right out to abc's joe bartell. what are you learning? >> reporter: the school district says the trend is troubling. a huge problem and they say they will nip this in the bud. their words tonight. for whatever reason the high school has been targeted by bogus phone calls. in the area, then today a suspicious 911 call with threats made against the school. the school district says they aren't playing around. investigations are underway. parents and grandparents say this has got to stop. >> i mean, it can't just been once in a blue moon, okay, a kid called it in, what is the reason for this to keep happening on >> a spokesperson told me a letter will be sent home explaining to parents what has been going on. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> police hitting the jackpot today, a month's long investigation uncover an illegal internet cafe. cash. at times the cafe made 8 to $10,000 a week in profit. >> i came by, went to the store -- [ indiscernible ] >> 8 or 9 cops. what the heck? >> they are looking to see if this leads to other busts.

that forced crews to cut the water and cool air off to the complex. >> that was joe bartell reporting. >>> two cease and desisters but arizona -- disasters but arizonans are there to help. the valley, similarities help in -- volunteers helping in louisiana. 6,000 people are in shelters. the good news, that is down from 11,000 but it is so bad, two colleges have said they will delay the start of the fall semester. tomorrow homeland security secretary jeh johnson will review the response so far. 11 deaths blamed on the disaster. >>> back home tracking showers and thunderstorms developing right now in the higher terrain. for the valley, abc 15 desert doppler we are in the delir. but just off to the northwest of wickenburg lots of lightning, heavy rain. showers moving off to the northeast and we are seeing them near yarnell and chineo valley at this hour. chino valley at this hour. and a few more spotty showers and storms along the rim and white mountains at this hour as couple hours. storm chances increase after sunset tonight. future cast shows showers over night and morning forecast an

into a car the clerk is sharing how she was able to help police get this guy. 46 joe b is live -- joe bartells is live. she has been robbed several times? >> reporter: yeah. she has been robbed tahoe times. two times -- three times, two times at work at this car wash. the most recent wednesday evening last week. the robber was straight to the point but sort it. >> reporter: it started off like any other night, that was till this guy rolled in around 5:30 p.m. wednesday night. >> i recognized him the first time. >> reporter: he was a regular customer. buying cand any snacks -- candy and snacks but this time -- >> comes in and pulls his machete out. he says he thites do this for me but open up the register. >> reporter: she says a machete was pointed at her. she hand over cash. police say it was 250 bucks. >> i was terrified. i just wanted to hurry up and give him the money. i didn't want to deal with him or nothing. >> reporter: police say he took off but she was hot on his tail. plate. police tracked him down an hour later. police say he still had the money in his pockets. and she says she has

joe bartels is live with the details on the case, really upsetting. >> reporter: yeah, stephanie, they certainly are, and the youth pastor here at the church after they found the video of a 14-year- old girl naked with the waist down on his cell phone. this is the 31-year-old chris santos who's facing charges, it all went down saturday morning according to police. the mom of the 14-year-old victim says she left her daughter in the changing room of the bell's department store in buckeye for just a few minutes, and when she came back she saw the man allegedly hunched down, cell phone in changing room door. she says he was startled, and walked away, but he was heads up, and put two and two together, and confronted and ripped his cell phone away. >> i asked him were you just recording or taking a picture of my daughter in the fitting room? and i pressed play and i saw that it was my daughter, naked from the waist down with just underwear on. >> reporter: and santos later told police he was going to use the videfo desires. coming up the church is speaking up about the swift action they're t

and we have vantage points from the sky and ground for the weather tonight, and joe bartels is and thunderbird. joe? >> reporter: things have improved quite a bit from when we last saw you. not nearly as bad right now. phoenix police are blocking off one of the northbound lanes of 7th street just were north of thunderbird, but here's video from about 45 minutes ago. it was curb to curb water here, and drivers just going slowly plowing right through all the water which you probably shouldn't do, but we did see some drivers doing it out here, but phoenix police came out, at least stopping some of the drivers from going through the right lane that was just inundated with water, but back out here live you can see phoenix police still out here watching that one lane, but the sun is out, things starting to destroy out, and that storm -- starting to dry out, and that storm dumped almost an inch of rain, and that's whe water came off the golf course and into the street here, but things are improving just north of thunderbird. >> yes, drying out quick, but this was the view from cave creek road and swe

abc's joe bartell is live with an update >> reporter: this story captured hearts and attention from across the country and five months later after she was dumped in a yard the family who found her says they will adopt her but they heard nothing from the department of child services. >> reporter: sweet and innocent, baby jane is now 5 months old but her identity is still a history today. >> only thing i can do for her >> the family found her in march on their yard. dcs scooped her up and that is the last they heard. >> been five months. there is no excuse as to why they haven't called. >> reporter: they claim they have no record of her calling. she says that is a lie. >> i can't imagine being abandon by my mother and i just thought reason. >> reporter: we asked how she is and if she could end up with the family. those questions haven't been answered. the police investigation has continued. police revealed a new picture of baby jane weeks ago doing well, safe and sound. police still have no leads on who baby jane's parents might be. if you know anything, give them a call. >> thank you. >>> k

abc's joe bartell is live downtown. is he getting it back? >> reporter: yeah. the gun has been tested and retested. but there is a fight about what the evidence shows and in the middle of this is a man trying to move on with his life. >> the legal back and forth in the freeway shootings case heating up again. >> they are the only ones making a connection. everyone else say there is nothing there. >> reporter: the defense attorney is talking about dps who sent one of their investigators to court to answer tough question about the gun and whether it was a match. >> so if atf could not make an identification was atf wrong with respect to the original dps findings in september? idea. >> reporter: dps taking to their guns and the gung siding with them for now -- guns siding with them for now. three different investigators. >> dps wants to save face and they keep hanging on to this. >> reporter: leslie merritt jr. has moved on. he is back at work and spending time with his family and his civil lawsuit against investigators is moving forward. >> the la speed ahead. no

joe bartels is live. >> reporter: the church is taking swifting. they called an all congregation meeting last night, prepping parents for news that broke that one of their own, the youth pastor here was arrested after what was found on his phone. for thousands of valley kids, back to here, and saturday it was a violating experience for one mom and her daughter. >> >. i was walking toward the fighting room, and that's when i seen this ma'am pretty much like bending down near the, like right underneath the fitting room door. >> reporter: the mom of the 14- year-old victim says she saw the 31-year-old chris santos with a phone in his hand shooting video of her half naked daughter in the changing the phone away and had the cops called. >> i was disgusting. we're still pretty shaken up about it. i keep replaying everything in my mind. >> reporter: and another slap in the face. santos is a youth pastor at a church in buckeye. >> it's a shock to all of us. um, and in every were possible way, so. >> reporter: he taught kids aging 13 to 17, and even went on

. >> abc 15's joe bartel mailed andrew his so-called handsome letters. his parents asked the community to mail him and tell him he still handsome despite what happened. we spoke to andrews and, and needs one more surgery. of course all of us here at abc 15 are pulling for you, andrew. >> he is absolutely handsome. >> today thousands of students will be moving into the residence halls. iris, probably think this brings back memories for you. >> oh yes. it's much improved since i is is, the kids moving in as students will have to worry about that what weather. we do still have the slight warnings posted for areas right around your boy and the koch zero has we are seeing some rough near the mcclellan wash. so just an early heads-up, that still in effect. dry conditions across the valley here this morning and it is going to stay that way as we go through the day. we will see a few storms up in the terrain as we go through the afternoon. but overall we are starting the process of drying up. dewpoint across the state dropping over the last 24 hours. we are gett

joe bartels is steps from where the tragedy happened, and we can only imagine how tough it's been for the families. >> reporter: it really has. from making funeral arrangements to the heart breaking thought these three men, all fathers, are now gone. juan was a man who put others before himself. >> when he came here to arizona >> reporter: through a were translater he says his brother was a talented doctor caring for animals in mexico before cam comes to the -- coming to the united states five years ago. >> when he came to california, the point was to come to california and take classes that he needed to take so he could become a full vet here in the us, but it was always to support the family. >> reporter: he ended up in arizona working for dr. bill. he sent money and support back to mexico for his little the love of his life. >> people ask me how can you feel so attached to somebody in two years? well, it's not that hard with juan. >> reporter: a family friend says juan was pursuing the american dream, and is still doing that in death. his organs went to four people because of his i