walter ambrose is listed as a sexual predator. he' s been found guilty of sexual battery in orange, brevard and seminole counties and has served nearly 15 years in prison. the case in seminole county invovled a 15-year-old in 1994 throat and forced her to have sex. >> even for him to do it one time is disturbing, and for him to be convicted three times of it, and doing it again, obviously it is rough. reporter: in the most recent case, police say ambrose knew the victim through an friend of the family. the police report says while the adult female was talkikgn to -- talking to detectives, walter ambrose had just called her cell phone. the report goes on say she called him back and put him on speaker phone asking him, why he raped her daughter. police say that woman was not the victim' s biological mother. walter ambrose was caught and arrested yesterday in sebastian florida. >> hopefully we can put him away for good this time, and he' s not out on the streets doing this again to another victim. reporter: the report also said when

take a look at walter franklin ambrose. he' s a registered sexual predator, who is now in a lot more trouble with the law. wesh 2' s gail paschall-brown explains how he was caught, and what he' s accused of doing. >> is everything on said application true and correct? >> yes, sir. gail: a public defender will now represent 40-year-old walter ambrose, who is charged with rape involving a 13-year-old assualt with a deadly weapon. according the arrest report, walter ambrose had held a knife to the victim' s throat, had forced himself on her. also punched her in the jaw area when she yelled for him to stop. the alleged attack happened two days ago at the victim' s home. longwood police say an adult female was also inside the house. the report says she had invited ambrose to the house. ambrose allegedly choked her with two hands, causing her to black out. police says it' s not the first time the winter springs man has been charged such a crime. walter ambrose is listed as a sexual predator with the florida department of law enfo

officers say the girl called 911 yesterday and the 40-year-old walter ambrose went before a judge today. news 6 reporter troy campbell was there. >> standing before the seminole county judge, 40-year-old walter ambrose charged with sexual battery on a minor and with a weapon. he was visiting a friend at a home. >> it's an acquaintance. no family ties at all with the case. it's just an acquaintance and he happened to be over at the house hanging out and that's when it all took place. >> police say an early morning hours wednesday, an under-aged girl called 911 saying ambrose threatened her with a knife, forcing her to commit sex acts. >> who knows what he was thinking at the time, it happened and it's our job to do the investigation to make sure it never happens to anybody else and our job is to provide >> the seminole county sheriff's office says ambrose is currently county. arrest reports going back to brevard counties. leading to convictions. >> troy, thank you. ambrose remains locked up without bond. investigators tell us a woman attack. it is not known if she knew that a crime was t

longwood police arrested walter ambrose yesterday. they say he threatened and assaulted a girl inside a friend's home. troy campbell spoke with police about this case. what are they telling you about this guy, ambrose? >> well, they're saying he's no stranger to law enforcement. this is the stretch of springwood court where police say the assault on the teenage girl happened. you can see signs in the area for neighborhood watch. we've also seen several kids in slow down for all the children who live on the street. >> 40-year-old walter ambrose appearing before a seminole county judge charged with sexual battery on a minor and aggravated assault with a weapon, allegedly using a knife to threaten his victim. >> he used a knife to force her to do these acts. it's very disturbing for us to even have to investigate this kind of crime, but after using the knife, he forced her to commit these acts on him. >> longwood police say a girl called 911 on wednesday morning, saying ambrose had assaulted her a few hours prior, forcing her to commit s

walter ambrose is in the seminole county jail under no bond. angela: we have the 911 call of a hunting accident that took the life of a 65-year-old volusia county man. this was in the remote area of oak hill. the two men were looking for dear around 2:00 in the afternoon. according to the 911 call, he was shot by his hunting partner when he mistook them for a dear. he was using a 12 gauge shotgun. in the 911 call you hear confusion and disbelief. caller: i killed bruce. >> what? i killed bruce. he' s back there. he' s back. the helicopter is is getting further away. where' s the cops? where are you all? angela: a sad, tragic situation. men were excellent hunters. they are being investigated by the volusia county sheriff' s office and the fwc. jim: the former pedi cab driver, accused of raping a customer following the races in daytona beach nearly two years ago, took the stand today. george brainard says he had consensual sex with the victim after she repeatedly offered it while riding around near the speedway. brainard, who has high functioning

earlier this month, longwood police arrested walter ambrose. police say he raped a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint. investigateors say jamie failed to protect the teenager while in her care. ambrose was previously charged with sexual battery in orange,, seminole. a july set the bond at more than $15,000. >>> the volutia county deputies have identified a man's body found burned near a wooded area in delan. an eyewitness called deputies yesterday after finding malcolm rule york avenue just west of i-4. deputies were called to the same area friday night because rule had been sleeping on a bench and refused to leave. the scheduled to conduct an autopsy tomorrow. beach police department is expected to release video of homeless camp. told you homeless people were camped outside of volutia county administration building for 44 days. the police chief said they had to be removed because of the inappropriate activity. the homeless were sent to a shelter at the salvation army. >> in is a problem in america, and nobody has a solution to fix this thing. >> t

walter ambrose was arrested more than a week ago for the rape. he is a registered sexual predator. popowski is charged with aggravated child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. the man accused of getting into a shootout with police in sanford stands before a judge today. wesh 2' s matt lupoli is live tonight. matt, you also have new details about his arrest. matt: yes, jim, this police report details the extensive search for roshad smith that followed friday' today a judge decided he' ll remain here at seminole county jail without bond. >> i do find probable cause. your bond is set at no bond. matt: roshad smith answered a judge for the first time since his arrest friday night. officials say smith fired shots at a sanford officer, a shootout ensued, for which, he faces >> you' re arrested for firing a weapon into the public, attempted homicide, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon violence. matt: before the shootout, a 911 caller claimed a man fitting smith' s description was pointing a gun at passing cars. an officer responded, spotted and told him to st

walter ambrose sexually knifepoint. troy campbell has been getting answers all day and joins us live. what else have you learned about this case? >> well, neighbors in this area also tell us they're pretty concerned hearing about this today. longwood police say yesterday morning a teenage girl inside one of these homes along springwood court calls 911 saying she was being held at knifepoint, being forced to perform sex acts on a registered sexual predator. >> 40-year-old water ambrose appearing before a seminole county judge, charged with sexual battery on a minor. an aggravated assault with a weapon, allegedly using a knife to threaten his victim. >> he used a knife as a weapon to force her into doing these acts. it's very disturbing for us to even have to investigate this kind of crime. after using the knife, he forced her to commit these acts on him. >> longwood police say a girl called 911 on wednesday morning, saying ambrose had assaulted her a few hours prior, forcing had >> on arrival, they realized the suspect h

investigators say 40-year-old walter ambrose rape the victim inside a home in longwood. we learned he has sex battery convictions in orange, seminal counties all the way back tonight to 94. police say he went on the run after threatening the girl and was picked up about 2 hours away. >>i believe he was in sebastian florida which is not close at all.>>we are told ambrose i call sexual predators was evaluated before his release in prison and he showed no signs he would reoffend. >>> orange county is working with the 3 garbage haulers that were hired to get trash collector back on track. we have been telling you that pickups have been missed since the beginning of the year. haulers are catching up and calls for miss service are dropping. >>a couple hundred a day. we were up to on the 1st day somewhere around 12,000. county leaders confirm [ indiscernible ] has the most complaints that all haulers are having problems. fcc has more customers to service. >>> we're looking into a pit bull attack in sanford this week. officials could not confirm their investigation. the video an

investigators say 40-year-old walter ambrose try to go on the run after the attack he was arrested nearly 2 hours away in south florida. we found out he had sexual battery convictions in orange, seminole and brevard county's. dating back to 1994. >>> 2 other teenagers arrested for shooting near evans high school after orange county deputy say they were caught on camera. we showed you this video of the incident last tuesday night. you can see the gunman's hand on the bottom of the screen. deputy say a delivery driver a parking lot with a gunman opened fire. 18-year-old lukewarm sessions arrested for attempted homicide and another teenager was taken in for carrying a concealed firearm. >>> starting to find out if anyone will face charges after childhood drowned in a pool in orange county. we showed it to you yesterday afternoon as skywitness 9 was overhead. deputy support -- perform cpr on the child but the child could not be saved. investigators believe it was an accident. >>> asian markets rallied overnight and that could be good news for investors in the u.s. rebounding oil prices helped

detectives say walter ambrose raped a 13-year-old-girl on tuesday. he has already been convicted of sexual battery in orange, brevard and seminole counties. police say he put a knife to the child' s throat and forced himself upon her in the girl' s home. happening today, we will learn new information in the case of an orlando woman missing for nearly a decade. police will hold a news conference today on where the investigation into jennifer kesse' s disappearance stands. kesse left her home on conroy road for work on the morning of january 24, 2006, and hasn' t been seen since. last year, detectives released a computer-generated photo of what kesse may look like today. breaking international news from north korea. overnight, state media there reported an american student has been arrested. the man is a student from the university of virginia. the government report says he committed a hostile act to undermine the north. so far, there' s no u.s. comment on the report. edward lawrence has a preview. >> we know how to close deals. >> donald trump fired u

the girl called on wednesday against walter ambrose. ambrose was visiting a friend when the attack happened. the sheriff's office says he is on a 20-year probation with the county. three sexual acts dating back to 1994. >> he won't be able to victimize another person. especially this one, she is a juvenile. that's unfortunate. we don't want this to happen to anybody but a juvenile, that's disturbing. >> ambrose is being held without bond. he is charminged with sexually battery on a minor and aggravated assault with a weapon. >> two teens accused in a crowbar beating of another teen will learn how much jail time they are face. according to our news patches, they pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in last year's attack on 17-year-old daniel boosavich. the two were arrested last february and charged with first degree attempted murder. prison. >> a pennsylvania couple got an unusual welcome to the sunshine state four days after moving to the keys, they had to deal with take a look, an eight footer, hanging around the pool. this is my back

detectives say walter ambrose raped a 13-year-old girl on tuesday in long wood. he has already been convicted of sexual battery in orange, brevard and seminole counties. police say he put a knife to the child's throat and forced himself upon her in the girl's home. jason: more new information in the case of an orlando woman missing for nearly a decade. police held a news conference today about where the investigation into jennifer kesse's disappearance stands. in 2006 and hasn't been seen since. last year detectives released what you see on the right of your screen, this computer-generated photo of what she may look like today. michelle: overnight state media in korea reported an american student has been arrested. the man is a student from the university of virginia. the government report says that he committed a hostile act to undermine the north. so far there is no u.s. comment on this report. jason: the time 6:09. we've got our team monitoring the weather that could be coming our way and could be severe in the day ahead. the northeast is bracing for. michelle

sexual predator behind bars again this afternoon accused of raping a teenage girl at night pointed walter ambrose a served his time in prison for convictions in orange, seminole and brevard county spit related to sexual batteries in 1994. he went back to prison for drug charge out of seminole county and released one year ago. longwood police got a 911 call from a home on springwood court and ambrose let the scene was picked up overnight and will face a judge in about 90 minutes. >>> destructive vandals targeted jurors the brevard county the guess at 3 hotels woke up to see car window smashed police in the vandals steve barrett is live in brevard county and at least 25 cars were damaged. >> reporter: a lot of damage here. window repairman on scene with deputies who are trying to get account on how many vehicles burglars to this morning travelers woke up to one of the worst things that can happen on vacation, car, truck windows smashed out at 3 different hotels and parking lots. right at the exit ramp of i-95, wickham road. deputies tell me at least 25 cars have been damaged. one hotel manager said

the 40-year-old walter ambrose used a knife to threaten the girl while sexual assaulting ambrose went before a judge today in seminole county on charges of sexual battery of a minor under the age of 12. the victim who lives at the house was able to give dispatchers his name. investigators are saying he was an acquaintance of the family. police say ambrose took off after the sexual assault, eventually him in sebastian with the help of the u.s. marshal's if and fdle. >> it wasn't too long, maybe 12 hours after the fact. we were able to get down there and get him before he was able another victim. >> ambrose does have a previous sexual assault conviction. we're told the crimes are very similar to this one. in fact, he's a registered sexual predator. we'll have more on that at 5:00, plus why investigators say it's so important to keep him off the streets. >> thank you, troy. for a florida homeowner. what he found in his backyard pool. >> it is a nightmare for most people. >> and a fiery escape from a cab. who saved the person's life. >> and the local college students looking to print a 3-