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HL1) STOLEN CRASH & CHASE-SOTTOPS-VO

"He took the car and drove it toward the deputies, at which time one of the deputies did fire his weapon, he fired his gun at the vehicle.

STRAIGHT OUT OF AN ACTION MOVIE -- ON THE STREETS OF LEE COUNTY --

HL2) LEHIGH FIRE-VOTOPS

SCORCHED --

A BUILDING CHARRED BY FIRE.

HL3) NASA ARTIFACTS-VOTOPS

AND A GIFT FROM NASA --

5PM OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WXWALL

Do you have plans Saturday and Sunday? If you do, you picked a decent weekend for it.

The sun will be in full force both days, however, there will be plenty of clouds to dot the sky. Thus, we are calling this weekend a mix of sun and clouds.

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will also print an active picture at times. Isolated storms will billow during the afternoon along the sea breeze. Not everyone will see rain drops, but if you do you'll sure know it.

Thankfully these downpours won't ruin your plans. Just be sure to have the umbrella or rain gear in hand. Afterall it's August in southwest Florida, and this is the typical "August scenario!"

Monday through the rest of next week we'll see isolated to scattered storms around 3:00 PM.

Highs will range from 91 to 93 degrees.

When it comes to the tropics, we're watching a few areas.

First, storms are helping intensify an impulse in the southewest Gulf. It has a high liklihood of developing into a depression, but it will have no effect on southwest Florida.

Next, Tropical Storm Gordon continues to barrel across the open Atlantic. It, too, will be no harm to the U.S. It's heading for the other land mass on the other side of the pond. That is, Europe.

TOSS TO CLIFTON-2SHOT-SS

ARRESTED--

AND ACCUSED OF TRYING TO RUN OVER LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.

A MAN IS IN JAIL TONIGHT -- AFTER A WILD CHASE.

IT WAS DANGEROUS FROM START TO FINISH.

STOLEN CAR CRASH & CHASE-REMLIVE

STOLEN CAR CRASH & CHASE-PKG

PKG:

THIS IS HOW IT ENDED.

A MAN GOING TO JAIL, AND SMASHED UP CARS.

THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED - AT THE SIENNA APARTMENTS SOMETIME LAST NIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE POLICE SAY THIS CAR WAS STOLEN FROM THIS PARKING LOT.

AT 9 THIS MORNING, DEPUTIES SPOTTED THE CAR, BUT THE SUSPECT DIDN'T STOP.

"HE ATTEMPTED TO RUN INTO THE DEPUTY, AT WHICH POINT THE PURSUIT BEGAN."

GFX:

STARTING AT TREELINE AND DANIELS, THE SUSPECT HEADED WEST.

GFX

IT WAS IN BETWEEN RICKENBACKER AND CHAMBERLAIN PARKWAYS WHERE DEPUTIES SUCCESSFULLY KNOCKED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.

BUT THE SUSPECT DIDN'T GIVE UP

"HE TOOK THE CAR AND DROVE IT TOWARD THE DEPUTIES, AT WHICH TIME ONE OF THE DEPUTIES DID FIRE HIS WEAPON, HIS GUN AT THE VEHICLE."

GFX

STOLEN CAR CRASH & CHASE-REMLIVE

MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH IN LEHIGH-SS-VO-SS

THE SEARCH IS *BACK ON FOR A BROWARD COUNTY MURDER SUSPECT.THOUGHT TO BE IN OUR AREA.

DETECTIVES SAY FELIPE TORREABLA IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS

AND MAY BE HIDING OUT IN LEHIGH ACRES.

LAST NIGHT INVESTIGATORS THOUGHT THEY CORNERED TORREALBA IN A HOUSE NEAR MEADOW ROAD AND 54TH STREET SOUTHWEST.

BUT AFTER A FEW HOURS.THE SWAT TEAM REALIZED HE WASN'T INSIDE.

WILLARD FIRE FOLO-VO-MAPFLY

NEW DETAILS RIGHT NOW AT 5 ABOUT A FORT MYERS APARTMENT FIRE.

FLAMES RIPPED THROUGH A BUILDING ON WILLARD ROAD JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

NO ONE WAS INJURED -- BUT SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ZION HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH NEXT DOOR.

WILLARD FIRE FOLO-REMLIVE

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY INSIDE, WHAT THE OWNER HAD BEEN HOPING TO FIX UP AND RENT OUT AS 2 SEPARATE APARTMENTS.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME IN LESS IN THREE YEARS THIS BUILDING CAUGHT FIRE.

WILLARD FIRE FOLO-PKG

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Nats crews

WHEN FLAMES DESTROYED THIS WILLARD STREET BUILDING IN FORT MYERS LAST NIGHT, NICK PHILLIPS' WORK WENT UP WITH THE SMOKE.

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super= Nick Phillips, Property Manager

runs= 3

25:13 speechless, just so disappointed

HE'D BEEN REPAIRING THE EMPTY BUILDING FOR IT'S OWNER.

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super= Ned Sings, neighbor

runs=4

52:52 there was lots of smoke it was very very hot and dusty"

AROUND 1130 LAST NIGHT, NEIGHBORS WATCHED CREWS FIGHT THE FLAMES-- FLAMES THAT RUINED THE EQUIPMENT for HAROLD BUNKER'S HANDY MAN BUSINESS - LOCKED INSIDE THE 90 YEAR OLD BUILDING.

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super= Harold Bunker, handy man

runs=10

16:25 "soon as I walked around back seen that big old ball of flames going thru the roof i said man all my tools are gone"

THE FIRE ALSO DAMAGED A church VAN PARKED NEARBY, USED TO TAKE KIDS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.

take sot

ned sings

runs=5

55:00 thank god its no worse that it is

THE OWNER HAD PLANNED TO TURN THE SITE INTO 2 APARTMENT HOMES, ACCORDING TO PHILLIPS, WHO MANAGES THE PROPERTY, AND SAY HE LOCKED IT UP, EACH NIGHT.

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NICK

runs= 6

31:36 i believe that it was set because there was no actual electricity to the building or structure

HE SAYS THAT'S REASON ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THIS FIRE WAS NO ACCIDENT--

ake sot

nick

runs= 5

WILLARD FIRE FOLO-REMLIVE

I SPOKE WITH THE FORT MYERS FIRE DEPARTMENT AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE AGO-- THEY TELL DEPSITE THE PROPERTY MANAGER'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED HERE, THEY ARE NOT RULING OUT ELECTRICAL AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THIS FIRE.

MEANWHILE, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL DESIGNATED THE BUILDING UNSAFE TO ENTER, AND THAT MEANS THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN CREWS CAN GET IN TO FIRGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.

SARARO VERDICT-VO

WHITE COLLAR CONVICTION.

TODAY A FEDERAL JURY FOUND A NAPLES MAN GUILTY OF WIRE FRAUD AND TAX FRAUD.

ALFREDO SARARO THE THIRD WAS CONVICTED ON NINE OF THE TEN COUNTS AGAINST HIM.

IT ALL STEMS FROM BOGUS REAL ESTATE DEALS DATING BACK TO 2004 TO 2005.

PEDRO LOPEZ TRIAL FOLO-SS-VO

IN COURT TODAY --

A JUDGE ORDERS A TWO-MONTH LONG DELAY IN THE TRIAL AGAINST A MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING ONE OF THE LARGEST COCKFIGHTING RINGS IN LEE COUNTY.

THE CASE WAS FIRST TRIED IN JULY-- BUT THE JURY COULDN'T REACH A VERDICT ON ALL COUNTS - INCLUDING DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES AGAINST PEDRO LOPEZ.

PROSECUTORS APPEAR TO BE TAKING A NEW STRATEGY ON THE RE-TRIAL BUT THE JUDGE TODAY DELAYED IT UNTIL OCTOBER-- BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL NEW EVIDENCE.

PORT CHARLOTTE DRUG RAID-SS

SWAT TEAMS RAIDED A HOME IN PORT CHARLOTTE AS PART OF A DRUG STING.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED KIMBERLY MARTIN -- HER BOYFRIEND SHANE POLING

AND JOHN MCNAMARA JUNIOR AT THE HOME LOCATED ON ACKERMAN AVENUE.

STOLEN BASEBALL CARDS-ON CAM

IT'S THE CALL YOU NEVER WANT TO GET.

YOUR NEIGHBORS TELLING YOU YOUR HOME HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO.

IT HAPPENED TO A WEST VIRGINIA COUPLE-- THEY HAVE A WINTER HOME HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

STOLEN BASEBALL CARDS-PKG

LOOKING AROUND HIS GARAGE,

it was just a lot of stuff"

JIM REILLY TAKES NOTE OF WHAT'S MISSING

they stole a case of water, they took towels out of the dryer

GINSENG KNIVES

here you go, as seen on TV

AND HIS GOLF CART

JIM AND HIS WIFE PAULA GOT HOME YESTERDAY -- ON THEIR 43RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - AFTER A LONG DRIVE FROM WEST VIRGINIA

1150 miles

THE WHOLE DRIVE TO WONDER WHAT CROOKS TOOK AFTER A NEIGHBOR CALLED TO SAY THEIR GARAGE DOOR WAS PRIED OPEN.

BASEBALL CARDS MISSING - ABOUT 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH.

like these cards are two or three bucks a piece, but there's a hundred or two of them, and it mounts up

RICHARD PETTY NASCAR COLLECTIBLE CARS -

AND SLOT MACHINES -- ALL GONE.

"this is where the slot machines were"

BUT JIM SAYS THE CROOKS COULD HAVE TAKEN BETTER STUFF -

and whoever it was wasn't too bright because they left this here - from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, a napkin from the dinner"

THEY MISSED NUMBER 3'S SIGNED PHOTOS TOO

"dale earnhardt - they left these

JIM AND PAULA BOUGHT THIS LEHIGH ACRES HOME ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AFTER

JIM RETIRED FROM HIS COIN AND COLLECTIBLES BUSINESS IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PAULA SAYS THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED THERE.

you don't have to lock your house up or anything. We've never had any problems

COLLECTING THINGS AND SELLING THEM AT YARD SALES IS NOW HIS HOBBY

"I used to sell these out here for five bucks a piece

JIM SAYS IT'S JUST STUFF

you can live without

BUT PAULA SAYS SHE'S GLAD THEY WEREN'T HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED.

BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THE THEIVES DIDN'T SEE -

my 12 gauge.make my day

BOOTH ALERT

TOSS TO HEATHER-OC-SOT-OC

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK --

THIS EVENING - IT'S A LIFE-SAVING REMINDER FOR PARENTS.

532 children nationwide have lost their lives to vehicular heatstroke

NBC-2 ANCHOR HEATHER TURCO JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH DETAILS

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-PLASMA

PETER AND LINDSAY - THESE ARE HEART-WRENCHING STORIES - ABOUT CHILDREN WHO DIE, AFTER BEING ACCIDENTALLY LEFT IN HOT CARS.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-VOTOPS WIPE

TODAY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WANTS TO REMIND ALL OF US - THAT THESE DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WE KNOW THAT ALL TOO WELL.

WHO CAN FORGET FATHER REGGIE MCKINNON, WHO'S DAUGHTER, PAYTON,

DIED IN MARCH 2010 AFTER ACCIDENTALLY BEING LEFT IN A HOT CAR.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-(2) SOTVO

Reggie Mckinnon, Daughter Died from Heatstroke:35

"I was walking to my car and spoke with a few friends on the way out, I opened the back door of my suv to put my laptop down and that's the exact moment I will never forget.

To my horror, I realized Payton was still in her carseat and it was the last thing I remember and I heard someone screaming, it was me and the rest is just a total blur."

Ray LaHood / Secretary Of Transportation/. if you see a young child alone in a car, call the police immediately, parents and caregivers are the first line of defense for preventing child heatstroke fatalities but it's up to all of us to be vigilant. We want everyone to think, where's baby, look before you lock, every time they get out of their cars."

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK-PLASMA-BNR

AND HERE IN FLORIDA - WE RARELY GET A BREAK FROM THAT HEAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS WELL - OFTEN TIMES IN THESE CASES, THE PARENT IS DISTRACTED, OR HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THEIR ROUTINE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIPS TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE, LOG ONTO

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

CLONING HUMAN FACES--

IT'S APPARENTLY HAPPENING. AT A PLACE YOU'D LEAST EXPECT IT.

WHY DISNEY SAYS THIS IS THE BREAKTHROUGH THEY NEEDED.

A VERY COOL PROJECT IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AFTER NASA SENT A SPECIAL PACKAGE TO FGCU.

TZ1 B) nasa artifacts-VOTOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

MARKET CLOSE-CGTOPS

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

Do you have plans Saturday and Sunday? If you do, you picked a decent weekend for it.

The sun will be in full force both days, however, there will be plenty of clouds to dot the sky. Thus, we are calling this weekend a mix of sun and clouds.

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will also print an active picture at times. Isolated storms will billow during the afternoon along the sea breeze. Not everyone will see rain drops, but if you do you'll sure know it.

Thankfully these downpours won't ruin your plans. Just be sure to have the umbrella or rain gear in hand. Afterall it's August in southwest Florida, and this is the typical "August scenario!"

Monday through the rest of next week we'll see isolated to scattered storms around 3:00 PM.

Highs will range from 91 to 93 degrees.

When it comes to the tropics, we're watching a few areas.

First, storms are helping intensify an impulse in the southewest Gulf. It has a high liklihood of developing into a depression, but it will have no effect on southwest Florida.

Next, Tropical Storm Gordon continues to barrel across the open Atlantic. It, too, will be no harm to the U.S. It's heading for the other land mass on the other side of the pond. That is, Europe.

Lastly, there's a low pressure coming off the coast of Africa that will need to be monitored. As of now it doesn't have a great chance of developing, but conditions will become more favorable through the week.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

NASA FGCU ARTIFICATS-PLASMA-VO

SPECIAL DELIVERY!

IT'S NOT EVERYDAY THAT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY GETS A PACKAGE FROM NASA.

NOW THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND OUT.IF THOSE ITEMS WERE EVER IN SPACE.

NASA FGCU ARTIFICATS-PKG

PRECIOUS CARGO JUST LANDED AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

NASA AWARDED THE SCHOOL WITH THESE THREE ARTIFACTS.

A TILE SPREAD TO PROTECT THE SHUTTLE FROM HEAT.

POCKETS FROM AN ASTRONAUTS SUIT.

AND EQUIPMENT USED TO CONNECT CENTRAL COMMAND TO THE SHUTTLE.

We're very excited about it. Most of the objects we may not necessarily know exactly how they were used where they were used in terms of what shuttle specifically, but that is part of our research.

TO GET THEM.

CREAGAN SAYS SHE AND AN FGCU ACRHAEOGOLIST WROTE AN ESSAY TO NASA EXPLAINING THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE THE ARTIFACTS.

SINCE NASA IS PART OF FLORIDA'S HERITAGE.

The first stop for these artifacts is this warehouse. Up next they'll go to another location where scientists will study them, then hopefully all of these items will be on display by the end of the year.

SOME STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM.

A lot of children don't have just the curiosity in things these days and if you bring objects to the school it gives them the chance to learn more about NASA and the space program.

IT'S NOW THE JOB OF THESE PROFESSORS AND MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS IN THE MUSEUM STUDIES PROGRAM TO FIGURE OUT THEIR BACK STORY.LIKE, WERE THEY EVER PART OF A FAMOUS MISSION?

THEY ALSO PLAN TO MAKE AN EXHIBIT.ALONGSIDE OTHER NASA PICTURES AND POSTCARDS RECENTLY GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL BY A PRIVATE DONOR.

THE EXPERIENCE BUILDS THE RESUME FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO WORK IN A MUSEUM AND ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS TO BE PART OF IT.

They will do research. tell a story around these objects.

A STORY.ABOUT SPACE AND TIME.

NEW MARS PICTURES-VO-BNR

WE'RE GETTING A LOOK AT BRAND NEW PICTURES FROM THE MARS ROVER "CURIOSITY."

YOU CAN SEE THE VIEW FROM CURIOSITY'S LANDING SITE NEAR MOUNT SHARP.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE MARKS LEFT BEHIND ON THE GROUND.

THEY WERE MADE BY THE BLASTS FROM THE ROVER'S ENGINES DURING ITS LANDING LAST WEEK.

DISNEY FACE CLONING-SS

WE DONT' REALLY THINK OF DISNEY AS THE PLACE FOR SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS.

BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CLONE A HUMAN FACE.

CHECK IT OUT -- THIS IS ONE OF THE ARTIST DRAWINGS FROM DISNEY'S RESEARCH TEAM.

ITS SUPPOSED TO HELP THE COMPANY CREATE A MORE HUMAN LIKE ANIMATRONIC CHARACTER FOR ITS THEME PARKS.

THE PROCESS BEGINS WITH A 3-D SCAN OF A REAL FACE AND THEN

FL POWERBALL WINNER-ONCAM

IT'S STILL A MYSTERY --

WHO WON THE POWERBALL FROM WENDESDAY NIGHT?

THE LUCKY TICKET HOLDER COULD TAKE HOME 241 MILLION DOLLARS - IF THEY TAKE THE LUMP SUM.

SUN & FUN BACK TO SCHOOL BASH-CG

BEFORE STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL IN COLLIER COUNTY --

SUN-N-FUN LAGOON IS CELEBRATING WITH IT'S ANNUAL

'BACK TO SCHOOL BASH'

TOMORROW FROM 10 A-M UNTIL FIVE --

KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO SPEND

ONE OF THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER VACATION AT THE WATERPARK

IN NAPLES WITH SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND PRIZES.

TICKETS ARE ONLY EIGHT DOLLARS.

SCHOOL IN COLLIER COUNTY GETS BACK IN SESSION THIS MONDAY--

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

JUST IN TIME FOR FOOTBALL SEASON --

TWO LOCAL TEAMS WITHOUT A FIELD NOW HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY.

even though it's not our place, we're going to make it ours those nights.

NEXT ON THE NEWS AT 5--

TZ2 A) donated football fields-SOTVO

TZ2 B) NEW AT 6 TEASE-BNR-VOTOPS

NFL ON NBC 2-(2) SS

PRO FOOTBALL IS BACK ON NBC-2 THIS WEEKEND!

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BIG N-F-L GAMES BEGINNING TONIGHT.

ROOKIE QUARTERBACK RYAN TANNEHILL WILL START FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TONIGHT IN THEIR PRE-SEASON GAME AGAINST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS.

THE GAME STARTS AT 8.

AND SUNDAY NIGHT -- ANDREW LUCK LEADS THE INDIANAPOLIS

COLTS INTO PITTSBURGH TO TAKE ON THE STEELERS.

DONATED FOOTBALL FIELDS-2SHOT

ONE REFEREE'S DECISION SENT TWO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TEAMS SCRAMBLING TO FIND A FIELD FOR GAMES.

THEN. TWO OTHER SCHOOLS CAME TO THE RESCUE.

DONATED FOOTBALL FIELDS-PKG

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

ALL NEW AT 5:30, THE BIG ECONOMIC HEADLINE TODAY: THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS *UP STATEWIDE.

THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS: BUT NBC 2'S CHAD OLIVER FOUND THAT'S JUST *PART OF THE STORY.

HE JOINS US LIVE TO TELL US WHAT THE JOB PICTURE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT THE ODDS ARE FOR GROWTH IN THE FUTURE.

PLUS: EVER SINCE THE SHOOTING AT A MOVIE IN COLORADO LAST MONTH, THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN ON HIGH ALERT.

LAST NIGHT, ONE CHAIN HAD MORE TO WORRY ABOUT, WHEN SOMEONE CALLED IN A BOMB THREAT.

A) JOBS IN SWFL-VO-WIPE

B) MOVIE THEATER THREATS-VOTOPS