NEWS AT 6PM HEADLINES-SOTTOPS

44:28 If they're here without documents they're afraid to file a complaint so they're seen as vulnerable victims 33

EIGHT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS TRIED TO GET A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE.

BUT THEY FELL FOR AN EMPTY PROMISE.

ALL NEW AT SIX--

WE UNCOVER AN ELABORATE SCAM YOU HAVE TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.

"I cover him with towel."

SEX FOR SALE?

DEPUTIES SAY THIS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WOMAN GAVE AN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE MORE THAN JUST A MASSAGE AT HER SPA.

NOW SHE'S GIVING US AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, ALL NEW AT SIX.

AND AN INTENSE CHASE ENDS ON BUSY DANIELS PARKWAY.

NEW TROPICAL STORM-CLIP-STRKR

DIRECTORS PAGE

SELLING CITIZENSHIP-VTPS-2SHT

YOU'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO OF WHAT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IS A SCAM ARTIST AT WORK --

ACCUSED OF SELLING FAKE I-D'S TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I'M PETER BUSCH.

AND I'M LINDSAY LOGUE --

INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR THAT MAN WHO THEY CLAIM IS PRETENDING TO BE A WORKER FOR THE D-M-V.

SELLING CITIZENSHIP-BNR-PKG

A FAKE D-M-V WORKER CAUGHT ON CAMERA--

ALLEGEDLY SCAMMING AT LEAST EIGHT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

ONE VICTIM, IRELDA SANCHEZ, WHO WE SPOKE TO OVER THE PHONE TODAY-- SAYS THERE COULD BE MORE.

35:37 I thought it was legit, the guy came out in a suit and tie 43

THIS MAN-- WHO COLLIER INVESTIGATORS SAY GOES BY THE NAME OF ALEX MARTINEZ REPORTEDLY SOLICITED ILLEGAL ALIENS AT

A FLEA MARKET IN LABELLE--

TELLING THEM HE COULD GET FLORIDA DRIVERS LICENSES IN NAPLES.

A GROUP OF EIGHT DROVE TO MEET HIM-- IN HOPES OF FINALLY GETTING U-S DOCUMENTATION.

"People are vulnerable, they're desperate to get some sort of legal papers."

THE GROUP MET MARTINEZ AT THE DMV ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD.

AS A PRECAUTION, ONE OF THEM RECORDED PART OF THE MEETING.

MARTINEZ REPORTEDLY COLLECTED $700 AND PASSPORTS FROM EVERYONE--

THEN TOOK OFF IN A DARK BLUE FORD EXPEDITION.

REVERENED ROBERT SELLE AT THE AMIGOS CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS SAYS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OFTEN GET VICTIMIZED BECAUSE IT'S LIKELY THEY WONT REPORT CRIMES TO AUTHORITIES.

"If they're here without documents they're afraid to file a complaint so they're seen as vulnerable victims."

IN THIS CASE--

HALF OF THE VICTIMS LEFT THE DMV OUT OF FEAR.

they were too scared to call the cops because they're illegal.

SANCHEZ CALLED 911.

SHE SAYS SHE WANTS MAKE SURE MARTINEZ IS CAUGHT BEFORE HE TARGETS SOMEONE ELSE.

"I'm pretty sure he's done it to many other people and they're just too scared to call the cops because they think they're going to get deported."

SELLING CITIZENSHIP-TAG

FRAUD ID ARREST-OC-SS

TONIGHT A COLLIER COUNTY MAN IS IN TROUBLE--

ACCUSED OF SELLING FAKE SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS TO UNDERCOVER OFFICERS.

NAPLES POLICE GOT WORD THAT HERMILO SOLIS-FERNANDEZ WAS SELLING THE FAKE CARDS FOR 150-DOLLARS A PIECE.

THAT'S WHEN POLICE SET UP A STING.

THEY MET FERNANDEZ AT THE CIRCLE K ON SAN MARCOS BOULEVARD.

MASSAGE ARREST-CKW

A BONITA SPRINGS MASSAGE THERAPIST WAS BUSTED FOR PROSTITUTION.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY WHILE AT THE "SUNSET SPA," THE MASSEUSE OFFERED UP EXTRA SERVICES.

MASSAGE ARREST-NEWSROOM

MASSAGE ARREST-TRX-PKG

RIGHT OFF OF US 41,

IN BONITA SPRINGS IS THE SUNSET SPA.

23:06 li "50 dollar here is the best price honey, you ask every place. 50 dollar for half hour."

A BUSINESS-

THAT LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HAS A REPUTATION FOR TROUBLE.

so, our undercover narcotics unit went in there, set up an operation.

AND FOR THE 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR-

ARRESTED A WORKER AT THE SPA FOR PROSTITUTION.

BACK IN OCTOBER- IT WAS MEI GAO-

WHO DETECTIVES SAY RUBBED AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY'S GENITALS FOR EXTRA CASH DURING A MASSAGE.

BUT AFTER GETTING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS-

UNDERCOVER DEPUTIES PAID ANOTHER VISIT TO THE SPA.

THIS TIME - ARRESTING MASSEUSE LI LU JENNINGS.

24:13 "i covered him with a towel, everything."

DETECTIVES REPORT THAT JENNINGS-

A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST-

AGREED TO A 50 DOLLAR HALF-HOUR MASSAGE.

BEFORE IT WAS OVER, THEY SAY SHE OFFERED EXTRA, ILLEGAL SERVICES FOR MORE MONEY.

23:20 li "and he said, another half hour, how much? another 1 hour, how much? I explain to him. he kept, kept asking and it confused me."

JENNINGS,

WHO WE FOUND BACK AT THE SPA, SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HER-

JUST AREN'T TRUE.

23:55 meaghan "so, you're saying you didn't touch his penis?" li "no, no, i promise."

THE UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE STATES THAT ONCE SHE BEGAN TO RUB HIS GENITALS-

THE TAKE-DOWN SIGNAL WAS GIVEN,

36:56 "it went a little farther in this case most likely because of the fact that she is a licensed masseuse, so what she was offering, we didn't know if it was going to meet something that would have met the description of a sex crime."

JENNINGS FACES A PROSTITUTION CHARGE-

MASSAGE ARREST-NEWSROOM

CHASE CRASH-OC-MAP-DBX

TONIGHT, WE NOW KNOW WHO LED DEPUTIES ON A WILD CHASE UP AND DOWN A BUSY LEE COUNTY HIGHWAY.

IT PLAYED OUT THIS MORNING, ALONG DANIELS PARKWAY.

THE DRIVER RACED IN A STOLEN CAR, BUMPING PATROL CARS, SPEEDING THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES, AND NEARLY RUNNING OVER A DEPUTY.

NBC2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS LIVE ALONG DANIELS PARKWAY TO REVEAL WHO DEPUTIES SAY IS RESPONSIBLE.

CHASE CRASH-REML-SS

CHASE CRASH-BNR-PKG

"I saw all of the damage on the side and sheriff's deputies were all over."

JAY S. HAD JUST DROPPED HIS KIDS OFF AT GATEWAY CHARTER WHEN HE SAW POLICE CARS SPEEDING BY.

"he was learning against the car and had handcuffs."

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

HE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO GATEWAY BLVD, BEFORE TAKING A U-TURN; SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, AND ENDING UP IN HANDCUFFS.

CHASE CRASH-REM LIVE

FM APT. FIRE FOLO-VOWIPE

A CONTRACTOR WORKING ON A FORT MYERS BUILDING THAT BURNED LAST NIGHT.THINKS THE FIRE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 11-30 LAST NIGHT AT THE 21 HUNDRED BLOCK OF WILLARD STREET.

THAT'S OFF US-41 NEAR EDISON.

OWNERS HAD HOPED TO TURN THE 90-YEAR OLD BUILDING INTO APARTMENTS.

FM APT. FIRE FOLO-SOTVO

31:36 "I believe that it was set because there was no actual electricity to the building the structure had been under construction so there was no electricity to it and it could not be in any way an electrical fire"

THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS NOT FIGURED OUT WHAT STARTED THE FIRE.

MAN STEALS $300 CACTUS-OC-SS

THIS ONE'S BIZARRE.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN STOLE A 300-DOLLAR CACTUS AND PLANTED IT IN HIS BACKYARD.

INVESTIGATORS SAY TIM THOMPSON TOOK THE CACTUS FROM SOMEONE'S FRONT PORCH AND PLANTED IT IN THE BACKYARD OF HIS HOME ON SUMMER WIND DRIVE, IN NAPLES.

WHEN DEPUTIES SHOWED UP AT THOMPSON'S HOME, HE WAS COVERED IN DIRT.

COCKFIGHTING TRIAL-VO

A JUDGE HAS DECIDED TO DELAY THE TRIAL AGAINST A MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING ONE OF THE LARGEST COCKFIGHTING RINGS IN LEE COUNTY.

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

THE RE-TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN THIS COMING MONDAY.

TOSS TO ELIZABETH-ONCAM

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

SON PAWNS MOM'S WEDDING RING-OC-SS

NEW AT SIX--

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN STOLE HIS MOTHER'S WEDDING RING AND SOLD IT TO A LOCAL PAWN STORE.

IT GETS WORSE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY JACOB ADAMS ALSO TOOK HIS FATHER'S 14 KARAT GOLD U-S NAVY "CLASS RING" AND PAWNED THAT, TOO.

DETECTIVES SAY HE DID IT AFTER HIS PARENTS LEFT TOWN.

HE GOT A TOTAL OF 570-DOLLARS FOR THE JEWELRY.

SWFL INT'L BUSY IN JULY-ONCAM

TODAY WE FOUND OUT MORE PEOPLE ARE USING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

MORE THAN 464-THOUSAND PASSENGERS TRAVELED THROUGH RSW LAST MONTH.

THAT'S A NEARLY TWO PERCENT INCREASE, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

FGCU STARTS MONDAY-OC-VO-OC

LOOKING AHEAD--

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST COLLEGE WILL BE ROCKIN' COME MONDAY.

TODAY, OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS GETTING READY FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR AT FGCU.

THIS YEAR, TUITION IS UP 12 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.

CLASSES ALSO BEGIN IN THREE DAYS FOR STUDENTS IN COLLIER COUNTY.

TEASE ONE---------

NEW UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE OUT.AND THEY'RE ON THE RISE.

ALL NEW AT SIX--

INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS, DUG INTO THEM. AND FOUND OUT IT'S COSTING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

TZ1 A) UNEMPLOYMENT LOANS-VOTOPS

TZ1 C) FORECAST TEASE-STC

ROBERT VAN WINKLE FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THIS WEEKEND

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.

NEW JOBLESS NO'S-2-SHT-SS

A NEW REPORT TODAY SHOWS UNEMPLOYMENT IS SLIGHTLY UP IN OUR STATE.

WE BROKE DOWN THE NUMBERS FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -

TAKE A LOOK.

TODAYS NUMBERS TELL THE STORY OF A SLOW SUMMER SEASON.

LEE COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS UP 9-POINT-7 PERCENT.

COLLIER COUNTY IS THE SAME RATE.

UNEMPLOYMENT LOANS MOUNTING-OC-DBX

WITH THOSE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS GOING UP.THE NBC 2 INVESTIGATORS ARE DISCOVERING THE RISE IS HITTING FLORIDA TAX PAYERS RIGHT IN THE POCKETBOOK.

INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS LEARNED THE STATE HAS ALREADY BORROWED MILLIONS TO PAY ON THE CLAIMS.

UNEMPLOYMENT LOANS MOUNTING-NEWSROOM

DOCUMENTS SHOW FLORIDA HAS BORROWED MORE THAN $732-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY OUT ON THE UNEMPLOYMENTS CLAIMS

UNEMPLOYMENT LOANS MOUNTING-PKG

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Jennifer White is among the more than 27-thousand unemployed people in Lee County alone who files here into the Florida Works office in hopes of landing a

job.

So is most of the surrounding area. Collier County has a 9.7% unemployment rate while charlotte is a little lower and DeSoto and Glades County

have even higher rates and Hendry County the highest at 16.1%. All of this costing the state millions. Representative Matt Caldwell tells me the

plan now is to pay back the federal government by 2013. He says borrowing the money allowed the state to pay on the claims without increasing

the tax rate on employers.many of which were forced to layoff people like Margaret Chapman.

And for many it has done just that.

UNEMPLOYMENT LOANS MOUNTING-NEWSROOM

By the way Florida was one of the few large states whose unemployment trust fund was solvent until the recession hit. But despite that mounting debt

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

RYAN TANNEHILL-ON CAM

RYAN TANNEHILL-VOTOPS

TANNEHILL COULD PLAY THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF.

STOCKTON SAYS HE'S BEEN TOLD THAT.MATT MOORE WON'T COME INTO THE GAME UNTIL THE 3RD QUARTER.

DOLPHINS PANTHERS-SSTOPS

YOU WILL SEE RYAN TANNEHILL MAKE HIS START RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

STARTING AT 8-PM.

BUCS TONIGHT-ON CAM

UP THE ROAD.THE BUCCANEERS GET THE FIRST OF THEIR TWO HOME PRESEASON GAMES TONIGHT.

THE TENNESSEE TITANS ARE STARTING JAKE LOCKER AT QUARTERBACK AND PLAN ON PLAYING FORMER ALL-PRO RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE FIRST HALF.

NBC2 NFL SUNDAY-SSTOPS

THE FOOTBALL CONTINUES WITH THE RETURN OF SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HERE ON NBC-2.

PRESEASON ACTION FROM PITTSBURGH.

THE STEELERS HOST THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AND THEIR NEW Q-B.TOP PICK ANDREW LUCK.

FHSAA HOME FIELDS-VOTOPS

HIGH SCHOOL REGULAR SEASON.JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!

UNLIKE SEASONS PAST.BUCKINGHAM PARK.WHICH IS RUN BY LEE COUNTY PARKS AND REC. WON'T PLAY HOME TO GATEWAY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL OR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

BECAUSE OF A PENDING LAWSUIT BY AN OFFICIAL.WHO CLAIMS HE WAS INJURED ON THE BUCKINGHAM FIELD LAST SEASON.THE FACILITY IS NOT BEING MADE AVAILABLE.

BUT THE TWO SCHOOLS WILL HAVE FIELDS FOR THEIR HOME GAMES.

GATEWAY CHARTER WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

FHSAA HOME FIELD-SOTVO

BOTH SCHOOLS ARE PAYING SMALL RENTAL AMOUNTS TO USE THOSE RESPECTIVE STADIUMS AND FIELDS.

S-F-C-A WILL ACTUALLY PLAY SOME SATURDAY GAMES TO MAKE THEIR HOME SCHEDULE WORK.

KATIE MOSHER-VOTOPS

ANOTHER BIG SEASON EXPECTED OF THE FLORIDA STATE VOLLEYBALL TEAM.

KATIE MOSHER WAS NAMED TO THE PRE-SEASON ALL ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE TEAM AND THE 'NOLES THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE A-C-C.

SPORTS TOSS-ON CAM

KATIE IS A 2010 GRAD OF VEROT.

NASA FGCU ARTIFACTS-VOWIPE

140 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PRECIOUS CARGO JUST LANDED AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

THE SCHOOL WAS AWARDED WITH THREE ARTIFACTS FROM NASA.

A TILE WHICH PROTECTS THE SHUTTLE FROM HEAT --

POCKETS FROM AN ASTRONAUT SUIT--

AND EQUIPMENT USED TO CONNECT CENTRAL COMMAND TO THE SHUTTLE.

PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS WILL USE THE ARTIFACTS TO CREATE AN EXHIBIT.

NASA FGCU ARTIFACTS-SOTVO

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.

CLOSE-4SHOT