st. pete olice department for 29 years pto most recently assistant chief pand promised over the next year, pofficers will see her out in the pthem. pshe is bradenton's very first pfemale police chief. pit's a change in history and she psaid the significance is not plost on her but she doesn't pthink it defines her. pwoman: i would like to think pthat i'm the right person for pthe job because of what i bring pand who i am. pthe fact that my gender might be psomething new in this role isn't pat this moment, i feel like the pluckiest cop alive. pto be able to stand before you pas your new chief. preporter: she beat out more pthan one hundred candidates to pearn the job. pshe'll be sworn in as chief pfebruary 16th. pas for outgoing chief, he says phe'll miss the police officers pbut looks forward to spending ptime with his family. p>>> sarasota deputies identified pthe man whose remains were found plast fall. phis skeletal remains were found pin september along cattleman proad. pthey also found personal items plike a cell phone and a belt. pit's still not exactly clear how por when he died. p

st. pete olice department as almost precently assistant police chief. pshe beat out more than 100 pcandidates for the job and pbecome bradenton first female olice chief. pben will be sworn in on pfebruary 16th. pit is 8:35 now. p$300 million, that's how much pthe florida based nonprofit pwounded warrior project received pin donations in 2014 alone. pbut how much was actually spent pon veterans? pthat's whole other story cbs pnews investigation found only pabout 60 percent of what's pdonated actually goes to rojects that help veterans. pthe report found that other 40 ercent goes to team building ptrips or lavish spending on pstaff. pthe news agency pulled the pnonprofit tax forms and found porganization spent as much pconferences and its meetings as pif did on its top program combat pstress recovery. pwhen asked for comment, the pdeclined to be interviewed or pcomment on the report. pthe organization did allow it's pdirector alumni relations to ptalk. phe denied any excessive spending pby the agency. pall right we will get over to pdave osterberg right n

olice say he put something in a pgas tank and lit it on fire. pif you know who the man is, call pthe st. pete police department. p>>jennifer: grief counselors pwill be available this morning pafter a student was hit and pkilled while trying to catch a pschool bus. p12-year-old boy was running pthrough the parking lot when he pran into the path of an s.u.v. phe was rushed to st. joseph's phospital where he died. pdeputies do not believe the pdriver was impaired. p>>russell: an alabama family is pafter an incident involving a psnake. pfamily was at the animal kingdom pwhen a snake dropped from a tree pand bit an 8-year-old boy. pthe family's attorney says the pboy's grandmother saw it happen pand went into cardiac arrest. pshe died a short time later. pdisney says the snake was not pwild and there was never a call pfor an ambulance for the pgrandmother. palso say the boy was treated pwith a band-aid and the family preturned to the park. p>>jennifer: it is shaping up to pbe a beautiful gasparilla pweekend. irate invasion is tomorrow pmorning followed by the big arade. pwe're hoping for plenty of beads pand sun for