and fox-13's ken suarez went to visit him... to see what makes him tick. 3 david collins is a bit of a renegade.. an artist who sees anything and everything as his palate.. this is his latest self expression.. a giraffe on this towering oak.. .joanne garrylakeland "it's beautiful. i feel like i am in africa.." but this is munn park.. beth landers lakeland'it's perfect for lakeland..and thatit would be a giraffe in a tree..it's wonderful..' on the other side... an ostrich.. collins says if his paintings hung in a local museum... a few hundred people would enjoy them.. here.. possibly ten times that.. david collinsartist'its all about getting your art seen. it's one thing--the joy of doing it..it's another getting your art seen..' he has not been paid for any of his surprise public art attacks. ken suarez four years ago, collins wanted to paint a mural on the back of a building he owned.. the city said no.. that got him kinda riled up.. so he decided to take the town by seige.. creating unauthorized art. all over... his first stri

fox-13's ken suarez is working to get new information about the investigation for a live report at 5:30. 3 3 (jen) while you were sleeping: another tragic night on the roads... this time, for two joggers. troopers say: a driver hit and killed them. 3 (jen it happened just the corner of "stryker" and "taconic" road in avon park... that's in highlands county. troopers say: 47-year-old "oh-dally labrada rodriguez" and 40-year-old "alexy rivero cespedes" were jogging in the same direction as traffic. they were *not wearing any lights or reflective gear. a car came from behind and hit both of them. 3 (jen) so this morning, a reminder for *all pedestrians... you should always run *against traffic... so cars can see you coming. and wear reflective gear. 3 3 (walter she's back in the u-s now, but schuyler arakawa is still a long way from recovery. she's the 22-year-old yale student from tampa, who was injured in a freak accident in colombia over the weekend. 3 (walter) she was rafting with a group of friends on a river... when a *boulder fell from 30-feet above, and hit her on the head. (jen)

and ken suarez standing by in bartow where the news just broke. ken, were they expecting this or no? >> reporter: this was not unexpected because of what was happening. she has been under investigation for months now a final report 1000 plus pages. she didn't do anything illegal but may have crossed many people in the community really up in arms. >> allow me to apologize for any failure of my part to manage a relationship with a senior staff member. i take responsibility for that. i have learned from it. >> reporter: kathryn leroy's apology did not make one difference to a growing number of critics. including a former board member. respect. >> reporter: he is a member of citizens for better eggs cages leadership. the primary cole, to get rid of the superintendent. dr. wendy bradshaw resigned as a teacher because she was fed up with the system. she posted it on the internet. the bottom line. >> there is no way to repair it. this very roundly said that you know we think this was very unethical and unprofessional and we don't have faith in her. the or

ken suarez is *live from the scene... up next. 3 ((walter developing this morning: ride in the sky? the push to bring elevated lanes to a very busy tampa road... is one step closer to reality this morning. why it could do *more than ease your *commute. 3 ((jen goodbye guantanamo? president obama announces his long-awaited plan today... for finally closing the controversial detention facility... and the big question is: where will the detainees go? 3 ((walter and... the ads say: "soup is good food." but is it really a great *cold remedy? we'll put mom's favorite sickness treatment to the test. 3 3 ((walter)) its now 5:__

fox-13's ken suarez shows us: what's in the works. 3 since it opened four years ago, legoland has been like a magnet.. drawing bigger crowds than ever before to winter haven.. it looks like soon the head count will be even higher still.. plans are in works to build a new resort here on 50 plus acres boardering lake dexter.. just across 166 duxplexes.. pool, or hang out at the ponds during their extended stay.. local shops, who legoland's presence, can't rachel falkamy's cards, party and more"it will build the and it it's a really good merlin entertainment, legoland's parent company, has down roots here.. it has so.. every time, the same thing has happened.. more hotel brought in 160.. the new model center in lake when it moved its downtown winter haven , another 50.. it all adds up.. katie worthingtongreater commerce'more jobs creates more disposable income , life for the individuals that it is going to make a number of announcementswith details when the time is right.. right now, mum's the word.. enough said..in winter haven , ken suarez, fox 13 news 3 ((jen)) there's much more to com

and ken suarez shows why you this has hit a community very hard. >> reporter: only ashes and memories are left where the first haitian church stood. this is where generations of families got married, celebrated joys and shared sorrows. on tuesday night a fire knocked the corner stone of the community to its fees. people were in bible study when flames broke through the ceiling and a part of history broke through. >> you see the church is empty that's how i felt. i was empty. that is part of my life and to see it happen so fast and the way it was happening, nobody could do this. >> reporter: bereca was the only church of its kind in the area. and when immigrants got here stop. >> it was their home away from home, the pastor made sure they had something to eat, place to stay and they were able to talk to others in their own language. they learned that the pastor fritz paul has the answers. >> he helps them with immigration needs and get the kids set up, fund them. any problem that you have, he is there to help you. >> reporter: now the church is in need. the building was 80 years old an

and ken suarez reports for us they are demanding change. >> you think you will come here to commit crime. >> trying to sell sex for money you may end up like these four, under arrest for prostitution, arrested by deputies who work for grady judd who carries out operations targeting prostitutes and johns. there is something different, they can call themselves anything they want, they can dress any way they want, but when it comes down to booking them in the jail it depends on the plumbing. >> the people arested are transgender. after the arrest is causing a stir. they accused the sheriff of outing them. >> you cannot air the business that's very sensitive or put them at risk. there is no knead to put that out there when you make an arrest. >> outing them can have deadly consequences. >> it endangers them. >> he calls it is hog wash, why do it. >> they outed themselves with the web site under transsexual escorts. they are upset they were not identified as women on the happy work. the driver's license lists them as male. and men. the men are booked in as men. >> if you have female plumbing

as ken suarez shows us the effort took a step forward. >> it was a day of moving ahead. by looking back. >> and skied to make a toe nation. donated $10,000 toward as memorial. >> the piece is not -- peace is not free it is at a price and comes with the lives of the officers who put on the uniform. >> four years ago his brother approached a group of teens hanging out in a park and shot to death. since then their sister has joined the force, i love helping. it is an honor to remember my brother. this is a way that i can always have him be a part of me. >> they are now a big part of the memorial, the planned to be built. the statute of an officer will be flanked by plaques with the names of officers who lost their lives. it has been tough raising money the goal is $300,000.567890000 is donated in the past few months. the gift jump set number to 60. humbling. and i think that our home is that it will jump start other entities, corporations. >> whether they know anyone affected. in lakeland, ken suarez, fox 13 news. >>> well the police hope to break ground on this memorial by

and ken suarez was in the courtroom. >> it was a day of reckoning for a murderer lester ross. he wore jail house orange in contrast to the shirts and ties during the trial, the defendant is guilty of first degree murder. >> he was convicted of killing his daughter and hiding her body in a freezer in the garage for months. and both their bodies were buried in shallow graves in a orange grove. >> you may call her to the podium. >> holm's mother told the court what she wanted for ross. >> he needs to sufficient area bit, too. just like they did, then it was time. >> the proceeding was fast. and in just ten minutes ross learned his fate. >> count three murder i will sentence to you life in prison without the possibility of parole, he had been waiting for that for six years. and -- fletcher had been waiting for that for six years. >> i think about them every day. i still always, you know, dreaming about them, seeing them at night, it is hard. >> fletcher may be in limbo for the future. the life sentence will be appealed. and that could take years to settle. in bartow, ken suarez, f

enough said. >> in winter haven, ken suarez. fox 13 news. >>> and there is no word when it will break ground the new resort the project isit waiting for government approval, the occupation of a rufuge has ended. the hold outs surrendered would weeks after the leaders were arrested. the last occupiers negotiated to have a safe passage out of the area. they will face a conspiracy charge for the role in the ordeal. federal land use. they wanted two jailed ranchers freed. and they are facing federal charges for a tense standoff in 2014 in nevada. and they say that the rancher owes 1 million in unpaid grazing fees. he was arrested after stepping off a plane. he planned to visit his sons 5eu6789 2 inmates are dead. 12 are injured after a brawl between rival drug gangs broke out at a prison in mexico. they started around midnight after the prisoners set fire to a storage area. it is the country's deadliest riot in years and before the pope's visit to mexico. he will visit another prison there in the next week. >>> passengers who experi

ken suarez has he details on why. ken? >> reporter: i can tell you the public part of the meeting just wrapped up where some people were speaking in support of katherine leroy, others saying it's a good thing she left. she has always ban contentious as you said, leroy submitted her resignation. that comes in the wake of an description that took months to complete. it centered on the personal relationship between leroy and a top staffer, gregory rivers. its concluded that leroy did nothing illegal but may have crossed the line professionally. many members of the community says she has to go, and that's the bottom line. one of the most outspoken critics of leroy standing next to me, dr. wendy bradshaw. are you happy? >> i think it's an unfortunate situation. we'd prefer these things not happen. but when you're in charge of leading an organization that is serving children, like the public school system, you need to be held to a higher moral standard. so even though she was found not guilty of any legal wrongdoing, we want to

fox13's "ken suarez" is outside berkeley prep this morning where she attended school a few years ago. 3 what happened? 3 3 thanks, ken. 3 3 thanks, ken. thanks, 3 3 the eight remaining supreme court justices will for the first time since the death of their colleague justice "antonin scalia". with justice scalia laid to rest... the focus is now on who will replace him. as fox news correspondent "kristin fisher" tells us: the debate is dividing lawmakers along party lines.... 3 ((take pkg))runs: 1:31out: std chyrons:0:02-0:21 kristin fisher / washington, d.c. / fox news correspondent (on cam fox news tag)0:22-0:27 josh earnest / white house press secretary1:01-1:11 sen. ted cruz / (r-tx) presidential candidateclinton/(d) presidential candidate ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ______________ there's no question that president obama will nominate someone to replace justice scalia. the question is... when. right now -- president obama's in the process of whittling down a number of potential replacements to a short list. on friday -- he was pho

hundreds of people are worried how they're going to get home to work and school. 3 ((walter fox-13's ken suarez is at tampa international right now... ken... this has 3 to be a huge pain. 3 3 3 3 3 3 (jen) there's a new bill being discussed by lawmakers in kentucky... that would require men to get their wives' written permission... before taking viagra or other erectile dysfunction treatments. 3 (jen "house bill 3-69" would also require a man to see his doctor twice... and swear on the bible... that he will only use the prescription drugs when having sex with his current spouse. yes, it's real... they're discussing it... but there's something else going on here. the bill was proposed by representative mary lou marzian. and she says: it's a barbed response to an anti-abortion decision earlier this week. kentucky governor signed an informed consent law... requiring women to receive counsel from a an abortion. she says: it's riduculous for lawmakers to get involved that way, and this is her counter-measure. 3 (jen) marzian says: she doesn't expect the bill to get very far, but she says: she's maki

and putting lives in danger.. 3 ((jen fox 13's ken suarez is live 66th street and 121st avenue.. with some outrageous video. 3 3 3 (jen) in orange county: detectives are trying to solve the stabbing death of an 81-year-old man. and it comes with a warning for the public this morning. 3 (jen investigators found "julian gresham's" body in his home, near the orlando international airport saturday night. his car was missing... and a gun may have been inside. they thought his 45-year-old daughter, "tessie gresham," and her boyfriend, "david buchan," had taken the car... and they're considered "persons of interest" in the case... sunday morning... and the car wasn't with them... now authorities are warning people: if you see the vehicle, don't approach it... call 9-1-1 instead. it's a beige taurus, with florida tag number: s-k-m-3-u. 3 (walter) it's so frustrating... struggling for words... up until now, people thought that symptom was part of alzheimer's disease... now, scientists think that's not the cause at all... instead, they trace it to a mysterious brain disorder, that, like al

ken suarez said big changes are now in store for the park. [music] >> reporter: what an adrenaline rush, to skate like this or just to watch. here it is free either way. skaters from all over are drawn to the new skate park because it is known as the cream of the crop. a gem. >> the majority of the people throughout are out there to get exercise, have fun and you know have the camaraderie that we have out there. >> reporter: there is more than sick moves and balance here. >> we had a number of fielded there you have to do something. >> reporter: in the last few years it has had 60 complaints many about what is going on in the parking lot. police have made dozens of drug arrests, taken people in for stealing and threatening violence. starting monday, the park will be closing at 8 p.m. two hours earlier than usual down. the city is thinking about hiring someone to pay that salary for the first time ever the city would charge an entrance fee, we worked hard to get this built years of hard work and for a few to come in and spoil the fun for many

. >> and ken suarez caught up with him to see what makes him tick. >> david collins is a renegade an art hoist sees anything and everything as his pallet. this is his self-expression a giraffe on this towering oak. >> it is beautiful. i feel like i'm in africa. >> but this is mon park, it is great for park land and in a tree. >> on the other side an ostrichf they hung in a museum, few hundred people would enjoy them. here possibly ten times that. >> it is about getting your art seen, you know it is one inthe joy of doing it. you know you want people to see what you did. >> hehe has not been paid for any of the art attacks, four years ago he wanted to paint a mural the city said no that got him riled up, he decided to take the town by siege creating unauthorized art all over. the first strike was countered. >> i did not expect the city the next day to pressure wash it off the sidewalk at 7:30 t is like not only will we not tolerate this we're not going to let the breakfast bunch see that. >> it made him more determined to paint on trees, stumps. and a he and con spirittors wrapped lam

. >> in haines city, ken suarez, fox 13 news. >> the polk school district has taken all the actions and monitoring what is going on at noon. >> detectives arrested a teacher accused of sexual contact with a student. stacy lynn hooks was reported on monday. they looked into the accusations aid arrested her on five counts she has been with teacher for 15 years and worked as a math teacher since 2012. deputies are looking if there are more victims. she is in jail on $625,000 bond. >>> they're working on the rail rolled in clearwater. and tens of thousands of you will have to take a detour this weekend. the work is shut down the path to clearwater beach. and steve nichols is live out there this morning. steve,ky only imagine how it went -- steve, i can only imagine how it went and how it will be. >> it will crank up not like today but as you mentioned tomorrow may be the bigger test web the locals head for the beach. the equipment is involved with the railroad work being done now and in the meantime court street is shut down. court is what takes you through downtown to the memorial causeway

an investigation found that kathryn leroy may have crossed we go to ken suarez. >> they are listening to comments about kathryn leroy from educators, member of the public and others. one thing is clear she was contentious, she submitted her resignation, that's in the wake of an investigation that took months to complete and ended up in thousands of pages of documentation. it centered on a relationship between leroy and gregory rivers, staffer. kathryn leroy had done nothing illegal but crossed a line professionally. now many members of the community said she has to go no matter what. that would be discussed but she submitted the resignation. she skirted the issue. one of the outwoken critics is next to me. this is dr. wendy bradshaw. what do you think about this? >> i think it is a disappointing situation we're in all the way around in polk county but she positive steps forward t is just and in the public eye of an institution you are held to a higher morale standard. fie they'll even though she was cleared of legal wrongdoing that there is still that perception of professionalism and

fox 13 ken suarez spoke to a stranded family. he's live at tampa international airport with their story. good morning, ken. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're talking about just not this family but several hundred people on the flight we're watching for you this morning. they've been trying to get back but their flight was one of the 1600 nationwide that was delayed because of the snow on the east coast. a lot of folks. most have to get back home after that long president's day weekend. but it was all way laid. apollo beach. it seems like it's been one problem after the other. first a delay because of the snow. then the plane can't take off because of a mechanical problem last night. so everyone on the plane finally files back into the terminal and that one -- that's when tempers really started to become very very short. >> there were over 200 people on the plane and then nothing is happening. so now people start getting irate. people are yelling. the police show up on their little golf cart and they're there because people ar

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fox 13's ken suarez is live at berkeley prep where skylar went to school. ken, you have spoken with one of her friends who was with her at the time. what did she say? >> reporter: well, you know, she said this trip was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. but, unfortunately, it didn't turn out that way. >>> skylar is a yale graduate on a fellowship. she was teaching and building homes in peru. she and her friends decided to take time off and take an eggs curgs to columbia. they were on a rafting trip when the unexpected happened. skylar and her friends jumped off a cliff into a river. she was apparently treading water when a boulder loosened up and fell right onto her head. just a little while ago, i spoke with one of her closest friends. she saw it happened. and she was absolutely stunned. >> i have a heavy heart, but i had absolutely no hope at that point that skylar was even alive and that she is alive right now is only by the grace of god and the strength of this incredible young woman. >> reporter: a guide was able to fish her out of the water and abl

pfox 13's ken suarez is live for pus hillsborough county animals pservice. pgood morning, ken. p>> we have him in no. pwe'll move on now. pwe'll get over to the weather. pdave always saves us. pdave to the rescue. pif you want me or not i'm here. phey i want to look first at the ptampa cam. pit is pretty start to the day. pwe're looking weston kennedy. pway left side in the background. pflorida would be howard pfranklin. pit's warm, it's muggy. pit's really a completely pdifferent feel this morning. peven though it's gorgeous out. pwe will start to generate a plittle bit more cloud cover and pa little bit more instability plater this afternoon. pas we did yesterday afternoon. pwe may follow that with couple pshowers. pinto quick shower late today. poverall rain chances today only paround 30 percent. pi've got mid to upper 60s for ptemperatures. pthat's how warm it is already. p68 degrees at tampa pinternational here in 8 o'clock phour. p68. pwow. p>> yeah you go back to the west. peverybody's in the 60s. por the 70s. pmid 70s around west palm. pdown that you miami. pand of cour

there are reports that over 1,000 ken suarez is at tampa international this morning. what are you seeing on the boards there? we're seeing people get back to normal. you satisfy dave say that the weather here looks pretty good. the weather is improving elsewhere as well, but you can't wave a magic wand because a lot of people are stranded here there and everywhere. it's going to take a while for them to get where they need to know. we've been watching one flight in particular, a frontier flight that was supposed to leave philly last night but didn't. the pilot came on and said there's a mechanic neck malfunction so the plane has been grounded. debbie says -- she's from apollo beach and she says she wasn't very happy when she heard this announcement. >> i'm sorry about this. i've been -- you know, i've been doing this for 20 plus years and this has never happened. i know this is terrible. i'm going to have the flight so they bring by a small cup of ice with probably half full of water and that's all we got. >> so that was pretty rough last night. hopefully things are i