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I'M JENNIFER TRAMMELL.
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WE NOW HAVE A PICTURE OF THE IMMOKALEE MAN KILLED IN AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING.
20-YEAR-OLD ERNST GANEM WAS SHOT IN THIS PARKING LOT ON WEST DELAWARE AVENUE.
A FIGHT UNFOLDED THERE AROUND 12:30 THIS MORNING.
ANOTHER MAN.WHO HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED.WAS ALSO SHOT.
THAT PERSON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
DEPUTIES ARE STILL TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE SHOOTER.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, CALL THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.OR CRIME STOPPERS.
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NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WILL BE FILED IN THE COLLIER COUNTY HIT AND RUN.
THAT KILLED 48 YEAR OLD ROBIN WALLACE.
TONIGHT - STATE TROOPERS *KNOW THE DRIVER INOLVED.
AND TICKETED HIM *ONLY FOR DRIVING A TRUCK TOO HEAVY FOR THE ROAD.
NBC-2'S LEIGH DANA REPORTS.
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A LABOR OF LOVE, JOHN WALLACE NEVER THOUGHT HE'D HAVE TO ENDURE THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
12:38 it's been really tough having to change everything I was used to
WALLACE VISITS THIS MEMORIAL FOR HIS WIFE, ROBIN, EVERY OTHER DAY.
SHE DIED IN A HIT AND RUN CRASH HERE ON ESTEY AVENUE LAST SEPTEMBER,
WHILE RIDING HER BIKE.
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THIS WEEK FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL RELEASED THE NAME OF THE DRIVER WHO HIT ROBIN.
john wallace, victim's husband
14:32 John Price, that's his name. I don't know him but he needs to pay a lot more attention to what he's doing when he's driving.
LEIGH DANA
36:58 price was ticketed for driving a truck too heavy for the road.
TROOPERS SAY THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE HOW THE CRASH HAPPENED, WHO WAS AT FAULT OR IF PRICE EVEN KNEW HE HIT SOMEONE.
AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, PRICE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK OWNED BY OAKES FARMS.
IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAID:
"FHP DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FACTUAL INFORMATION TO BASE ANY REAL CONCLUSIONS.
OAKES FARMS REITERATES IT HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY WRONGDOING IN THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF ROBIN WALLACE."
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45:12 I didn't know her, but she didn't have to die.
DENISE RUPERT HAS BEEN FIGHTING TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE ROBIN WAS KILLED.RUPERT MADE A COMPLAINT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
denise rupert/ neighbor
38:08 we had a woman killed awhile ago they never solved.
44:48 this road isn't equipped to handle semi's
WALLACE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST OAKES FARMS.
AND IS PUSHING TO PREVENT A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE.
16:47 my wife was gone like that. Never got to say goodbye.
IN COLLIER COUNTY, LEIGH DANA, NBC2.
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THE ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HIT BY A TRUCK IS UPGRADED TO SERIOUS CONDITION.
JONATHAN CRUZ HAS BEEN AT LEE MEMORIAL SINCE HE WAS HIT LAST MONTH.
THE TEEN TRIED TO CROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC ON DE-NAVARRA PARKWAY IN CAPE CORAL BEFORE SCHOOL.
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
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NEW DETAILS ARE RELEASED IN EDISON STATE COLLEGE'S FIGHT TO GET RE-ACCREDITED.
THE SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED RIGHT NOW.BUT ONLY HAS FOUR MONTHS UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE ABOUT ITS FUTURE.
NBC 2'S KIM BROWN HAS THE DETAILS ON A NEW REPORT SHEDDING LIGHT ON WHAT THE COLLEGE IS DOING TO IMPROVE.
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This is that 67 page report. It was just made public yesterday. And it outlines what the college is doing to fix seven areas it was told to improve on when it was put on probation last summer.
INTEGRITY --
FULL-TIME FACULTY --
QUALIFIED ADMINISTRATORS --
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS --
AND COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE --
ACADEMIC POLICIES --
AND UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
ALL THINGS EDISON NEEDS TO FIX AS THE SCHOOL FIGHTS FOR RE-ACCREDITATION.
IT'S A CONCERN NOT JUST FOR FACULTY, BUT ALSO SOME STUDENTS.
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SINCE BEING PUT ON PROBATION.
THE SCHOOL HAS HIRED A NEW PRESIDENT WHO IS MAKING SURE QUALIFIED ADMINISTRATORS ARE IN TOP ROLES.
A SPECIAL ASSISTANT NOW WATCHES OVER IT.
THE SCHOOL ALSO HIRED 19 NEW FACULTY.
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A NEW VICE PRESIDENT WAS HIRED TO KEEP TRACK OF RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND ACCOUNTABILTY.
THIS PERSON MAKES SURE ITS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS ARE EFFECTIVE.
AND REPORTS ARE DONE MONTHLY TO CHECK ON IT.
THE SCHOOL NOW SENDS OUT REMINDERS ABOUT A NEW COURSE SUBSTITUTION POLICY.
AND PERFORMS RANDOM AUDITS ON GRADUATES TO MAKE SURE ANY SUBSTITUTIONS WERE DONE PROPERLY.
SOME STUDENTS ARE HOPING IT'S ENOUGH TO GET THE SCHOOL A PASSING GRADE.
I'm really hoping they'll be re-accredited.
This report will be sent to SACS at the end of this month. And then in April a team will come back and check on the campus. Then finally in June, the school will know if it is re-accredited. At Edison State College Kim Brown NBC2.
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WHEN SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS HANDS DOWN ITS DECISION.THERE ARE THREE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.
ONE, KEEP IT ON PROBATION.
TWO, CLEAR THE SCHOOL ENTIRELY SAYING EVERYTHING IS FIXED.
THREE, TAKE EDISON'S ACCREDITATION.
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THE CHILD HOSTAGE STANDOFF IN ALABAMA ENTERS DAY FIVE.
TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHO JIMMY LEE DYKES IS.
HE REMAINS IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER WITH THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY.
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE WARNING SIGNS SERIOUSLY.
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IT SEEMS NO MATTER WHICH NEIGHBOR YOU TALK TO THE STORY IS THE SAME.
THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT JIMMY LEE DYKES.
"Like something is not right with him and its just very hard to explain unless you've seen him and how he acts."
"Very private and very protective of his property any belongings of his."
MICHAEL CREEK HAS LIVED NEXT DOOR TO DYKES FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
HE WATCHED FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME AS DYKES BUILT THE UNDERGROUND SHELTER WHERE FIVE-YEAR-OLD ETHAN IS NOW A HOSTAGE.
"He told me and my family he was building it as a weather shelter. He would be up from sun up to well after 10 sometimes past midnight out there moving sand."
HE SAID DYKES TOOK HIM INSIDE. IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND CAREFULLY BUILT.
"Two by fours and Two by sixes braces in the walls. The floorboards and ceiling in case the sand were to get wet and cave it in. He had it braced up fairly well.
SOME EIGHT FEET UNDERGROUND, CREEK SAID ITS WRAPPED WITH EIGHT INCHES OF INSULATION AND WRAPPED WITH SEVERAL LAYERS OF PLASTIC TO KEEP IT DRY.
"He bragged it would stay warm during the winter and cool during the summer."
NOW THE WHAT IF'S.
CREEL SAYS HE NOW HAS REGRETS, FOR ALL OF THE SIGNS THAT SOMETHING JUST WASN'T RIGHT.
"I regret not warning some of the neighbors of some of his tendencies and telling them this is the type of guy you want to stay away from and he could be dangerous in the future.
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KEVIN PRESLEY REPORTING.
OFFICIALS SAY, CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.THE BOY IS DOING FINE TONIGHT.
POLICE CONTINUE TO TALK WITH DYKES.
He's also allowed us to provide coloring books, medication, toys.
NEGOTIATORS ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE DYKES TO SURRENDER.
ONE OFFICIAL SAYS THE BOY HAS BEEN CRYING FOR HIS PARENTS.
HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS SURROUND THE AREA TONIGHT.
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A COLLIER COUNTY JURY AWARDS A WOMAN MORE THAN 170-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
PATTY GONDEK SLIPPED AND FELL FACE-FIRST WHILE IN A BODY WRAP.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT NAPLES DAILY NEWS.
IT HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO AT SLENDER LIFE HEALTH CENTER OF NAPLES.
THAT BUSINESS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING IN 2011.
GONDEK TOLD THE JURY AFTER SHE WAS WRAPPED IN MINERAL-SOAKED BANDAGES LIKE A MUMMY.STAFF ASKED TO WALK ACROSS THE WET FLOOR WITHOUT HELP.
THAT'S WHEN SHE SLIPPED.BREAKING HER NOSE AND BONES UNDER HER RIGHT EYE.
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