the sheriff's office and it apparently started over a grudge with the drug suspect. that deputy steven la blanc was out to get thomas parise, the deputy planted a syringe and crack pipe in parise's bag. he got the drug paraphernalia from parise's neighbor. >> the offense goes back to when he went after -- told her to go get me more stuff, you know, that was clearly a law enforcement officer breaking the law by trying to jam somebody up on charges that they weren't responsible for. >> that former deputy could face obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence charges. >>> there was panic and fear inside a venice day care this morning when a car plowed through the wall there. a group of 15 preschoolers were inside at the time. news channel 8's john rogers joins us now live from that scene and, john, are all the kids okay? >> reporter: thankfully, stacie yes, they are okay. we are told three kids had minor scrapes and bruises which is a relief because as you're quite a lot of damage. officials say at 9:00 this morning antoinetta tra tropea -- pa tropea was dropping off her grandchild when she

. >> reporter: sheriff chris nocco briefed the media on what led to deputy steven la blanc's firing. according to the sheriff, la blanc planted drugs in the bag of a known drug suspect thomas parise. >> it goes back to possibly the fact that parise had spray painted la blanc's name on his own trailer, on parise's own trailer saying la blanc for sheriff 2016. we don't know any other altercation that had occurred between those two. >> reporter: the deputy got a syringe and a crack pipe from perey's -- parise's neighbor and planted it in parise's bag. >> goes and checks himself into a rehab center. when he checks himself into a rehab center the staff notices these items outside the bag, they notify the sheriff's office. >> reporter: that's what sparked investigation into the deputy and led the neighbor to tell investigators what happened. in pasco county, josh thomas, news channel 8. >>> the clearwater fire assistant chief accused of stealing an energy drink from a 7-eleven has resigned. the store claimed ronald gemsheim walked out the door. he said he forgot to pay. yesterday. day care

. >>> a pasco county deputy off the job fired for trying to steven la blanc was let go following an internal investigation. the sheriff tells us he planted drugs and a crack pipe in the suspect's bag. la blanc could face tampering with evidence charges. >>> and now a story that would make any parent panic. a car crashes into a day care with children inside. >> news channel 8's john rogers shows us how it happened. >> reporter: good afternoon, guys. come over here and take a look. you can see where the car plowed through this wall, while 15 children were inside. it's no wonder that no one was hurt. i want to show you some of the images from inside. you can tell the damage is alarming. troopers tell us at around 9:00 this morning, a woman was dropping off her grandchild here in van ness. while leaving she accidentally pulled forward and crashed through this wall. we are told three children suffered very minor injuries and a day care worker was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. the children were sent home today and while the day care remains closed they will be transferred to other