murdering a three-year-old boy. 3 they've been deliberating for two days and still no decision for "kara o'connell." prosecutors say the toddler suffered weeks of beatings and abuse. o'connel was dating the boy's father "justin garwacki." the father is *also facing murder charges but cut a deal with the state in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. the defense *blames the father for the murder. 3 3 making headlines around the state: wanna hang out with "harry potter" this year? the price... just went up. universal orlando just annnounced a new hike in ticket prices. 3 a one-day ticket to either universal studios or islands of adventure just jumped to 105 dollars a person. that's a three dollar increase. and a ticket for *both parks went up from 147 dollars... to 155. that combo ticket is the only way guests can use the "hogwarts express" between harry potter attractions. this hike comes about a *year after the last increase at universal. and it now *matches the one day prices at disney's magic kingdom. but that will probably change. disney usually hikes *its prices every year too... usual

kara o'connell is charged with murdering "john baxley" after weeks of beatings and abuse. o'connell was dating the boy's father. last week, the boy's father testified about o'connell's abuse. he's also facing murder cut a deal with the state in exhange for his testimony. the defense claims *he was the one who killed his son. 3 3 tampa police have a new clue... in a deadly strip club shooting. they're looking for a person of interest... captured on surviellance cameras. 3 tampa police released several photos of the man seen on the cameras.. they are not calling him a "suspect"..just a person of interest. someone opened fire in "club rayne" around 2 a-m saturday. 21-year-old marvin lancaster, of brandon, was killed inside the club. and yesterday, a second man... 20-year-old christopher houston...also passed away in the hospital. a candle light vigil was held for houston last night. family members say he was only in the club to pick up a friend when the bullets started flying. they say he did not deserve to die. what he deserves, is justice: 3 in addition to tampa crimestoppe

murdering a three-year-old boy. 3 they've been deliberating for two days and still no decision for "kara o'connell." she is accused of killing three year old "john taylor baxley." prosecutors say the toddler suffered weeks of beatings and abuse. o'connel was dating the boy's father "justin garwacki." the father is *also facing murder charges but cut a deal with the state in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. the defense *blames the father for the murder. 3 3 developing this morning in polk county: a new scam... targeting taxpayers. and it all starts, with a phone call. 3 the sheriff's office say a caller will claim to work for the i-r-s and demand payment of the taxes you owe. if you get a call like that... you're being scammed. that's because the i-r-s never makes phone calls or sends emails about taxes... they only communicate through the u-s postal service. and the calls are even getting more complicated. the scammer might call and threaten jail time if you *back, claiming to be local police. the sheriffs office says elderly residents are especially vulnerable to these scams. the i-r

kara o'connell is charged with murder. the child's father agreeing to testify against her. spanking the 3-year-old boy and it kept escalating from there. he is testifying o'connell beat him with a belt for peeing on the bed and cut his lip with fishing string. >> on a few occasions i witnessed her pick him up by the throat, hold him up to the ceiling fan and tell him if he didn't get [censor] she would hang him from the ceiling fan. >> he agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder charges in exchange for his testimony against o'connell. he will serve no more than 30 years in prison. jamison. >> the woman accused of taking her two children and causing an amber alert is back in jail before a judge. gigi was found with her kids in madison, florida last week. police say she took the kids from the grand parents. with the law, not even a parking ticket. she will be granted a public defender. >>> a cop killer sentenced to death will have his case heard by the florida supreme court. morris killed tampa police officers david cu

thursday, a jury found "kara o'connell" guilty of manslaughter and child abuse. she was dating the boy's father, justin garwacki, at the time. *he was *also facing murder charges, but cut a deal with the state, in exchange for testifying *against o'connell. 3 3 (jen - happening today: donald trump is making a campaign stop in tampa. the g-o-p heavyweight is u-s-f. more tickets than seats were made available. so arrive early and bring cash. it's 20-dollars to park. hear what trump had to say... and how voters feel about his message... tonight on fox 13 news at 10. 3 3 (jen) former president george w. bush is expected to make his first appearance on the campaign trail next week. former governor jeb bush at a rally in north charleston, south carolina. bush is still popular among some republicans, especially in south carolina... where he won primary races in 2000 and 2004. in new hampshire, jeb needs he's lagging behind in fourth place in a recent poll of likely voters in south carolina. 3 3 (walter) 3 so... take a big deep breath. we made it... that means: time for

they've been deliberating the fate of "kara o'connell" for two days, and still no decision. she's accused of killing "john taylor baxley." prosecutors say: the toddler suffered *weeks of beatings and abuse... the *defense blames the boy's *father for 3 (walter some puppies found abandoned on the side of the road in a box... are recovering this morning. someone found them about a week ago in hillsborough county, and took them to the humane society. shelter workers think: the puppies may have been in distress for *weeks... they were dealing with severe malnourishment and mange. but the happy update wednesday says: they're healing, and their hair is growing back. 3 3 ((jen a gunman who shot and killed two maryland deputies... has ties to florida. authorities say david bryant evans shot and killed the first deputy at a panera bread north of baltimore wednesday morning. evans then left the crowded restaurant and shot another deputy... who had responded to the first shooting. evans died in a shootout with authorities. he had a warrant for his arrest in florida for assaulting an of