. >> deputies arrested 51 school bus driver gail brown and 57-year-old bus attendance. fox reports. >> these women are facing felony charges and polling county sheriff says it all could have been avoided had they done their jobs. >> now if i could have gail brown step forward again. >> a long day in a jayme jump suit for gail brown and grenned lynn simmons. brown the bus driver and simmons her attendant. >> when at two people ignore all the rules, there's not a lot we can do. other than put them in jail. >> polk county sheriff has no sympathy for the women. he says they admitted they didn't do their jobs properly and left a sleeping 13-year-old with special needs on their bus. >> he fell asleep and when he woke up and looked around, there's no one on the bus. >> worse, it happened two times in the same week. first on march 2nd according to this video. you see simmons gather her things and walk right past the sleeping child before leaving with brown. the bus had just dropped students off at our childrens academy. the stranded student was forced to jump out emergency exit

gail brown and gwendelyn simmons are facing two counts of child neglect. >>> a car in sarasota went right into a fire state. authorities report one car hit another, flipping it over, and then the first car slammed into another vehicle before hitting fire station 11, and no one was sent to the hospital here. the florida highway patrol is now investigating. >>> we keep hearing about the disturbing stories, and now we are hearing about a man working a as dentist without a license, and police are worried there's more victims. napels. he was arrested after a botched surgery in his home sent the woman to the hospital. >>> we will be better understanding our ocean neighbors. >> and now a team is embarking on a voyage with scientists from the bay area. scientists have learned a lot from tracking catherine. they want to focus on florida and georgia because there's a significant number of sharks in the area. they will tag them and take blood and bacterial samples, and it will help them learn how sharks react after being caught and released and are also heal so fast after being wounded. that could h

gail brown and gwendolyn simmons tonight. the bus driver and attendant left the 13-year-old special needs child sleeping on the bus not once but twice. in both cases, the teen hitchhiked 30 miles home. >>> also just in, a college student accused of flashing a girl at publics is also a free man. seminal county deputies said cook exposed himself to a 15-year-old inside the store on 434 and longwood. the girl's mom and store managers were able to catch the license plate number before he drove off. detectives were able to use that to track him down. >>> another man accused of publics is back on the street as well. >>> he used his cell phone to take videos up girl's skirts. erik sandoval is outside the store in bald win park tonight, eric? >> reporter: investigators tell me this man would take his cell phone and strategically place it in his shopping basket. some as young as five-year-old. tonight, we were waiting outside jail to ask him some tough questions. you have nothing to say to these families? 27-year-old scott was in the

polk county sheriff's deputies arrested gail brown brown and gwendolyn simmons yesterday. the student was sleeping when they stopped at the school and everyone got off the bus. this is surveillance video from that bus. brown drove to another location, parked the bus and left with simmons. the student@ woke up 15 minutes later, climbed out of a window and hitchhiked the 30 miles home. police say the same thing happened earlier this month. >>> a traveler flies to south florida only to leave the arrested on a warrant for sexual activity with a child. patrice patriceo gonzalez has been transferred to the main detention center in palm beach county. he has a palm beach gardens address and is scheduled to appear in court this morning. >>> eight minutes to the top of the hour on your friday. fqnding sthirng odd on your child's toy. that got one mom demanding answers. >> i'm absolutely sick. little girl. >>> she had no idea what appears to be a harmlele picture on the top of that child's toy actually has a pretty sinister meaning behind it. at 6:00, we'll tell you >>> a man was arr

polk county sheriff grady judd says when gail brown and gwendolyn simmons dropped the child off on march 2nd, not every student got off. the 13-year-old boy was sleeping near the back where the attendant sat. he woke up later where the bus was parked. video shows he panicked. rolled down the emergency window and climbed out and hitchhiked home to davenport, 30 miles away. two days ago the exact same thing happened again. >> it's like what are you thinking? well, we know what they were thinking. nothing. we're blessed that they were -- he was picked up on every him a ride home. and that he was not picked up by someone who was a child predator or someone who wanted to create harm for him. >> julie: both women are charged with child neglect and both held on a $2,000 bond. >> lisa: an amber alert out of georgia for three missing children has ended in marion county. the children are safe, but their mom is in big trouble. time. we learned her youngest child was found dead in the family's home. news 6 reporter picks up the story. >> reporter: the mother and wanted fugitive out of georgia deemed

. >> reporter: back on says gail brown and simmons were dropping student off in orlando. expect not every student got off the bus. a 13-year-old boy with special needs was sleeping in one of the seats and judd says both browns and simmons had no idea he was therer >> she was too busy gathering up two or three bags of something she had. and you can see her, she's walk owgh carrying the wags and does not even look down at this child laying in the seat sleeping next to her. >> reporter: 15 minutes later the boy realize he is alone. panicked and rolls down the emergency window and cliemedz out. he then hitch hiked his way home 30 miles way. >> doesn't tell any one when dowrd him except he tells the attendant hey, you left me on the bus tuesday. >> and tuesday, kay sha view. the two women least bus unaware the 13-year-old is sleeping this. time gets up and leaves through the front door and once again >> it's like what are you thinking? we know what they were thinking. nothing. both women arrested and charged with child neglect. sheriff judd says they are lucky the boy made it

jim: wesh 2' s gail paschall-brown shows you what to expect after the orange avenue on-ramp to state road 408 westbound closes overnight. meredith: gail: 5400 vehicles use the westbound 408 on ramp at orange avenue daily in orlando, but listen up: things the ramp is moving here to division avenue not far away, just in time for friday morning commuters. jessica ottaviano: this is the first major thing that motorists are really seeing happen, and there much to come, at this interchange. it' s very intricate a complex interchange. gail: tonight, this wb 408 entrance ramp from orange avenue will be relocated to division avenue. why? state highway planners need room to build a new ramp for the future i-4/408 interchange. jessica ottaviano: you' re in the middle of downtown, you have surrounding you, so there is not much space to work. gail: it' s a short detour. though the new ramp is temporary motorists will be using it for the next three years. the new 408 westbound entrance ramp will be located about 4 blocks west of the current one. if you' re heading north on orange, you' ll take gore

gail brown an gwendolyn similar deputies say the student was sleeping when she stopped at a lake wales school and everyone got off the bus. brown drove to another location, parked the bus and left with simmons. the student woke up 15 minutes later, climbed out of a window and hitchhiked the 30 miles home. police say the same thing happened earlier this month. >>> a man arrested on a warrant for sexual activity with child. pa trish i don't gonzalez arrived fom ecuador when a custom officer in ft. lauderdale soticed the warrant out for him. the 56-year-old has since been transferred to the main detention center in pa beach county. gonzalez is scheduled to appear in curt at some point this morning. >> it is a seedy secret language used by pedophiles. jam races. >> this is a story that's hard to wrap your mind around. it's really confusing to understand the connecting point. >> for nbc 6, melanie michaels is going to tell us how a mom cracked thiss cacae. >> nicole o'kelly couldn't believe it. >> i am absolutely sick. i bought this for my 2-year-old girl. >> this mom turptd mamma bear real

you can see the driver 51-year- old gail brown and was attended when dylan simmons get off and close the doors after dropping off all the other students from our children's academy in lake wales. 15 minutes later, the 13-year- old who had fallen asleep wakes up. when he realizes he is alone, he cracks open a window and climbs out. less than one week later, tuesday, deputies say it happened again. you can see this time the boy forced open the doors, starting his 30 mile trek home. go county sheriff says the next day the boy tried to tell one of the women they had forgotten him but she did not believe him. >> are you kidding me? do you hear what i said? in one week, the same can't, -- the same kid and he's tired of having to hitchhike home. >> there's an alarm system on the butt the driver is supposed to turn off after they have checked to make sure everyone is actually off the bus. deputies say the women admitted to having a student deactivate the system and not checking the bus for students before the last -- left. >>> 50 12 brothers recovering after a driver ran them both over as a

. >> reporter: the sheriff says that the bus driver 51-year-old gail brown and attendant gwen job. can you see the aten attendant get up and leave followed by the driver. while a sleeping 13-year-old with special needs was inside. he was even forced to crawl out an emergency window. what were you thinking? the attendant walked right by him. that was march 2nd. the next week they say the teen said that he was left alone and force to hitch hike. investigators say on march 8th it happened again. brown and simmons left him asleep on the bus that day. he hitchhiked home. >> two times in one week he has been left on the bus. staff should check to make sure they are off before they leave. there is an alarm in place but the deputies say the driver had it disengaged. the mother found out when he did not show up to school. brown and simmons will be fired from the district and face child neglect charges. >> back live brown, they both got granted a $2000 bond. cynthia. >>> an attempted abduction we told you about yesterday. the sheriff says that the 11-year-old girl made up the story because s

the driver, gail brown and the attendant gwen simmons never noticed he didn't get off the bus. they got off leaving him to climb out the emergency exit. he hitchhiked home. it happened again on march 8th deputies. >> when two people ignore all can do we put them in jail. >> the driver and the attendant will be fired. they now are facing child neglect charges. now both women were given a $2000 bond. kelly. >> the boy is okay. that had to be scary for him. >> thank you for that, evan. >> when we come back. changes underway bigger changes 3 petersburg's downtown >>> the waterfront at st. pete is a gem. the city wants to take it to a new level. there is a fund now in the bank transformation. and as steve nichols tells us the public is invited now to provide some suggestions. >> in this waterfront at the top of the screen the stadium is at the bottom above the brightly lighted buildings. ribbons of light and bay shore drive and second heavy and the park land out to the pier. it can be wide pedestrian friendly corridors. >> getting close and cars farther away from the water is extrem

gail brown and attendant gwendolyn simmons are both charged with child neglect. 13-year-old trying to get off the bus through an emergency exit in lake wales. deputies say he had to walk and then hitch hike to get back to his home. they left him on the bus not once, but twice in one week. protocol because they did not check to make sure the bus was indeed empty. >> the hulk versus gawker trial. the former wrestler wants 1 hundred million dollars because a sex tape was published against him and -- >> he argued the site broke ethical guidelines. but gawker's attorney suggested he was being out of touch with modern journalism. >> in -- check this out. back in 2013 corporal did he have von was injured in combat. the home make over was all possible thanks to a show on lifetime which helps military families in need. >> all new at 7:00. coughing, sneezing, itching eyes. pollen county through the roof right now. al lettering i specialist cleesh . to politics p. why some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of our hotspots and get your code f

gail paschall-brown explains. gail: who said it was too cold to get in the water? not if you' re from up north. spring breakers we' ve spoken to say this is heaven for them. >> are you kidding me? i think it was think 23 degrees when we left michigan on monday, and they got a foot or snow after we left. gail: be it spring breakers or spring bikers, volusia couty is filling up with visitors fast. >> it' s been great. we haven' t seen any sharks. gail: until i showed kelsie rivers of wright state university in ohio these pictures of sharks in ankle-deep water off the coast of new symrna beach. researchers say these are juvenile lemon sharks which commonly aggregate around this region in dense numbers during this time of year. does it concern you? >> yeah. i probably wont go back into the water. gail: really? i didn' t mean to spoil your s ok. >> typically we do have the migration of more shark in florida waters, and coincidentally, we have more people in the water at that time, too. >> i think the warm water might have something to do with it. i feel safe. i don' t f

bus driver gail brown and attendant gwendolyn simmons. the video shows the 13-year-old trying to get off the bus. deputies say he had to walk and then hitch hike about 30 miles to get home to davenport. brown and simmons left the boy on the bus twice in the same week. >> are you kidding me? do you hear what i said? they left a kid on the bus twice the same kid. and he's darn tooird of having to hitch hike home. >> yeah, grade i judd not at automatic happy about that. they say the pair failed to follow protocol because they did not make sure the bus was empty. they also say the women had another child disable an alarm that was supposed to remind them to check the bus so they wouldn't leave anyone behind. both of them are facing child neglect charges. >> let's check in with brooks. >> good morning everybody. first stop this morning is the big weather story this morning. the flooding rainfall in the lower mississippi river valley. talking about louisiana, mississippi and points north. we're dry, but over there, 15 to 20 inches of rain have f

gail paschall-brown joins us live with the parents reaction. gail: and the real frustration, they have time it to get answers around. here and then walking all the way down here, this long dusty road to get home. happy that her children' s bus away. parker and brady and delicate either. >> it is hot out, we live in florida so we have to walk on a long road to get to our house, and there is usually cars and dirt flying everywhere. >> it is so inconvenient. gail: why? there' s work going on to expand the riveria bella subdivision in debary. the city closed parts of fort florida road for construction unbeknownst to school leaders and school parents. >> the day that they closed the road was the day they called me and told my kids were going to a different bus stop. gail: the next bus stop is nearly three miles away at the entrance of riveria bella. parents say that' s too far to walk. >> it is too far for them to walk. unfortunately, we did not get notice about the closure of the road, so we were not able to notify our families. we were not able to

wesh 2' s gail paschall-brown is live downtown. gail, the new entrance ramp is expected to be ready just in commuters. gail: absolutely, i am here on division avenue right near the temporary ramp is. the florida department of transportation has been passing out flyers and signs letting folks know. this is a temporary ramp, but you will be using it until temporary -- 2019. 5400 vehicles use this westbound on ramp daily at state road 408 in orlando, but listen up: things are about change in a big way. jessica ottaviano: this is the first major thing that motorists are really seeing happen, and there much to come, at this interchange. its a very intricate complex , interchange. gail: tonight, this wb 408 entrance ramp from orange avenue avenue. why? state highway planners need room to build a new ramp for the future 1-4/408 interchange. jessica ottaviano: you' re in the middle of downtown, you have tons of venues and buildings around, so there is not much is based to work. gail: it' s a short detour. though the new ramp is temporary mo

summer: the games recognize the women who' life-changing injuries. s gail paschall-brown got a chance to talk to some of the athletes who will be competing right here in central florida. gail: right now it' s braves baseball, but come may, opening ceremonies with an entourage of dignitaries including prince harry, first lady michelle obama and many more. the word invictus means unconquered. the invictus games celebrates the fighting spirit of wounded, sick and injured servicemen and women. >> being able to compete already pumped me up. i am already a competitive guy. henry sawyer will be among more than 500 athletes from 15 nations taking part in the 2016 invictus games at the wide world of sports complex at disney. this semi-pro football player was injuried during a game in melbourne. >> i was playing for duval panthers, made a tackle, severed my spinal chord, paralyzed from the neck down. gail: javier rodriguez of st. cloud lost his leg because of hit and run driver. he' s was selected for the very first games and now central florida. >> it is pretty exciting. we' re not in london,

as gail paschall-brown reports, supporters are about improving the image and marketability of gail: from maintaining your balance, to using equipment to avoid falling, this is right here in pine hills. there' s an effort afoot to make sure more businesses come to pine hills. idler bonhomme, a doctor of physical therapy opened fysical, two years ago in the arden hill medical plaza in pine hills to serve children to older adults. >> there is a need in pine hills. gail: he hopes to expand even more in pine hills. >> it' s a small clinic, it' s not small. gail: that' attended this pine hills small resource fair. it' s one stop shopping for businesses to learn some of the best practices. supporters say pine hills is great community with a lot of opportunities, despite reports of crimes. >> the perception is real and i' ve had the experience with it. i' ve felt the affects with patients being referred. >> i was involved in shooting back in january 8 in pine hills. gail: but don mitchell says that hasn' t stopped him in helping the all in one community center is a non-profit on pine hills road,

in volusia county, gail paschall-brown wesh two news. jim, mike chitwood says if he is elected the first thing he' s going to do is institute a volusia county sheriff' s office foundation. he says it' s a community/private partnership where any deputy wanting to further his or her education can do so with virtually no cost. right now, the first golfers have hit the course for a local tradition. the arnold palmer invitational at bay hill. today is the champion' s for arnold' s kids pro-am tournament. part of the tournament is a clinic for young golfers which was held this afternoon. it' s the first official event of the week-long arnold palmer invitational. things start getting serious when the pga professionals tee off thursday the tournament wraps up sunday. about staying hydrated. tony: let me take you back outside right now. the halifax river and back towards the atlantic ocean. as a take a nice look at downtown orlando. a few clouds out there. 85 right now. wins have been brisk. with that southwest when , the air begins to heat up to

. >> reporter: back on march second, polk county sheriff grady judd said gail brown and gwendolyn simmons were dropping off students near orlando but not every student got off the bus. a 13-year-old boy with special needs was sleeping in one of the seats and judd says both brown and simmons had no idea he was there. >> she was too busy gathering had. and you can see her. she's walking out carrying the bags and does not even look down at this child laying in the seat sleeping next to her. >> 15 minute later the boy realizes he's alone, panics, rolls down the emergency window and climbs out. he then hitch hiked his way home 30 miles away. occurred to him except he tells the attendant. hey, y'all left me on the bus yesterday! >> tuesday it was deja vu. deputies say the women leave the bus unaware the boy is still there sleeping. several minutes later he gets up and once again hitch hiking his way back home. >> it's like what are we thinking? we know what they were thinking! nothing! >> both women charged with child neglect. judd said they're lucky the boy made it home safely both times. >> w

sheriff grady judd had strong words this afternoon about both 51-year-old gail brown and 57-year-old gwendolyn simmons. >> it's like what were you thinking? we know what they were thinking, nothing. between the two of them, they didn't have one thought in their head. about looking out for the well-being of the children on that bus. >> reporter: both women are charged with child neglect and have lost their jobs with the county. right now, they're at the polk county jail on a $2,000 bond. i'm still going through the press conference with sheriff judd. i'll have more for you tonight at 6:00. >> lisa: developing at 4:00, police arrest a man accused of taking upskirt videos of girls at the baldwin park publix. >> julie: investigators say this doesn't just happen once, but this happened twice. >> sachelle: orlando police tell us it was a tip and this is the surveillance video that led to an arrest. that man carrying the basket is scott wesley irwin, now in jail charged with video voyeurism. we're told the incidents happened last month at the baldwin park publix on meeting place. you can ta

. >> deputies charged 51-year-old gail brown and 57-year-old gwendolyn simmons with felony child abuse. this video shows a special needs child alone on a bus. he managed to get out an emergency window and then hitchhiked 30 miles to his home. officials say this wasn't the first time something like this happened. >> it's like are you kidding me? do you hear what i said? they left a kid on the bus twice in one week. >> the bus had a child reminder system on it, but the suspects admitted they had a student deactivate it. >> new this morning, a new bill requiring colleges to give students a heads up about tuition hikes is now waiting governor rick scott's signature. the legislature passed the it requires students to have 28 days before colleges raise tuition or fees. >> students across the country will be taking virtual field trips to orlando. the theme park allows classrooms to call in for a 30 minute live interactive q and a. they will get up close with killer whales. >> the department of health is inviting everyone to attend and ask questions directly about the zika virus. this comes as

polk county sheriff's deputies arrested gail brown and gwendolyn simms yesterday. the student was sleeping when everyoneelse got off the bus. thabus. brown then drove to another location, parked the bus and left with simmons. the student woke up, climbed out 30 miles home. police say the same thing happened earlier this month. >>> a monster jam souvenir coming with a calling card for very creepy activity. this pink stuffed monster truck event in rochester, new york. the symbol she's pointingg out, the heart symbol on the back of the toy can be a code for pedophiles meaning a little girl is ready to be traded for sex. there is a symbol for littl boys as well, very similar to that, a blue triangle. >> i'm absolutely sick. i bought this for my 2-year-old little girl. >> the company that makes that toy is based out of tampa and they have no idea what that symbol specifically meant. a spokesperson for the company saying they are shocked by this and have since pulled all those toys from all future events. >>> the death toll o o the mass shooting in pennsylvania is at six

wesh 2' s gail pascal brown was there for the vote. gail, how did ucf finally win over the board of governors? reporter: they had a lot of supporters. they took an hour to present the reason why there needs to be a downtown campus and then the board of governors took an hour for discussion and then came the vote. >> the motion passes. [appaluse] gail: by a vote of 14 to two, the florida board of governors approved ucf campus in downtown orlando. there was a standing ovation inside the ucf' s fairwainds alumni center where the plan was approved. both ucf and valencia will share the academic building, which is expected to open in 2018. the $60 million building will serve about 7700 ucf and valencia college students. ucf leaders and supporters say this is a great day. >> i think it was obvious the governors gave it thought and consideration. while we did not have a unamious vote, an overwhelming positive response. gail: president hitt says he is delighted with the outcome. the race is still not over. ucf still has a few hurdles to go, incl

gail paschall-brown has an update in the case. dale: -- carlton wilson was the victim of the shooting near lake orlando. police say wilson was found unresponsive around a: 30 p.m.. >> i am not surprised. there is a lot of bad activity that goes on here at night. you see it on a daily basis. there are people in and out of the community. gail: this president found police everywhere in his gated community. would be safe in a gate, but people are constantly going in and out of the exit. it is a rough neighborhood. really, i' m not was surprised about what happened. gail: no one else was injured. police have not said what sparked the shooting. detectives are checking out any surveillance video. >> i think it would help but it' s going to take people to come forward in the neighborhood. the neighborhood that is not going to happen. the neighborhood you' re in, people are not going to come forward. gail: anyone with information is urged to call crime line. you may be eligible for a reward. in orange county, gail paschall-brown wesh two n

the driver, 51-year-old gail brown and bus attendant gwendolyn simmons get off and close the doors after dropping off the other students. 15 minutes later, the 13-year- old who had fallen asleep wakes up and when he realizes he's alone, he craps -- cracks open a window& you can see the boys forced open the doors to start the 30 mile trek home. the judge says the next day the boy tried to tell one of the women they forgot him but he -- he did not believe him. >> are you kidding me? do you hear what i said? twice in one week the same kid and he is darned tired of having to hitchhike home. >> there is an alarm system on the bus and the drivers are supposed to turn it on after -- off after the check. they admitted to having a student deactivate the system and did not check the bus for students before leaving. >>> 15-year-old twin brother is recovering this morning after a driver ran them both over as a boat across the street on their bikes that it happened yesterday afternoon when 2 pickup truck turned out of merritt island high school. they say she panicked and hit the gas running over the

you can see the driver gail brown and the bus attendant gwendolyn simmons leave the bus and close the doors after dropping off all the other students. they are from our children's academy. you can see the 13-year-old up and saw he was alone and cracked open a window, climbing out, trying to get home. it was not the first time the two women let the student alone on the bus. less than one week later, march 8, investigators say the student was overlooked again while sleeping on the bus pick this time, they say he was forced to open up the school bus doors to start his 30 mile trek home. polk county share says the boy tried to tell one of the women he was left behind but she did not believe him. >> the next day when he gets on the bus which is march 3, he tells the attendant, hey, you left me on the bust yesterday. the attendant then brushed it off. >> both of the women charged with two counts of negligent child abuse. as a child reminder system on the bus drivers are supposed to push after they had checked to make sure everyone is off. deputies say the women admitted to having a student

wesh 2 news gail paschall-brown >> for our entire communit this project is going to be life changing. gail: community support, and a revamped approach from ucf finally won over the board of governors, who this afternoon approved a new campus for ucf in downtown orlando. >> the motion passes. gail: it was a standing ovation crowd when the 14-2 vote came through. >> while we didn' t have a unanmious vote in favor it was clear we had an overwhelming positive response. gail: dean colson was one of two board of governor' s members who voted against the $60 million project concerned with the , amount of money the state is being asked to supply, $20 million. >> my reasons for voting no is because i do not believe this is a priority for the university system nor for ucf. first i' m not convinced there is an academic demand for a downtown campus. gail: the new campus will serve 7700 students, coming from both ucf and valencia college. that partnership is designed to give access to higher education, to those who didn' t have it board of governors member norm tripp said his concerns was for parr

meredith: gail paschall-brown is live along i-4. reporter: this is a test for march 13. if all goes well, the real thing involves building a bridge. you may have seen these lighted messages in orange county. expect delays on march 13 from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. this is a series of rolling roadblocks. make sure everything runs smoothly before we do actual work. they will be installing some bridge beams. if all goes as planned, the beams will be set march 14-18. >> it opens up a window for construction workers. reporter: 13 entrance ramps will be affected. >> during this rolling roadblock, people driving westbound on i-4, people will be affected. all entrance ramps to kirkman road will be blocked off. until it gets ahead, these dates are tentative. watch the signs for further whether anything can be a factor , that is why they want you to watch the signs and please be careful. live in orange county, wesh 2 news. jim: i want to give a shout out to the sweetwater oaks garden club. thousands of people came out. tony: we do need some rain. we are going to get some this upcomi

meredith: wesh 2' s gail paschall-brown recaps the 75th annual event. gail: the roar of bike week is one for the history books. the regional commerce says the 75th anniversary has been a fabulous year. >> we were expecting big things in the got bigger things. gail: while it is too early for the preliminary numbers, like than 500,000 people within the 10 days, $74 million shot in the economic arm. >> we only know what we heard from our missions, and most of them -- merchants, and most of them say they are up 30%. this they said, midweek held up really well and they had good crowds throughout the whole 10 days. gail: the anniversary is a special year. >> main street being the epicenter, they have had the history behind them and are well practiced at welcoming guests. gail: something elwell -- on welcomed was crime. police department and officials were well on it and immediately. gail: organizers expect a great report card for 2016. if you think the chambers is waiting around to get ready for the 76 bike week, forget about it, they have already been before

i' m gail paschall-brown, wesh you can also call crime line at 1-800-423-tips. you can remain anonymous and could receive a reward. in about 90 minutes, friends and family will gather to remember an ocoee 15-year-old who was murdered over the weekend. investigators say antwan davis was shot in the head on north lakewood avenue late saturday night. so far, there' s no word on any suspects. his family told police he had an ongoing feud with other teens in the neighborhood. tonight' s vigil will be held at starke lake at 7:00. the 21 euro woman has been caught in connection with a hit and run crash. photos show the bus was only crashed a bit. witnesses gave the description of the truck. children on the bus. no one was seriously hurt. a man is behind bars after he fired shots. >> cell phone video shows the frantic scene after shots were fired into a crowd outside several bars on pine street in downtown orlando last week. police and paramedics tended to a 26-year-old man who suffered a non-life-threatening wound. a suspect was nowhere to be found, and little was know

summer: he died in the parking lot of the silver hills complex, and now they tell gail paschall-brown they want justice and they need your help to get it. gail: the wife and family of the 33-year-old is asking for your help. the orlando man was gunned down in the parking lot of the summer hills apartment complex. he had just come home from picking up his son from the movies. the 13-year-old made it into the house, and seconds later -- >> i heard gunshots and maybe seconds later, after the gunshot, i was calling out to him. gail: she says she saw a light, gray honda leaving the complex. >> i asked, where you at, where you at? i hesitated because i was not sure if they were going to shoot me. i began to pray for him. gail: she said the killing left father. >> he said, i want my dad. there was nothing i could tell him. i did not know how and i do not know what to say. complex for almost a week back-and-forth. >> he did get a call that day before they came home, so i guess they knew where he was. he said, i am on my way home, just picking my son up from the movies. gail: whether it is a p

wesh two' s gail paschall-brown is live at the orange county courthouse. gail what happened today? gail: the good news is that the boy did survive. today, only one of the former workers showed up. the other two weren' t served because the state lacked the most current addresses on them. >> come forward ma'am and state your name. >> shannon johnson. gail: 43-year-old shannon johnson is charged with leaving a child unattened/unsupervised and culpibable negiligence, both misdeameanors. >> how so do you wish to enter your plea. >> no contest. gail: the state needed more time to talk to witnesses before making a recommendation to the court. the case goes back to october 9 johnson was an employee with winners preschool on powers drive in orlando. a five-year-old child strapped into his car seat had been left in the center' s van for nearly five hours when it was 86 degrees outside. a passerby noticed the child and contacted the preschool. employees brought the little boy inside and cared for him. johnson says she was not the bus driver, nor the aide who checked the bus, but she did sign

summer: the date of concern is march 13, and as wesh 2' s gail paschall-brown found out, there could be some significant slow downs for road work through orlando. gail: have you seen this message along i-4 in orange county? the one here at fairbanks says, march 13, expect delays from 12:00 am to 5 am. -- 5:00 a.m. according to the state highway planners, it' s a test run in regards to a series of rolling road blocks for later this month. because it allows us to move smoothly and safely. we want everything to run smoothly and safely for traffic and our construction workers. gail: as part of the i-4 ulimate will be installing some steel girders or bridge beams over 1-4 at kirkman road. if all goes as planned, the beams are tenatively scheduled to be set march 14 through 18. >> it opens up a window for over the roadway. troopers will be holding traffic at a slow roll, keeping traffic moving but allowing a window for construction workers. gail: meanwhile, production is back to 100% for the entire corridor of the i-4 ultimate project. work had suspeneded after a deadly crash on february 24

meredith: gail paschall-brown is live at the orange county courthouse where the workers gail: only one of the former day care workers was in court today. the other two have not yet been served. >> i am shannon johnson. gail: 43-year-old shannon johnson is charged with, leaving a child unattened/unsupervised and culpibable negiligence both misdeameanors. the case goes back to october 9 of last year when shannon johnson was an employee with winners preschool on powers drive in orlando. a five-year-old child strapped into his car seat had been left in the center' s van for nearly five hours when it was 86 degrees outside. a passerby noticed the child and contacted the preschool. >> i was not the driver responsible, and i was not the aide who checked the bus. i signed the document that was my part in it. gail: shannon johnson says says the document showed who was supposed to be on the bus. investigators say the child was hot, sweaty, but fine. dcf slapped the school with a thousand dollar fine for workers loosing sight of the child. >> during the inspection, the driver did leave the child

gail paschall-brown explains. gail: who said it was too cold and to get in the water? -- too cold to get in the water? not if you' spring breakers we' ve spoken to >> are you kidding me? i think it was 23 degrees, when and they got a foot of snow after we left. gail: be it spring breakers or spring bikers, volusia couty is >> it' s been great. we haven' t seen any sharks. gail: until i showed kelsie rivers, of wright state university in ohio, these pictures of sharks in ankle-deep water off the coast of new symrna beach. researchers say, these are juvenile lemon sharks, which commonly aggregate around this region in dense numbers during this time of year. does it concern you? >> yes i probably wont go back , into the water. gail: really? i did not mean to ruin your spring break. >> i feel safe, i do not feel threatened at all. gail: the water is 65 degrees today. volusia county beach safety and ocean rescue always urge caution. of birds diving, just get out of that area temporarily. gail: if there is a bite, it is usually a case of mistaken identity. >> here in volusia