kathy belich was the only reporter in the courtroom. >> damon davis took his own defense. today he was quiet and respectful. >> prosecutors say damus shot for his life during a home invasion robbery. >> damus's friend, conrad sheaffer pled guilty, accused of stabbing him after he was shot until he stopped breathing. >> eric's loved ones asked that the judge read the impact victim letters to himself. john morgan read their letters and sentenced damus to life saying there was no reason for him to kill him. >> other than just to attempt to avoid responsibility for your evil. get fingerprinted and then thanked the law enforcement officers who helped save solve the case. investigators say the murder was one of 22 shootings in 15 days involving sheaffer who was 15 years old in the summer of 2013. >> i wish that he would rot in jail as long as he can and burn >> he's punishing himself because of his actions. >> damus's relatives caused an out burst in court last year when he was found guilty. today they sat silently. they insisted he was innocent. >> he killed two people. >> life

kathy belich was there. she's had dui's in her past past but still got hired anyway. >> reporter: that's right. the district said that misdemeanor charges, which her dui was, don't disqualify people. sanford police said she didn't know what day it was her yesterday. they said they found her with a plastic water bottle like this with pink liquid in it. when they opened it up an officer said he smelled alcohol. >> what was in that bottle? >> 52-year-old holly joel posted $8,500 bond today and walked out of the seminole county jail after spending the night. charge of child neglect and two misdemeanor charges. >> wow. that's really bad. i hope they got her out the school, right? >> they did. >> court records show she pled no contest to dui in 2012 after refusing to take a breathalyzer. >> you did have a previous dui, do you have an issue with alcohol? >> two years after to dui the seminole district hired her as a substitute teacher. they said misdemeanors don't disqualify employees. >> police said once the word

kathy belich is live. did he know the over driver was a deputy when he called 911? >> no. -- >> reporter: no. rich valentine left orange county but closer to home in traffic in clermont he said the off duty deputy went off on him and eventually pointed a gun at him. >> alleged victim richard valentine said he was trying to cross over highway 50 to florida avenue. we found heavy traffic here today. valentine said off duty deputy joseph alalla was started honking and gesturing. valentine said the deputy tailgated him for about a mile and at one point as they were side by side he said he pulled a gun on him. he wanted us to hide his face. >> i was scared. i had no idea what he was plans to do. >> he said he was angry as a concealed permit weapon. >> i couldn't let him get away with it. i needed to find outside who this guy was. >> the deputy told police he was the one being tailgated and said he feared for his life so he merely showed his sheriff's office service weapon but did not point it. the deputy said he drove to this racetrack so the other driver would not follo

. >> kathi belich at the school. sanford police are not only was she drunk, but she brought alcohol to school with her. >> reporter: sanford police say they saw her with a plastic zephyrhills water bottle filled with pink liquid, took it from like alcohol. they also say she did not know what day it was. >> can you tell us what was in the bottle? >> >> reporter: holly joel walked out of the summer county jail one hour and a half ago and tried to fend off questions about whether she was drunk at school yesterday morning as police say she appeared to be. >> can you explain why you're not on your feet and why you smelled of alcohol according to police? >> sanford police say it was tuesday but she thought it was monday and when asked what president obama's first name is she said obama. >> i'm in shock. >> reporter: police a is senior in turn was in the second grade class with joel and word got around she may have been drunk so school administrators and the school resource officer that the 25 students out of the classroom

kathy belich is there. do investigators have any leads? >> reporter: not right now. investigators could not get a good enough description from the victim of the gun man to draw up any sketches. the report says the victim's front door was not locked. they did get away with about $100 in cash, but $75 of that was in coins in a classic roast coffee can. 23-year-old nelson schaefer told seminole county sheriff's investigators a loud bang woke him up just after midnight. he turned on the light and saw two hooded men in his apartment, one with a pistol. he said they demanded money and threatened to shoot him. we reached out to him but he did not want to talk to us about the attack, saying obviously it was frightening. the news is spreading through building 1457. caleb hook lives right above the the scene. >> they haven't caught him yet. >> oh, really? >> reporter: two people. >> oh, wow, two. i guess i'm going to have to be extra cautious and stuff like that. >> reporter: the victim told investigators he eventually point he said out his classic roast coffee can full of cha

kathi belich is live in the school. police say she did not know what day it was. >> reporter: the report says substitute teacher holly jo thought it was monday yesterday, which was tuesday but the report says she knew what year it is and who -- and with the president is but one was asked to present his first name, she said obama. the sanford police report says 52-year-old holly joel fell over against the window when her eyes were closing. the school resource officer at bentley elementary said he saw her with the zephyrhills plastic water bottle with the included in it and when he smothered he smelled alcohol. she will face a judge this afternoon on top -- child neglect, disorderly intoxication and interfere with school functions for the officer says the substitute teacher was swaying and had to help her keep her balance and she smelled of our call. the school district says she is done as a substitute teacher for the district because of what happened yesterday. we found out she pled no contest to dui in orange county in

. >> kathy belich has covered this from the start. they wanted her confession thrown out. >> reporter: defense lawyers accused the sheriff's calls for an attorney. we're trying to find out if that had anything to do with her no contest plea to second degree murder. >> mary ann schwartz called 911 as she and her partner drove her 3-year-old daughter to the hospital, first reporting the child had fallen down the stairs and then claiming a driver hit the girl in the parking lot of her contest. the authorities showed her autopsy photos showing they were not consistent with the injuries. >> her daughters suffered the head injury over potty training. the document shows schwartz said she panicked, tried cpr and daughter's face. >> she said she lied because she was scared. he asked for a lawyer but her lawyer accused press for her answers after she said she wanted an attorney. >> reporter: we could never find any other court documents concerning that acquisition. schwartz is still here at the orange county jail but soon will years. reporting