shannon behnken. 8 on your side. >>> after a frosty start this morning, temperatures not going to be as cold for tonight. as you wake up tomorrow morning head off to work, get the kids to school temperatures will be in the low 50s. want a light jacket, but not yet. we were up nicely into the mid- 70s by the afternoon hours. look for partly to mostly cloudy skies but we're going to stay dry again for tomorrow. you can see it's quiet right imagery. as we take a step back. here's what we're watching. here's the front we're watching it's going to move through on wednesday really moving up those rain and storm chances. high pressure still in play bringing us that warm southeasterly flow. this is what's going to help allow temperatures to warm up as we head into tomorrow. this storm system is slowly pushing east. you can see more showers and storms developing across the southeast as we head into tomorrow. for us it's going to stay dry for tomorrow. it's not until wednesday until this front sinks further to the south. kind of combined with this. and that's why our rain chances are so high f

investigator shannon behnken has the story. >> reporter: you won't believe how much lee pays for this apartment, $640 a month and the walls are full of rats. >> at nighttime you can hear the rats in the walls scratching. >> reporter: her landlord at beach wood apartments won't let her out of her lease. >> because there's a hole right here where they come out of. >> reporter: maintenance solution put rocks on the hole and hope that keeps the nasty poison inside. >> the rats are dying but now the smell is coming out of the vents because we have to let them die inside the wall. >> reporter: a leak forced maintenance to tear out this ceiling and they took out insulation are mold. and guess what came out. rats. >> that's where they put the rat trap in this little box. >> reporter: lee has come out home to find the rats chowing away on their counter tops. >> i didn't know that rats could jump from the floor to the counter top that high. >> reporter: fed up she turned to 8 on your side. we found the complex is owned by a canadian company with a local property manager. so i gave her a call. >

shannon behnken didn't stop until the government made this right. >>reporter: barry and jason turned to 8 on your side when no one else would help. >> you came through for us. >>reporter: they've bought an insurance plan through obamacare. after spending hundreds of dollars, they got an email saying they have no medical coverage. this is after they received insurance cards and then, outrageous bills and threats from collectors. >> it feels very helpless. we didn't know what to do. >>reporter: that was two weeks ago. frustrated after florida blue and the marketplace offered no help, 8 on your side stepped in. >> this is shannon behnken, reporter with china late. >>reporter: i made calls to trying to help. >> it's said they read the article with somebody. >>reporter: doctors bills are getting paid and prescriptions are getting filled. >>reporter: what wasn't fixed is the system. it turned out the problem was caused by a computer error. the marketplace computer was blue. fully understand why they could not fix the problem. new plan. to sweeten the deal

. >> reporter: in sarasota county, shannon behnken. >> reporter: not every job requires a state license but you should never hire anyone to do any work if they do not have insurance. if something happens on your property it could cost you big time. >>> up state new york getting slammed with snow today. syracuse was expecting several inches of lake effect snow throughout the day and evening. as you can see it was coming that will be a white out right there. as the snow comes down, temperatures cold across the country too for us. dropping into the 40s this evening. mostly clear conditions and areas north of i4 most of the areas under a freeze warning. tonight. saturday another round of cool air here. 53degrees at 11:00 a.m., 58 degrees for the children's extravaganza. what can you say about that? that's a goat in a coat from kimie here. bring the pets inside, that's always a good idea. even if it's a goat. maybe not. 45degrees you're temperature at 10:00 p.m. 43degrees at 11:00 a.m. upper 20s expects but could be expects -- upper 20s expected cold dense air is providing us with chilly con

investigators shannon behnken joins us and you got some results. >> reporter: at first state inspectors did not want to help these truck drivers. their answer boiled down to too bad. by i kept pushing for these drivers who found this to be a hit to their livelihood. >> all the time and effort involved and the money and everything. >> reporter: truck drivers pay thousands of dollars and a lot of time. who charged people to pass truckers who could not pass the test on their own. but now everyone who was tested by the same guy have to pay. >> money i'm still paying on the first time already. a lot of these guys are. >> reporter: the test cost roughly $300. extra money truckers like lee don't have. >> it's very difficult to live out here on this road. you have to think, you have to pay for three meals a day, all your drinks and everything else out of your pocket that cuts it down pretty quick. >> reporter: jose perez is caught up on this mess. he got a legitimate score but it happened to be administered by that crooked tester. >> i did my part. i feel like i should be able to keep my licens

shannon behnken joining us now from the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: the judge really wrestled with this decision. he called it a very serious crime but took into account the ages of ken and katherine. they're both in their 60s. he took into their account their many years of community service. >> you didn't know there was a sink hole there? >> no. >> reporter: more than a year investigation exposed the jenkins lied about a sink hole, the judge made his decision. he spent about 40 minutes deliberating outloud but in the end said. to put it simply is it really necessary to take two individuals and put them in prison for what amounts to an isolated instance of wrong doing? and i think not. the jasons were convicted by a jury in october on one count each of wire fraud. at the start of the day, the jasons each faced at least two years in prison. but whitomore sentenced them to five years house arrest and five years probation. >> honestly no. just because of their age they should have been more severe with it to prove that this won't be tolerated. >> reporter: the home buyers thomas

. >> hi this is shannon behnken. >> reporter: i made call to state regulators and federal authorities called the bensons offering to help. >> they said they read the article from somebody and that they would take care of things. >> reporter: doctors bills are finally getting paid and prescriptions are getting filled. >> thanks to channel 8 on your side. >> reporter: what wasn't fixed is the system. it turns out the elsons problem was caused by a computer error. the marketplace computer was not communicating with florida blue. >> it's even more frustrating to not fully understand why they could not fix the problem. >> reporter: to fix the issue, and to sweeten the deal it costs $100 less a month. >> we can't be happier. we really thank you guys. >> after all of this though. there's still no explanation for what went wrong here. but the important thing is this family finally has the insurance that they paid for. >> which is i mean, it's kind of staggering that they went through all of this before you got involved. was this just a one time glitch in the computer system or are you startin

but the up tick is in synthetic drugs. shannon behnken has been following for months and tonight she tells me why it didn't end the way people thought. >> reporter: in the end there was no decision. here's the way the defendants responded to our questions on the way out of court. what do you guys hope to accomplish? >> what do you think is going to happen here? do you have anything to say. >> reporter: glen and katherine jason were found guilty in october. this after the investigation uncovered that they sold and lied about a sink hole under the house. a family with five children moved in and had to move out when the home cracked. the buyers want all of this to be over. >> so what's your reaction to what happened today? how do you think it's going so far. >> i don't know, it's very figure everything out. >> what are you hoping is going what do you want? >> i just want them to take it back and be done with all of this. and not have to spend all the extra money all the time. >> reporter: the judge will reconvene at 9:00. he has a big decision to make. he needs to decide whether this is

and we're being joined by shannon behnken live from outside the courthouse. >> reporter: we tried to talk to the defendants outside of the courthouse and here's how they responded. >> what do you guys are hoping is going to happen here? do you have anything to say? any reaction today? >> reporter: glen and katherine jason were found guilty of wire fraud in october. this followed an 8 on your side investigation that exposed they sold their spring hill home and lied about a sink hole activity under the home. to the home buyers. they had already collected an insurance settlement for $153,000 but they did not tell this to the new buyers. those buyers have five young house, they had to move out of the house when it cracked and their insurance company dropped them. those buyers are ready for all of this to be over. >> so what's your reaction to what happened today? how do you think it's going so far. >> i don't know. it's very con feuding -- it's very confusing but we're going to try to figure it out. >> reporter: what do you want to happen? >> i just want them to take it back, and not hav

. >> shannon behnken, 8 on your side. >>> it was a tough day for investors even before the market opened in the u.s. at the close of wall street the the nasdaq was down 147. >>> and new year's was a great day for apple app store. customers spent more than $144 million on apps and in app purchases just on january 1st. it also says during the weeks of christmas and new year's day, customers spent $1.1 million in the app store and $20 billion over all in 2015. >>>macy's hopes to save money by sh*uting down three dozen stores -- by shutting down three dozen stores. none of those stores are in florida. >>> the world's oldest continuously operating airline is once again the safest in the world. qantas tops the list for another year. qantas has never had a fatality. among the top 20. jet blue and virgin american made the top 10. >>> auto supplier delfi says the next step toward wifi is technology that lets vehicles communicate with smart cars. talking with other cars keeping them from hitting each other. >>> the opportunity to get that advanced information before the car is there before anybody

shannon behnken live for us tonight. need to know on our website wfla.com. >>> a helpless puppy taken from a pet store. >> now an arrest has been made in this case. coming up what the suspect told investigators about why he did it and where that puppy is. >> plus some controversy over new rules in one bay area school. details on its policy regarding transgender students and which bathroom they should use. >> cold temperatures tonight, so much so a freeze warning in place for citrus, hernando parts of pasco and sumpter county. we take a look at that forecast and ahead at your weekend when >>> he works for water resources and police are now investigating -- >>> in pasco county a bomb scare. deputies searched the building but didn't find anything. students were bussed to a near by school unless investigatorred gave the all clear. >>> still ahead tonight. a new bathroom policy for transgender students at a bay area school. >> coming up we're going to introduce you to the student behind the change and tell you how the parents are reacting to the new policy. in this line of work only the fr

eight on your side investigator shannon bank went out to check out -- shannon behnken went out to check out the situation and nobody should live like that. >> reporter: nobody should. and she just wants a safe home for her family. >> reporter: you won't believe how much alicia lee pays for this apartment. $660 a month and there's rats. her landlord at beach wood apartments on 21st street in tampa won't let her out of her lease. >> because there's a hole right here where they come out of. solution put rocks on the hole and hope that keeps the rats out. and put rat poison in them. but now what's happening. >> it's killing them but but the smell is coming out because the rats are dying inside. >> reporter: a company stuffed up the holes with holes. let's just assume they can't eat right through that. and then they put these rat traps. >> i didn't know rats could jump from the floor to the counter that high. >> reporter: fed up with living like this. she turned to 8 on your side for answers. we found the complex is owned with a canadian company with a local property manager so i gave her a

as shannon behnken shows us, >> you didn't know there was a sink hole there? >> no. >> reporter: a judge decided they won't go to prison. >> that was very reasoned approach. and it will be resolved. >> that's what you guys wanted. probation. that's what you think is fair. >> that's what i asked for. >> that's what i asked for. >> reporter: the judge heard hours and called his decision a close call. the james were convicted on one count each of wire fraud. at the start of the day the jasons each faced at least two years in prison. but whitemore sentenced them to six months arrest and five years probation. >> the home buyers buyers are happy to put this behind them and move forward. >> we can do things like we have friends over and not have to cancel parties because we're worried about a sink hole. >>> and now, 8 on your side coverage keith cate live from iowa. >>> in fact, keith just arrived in des moines a few hours ago and is already in the thick of the caucus. excitement good to see that you landed safely friend. and you are there in really what is going to

shannon behnken has the story. >> we're trying to get information about what's going >> no questions. >> we have an engineering report here that says this interesting should be demolished and no one should ever live here again. can you tell us more about it? are you putting people in danger by having people live next to this massive hole? >> reporter: a void at least 100 feet deep lurks beneath this building at the french quarter apartments on armenia avenue. our 8 on your side investigation found the property owner found out seven years ago, yet did nothing to fix the sinkhole activity. the property owner did move a few residents out of one building in 2008, right after an engineer hired by citizens property insurance, wrote any attempt to grout or underpin collapse of the material above the voids with catastrophic results. the engineer went on to say the dangers reduce sinkhole activity should not be remediated and one building abandoned and not built upon again. >> we don't want the building collapsing with people inside. >> reporter: strong words. yet 8 on your side found tampa co