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ANOTHER METH LAB OPERATION IN CAPE CORAL.

THE SECOND THIS WEEK IN THE CAPE--

A FIGHT AT A HOTEL SPILLED ONTO THE FAMED LAS VEGAS STRIP AND ENDED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING.

AND A SERIES OF LOUD EXPLOSIONS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA--

SENDING RIPPLES OF PANIC.

WE FIND OUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

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5PM OPEN-CLIP

2ND CAPE METH LAB BUST-VO-MAPFLY

POLICE UNCOVERED A METH LAB IN A CAPE CORAL HOME. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS WEEK.

AND FOR THE SECOND TIME, A WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST FOR HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE THE DANGEROUS DRUG.

INSIDE A HOME ON SOUTHEAST 24TH AVENUE -- JUST EAST OF DEL PRADO BOULEVARD.

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we are told that cape coral police found out about this meth lab because dcf called them when they found something suspicious.

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TAKE PKG --

"i thought i knew her a little bit but apparently not." ashley humphreys

ASHLEY HUMPRHEYS HAD NO IDEA HER NEIGHBOR NATALIE VANCE WOULD BE ACCUSED OF MAKING METH.

THEIR KIDS PLAYED TOGETHER AND SHE EVEN LET VANCE USE HER CELL PHONE YESTERDAY.

"the message on my phone just said did you find what the foolish one did with your little man yet." ashley humphreys

HUMPRHEYS SAYS VANCE HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER SON ADRIAN FOR SOME TIME.

"they wanna know if adrians okay everyone wants to know if adrian is okay." humphreys

HUMPRHEY TELLS US THAT'S POSSIBLY THE REASON DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WAS INVESTIGATING HERE THIS MORNING.

"chaos its just really sad." humphrey

POLICE TELL US WHILE DCF INVESTIGATORS WERE AT THE HOME THEY FOUND SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS AND CAPE CORAL POLICE WERE CALLED FOR HELP.

"they had people with masks on, people were suited up to go into the house too." angel johnson

OFFICERS FOUND THE MATERIALS USED IN MAKING METH.

THE SECOND THIS WEEK.

HAZMAT AND THE FIRE DEPT RESPONDED.

HOURS LATER POLICE ARRESTED 28 YEAR OLD NATALIE VANCE.

SHE'S CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURING METH.

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TAKE SARA ON CAM --

neighbors say the boy may be with a man named pedro. again we are trying to confirm with dcf where they stand.

PREVIOUS METH LAB BUST-VO

JUST TWO DAYS AGO.CAPE POLICE BUSTED ANOTHER METH LAB OPERATION.

POLICE SAY SOMEONE AT THE HOUSE CALLED 9-1-1 TO REPORT A BURGLARY --

COLLIER MISSING TEEN-SS

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A TEENAGER WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST NIGHT.

DEPUTIES SAY ANILLIAN JACOBS WAS LAST SEEN IN THE WHITAKER ROAD AREA IN EAST NAPLES.

VEGAS STRIP SHOOTING-OC-VO

POLICE INVESTIGATING A WILD SHOOT OUT ON THE FAMOUS LAS VEGAS STRIP.

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD. AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED.

AFTER THE PEOPLE INSIDE TWO CARS STARTED SHOOTING AT EACHOTHER. ON THE STRIP OUTSIDE THE BELLAGIO -- CAESARS PALACE AND BALLYS.

VEGAS STRIP SHOOTING-TRX-PKG

THE FAMED INTERSECTION OF LAS VEGAS AND FLAMINGO BOULEVARD. LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE SET. BURNED OUT. CRUMPLED CARS AND TRUCKS. LITTER THE ROAD

BUT THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF A REAL LIFE GUNBATTLE BETWEEN TWO LUXURY VEHICLES. ON THE FAMOUS VEGAS STRIP.

"Just after 4:20 this morning an altercation occurred at one of the hotels along Las Vegas Blvd"

THAT ALTERCATION SPILLED OUT ONTO THE STRIP. AND AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE IN A BLACK RANGE ROVER AND A MASERATI.

"The Mazarati traveled through what we believe was a red light at a high rate of speed striking several vehicles. One of those vehicles was a local cab that also caught on fire as a result of the impact"

THE DRIVER OF THE CAB AND A PASSENGER DIED. AND SO DID THE DRIVER OF THE MASERATI.

THREE OTHERS ARE INJURED.

THE RANGE ROVER SPED AWAY.

SOT -- John Lamb, Witness /:55 / "Totally

engulfed in flames."

WITNESSES RUSHED TO THE SCENE TO HELP.

THIS MAN DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED.

SOT -- / 1:55 - 2:01 / "I ran over to

help the dude in the Maserati. pulled him out of the Maserati, and tried

to give him some CPR."

SOT -- / 2:03 - 2:04 / "I don't think he

made it."

VEGAS STRIP SHOOTING-OCTAG

DESOTO CO DRUG BUST-OC-BOXES

WE'RE JUST GETTING WORD.THAT POLICE IN ARCADIA THINK THEY HAVE BUSTED ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRUG DEALERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

N-B-C TWO'S STEVE CAMPION IS LIVE IN ARCADIA WITH THE DEVELOPING DETAILS.

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TAKE SS. -- TYRONE JONES

TONIGHT -- THEY TELL US THEY CAUGHT 30 YEAR OLD TRYONE JONES -- THANKS TO A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK AND SMART THINKING.

THEY ARRESTED HIM -- IN CONNECTION TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST COCAINES BUSTS THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN.

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TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT DETECTIVES FOUND IN A HOUSE JUST CADDY CORNER TO JONES' HOME -- MORE THAN A POUND OF COCAINE IN BRICK FORM.

ARCADIA DETECTIVES SAY THEY STOPPED JONES' EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN.

THEY WERE SIMPLY GOING TO WRITE HIM A TICKET UNTIL HE FLED.

THAT'S WHEN INVESTIGATORS CLAIM HE GRABBED A BAG OF COCAINE FROM HIS CAR AND TOOK OFF.

DETECTIVES SAY THE PURSUIT EVENTUALLY LED THEM TO THE DRUGS YOU SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

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Cpt. Matt Anderson, Arcadia Police Department "a pound of powder cocaine that's still in a brick form that's still solid, not been cut up what we call stepped on. That's a real big seizure. I've been here almost. 24 years and that's is the most powder cocaine I've seen in my career at the Arcadia police department."

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DETECTIVES TELL US -- THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING JONES FOR A WHILE NOW BUT COULD'T CATCH HIM IN THE ATTACK.

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AGAIN -- ARCADIA DETECTIVES MAKE A HUGE COCAINE BUST IN THIS CITY.

TONIGHT THEY TELL US THEY'VE TAKEN MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ILLEGAL DRUGS OFF THESE STREETS.

CAPE CORAL MAN MIAMI HIT AND RUN-VOTOPS-OC

NBC2 HAS LEARNED A CAPE CORAL MAN DIED IN A HIT-AND-RUN IN NORTH MIAMI.

NOW POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER - CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

CAPE CORAL MAN MIAMI HIT AND RUN-TFC

NORTH MIAMI POLICE IDENTIFIED THE MAN KILLED MONDAY NIGHT AS 75-YEAR-OLD LEFEVRE CHARLES, OF CAPE CORAL.

REPORTS INDICATE HE WAS GETTING OFF A BUS, WHEN HE WAS HIT.

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LOOK CLOSELY AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN - YOU CAN BRIEFLY SEE THE VICTIM AND THE HEADLIGHTS OF THE CAR, TURNING THE CORNER. THEN AS HE CROSSES THE STREET, A VEHICLE RACES IN FROM the RIGHT AND RUNS THE MAN DOWN - THE VICTIM, 75-YEAR-OLD LAFEVRE CHARLES, LEFT TO DIE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

jerry Charles/victim's son - I feel bad about it - I need something to be done.

JERRY CHARLES SAYS HIS FATHER WAS A POLITE AND PEACEFUL MAN, ENJOYING RETIREMENT, YET STILL PROVIDING FOR HIS FAMILY, BACK HOME IN HAITI. HE LIVED IN CAPE CORAL, BUT WAS VISITING LONGTIME FRIENDS IN NORTH MIAMI, WHEN HE WAS RUN DOWN MONDAY NIGHT.

how does the way your father died, the way he was killed, make this worse for you? "That's my dad and I loved him so much and he do a lot for me

so that affect me a lot."But it's different than if he would have had a heart attack""Yes, because you know that's a heart attack that kill him, not somebody hit him and run, you know."

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THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO THE INVESTIGATORS - THAT INDICATES THE PERSON DRIVING THAT PICKUP BELIEVES HE HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, SLOWED DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THEN CONTINUED ON.

NORTH MIAMI POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE CAR, BELIEVED TO HAVE FRONT-END DAMAGE.

TROOPERS HIT AND RUN-VO

THIS TRAGIC DEATH COMES AS FLORIDA TROOPERS LAUNCHED A STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE TROUBLING NUMBER OF HIT AND RUN CRASHES.

THEY ARE REMINDING DRIVERS. IF YOU DON'T STAY ON THE SCENE --

YOU COULD FACE A FELONY --

UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON --

AND A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.

TROOPERS SAY IF THERE'S EVEN A QUESTION --

GET OUT AND CHECK.

SCHOOL BUS CRASH FOLO-VO

THE MAN WHO CAPE CORAL POLICE SAY RAN A RED LIGHT AND SLAMMED INTO A SCHOOL BUS IS IN FAIR CONDITION AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TONIGHT.

POLICE SAY BRADFORD TANNER WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN HE CRASHED YESTERDAY.

WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU AS BREAKING NEWS THROUGHOUT THE NEWSCASTS YESTERDAY.

TODAY --

WE LEARNED AT LEAST 12 DRIVERS RECEIVED CITATIONS AT THAT CRASH --

FOR DRIVING AROUND THE WRECKAGE --

CAPE MOTORCYCLE SCHOOL BUS CRASH-SSTOPS-VO

MEANWHILE THERE WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN CAPE CORAL TODAY --

THIS ONE AT BURNT STORE ROAD AND CEITUS PARKWAY.

POLICE SAY A MOTORCYCLE CRASHED INTO CITY CHARTER SCHOOL BUS NUMBER 114.

TAILGATE THEFT-VO

IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN.

A THIEF SWIPED THE TAILGATE OF A WORK TRUCK FROM A LOT IN BONITA SPRINGS.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED AT U-S METRO TELECOM.

JUST LAST WEEK WE BROUGHT YOU AN NBC 2 INVESTIATION ABOUT THE SURGE IN STOLEN TAILGATES. FLORIDA RANKS FOURTH IN THE NATION FOR SUCH CRIMES.

TAILGATES ARE OFTEN SCRAPPED FOR CASH.

COLLIER MISSING BEAR UPDATE-VO

THE COLLIER COUNTY MAN WHO LET A GRIZZLY BEAR CUB ESCAPE HIS PROPERTY.MAY HAVE TO PAY UP.

F-W-C LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO RECOUP MONEY THEY SPENT SEARCHING FOR THE BEAR THAT ESCAPED FROM THE GRIZZLY EXPERIENCE.

RED SOX FIRST GAME-VO

THE SPRING TRAINING SEASON IS IN "FULL SWING" IN LEE COUNTY!

RED SOX FANS POURED INTO JET BLUE PARK TODAY FOR A DOUBLE HEADER AGAINST NORTHEASTERN AND BOSTON COLLEGE.

FANS WE SPOKE TO ARE EXCITED --

AND AREA HOTELS SAY THEY ARE HITTING HOME RUNS TOO.

RED SOX FIRST GAME-SOTVO-OC

We're very close to both teams stadiums. It's always busy because its very handy location to the spring training games. It's usually sold out through March.

Yeah I enjoy the Sox a lot! I've been following them since I was young kid. My father and I used to come down for spring training. I decided to take the trip this year.

ONE HOTEL TOLD US BUSINESS IS UP FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.BY AT LEAST 25 PERCENT!

RAYS AND TWINS FANS WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR TEAMS THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY PLAY THEIR FIRST GAMES.

WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY'S GAMES IN SPORTS COMING UP AT SIX.

AND IF YOU ARE A FAN OF COUNTRY MUSIC --

FOLLOWING EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT HOME GAME IN MARCH --

ONE NIGHT RODEO WILL PREFORM AT JET BLUE PARK.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

NBC2 IS ON THE CASE TONIGHT -- AFTER DOZENS OF VIEWERS CONTACTED US, WANTING TO KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING LOUD "BOOMING" NOISES OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA?

AFTER WEATHER, WE HAVE ANSWERS.

TZ1 B) NBC2 IN DAYTONA CHASTAIN INTERVIEW-VOTOPS

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.

SPRING TYPE WEATHER ARRIVING

Did the title catch your eye? I'm sure it did… It's true, too. Spring time weather is arriving, but it'll only be here for a few days before another cool down takes over.

So enjoy it while it lasts!

Friday through Sunday will be gorgeous. I'm forecasting partly cloudy skies and no rain. Perfect beach weather, grilling weather, golfing weather, boating weather… You get the idea - the weather will be perfect. Mid 80 degree temperatures will accompany the sunshine. The beaches will be a little cooler though because of the afternoon sea breeze.

Monday will serve as our day of transition as a cold front approaches from our northwest. We'll begin seeing more cloud cover, and by Tuesday/Wednesday we'll have overcast skies with periods of showers.

Grab those rain coats! Oh, and grab the sweaters while you're at it because temperatures will drop into the upper 60s to lower 70s in wake of the front. Morning lows will be in the 50s.

SONIC BOOMS OVER SWFL-VO IN CKW

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CALLED US HERE AT NBC 2 --

AND COMMENTED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE RECENTLY ABOUT LOUD BOOMS IN THE SKY.AND THESE GREEN LINES YOU SEE HERE --

SONIC BOOMS OVER SWFL-PKG

ONE STORY AFTER ANOTHER.

Ted Steele/0:48 "I just thought what the heck was it you know? It almost sounded like a bomb and the earth moved a little bit."

ALL DESCRIBING "SONIC BOOM" LIKE NOISES - ONES SPEEDING THROUGH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

Ed Zimmer/New Jersey/3:22 "Very short, probably about 2 or 3 seconds. "I was hoping it wasn't an explosion or something because that's what scares you when you hear something like that."

ED ZIMMER IS JUST ONE BEACHGOER WHO WAS ENJOYING SOME SUN IN NAPLES ON WEDNESDAY - WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN.

Ed Zimmer/3:14 "We heard pow! I mean it was like 4 or 5 of them. I looked up in the sky and I thought it was a jet but it definitely was a sonic boom. Crazy, you don't hear that often."

ZIMMER ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARD IT.

DOZENS OF VIEWERS ARE FLOODING OUR NBC2 FACEBOOK PAGE WITH COMMENTS - WONDERING WHAT IT IS THEY'RE EXACTLY HEARING.

ONE VIEWER SAID:

"YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I HEARD IT. IT SOUNDED/VIBRATED LIKE SOMETHING BIG FELL ON OUR ROOF OR SLAMMED INTO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE."

ANOTHER ONE COMMENTED:

"I HEARD IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.THOUGHT IT WAS A THUNDER OR A METEOR."

TODAY WE REACHED OUT TO THE NAVAL AIR STATION IN KEY WEST.

OFFICIALS THERE SAY THEY'RE IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW, FLYING JETS OVER THE GULF.

Trice Denny/Spokesperson, Naval Air Station, Key West/12:39 "It's quite possible that the tactical training, along with weather conditions create sonic booms, it's not just air speed it's weather conditions too."

TRAINING FROM THESE SQUADRONS IS EVEN POPPING UP ON OUR NBC2 DOPPLER RADAR.

Robert Van Winkle/12:22:45 "You can see little streaks of green across the sky down here, south of Naples. This is what's known as chaff. Chaff is used by military aircraft and dispersed into the atmosphere to block radar signals of other aircraft."

WHILE THE "SONIC BOOMS" ARE RAISING EYEBROWS ALL OVER - OFFICIALS AT KEY WEST'S NAVAL AIR STATION SAY THERE'S NO NEED TO WORRY - AND THE BULK OF THIS TRAINING WILL WRAP UP BY NEXT WEEK.

FL LOTTO NAPLES MILLION DOLLAR WINNER

NAPLES HAS A NEW MILLIONAIRE. THANKS TO THE FLORIDA LOTTERY.

KENNETH WATKINS CLAIMED A MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE IN THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION MILLIONAIRE SCRATCH OFF GAME.

WE'RE TOLD HE BOUGHT THE TICKET AT THE WINN DIXIE ON GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY IN NAPLES.

THERE ARE STILL EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR PRIZES --

SWFL AND LEE CO FAIR INSPECTIONS-VO

IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR --

THE DOORS WILL OPEN AT THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND LEE COUNTY FAIR.

WE STOPPED BY THE LEE COUNTY CIVIC CENTER AS INSPECTORS MADE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN SAFE WORKING ORDER.

THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ALL WEEK CHECKING ABOUT 50 RIDES.

THE FAIR MANAGER -

SWFL AND LEE CO FAIR INSPECTIONS-SOTVO

Rickey Reithoffer, Carnival Manager Sometimes people worry about having the rides torn down and set up each week. At the same time by taking them apart we get to see on the inside what's wearing and what needs to be replaced and really get to do a lot more maintenance than if you have the rides set up completely."

IF A STATE INSPECTOR DETERMINES THERE IS A PROBLEM --

THE RIDE CAN'T OPEN.

WE HAVE ALL THE FAIR INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

IT'S A DAY AT WORK THAT MANY OF US WOULD ENVY --

GETTING READY TO COMPETE IN THE DAYTONA 500.

NBC2 TAKES YOU TO THE TRACK FOR A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NASCAR DRIVER -- GOOD FOR DAYDREAMING WHEN YOU'RE BORED AT WORK TOMORROW.

AND ALL NEW AT SIX--

TZ2 A) NBC2 IN DAYTONA CHASTAIN INTERVIEW-VO

TZ2 B) LAUREN STANDUP TEASE-SOT

NBC2 IN DAYTONA CHASTAIN INTERVIEW-2SHOT

THE DAYTONA 500 THIS SUNDAY --

BUT A LOCAL RACER IS COMPETING IN THE NASCAR TRUCK SERIES TOMORROW NIGHT.

N-B-C TWO SPORTS ANCHOR RISHI BARRAN SPENT THE DAY WITH ROSS CHASTAIN,

HE WAS GIVEN BEHIND THE SCENES ACCESS TO THE DRIVER FROM ALVA --

NBC2 IN DAYTONA CHASTAIN INTERVIEW-PKG

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

A DRUG REHAB PROGRAM IN LEE COUNTY IS EXPANDING--

AND IT'S SLOWLY REVITILIZING ONE DRUG INFESTED NEIGHBORHOOD.

PLUS.CHAOS ON THE VEGAS STRIP.

A HIGH SPEED DRAG RACE WITH BULLETS FLYING.

TONIGHT THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS.

AND HERE WE GO AGAIN--

ANOTHER MONSTER WINTER STORM IS POUNDING THE MIDWEST!

A) VEGAS SHOOTOUT-VO-WIPE

B) MIDWEST STORM-VOTOPS