17-year-old ashley planned to be at tonight's game but instead as abc action news reporter cameron polom shows us friends and family are remembering a vibrant young woman >> reporter: tears continue to flow tonight around this memorial as dozens of friends and classmates leave heartfelt messages for a girl who left their lives too soon. a mother inconsolable. friends and classmates broke down as they embraced. it was a night of sadness as those closest to 17-year-old ashley said good-bye, her best friend recalling their last conversation. >> we were saying good-bye, and you, and she was like, bye, i love you, too. those were her last words. >> reporter: but it wouldn't be the last words passed on to ashley. those are now found on this memorial describing a girl who lit up every room and everyone. >> she was always smiling. she was always happy when i saw her. she just lit up everybody, and that's going to be hard not see. >> reporter: the man accused of hitting and killing her arrested on thursday enter the roadway. >> something hit me. that's the way it felt. but i didn't know what it w

in pasco county, polom, abc action news. >>> now a follow-up to a taking action story. cameron polom profiling a neighborhood where people are complaining that streetlights were out and teco wasn't fixing them. tonight the lights are back on, neighbors telling us teco crews >>> a firefighter putting his life on the line. the heroic rescue that kept a man from burning alive. >>> students using social media to promote fights? how the district is shutting down this after school fight club. >>> download the new abc action news app. >>> new tonight more women are coming forward accusing an ex university of wisconsin student of sexual police are now arresting howard cook, a student claiming he raped her for more than two hoirns his own apartment. here is the daily. tonight four more women are telling police that cook attacked them as well, investigators telling reporters they found a black book in cookies apartment describing in chilling detail the women he had met and he document what he wanted to do to them. cookies lawyer saying he is innocent and a victim of character ass

cameron polom tells us what was taken and how you can help. >> i first saw that the tv was off the wall. >> reporter: michaela knew she was in trouble from the moment she opened the door. her mother's jewelry two, laptops and a 60-inch tv were missing. but none of that mattered. >> i look at two water bowls, two cages, two beds, and i see one dog. >> reporter: burglars took something far more precious. a one and a half-year-old pit bull named zeus. >> my frantic running around was trying to find him. >> my neighbors have surveillance cameras that point directly at my house. >> reporter: unfortunately, neither camera captured the crooks. >> they probably jumped the fence, then jumped back over. >> reporter: ever since, zeus' brother apollo won't leave her site. >> every worst-case scenario goes through my head. >> reporter: facebook has been shared nearly 10,000 times. tonight she is pleading for the burglars to bring him back. >> you don't have to turn yourself in. just drop him off. drop him off at a shelter. >> reporter: cameron polom, abc action news. >>> president obama campaigning

abc action news reporter cameron polom speaking with parents who didn't let the fear of them from friday night lights. >> reporter: whether you're afraid or not -- >> i ink in the's -- i think it's kind of scary and crazy at the same time. >> reporter: the creepy clown hoax hitting too close to comfort for some. >> i thought it was funny because it's kind of dumb for people to dress up like a clown and threaten a school. >> reporter: officials sent out a creepy clown phenomenon that is sweeping the country. this morning a tweet posted the threat about high schools. >> reporter: officials didn't believe the threats were credible but employees and students were told to be on the lookout. the sheriff's office says clown sightings have been reported across the bay area over the past few days. one largo teen claiming she was chased by two clowns at a bus stop earlier in the week. >> i just said if you see something, definitely say so they will remain vigilant and be passing that message on to their children heading into the weekend. >> to think that you can't even feel safe with your kids goi

. >> reporter: in tampa, i'm cameron polom, abc action news. >>> new tonight, a man is banned from sea world after authorities say he molest girls. rick mccormick seen here accused of touching those girls on the lazy river. he was arrested shortly after it happened. he had a season pass and had been to the park several tames this year without any problems. >>> tonight winter haven police are looking for a man would made threats to blow up a bank. police say this man went into suntrust bank to complain about reverse transactions. unhappy with the explanation, he yelled at the teller saying he would come back and blow up this guy please call crimestoppers. >>> a little league in jeopardy. $35,000 of the nonprofit's money now held hostage. abc action news reporter michael paluska live in st. pete with the excuse the company has for holding that money. michael. >> reporter: st. pete police did a thorough investigation and this is now in the hands of another jurisdiction in texas. meanwhile northeast little league is spending money to catch up and get back money that they don't have. >> we

. >> in tampa, i am cameron polom, abc action news. >>> there are a few sprinkles trying to work their way into the area but they are not going to hold together to cause you any problems 40 morning commute. as you wake up morning, we are looking at temperatures are 70 degrees. it will be nice and dry out there and a bit humid. that will stick with us 30 afternoon where it will be warm and humid at 87 degrees. that will be the high. no weather-related issues to speak of, at least for the next 24 hours or so. i will tell you what is expected over the next seven days and just a little bit. >>> they say everything is bigger in texas and this guy is living proof. check it out. incredible video showing the largest live alligator ever caught in texas. crawled out from under the man's trailer. it measured 13 feet 13'8" long and weighed more than -- it measured 13 feet and 8 inches long and weighed more than 1000 pounds. >>> investigators evacuated the entire themepark including the hotel before giving an all clear. the park will be closed visitors are now back in their hotel rooms tonight. >>>