. >> i'm stacie schaible. thanks for joining us. >> the mother of baby chance walsh has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. officials say kristin bury did not do anything to help save her nine week old son as her husband beat him to death. so today, she took a plea deal. report. >> reporter: today, bury's parents took the stand. she was visibly distraught and very emotional as they talked about how ashamed they were of their daughter. courtroom, she quickly hid her face from the cameras but minutes later her emotions were testified. >> i will never get the chance to be a grandmother now. >> reporter: in september, officials say she watched as her husband beat and choked their nine month old son chance. bury never called 911 and the child soon died and decomposed in the crib. eventually, chance's body was found buried here in north port. as you can tell, the community mourned alongside the family. and today, kristin bury pled no contest in court. she has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. >> she made a cho

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. breaking in while the homeowner is still inside. a terrorizing thief is on the run tonight. there were four bold robberies in just a short time span over the weekend. now tampa police are hoping a

. >> good evening i'm stacie schaible. we begin with breaking news.

>> and i'm stacie schaible. police issued an amber alert and they've now cancelled the alert and say the children were found. mother. the mother does not have custody and had threatened to injure her children and herself. >>> also breaking right now. the port of tampa is closed due to fog and you can see why. that is causing a travel mess for cruise line passengers. right now. that is some thick fog. the carnival paradise was supposed to dock this morning. but that same cruise was also supposed to depart today with new passengers it will now leave tomorrow. so instead of a four day cruise to mexico. it's going to be a three day cruise to nowhere. a 50% refund for that inconvenience. >>> now breaking news on an 8 on your side investigation. sink hole justice. a family who sold their home with a sink hole will avoid jail time. this first of its kind federal case started with our 8 on your side investigation. shannon behnken joining us now from the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: the judge really wrestled

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. >>> good evening i'm stacie schaible. >> and i'm keith c ate. and we understand a man tried to rob a clerk with a knife. >> reporter: this robber tried to take cash and the teller defended himself. the clerk is still shaken up but he still does plan to come back. let's go to video from eagle8hd. you can see the scene was roped off earlier. this happened around 3:30 this afternoon. again detectives telling us gun. the clerk shot him. that man was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. we did speak to the clerk's brother who tells us the clerk very shaken up. again so is his family. his wife at home worried. here's what he had to say. >> his wife she was panicking. she has twins coming in soon. and she was freaking out, crying and all that. she thought, i thought something happened to my brother but thank god nothing happened. >> reporter: again the clerk's brother very relieved nothing happened to him brother. but again we're still waiting for more information from detectives this evening regarding this shooting. we're still waitin

good evening i'm stacie schaible. >> and i'm keith cate. and an investigation on building inspectors. one hillsborough inspector took on 81 inspections today and he was saddled with 77 yesterday. >>8 on your side began investigating this overload, and it really hasn't eased up all that much. >> reporter: the county claims it's doing a better job managing the building inspections load, but the numbers tell a much different story. to the storms in manati and sarasota to understand how important it is that buildings are built to code. inspection logs find that are. on wednesday, 77 inspections for one building inspector, 68 to a second, 64 to a third. the international code council recommends 16 to 18 inspections per day. i showed the log to county commissioner al higenbacher. >> do the inspections you are seeing surprise you? >> it's a heavy workload. i don't see how you would accomplish 80 inspections in an >> reporter: the heavy workload led an inspector to quit. barkley sited pressure that produced undue stress. >> if we're under a lot of

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us tonight. >>> tonight we have team coverage beginning with eagle eight hd reporter who has a view above the devastation in sarasota county and boy it's something to see. >> reporter: it is, inside the house that was demolished there's people now sifting through going in to see what them find to see, they're setting out some of their items they found. but this is not the only house in the neighborhood affected. if i pan out wide, check out all these blue tarps what that means is they've had some type damage. if i push in you will see the screen lanai is ripped off. they have screen damage. before they get back to damage here in this sarasota area. thank you paul. >>> where steve and katie were killed, people are showing up to see what they can do. >> reporter: there's not much left in the home where steve and katie lived. their homes, their belongings all strewn across the street and into that field. >>> family and friends came to sift through the debris. four c

. >> reporter: good evening stacie schaible. these could be placed in a gas pump and you would never know it until the fraudulent charges show up. a woman in fish hawk ranch contacted 8 on your side when she believes it happened to her son. >> it was his first time using his debit card. two days later we found >> reporter: lori daley filed a police report after her son's account was hacked. >> it was his first charge. this is absolutely where it happened. >> reporter: on monday, we reported about a suspected skimming device problem at another 7/11 down the road. a number of neighbors were complaining about the issue on facebook. >> a lot of people were posting about it saying they had their cards compromised here. >> reporter: but while we were there, the owner of the franchise came out to confront us. >> you didn't ask me if i wanted to be on camera. >> you walked up to me. >> reporter: he announced he is doing everything he can to protect his pumps. >> there is a special lock with a special key that you can copy anywhere. and

good evenining, i'm stacie schaible. . >> i'm keith cate. thanks for joining us tonight. cigarette >> it has been a busysy day in the bay y area. >> steve jejerve brings us up to date. >> the bululk of the rain isis south of i-4. we have seen n over an inch of rain in many locations. lakeland, saint pete. a lot t of rain for a a day in late jajanuary. let's take a look at what is going g on. certainly the severe weather threat tonight isis muchch lolower but still a small chance. don't want toto rule this out, we hahave talked all winter long about the el nioo threatat. later onon tomorrow afternoooon, the showowers, storms willll come to an end. ththe severe weather threat is higher further to the soututh and d marginal risk. a general thunderstorm risk elsewhere e and you can see how the last 12 hours or so south to north giving us very good coverage. two tornado i touchdowns, coconut creek. a waterspout around the area as well. . you can see areas like sebring, sarasota, areas to the north not as much. virtually alall of polk county. we will talk about that potetential

stacie schaible? >> a lot of information and a lot of activity. thank you. >>> the widow of a man killed during an argument over texting has sued the movie theater in wesley chapel where it happened. nicole olsen says they failed the enforce the company's weapon's ban. she is seeking more than $15,000. curtis reeves murdered chad olsen in 2013. >>> tiffany littlepage seen forcefully threw water in the face of a three-year-old boy. targeting and punishing children with special needs. >>> corporal joe minor was pulling out. the deputy was not hurt. >>> now, an update to our 8 on your side investigation. sick and tired. >> the va is stiffing florida doctors and hospitals to the tune of millions. one doctor contacted 8 on your side when his office, trying to help a patient in the veteran's choice program, was overwhelmed by paperwork. >> to top that off, he has not been paid for surgery performed six months ago. senior investigative reporter steve andrews joining us with more on this story. this is not limited to the veteran's choice program. >> no. t

good afternoon, i'm stacie schaible. thank you for joining us. this is the art plaza on tamiami trail. julie phillips is tracking the weather and we're going to begin with taking a look at the damage tonight. >> reporter: good evening. first of all, take a look at what mother nature did this morning. high winds ripped all this aluminum tin off the art plaza on tamiami trail in venice. they are cleaning up here but thankfully no one here was injured. an aluminum roof shredded, 11:00 this morning. remnants landed on employees' vehicles parked around back. yummy's donuts and barbecue was waiting on customers when it hit. >> straightline wind come through, lost our power and heard a big boom. looked out the back door and the roof was completely off the building. >> reporter: the strip mall also houses a dog grooming business and after the roof was blown off here, owners of about 20 dogs showed up in a panic to check their dogs and remove them. they did and that took a while during all the confusion. extensively. building, steve? >> reporter: well, ac

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. thank you for joining us. and lovey is out but who is in? we promised 8 on your side team coverage as the bucs begin the search for the new head coach. and we are finding today that fans were taken off guard. >> they sure were. as soon as the news hit, social medial started lighting up. here is rod carter. >> i will think the headline on the tampa tribune says it all. just one word. fired. this is the road the buccaneers this is the third coach in the past five years that the buccaneers franchise has fired. and you talk to folks about how they feel about lovey smith are mixed. >> i think he should have been given more time to turn the team around. >> he was doing a good job and well this year and jameis is a good rookie quarterback. and if he stayed with the team for a longer time, they would have been doing a better job. >> reporter: but overwhelmingly the majority of people want one thing out of the buccaneers. they simply say, they just want the guys t to win. rod carter news channel 8. >> obviously the buc

. >> i'm stacie schaible. >> manatee county deputies are investigating a murder. eagle 8 is over the scene at bishop harbor road right now with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, josh. this is a fluid situation. we have only been here a short time. in that time we have seen the crime scene techs moving all around. this road is just north of 275 and just south of the skyway bridge, actually in palmetto. the body was found around 1:30 p.m., believed to be the body of a white female in her 20s, and foul play is suspected. homicide. you can see down here within the trees, the crime scene techs are down there trying to what's going on. they will be here for a while. any time they find a body, they have to be meticulous and get once we get updates, we'll fill you in. >> thanks for that. again, a body of a woman in her 20s found in manatee county. we'll keep you updated. >>> we are learning more about the four children who were injured but survived this weekend's deadly tornado. >> the grandparents of the kids were killed by that storm. the tornado ripped apart the

good afternoon, i'm stacie schaible. this is first at 4. thank you cleanup continues after a devastating tornado outbreak over the weekend. at least two tornadoes have been confirmed and families and friends are cleaning up. a twister killed two people and injured four, and jeff peaterson shows us the latest. >> reporter: good evening. this was a mobile home that was literally ripped from the foundation and blown across the road here when the tornado hit. three adults and four children were inside when this hit and today friends and family have been sifting through the rubble of the home, trying to pick up whatever they can to help out the family. steven and kelly wilson died here, two boys and two girls injured, and a third adult was also injured. friends have established a gofundme page to help the family, who didn't want to speak with us today. home suffered property damage storm. >> man, that's the most helpless feeling in the world, hunkered down in a closet with you and your wife and you feel the house shaking, and you happen. >> repo

. >> i'm m stacie schaible and d this is first t of 4:00. looking atat a live picture of downtotown tampa. it's foggy and d overcast and looking at all day. >> yucky outside for surere. >> early-morning ststorms gave waway to overcast skies. this is video of a wet commute on dale mabry and bracing for the next week of rain. >> keepeping an eye on the storms inin here is julie phillipsps. >>> good afternoon josh inin a sosoggy day across ththe bay area. gloomy as well with o overcast skies.s. you see at new port richey with our toyota camera 68 degreeees and d picked up 7/10 of anan inch of rain. many's lots in the tampa bay area picked up an inch or m more in some areas. here's the r reason why. tracking a cocold front moving into the tampa bay area and decided to stall out. watching an area of low pressure developing in the gulf. across the region and lookining at showers continuing into the overnight hours tonight. most of the rain you notice will be south of i-4 which is what we are seeing now. we will highlilight i-4 on the map and you u

. >> and i am stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. weather forecast. here's brian bennett, well, we did start off cool this morning but temperatures have rebounded this afternoon. right now, 70 degrees. that's exactly where we should be for this time in january. a good look bit of cloud cover has moved in. even with the cloud cover, temperatures did manage to warm up to around 70 degrees for much of the bay area. satellite and radar picture where you see the grays and the white, this represents a lot of cloud cover moving through but no blue. that means we have dry conditions and we are not expecting any rain from the clouds that we are currently experiencing. this even, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, 65 degrees by 9:00 p.m. overnight tonight, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky, above average low temperature, only dropping down to 60 degrees. so not as chilly tonight. northwest. we have a big storm developing in louisiana. that's going to bring us storms tomorrow and a lot, a lot of snow for parts of the mid- atlantic states. i'll time out everything

. >> and i am stacie schaible. we given with breaking news. right now, an amber alert is in effect for two children last seen in st. petersburg. they were staying with their grand importants but they are now believed to be with their mother. authorities fear the children may be in danger. we are live with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening. we're in front of the grandparent's house. this is where the kids were last seen sometime late last night. and it's believed that their mother came into the house, she has a key and took them sometime in the overnight hours now take a look at some of the pictures police. this is 5-year-old and her brother, a 4-year-old. again, they were last seen sometime last night. their mother. now she lost custody of the kids back in august. she was allowed to have supervised visits and this the first time she has taken the kids like this but they say in that if she loses custody of the children that she will kill herself and the children. so there's a lot of concern to find the kids and find out that they're ok

. >> and i am stacie schaible. and today we begin with bad weather on the way to the bay area. here's brian bennett. right now, just cloudy skies across the bay area but tomorrow we are going to have rain moving in and it could be quite a bit of rain and i think that will be the main threat if the storm system, a continual rain throughout the morning and afternoon tomorrow the. right now, lakewood afternoon, cloudy sky and temperatures are warmer than what we have been. right now, 75 in tampa and lakeland. and 70 in st. petersburg. sarasota and manatee counties in up ther 70s and everybody inland is in the upper 70s as well. satellite and radar picture. the gray color represents cloud cover moving through the area. but right now, the blue dot, that's smoke, perhaps a little smoky conditions around zephyrhills dade city because of a prescribed burn in that location. be otherwise, we are dry right now and generally dry throughout the even, other than maybe a rogue sprinkle or two. we are setting the stage, high pressure offshore, we have warm so we're -- air coming from the south

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with our >> good afternoon. it was a chilly morning to say the least. the official low in tampa, 45 this morning. the coldest air we have seen so far this year. looks to be just as cold for tonight. but this afternoon, we have warmed into the low 60s. so you still need the jacket but with the sunshine and the mostly clear skies around, it is actually fairly nice this afternoon. you can see a nice view there. and for tonight, temperatures going to be nearly as cold. we do have frost advisories that have been issued citrus and hernando county from 1:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. the northern counties could be dealing with frost by tomorrow morning. and temperatures now cooler along the coast, sitting in the mid- to upper 50 east in 58 in new port richey. and 68 inland toward brandon. and we're even topping out near 70 in bartow. temperatures this afternoon still below average but fairly comfortable with the blue skies. a little bit more cloud cover to the south and the rain sta

. >> and i am stacie schaible. this is first at 4:00. we have breaking newsing for. an arrest in a triple murder in polk county. we are told sheriff judd will be giving details at 5:00, one hour from now. and we have a crew there for that. we want to refresh your memory on what happened in lakeland. this was a suspected drug deal gone where three people died and one survived. the sheriff believed that they were killed by hitmen from south florida. we will have thereto latest on the case come -- have the latest on this case coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> and this time, more breaking news, storms will be moving through overnight. let's go to meteorologist julie phillips. >> yes, we have storms in the forecast. at the moment, things are quiet right now across the pam bay area though -- at the tampa bay area though. temperatures in up ther 60s but no rain yet. and looking at the latest model, mainly like we will be seeing the storms friday morning as opposed to through the overnight hours tonight. we are tracking showers to the south of us near naples. these are not head

. >> and i'm stacie schaible. this is fist at 4:00. there's a school bus accident. and our photo journalist is up in eagle 8 hd. what has changed since we talked last? >> reporter: we are here at u.s. 301 here in south hillsboro county. we have been here for about a half hour. and we are onscene of a bus crash and a large suv, a gmc yukon. both vehicles have front-end damage on them. and what i can tell you right now, there were 31 students onboard, five were transported to local hospitals without serious injuries. they did take all the students off the bus and they were over here, looks like some of their parents are picking them up at this time. little bit southbound on u.s. 301. they are diverting that around the accident here, around this service station. again, we are at u.s. 310 just north of big bend road where there's been a bus crash but no serious injuries. that's the good thing to report. >> absolutely. >> reporter: up in eagle 8 hd. >> all right, michael, we appreciate that. these students were from summerfield crossing elementary school but the best new