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BREAKING NEWS OUT OF LEE COUNTY-- THIS IS A LIVE LOOK

TRAFFIC SLOW GOING. ON I75 BETWEEN COLONIAL AND DANIAL AS AUTHORITES SEARCH FOR A GUY. WHO HAD A GUN

The Florida Highway Patrol stopped with a pedestrian walking along I75 at the 134 mile marker in Lee County.

Upon speaking with the pedestrian to complete a routine wants and warrant check--

the trooper obtained a firearm from the subject.

At that point, the subject ran on foot across all lanes of I75--

HE RAN EAST--

and entered a wooded area located to the east of the interstate.

At this time POLICE HAVE SET-UP A perimeter from Colonial Boulevard to Daniels Parkway--

and from Tree line Blvd to Northbound I75.

I75 iS OPEN IN both directions--

BUT TRAFFIC IS MOVING SLOWLY.

NBC2's STEVE CAMPION IS ON I-75.

WHERE THIS ALL BEGAN A SHORT-TIME AGO.

STEVE SOUND-SOT

TOSS TO JULIAN-TRX, SS, REM7 LIVE

OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS STORY CONTINUES NEAR TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT WAS ON LOCKDOWN EARLIER--

BUT NOW DEPUTIES HAVE MOVED THEIR SEARCH TO THE BOTANICA LAKES--

NBC2's JULIAN JOHNSON IS THERE--

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LONG LINES AT THE AIRPORT--

THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELLED.

I'd really hate to be at the airport for 2 or three days.

STORM SAVVY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST ARE FUELING UP!

If I get the gas now I don't have to worry about getting it during the storm.

AND STOCKING UP.

You have to prepare in case we lose power

SIMPLY PUT IT IS A *BIG* MESS IN NEW ENGLAND--

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MASSIVE SNOWSTORM!

AND IT'S ONLY JUST BEGINNING.

BUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS FEELING THE RIPPLE EFFECTS!

HUNDREDS OF FLYERS ARE STRANDED--

AND NOW HOTELS ARE JAMMED WITH TRAVELERS LOOKING FOR REFUGE!

NBC2's MATT WRIGHT IS MONITORING ALL THE CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT--

BLIZZARD AFFECTS SWFL INTL-LIVE U

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF FLIGHTS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. ESPECIALLY TO AND FROM CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST.

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Nats

ITS BEEN A BUSY DAY AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.

MANY TRAVELERS. RUSHING TO CATCH THEIR FLIGHTS. ARE COMING TO A STANDSTILL.

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13:11:16 I went to find out my flight to Pittsburgh is cancelled

CINDY HOMBURT. SCHEDULED TO GIVE A SPEECH IN PITTSBURGH.

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13:12:17 it's horrible, horrible.

NOW STUCK IN FORT MYERS.

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13:12:38 I'm like on my god what am I gonna do and the guy was like it'll be ok just go get another flight 43 there are no other flights to Pittsburgh

SHE'S NOT ALONE.

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13:09:30 it's just not happening

FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD. AND SO HAVE MANY WEEKEND PLANS.

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13:10:02 they're very unhappy because there were all kinds of plans for golf and other activities. They're on hold now 08

A SLOWDOWN IN THE SKIES IS HAVING THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON THE GROUND. AT LOCAL HOTELS.

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STRANDED PASSENGERS ARE SEARCHING FOR ROOMS.

AND DESPITE A FEW CANCELLATIONS FROM INCOMING TRAVELERS. MANY HOTELS ARE FILLING UP QUICKLY.

SOME HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY.

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ADDING TO THE HEADACHES FOR SOME TRAVELERS. STILL TRYING TO KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

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BLIZZARD AFFECTS SWFL INTL-LIVE U

PASSENGERS TRYING TO GET TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM PLACES LIKE NEW YORK ARE BEING TOLD IT COULD BE MONDAY BEFORE THEY GET A FLIGHT OUT.

CERTAINLY MAKING FOR A LONG WEEKEND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

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FLORDA IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NEW ENGLAND'S WEATHER MISERY.

THE SUNSHINE STATE IS LAINCHING A SERIES OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ADS--

PROMOTING OUR GLORIOUS WEATHER!

THE CAMPAIGN IS CALLED "IT MUST BE THE SUNSHINE".

PART OF GOVERNOR SCOTT'S PUSH TO MAKE FLORIDA TO NUMBER ONE TRAVEL DESTINATION IN AMERICA.

CA ROGUE COP SEARCH-PKG

THE MANHUNT CONTINUES. FOR THE FORMER COP ACCUSED OF *HUNTING* DOWN POLICE

OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

SOT -- Sheriff John McMahon, San Bernardino County / 9:06:48 -:53 / "We'

re going to continue searching until either we discover he left the mountain

. or we find him - one of the two."

CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S BURNED-OUT TRUCK WAS FOUND THURSDAY IN THE SNOWY

MOUNTAINS EAST OF LOS ANGELES.

BUT *HE*. HAS VANISHED.

AND -- AFTER 24 HOURS OF DOOR-TO-DOOR SEARCHING. THAT ABANDONED TRUCK.

MAY HAVE BEEN JUST A DIVERSION.

SOT -- Cmdr. Andrew Smith, Los Angeles Police Department / 10:39:21 -:23 /

/ "It is a tense situation for everybody."

POLICE ARE STILL ON "HIGH ALERT" THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AFTER

THEY SAY DORNER KILLED THREE PEOPLE. IN REVENGE FOR BEING FIRED FROM THE

L-A-P-D IN 2008.

AND -- IN HIS ALLEGED MANIFESTO. HE'S THREATENING TO GUN-DOWN MORE.

SOT -- Cmdr. Andrew Smith, Los Angeles Police Department. 10:39:40 -:44

/ "Officers are really concerned about themselves and their families."

DORNER CLAIMS HE WAS FIRED FOR EXPOSING ABUSE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT -- AND

WRITES --

"I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and

survival training I've been given."

SOT -- Brad Garrett, Former FBI Agent / 1:32 -:39 / "It'

s very likely until he is shot. you could see more officers hit. in

Southern California."

THE EXPERT MARKSMAN IS CALCULATING. PATIENT. AND CLAIMS TO HAVE A 50

CALIBER RIFLE CAPABLE OF SLICING THROUGH ARMORED CARS FROM A LONG DISTANCE.

EVEN HIS EX GIRLFRIEND NOW FEARS FOR HER LIFE.

SOT -- Ariana Williams, Dorner's Ex-Girlfriend / 1:20

/ "It is a scary situation. I have the phone on 9-1-1 when I open my

CA ROGUE COP SEARCH-SS

THAT MASSIVE MANHUNT FOR A FORMER COP ALLEGEDLY TURNED "COP KILLER" IS GOING INTERNATIONAL.

FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEVADA AND NOW MEXICO--

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR CHRISTOPHER DORNER.

A FORMER POLICE OFFICER-- AND MARINE--

CA ROGUE COP SEARCH-TAG

BRANDI HITT REPORTING.

FALSE SIGHTINGS CONTINUE TO POUR IN.

JESSE JACKSON JR PLEA-VO

JESSE JACKSON JUNIOR PLEADED GUILTY TODAY--

TO CHARGES HE "MISUSED" CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

THE CHARGES INCLUDE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD--

MAIL FRAUD AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.

PROSECUTORS ARE ASKING FOR 5-YEARS IN PRISON.

SOTO COURT APOLOGY-SOTVO

THE GIRL WHO GAVE A FLORIDA JUDGE THE FINGER--

WAS BACK IN COURT TODAY TO APOLOGIZE.

my behavior was wrong. I want to apologize not only to the court and you-- but to my family.

Flash: I normally don't act that way.

PENELOPE SOTO WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE TODAY WITH HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE.

SHE MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES 4-DAYS AGO.

WHEN SHE FLIPPED OFF A JUDGE WHEN SHE WAS IN COURT ON A DRUG CHARGE.

MALALA RELEASED-SOTVO

REMEMBER THE LITTLE PAKISTANI GIRL SHOT BY THE TALIBAN JUST BECAUSE SHE WANTED GIRLS TO GO TO SCHOOL TOO--

SHE'S GETTING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL!

"I am getting better day by day it is all just because of the prayers of the people."

THAT'S MALALA YOUSUFZAI.

DOCTORS AT A BRITISH HOSPITAL SENT HER HOME TODAY.

FLU SEASON OVER-VO

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THE WORST IS BEHIND US.

AND FLU SEASON IS JUST ABOUT OVER.

HOSPITALS ARE NOT NEARLY AS CROWDED--

AND MORE AND MORE STATES ARE DROPPING ALL WARNINGS FOR SHOTS.

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NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER THE NEWTOWN SHOOTINGS--

THE TRAGEDY IS EXPOSING CONCERNS ABOUT FLORIDA'S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.

SOME ADVOCATES SAY THE SYSTEM IS A "MESS".

THE LEGISLATURE CUT FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES--

AS A RESULT--MANY OF THOSE WITH HEALTH HEALTH ISSUES ARE IN FLORIDA PRISONS.WHICH ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THOSE NEEDS.

MENATL HEALTH ADVOCATES WANT THE LEGISLATURE TO SPEND 75-MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR--

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"We know that there are effective treatments with early interventions that could avoid a lot of criminal justice expense that we have. We would want that for social reasons but we also know that it's a good business plan from a cost standpoint to do that."

SHARPE SAYS FLORIDA SHOULD SPEND MORE ON OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES.

SUPERBOWL OUTAGE-VO

WE NOW KNOW WHAT CAUSED THAT BLACKOUT DURING LAST WEEKENDS SUPERBOWL.

ENGINEERS TRACED IT BACK TO A FAULTY DEVICE ACTUALLY PUT IN--

TO STOP THE KIND OF SURGE THAT TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS.

THE DEVICE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED--

VALENTINES SPENDING-VO

LOVE CAN BE HARD ON THE BANK ACCOUNT--

ESPECIALLY FOR MEN.

AMERICANS WILL SPEND NEARLY 19-BILLION DOLLARS ON VALENTINE'S CANDY, FLOWERS, JEWELRY AND GIFTS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S ABOUT 131-DOLLARS PER PERSON!

AND YES THERE IS A GENDER DIVIDE.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

A LOCAL FAMILY HIRED A CARETAKER TO LIVE WITH THEIR ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER.

TONIGHT THAT CARETAKER IS IN JAIL--

ACCUSED OF A SCHEME TO STEAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!

AND LISTEN UP LADIES--

EAT YOUR BERRIES!

TZ1 A) CAREGIVER ARREST-VO WIPE

TZ1 B) BERRIES & HEART-VO TOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

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LADIES.

A TRIP DOWN THE PRODUCE AISLE COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

A NEW STUDY BOASTS THE POWERS OF STRAWBERRIES AND BLUBERRIES AND HOW THEY CAN HELP KEEP YOUR HEART HEALTHY.

NBC-2'S NICK CILETTI IS LIVE IN STUDIO TO EXPLAIN.

BERRIES & HEART DISEASE-PLASMA MON

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT BLUBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES COULD PACK SUCH A PUNCH?

BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF THE U-K.

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ON PANCAKES.

IN JAMS.

OR STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CARTON --

NOTHING COMPARES TO THE TASTE OF A NICE, JUICY BLUEBERRY OR STRAWBERRY.

but ladies, did you know eating blueberries and strawberries could actually save your life? According to a new British study, women who ate at least 3 servings of blueberries or strawberries a week cut their risk of having a heart attack down by a third!

I wasn't surprised at all!

MARJORIE CHUTKAN IS A LICENSED NUTRIONIST WITH LEE MEMORIAL.

SHE'S KNOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT THESE FRUITS ARE "BERRY" BENEFICIAL -- ESPECIALLY FOR THE HEART.

CHUTKAN SAYS IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH A SPECIAL TYPE OF "FLAVONOID" FOUND IN BLUEBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES THAT

-MAY HELP DIALATE ARTERIES

-COUNTER THE BUILD-UP OF PLAQUE

-AND MAY LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE.AMONG OTHER THINGS.

THIS WAS ALL REPORTED IN A NEW STUDY FROM A UNIVERSITY IN THE U-K.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT EATING 3 SERVINGS OF BLUEBERRIES OR STRAWBERRIES PER WEEK WILL CUT DOWN A WOMAN'S RISK OF A HEART ATTACK BY 32%!

SO -- HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE MORE BERRIES INTO YOUR DIET?

MARJORIE SAYS IT'S QUITE SIMPLE:

BERRIES & HEART DISEASE-PLASMA MON

IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSCORE THESE FINDINGS WERE INDEPENDENT OF OTHER RISK FACTORS.LIKE AGE.BLOOD PRESSURE.AND FAMILY HISTORY.

ALSO -- GUYS -- I KNOW YOU'RE WONDERING IF YOU WILL REAP THE SAME REWARDS IF YOU START PACKING THE BERRIES IN YOUR DIET.

THIS PARTICULAR STUDY JUST FOCUSED ON WOMEN.BUT HEALTH EXPERTS ACROSS THE BOARD AGREE INCORPORATING MORE BERRIES.ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE REPLACING UNHEALTHY SNACKS.IS GOOD FOR ANYONE.

LIVE IN THE STUDIO.

NICK CILETTI.

TEASE TWO-ON CAM

SEAFOOD IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ONE OF THE LARGEST SEAFOOD FESTIVALS ANYWHERE USED TO FEATURE *LOCAL* VENDORS--

BUT NOW NATIONAL COMPANIES ARE MOVING THEM OUT!

NBC2 WAS AMAZED TO FIND OUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO MIND!

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TZ2 B) NAPLES CAR WASH-VO TOPS

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.

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

A weak cold front pushed through the area on Friday. It brought with it a few showers and clouds the first half of the day, and what's moving in behind it? Well, not much of a change in our weather.

It'll continue to be sunny and warm during the afternoons, however, our mornings will be slightly cooler.

You'll notice that change early Saturday morning as lows bottom out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.

High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values.

Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.

By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.

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BREAKING NEWS OUT OF LEE COUNTY--

TRAFFIC SLOW GOING. ON I75 BETWEEN COLONIAL AND DANIAL AS AUTHORITES SEARCH FOR A GUY. WHO HAD A GUN

The Florida Highway Patrol stopped with a pedestrian walking along I75 at the 134 mile marker in Lee County.

Upon speaking with the pedestrian to complete a routine wants and warrant check--

the trooper obtained a firearm from the subject.

At that point, the subject ran on foot across all lanes of I75--

HE RAN EAST--

and entered a wooded area located to the east of the interstate.

At this time POLICE HAVE SET-UP A perimeter from Colonial Boulevard to Daniels Parkway--

and from Tree line Blvd to Northbound I75.

I75 iS OPEN IN both directions--

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THE ANNUAL EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOCK TO EVERGLADES CITY TO FILL UP ON EVERYTHING FROM CRABS TO SHRIMP

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festival just kicked off. Vendors from across country set up, selling seafood.

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Nats-- food tastes great, yum yum

Calamari piled high--

Nats - frying pan

Fish frying--

Seafood as far as your eyes can see.

Clayton singletary, blackjack grill bayou boys 21:21 crab cakes, stone crab pretty much any seafood that you want."

The everglades seafood festival started 40 years ago as a local event--hometown people selling seafood to raise money for the community.

Steve

"14:35 started out with locals. Just mullet, anything we could scrape up. That's what we had at the seafood festival."

but the festival has exploded into a weekend event drawing in more than 40-thousand people.

Steve markley, sons of the confederacy

15;18 "the festival got so big that the local boys jut can't handle it all."

To keep up with the crowds-- out of town sellers came in to fill the demand.

15:36 they serve 20thousand people where the local people its just hard to keep competing with stuff like that."

Travis goff is one of the few local vendors we found actually selling any seafood today--

Travis goff, busy bees

18:00" this is all local fish caught in our local waters."

He's doing it for charity, not for profit.

Travis goff, busy bees 18:38 very few people actually fish anymore because such a restriction on net size so it's not feasible to make a living so every one went stone crabbing in Everglades city.

Restrictions making it even harder for Locals to compete with the big guys-- who seem to have taken over.

Clayton: "I don't know about taking over. We have great respect for all the local out here and we try and do our best to blend in w everybody. "

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Festival started tonight will run through Sunday night.

USPS LOSSES-VO

MORE PROOF TONIGHT THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE IS IN *BIG* TROUBLE.

IT LOST MORE THAN ONE POINT 3 BILLION DOLLARS-

DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 2012.

THE SERVICE MAILED FEWER LETTERS--

BUT *MORE* PACKAGES.

IN 2006--

CONGRESS MANDATED THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE "PRE-FUND" HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR RETIREES.

SINCE THEN--

IT'S STRUGGLED--

DEFAULTED ON LOANS TWICE--

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

A MAN SPENDS HIS LIFE SAVINGS TO BUY HIS DREAM HOME ONLY TO BE EVICTED.

COMING UP, THE NBC 2 INVESTIGATORS FIND OUT WHY.

TZ3 A) 70 YEAR OLD EVICTED-VO WIPE

AHEAD AT 6-BANNER

A) JOELLE STANDUP TEASE-SOT

EDISON FESTIVAL OF LIGHT-CG, BANNER

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND--

ARTFEST TAKES PLACE AT COCONUT POINT MALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

AND CHECK OUT THE "POP UP" GALLERY AT MERCATO SATURDAY NIGHT.

PLUS THE EDISON FESTIVAL OF LIGHT *JUNIOR* EVENTS IS SUNDAY.

LOT OF STUFF FOR KIDS.

THE CHILDREN'S FUN RUN IS AT ONE.

AT 2:30 IT'S THE JUNIOR PARADE.

ALL DOWNTOWN AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER.

WE PUT A LINK TO ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE--

NAPLES CAR WASH FLAP-2SHOT, SOT, SS, OC

PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT TO BRING A CAR DEALERSHIP TO NORTH NAPLES.

9:13 "We don't want to see it, we don't want to hear it, we don't want to smell it."

THE LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE REZONED.

TONIGHT --

MANY SAY IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

AS N-B-C TWO'S RICK RITTER FOUND OUT --

NAPLES CAR WASH FLAP-PKG-BNR

Rick Ritter/News at 5:30/20:26 "The plan is to turn this family park into a Tamiami Hyundai Dealership - which would include a car wash. Some nearby residents say it would be a nice change, while others have a some major concerns."

FOR NORTH NAPLES RESIDENT PEG BLACK - BREATHING HAS NEVER BEEN EASY.

Peg Black/North Naples/8:42 "For me it's air quality because I have asthma."

POTENTIAL PLANS TO ADD A CAR DEALERSHIP RIGHT BY HER NEIGHBORHOOD - WON'T HELP WITH THOSE SYMPTOMS.

Peg Black/8:58 "It's not the smelling it, you can't see it, can't smell it, it's the particles in the air."

THE COLLIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED A ZONING CHANGE ON THURSDAY - ONE THAT WOULD REPLACE KING RICHARD'S AMUSEMENT PARK OFF AIRPORT PULING ROAD WITH A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND CAR WASH.

BLACK IS JUST ONE WALDON OAKS RESIDENT WHOSE AGAINST THE IDEA.

Peg Black/9:13 "We don't want to see it, we don't want to hear it, we don't want to smell it."

NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED THE DEALERSHIP WILL DAMAGE AIR QUALITY - EFFECTING THEIR HEALTH.

Peg Black/8:47 "I just don't want to go tot he pool and not be able to breathe."

WHILE OTHERS ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME POTENTIAL CHANGE.

Joan Ortlepp/North Naples/15:38 "Before the people that wanted to buy it wanted to put a 5 story condo in, I'd much rather have a car dealership."

BUT FOR NOW - IT'S A WAIT AND SEE.

Peg Black/12:30: "You don't know until it's built.

CAREGIVER ARREST-2SHOT, SS

MORE THAN TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS LOST.

POLICE SAY A CAREGIVER USED CREDIT CARDS AND CHECKS FROM HER ELDERLY PATIENT.

NOW TERESA SHELTON IS IN JAIL SLAPPED WITH 13 CHARGES.

CAREGIVER ARREST-PKG

Nats - "glad you're home"

AFTER MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL, 80-YEAR-OLD DELORIS SURGEON IS HAPPY TO BE BACK HOME.

"I could be better, but I feel good." Deloris Surgeon, Victim

WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL LATE LAST YEAR, HER FAMILY NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE.

"we found the receipts and saw there were lots of charges on my grandmother's card." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

DAWN CROY - SURGEON'S GRANDDAUGHTER - WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S CARETAKER.

TERESA SHELTON KNEW THE FAMILY THROUGH CHURCH AND MOVED IN LAST OCTOBER TO HELP AROUND THE HOUSE.

"she had a lot of my granmother's credit cards and she was probably going on a shopping spree." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

CROY FOUND OUT SHELTON HAD WRITTEN HERSELF CHECKS FROM SURGEON'S BANK ACCOUNT AND WAS USING HER CREDIT CARDS RACKING UP MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CHARGES MOSTLY WHILE SURGEON WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

"She took advantage of it and took advantage of my grandmother's trust. That's what's most upsetting." Dawn Croy, Victim's Granddaughter.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND SHELTON ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE MAKING SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS WITH THE VICTIM'S CREDIT CARD.

"unfortunately, there are some people who prey on the elderly." Lt. Jim Kirdy, PGPD

LIEUTENANT JIM KIRDY SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SEE THIS TYPE OF CRIME OFTEN.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS, 16 PERCENT OF ELDER ABUSE CASES IN FLORIDA LAST YEAR INVOLVED SIMILAR EXPLOITATION.

CROY ALSO THINKS SHELTON WAS STEALING HER GRANDMOTHER'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND REPLACING THEM WITH OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINE WHICH MAY HAVE LED TO SURGEON'S RECENT HEALTH ISSUES.

SHELTON IS IN JAIL FACING 13 CHARGES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS MORE COULD BE COMING.

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A MAN SPENDS HIS LIFE SAVINGS TO BUY HIS FLORIDA DREAM HOME, ONLY TO FIND AN EVICTION NOTICE ON HIS FRONT DOOR MONTHS AFTER MOVING IN.

TONIGHT NBC 2 INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS DUG DEEPER INTO THE STORY TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.

70 YR. OLD EVICTED-CAM99-RTR1

THE PENNSYLVANA COUPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE SAVING MONEY WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR LEHIGH ACRES RETIREMENT HOME THROUGH AN AUCTION COMPANY.

70 YR. OLD EVICTED-BNR-PKG

IT'S MOVING DAY FOR THE DONLEY FAMILY.

Ralph Donley/Home Owner / 09:15:16 Now I got to get out. I have no where to go. 09:15:18

BECAUSE OF THIS - AN EVICTION NOTICE THEY FOUND ON THEIR FRONT DOOR.

Ralph / 09:13:09 It's a good thing I ain't a fighting man. 09:13:10

RALPH DONLEY PAID AN AUCTION COMPANY $65-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH FOR THE HOUSE; BUT JUST LEARNED - HE NEVER REALLY OWNED IT.

Linda Donley/Homeowner / 09:19:42 They say well you own the house free and clear. It is yours I said it can't be mine Fanny May bought it.We're getting evicted so how is it ours. 09:19:52

NBC2 DISCOVERED IT WAS THEIRS -- UNTIL ANOTHER MORTGAGE SURFACED AND THE HOME WENT INTO FORECLOSURE.

ralph Donley / 09:20;30 The title company didn't do their job at all.

/ Dave / 09:35:37 The good news the Donley's DID have title insurance. They're expected to get their money back that they paid for the house. But they made upgrades like these hurricane shutters that cost $2 thousand dollars. They're not getting that money back.

09:16:25 Somebody should pay these attorney fees and I shouldn't have to do all this. 09:16;28

THEIR ATTORNEY AND THEIR NEW REALTOR TELL ME THIS RARLEY HAPPENS.

Allen Olofson-Ring/Coldwell Banker / 09:23:51 Have you ever seen this happen? Never! It is very strange it should never have happened. 09:23:55

carrying boxes to moving vehicle.

70 YR. OLD EVICTED-CAM99-RTR1

SO THE BEST ADVICE TO AVOID THIS TYPE OF A SITUATION IS TO USE A WELL KNOWN REALTOR WHO KNOWS THE AREA AND THE PROPERTIES.

AND ALWAYS HAVE TITLE INSURANCE.SO IF THERE IS A PROBLEM YOU WILL BE COVERED.

SELL THE 6PM-2SHOT

A MANHUNT ON I-75 FOR A MAN WHO WAS FOUND WALKING ALONG THE BUSY ROAD WITH A GUN --

WE CONTINUE OUR LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE AT SIX.

AND A FORMER COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY ACCUSED OF SMASHING OUT THE WINDOW OF A JEWELRY STORE AND STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN JEWELRY.