police arresting the 13-year old girl driving the car, stolen out of pascoe county. license. >> reporter: which, which now 13-year-old girl could get. because of her age we will name her but police are concerned that this growing trend of children's crime is not slowing down. >> they are also using them for other crimes. >> reporter: which is why when police saw the erratically operated honda odyssey they followed it. after the driver ran a red light the officer hit his lightbar, at that point the driver turned off her lights only to hit the wall. police insist there was no pursuit but the impact speed was estimated at over 50 miles per hour. >> those bricks just fell apart. they became projectiles. they are all over the place. it went through my window. >> reporter: the force was so great that part of that wall ended up here in her dining room. as she looked around her it was not worse. >> there were bricks inside the backseat of the car. she is very lucky that it did not kill her. >> reporter: -- >> right now deputies giving the all clear at dunedin high school after a bomb threat. the

and the edge of pasco county. almost in hernando county but not quite. bellamy brothers boulevard at tying up the entire side of bellamy brothers. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, their night to shine. >> and it's a worldwide moment. what one foundation is doing to give people with special needs a night to remember. >>> and you can connect with me with story ideas. check out my facebook page or send me a tweet. i just posted picturesover a car that crashed into a carport and then landed on two cars. it's breaking news this morning. and you're watching news >>> tonight is prom night for some palm harbor students in tampa bay but what makes the party extra special, it's going down tim tebow-style. brook dreaming wide awake this is the life i make don't need a holiday >> 200 church in 48 states in seven country around the world will host a night to shine and that includes a special event for hundreds here in tampa bay. >> we're going to take them around on a limo ride, a red carpet experienc

my understanding is she is from pasco county. how did she get here? >> reporter: police spotted her minutes before the crash. she took off when they tried to pull her over. >> that brick came from over here? >> yes. >> reporter: now madison is left picking up a mess while the 13-year-old is in juvenile detention. >> none of us know how she survived it. a man wanted a set a deputy house on fire after noticing his cruising in the driveway. daniel hall was on a mission to get arrested. the sheriff says hall lit the porch furniture on fire. while the deputy and his family and k-9 were sleeping. the good news no one was hurt. tonight he has a serious warning for anyone targeting law enforcement in their home. >> our deputies and their family members will be trained on how to protect themselves. if that means using deadly force so be it. >> hall is facing two felony charges for arson and burglary. his friends say he has mental problems and needs help. >>> crime alert. a warning if you are looking to sell on craigslist. hillsborough deputies arrested a man w

. >>> pasco county police need your help to find this man. they believe he may be responsible for several car burglaries in the foxwood call the pasco county sheriff's office with any information. >>> part of i-75 in sarasota county is still closed due to a bad early morning crash. a fuel tanker crashed before 5 a.m. in north port causing a huge fuel leak. the crews have been working all day cleaning it up and resurfacing the road. we just checked and the highway patrol hopes to have southbound i-75 back open in time for that big morning commute. by the way, you can always tune into news channel 8 today, tomorrow morning from 4:00 until 7:00 for the very latest on this accident. we'll help you get around any traffic backups. >>> also on i-75 in sarasota county two people died in a crash near nacomas road. one car rolled over killing two people inside. state troopers still investigating tonight how this happened. >>> now to 8 on your side your vote coverage tonight, the republican field of presidential candidates is now down to five after form

up in pasco county. state road 52, busy road go south to state road 54 and get on the interstate that way. we have a crash. let's check with action air one. >> reporter: we're at top of state road 56. the headlights are coming from state road 54. i-75, i guess is unaffected by this. that is the good news. state road 52, i think a little west of 75 is where we're talking about that accident. [poor audio] >> 6:32. in highlands county, a group of middle school students could be facing felony charges. >> the sheriff's office is investigating what they are describing as a sexting epidemic at lake placid middle school. tiontiontion reporter rod rod is gathering information -- rodney dunigan, we found out the students investigated are girls. >> reporter: that's right. in fact the sheriff's office investigators are looking at 20 young girls now. pictures and video on their cell phone. the school's principal is now trying to get to the bottom of this. and also warning parents to know exactly what your kids are do

he was fired today by the pasco county school district. we are told he has been a substitute since february and did pass a federal background check beforehand, and his victim that 14-year-old was not enrolled in the pasco county school system but that doesn't matter much to school administrators who are still concerned over the charges. >> he was around other kids and exhibited that behavior with someone else. >> you don't mess with a 14-year-old when you are 20 something. >> again, he was charged with lewd and lascivious battery. he is out of jail on 20,000 bond. >> and an interesting story here. dozens of burglary victims are now getting their jewelry and found the stolen stuff inside an apartment in lakeland, and they arrested two men for a string of break-ins in the area. >> police say they identified the thieves through surveillance video and followed them to a pasco county home where they were caught in the act and arrested. dustin peters and harry damon are facing a myriad of charges including including grand theft and armed burglar

controversy tonight in pasco county, florida.. where a deputy's body cam video shows the arrest of a shoplifter. your back, i'm going to put you controversy tonight in pasco county, florida.. where a deputy's body cam video shows the arrest of a where fire crews are on the scene of a large blaze at a golf course in ahwatukee.. we are just getting these images coming into our newsroom. no word yet on how the fire got started.. or if anyone's been injured. that's the latest from the breaking news center. controversy tonight in pasco county, florida.. where a deputy's body cam video shows the arrest of a shoplifter. 17-25 "put your hands behind your back, i'm going to put you on the ground. put your hands...oh my god...stop resisting me." you can see in the video.. as the officer tries to arrest the woman.. he slams her head against the critics say the deputy went too far.. but the pasco county sheriff says he did nothing wrong. terrifying video out of austin, texas.... as a dump truck slams.... into a stopped car. this video shows..

this happened at overpass road in pasco county. looks like they have most of the lanes if not all of the lanes open now. hopefully this won't cause any delays during your morning drive but corey and i will keep an eye on it. right now you're smooth-sailing through i-75. we talked about the high wind advisory on the sunshine skyway. here's a picture of the bridge here. cars getting by fine. still just nine minutes from toll booth to toll booth. a live look at 275 and ashley drive, i have some great news for drivers that take 275 northbound through that dale mabry area. they did some work overnight putting that realignment back to normal. so all that congestion we've noticed the past few weeks that is adding 10, 15 minutes to the drive times, hopefully we'll see some relief today. we'll look at drive times later in the morning and check on that. back to you. >>> 5:02. news from southern germany where two passenger trains collided head on. first responders reported at least four dead, 150 injured. it happened 7:00 local time. 40 miles

pasco county this particular accident, a semistruck and motorcyclist. southbound u.s. 19, all lanes are blocked at ridgeroad, and you're routed around that, too. but no delays because traffic is light. now we have an issue, ulmerton road, and all the eastbound lanes taken away before you get to 275, folks, and this is fountain parkway. that's possible fatal, and at this point, severe injuries, and a lot of activity going on in the eastbound lanes, and i will be following the break traffic news for you throughout the morning. now back to gene and gayle. >>> happening today, big progress at tampa international airport, and leaders will be on hand for a ribbon cutting, and that marks the first completed plan expansion, and we are talking about the airport's new concession and receiving and distribution center it will allow t.i.a. to add more food choices for passengers it comes as the airport prepares to unveil the bay area coffee and tea at auntie ann's next week. the overcall expansion will cost $1 billion, and it started in late 2016. you can count on n

the city of zephyrhills and pasco county schools are ending schools. now two corporals from the pasco county sheriff's office will serve as their school resource officers. it's happened again. you remember this cruise ship.. "anthem of the seas" which turned around before reaching port canveral earlier this month because of storm damage.. well the same ship is returning to its home port in new jersey once again. royal carribbean says the ship needed to turn around to avoid sailing into another major storm in the atlantic. there are also reports of a norovirus outbreak on board. the ship is expected back at cape liberty on wednesday morning. if you've lived in tampa bay for any amount of time.. you've seen your share of construction projects.. and now we're learning that might impact our environment. according to a recent study, tampa bay is one of the top 10 port cities, most effected by climate change. our partners at the tampa bay times say in addition to construction, our area is also at risk of property damage because of wind and coastal flooding f

a fire breaks out at a pasco county mobile home park. it happend around 8 o'clock sunday night...on bella bella lane in odessa. according to investigators a mobile home caught fire...and the fire spread to two other mobile homes nearby. firefighters say 2 of the homes were destroyed. the third home only had minor damage. no one was hurt...but firefighters believe two dogs died in this fire. investigators are still trying to figure out how the fire started. crashed on a road in gainesville sunday afternoon. investigators say the pilot reported a fire in the plane's cockpit before it went down. the pilot and his passenger were taken to a hospital to be checked out.. they are expected to be okay. an army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon is facing murder charges. police say he killed his wife and opened fire on three police officers in a washington, d-c suburb. officer ashley and killed saturday on her very first day on patrol with the prince william county police department in virginia. guindon and two other officers were responding

this is pasco county, hernando county here. fortunately traffic is light so not seeing significant delays. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> we've been following this story all week. >> that's right. today is the day for one local superintendent to find out if she will keep her job. >> yeah, what the polk county school board could do later today in light of an investigation ignited by sexual harassment accusations. >>> see the dash coop footage of a crash that should have taken the life of a highway patrol -- dash cam footage of a crash that should have taken the life of a highway patrol officer. ambassador is presses on the u.n. to impose tough sanctions on north korea. rite now the u.s. and china are negotiations a new resolution. they want sanctions that go beyond north korea's nuclear programs. however, china worries the measures will cause the country's economy to fail. >>> and more than 50 inmates are dead after a brutal fight at a mexican prison. rival groups starte

back a couple months later and expect things to be the way they were. >> reporter: reporting in pasco county, jake peterson, abc action news. >> sad news out of polk county tonight. >>> three children dead and for their lives after a horrific crash there. and now deputies want to know if weather was a role. there was debris along cypress parkway. just before 9:00 last night, one of the cars began to fishtail near laurel avenue, hitting another car. a 6-year-old in the first car died. and a 6-year-old and 8-year-old were killed in the other car. three other children and four adults are now hospitalized. deputies say it's possible that wet roads were a factor in this crash. several good samaritans, though, stopped by to try to help the victims. also in polk county, a teacher faces a dui charge after deputies say he drove his car into a mailbox. detectives say anthony crashed last night. he's a math teacher at bartow high school. he's free on bond tonight. >>> developing tonight, wear still waiting to hear of the man killed during a stabbing in they arrested donny mathis for the death yesterday

in pasco county this morning. ryan, she is fed up. >> reporter: gene, good morning. she tells 8 on your side enough is enough. she said almost daily she sees people zip by the school bus and just the other day, a driver almost hit one of her students as he was trying to cross the road. >> probably the scariest moment that i have ever experienced as a school bus driver and i've had some doozies but that capped them all. >> reporter: robin russ tells 8 on your side that driver was in a rush to get to a family dollar store on state road 54 in zephyrhills. she took to social media to remind drivers to be aware and picking up or dropping off kids. across the country, similar incidents play out every day, thousands over the course of the year. russ hopes her message gets through to other drivers on the roadway. and now that school bus driver actually wants pasco county school district to perhaps install cameras that may catch the license plate numbers of those vehicles that zip right by, gene. back to you. >> incredible

. >> reporter: pasco county commissioner moore wants the county to come up with a solution that won't hurt ligitimate organizations. salvation army tells me they try to be a good area to the neighbor with surrounding donation center drop boxes. in tampa they had a shut a center down completely because of till legal dumping. >> maybe the solution is putting a fence around the bins and having somebody from the organization come in the morning and unlock it and at night lock it again. >> reporter: the county added code enforcement officers. >> you can't stake the place out 24-hours a day making sure no one is dumping. >> you can take a closer look charities and what is being done to find it at wtsp.com. >>> it is a 10 news health alert. a pregnant woman in florida contracted the zica virus. it is the 42nd case of zica in florida originated from outside of the u.s. mosquito-borne virus is linked to a birth defect that causes small heads. hillsborough county remains under a zica health energy ordered by governor scott. >>> pasco county is doing something to stop the virus from spreading. y

still ahead, did more people moving into pasco county, county leaders are bringing in a new business they think customers will love. plus, the most romantic restaurants for valentine's day. >> and chipotles reporting its first ever sales decline after the e. coli outbreak. >> after all the food-related illness last quarter it's no surprise chipotle's earnings fell 44%. the woods yet. it face as difficult and expensive year trying to its food safety. >> legal marijuana sales though booming, up 25% last year and u.s. sales this year expected to reach $6.7 billion. >>> food for thought at mcdonald's for the next two weeks, mcdonald's is serving books in its meals. >> mcdonald's expected to distribute more than 17 million. that's good. >>> pasco county commissioners are betting on beer to better the community. commissioners approved the new brotherry set to open in march. the owners started it from their garage and it's pegged by leaders as a turning point along u.s. 41. an area in the process of redeveloping. mark, one of the owners says the growing population needs this type of busines

perhapses into hillsborough and pasco county, too. i think we'll see plenty of sunshine along the coast. nice and dry for you. the pattern persists as we head into sunday. remember, if you are headed to our local beaches use the sunscreen. uv index up to a 7. the sun is getting stronger this time of year. surf temperature still chilly if you are taking the boat out seas one to two. bay waters a light chop. winds east southeast 5 to 10. the clearwater sea blues picture perfect with a temperature of 70 degrees. rain chances increasing tuesday and wednesday. this is the european model. this is tuesday morning. i think most of the rain staying to our north. from time to time we'll see a few waves of rain. we get a break tuesday night. wednesday the final front moves through. scattered showers and storms wednesday. drying out by thursday. that's where we'll see temperatures cooling down into the mid to upper 60s for highs. keep in mind on the go this weekend download or 10 news app. it will give you access to our tracker 10. >>> spring tra

and we are seeing a light rain along the coast of the counties, citrus, hernando and pasco. heavier downpours in the yellow farther out in the gulf of mexico and that extends off of pinellas and sarasota counties as well. and this is part of a huge storm system on the backside, plenty of snow. this is the same system we have shown you video that's brought deadly tornadoes. and the area of low pressure where i expect most of the widespread severe weather to go and east which is why the storm prediction center has put a bullseye on the threat for severe weather today in north carolina, virginia and south carolina. but notice how this threat extends all the way down here, south of i-4. this is light green area placing us in the slight risk which is still a risk but not a stronger risk. so we have this strong winds that we could see with the individual storms. wind gusts that could bring down some limbs and even small trees and. then the isolated risk of tornadoes between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. i urge you, if you don't have the weather max app, it's free for your iphones and dro

pit includes pasco county, p10:00. pi hope it doesn't last until p10:00 but this is one of the pclosely as these individual pcells begin to work their way ponshore. pthere's no good time to get psevere weather and i get that. pbut this is one of the worst ptimes because people are on ptheir deadline that they have to pget out the door. pi can tell you that your pskytower radar app can help you pout. pif you have to go, at least you pcan get the warnings on your hone. pif you have to walk away, you pknow, i completely understand pbut for those of you hanging paround, if you could wait panother hour or so, just let pthis line blow through. pweather conditions could improve pbefore that point. pthis is a very large pthunderstorm and i've been pwatching this very closely. pit's still a good maybe 70, 80 pmiles offshore so it does have ptime to weaken a bit but the pradar itself has been detecting pthe past 30 minutes or so just a psmidge of rotation within this articular cell and we know that pby looking inside the particu

otherwise, we have a good drive coming away from hernando county into pasco county on 75. and down into hillsborough county, from cortez road down to the highway 60 in brandon, a fast 44 minute commute either direction. and let's talk about the bay area bridges. as mentioned, skyway bridge seeing wind out there. use caution here. it will take about four minutes to cross the gandy. six minutes on the howard franklin. and seven minutes on the courtney campbell causeway. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much. >>> developing this morning, sex scandals in the clearwater fire department are prompting big changes. the latest, a lieutenant and medic suspended for having an ongoing sexual relationship, even on the job. news channel 8's ryan hughs is live in clearwater this morning. ryan, this kind of activity may not slide going forward according to the city manager. morning. the city plans to put in a number of measures to make sure workers are on the up and up. and as you can imagine, the city manager, he's not happy. >> this

very cold temperatures, a frost advisory here colored in purple up in pasco county as you can see away from the coastline in pinellas county, virtually all of pinellas outside the frost but that doesn't mean you can't see cold areas in pinellas or potentially frost in pinellas. take the precautions tonight. sumter in the freeze warning, 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the area of risk. low 40s in inverness, 47 brooksville. upper 40s winter haven and lakeland and low 50s in bradenton, st. pete. clear skies, light conditions lead to this and this is important too because the winds are basically lighter than they were even a couple of hours ago. they are really dropping off as an area of high pressure moves over us, lighter winds lead to radiational cooling and that's the big reason we have the freeze warning in place. temps look great for the weekend really and we will have that forecast for you coming up shortly. >>> still ahead on 8@seven. >> two of three speed bumps still remain in this pasco neighborhood. coming up, i will tell you what the county plans to do to slow cars in this area. >>> to

pasco county newsroom reporter casey shows you the shoddy work that landed the contractor behind bars. >> he is a thief. >> he ought to be in jails for at least ten years. >> they can keep hem there long enough. >> people victimized by dennis prairie. his picture is not shown because there's an ongoing investigation. there's 13 victims but could be more coming forward. >> within 24 hours after he put it down, it rained and everything washed down. >> this 77-year-old says prairie took off with one thousand dollars for repairs that was never completed. >> every time he did something he found something else. >> dasher said he never completed the work. half of the driveway got sealed. >> i made the mistake of giving him $200 up front and he never came back. >> legitimate business very seldom if ever is going to knock our door and ask to do work for you. >> the hernando sheriff's office recommends that you ask for references and search online for reviews and check with the state and county for proper licenses. dasher can't wait for the court date. >> if i have to do like on black friday an

a live look now at pasco county on the map here. southbound u.s. 19 at ridge road, and all the southbound lanes are taken away. a semitruck and a motorcyclist collided. traffic is light, and hopefully it will be wrapped up before rush hour. i will watch the problem spots for you throughout the morning. >> thank you. >>> busy morning out there the music industry's greatest will have their time to shine tonight. >> why the top nominee may not take home the biggest awards of the night. it's 4:50, and you're watching living well your immune system works hard to keep you on top of your game. you can support it by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. and you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. no other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, so when you want to support your immune system, take airborne, and enjoy living well. find out which stars walk away with the grammys under their belts. despite all the nods, experts predict lamar will not w

. >> new at 10:00, a group of pasco county teenagers facing serious and adult charges tonight, accused of weaving a gun at an off-duty police officer and his wife. fox 13's josh cacheio is live at the pasco sheriffs station to josh? >> reporter: deputies say by the looks of it, this was a stupid prank gone very wrong. but of course, it has very serious consequences. without an orange tip, could you gun? >> the orange tips were placed on there by the manufacturers for a reason. say on saturday, a group of five 16 and 17 yearly who is were riding together pointed a replica 9 millimeter at another vehicle. the orange cap had been taken off. >> we got the distinct impression that they thought this would be funny. it would get a rise. >> reporter: it got the wrong kind of wrong. inside the other car, an off-duty deputy and his wife. the deputies pulled them over. that's when the reality of the situation became clear. >> in a situation like this, you know, we do have individual who is have firearms who lawfully care concealed weapons permit. those juveniles are fortunate that they were not s

our ryan hughes is live in pasco county this morning. good morning, she is fed up about this. >> reporter: gene, good morning to you as well. she tells 8 on your side on a regular basis, drivers go right by her school bus, she said, and she is warning people to be cautious out there now. >> probably the scariest moment that i've ever experienced as a school bus driver i've had some doozies but that capped them all. >> reporter: that's robin russ telling 8 on your side how a driver almost ran down one of her students as he tried to cross the road. she said that the driver apparently was in a rush to get to a family dollar store on state road 54 in zephyrhills. she took to social media, facebook, to remind drivers to be aware and stop when a school bus is picking up or dropping off kids. across the country, similar incidents play out each and every day, thousands over the course of the year. russ hopes her message to slow down or stop gets through to other drivers on the roadway and now that driver wants the pasco county school district to

@`p@d a pasco county man is back in jail-- deputy's house on fire... because he wanted to go back to jail. according to the sheriff's office-- daniel hall left his house yesterday morning-- and went to the home of deputy ryan lennox that is where deputies say he set some lawn furniture on fire. the deputy -- and his two dogs-- were able to get out safely. hall stayed at the scene-- and waited for authorities to arrive. neighbors say hall has a history of mental illness-- and probably wanted to get help. yesterday, we told you about how some tampa police officers are refusing to work security at beyonce's up-coming concert. it's all in response to her new music video "formation,"-- which highlights police brutality. jjiami -- the police union says they have voted to boycott the concert altogether. but does the video actually put all police in a negative light? aisha durham is a culture studies scholar. she says-- everything about =9" simply shows african- americans... that they can overcome as of yesterday-- no signed up to work at that april concert. d

this morning we start with breaking news in pasco county. >> deputies tell us someone shot these people overnight in dade city. the sheriff's office reports 10:30 last night three hispanic men showed up at a local hospital with gunshot wounds. we're two told victims are in critical condition, a third man's wounds not as serious. it took a while but detectives determined the shooting rights now it appears the shooting could be drug related. no suspects are in custody. >>> a family of three looking for a new place to live after a fire. it started before midnight at a home just west of north 50th street. they all got out safely. sadly their pet wasn't as fortunate. a neighbor tells us the family dog ran out of the house during the fire, then ran back inside where the dog died. the cause of the fire is now under investigation. >>> here's shay with a look at the forecast on this wednesday morning. still warm today? >> it is warm. today's going to be the end of this very warm trend that we've had the last few days. we're starting off at 71 in tampa. clearwater 70. valrico 69. spring hill 68.

that is traffic coming in from pasco county heading into downtown tampa. all right, let's take a look at downtown tampa, got good news for you. cash street is now two ways. it goes both ways between franklin and ashley drive. keep that in mind. let's look at traffic. we have a little collision off to the shoulder. i-75 southbound at fowler and lookie loos. pretty slow through tampa. >> you can't help but check it out. >> but a beautiful sunrise. >> it is monday but it is what you make of it. make it a great monday. >> the cup is half full. >> we'll stay on top of the stories throughout the day. check out our updates during the ba da ba ba ba unstoppable unstoppable? with two wins under his belt and candidates dropping out of the race, donald trump in position for the nomination and feeling confident. >> you're going to get so tired. you're going to say please, please, mr. president, we can't stand it anymore. we don't want to keep winning. we can't stand it. and i'm going to say, i don't care. we're going to keep winning. we're going to make america great

pascoe county all. pascoe county attorney will love commissioners know how to proceed next. if you want to see previous investigations on predatory towing and how you could seek a refund check out the 10 investigates page on wtsp .com. >>> a 10 news health alert to tell you about. one bay area hospital said it is dealing with a severe flu outbreak rid the flu has set a record number of people to the emergency room at manatee memorial hospital. on monday the hospital broke its all-time single day record for emergency room visits with that is nearly 100 more more patience than the hospital saw this same time last year. as we told you earlier this week some doctors in the bay area say they are seeing a shortage of flu vaccines. especially for kids. however, you should still be able to get a vaccine at most local pharmacies. >>> it is your choice 2016. and 16. two big questions. one, without a single first- place victory, will marco rubio be able to survive until florida's primary next month ? two, the big primary winds are already in the bag, will the bag, will anyone be able t

a decent drive as well if you're coming from hernando through pasco county on 75, still looks good. sarasota, overnight construction tying up a lane at the university exit. but you can get by. and a live look at the messy fog, 275 at sly avenue in the heart of tampa, thick here. king, very thick. when i come back, we will look at some of the outer areas. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> okay, leslee. >>> this morning's medical headlines minutes away. plus, castro makes a historic trip. >> he is waking up in france this morning. what he is trying to accomplish in paris. >>> plus, super bowl frenzy. a look at how some fans are getting pumped up for big game >>> time now 4:43. the french president is calling on the obama administration to end the u.s. embargo on cuba. cuban president razl castro is in france this morning. it's his first trip to the european union since taking over for his brother fidel in 2006. >>> and preparations are underway now for the first one on one meeting between president barack obama and house speaker paul ryan since

more than three *billion dollars. 3 today in pasco county: a job fair... just for teachers. the county is looking to fill positions in pretty much every subject... from math to english... to special education. salaries start at *38 thousand dollars... for working just 196 days a year. that also includes health insurance... with *no deductables. the fair runs from four to six p-m this afternoon at sunlake high school in land o' lakes. the annual pasco county special olympics kicks off. anniversary. here's a the games run today and tomorrow at river ridge high school in new port richey, athletes will compete in 3 track and field, soccer, and games is free. it starts this morning at nine. 3 history will soon *be history... at the u-s capitol. state representatives have voted to *remove the statue of confederate general edmund kirby smith. 3 each state is allowed two statues inside the national statuary hall in washington. this one of smith has been there since 19-22. the effort to replace him gained support during a recent national debate over confederate symbols. on wednesday,

yet, look at fas co- many parts of pasco county, none. no measurable rain at all. light across hernando county. so you see pretty much from i-4 south is where that line really came through in the mid afternoon hours. and that's what spawned a few funnel clouds. one unconfirmed report of a tornado down south and a couple storm spotters saw a tornado in southern sections of manatee county as well. now skies have cleared and temperatures are cooling from the up every 60s and low 70s. tomorrow morning we will be waking up to the upper 40s to low 50s. it won't get much warmer than we will top out at the 60s in the northern counties. st. pete, clearwater, tampa, checking in the middle 60s under mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow. that will set us up for two nice weekends in a row. this one is going to be a lot different than what we had last weekend. we were near 80 degrees. 75 today before that front came through. it's about right. normally we should be at 74. the normal low is 56. so there is the satellite. strong storms came in. around lunchtime down south and extreme south

that's pasco county. fatal crash. malik is on the street out there, and bryan dairy is completely blocked. the vehicles on the left, turning off frontage road northbound and heading east, and it's blocked, take ulmerton or 80th street instead. >> thank you, leslee. >> it's not easy giving up potato chips as a snack, but we may have a healthier option for you. >> snack that is flying off the shelves. >>> up next, what caused this massive blast? it's 6:20 on this monday morning. >>> we have some breaking news to tell you about at 6:23. a look at the scene here. two people were killed in a house explosion, and this live picture you're looking at is out of cleveland county, north carolina. you can see it here, it's difficult to make out, but that's a home that has been blown to pieces. we are told now a car slammed into a propane tank, and that caused the crash. to stay on top of news at any time, anywhere, download our news channel 8 app to your smart phone. >>> it's packed with protein and easy to pack on the go. >> the

. >>> move over batman and wonder woman, the pasco county sheriff's office has superhero of their own. they are coming out with a coloring book. sergeant sergio soto created it. it's called the pasco guardians and features the centennial, lady justice, and patriot the k- 9. >> this agency is really great. i want kids to see this. have a positive attitude in not just working with this book, but when a deputy rolls up to the house to help them with something. >> the coloring book will be available soon at the sheriff's office locations, schools and businesses around pasco county. >>> well, tonight is a night to shine for hundreds of kids here in the bay area. >> that's right. abc action news ashley orr joins us with how teens with special needs are getting a chance to go to the prom. >> reporter: the night to shine they rolled out the red carpet. they have very special guests on the way. can't wait to show you. >>> he was barking and going crazy. >> plus, returning the favor, coming up, the life saving bark for man's best friend, and why >>> happening now, hundreds of kid in the bay are

the recent arrest of a pasco county woman has caused a flurry enseamed profited the sheriff's office to release the unedited bodycam video. it shows 29-year-old tiffany tebo taken to the ground after deputies say she resisted arrest. chip, the sheriff's office is defending this deputy's actions, right? >> reporter: well, the sheriff absolutely is. tebo simply listened to the deputy and done what he said, none of this would have ever happened. instead, the sheriff's office is in the social media limelight. some praising the deputy. others believe he went too far. we want to warn you some of the video is graphic. she is confronted by a store employee and a pasco county deputy. >> i am not sure. >> what about this? >> reporter: things go south quickly. >> put your hands behind your back. i'm going put you on the ground. >> please! >> put your hands -- >> oh my god, okay! >> some resisting me. >> reporter: the arrest was controversial because as the deputy attempts to take tebo into custody, her head slams into a wall and she starts bleeding immediately. then he pulls out his taser. >> g

we are now live in pasco county with that story. very scary for the bus driver. >> reporter: it was a very scary moment for this bus driver indeed. it happened right here on state road 54. you can see where this grass is, that's where the driver came around that bus, almost clipping that student and that's when she took to social media to warn people. driving for pasco county schools, never has robin been so scared. >> and people running the signs daily. >> reporter: but never has she had a driver pass on the right side of the bus. that's what happened on monday. she says the driver nearly hit her student. >> came tie stop, opened the doors, pulled the brake, put the bus in neutral. glanced in my mirror and saw blue, and thought hmm -- >> reporter: it happened here on state road 54 in zephyrhills. she says the student had two feet off the bus. >> i screamed my student's name and told him to get back on the bus. i've never spoke on the him like that before so he kind of leapt back on. eased past, turned into the family dollar drivewa

we're under a tornado watch, northern counties, citrus, pasco, hernando counties until 10:00 a.m. conditions there more favorable for rotating thunderstorms. that continues through 10:00 a.m. then it will expire. we'll see if they decide to expand this. don't think they will. i think the rest of us are really looking at the potential for severe storms. the difference, we're not going to be spinning. it will be just damaging wind potential which is bad enough. about 1:00 p.m. as i see it now. only because the storms are moving in a nor northeasterly direction. damaging wind to tension continuing through 1:00. after that everything sweeps away. arrival now, as far as the lighter rains, seeing that to the coast to the north and then the heavier thunderstorms remaining a little still further off-shore. i think another hour and-a-half and they will move in. look at this chunk of clear air between essentially, well, pinellas, southern pinellas and hillsborough. it's moving northeast. so it's going to take a while for the southern end of these thunderstorms to begin in to move into. that

citrus county, hernando county and pasco county for half an hour. then we'll see breaks west to east. western pasco county starting to bring up heavier rain around dade city. 5:36 and areas north of wesley chapel about 5:39 to 5:40. watching this come on shore here around areas south of the bay in manatee and sarasota county. likely remain fairly heavy and strong. haven't seen a lot of lightning or wind gusts 35 miles per hour. well below severe limits. over the next couple hours as we get into the evening commute trying to get evening plans made whether it is dinner or after school sports or get the day opening at the fair, which that forecast is coming up. long boat key 5:27 we have showers coming in. lakewood ranch 5:47. bigger view will show you it loses intensity after the first wave over the next hour to two hours. then it is just a steady rain. there could be pockets later this evening where the rain then starts to basically wind down mid to late evening. you can see cooler temperatures up north in the 50s. tonight wet roads will be around al

today a pasco county mom is outraged after her 7 year old autistic son... in special needs classes... is handcuffed at his school. sande butler plans to sue the district... and deputies... after she says the school resource officer cuffed her son, allen, leaving marks on his wrists and body. then, took him to be involuntarily commited at a mental health facility. had a meltdown and raised his pencil to lash out at the teacher, but believes staff isn't properly trained to handle special needs children. the district insists these teachers do get special training. the pasco county sheriff's office tells 10news that deputies follow state law when baker acting anyone, they can be handcuffed or zip tied, no matter their age. happening today, president obama is granting national monument status to about two million acres of southern california desert. the white house says the area provides recreational hikers, campers and hunters. forget 4-g, a-t and ready to conduct 5-g field trials by the end of the year. 5-g is short for generation" of wireless and it translate

>>> well, we have issues in pasco county. i want to talk about dade city. downtown is fine but you're going to exit off there, heads up, we have a big crash and it's located on state road 52 at i-75. are blocked both on the east and westbound side as well as the entrance ramps to i-75. if you get by there, you know you have to go south down to state road 54 or north up to blanton road to get to 75. hopefully that will wrap up soon. and a collision in lanes. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. >> thank you so much. >>> it's your chance for free tickets to universal orlando. >> find out how you can win. >>> and looking to buy something online? well, first, you got to take a selfie. coming up next, the company looking to implement this idea >>> well selfies, they're everywhere. they have really become a part >> and now mastercard wants to use selfies to protect consumers. the company is launching new technology to approve online purchases. they claim selfies and fingerprint scans are safer than the passwords we type in. when you download the master

. >> frustrations boiling over in a pasco county workshop. >> patrick coleman says if he's paying for it anyway, the county needs to fix the flooding problem before the road. >> i am tired of political jargons and not doing common sense things. >> a resident shared these photos, any significant rainfall causes similar issues. to fix thedrainage, we have yet to come up in this county with the fundings. >> district commissioner, kathryn starke said they pick the neighborhoods with the worst flooding. sheunderstands where is themoney going to go. to fix the roads, homeowners will pay. >> they'll go to turn around and pave new road and we'll see here looking at them under water. >>> pasco county says they'll put in place a temporary fix for the drainage problem. . democracy2016 this morning. >> six major candidates remaining. >> chris christie and carly campaign yesterday. marco rubio took to thecampaign trail yesterday. the former senatorbelieves he will do much more better in south carolina because it is a much more conservative state. >> i will grow the conservative movement and the on

and a wild monkey captured in pasco county. where officials believe this mystery monkey came from and why he was out looking for love. coming up tonight on c-b-s primetime.. the 58th annual grammy awards. that kicks off at 8:00. then catch 10 don't forget to stay up for the late show with stephen colbert and his guests craig ferguson and senator cory the death of u-s supreme court justice antonin scalia is sending shock waves through the nation's conservatives are demanding that president obama not replace him in right now the court is evenly divided between liberals and conservatives. the cases up next for the court rights, affirmative action and voting rights. a month from today florida voters will get the chance want as their next president in the state's primary. if you haven't registered to vote yet, there is still time. the application is available online for each county.. but you have to register by tomorrow. keep in mind register as a republican or democrat in order to vote....and you can only vote for the candidate in

so pasco county just passed something similar. and today the commissioner will ask the county attorney to draft an ordinance asking that those convicted of sex offenses to not be able to live within 2500. critics say that sex offenders won't have anywhere to go if we keep upping the distances. we will you know what they decide. >> all right. we will check back throughout the day. thank you. >>> well this morning, a south tampa couple is sharing some very unnerving video. doing and check this out. it shows three burglars caught on a security camera just going through the house room by room. the wife received an alert on her phone while she was at work that something was up. she checked and that's when she saw the burglars in her living room. she set off an alarm to scare them away. it worked. they moved out fast. >> we were able to get them out of our house within a minute's time. they were gone. >> yep. >> look closely, the alarm system is disguised as a decoration on the table. and now they're looking for the other two which shoul

this after police say a man tried to set a pascoe county deputies house on fire. daniel hall reportedly set the furniture on a deputies porch on fire overnight then knocked on his front door. that deputies answered with his gun and two dogs, the man was not hurt but the sheriff says next time someone else may not be so lucky. >> if you try to break into one of our houses we will use any source necessary to stop you and drop you. >> the man is now facing two felony charges. the deputy was involved in a shooting just ten days ago but deputies say it is in no way related to this case. >>> hernando county deputies questioning a person in a stabbing. custody this afternoon. the victim was discovered after a car crash. police then started coming through a home nearby but no other information has been released. >>> tampa bay former top cop could soon be watching over miami. he would serve as an independent monitor as part of a civil rights settlement with the department of justice. he would be responsible for reporting on the progress every month until march of 2020. >>>

counties. polk, pascoe, hillsborough and even around orlando, snapping expensive items that they could resell. that led detectives to it home home in lakeland where they found all the salute. >> it's close to $10,000. i don't know everything yet. >> it's very violating. there 17 years and ever had any trouble at all, so we went right away and got the security system cameras. we couldn't sleep at night until we got those. >> tonight, investigator say the two ringleaders, dustin peters and harry damon are locked up. they found the stolen stuff in peters lakeland apartment. even more arrests connected. >> a health emergency right here in florida, he cause of the mosquito borne zika virus. florida governor rick scott cleared a public health emergency two hours ago in the four counties with zika cases including hillsborough county. the world health organization has declared a global health emergency to get answers. the new concern is that the virus can be spread by sexual contact. doctors will take a closer look at the virus they put a plan in motion to try to stop the spread. guerin flowers is tal

dramatic video of a shoplifter being taken down by a pasco county sheriffs deputy. we first began looking into this after a viewer sent us this video. the suspect -- tiffany tebo -- was approached by the deputy friday afternoon outside of a bealls department store. he asked her to put her hands behind her back. she did not, but instead asked to pay for the stolen merchandise. then the deputy forced her to the ground. she says the arrest left her injured and bruised around her neck. pasco county sheriff chris nocco stands by the deputies actions -- the woman says the force wasn't necessary. time now for headlines around the nation and the world in 60 seconds. in colorado jurors will resume deliberations later this morning in the case of dynel lane. she is accused of cutting an unborn baby from michelle wilkins responded to lane's craigslist ad for free maternity clothes attacked. with attempted assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy. a scary story out of miami where a woman is still in a coma after a brutal attack. police say 23- jones was attacked a roommat

pascoe county is installing the system and 10 other counties have requested the text to 911 system from calhoun county to palm beach. you need to know about texting 911. first, always send your location. unlike phone calls operators won't always get this information. and don't substitute texting for a phone call. if you are able to dial 911, do it. >>> do it. >>> get ready, we are expecting an extra cool night tonight. tend weather chief meteorologist, jim van fleet is protecting your family. >>> already in the 40s in hernando and citrus county and dropping. we are in the low 50s in hernando and st. pete. it's not all that uncommon to have a freeze warning in citrus and hernando county it will run from 3:00 a.m. until nine a.m. what is different tonight is how far and widespread frost advisory runs, basically everywhere along and east of i 75. but also five. but also including all of pascoe and northwestern hillsboro county. it is a very easy advisory. basically means plants can be damaged or killed. sophie of money invested or can bring the man, or cover them if you are new to this mos

the truck was driving north on i-75 near mile marker 282 in pasco county. the driver of the truck from texas was not hurt. florida highway patrol ticketed him because the height of the truck was higher than it should have been to safely pass underneath that bridge and that impact was so hard, we did find some pieces of that bridge shattered underneath where we are standing. they are going to take the next several days to have crews out here to repear that. >> pair sell a, thank you. you saw him in a grainy photohe. attacking a 6-year-old girl in a bathroom. the excuse thompson has for what allegedly happened, michael. >>> jamjamison, thompson is still here but he is waiting to get outs. it was this surveillance photo that we shared. police told us this is a picture that led to the identity of ricky thompson and the story about why he said he was in that bathroom with that girl. >> 18-year-old ricky thompson is charged with simple battery after police say he made a serious of mistakes friday night. >> he could have handled it differently. >> police spokesper

and the hillsborough county sheriff's office says it's not their case because he was arrested in pasco county. he was arrested by zephyrhills police but they are not telling us anything. all the information we have is coming from the arrest warrants. tyson boyd barely opened the door when we asked about the lewd and lascivious charge against a minor. about your recent arrest. >> no, thanks. >> reporter: the 13-year deputy is accused of inappropriately touching a girl older than 12 but younger than 16, stating he touched several private areas and asked her to touch him. >> that's shocking to me. it's hard to believe, really. >> seem like he's a friendly person. have parties down there for the kids, didn't notice anything unusual about it. >> reporter: the warrant says it happened halloween night but month. one neighbor said everyone took party. >> we have over 1500 people outside. >> reporter: but the arrest warrant says it happened inside his house. he and his wife have several children and we are told he's so friendly, all the children they hope it's not true. >> should be looked into, make