. why did you think that was important? >> even back to charlie, if you don't provide as much information in a concise, accurate way, somebody else is going to fill in those gaps and probably not with accurate information. the more information we could get out in an accurate manner and not a manner people stopped listening, but they want that information, i think it helps you serve the purpose that you're going to serve. so when we got there, the chief updated us on what had occurred. i could go through that or move on to communication. >> at what point were you ready -- not until about 7:30 in the morning you had your press conference? >> i'll shorten the five-hour time period

fdle is investigating. >>> new at 11:00, deputies in pasco county says siblings behind a string of car burglaries are now be behind bars. they say they broke into two cars and stole one earlier this week at the pine ridge subdivision. the two were tracked down with help of os deputies believe they are behind a string of car break ins in the seven oaks neighborhood. >>> deputies in manatee county are searching for two suspects, 43-year-old mary louise perez, met the suspects, male suspect to buy a bucket much beers, he was punched in the face before the suspects ran off. >>> police have charged edward jillian with first degree murder. autopsy results show that lisa wells died from strangulation and blunt force trauma. officers were called to the mobile home park 142nd avenue, they found wells dead. jillian was charged with domestic batsary. >>> murdering a teenager at the tampa hotel, this happened at the hotel at east bush boulevard. lee roy johnson was arrested, kelly stacy junior died in the shooting, the shooting may be drug related, johnson faces a number of charges, including stil

pictures on facebook show former fdle agent 48-year-old charles mcmullen smiling around young children. a stark contrast to the man investigators say started crying when confronted with charges of sexually assaulting several eight-year-old boys who were living at a home for abused children in north florida. lynn nelson say charges are true these kids have a long road to recovery. spirit things like resistant to authority figures. difficulty with their own sexual development. this is something that predators rob from these children that they don't ever get back. you can never get that back. >> mcmullen is no stranger to tampa. he worked here supervising the cybercrime unit years ago. we interviewed him for new stories. he lived at this home in were disgusted to hear what mcmullen has allegedly done. >> it's crazy. you are looking for somebody that will help you out and there to go around and do the same thing. it's horrible. >> people like mcmullen often know exactly what they are doing. >> he knew he was a sexual predator and yet chose to put himself in a position to have access to the

he inherits the county with the highest crime rate in the state for two years running according to fdle. it's based on crimes reported per 1000 people. and if low. if that sounds familiar, it's because the governor likes to tout that number even though we see those violent crimes going up. >> thanks. >>> now to some breaking news. we are staying on top of those wildfires burning in eastern tennessee. this is video of the flames near westgate resort. aaron shot this video while walking down the road. you can see the walls of fire winds near hurricane force have been fanning the flames at least -- and at least three deaths have been blamed on the wildfires. >>> a gun background checks hit a record number on black friday. the fbi says on black friday alone and processed 185,713 background checks for gun buyers. anyone who buys a gun at a federally licensed firearms dealer is required to first fill out a form about their background, drug use and criminal history.>>> a du against a log while wading through the water but it was a gator. he disturbed that gator and said it came up so fast he d

. >>> an fdle agent who worked in the bay area for years is facing charges. >> reporter: met ball and who worked as a special agent supervisor over cyber crimes squad is accused of having sexual activity with from previous interviews -- mcmullen in from -- in some previous interviews. a child psychiatrist in tampa tells us if the allegations are true, the boys may never recover. >> the children are damaged. the ones we've seen over 30 or 40 years who were molested are now adults of -- who have all sexual contact occurred. >>> an eight-year-old girl is recovering from a scary walk to school. a car hit her as she walked to cleveland heights. tampa police say vanessa marquez stepped off the sidewalk into the road when the car hit her. her godmother is glad vanessa's injuries are not more severe. >> she is just a vibrant, full of life. she is a good little girl. the car didn't hurt her thank god. okay because the driver stopped.>>> celebrating a big birthday with a special cookie can lead to a midlife crisis. as jamel lanee' tells us, a pasco county assistant principal may have taken a bi

. >> reporter: fdle has already won more than 95,000 background checks this month. almost 15% more than november 2015. that awful attack at ohio state today, while that didn't involve a debate over the proposed legislation here in florida. campus attacks similar to the one like the florida state attack a couple of years ago are always excited. >> thanks matt. >>> the first commercial flight to go from the us to havana, cuba in 50 years touched down today. cubans saluted the pact american airlines flight wife spring water from fire trucks above the plane. the usa in cuba signed a deal days after the death of dictator fidel castro. >>> 8 on your side will be reporting live at from cuba to get on the ground reaction to the death of fidel castro. right now, reporter jeff patterson is in have an and we will checking with him as soon as we are able. >>> people in one south florida neighborhood are being allowed back in their homes after an overturned fuel tanker caught fire. the tanker crashed sunday, shutting down a long stretch cape coral. all homes within 1000 m were e

the two got involved in a is just in his action but, again, the investigation at fdle and the state attorney general's office will ultimately decide that. >> the suspect was taken to the hospital. his condition at this time is unknown. >> a big arrest. police charge add 24-year-old man for killing a teenager and killing a person at a tampa hotel last weekend. crews led officers to obtain an arrest warrant forleroy johnson. they spotted him walking but officers caught hill quickly. he is facing murder charges in the death of 17-year-old stacy as well as the attempted murder of that other man at the hotel. >>> and the florida election board is trying to educate voters since they will cast ballots for the legalization of marijuana. the event featured legal expert speaking and answering questions on the legal cannabis back to democracy 2016. several events will be making their final push to get voters in. the events will be held in tampa and in st. petersburg. one of the events will be at the tampa west library. for other locations on this, be sure to watch our event >>> and the parade honoring

based on what we know, we think our officer is just in his actions, but, again, the investigation, fdle and state attorney's office will ultimately decide that. >> the suspect was taken to the hospital. his condition is not known. >>> slight delays in the brandon area after a deadly fdot camera. deputies say a driver was speeding and lost control. the vehicle flipped over the side of the guardrail and flew off the i-75 overpass landing on woodbury road below. three people died instantly. a fourth person was rushed to a hospital. one lane northbound near state road 60 is open to traffic. >>> breaking this morning, take a good look at your tv screen. police need your help finding the boy leigh parish. an amber alert was issued from the fort lauderdale area for this toddler just within the past couple of hours. he was last seen wearing gray stripped hoodie and boxer shirts. the child may be with the man on the right, william rogers. they could be in a 2013 maroon or ford fusion. if you see them, call 911. the. >>> two pinellas county deputies were involved in a kaine's motorcade. the crash

fdle and the state attorney's office are investigating >> hillary clinton's running mate, virginia senator tim kaine is holding a rally tonight in te bay area. for some star power, bon jovi is set to perform. evan lambert has the story tonight from st. petersburg. >> this is expected to start at 8:00 with bon jovi. in downtown st. pete. of course this the last major push in battleground states like florida just three days before the election. clinton bringing out that star power. last night she held a concert with beyonce and jay z in cleveland. that became a hitting point for donald trump. he criticized the profanity that jay z used, calling that a doube standard. more star power tonight with bon jovi. people lined up for hours here o get inside. many of voted and they're strong supporters. >> i'm a democrat. i think she represents america a whole lot better than trump, who i think is one of the most negative, unqualified con men that's ever run for public office. it gets me fired up. >> but this message of course aimed at millennials and undecided voters. senator tim kaine expected to co

based on what we know, we think our officer is just in his actions but, again, the investigation at fdle and the state attorney's office will ultimately decide that. >> the suspect was taken to the hospital. his condition is unknown at this time. >>> right now police need your help finding 3-year-old leigh parish. an amber alert was issued for overnight. you may have seen the alert on your phone. he had a green and gray stripped hoodie and blew boxer shorts. the child may be with the man on the, william rogers. they may be in a maroon or brown ford fusion with the tag gyxl 63. >>> pinellas deputies were involved in a crash on saturday with tim kaine's motorcade when crash caused by a deputy near i- 375. it involved two deputy cruisers and a bus carrying members of the press. nobody was hurt. >>> with just two days left until election day, a troubling incident at a donald trump rally in reno. trump speaking to the crowd when someone yelled gun. he was quickly ushered off by secret service. clinton added more star power to her campaign in a push woe young undecided voters. jonathan bets re

now there is fear that there could be more victim the fdle office in tampa. at least 3 kids have already come forward.>> reporter: good morning, all 3 boys claim chuck mcmullen molested them over a couple of years. you once lived in valrico and he worked out of this tampa office of the florida department of law enforcement. estate agents now want to know if there are any more victims video when he appeared a news channel 8 to talk about cyber and sex crimes. 3 boys told investigators that he touched them inappropriately many times. when agents confronted one of their own they explained to begin to cry. we spoke to a local psychiatrist who believe the boys have a long road ahead. listen here. >> reporter: the children are damaged. the ones i have seen over 30, 40 years or molested 30 years ago they are now adults with all types of arrest he worked as a special agent supervisor for the cyber squad. he held the same job title here in tampa. i checked and the agent remains in jail in the panhandle with his bond set at 1.5 in the panhandle with his bond set at $1.

before m he worked as an fdle special agency in the why crie ber squad. and investigators are trying to find fiend out if there are any other victims in the area. mc mull enwas placed on administrative leave the same date fgle lerched this investigation. >> and rick scott is weighing in on the president leect. scott says he has already spoke went trump three times and for he spheelz feels he has a president and vice president he can call with questions or concerns. as far as scott being joind asked to join his inner circle, he says he is happy where he is. >> i have a great job. i have 783 days to go and i'm going continue to try and make this place the no. 1 place fire job and the no. 1 place for education and make sure families can be say. i like this job. >> although scott says he is happy as floridaig the u.s. senate in 2018. this is his second and final term as govenor. meanwhile coming up to night at ten 4:30 more on the trump transition right now. seat names that trump is considering to fill the view shall jobs he has in his upcoming administration

fdle is investigating. >>> a 15-year-old pasco county student is arrested after deputies say he threatened to shoot people at his school. the teen is a student at classical preparatory academy. on tuesday the teen made statements about shooting up the where to get a gun. the teen admitted to everything but says he wasn't serious. >>> the happiest place on earth got a little happier yesterday. thousands of people came out to see the cubs championship parade at disney. cubs second baseman and former ray, ben zobrist and a couple teammates rode down main street usa to celebrate the historic win. after the parade, the players and families got to spend day at magic kingdom. >>> also a big win for the tampa bay lightning taking on the devils. >>> florida takes on kentucky while the seminoles take on nc state. we break down all the college football action coming up in sports. >> lindsay: it's 7:11. if we could keep that cool this morning and move it into the afternoon, it would be football weather-like. changes this morning, including more clouds and a brighter it's a comfortable 65 degrees on br

. >>> the fdle continues to investigate a shooting this morning involving a plant city police officer. investigators say around 2:00 yesterday police got a call about a theft at a store downtown. an officer caught up with that thief just about the time he was and that's whether investigators say the officer shot in self-defense. >> it's scary. just got to be careful and watch who comes in the store. we heard the gunshots and saw people running, because they were scared as well. >> alcides: there's no word on the suspect's connection or condition rather. the officer was not hurt. >>> still ahead right here on "good day tampa bay," a new disturbing detail on a south carolina man caught container. what he confessed to authorities. >>> this is embarrassing. i'm trying to get into my office on g street and davis, and i have this huge turkey surrounding my car, circling me, and i don't know what to do. >> that's the weirdest story, isn't it? the town where turkeys rule the streets and terrorize residents. not and you hear about normally, see that the. some of us woke up refreshed and hopefu

we come in and it's the chief, two or three deputy chiefs, fbi, fdle and three sheriffs from orange or surrounding counties we had discussed on the way there, what's my role? never envisioned being in the middle of the night in that type of situation. heather and i determined we needed to stay out of the way of law enforcement because they're tr trained to do that. number two, we needed to make sure we supported and not undermined the chiefs involved. and the fbi and the fdle and sheriffs were active in that same fashion, which i just took as very professional. third was to gather as much possible information as we could because we knew we were going to have to communicate in some fashion at some point. >> and you told me that was really important to you, that you wanted to be able to communicate as much information as you possibly could as early as you possibly could. why did you think that was so important? >> even back to charlie, and i've seen this time and time again, if you don't provide as much information in a concise accurate way, then somebody else is going to fill in those g

and the fbi and the fdle and the sheriffs were acting in that same fashion, which i just took as very professional. and then, third was to gather as much possible information as we could, because we knew we were going to have to communicate in some fashion at some point. >> and you told me that that was really important to you, that you mean toed to -- that you wad to be able to communicate as much information as you possibly could as early as you possibly did, and why did you think that was so important? >> even back to charlie, and i've seen this time and time again, if you don't provide as much information in a concise, accurate way, then somebody else is going to fill in those gaps and probably with not accurate information. so the more information we could get out in an accurate manner and not in a manner that people stopped listening but they want that information, i think it helps you serve the purpose that you're going to serve. so, when we got there, the chief updated us on what had occurred, and i could go through that if you would like or move on to communication. >> well,

and the fbi and fdle and sheriffs were acting in that same fashion, which i took as very professional. third was to gather as much possible information as we could because we knew we were going to have to communicate in some fashion at some point. >> you told me that that was really important to you that you wanted to be able to communicate as much information as you possibly could as early as you possibly could. why did you think that was important? >> even back to charlie, if you don't provide as much information in a concise, accurate way, somebody else is going to fill in those gaps and probably not with accurate information. the more information we could get out in an accurate manner and not a manner people stopped listening, but they want that information, i think it helps you serve the purpose that you're going to serve. so when we got there, the chief updated us on what had occurred. i could go through that or move on to communication. >> at what point were you rea ready -- not until about 7:30 in the morning you had your press conference? >> i'll shorten the five-hour time pe

and the fbi and the fdle and the sheriffs were acting in that same fashion, which i just took as very professional. and then, third was to gather as much possible information as we could, because we knew we were going to have to communicate in some fashion at some point. >> and you told me that that was really important to you, that you mean toed to -- that you wad to be able to communicate as much information as you possibly could as early as you possibly did, and why did you think that was so important? >> even back to charlie, and i've seen this time and time again, if you don't provide as much information in a concise, accurate way, then somebody else is going to fill in those gaps and probably with not accurate information. so the more information we could get out in an accurate manner and not in a manner that people stopped listening but they want that information, i think it helps you serve the purpose that you're going to serve. so, when we got there, the chief updated us on what had occurred, and i could go through that if you would like or move on to communication. >> well,