this happened saturday night when joel canchola and another man he was driving with were involved in a hit-and-run accident near bradenton. deputies found them, they arrested canchola when it was discovered he violated his probation. while deputies questioned the man with him think apparently took eyes off joel canchola and he was able to escape. in its third day now for the search. there's no updates yet but sheriffs are asking for your help. if you see him report it. live in manatee county. james tully, abc action news. >> thank you. is on for the man who allegedly carjacked and abducted a 2k3w4r50eu6r9sy driver in jacksonville and tried to rob a dollar general. the baker county shift sheriff's office says cornelius radio wheeze iii turned himself in overnight. ruiz. police say he forced a woman in the trunk of her own car and drove off. she got away because she pulled the escape lever and jumped out of that moving car. > virus. tampa mayor bob buckhorn and members of the code enforcement team are going to outline efforts today. we'll monitor the meeting and let you know what is com

the 5'4" joel canchola with handcuffs on slipped out. this situation should have been over quickly. saturday night he and a friend were driving near bradenton, struck a tree. deputies found them both a block away and arrested joel canchola when it was discovered he was violating probation. in the back of the cruiser while deputies questioned the man with him, joel canchola understandably so, and has people living around here concerned. >> there's a lot of kids around here. so, having my son i would be a little worried that someone is on the loose that obviously doesn't care about other people. >> reporter: again canchola only 5'4", 140 pounds, long dark hair. deputies still calling it an active investigation at this hour. if you see joel the picture we just showed you the manatee county sheriff's department is asking to you call them. reporting in manatee county, james tully, abc action news. >>> 6:34. happening today -- back to school for the 36,000 undergrads at the university of south florida. the fall semester begins at usf today. we showed you when students began to move into t

. >> we learned within the past -- joel canchola turned himself in. there's still some questions left to be answered because the incident report shows a mistake. 34-year-old joel canchola was arrested for violating his probation. he was handcuffed and put in a car. martha zamora was watching which she says the back window was halfway down. >> he fit through that window with the handcuffs behind his back and he took off that way. ran. away talking. he wasn't even wearing shoes. >> i mean it was funny. he didn't have his hands. >> according to this incident report a deputy left the back window controls engaged on the squad car. so he was simply able to roll down the window. >> john rogers with news channel 8. >> we made numerous attempts to speak with the sheriff's office but they declined. canchola's home, no answer. >> not paying attention. they talk to much. that's what they get. that's their fault. >> canchola faces a felony charge for escaping. it's unclear if the deputies involved will be reprimanded. john rogers news channel 8. >>> a carjack in t

deputies say it all happened in a matter of minutes on saturday night. 34-year-old "joel canchola" was arrested just a few blocks away from the manatee sheriff's headquarters. while the deputies were talking, canchola managed to escape through the patrol cars back window... while his hands were still cuffed behind his back. spokesperson would not confirm whether the squad car's back seat area had ?access to window controls. he said it's still unclear ?how canchola was able to get the back seat window to lower: canchola does ?not have a violent criminal history and deputies say he isn't believed to be dangerous. but if call fox 13's shayla reaves is on this story for us this morning. she'll bring us a live update, in our next half hour. in hillsborough county: someone got ?shot... and then walked to a neighbor's home for help. it happened early sunday morning on english hills court... just east of the u-s-f tampa campus. a man got shot, and then knocked on his neighbors door. he was rushed to the hospital, and he's expected to recover. police say they are waiting to interview him... bef

authorities say joel canchola turned himself in. they arrested him saturday for violating probation after they say he and a friend ran from a car crash but while he was handcuffed in the back of the patrol car joel canchola somehow got away. detectives now are charming him with escape. >>> a tampa bay man wants you to sign his petition to keep ridesharing services like uber steam on change.org. it's just reaching 1,300 signatures this morning. we have this link on our abcactionnews.com web site if you would like to sign it. john mcman launched the petition. mayor bob buckhorn says he's on board and wants people to have options. mcman is now hoping to get more help from the governor -- excuse me -- >> i wanted to get everyone to sign the petition, support uber and lyft staying in tampa bay so we can keep drunk drivers off the ro employed. just overall get the community excited about uber and lyft being here. >> public transportation commissions in multiple counties are trying to enforce requirements on the services. they say it's not

joel canchola was arrested and handcuffed and placed in a conpatrol car, but he managed to escape through a back window. back seat has window controls. >> i think he was like a snail or a snake. he had to slide his body out the window. >> canchola does not have a violent criminal history and he is not believed to be dangerous but if you know anything about his whereabouts, you are encouraged to give the sherriff's office a call. >> and a homeless man victim of a violent robbery overnight. the suspects came up to jason curtain and hit him with what was believed to be a metal pipe. the suspects then made off with his wallet and cell phone. he was taken to the hospital nearby for treatment. >> an elderly man is attacked and killed by four dogs as a jacksonville apartment complex. police took the animals away in this video, and the man's body there are not believed to be any witnesses but people at the apartment complex said the dogs were known to be aggress, but the dogs' owner went so far has to blame the elderly man. >> they ladies and gentlemen of ladies and glunged at me at >> the dogs a

that is joel canchola, determination say he slipped out of a cruiser -- deputies say he slipped out of a cruiser while handcuffed. deputies spotted men running a block from the scene. he was arrested for violating probation on a drug charge but they believe joe somehow rolled down the squad car window and climbed out. the escape has a lot of people nervous >> there's a lot of kids around here so having my son i would be a little worried that someone is on the loose that obviously doesn't care about other people. >> if you see him call the mabtee county sheriff's office. >>> no search underway in manatee county. deputies say an armed robber there hit a what appears to be a pipe and took off with his wallet. happened sunday night on lock ridge road, the victim needed treatment for minor injuries. >>> in hillsborough county, a man shows up on someone's door stepafter he was shot. sunday morning in the english hills court in the area of usf. the victim's name has not been released but they say he's expected to survive. also nothing about the suspect but we're told the shooting >>> a lakewo

"joel canchola" rn first arrested saturday night, after he violated his probation on a drug charge. in manatee county, deputies arrested him and put him in the back of a cruiser.. but they say managed to roll down the window and crawl out. an incident report says the back window lock was ?not engaged. canchola now faces a felony charge of escape. the number of zika cases continues to grow in florida. the state health department added ?seven new cases on monday... but ?all of them as governor scott continues the state's fight against the virus... he's now having to ?defend his actions. miami beach mayor "philip levine" claims the governor is not doing enough.... and even says he's playing politics with the virus. the governor ?responded on monday: and with more cases popping up... the city of population. mayor bob buckhorn announced that the city has bought 36-hundred so-called "mosquito dunks." they're used to treat abandoned pools... retention ponds... and other areas where there's standing water. each "dunk" can kill off mosquito larvae for 30 days. and they're not harmful to peop

authorities are continuing to search for 34-year-old joel canchola of bradenton. how he managed to get away when a driver and a passenger didn't stick around after a crash. authorities tracked down the pair and identified canchola as the passenger. some checks uncovered he was wanted on probation violations. what happened next landed a new charge. a spokesperson tells us canchola escaped from the back seat of the cruiser as one deputy spoke with another nearby. here is what a witness had to say about that moment. >> when he got out of the window, he like -- like little -- like a snail or snake. he had to slide his body out the window. >>reporter: now a manatee county spokesperson tells us a deputy went to check on him and that's when he discovered that canchola was missing. now he's wanted for escape. he does not have a violent past. however, anyone with any information on his whereabouts, they're urged to give the or crime stoppers a call. back to you. >>russell: we'll talk again later. thank you. >>laura: this is the first day of school in sarasota county. 42,000

night 34-year-old joel canchola was arrested for violating his probation. he was handcuffed and nut a squad car. martha zamora was watching and she says the back window of the squad car was halfway down sghchlt he fit through that -- >> he fit through that window with the handcuffs behind his back. >> deputies were a few feet away talking when he ran off. he wasn't even wearing shoes. according to this incident report a deputy left the back wi squad car. so officials say canchola was able to roll down the window. after turning himself in he faces a felony charge for escaping. it's unclear if the deputies involved will be reprimanded. john rogers news channel 8. >>> students and sarasota headed back to school today and law enforcement officers were keeping an eye on traffic. extra patrols were on hand at southside elementary as a >>> parents from the bay area are among those who went to court in tallahassee today to fight a decision that held back their third graders. it requires they be held back for not performing well on assessment tests. but brandy told

authorities first ran into "joel canchola" saturday night, when he got into a car accident. when deputies ran his name, they saw he was wanted for a probation violation. they arrested him, but minutes later he was able to roll-down the patrol car window, and escape. after two days on the run, he's back in custody... and now faces ?additional charges. law, public schools must make sure kids know - they do not have to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance.. however, one florida county took this a step further... and one parent's response is getting a lot of attention. ((vanessa fox-13's ken suarez is live this morning.. to talk about this paperwork that is going viral.. ((vanessa thanks, ken. everyone knows the best sheets are made with egyptian cotton... but it turns out some target customers didn't get what they paid for. he company is now offering cutomers millions of dollars in refunds... after discovering they sold fake egyptian cotton sheets. they were made by welspun india. the sheets sold for as much as 175-dollars under the labels fieldcrest and crowning touch. ta

deputies arrested joel canchola for violating probation after after putting him in th of a cruiser joel canchola escaped from an open window. wearing no shoes. if you see him call the manatee county sheriff's office. >>> here's janelle with the morning commute. >> good morning. we're watching a couple of accidents out there, the first one in pinellas, state road 580 at mcmullen booth. seeing a little slowdown heading westbound so give yourself extra time there. we are also following a crash in hillsborough, busch at dale intersection this time of morning. and slow southbound on dale mabry. we can check the drive times on dale mabry and compare it to the veterans expressway to see which is a better option. still looks like dale mabry is moving just about five minutes faster from van dyke to 275, 40 minutes is your drive time on the veterans expressway. and slowing down here on the howard frankland bridge, it's taking 10 minutes to cross right now. captain good morning. >> reporter: accident westbound i-4 just approaching the junction with i-275. it was in the travel lane but it's been mo

>>russell: the man who escaped a manatee county patrol car while investigators say joel canchola slipped away from deputies saturday night. he was wanted for probation violation so they arrested him only to find him missing moments later. two days later, he's facing the consequences. false escape as well as probation violation. >>laura: the man behind a human trafficking ring in pinellas county will spend 10 years in prison. robert weiss is accused of tracking at least seven women in a prostitution and drug wind. 10 years in prison followed by 10 years probation and a lifetime registration as a sex offender. >>russell: florida department of health is planning to spend $5 million to fight zika in miami taked. >>laura: they're trying to stamp out two hot spots where the virus is spreading locally but $5 million is still a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed. florida officials want congress to pass a $1.9 billion funding. it's an emergency funding requested back in february. since then, there have been nearly 500zika cases in florida alone. seven new travel related cases confirmed

he's be identified as 34-year-old joel canchola of bradenton. he escaped a couple of days ago and has not been seen since. a spokesperson tells us a deputy han handed him. authorities identified canchola as the passenger in a vehicle that did not stick around after a crash earlier the same night. as one deputy spoke with another, a woman told us she witnessed a man slide his body out of the a window almost like a little snail or snake. he had his hands behind his back, and was not wearing shoes she told us. and a sheriff's office spokesperson said a deputy actually went to check on canchola and noticed him missing. it's not clear how canchola managed to get the window down, and the spokesperson did not confirm if the cruiser back seat included access to window controls. canchola is now wanted for escape. he does not have a history of violent crime. of course if you have any information on his whereabouts you're aring ud to give manatee county live's office or crime stopper as call. back to you. >>> as of this morning all bay area students are ba

it's been two days and so far, still no sighting of 34-year-old joel canchola. this is the person that authorities want to locate. you're seeing an image on your screen. this all started, we saturday night there was some type of crash, according to a spokesperson for the manatee county sheriff's office. and at some tonpoint, canchola identified as a passenger in a vehicle that did not stick around after the crash. at some point he was placed in the back of a cruiser on probation violations. through the course of the investigation, authorities did find out again that he had been another, a woman described seeing a man slide his body out of a window, almost like a little snail or snake. that's how she described the scene unfolding to us. at some point a deputy actually returned to the cruiser and discovered that canchola was missing. he escaped, we're told, without any shoes and has not been seen since saturday night. now, the manateeou sheriff's office would not confirm whether or not the squad car back seat area had access to window controls and said it's unclea

investigators say joel canchola slipped away from deputies he was wanted for probation violations so arrested him after crash only to find him missing moments later. canchola turned himself in last night. he's charged with escape, giving false information, and violate violation of probation. >> well we have an update now on college student accused of stabbing a couple to death and biting the man's face. police say the student may have been ingested some caustic chemicals from that couple's garage. the martin county sheriff calls the attack random. 19-year-old auzf remains in critical condition a wes the attack. of the sheriff zest when he is released he will charged with first degree murder and attempted murder. the f.b.i. is also investigating if harrouff was either on bath salts or a drug called flakka. is it un-american or apparenting right? a pledge of allegiance waiver sent home to florida parents is creating hot debate. it's a permission slip allowing parents to opt their children out of the daily pledge. as fox 13's ken suarez shows us happy with this waiver. >> you know when