st. cloud police say 35-year-old sarah moore was caught in the act. they say a worker at this verizon store in st. cloud called them after he was asked to help moore delete pictures an evidence locker at the police station. moore, a substitute health teacher at st. cloud middle school, was arrested last week on charges that she had sex with a teenage boy several times. police seized that phone as evidence. she had bonded out of jail. but today she was back, accused of trying to delete those pictures and changing her pass code so police could not access what was on it. >> her attorney put up this defense. >> it's my understanding she had her daughter cell phone and trying to get it activated. i don't know why the pass code would have been altered or changed in any way. >> but the clerk says that's not true. he says moore told him she was in trouble with police and wanted to know how to remotely remove the pictures from her cell phone. he says he didn't help her. st. cloud police say they don't k

it sounds like she's going to be >> st. cloud police say sarah moore came to this verizon wireless store yesterday afternoon and asked the clerk inside for his help in remotely removing information from her cell phone which had been seized by police. moore, a substitute health teacher at st. cloud middle school, was arrested last week on charges she repeatedly had sex with a teenage boy. instead of helping moore, that clerk called police. >> the state has produced and shown to me a statement made by that clerk saying that she wanted to delete stuff off her phone because she was in trouble with the cops. >> but what was on that phone? were there pictures? were there text messages? >> i have no idea what's on it. what they think is on it. what they knew was on it before. >> the problem is, neither do st. cloud police investigators. they say they have no way of knowing whether moore was successful or not in deleting anything from her phone. but what they do know is she not telling them what it is. moore's attorney offered up his own

we have comparing city rates compared to st. cloud and st. cloud charges more than most period. >> reporter: people who live here thought they were paying too much and i got the numbers and did the math and i have been asking why the prices have been higher. and tonight everybody is going to be asking the same thing. >> we put them up against is getting a deal and who is not. orange county utilities are noticeably lower in costs. heavy users will pay more in st. cloud than anybody else. that's after paying triple what everybody else plant fis pays. >> annette has been leading the charge and has and sending questions asked by hundreds of customers. one of the biggest differences we found was in irrigation water. you can run this one speaker - - printer head. you can run a second and third for the same cost. and for the fixed charge you will pay is double. >> it will literally be a year irrigation. >> reporter: the suspected rates were skyhigh and all already charging less. >> if everybody comes got they can see it is not isolated to just to cus

in st. cloud, jeff levkulich, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> they'll bring their plan before the council meeting tomorrow night and we'll let you know what happens. >>> in a few months in volusia county a judge will weigh in on trees in one of central communities. the pilots say the trees are in the way when they approach and land and make things dangerous. one resident filed a lawsuit claiming the trees are a violation of faa standards. the pilots have been pleading with the homeowners association to trim back the frees but have had no luck on trimming back the trees. >> i'm looking at the trees and saying how old is this engine? older than i am. i hope it doesn't hiccup. >> the president of the hoa said the trees are not a safety issue. a hearing is scheduled for march. >>> volunteers are hitting our streets to make sure you don't leave big money on the table. crews from the heart of florida united way handed fliers to remind residents of the earned income tax credit, an option on your tax return

the minute i moved into st. cloud, i had a $129 water bill. >> reporter: she was concerned and took the problem to facebook. she found out she wasn't the only one. >> we thought it was isolated that's how we started the page. >> reporter: the facebook page start ed to flood with comments. many with similar issues. >> usually i don't look at the utilities, i just pay it. the one bill caught my eye that it said that i used more irrigation. >> reporter: the city council went back and forth with residents tonight. everyone wanting to know one thing. >> do you feel like those rate wills go down at one point? >> absolutely. i'm looking at that already. our system was built in 2008. it's a different day. we need to look at how the systems and the rates were set up and adjust accordingly. >> reporter: the city council are telling residents this is not an easy fix. they still have dozens of meters to be installed. and once those are installed, they have to check the data to see if those rates could be lowered. in saint loud. j

lakes, alafaya trail, ucf getting white lake nona medical city back to the morris and kissimmee and st. cloud seeing rain generally light and we are seeing the light rain across brevard county melbourne palm bay up through a titusville men's -- mims port st. john #area even squeaking back toward daytona and every now and volusia county. temperatures running in the 60s 63 in deland it is mild as jimmy was mentioning earlier but the high chance of rain later this morning through the early afternoon and we will see the temperatures. squeaking into the 70s but temperatures are not the big storm. the rain will be. 7 and we will see the temperatures. squeaking into the 70s but temperatures are not the big storm. the rain will be. 7 am timeframe following along and you will see at 10:00 it is a mess brighter colors telling me we was see strong storms nuc midday across i 4 sliding to the east after that this is 2:00, southern zones of chance for storms and then 4:00, meditate -- 8 and clearing out tonight. severe weather threats gusty winds not damaging -- if not damaging 50 mile an hour possibility

osceola county detectives are investigating a ten hour home invasion, it happened near st. cloud. this he don't think other neighbors are in danger. >> they believe the family was targeted, they don't believe that this was random. they haven't disclosed specifically what leads them in that direction. >> at least four men burst into the home at dinnertime as hours passed, a mother daughter and mom's boyfriend were all tied up as money was stolen. then the boyfriend was taken away in mom's stolen car. yet, but two men remained behind with the tide females. >> animals -- the tied up females. >> i want to find out why. they were animals. >> that car was found nearby at 2:00 a.m. with the male victim still inside. >> he was tied up when they located the car and him in the back seat. >> it's scary where it was that close to your house and you've got kids and you wondered what the motives are and i hope they catch these guys. >> and one way they might catch them is all of the security cameras i was talking about, that's a lot of security cameras, you can imagine they're going through tha

leesburg 66 winter garden, apopka 67, deltona, the bear, castle vega mid 60 harmony holopaw through st. cloud and all the way through melbourne. we will see middle 60s for highs. coming up we are going to track how chilly it gets tonight and get into the changes for our weekend. 5:02 am. checking i 4 with deneige. >> i 4 colonial. i-4 westbound coming into downtown orlando you'd still have a one-stop of construction you only have one lane blocked for that so they should pickup the cones within 30 minutes. we also have a spot of construction i-95 southbound at taylor road in volusia county. you know jamie? >>> gop candidates went head-to- head in last night's debate days before the iowa caucus. >> as we showed you at 11 front runner donald trump was not there. boycotting in protest over a fox news moderator. eyewitness news this morning janai norman has been going through the debate and the candidates tried to capitalize on trumps absence. >> reporter: without donald trump there last night, senator ted cruz moved sunt -- front and center on the debate stage but all candidates tried to convince

big time changes of the next 24 hours per 30 now and st. cloud as we do -- zoom into osceola county kissimmee elementary mid 40s now jacket weather again for sure this morning but in the afternoon you will not needed. 45 degrees in orlando and baldwin park cocoa, cocoa beach in the 50s. a chilly 42 and daytona beach and 30s in ocala. 30s as well in the hammack and palm coast. scattered clouds, high clouds. mostly sunny and warmer. osceola county, 67 at noon. this afternoon, highs in the low to mid 70s it is going to be gorgeous coming up we are tracking tomorrow's front i will show you the changes ahead. 5:01 am. first check with deneige. >> along i 4. term pilot -- eastbound and westbound looking good. and turnpike north and south looking good. we also a crash in orange county rio grande avenue. at grant street. troopers have been able to get the crash off to the side that you can see the orange meaning traffic is flowing. >>> overnight a fight inside of a sanford apartment complex ended in gunshots. >> police are still trying to figure out who

outside of st. cloud, heavy top of you. as i widen the view out, it's still pouring from marion county to the villages, all of southern, lake county, down through orange, seminole, basically if you can hear me, you've either had rain or about to. even brevard county, i know it looks like you've cleaned up. there will be a few more rounds of showers to go through there. here's the way it looks on future radar. let me stand in the corner. all of that pushes through by 6:30 or 7:00. that. we'll track the lighter stuff and pinpoint that for you into the night until about 10:00. after 10:00 it will improve rapidly. 66. the low this morning, down to 62. normals are there. records on the date, we're nowhere near that. man, that's cold. daytona beach right now, 57 degrees. the relative humidity is high. wind is still from the north-northwest at 7. now in melbourne. you're the winner, man. 70 degrees, nice and mild right now in melbourne. 63 in cocoa beach. the rain is plagued. all the interior has sort of spared melbourne the last

heavy rainfall from kissimmee approaching st. cloud. we have been raining but that heavy band is moving our way right over here barclaycard, like nona picked up an additional insured rainfall in the last hour. that is how heavy the rain has been coming down from south of visalia park. one lightning strike just popped up on the map here. on the east side of the 417. this flow, deltona, debary, sanford, heavy batch of rain moving toward sam sulla, tran 25 beach and yes it will be nicer tomorrow but it will be a bit cooler as well as we are still going to get some cool air behind this storm system. look at this wedge of rain right over which field, moving toward titusville, with heavy storms in the next -- or heavy rain, at least, in the next 15 to 17 minutes. so there is the storm. you can see the back edge here. we'll get into clearing after midnight tonight but we still have all of this rain 200 miles worth yet to come. future track doing a great job model pushes the bulk of that off but still drizzling to 9:00 tonight come and then fin

the city's water utility leaders will be in the st. cloud community center for an open meaning tonight at 6:30. we are working on a conference of look at how the rates compared to other central florida communities. we will have that for eyewitness news at 5 >>> brooks county firm farmers say plants survived the night despite frost. >> they told us this morning the plants look good. the staff will know better later today. the farm brought in extra staff to help in the field overnight. the time leading up to valentine's day one of the busiest seasons for firm partner -- firm farmers. >> look at the ice. >> it was called. we are having a winter. record heat a far cry from that now. look at the frosty scene from the morning. putting pictures together all morning. here is a shot from leesburg of some of the frost and we flip over and this is groveland and you see the frosty start and my twitter feed and facebook page. you can email me as well. conditions from michael and as we head toward -- again, i know that is florida. it doesn't say the town

milder afternoon and sunny, 68 you'll see the temps 64 palm coast, lees burg, mount dora about 68, st. cloud 69, and 67 my friends in cocoa beach and then for tonight it will be cool but not as chilly. this is about average 50 in deland, 51 in orlando and winter park, winter garden also in the low 50s for tomorrow see more 70s returning a few 60s northern tier most of us tomorrow in the low to mid 70s as we start to get changes. five day forecast with the weekend always in you view. wednesday we're highlighting that with future track and 80% chance of rain and even thunderstorms a few could be on the strong side we'll still see rain linger into thursday and that will cool us down but not as much cold air back behind the system, 64 on friday, but near 70 as we get into a gorgeous weekend. 5:20 we've got problems out there. >> on i4 westbound right at ivan hoe in the last couple minutes they reopened a couple lanes but you can see just how slowly that traffic is still moving because of that and let's pull up live traffic tracker to show you these slowdowns so from about fairbanks until you get

. >> residents are finding a new development in st. cloud to save eagles that have been living in the neighborhood for decades. the eagles can be seen watching development wants to build 94 homes on the land for the proposed eagle landing. according to the plans he wants to build around the eagles next -- nest and they will have to pay to relocate gopher tortoises them a little the property. >> i think it is part of the heritage that i want to leave them alone. but they are living someplace else. go somewhere else. >> developer will bring request before the st. cloud planning commission tonight 6:30 council chambers we will let you know >>> altamonte springs city leaders expected to vote on spending thousands to make the new bear proof trash cans fit on garbage truck. official say the crash cans are too big for the trucks so they will need to spend $30,000 to make changes to 5 garbage truck. we will let you know what they decide >>> 2000 flagler county residents are under a boil water notice is one because 70 say someone messed with water sy

this happened yesterday in st. cloud, at a home on rachel lin lane in the east lake reserve subdivision. police say the group made their way into a home, tied up and robbed a man, his girlfriend, and her daughter, all at gunpoint. the ordeal lasted more than six hours. >> what does that tell you, they stayed at the house for so long? >> we are trying to put all of the pieces of the puzzle together. that is a larger timeframe. stewart: investigators are right now unsure why the family was targeted. angela: police say a local woman stole money from people, staying at an assisted living facility where she worked as a bookkeeper. cheryl williams is now charged with exploiting the elderly. she worked at savannah court assisted living facility on maitland boulevard. arresting reports argue williams forged documents and pocketed investigators tells wesh 2 some of the crimes go as far back as november 2014. she' s facing multiple felony charges. a seminole county couple is accused of shoplifting at two different electronics stor

. >>> new since 6:00, st. cloud residents got a chance to tell the city all about the troubles utility bills. for months we've been telling you those water customers believe they're being overcharged for water. tonight city leaders listened to public comment and said they would consider the input. we took a look at several utilities and found st. cloud often has the highest rate. >>> we're waiting to find if a man who shot his friend while hunting will face any charges. we were there minutes after deputies got on scene in oak hill this afternoon. according to investigators, 56- year-old leeshawn sutton told friend with a 12 gauge shotgun. right now we're working to find out what led up to the shooting. we'll let you know if new details emerge. >>> orlando city agreed to pay the city $18 million over 15 years to buy the land in paramour where construction of the new soccer stadium is already started. that money will also pay for the infrastructure work already completed. the stadium was unveiled last summer with some

according to police documents, she went to a verizon store in st. cloud and told an employee she was in trouble with police and asked how to delete evidence remotely. police had her phone as evidence and was searching it was a warrant was issued. the passcode on the phone was removed before police took it as evidence but while she was out on bond, it was somehow reset. >> officer says he recovered and found the security passcode we separate a judge gave her $75,000 bond for tampering with evidence but she will stay in jail. her bond revoked on sexual battery charges. the boy's parents told investigators they grew suspicious when they found a box of condoms in their son's room and discovered some suspicious that -- text messages. the school district told me moore was fired the first time she was arrested in the beginning of january. salomone channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> new ad format, hoverboard is being blamed for house fire in boise john, resident say the board was plugged and charging when exploded into flames. melonie holt spoke with them homeowners

she has denied the allegations, but st. cloud police say they' collected dna evidence that proves her guilt. police say she met the boy while working at st. cloud middle school. she was fired after her arrest. the man whose recent disappearance sparked concern has now been found. orlando police announced this morning that deramus monts was located unharmed. he hadn' t been seen since christmas, and his car had been found abandoned. wesh 2 spoke with his family last night, who tell us they had been searching the entire area. so for no word on where he was. angela: there may have been plenty to do today in central florida, but going to the beach wasn' t one of them. check out this video, shot by wesh 2' s claire metz this morning in daytona beach. chilly, windy, and choppy conditions made lifeguards issue a warning to swimmers. and now they are dealing with fog. stewart: tony mainolfi is outside. how is it feeling in our area? tony: it is not bad. temperatures around 70. we still have lots of clouds, they will thicken up overnight.

. >>> new this morning, st. cloud police say they've arrested a man in a sexual battery investigation, but it wasn't easy. detectives arrested 29-year-old davion torres. he took off and found him in a nearby park and arrested him. when officers went in his house they say they found dna evidence linking him to the investigation. torres is in the osceola county jail without bond. >>> a woman is dead after a car crash in st. cloud. rebecca lawson was in a ford taurus. investigators think she pulled out in front of an f250 truck and taken to the hospital where she died from her injuries. a store worker at the via port mall charged with sexual battery. the victim told police she was assaulted and held against her will by an employee at kappa do kappa dochca art store. cops arrested the 34-year-old late thursday. he's charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment. police are concerned there could be more victims. >> there was anybody that could have any odd interaction would ask them to come forward. >> he's being held

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cloud cover, especially along the coast. s. 67 in the villages. 69, orlando. 70 in kissimmee and st. cloud. 66 will be our high. i did want to show you futurecast. in the afternoon we will see a few showers near the coast. more cloud cover as well. more moisture starts to build in over the next several days. slight chance of rain near the coast. wednesday and thursday another storm system will roll in. that will increase our showers and storms. we will talk about rain for at least the first half of thursday. westbound has reopened. we still have a right lane blocked from an accident that had all westbound lanes closed. that area has cleared as well. at least some good news. we are making progress in downtown orlando. not so bad. if you' re going to be taking a drive on the 40- 8, it would only take you nine short minutes. jason: a local city is on a not so flattering list. which city is considered to be among the most touring in the state. michelle: new details and it last -- alaska. d ut it's important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food critic

you know they will take over the 45 in st. cloud and 44 in kissimmee and 47 in titusville and that is between 6-7 a.m. temperatures are holding at 58 in leesburg, 58 in melbourne, 58 in deltona, 55 in titusville. i can go back. looking at temperatures running right now anywhere from 3-5 it degrees cooler. 58 and north wind currently at 8 miles per hour. headlines in our forecast. here is what we get. a colder than normal start to the week. little later on in the week we will see a cold front with the rain and a nice looking weekend forecast. we are expecting to see temperatures warming up for the end of the week back up to 70. another cold front on the way for the weekend but the next weekend should be sunny. 54 in jacksonville. 64 in miami. a secondary cold front dropping through with snow flakes in the we are looking at a low down to 40 in the city. 30s again north of town and a freeze up toward ocala and gainesville. tomorrow, sunny skies and a cool day. normal high should be 70s but we will be about 57. 57 tomorrow, 64 on wednes

i'll show you another storm track moving through st. cloud. toward the wedgeville subdivision, very strong winds, over 45-miles per hour there is no warning on that, but that's a whole bunch of wind moving fast, 650-miles per hour. titusville coming up in the next 18 minutes and you can see the particular cells moving toward the east. northern parts there is the thunderstorm wind gust at the international airport, gusting over 47-miles an hour. radar just updating, orlando, breezy rain, on the cool side. east side, very strong winds rolling through the westfield subdivision. titusville. so minutes away. we are really pushing these storms through quickly. we still have the tornado watch in effect until 8:00 but nothing that stands out at this time that we have a tornado threat, except for this cell, way down to the south. we'll keep an eye on indian river, otherwise, i think things will improve. >> that's right, down south, the best dynamics have been. more juicy, nor instability and on for the last 48 hours. all throughout portions of polk, os

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more rain moving out celebration now showers near kissimmee boggy creek st. cloud sissy -- city harmony and getting back to brevard county, stretching back to titusville. boise johnny wet roads around and showers over toward merritt island. cloudy skies when showers finish for you, clouds will be hanging around today. temperatures are not bad. even with the rain, 64 in orlando, close to 70 in sanford near 70 in clermont and 68 in melbourne. not as chilly as some rain we've dealing with. 30 percent chance of shower, into the 70s today, 60s this evening and coming up we will future track. saturday. we will track storms with it as marty? >>> track the rain today and throughout the weekend for yourself at wftv.com slush weather. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused an 81- after a road rage incident in leesburg high school. eyewitnesses say howard whit drove across u.s. 27 into oncoming traffic and crashed into a tree. he was transported to leesburg regional medical center where he later died. >>> us 1 is back open and brevard county this afternoon aft

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it will be 61 in clam out. in orlando and st. cloud. there is the flag at heart. it will be 60 and palm bay. we will have lots of sunshine, if you' re heading to the beach, much colder than it actually is. it will be risk -- risk -- brisk. he will stay dry and cool. by the end of the week, high-pressure will slide to the ease. that is going to help our temperatures climb. that will set things up for brain and storms. that will be our next cold front. we just keep our temperatures on the cool side. friday, he will be dealing with storms and another will down in --. we have construction in downtown. ted: once you get to colonial it' s clear. we will talk about other spot in just a second. eastbound, once you get past that area, it' s wrapped up. brett: the first alert weather app is available. you can make sure you' re all up-to-date. >> this is news sunrise in high definition. michelle: two cooks break into a home and threaten a local family. the major mistake they made. brett: sparks fly as the democrats go head-to-head. it' s great to have you with us. michelle:

the 70s for most of us. and you see the numbers around. 70 degrees already in kissimmee, toward st. cloud and harmony, 67 in cocoa beach. 66 new smyrna beach, through ponce inlet and 63 degrees in deland. this is what is going on. a couple of high clouds have pushed and not a big deal we will stay on the dry side but the blizzard potential up toward dc. you've been hearing about that and we been covering that for you. we get the tail end of they. the system is wrapping off to the west and we will see the tail end of move in by tomorrow. that is the front and with that i won friday we was see showers and storms. today what to expect, for the rest of the afternoon, 60 9f 4:00, 63 at 6:00. not as cold tonight as the next front approaching. but it will get stormy on friday. we will go over storm threat and then get in the weekend cool down. martie? >>> brian, track the cold front headed toward us for yourself at wftv.com /weather. cause great lack in the nation's capital. see what happened last night and then this lasted into the morning. nothing moving after dusting of snow on untreated road

. >>> a woman is dead after a car crash in st. cloud. she was in a ford taurus. investigators think she pulled out in front of an f250 truck. >>> take a look at these imagines from a car fire in brevard county. it happened on state road 192 in you can see the fire crews dousing the flames with water. you can see how badly charred the car was. no word on what started that fire. >>> state wildlife officials say they reported a 600-pound bear in apopka last week. bear sightings in neighbors really on the rise in central florida, and that's why fwc is working this weekend to educate residents about how to deal with bear encounters. this is bear safety 101 spending saturday afternoon learning how to deal with the big, burly creatures when they come too close to home. >> i think the bears have the potential to harm people. i think the people need to be aware to -- particularly with their garbage what they do with it. >> reporter: fish and wildlife officials are teaming up at the central floor zoo on this educational effort. apopka has many bear that is get lots of call

. >> a battle over bills in the city of st. cloud after they say their water prices have skyrocketed. >> we are joined at the table this thursday morning with amy and troy. how are we looking outside? >> watching one thing of note at this point. >> that's what we call a tease. we are in for a cold spot. and then another cooldown. we'll talk about the timing and pinpoint it all. >> have you heard about this, a young girl in virginia working to collect 1,000 barbis. it is getting the attention of hollywood stars. the heartwarming reason behind her quest. she is not keeping them. >> you'll love that story. >> today is cold. barbara will need more than the swim suit. just for awhile. it gets better but i think it will be too cool to get in the pool later today. i don't know if you have a heated pool you may want to do that. i think the ocean temperature is too cool. look at the high pressure to our east. that is dominate eing our forecast right now, leading to south winds that will lead to a warmup this afternoon. look at this, a front,

investigators say they got a call from a clerk at a st. cloud verizon store. the clerk told them she could delete things remotely from her phone...saying "she was in trouble with the police." prosecutors say moore did tamper with her phone remotely. she's being held on 75-thousand dollars bond. an update on a weather alert in new york state. a man's car became frozen after a rough storm over the weekend. water from lake erie splashed up, and covered the car. yesterday, a towing company worked to get the car free. they eventually got it. buffalo news reporter john hickey tweeted this picture of crews freeing the car from its icy shell. you can see the freed blue car in the turning now to are getting ready to fans in london. the magic are playing the raptors, at o-2 arena. it is an early tip for us. the game starts at three o clock this afternoon, our time. orlando has been struggling in 2016. the magic have lost five of six to begin the new year. they slipped down to eighth place in the eastern conference. the raptors are second in the east. toronto is on a nug

doctor philip set to an h alf inches, st. cloud at just under two and a quarter. celebration and the bulk of the parks at over 2 inches. lake catherine and our studio here and a quarter. it was widespread. everyone saw an inch plus except for marion and flagler. you saw about a half-inch. future track nine showing pretty much nothing. a couple sprinkles offshore overnight tonight but that won't come anywhere near us. we are looking at very sunny, much cooler monday on tap. so temperatures are going to make a big swing as that air invades and we see the 30s and 40s overnight for quite a stretch. so cooling down well below normal this time of year. our average is 71. on next back and. tonight. 40s rule as you head for the for 5-day forecast with your weekend in view shows we are going to stay cool at 38 degrees which will be our . >>> in volusia county, new sheriff's by the federal government. as obama's efforts to doom -- to demilitarized law enforcement agencies, tank was removed from the department on wednesday. starting this week county leaders decide whether to

the last known address was in st. cloud. >>> residents still recovering after an ef 1 tornado tore through. you can see the destruction left behind. strong storms ripped the roof off a building. they say it came without warning and blew there are very fast. moving through and that was it. >> it despite all of the damage you see here no one was hurt. >>> soil areas seeing a little bit of rain. >> they will continue to see scattered showers here and there be. but the main event is over. our rainfall totals are quite impressive. dr. phillips over 2.5 inches. st. cloud just under duoand a quarter. celebration reaching over 2 inches of rainfall. mineola almost 2. the wftv.com studio an. >>> and three quarters. it was area wide. it was our flagler that didn't it was a lot of rain in a short period of time. from toast east today we are taking a breather. we'll be saking a shower and'ing this and we are looking at 59 degrees. winter park as we head into the rest of the day temperatures gradually cooling by 8:00. in morn porn we'll

according to a police report sarah moore told an employee in st. cloud she was in trouble with police and asked her to delete evidence. she will stay in jail because her bond was revoked.>>> he was severely injured and the city of tampa was found at fault. even though he won millions of dollars in court, he still has not been paid by the city. tonight i-team jarrod holbrook is finding out why. to pay a small fraction of the amount. paul he was legally appointed $18 million, a state law kept long -- lability at 100,000. unless lawmakers step in. >> this happened november 22, 1996. >> reporter: it was 19 years ago when romero was riding his motorcycle done hillsboro avenue when three city of tampa water trucks pulled in front of him causing his bike to slam. >> all of these scratches here. >> reporter: while his bike may not look that bad, he was attract about 65 feet while trapped under the truck. he fell into a two-week, and suffered injuries. >> i missing my large intestine and i dislocated my right soldier -- shoulder. my quality of life has been and w

tonight means we'll have a wind chill, but its also means temperatures will also will not kissimmee, st. cloud, temperatures falling with high clouds, 45 degrees at midnight. 40 as you start your day at 6:00 a.m. well in the mid 30s for the villages, us tis and mount dora. 32, a light freeze near ocala. 38 daytona and for the first time this season, 39 orlando. and i'm also updated when our next storm system arrives later this week. >>> as you know, thunderstorms brought lightning and more than an inch of rain to orlando. but in the heart of that danger zone, around 3:00 a.m., the national weather service said noaa's weather radio was off the air because phone lines went out t. outage left residents in six local kouvens without a weather radio to warn them. nothing. keep going down? >> the national weather service phone lines went out or if the problem could happen again. at&t blamed a hardware problem caused by another provider, now, we had our team of meteorologists take a closer look at the damage across the strait and why the storms is so is strong right now. make sure you stick around at

. >> residents are fighting a new development in st. cloud to save eagles living in the neighborhood for decades the over an area of canoe creek road. lally development want to build 94 residential homes on the land for the proposed eagle landing. according to the plans, lally development wants to build around the eagles' nest they would also have to pay to relocate gopher tortoises that maybe in the property. >> i think they are part of our heritage bit of like to leave them alone. just put the building somewhere else, go somewhere else with the building. >> the developer will bring request before the st. cloud planning commission tonight at 6:30 in council chambers we will let you know >>> ultima springs city leaders expected to vote on spending thousands of dollars to make new bear proof trash cans actually good on trucks. official say the trash cans are too big for the trucks right now. they need to spend about $30,000 to make changes to 5 garbage truck spirit we will let you know what they decide. >>> 2000 flagler county residents are un

it happened yesterday in st. cloud, at a home on rachel lin lane in the east lake reserve subdivision. wesh 2' s matt grant reports. matt: we were there as investigators returned to the home, crime scene tape, still visible on the ground. >> this is bizarre. matt: mike jones is worried for his kids' safety after deputies say his neighbors on rachel lin lane were broken into and held at gunpoint for more than six hours. i feel sorry for the family. our thoughts and prayers go out to them. matt: jones didn' t see anything but investigators say four men, , forced their way inside thursday afternoon, tying up a high school girl, her mother' s boyfriend, and later her mother when she came home. they were held at gunpoint until the suspects left around 1:00 a.m., taking money and the male victim with them. police found him five miles away, here, at the intersection of rummell road, tied up, in the back seat of his girlfriend' s car. he' d been beaten up and was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. >> the family is very

st. cloud. here is the current temperature. 53 in daytona, 50 toward bushnel. temperatures coming from the north and northwest at 5-10. not strong enough to get a wind chill advisory or anything. dew points are low. but not ahat we had a couple weeks ago. remember the last shot of cold air coming in? we had dew points down in the teens during the early afternoon. they are mainly upper 20s to lower 30s now. 55 in central florida with the visit orlando tower cam on top of the hyatt regency orlando. 61 was the high and 43 was the early morning low. a little colder tonight compared to last night. as we go throughout the week, we will warm it up with a cold front. then the cold front gets out of here in time for the weekend. severe weather producing time of front. 50 toward jacksonville. you can see on the water vapor imagery the drier air hanging around and there is more on the way. we will stay dry as we head through the next several afternoons. the next chance of big changes is going to be the big cold front that will show up here as we go through the day on frid

not quite back to normal yet. 69 are high in orlando. 70 is our high today in st. cloud. 64 in daytona beach. 66 in palm bay. today we are quiet and ride. a couple little showers are possible near the coastal disturbance off our east coast. i will put it in as a slight chance of rain on tuesday. look at wednesday and thursday. the coverage heads up significantly. that will bring us showers and thunderstorms for wednesday and the first half of thursday. jason: the i -4 has mostly no major delays. those ramps are not seeing backups. jason: "sunrise" at 5:00 is next. you can download our mobile app. michelle: a new effort to help nearly 100 homeless in the cold in volusia county. jason: a deadly winter storm continues to impact millions in the eastern part of the nation. it continues leading to some -- morning.

looking at the numbers 29 in ocala. 32 in st. cloud. not a huge variation from ocala to cocoa beach. because the winds will be out the northeast. winds start to subside finally tomorrow. but still a northwesterly flow, 5- 15. highs in the 50s for most of us. not as cold adds today, still a chilly day. five-day forecast, with the weekend in view, monday morning, a better chance of frost and here's why. saturday and sunday, lighter winds, better has chance of a widespread frost. 74 on tuesday but another storm system wednesday and thursday, a inin t thihis line of work ononlyly t the freshest iningredients mamakeke t the cut itit's's i important to meme to know eveverery y dish i serve isis t thehe best it can be. esespepecicially for this fofood critic. pupublblixix bakery scratch mamade bread wewe b bakake it in store every daday with pride soso y you can serve it wiwith some pupublblixix. where shopping isis a a p pleasure. hey, guys, it's annie. you know, as moms, we are always looking for new ways to save money. pwell today, i'm goin

several times at her home which she shares with her husband and children. substitute teacher at st. cloud middle school . she was fired after her arrest and charged with 10 counts of sexual battery. the world's most famous beach could see more visitors. jetblue has no flights to daytona beach. they launch nonstop service between daytona and jfk. they will have just one flight per day the crusade could change if the trips become popular. the airline considers adding more flights to other cities like boston. the first flight arrived an hour ago. it's always a good thing. the powerball jackpot just went up >> good news here. there was no big jackpot winners so it went up to 7 million. it's good news because we still have a chance to win . the cash value is at 428 . the cash value is at 428.4 . the cash value is at 428.4 million. you saw the drying live here last night. last minute ticket sales brought the jack up more. many people rushed to the store yesterday trying to grab the tickets. they will have to do it all over again if they want to win and win big . here are the numbers b to , 11,

she denied the allegations, but st. cloud police say they have collected dna evidence that proves her guilt. she was working as a cloud. she was fired after her arrest. meredith: marion county sheriff deputies are looking into the suspicious death of a former corrections officer. he was the victim of a gunshot wound. he worked at the jail for seven years. the 29-year-old lived on large road. he leaves behind a three month old baby. if you know something, call crime stoppers at 352 -368-stop. jim: no bond for the man accused of pulling a police officer at a traffic stop. he became violent and try to get away from the stop yesterday. the officer suffered a concussion from being dragged by the truck. previous arrests. he is charged with aggravated battery and eluding law-enforcement area . meredith: a man found this device while picking up boxes. he brought into the parking lot of 7-eleven at conway road. it was a grenade of some sort. it was not -- it did not have all of the parts to work as an expose of. -- explosive device. a

in st. cloud world, by the afternoon, scattered showers moving on by. nothing to hamper your plans.. saturday in a nutshell, i both in the morning and showers in the afternoon and a chance for a couple of thunderstorms, primarily up north. 50/50 chance of measurable rainfall. saturday night, the shower system starts to move on out and by sunday, we break up the clouds and bring in dry weather for weekend in view showers overnight tonight and in the morning, a little bit of a break and showers in the afternoon. daytime highs are in the upper 70s and late in the afternoon and into the evening on saturday, 50/50 coverage, highs in the upper 70s, we cool down some and dry out on saturday and tuesday we get back into january temperature patterns with daytime highs in the upper 60s. stay with us, we will be right back. >>> stocks are plunging. the worst stocks of the year. >> and a man going down people isis. >> and earthquakes over the last 24 hours. >>> yesterday we made an new home for window city and we found out how many games you'll be able to see you a

we will be talking about storms tomorrow, but for today it is nice and dry. 73 topping off in st. cloud. 73 deltasone and deland. 70 palm coast, 72 in palm coast. 71 are high temperature new smyrna beach and 70 degrees and new merritt island. 6:00 a.m., watching those clouds to the area through lunchtime and even to dinnertime. a mix of clouds and sun streaming across the sky. high pressure and still in control, we have that easterly wind. that is helping to moderate things. tomorrow, that storm system cranks up and passes by to our north. it drags a cold front which will usher in some showers and afterwards, we turn clear. 10:00 a.m., starting to see some moisture moving in tomorrow, by 1230 or 1:00, we watch the showers and storm clear out for the evening. chance for severe weather from tallahassee act over toward mobile bay. the i tend quarter that get that slight risk of severe weather. that will stay to the north. as we look to the weekend forecast, it is gorgeous. a big races weekend and we are talking about a perfect forecast. nice and cool temperatures. today is a bit warmer, 74

crisp and cool. 73 your high in st. cloud. partly to mostly sunny skies today. safety nine degrees in the now. -- 69 degrees into now. for your beach and boating, some smooth and light chop. a two foot wave maybe. maybe use the longboard in a wetsuit for surfers out there today. tomorrow, we should be at about 75 degrees. a good weekend to be out at the races. of course, there is also the zora festival in eatonville. sweeping through some days of nice weather. i will have more on what you can expect coming up. alex: thank you dave. coming up, an inside look at the magic behind harry potter. plus, big alex: welcome back to sunrise. the weather is going to be great this weekend. wesh 2' s michelle imperato has the scoop on the top five things to do around town. michelle: there is always plenty to do and central florida. this weekend is no different. first, it' s a wizarding weekend at universal orlando, with a celebration of all things harry potter. a few actors from the movies will be at the theme park, including rupert grint, better known as ron weasley. plus. >

st. cloud police say sarah moore had sex with the under-aged victim several times, including at her home, which she shares with her husband and kids. moore was most recently a substitute teacher at st. cloud middle school. she was fired after her arrest. moore is charged with 10 counts of sexual battery. >> the first-ever jetblue flight to daytona beach from j.f.k. airport in new york arrived earlier today. the airline just launched daily non-stop service between the two cities. the flight was supposed to get here at 11:55 in the morning but landed 20 minutes early. a jetblue official we spoke with who went to embry-riddle, told us why they chose daytona beach as the newest destination. >> we saw the level of enthusiasm that we don't see in a lot of communities. that helped us to make a decision that helped to take new market. >> for now jetblue will have one flight a day but it could increase if the trips are popular. they could also add flights to other cities like boston. >> we're working to

rain earlier but it is returning near winter garden and the coie and light showers around kissimmee st. cloud and here's sumter like astatula mascot clermont . lake ann wester even ocala. getting wet. mild, 64 orlando temperatures in the 70s today. again the big story the threat of storms, storms i showed you really working in at 10:00 and storms arriving. isolated tornado risk and the possibility of wind damage as well. coming up, we will go over the severe weather threat and i broke down the timeframe of the line moving in hour-by-hour so we will go over the storm timeframe when i join you again. 6:01 am. 408 with deneige. >> 408 pine hills traffic headed toward downtown orlando. the camera is shaking in the wind but north of the 408 along indialantic drive crash is blocking one lane on in the atlantic drive -- indialantic drive hit keep that in mind if you do that direction you will see troopers and orange county fire rescue on scene. >>> a volusia county judge will decide whether to postpone the trial against luis toledo accused of killing his wife and her 2 kids. >> we told you yesterday

so those hud hie clouds will act -- high clouds will act like that thin blanket. 39 kissimmee, st. cloud. 35 in palm coast f ft but because we do have the cloud cover tonight, this will preclude a widespread freeze. at least so far, we're expecting a light freeze near marion county, no official freeze advisory has been posted. you've already hit freezing once. they will let it go into effect though tomorrow night, i think tomorrow night will be colder. wind chills in the morning, also be dealing with that at 4:00 o'clock in the morning. feeling like the freezing make in marion county. mid 30s. 33-34, so those light jackets will be needed, as kids are back in school tomorrow. for melbourne and palm bay, temperatures not getting out of the mid 50s all afternoon long. 56 at 2:00 o'clock, we will clear out the skies, though, one of the reasons it will be colder as opposed to this evening. daytona, mix of clouds and sunshine tomorrow with temperatures barely getting into the lower 50s. it is january after all. right, we're allowed a couple of cold days. 56 in sanford. cool and mostly sunny la

. >>> tonight deputies in st. cloud are searching for four men who tied up and terrorized a family for nearly 12 hours. they say they forced their way into the home, tying the mother and daughter and kidnapping of mothers boyfriend and beating him. two suspects drove away with a boyfriend and two stayed behind to watch the mom and daughter. eventually all the suspects left. neighbors are still trying to grasp what happened in their community. >> i'm worried about my family. this is a pretty good neighborhood that we get outsiders coming in here and -- you just don't know. >> they say the family was targeted and they don't believe was injured. >>> tonight the pinellas county sheriff calling eight beauty -- decorated deputy a liar. he's charged with intentionally shooting a handcuffed man. they are live in the date -- madeira beach at the scene of the shooting. michael? >> reporter: it was almost a month ago that the sheriff was right here and he said that this shooting was justified. he said 48 hours later he realized th

st. cloud police say more had several sexual encounters with a 14-year-old void. relationship took place in the mother of five' s home and elsewhere. more worked at a -- moore worked as a substitute teacher at saint cloud middle school. police say the boy did not want her to get in trouble. >> he did not want to get the defendant in trouble, he did not want to see the family suffer. jason: she is facing 10 counts of battery on a -- sexual battery on a minor. in volusia county, this man is in jail after police say he stabbed a couple in ormond beach. 19-year-old michael phillips was arrested yesterday. police say he stabbed shelly and adam phillips inside their home along andrews street on december 27th. he then fled. police say the suspect is not related to the couple. adam phillips is still in critical condition. the man accused facing a judge. this is video obtained by wesh 2 . investigators say it shows trayston morgan making his getaway yesterday. authorities say they had stopped more than