. >> daytona beach police chief mike chitwood told me today his officers have responded to more than 200 calls for service since the homeless camp opened about two months ago. now he hopes to curb some of that crime with a plan to open temporary housing. >> daytona beach police arrested four people at this homeless camp outside the county administration building on beach street last night. it's another sign that the situation here is out of hand and even dangerous. in fact, our cameras caught one homeless man tearing down a sign in the parking lot and two other women appearing to come pretty close to a physical altercation. >> there's two ways to handle it. short-term and long-term. short-term is what we can do >> before today, there was not a short or long-term solution in place. the chief mike chitwood says the city attorney instructed him not to trespass or arrest the homeless for camping here because it would be illegal. there isn't a shelter for them to go to within city limits. the chief said after a meeting with city and county officials, their goal now is to create a temporar

mike chitwood: this is america . people protest every year outside the race. bob: overnight police made three arrests here open alcohol consumption, drug paraphenalia , and battery. everyone agrees something has to be done about the uneasy tension between the city' s homeless and trying to do business here. reporting in daytona beach, bob kealing, wesh 2 news. angela: if you want to voice your opinion on this issue, there' s a community meeting starting at 5:30 at morning star baptist church. that said about 15 minutes. that' s at 635 madison avenue in daytona beach. stewart: coming up, the search for a missing central florida boy continues tonight. angela: wesh 2 is looking into what' s being done to find 3-year-old xander, and we' re talking to his grandparents who think not enough is being done. >> i don' t know why they can' t attach an amber alert to that search, i don' t understand that part. angela: up in smoke, cameras are announcer: you are watching wesh 2. stewart: we are continuing to monitor some wet weather moving across central florida. it' s bee

news 6's amanda castro joins us live and you got answers from what's happening with police chief mike chitwood live during news 6 at 6:00. what's happened since we last saw you? >> well, people out here are starting to pack up their belongings. they're gathering their stuff. them get their belongings. the chief made it perfectly clear they cannot stay here anymore. >> if you have somewhere where you can go, we'll help you gather your stuff and make it to that location. if you refuse to go, then i have no other alternative than to make an arrest. >> that was police chief mike chitwood. he says they have 82 beds at the salvation army for these people, city and county leaders have been working to get the temporary shelter set up. and now that it's available and these people out here have a safe place to go, the chief says that anyone who is staying here is violating the camping ordinance and will be arrested. we were out here earlier today. we saw people getting arrested, put in handcuffs. they're out here actively packing up all of their belongings. the police chief says these people have been o

chief mike chitwood is joining us. this happened just minutes ago. this has been a very long, developing issue. why all of a sudden are we seeing some action? >> there were a bunch of legal hurdles that had to be cleared. we had to give these folks an opportunity to give these folks the beds in a shelter. we didn't have enough beds to accommodate this. we've worked closely with the business community and the salvation army and today we were able to secure 82 beds in the facility. now that we have the beds, we come down here and make the announcement. you can go to the salvation army, take your belongings with you, you'll be treated with dignity and respect. if you have somewhere else to go, you can pack up your stuff and you're free to go. but if you refuse to leave, in that case then i have to enforce the camping ordinance to make an arrest. at the end of the day, we've seen what has happened here is the public safety and a public health issue. it's a public health issue for the folks who are here. i've had officers embedded in here. we're going to

watch our entire interview with chief mike chitwood on clickorlando.com. there' s a link attached to the top story on the home page. next to the crime alert in osceola county where deputies need your help to get the latest in the home invasion. it happened on rachel lynn lane thursday night in the st. cloud area. we' re told 4 home invaders left a mother and teen tied up for hours at gunpoint and while some of the men stayed with them, others tied the boyfriend up in his car and drove off. the car was later found with the boyfriend inside. luckily no one was seriously hurt. if you have any information, please call osceola county deputies. it' s a story that' s now going viral nationwide. a family claims their son was attacked by a snake at s animal kingdom. out. matt morgan tells news 6 disney should have prevented this from he says the alabama family was walking along the jungle trek in 2014 when the brown and green snake fell on their 8- year- old son. the boy' s great- grandmother died of a heart attack 2 days later. disney says the snake was not venomo

. >>> daytona beach police chief mike chitwood plans to release video of the criminal activity that happened at a homeless camp. we've been telling you about this outside of the county beach street. last night police showed up to remove the homeless there and the salvation army. chitwood said they had to do something because of the at night. >> i've had detectives embedded in here for hours, upon hours. not 12 hours coming out to be cool, out here spending days in here. >> the homeless with were in 44 days before police told them to leave. only one was arrested for refusing to leave. >>> in just two hours drivers will take to the starting line at the daytona international speedway for the rolex 2,400 race. track leaders say they're seeing strong ticket sales this weekend at the newly renovated speedway. rolex 24 starts at 2:40 this afternoon. >>> in the next two weeks drivers will need to find a different way to travel through downtown maitland. yesterday the eastbound lane on horatio avenue shut down between maitland and u.s. 1792. the intersection of independence lane and horatio will be t

they're idiots. >> reporter: daytona beach police chief mike chitwood with some choice words for the three teens who trashed his police cruiser this afternoon. he had been driving this car for nine years and today it beating. >> they're going to blast through the community because they have no rhyme or reason about life. >> reporter: it all started around 4:00 p.m. on nova woman leaving the car in the ignition three 16-year-olds stole the car as police started to follow them they would not pull over despite having two flat tires. the wild ride ending at the intersection of dunn avenue and white street. chitwood caused his car can -- >> the concern is we have 16-year-olds that are out and out thugs are out there running around putting their lives in danger the community lives in danger and the police lives in danger. >> reporter: the chief believes the juvenile justice system has to be tougher on teens who endanger the rest of us. >> the driver of the car today the one that ram me and stunned me out operating a stolen car on two flat tires refusing to stop for the police. this is isn'

chief mike chitwood was among the cruisers behind the suv as the suspects tried to get away. they continued on flats to mason and berkshire. here is what the chief said happened. >> he turns writing to me and i say, this isn' t going to happen. i turn into him. oh, i am spinning out. say the suv hit driver off the road. the suspects bailed and police quickly caught and arrested them. we are getting a look at the suspect to randomly attacked a 71-year-old woman walking her dog. police just released this sketch. the victim says her attacker had a scar on the left side of his face rid she describes him as a young, dark skinned man with short, curly hair. the victim told police he hit her in the head and ran away. the woman had a gash and some bruising, and is now ok. a man charged in a violent attack on two children will answer to a volusia county judge. donny paytas turned himself in to jail yesterday. his girlfriend says he got drunk during a camping trip when he punched one child into a launcher at another. she says she tried to leave and he pointed a gun at her. he is charge

daytona beach police chief mike chitwood said he decided to stay put. he says he loves what wes doing and isn't ready to make a move. the sheriff announced he won't be seeking another term in office. >> an idrive attraction will soon be a bit bigger. fun spot america confirms it is in the process of a huge expansion. >> according to con accept chul the gator spot and could open next spring. they are part of a five to 10 year plan and will be built on a piece of property across the street from the current park. a lot going on. >> good news for fun spot. >> one thing we don't need is a water park today. troy bridges has chilly forecast for us. >> i wonder what they will be saying. >> it is huge, it is not correct grammar to say it is huger or more huge huge. >> we are talking about the cold air across central florida. can you believe we have nearly a 20 degree drop. the high yesterday was 60. right now in many spots we are in the 30's. it is 36 in ocala. 42 in orlando. 45 at new smyrna beach. we invite you to take some photos of what you are dealing with.

eventually they came face-to-face with chief mike chitwood, who says they came after him. >> he looks at me and he just makes that moves worried -- move were he turns right into me. i turn right back into him , next thing you know i am spinning out. jason: the suv also hit another car. and ran a driver off the road. they eventually bailed out of the stolen car. and were quickly caught. michelle: nearly six years after a woman was raped during a home invasion in volusia county, ross and at least two other men broke into the delta on a home -- dana did -- the woman' s home while two sleeping beating and raping her. we spoke to the neighbors of the victim, they are relieved to hear the arrest. >> that' s a relief to know they really worked at it because we thought it was just over and done with and that was it. t. michelle: ross was arrested a separate case. investigators are still searching for the other two man they believed were part of this violent attack. and are about to go in effect in seminole county. but, before that happens, officials say they will review where residents say be

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. >> we caught up with the daytona beach police chief mike chitwood this afternoon on the growing concern of the homeless camp outside the county administration building. >> at the end of the day people are out here in the freezing cold and rain storm. nobody wants them out here, that's correct. >> there wasn't a plan in place to move the 100 or so folks. the police chief said they couldn't because it would be a violation of their rights because there isn't a shelter nearby for them to go to. but now the city manager says he's coming up with 100 beds for a temporary shelter. >> we've got a couple of agencies that have buildings throughout this part of the work with them. >> the fix is a long time coming for some who work and frequent the building. in fact, an incident between a homeless person and a county employee brought the possibility of volusia closing the center altogether. instead, officials kept it open and increased security, which resulted in four arrests here just last night. >> they got a domestic violence case took place, somebody with a crack pipe, people out here drinking.

the video shows chief mike chitwood' s vehicle to the left of the suspect vehicle trying to get the suspect to stop. instead, officials say the suspect passed the chief, then deliberately veered into him, side-swiping chitwood' s vehicle . juveniles were caught a short time later after they allegedly crashed into an innocent motorist' s car. jim: a woman who says she was raped by a former pedi-cab driver in daytona beach nearly two years ago, took the stand at his trial today. we are not identifying the victim but in court, she pointed to 29-year-old george brainard as the man who dragged her into some woods near the speedway following a race. the victim says some of the details are fuzzy because she was drunk and had smoked marijuana. she testified she doesn' t remember getting into the pedicab, but remembers brainard pulling her out by the leg and raping her. >> i was squirming, i was trying to get away. >> how were you trying to get away? >> i was trying to crawl away from him. jim: brainard' s defense attorneys say the two had sex, but that it was consensual. they say the victim called

chief mike chitwood says a woman left her car running when three teens jumped in and took off. within minutes, police spotted the car and tried pulling it over. despite two flat tires, the teens kept going. when the chief tried stopping them himself, the car turned into his cruiser, causing this damage before taking off and finally crashing. >> they could have easily killed themselves or somebody else and nobody was hurt. at the end of the day, there's a little damage to a police car, and that's the end of it. we were lucky and they were lucky. >> chief chitwood says the driver is 16 years old and just arrested for stealing another car earlier this month. >> tonight, orange county sheriff deputies need you to be on the lookout for a killer on the run. investigators were called to the home in the 900 block of 19th street just after 10:00 this morning. reporting they heard gunshots. inside the home they found the body of a black male in his late 20's or early 30's. neighbors tell deputies they saw an older black man drive away in a new white buick. they say that man was wearing a

the stolen vehicle side swiping mike chitwood's police cruiser. the wild ride ending at the intersection of dunn avenue and white street. chitwood says the stolen car sideswiped his cruiser causing it to spin out. >> the concerns are that we have 16-year-olds that are out there, out and out thugs are out there running around putting their lives in danger, the community's lives in danger and the police lives in danger. >> chief chitwood says there is a dash cam video from one of the police cruisers showing part of the incident and he toupes to release that video to the media. when we get it of course we'll show it to you. flagler county deputies they need your help tonight trying to find a missing woman. >> bob, the video of the woman was last seen this afternoon right around 4:00. -- 77-year-old brooke more ton suffers from dementia doesn't normally leave her home. if you see her call 9-1-1 or the flagler county sheriff's office. >>> crews tearing down the miami mansion beach mansion owned by a drug lord. the new owners building a new home on the

you can see it sideswiping police chief mike chitwood's cruiser spinning him out. one of the three teenagers got out of the car and was arrested before hitting his car. the other two were caught when they were stopped. no one was hurt. >>> covering orange county, tomorrow a decision may be made about the future of the theater's expansion project in maitland. these are new renderings of what it may look like some day. they want to add two new theaters, a kitchen, lobby, bathroom and concessions. >>> a polk county company fighting the state over licenses to produce medical marijuana will get a chance in april. knox nursery in winter garden was chosen for our region grow healthy and lake wails is one of 13 applicants now challenging the judging. lake wales finished second. they were directed to produce cannabis oil. a hearing before a state administrative judge is set for april 25th. >>> leaders in volusia county are celebrating the construction of an outlet mall in daytona beach. the 350,000 square foot mall is expected to be completed by black friday this year. the

chief mike chitwood was behind the suspect vehicle at that point, and that' s when officials say the suspects tried to get away. they eventually continued on flat tires to mason and berkshire. here' s what the chief says happened. >> he looks at me and he makes that move where he turns into me. i said the slot happen. i turned back into him. stewart: while going the wrong way, the driver allegedly slammed into an innocent driver and ran another driver off the road. the suspects, which included a junvenile bailed out. but they were all quickly captured and arrested. meredith: five years after a woman was raped during a violent ve made an arrest. tonight, 23-year-old jamedd ross is behind bars, after dna evidence linked him to the attack, wesh 2' s summer knowles has the story. summer: i' m glad to hear it. it' s very good. -- >> relief five years in the making. she' s been waiting five years for an arrest in the armed home invasion rape case. volusia county sheriff' s men broke into her neighbor' home she was sleeping. man put his knee on her chest and threatened her with a knife whil

the video shows chief mike chitwood' s vehicle to the far right, trying to get the suspect to stop. instead, the suspect passes the chief, then deliberately veers into him, side-swiping chitwood' s vehicle. the suspect and two other juveniles were caught a short time later after they allegedly crashed into another car. no one was hurt. angela: the orlando city soccer club is poised to buy land for its stadium. and it comes with an $18 million price tag. taxpayers have already spent around $18 million in preparing the land for the stadium. a delay in stadium construction puts soccer games in the citrus bowl this year. meanwhile officials plan on building the new stadium along church street. the city council will vote next monday on the land buying proposal. angela: moonshine for sale on facebook. a tragic accident in volusia county a man is shot and killed , while hunting with a buddy, and tonight, we' re hearing from their friends. jim: and a k-9 for crack. it' s a story making national headlines. a man tries to trade a puppy he stole for drugs. angela: and how can anyone survive th

eventually they came mike chitwood, who says they came after him. he looks at me and he makes them move where he turns into me and i turned back into him. is i am spinning out. and ran a driver off the road. they eventually bailed out of the stolen car. they were quickly caught. michelle: this morning, orange county deputies are asking for help to find a gunman who killed a man. mid to late 20' s was shot to death yesterday morning in the area, of 19th street and south lee avenue. that' s just west of i-4. neighbors said they heard gun shots, then saw an older man, wearing a skull cap and dressed in black, drive away in a white, four-door buick that looked new. if you know anything call crimeline at 1-800-423-tips. jason: there is new information on monday' s officer involved shooting in orlando. police now say the man officers shot and killed was carrying a fake gun. orlando' s police chief says this started when two officers went to check on 28-year-old eric provost. when officers arrived, provost came out with an air-soft gun, that looked like a

. >> john: police chief mike chitwood tried to block teens and they sideswiped his cruiser and caused him to spin out. damaged. police arrested the three teens inside the car. >> luanne: are a high tech plan to capture wild coyotes is on hold. florida wildlife trappers and rescues pulled their traps and the drone out of the park. that they have the wrong permit to trap the wild coyote -- the florida fish and wildlife said. >> luanne: a vision to have a 3 to 5-acre farm surrounded by 700 homes. several developers have expressed interest in the project. now members of the community would be able to buy a subscription for goods from the farm. they could also run their own plots or buy from a farm stand. there would also be community garden, trails, and a river overlook. not everyone supports this plan. >> now you're going to build 1600 square foot home, 700 of them across the street from me, and thinking you're going to help he? no. you are not helping me. you are not helping the people. >> we don't have the capabilities of handling all of this in this area. >> luanne: there would be ano

eventually, they came face-to-face with police chief mike chitwood, who says they came after him. >> he looks at me, spinning out. i turn right back into him and hit a tree. the next thing i know, i am spinning out. summer: the suv also hit another car, and ran a driver off the road. they eventually bailed out of caught. meredith: almost six years after a woman was raped during a home invasion in volusia county, a suspect is under arrest. 23-year-old jamedd ross is charged with home invasion robbery with a weapon and kidnapping with intent to inflict bodily harm. deputies say ross, and at least two other men, broke into a woman' s deltona home while she was sleeping then beat and raped the victim. match that was connected with dna evidence that led them to ross. after leaving court in a separate case. investigators are still searching for the two other men they believe were part of this violent attack. at least 20 people are killed and many others injured after gunmen storm the university of pakistan. reports say 80 people were shot including staff and students. police and army troop

police chief mike chitwood said that among those really in need were those committing misdeeds. matt: that is my city officials >> we will help in any way that you want. matt: dozens congregated here after those congregated at the city occupied by the homeless. mercy shelter beds are there to accommodate them. those that were here were given a choice, the sheltered -- be checked 42 shelter or -- bus, but others decided to move on. >> i have mixed emotions about this. i am glad they are going to be sleeping in a bed tonight. i am concerned about what is days. matt: homeless advocates and city officials agree that a needed. problem. storage pod for everyone' s belongings. a publix -- a public work crew has been called into cleanup. alex: now to commitment 2016, and the official confirmation hillary clinton received e-mails from the top -- with top-secret information on her private server. with just two days until the iowa caucuses, it' s unclear how this will play out. nbc' s lester holt asked clinton just minutes before the news broke. >> anything could happen, indictments could

mike chitwood said he was trying sideswiped him. >> they could have easily killed themselves or somebody else and nobody was hurt. that's tend of it. lucky. >> detectives say they stole the running. there is a crime alert in brevard county. police hoping this surveillance men who set two cars on fire. you can see in the video one of the suspects there he is pouring gasoline on one of those vehicles. another angle shows you the two men running away. police say one of the men may have been burned. if you have any information, call the crimeline, the number son your screen. >> starting today, things will start looking dirty at the citrus bowl. >> that's ok because 300 truckloads of dirt will be dumped inside the stadium for this weekend's monster jam. it is that time again. converting the stadium into a dirt race, an obstacle course. the event is expected to draw in 60,000 fans. it roars into town saturday night at k. tickets start at 20 bucks. you know what, it is nice to make a mess but cleaning it up is the hard part. >> it seems like it is going to be hard. it is fun. i would love to ch

. >> within the last hour, police chief mike chitwood responded for the very first time about his plan on handling the growing problem. it's a story news 6 has been falling for days after dozens camped outside the appraiser's office. justin warmoth is joining us with the breaking details. what does chief chitwood say? >> the city is working with coming up with 100 beds and a temporary shelter. once the beds are ready and a location is determined for the shelter, he says they can start moving these folks who have started to camp out outside the volusia county administration center. you can see just how many there are, too. the number continues to grow. it appears they could be on their way out. this problem all week. it started as just a few homeless outside the building but the number has continue to grow over the last week or so. it's gotten to the point now where county employees have refused to come to work, but there really isn't anything they can do. officials can't move them because it would be a violation of their rights because there isn't a shelter in place for them to go. but

i spoke with chief mike chitwood about what he says would be illegal for officers to trespass locations at 5. more and live in daytona beach, blaine tomlinson, channel 9 eyewitness news. push mims man charged with attempted murder of number 2 deputies faced a judge. yesterday, melanie holt was in the suspects neighborhood as the deputies were transported to the hospital and today she was there as the suspect was ordered to be held without bond. prosecutors say he is a danger to the community. >> reporter: and the assistant state attorney said the community include law enforcement. 22-year-old skyler francis the men accused of striking to brevard county sheriffs deputies with a metal baton was shackled and in a padded vest when he saw the judge asked state request no bond because we do not believe there are conditions a bond which will be protect -- protecting the probably or law enforcement officers. >> reporter: deputies mike hriciso was hit -- sent to mims because of a 911 call about allow distributed they found a couple in a heated argument that they -- as they attempted to separate

chief mike chitwood was involved in the chase and somehow got spun out at some point in this. he is fine, the suspect were taken into custody and as you can see, the scene is clearing right now. re watching weat jim: smoke fills the skies over paris this morning after a fire breaks out at the ritz carlton hotel. officers blocked off the area at the height of the morning rush hour, as firefighters worked to get the flames under control. crews say no one inside was hurt. the hotel has been closed for renovations for three years, and was expected to re-open in march. no word yet on the amount of damage to the building. the largest natural gas leak in u.s. history should be sealed by the end of february. protesting the situation at the aliso canyon site in los angeles. methane gas has been spewing into the atmosphere since the leak sprung back in october. it prompted the relocation of schools, and more than 2000 households. crews say work at the site is now ahead of schedule, and should be complete next month. angela: a $25,000 reward is now being offered to catch the man accused

. >> the police chief mike chitwood said they had to do something because of the inappropriate behavior at night. he plans to release that video next week he says there's criminal activity that happened at that camp. >>> we're two days away from the first voting of the 2016 presidential race. the iowa caucuses will give us an insight into how the candidates are doing in both parties. >> reporter: in the final push another blow at ted cruz. >> he's an anchor baby in canada. >> reporter: this time cruz isn't firing back. >> he's welcome to say whatever he likes. i like and respect him. >> reporter: cruz now pushing ahead after thursday's trump-less fox news debate and this des moines register headline "rough night for cruz." >> the next president of the united states, hillary clinton. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton pounds the pavement for votes, the state department delivered a bomb shell declaring 22 e-mails she sent from her private server top secret, and he republican opponents are pouncing. >> this is unacceptable. this is a disqualifier. >> reporter: clinton's campaign is

police chief mike chitwood tried to block those teens-- but they side-swiped his cruiser and caused him to spin- out. the chief is okay .. but his car was damaged. police arrested the three teens inside the car. the magic really q win last night. "!ey were hosting the worst team in the eastern conference, the ) philadelphia 76-ers. the first half was close. orlando went into halftime only down one. but then philadelphia outscored the magic 34 to 25 in the third. orlando could never recover. the sixers win, 96 to 87. it is the eighth loss the magic are now 20-21. they welcome charlotte to the amway tomorrow night. the bills just made n-f-l history. buffalo hired the league's first full- time female coach. the team promoted kathryn smith to take over as special teams quality control coach. smith spent this season as an administrative assistant for rex ryan's assistant :-hle has worked with ryan the past seven years. the orlando city soccer club agreed to pay the city about 18 million dollars for the land where their new stadium is going. the 18 million dollars is enough to cover what taxp