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HLA CHAR CO ARMY FRAUD ARREST-TRX-VOTOPS

THE MOTHER OF AN ARMY SOLDIER IS ACCUSED OF FAKING THE DEATH OF FOUR SONS TO TUG ON HEART STRINGS -- AND SCAM HER CHURCH.

HLB SUNSHINE PHARMACY RAID FOLO-TRX-VOTOPS

DARK DAYS.

AFTER GETTING RAIDED BY FEDERAL AGENTS -

SUNSHINE PHARMACY GIVES UP ITS RIGHT TO DOLE OUT DRUGS.

HLC SANIBEL BURGLARIES-TRX-VOTOPS

BRAZEN BURGLARS.

THIEVES HAVE UNSETTLED A NORMALLY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD --

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MEDSTAR UPDATE-OC

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT IN A STORY THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS FIRST BROKE LAST SEPTEMBER.

THE COUNTY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY FINES FOR MEDSTAR'S IMPROPER BILLING OF PATIENTS.

MEDSTAR UPDATE-TFC

WE OBTAINED THIS LETTER FROM THE F-A-A TODAY.

MEDSTAR UPDATE-VO

THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS WERE FIRST TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW MEDSTAR - THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY HELICOPTER PROGRAM - WRONGLY BILLED PATIENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT MORE THAN 3 MILLION DOLLARS.

MEDSTAR DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATION TO BILL PATIENTS - BUT THEY DID IT ANYWAY.

THE SCANDAL, AMONG OTHER ISSUES LED TO MEDSTAR'S SHUTDOWN.

SINCE THEN COMMISSIONERS DECIDED TO GIVE UP THE CERTIFICATION - AND WORK WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY RUN THE EMERGENCY SERVICE.

MEDSTAR UPDATE-TFC

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN PAYING THE MONEY BACK TO BOTH PATIENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

MEANWHILE, JUST YESTERDAY LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHOSE TO ENTER NEGOTIATINOS WITH A COMPANY CALLED AIR METHODS CORPORATION.

CHAR CO ARMY FRAUD ARREST-OC-SS-PLASMA-DISSOLVE LI

THE MOTHER OF AN ARMY SOLDIER IS ACCUSED OF A TRULY DESPICABLE SCAM.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SHE FAKED THE DEATHS OF FOUR CHILDREN --

TO GET MONEY AND GIFTS FROM HER CHURCH.

THEY SAY SHIRLEY DUNCAN RAN THE SCAM FOR MONTHS.

INVESTIGATORS CAUGHT ON AFTER HER OWN SON TURNED HER IN.

N-B-C TWO'S CHARLIE KEEGAN IS LIVE IN OUR CHARLOTTE COUNTY MOBILE NEWSROOM --

AND CHARLIE --

CHAR CO ARMY FRAUD ARREST-REM-2

IT'S A STORY A LOT OF FAMILIES CAN RELATE TO.

SHIRLEY DUNCAN TOLD CHURCH MEMBERS AT COMMUNITY LIFE CENTER HER SONS PASSED AWAY WHILE SERVING IN THE MILITARY OVERSEAS.

CHAR CO ARMY FRAUD ARREST-PKG-BNR

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0:14 April Hellinger, Community Life Center

0:43 Anna Soloduk, Community Life Center

1:09 Sheriff Bill Prummell, CharCo

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ANNA SOLODUK AND APRIL HELLINGER GOT MORE AND MORE SUSPICIOUS EVERYDAY.

April Hellinger, Community Life Center

"i was looking for these kids and kept coming up blank."

SHIRLEY DUNCAN SEEMED TO BE TELLING THE TRUTH, SHE ACTED LIKE ANY GREIVING MOTHER WOULD.

April Hellinger, Community Life Center

"for a mom who lost a son she had every emotion there was nothing that even made you doubt."

BUT HER STORIES KEPT GETTING MORE AND MORE OUTLANDISH AND COMPLEX.

PASTOR MARK COFFEY DIDN'T THINK DUNCAN'S STORY COULD GET ANYMORE TRAGUC

Pastor Mark Coffey, Community Life Centrr "and then the fourth son died."

STILL THEY COULDN'T PROVE SHE WAS LYING, SO THEY HELD A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE FOUR SONS.

DUNCAN BROUGHT A LETTER FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO SHOWING HER SON DIED.

Anna Soloduk, Community Life center

"the general who signed it died 50 years ago."

THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW.

HELLINGER TRACKED DOWN DUNCAN'S SON WHO IS ALIVE AND WELL.

April Hellinger, Community Life Center"I received a phone call from Nik and we had a conversation and he confirmed saying yes I am Alive"

THE CHURCH HAS FORGIVEN DUNCAN, BUT HER SON CALLED DEPUTIES WHO BUILT A CASE AND ARRESTED HER YESTERDAY.

Sheriff bill Prummell, CharCo

"thus is sickening that she took advantage of people who were trying to help her"

CHAR CO ARMY FRAUD ARREST-REM-2

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CHURCH IS GOING TO BE MORE VIGOUROUS SCREENING PEOPLE BEFORE GIVING OUT FINANCIAL AID.

SHE'S CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT AND SCHEME TO DEFRAUD.

BOYH FELONIES CARRY PRISON SENTENCES OF UP TO FIVE YEARS.

AUBREY PRICE INDICTED-OC

BREAKING NEWS AT FIVE-- AND ONLY ON N-B-C TWO.

THE MISSING BANKER ACCUSED OF STEALING 40-MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN INDICTED BY U.S. ATTORNEYS OUT OF NEW YORK.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THE LAST PLACE HE WAS SEEN WAS ON THE KEY WEST EXPRESS.

AUBREY PRICE INDICTED-TFC

WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR I RECEIVED THIS COPY OF THE INDICTMENT.

IT SHOW'S AUBREY PRICE IS CHARGED WITH SECURITIES AND WIRE FRAUD.

AUBREY PRICE INDICTED-SS-VO

THESE DOCUMENTS SHOW PRICE SENT A LETTER TO FRIENDS LAST JUNE ADMITTING HE LOST A LARGE AMOUNT OF INVESTOR MONEY THROUGH TRADING AND PLANNED TO

KILL HIMSELF BY JUMPING OFF OF THE KEY WEST EXPRESS IN FORT MYERS BEACH.

AUBREY PRICE INDICTED-TFC

AUBREY PRICE IS STILL MISSING.

HE IS 46-YEARS OLD AND INVESTIGATORS SAY IT'S

QUITE POSSIBLE HE COULD BE HIDING OUT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON WHERE PRICE MAY BE IS URGED TO CALL THE FBI TONIGHT.

THAT NUMBER 1-212-384-1000.

CHAR CO SKIMMERS-TRX-SS

NEW RIGHT NOW.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY TWO MEN PUT A CARD SKIMMER ON AN A-T-M ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE MONEY FROM UNSUSPECTING VICTIMS.

DEPUTIES SAY THE TWO MEN PUT THE SKIMMER ON THE A-T-M OUTSIDE THE PUBLIX IN CHARLOTTE HARBOR.

WE'RE TOLD THE MEN RETURNED AT LEAST TWICE ON THE SAME DAY.

DETECTIVES SAY ONE MAN WOULD PLACE THE SKIMMER AS THE OTHER SERVED AS A LOOKOUT.

SUNSHINE PHARMACY RAID FOLO-SS-VO-OCTAG

THE SUN HAS PRETTY MUCH SET ON A NAPLES PHARMACY TONIGHT.

AFTER GETTING RAIDED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK -

SUNSHINE PHARMACY VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP ITS D-E-A REGISTRATION.

MAKING IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS.

N-B-C WAS THE ONLY STATION THERE EACH TIME FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED THE STORES LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF MEDICAID FRAUD.

TODAY --

SUNSHINE PHARMACY RAID FOLO-PKG-BNR

THERE'S NOTHING BRIGHT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SUNSHINE PHARMACY.

A D-E-A INVESTIGATION TURNED THE BUSINESS UPSIDE DOWN OVER THE PAST WEEK - AFTER FINDING OUT THAT ITS OWNERS WERE INVOLVED IN A MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME.

Mary Deent/Naples/13:46:18 "I thought it was just devastating, it's just unimaginable."

AGENTS MADE THEIR WAY TO ALL THREE SUNSHINE PHARMACY LOCATIONS - TAKING MOST CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OFF ITS SHELVES.

TODAY WE HEADED OVER TO THE APOTHECARY PHARMACY OFF GULF SHORE BLVD - LOOKING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW A PHARMACY OPERATES WITHOUT A DEPARTMENT OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGISTRATION.

Alex Herwig/Apothecary Pharmacy/13:36:00 "It would be like trying to fight with one arm behind your back, it's really hard to do."

ALEX HERWIG DESCRIBES IT AS "NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE."

HE'S BEEN IN THE PHARMACY BUSINESS FOR YEARS AND SAYS WITHOUT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TWO THROUGH FIVE - PATIENTS CAN'T GET WHAT THEY'RE USUALLY IN NEED OF.

Herwig/13:19:17 "Its like incomplete care."

MEDICATIONS YOU MAY LOOK FOR AFTER SUFFERING A PAINFUL INJURY SUCH AS VICODIN - OR EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SICK AT HOME WITH A SIMPLE COUGH AND NEED CODEINE.

THOSE WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AT SUNSHINES PHARMACIES.

13:36:48 "Oxi-coddone, 30mmg Cough medicines, it could be as little as codeine."

OTHER TOP MEDICATIONS SUCH AS RITALIN, XANAX AND EVEN TYLENOL WITH CODEINE ARE ALSO GONE FOR SUNSHINE.

HERWIG SAYS BEING AN INDEPENDENT PHARMACY IS HARD ENOUGH - TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THE LIKES OF A WALGREEN'S OR C-V-S - AND THAT ONCE YOUR TRUST WITH PATIENTS IS GONE - IT'S HARD TO REBUILD THAT REPUTATION.

13:39:26 "I don't think patients would tolerate that - so it's make it very difficult. It would make it very difficult and we'd end up losing business."

LEHIGH MOST WANTED ARREST-TRX-SS

ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S MOST WANTED IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES CAUGHT TYRONE CAMPBELL WHO HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FOR SIX MONTHS.

WE'RE TOLD CAMPBELL IS A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WHO HAS BEEN DODGING SEVERAL OTHER CHARGES.

NFM TEEN ARREST-SSTOPS

AND POLICE TRACKED DOWN A NORTH FORT MYERS TEEN A FEW STATES NORTH.

WE'RE TOLD AN ANONYMOUS TIP LED INVESTIGATORS TO DAMIEN LICQUIA IN KENTUCKY LAST NIGHT.

ALLEY CRASH FOLO-SS-VO

A HUSBAND AND FATHER WILL LAY HIS FAMILY TO REST TOMORROW AFTER A TRAGIC CRASH ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR CECELIA --

MADISON AND RYLEE DOUGLAS WILL BE IN MOUNT DORA TOMORROW AT TWO P-M.

THE FAMILY HAS WELCOMED ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.

SANIBEL BURGLARIES-OC

A RASH OF BURGLARIES IS CAUSING SERIOUS CONCERN FOR PEOPLE ON SANIBEL ISLAND TONIGHT.

MORE THAN A DOZEN HOMES HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS --

SOME IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

SANIBEL BURGLARIES-TRX-PKG

ALL OF THOSE BURGLARIES HAVE TARGETED BEACH FRONT HOMES AND CONDOS ALONG A STRETCH FROM THE 500 BLOCK OF EAST GULF DRIVE HERE, TO THE 34-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST GULF DRIVE.

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MOST PEOPLE WHO COME TO SANIBEL ISLAND, ARE HERE TO GET AWAY AND RELAX.

BUT THAT LAID BACK MENTALITY IS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. BY AT LEAST ONE CRIMINAL WHO'S BEEN BREAKING INTO BEACHFRONT HOMES AND CONDOS.

"it's disturbing"

MINA KAHOFER HAS BEEN ON VACATION HERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

SHE LOVES THE ISLAND, AND IS SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT THE CRIMES.

Mina Kahofer, Visiting Sanibel Island "In any sort of resort area you typically feel safer, but I guess that's not the case."

THROUGH THE PAST 10 WEEKS, THERE HAVE BEEN 16 BREAK-INS. WHERE THE CRIMINALS ALL TARGETED THINGS LIKE CASH AND JEWELRY.

STU: "The burglaries started in November and earlier this month the Sanibel Police Department offered a 25-thousand dollar cash reward for information leading to an arrest, but since then, the burglaries have continued."

SOT: Chief Bill Tomlinson, Sanibel PD "We've had several tips, so far none of them have developed into anything we can use."

SANIBEL POLICE CHIEF BILL TOMLINSON SAYS THE CRIMES HAVE ALL BEEN THE SAME.

IT'S THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

AND EVERY PERSON HAS LEFT THEIR DOOR UNLOCKED.

SOT: "So they're watching?" "We believe they're surveilling the properties."

CRIMES THAT HAVE THIS VACATIONER TAKING MORE STEPS TO PROTECT HER THINGS.

SOT: "We'll be more careful."

TAG:

TOMLINSON BELIEVES THESE CRIMES ARE BEING DONE BY THE SAME PERSON AND HE SAYS IF THEY DON'T LIVE ON THE ISLAND, THEY ARE AT LEAST VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS STILL ON THE TABLE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU'RE URGED TO CALL THE SANIBEL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CRIMESTOPPERS.

PYTHON CHALLENGE UPDATE-VO

THOSE PYTHONS ARE TOUGH TO FIND.

ABOUT TWO WEEKS INTO THE FLORIDA PYTHON CHALLENGE --

AND SO FAR ONLY 30 SNAKES HAVE BEEN KILLED.

THE COMPETITION STARTED JANUARY 12TH AND RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY 10TH.

F-W-C HOPES TO TAKE THE SNAKES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR HABITS --

LEE COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX FOLO-VO

THE LEE COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX IS GETTING A MAKEOVER,

AND TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY TAPPED TO DO THE WORK.

THE 45 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION WON'T START UNTIL AFTER THE MINNESOTA TWINS AND FORT MYERS MIRACLE SEASONS.

THE COUNTY HAS STARTED NEGOTIATING WITH POPULOUS INCORPORATED.

NAPLES CAR VS BUILDING-SS-VO

A COUPLE OF CAR CRASHES IN COLLIER COUNTY TODAY THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE.

THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED OFF VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD.

A CAR NEARLY WENT ITO A RESTAURANT.

NAPLES CAR VS BUILDING-SOTVO

Corine Angelini/Witness

"At first I thought that someone was killed, I came out and I hear a big bang crash."

COLLIER CAR INTO CANAL-VOTOPS-SS-VO

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BRAND NEW VIDEO.

THIS S-U-V WAS PUSHED INTO A CANAL IN NAPLES AND HAD TO BE LIFTED OUT BY A TOW TRUCK.

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN AN EMPTY LOT ON THE 2100 BLOCK OF TARPON ROAD --

WHEN A WORK TRUCK BACKED UP AND HIT IT.

THE SUV THEN ROLLED INTO THE CANAL.

NAPLES BIKE RACE ROAD CLOSURES-SS

IF YOU'RE IN COLLIER COUNTY EXPECT SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS THIS WEEKEND.

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MOE'S SOUTHWEST GRILL CANCER ALLIANCE OF NAPLES BIKE BRUNCH IS SUNDAY.

THE RIDE WILL BEGIN AT LOWDERMILK PARK IN NAPLES AND HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT DISTANCE RIDES.

FMB PLANS PUSHED BACK-VO

WORK SCHEDULED TO MAKE FORT MYERS BEACH SAFER, HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK.

THE LEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TELLS US THEY WILL TACKLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEDESTRIANS STARTING NEXT FRIDAY.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

A NEW.DANGEROUS BUG IS SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY FAST.

THE NORO VIRUS IS BEING CALLED THE FERRARI OF VIRUSES FOR THE SPEED AT WHICH IT CAN SPREAD.

HOW YOU COULD GO FROM FEELING FINE TO ILL IN A MATTER OF HOURS.

PLUS --

TZ1 A) NOROVIRUS SPREADING-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) BEAR KNOCKS OVER BEEHIVES-SOTTOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

MARKET CLOSE-CGTOPS

ROBERT WX 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.

BIG WARM UP ON THE WAY

Friday was a gorgeous day, but hey if you keep up with our forecasts… You expected that! Right? Thankfully we'll see a continuation of this pleasant weather through the weekend, too!

Temperatures Friday morning dropped to 50° here in town with middle and upper 40s across our northern and inland cold spots. Through the evening quiet conditions will stay in place and temperatures will fall into the 60s before slipping into the lower 50s first thing Saturday morning. So just slightly warmer than the early morn on Friday!

A weak front will try to make its way toward Southwest Florida early Saturday, but before it does it will simply run out of steam and not have any effect on our weather. This means our rain free, sunny pattern continues all the way into the weekend with no significant cool downs in sight.

In fact, over the next few days we'll add a degree or two to the afternoon temperatures with 80° readings in the forecast as early as Sunday. Want to hear something crazy? We'll actually hit 84 degrees on our last Wednesday of January! Overnight temperatures will cool into the upper 50s to low 60s through early next week. Those lows will eventually start bottoming out in the mid 60s by Thursday.

NOROVIRUS SPREADING-2SH-TURN-OC

AS IF THIS FLU SEASON WEREN'T BAD ENOUGH

A NEW STRAIN OF THE NOROVIRUS IS NOW SPREADING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE U-S.

SYMPTOMS MAKE YOU MISERABLE.

NOROVIRUS SPREADING-PKG

THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS NOROVIRUS IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF STOMACH ILLNESS --

INFECTING MORE THAN 20-MILLION AMERICANS EACH YEAR - LEADING TO ABOUT 800 DEATHS.

SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED STOMACH FLU, THE VIRUS CAUSES VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.

TC

It comes on suddenly. Typical symptoms of a stomach virus. Most people will do well. But the very young and the elderly you have to worry about dehydration.

NOW - NEW DATA COLLECTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION FINDS FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER LAST YEAR - MORE THAN HALF OF NOROVIRUS OUTBREAKS WERE CAUSED BY A THE NEW STRAIN.

CALLED THE SYDNEY STRAIN, IT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR IN AUSTRALIA.

IT'S NOW MAKING PEOPLE SICK IN JAPAN, WESTERN EUROPE, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

HERE IN THE U.S., IT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF NOROVIRUS OUTBREAKS.

TC

This is one of the most contagious viruses we deal with so you have to be meticulous to avoid getting it.

WHILE EXPERTS ARE NOT SURE WHETHER WE'LL SEE MORE CASES OF NOROVIRUS THIS YEAR, CASES USUALLY PEAK IN JANUARY.

SO PROTECT YOURSELF!

TC

This virus is nasty. You want to make sure you're cleaning surfaces with cleaners that contain bleach.

NOROVIRUS OFTEN SPREADS IN PLACES LIKE SCHOOLS, CRUISE SHIPS AND NURSING HOMES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER.

AND EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS, A NEW STRAIN EVOLVES.

TC

"No vaccine no real treatment except fluids you want to prevent dehydration so get plenty of fluids while you have it."

HEATHER TURCO N-B-C TWO.

GMA Interview with Dr. Richard Besser on the norovirus stomach bug

NOROVIRUS SPREADING-OCTAG

IF YOU LIVE WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS THE NOROVIRUS, OR ARE IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS IT. HAND WASHING IS KEY.

AND ACCORDING TO DOCTORS --

NAPLES GRAND CENTRAL PARK-VO

A GROUP IN NAPLES IS PITCHING A PLAN TO TURN A PRIME PIECE OF REAL-ESTATE INTO A CITY PARK.

THE 19-ACRE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE OLD GRAND CENTRAL STATION IS OFF GOODLETTE FRANK ROAD AND U-S 41.

A BANK BOUGHT THE LAND AT AUCTION LAST YEAR --

NOW THEY ARE LOOKING TO SELL.

A GROUP CALLED THE COMMITTEE FOR CENTRAL PARK WANTS TO AQUIRE THE LAND AND MAKE IT A PARK THAT WOULD CONNECT FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH TO THE GORDON RIVER.

THE MAYOR SAYS IT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.

EDISON PARADE GRAND MARSHALL-CG-VO

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL OF THE EDISON FESTIVAL OF LIGHT.

FINALISTS ARE MAGGI FEINER, JAY LAWRENCE, AND KATHLEEN REYNOLDS.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AND CAST YOUR VOTE BY HEADING TO NBC DASH TWO DOT COM, CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.

THE HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL IS RECOGNIZED AS SOMEONE WHO GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL-VIDBOX

ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S PREMIER EVENTS KICKS OFF TONIGHT.

THE 2013 NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL HELPS RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR CHARITIES AND AT-RISK YOUTH IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENT.

THE THEME THIS YEAR IS "WHEN STARS ALIGN".

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

A BEAR IN LEE COUNTY -- FINDS ITS HONEY.

AND WE REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT HONEY.

WE CHECKED OUT THE DAMAGE TODAY.AND FOUND OUT WHY IT WON'T BE SO EASY TO RECOVER FROM THE DAMAGE.

TZ2 A) BEAR KNOCKS OVER BEEHIVES-VO

TZ2 B) NEW AT 6 C'MON CUTTING JOBS-VOTOPS

BEAR KNOCKS OVER BEEHIVES-2SHOT

THE NATURE PLACE IN BONITA SPRINGS IS USED TO WILD VISITORS-

BUT VOLUNTEERS THERE TELL US THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

A BLACK BEAR WAS ATTRACTED TO THE PROPERTY--

AFTER SMELLING HONEY.

BEAR KNOCKS OVER BEEHIVES-PKG

It's not what Corey Hyde expected to see when she woke up.

Sot Corey

The beehives were scattered all over in the bushes, all over in the yard. It looked like he or she had a big party."

8 beehives- now gone.

broken into pieces at the Bonita nature place.

Sot cullum

"They were all upside down, scattered all of the place, honey on the ground, comb on the ground, bees everywhere."

They started investigating.,

And found some clues.

Sot Corey

Theres evidence of his markings all over the trails and in the yard and in that sand."

The culprit- easy to identify.

Sot cullum

"- typical trick of bears is to like to eat honey so we determined we ha d a visit from a black bear and he did quite a bit of damage."

Sot joelle

This bear didn't stop with the beehives, he traveled across the property to this water treatment equipment where he caused another 1,000 worth of damage."

Sot Corey

The water tanks were pushed over and water was squirting in the air about 15 feet and water was squirting all over the place."

The equipment is being repaired.

That's not an option for the beehives.

Sot cullum

We can't out them back there or the bear will come back."

These bees- now confused.

And looking for a new home.

These volunteers are hoping they find their way to a safe haven on the same property.

Sot Corey

"We do have a safe place for the bees to go and hide from the bear, unless the bear can figure out how to open the door."

They're now doing what they can to keep the bear away.

So he's not invited back to cause more damage.

There is one exception-

Sot Corey

Unless he can get a job and help us pay for it."

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

FIRE RESPONSE TIMES IN CAPE CORAL ARE GTTING WORSE--

THEY ARE SOME OF THE WORST IN THE STATE!

NBC2 IS DIGGING FOR ANSWERS--

WE'RE TRACKING DOWN FIRE OFFICIALS AND CITY LEADERS--

TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO KEEP YOU SAFE!

AND AN 82-YEAR OLD WOMAN THOUGHT SHE WAS A WINNER--

INSTEAD SHE LOST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!

SHE'S THE VICTIM OF ANOTHER SCAM!

A) CAPE SLOW FIRE RESPONSE-VO-WIPE

B) 82 YEAR OLD SCAMMED-VOTOPS