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Violent Home Invasion

A VIOLENT HOME INVASION IN A NORMALLY PEACEFUL PLACE.

Rhett Daniels

"Shocked. I mean this is paseo. It's isolated. It's a gated community."

IN A LIVE REPORT--

THE CHAOS.

THE CONFUSION.

HOW A MAN BUSTED INTO A WOMAN'S HOME AND STABBED HER.

***New Tonight***

Road Rage

HOMEOWNERS CLAIM IT'S A DANGEROUS U-TURN ON ONE OF CAPE CORAL'S BUSIEST ROADS.

2616 "that uturn thing has really caused a lot of wrecks."

NBC2 SHOWS YOU WHY NOTHING WILL CHANGE, DESPITE DESPERATE PLEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

***New at 6:00***

Made in SWFL

AND IN A SPECIAL REPORT--

NBC2'S CHAD OLIVER SHEDS LIGHT ON A LITTLE-KNOWN SECRET IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

"They were designed to take the blast."

NEWS AT 6PM OPEN-CLIP

TORNADO ON TAPE-NATSVO

oh, wow. Oh, jesus, look at that tornado.

IT HAS ALREADY BEEN A WICKED WINTER FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS CELL PHONE VIDEO OF A TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN MOBILE, ALABAMA YESTERDAY.

SEVERAL HOMES AND BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED.

A) TREE SPLIT IN HALF-VOTOPS

HERE ARE BRAND NEW PICTURES FROM MOBILE.

B) FENCE SPRAWLED IN YARD-VOTOPS

C) HOME RIPPED APART-VOTOPS

AND CHECK THIS OUT--

A HOME RIPPED APART.

D) WINDOWS BLOWN OUT-VOTOPS

WINTER STORM SYSTEM-VBX-RVL

THE TWISTER SPRUNG FROM A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM THAT STRETCHED ACROSS THE NATION'S MIDSECTION.

AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE ARE DEAD-- AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST-- MAKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL A NIGHTMARE FOR SOME.

MORE THAN 900-FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

TOSS TO ROBERT-2-SHOT

WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY OF THOSE HARSH CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

BUT THERE IS A CHANGE IN OUR WEATHER TONIGHT.

ROBERT'S IN THE FIRST ALERT STORM TRACKING CENTER WITH HIS UPDATED FORECAST.

RAIN AND COLD FRONT-WX CTR

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.

COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH

It's happening right now … a cold front is crossing the area and there will be a quick burst of showers as the front passes. When the showers stop … and they won't last long …. The winds will shift to the west/northwest and you will notice a drop in temperature. In fact, we will easily drop into the low 50's by tomorrow morning and it will continue to be a bit breezy tonight.

Tomorrow will be a fairly nice day and it won't be as windy as it was today. Boating and beach weather will be mostly sunny with a north/northwest wind around 10 - 15 mph. The high tomorrow will be cooler than today as well. We hit 80 this afternoon and tomorrow will stay in the 70's. Humidity will be down a bit and it should be a great Thursday.

PASEO HOME INVASION-TRX-OC-VOFLY

TONIGHT, FORT MYERS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO FORCED HIS WAY INSIDE A HOME AND STABBED A WOMAN.

THE HOME INVASION HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING, ON ALEGRIA STREET INSIDE THE GATED PASEO COMMUNITY.

NBC2'S KELLY CRESWELL IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE GUARD GATE.

PASEO HOME INVASION-REM LIVE

PASEO HOME INVASION-BNR-PKG

"Shocked. I mean this is paseo. It's isolated. It's a gated community."

Even with security around the clock, someone got in and woke up the neighborhood.

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Brad Cherkin

"Got up about 4 o'clock in the morning and I heard some sirens which is unusual for this area."

Also unusual--the bright yellow crime scene tape criss-crossing the small residential street.

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Nicole Moscheola, Resident

"I looked out the window and there were four cop cars and an ambulance and they had taken the stretcher out of the ambulance at this point."

First responders rushed to the Paseo Community after word of a home invasion. They discovered a woman had been stabbed and took her by ambulance to the hospital.

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Nicole

"This is a very safe neighborhood so I was very surprised to see it I thought maybe it was a heart attack or something more natural. Not a stabbing."

Nats

Helicopters humming over the community searched for the suspect--but came up short. Neighbors now--a little on edge.

Sharon Ornduff, Resident

"It's gated but there's no way to keep people out."

While investigators believe this appears to be an isolated incident, residents are still shaken--and aren't taking any chances.

Take sound

Brad

PASEO HOME INVASION-REM LIVE

GG HOME INVASION-OC-VO-OC

TONIGHT, PEOPLE IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES WANT MORE PATROLS IN THE AREA-- FOLLOWING A VIOLENT HOME INVASION EARLIER THIS WEEK.

IT HAPPENED ON THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 11TH STREET SOUTHWEST.

INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR FOUR MEN WHO BUSTED INTO A HOME.

WE'RE TOLD THE MEN CONFRONTED THREE ROOMMATES, TIED THEM UP, BEAT THEM UP, AND RANSACKED THE HOME.

NEIGHBORS WANT EXTRA PATROLS.

TOSS TO GEORGE-TRX-OC

TONIGHT, MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE IN CAPE CORAL ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE-- AND MANY OF THEM ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT IT IN A WAY THEY'RE NOT USE TO.

CAPE VALVE REPLACEMENT NOTIFICATION-PLASMA

LINDSAY,

THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS THE RESULT OF A WATER MAINTAINCE PROJECT MEANT TO ENSURE LIMITED SERVICE INTERUPTION TO CAPE CORAL RESIDENTS.

INSTEAD OF GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO LET PEOPLE KNOW OF THIS CHANGE.

CAPE VALVE REPLACEMENT NOTIFICATION-MAP-VO

CLOSE TO 2-HUNDRED AND 50 HOMES AND BUSINESSES OFF OF SANTA BARABARA BOULEVARD ARE UNDER THE ADVISORY.

THESE SIGNS POSTED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE STREET ARE THE ONLY THING LETTING RESIDENTS HERE KNOW THEIR WATER ISN'T SAFE.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME CAPE UTILITIES HAS PUT UP THE SIGNS.

CAPE VALVE REPLACEMENT NOTIFICATION-SOTVO

normally, we hand deliver notices to every home. With what's going on in the world today, it's just getting a little nerve wrecking going up to people's doors.

CAPE UTILITIES OFFICIALS SAY TODAY WAS A TRIAL RUN OF THE SIGNS TO SEE IF PEOPLE WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA.

CAPE VALVE REPLACEMENT NOTIFICATION-PLASMA

EVENTUALLY CAPE CORAL UTILITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY'D LIKE TO TRANSITION TO AN AUTOMATED PHONE ALERT SYSTEM.

AS FOR THE ADVISORY IN PLACE, YOU CAN'T EXPECT THAT TO BE LIFTED BEFORE NEW YEARS.

DANGEROUS U TURN STAYS-OC-DBX

ALSO IN THE CAPE TONIGHT--

HOMEOWNERS NEAR DEL PRADO BOULEVARD AND SOUTHEAST 26TH STREET WANT TO GET RID OF WHAT THEY CALL A DANGEROUS U-TURN.

TODAY, WE LEARNED THE COUNTY MADE THEIR DECISION.

DANGEROUS U TURN STAYS-REM LIVE

PETER -- IN THIS MEMO WE GOT OUR HANDS ON TODAY.

LEE COUNTY STAFF SAYS THERE'S NO CHANCE THEY'LL STOP PEOPLE FROM MAKING A U-TURN AT THIS INTERSECTION.

DANGEROUS U TURN STAYS-BNR-PKG

Luigi Perrotti

21:24 "when they hit, they hit good."

SOME CALL THIS INTERSECTION -- DEL PRADO BOULEVARD AND SOUTHEAST 26TH STREET IN CAPE CORAL -- A U-TURN FREE FOR ALL.

2051 "it's a very busy intersection. Cars going up and down all the time."

FOR MONTHS -- THOSE WHO PASS THROUGH THE CROSS STREETS FOUGHT FERVISHLY FOR A SIGN SWITCH.

EVEREST COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANTED TO STOP PEOPLE -- TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON DEL PRADO FROM U-TURNING AT SE 26TH STREET.

Terry Bitder, driver

2459 "I don't know many wrecks they've seen."

DRIVERS TELL US THE -- U-TURN BAN WOULD SAVE LIVES.

THEY CALL THE SMALL INTERSECTION SOUTH OF VETERANS -- A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.

Bitder

2610 "you don't know whether to go or what. You have to watch three different angles."

TODAY -- WE LEARNED LEE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DENIED THE CHANGE -- SAYING IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

THEY ARGUE DETOURING u-TURNS WOULD BLOCK ACCESS TO BUSINESSES AND A NEARBY CHURCH.

FOR THOSE WHO WATCH THE CARS PASS DAILY -- THEY'LL LEFT WARNING DRIVERS BEWARE.

Bitder

DANGEROUS U TURN STAYS-REM LIVE

ALTHOUGH THIS INTERSECTION IN THE CITY --LEE COUNTY MADE THE DECISION BECAUSE THEY OWN THE ROAD.

THEY PLAN TO MONITOR THE AREA ONCE RACE TRAC OPENS -- BUT MANY WARN TIME IS TICKING FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.

STOLEN AUDI IN PINE MANOR-VO

A MOTHER AND SON SPOTTED THEIR STOLEN CAR AT A FORT MYERS CAR WASH THIS AFTERNOON-- AND DECIDED TO FOLLOW IT.

THE DRIVER IN THE STOLEN AUDI ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A DUPLEX IN THE PINE MANOR COMMUNITY.

WITNESSES SAW TWO LUXURY CARS SPEEDING DOWN MAPLE DRIVE-- WITH ONE CAR CHASING THE OTHER.

AFTER THE CRASH--

A MAN AND WOMAN IN THE CAR - RAN AWAY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

DENNY'S BRAWL-TRX-OC-(2)SS-OC

DEPUTIES HAD TO TAZE THREE PEOPLE TO BREAK UP A LATE-NIGHT BRAWL IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

DEPUTIES TELL US ANREKA BRISTOL HIT A WOMAN WITH A CHAIR INSIDE A DENNY'S RESTAURANT.

FIRST RESPONDERS TOOK THE VICTIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

TWO OTHER MEN, RADRICK AND EDDIE OUTING, ARE ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN THE FIGHT.

REPORTS SHOW THEY EACH THREATENED TO THROW FURNITURE BEFORE BEING TAZED.

FHP DUI WOLFPACK-FDOT CAM

CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.

F-H-P WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DRUNK DRIVERS LEADING UP TO THE NEW YEAR.

IT'S AN EFFORT TO KEEP YOU SAFE.

SO IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK, CALL A FRIEND OR A CAB.

NORTH PORT POLICE-CG-OC

WONDER WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER?

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIND OUT - THE CITY OF NORTH PORT IS OFFERING AN INSIDE LOOK.

THE CITY IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS CITIZENS PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY.

THE FREE, HANDS-ON COURSE GIVES PEOPLE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS DO.

THE CLASS STARTS FEBRUARY 5TH.

IT LASTS 12 WEEKS.

YOU CAN FIND THE APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE, N-B-C-DASH-TWO DOT COM.

FOSTER CHILD SHOPPING-VOWIPE

CHRISTMAS IS OVER, BUT THE GIVING HASN'T STOPPED YET-- AT LEAST FOR THE BIG CORKSCREW FIREFIGHTERS IN COLLIER COUNTY.

TODAY THEY TOOK A LITTLE GIRL ON A SHOPPING SPREE.

THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SPENT THE HOLIDAYS WITH A FOSTER FAMILY.

FIREFIGHTERS WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE FELT SPECIAL ON CHRISTMAS.

THEY TOOK HER TO WALMART AND LET HER PICK ALL THE PRESENTS SHE WANTED.

SHE GOT EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHES TO TOYS-- HER FAVORITE WAS A HULA-HOOP.

FOSTER CHILD SHOPPING-(2)SOTVO

"I didn't think that I would just go to Walmart and be on the news some day."

""Just knowing that people in the community care about her and that she's not alone, that people really do want to help and be there for her."

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

TZ1 A) MADE IN SWFL

STOCKS BUMP-CG-TOPS

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.

COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH

It's happening right now … a cold front is crossing the area and there will be a quick burst of showers as the front passes. When the showers stop … and they won't last long …. The winds will shift to the west/northwest and you will notice a drop in temperature. In fact, we will easily drop into the low 50's by tomorrow morning and it will continue to be a bit breezy tonight.

Tomorrow will be a fairly nice day and it won't be as windy as it was today. Boating and beach weather will be mostly sunny with a north/northwest wind around 10 - 15 mph. The high tomorrow will be cooler than today as well. We hit 80 this afternoon and tomorrow will stay in the 70's. Humidity will be down a bit and it should be a great Thursday.

MADE IN SWFL-2-SHOT-SOT

TONIGHT NBC-2 IS UNCOVERING A SIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ECONOMY THAT OFTEN GOES UN-NOTICED.

MADE IN SWFL-VBX-RVL-OC

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING LOST 5-MILLION JOBS DURING THE LAST DECADE.

YET SINCE THE RECESSION THERE'S BEEN A RENAISSANCE OF SORTS.

THE LAST TWO YEARS SAW A HALF MILLION NEW JOBS IN MANUFACTURING.

IT LED US ASK THE QUESTION WHAT'S ACTUALLY "MADE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA."

MADE IN SWFL-3-SHT-1-SHT

THERE'S A *PERCEPTION THAT WE DON'T MAKE ANYTHING HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NOT TRUE.

YOU KNOW THE POPULAR HOMETOWN BRANDS LIKE CHICO'S AND NORMAN LOVE CHOCOLATES.

WE WERE GRANTED ACCESS INTO PLACES YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF.

MADE IN SWFL-PKG

: Bonita Springs, FL / Shaw Development / 150 Employees

"The market itself is billions of course."

SHAW DEVELOPMENT SELLS TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES MAKING HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.

It cleans up 99-percent of the diesel emissions.

THEIR PARTS REDUCE POLLUTION.

"It could be fire trucks, it could be garbage trucks, school buses, transit buses."

C-E-O KEVIN HAWKESWORTH SHOWS OFF PRODUCTS THAT WILL SOON SHIP TO 75 COUNTRIES.

All up and down Africa, south america, Asia.

SOME PARTS PROTECT AMERICAN LIVES.

"They're being used in Iraq - being used in Afghanistan."

FUELS SYSTEMS FOR THE U-S MILITARY - STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND ROADSIDE BOMBS.

"They were designed to take the blast."

JUST GETTING MATERIALS HERE IS CHALLENGING. SHAW DEVELOPMENT SPENDS ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON IN-BOUND SHIPPING. NO, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ISN'T CENTRALLY LOCATED - BUT THAT WASN'T THE GOAL OF THE COMPANY'S FOUNDING FAMILY.

"HIs son Jim Shaw moved the company down to southwest Florida."

ORIGINALLY A PET PROJECT FOR THE RETIREMENT YEARS. SO WHY REMAIN *HERE?

"Quality of life equated to a quality of business."

---- video transition-----

: Port Charlotte, FL / Marketing Arm International / 11 Employees

INSIDE AN UNASSUMING WAREHOUSE - WE FIND A COMPANY THAT DID 1-POINT-4 MILLION IN SALES IN NOVEMBER.

"Chad: "People have no clue you're here!

Jose: "That's right."

JOSE LOPEZ HAS BEEN 'GOING GREEN' FOR 20 YEARS.

HIS SPECIALIZES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FERTILIZERS AND INSECTICIDES.

"We produce our own label."

"next step follow me."

HE HOPES TO SOON HIRE TWO MORE WORKERS. THEY BOTTLE. PACKAGE. AND THEN DRIVE THE PRODUCTS ACROSS THE STATE TO MIAMI.

SO *WHY DOES LOPEZ BASE HIS COMPANY IN PORT CHARLOTTE?

"you'd better be the head of the mouse, than the tail of the lion."

*HERE HE IS THE HEAD - CHARLOTTE COUNTY'S LARGEST EXPORTER.

MADE IN SWFL-1-SHT-3-SHT

THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE OF INNOVATIVE OUR COMPANIES.

MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER ATHREX IN NAPLES EMPLOYS A *THOUSAND PEOPLE.

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY, 85-PERCENT, OF MANUFACTURERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMPLOY TEN OR FEWER WORKERS.

LINDSAY AND PETER - WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT 9-PERCENT - YOU'D THINK THESE COMPANIES WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM FILLING POSITIONS.

NOT THE CASE.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

U OF MAINE HOCKEY PRAX AT GERMAIN-VO OFF TOP

THE FLORIDA COLLEGE HOCKEY CLASSIC DOESN'T START UNTIL FRIDAY. BUT THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. ALREADY ON THE ICE AT GERMAIN ARENA PRACTICING.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE BLACK BEARS HAVE PLAYED IN THE CLASSIC EVERY TIME SINCE THE TOURNAMENT STARTED 13 YEARS AGO.

RECLASSIFICATION-ONCAM

HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SPENT THE HOLIDAYS LOOKING OVER THEIR NEW DISTRICT FOOTBALL CLASSIFICATIONS.

SOME SCHOOLS. PROBABLY LOVING THEM.

OTHERS. NOT SO MUCH.

MARK ON RECLASSIFICATION-PKG

STEPHEN DREW TO SOX-VO IN PLASMA

THANKS, MARK.

MARK HAS POSTED ALL THE RECLASSIFICATION INFO ON OUR WEBSITE, N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM.

THE RED SOX HAVE OFFICIALLY FILLED THEIR HOLE AT SHORTSTOP.

J-D DREW ROAMED THE OUTFIELD IN BOSTON FOR FIVE YEARS.

NOW HIS BROTHER, STEPHEN, IS COMING TO TOWN TO ROAM THE INFIELD.

RED SOX ACQUIRE HANRAHAN-VOTOPS

AND THE SOX HAVE ALSO LANDED THE RELIEF PITCHER THEY WANTED, JOEL HANRAHAN.

BOSTON ACQUIRES THE TWO-TIME ALL-STAR CLOSER IN A SIX-MAN TRADE WITH PITTSBURGH.

SPORTS CLOSE-ONCAM

CLOSE-4SHOT