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NFM ARSON ARREST-SS PLASMA

TONIGHT -- AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS ACCUSED OF *ARSON.

AALIYAH FOSTER IS BEING HELD IN THE LEE COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.AFTER ALLEGEDY SETTING FIRE TO A HOME OFF ELOISE CIRCLE IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

NBC2'S GEORGE SOLIS IS IN THE STUDIO RIGHT NOW AT ELEVEN TRACKING THIS STORY.

NFM ARSON ARREST-VO PLASMA

JEN,

THIS IS THE PICTURE WE FOUND OUTSIDE THE HOME WHERE THE FIRE WAS STARTED.

AND TONIGHT 11 YEAR OLD AALIYAH FOSTER IS CHARGED WITH FELONY ARSON,

NFM ARSON ARREST-VO

THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE HOME WHERE THE FIRE STARTED SAYS HER NEIGHBOR ALERTED HER.

SHE TELLS NBC2 THAT NEIGHBOR PUT OUT THE FIRE ON HER DOORSTEP.

WHEN SHE STEPPED OUTSIDE SHE SAID SHE NOTICED BURNING NEWSPAPER AROUND THE AREA.

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NFM ARSON ARREST-SS IN PLASMA

WATSON SAYS SHE HAS NO SYMPATHY FOR THE ELEVEN YEAR OLD.

WE TRIED TO TALK TO FOSTER'S FAMILY- THEY DECLINED TO GO ON CAMERA.

FOSTER WILL SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.

METH ARREST-TRX 2 SS OC

ANOTHER PERSON IS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE BUST A METH HOUSE NEAR A CAPE CORAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS WEEK.

MARK FREDRICK IS IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT.

HE WAS ARRESTED THIS EVENING AT THE METH HOME ON NORTHEAST 16TH TERRACE.

ANOTHER WOMAN -- JANET RAYMOND -- WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

OFFICERS WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED TO THE HOME MONDAY NIGHT FOR A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE BURGLARY IN PROGRESS.

WHEN THEY GOT THERE.THEY DISCOVERED THE MAKINGS OF A METH LAB.

METH ARREST-SOTVO

23:44 " My wife came home from running some errands and noticed that the garage door was opened and we saw a guy trying to come out with a scooter I guess he was trying to recover some property."

NEIGHBORS TELL NBC2 ONE OF THEM TIPPED OFF POLICE WHEN THEY SAW FREDRICK COME TO THE HOUSE TO PICK UP WHAT APPEARED TO BE SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

THEY TELL US OFFICERS ARRIVED AND ARRESTED HIM.

DAYTONA CRASH-TRX NATS VO OC

DEVELOPING IN DAYTONA,

SCARY MOMENTS AT THE FINISH LINE.

AT LEAST 33 PEOPLE ARE HURT AFTER A RACECAR FLIES INTO THE FENCE.

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CHUNKS OF DEBRIS SAILED INTO THE GRANDSTAND DURING A LAST-LAP CRASH IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE.

DAYTONA CRASH-PKG

IT WAS THE FINAL TURN IN THE CHECKER FLAG LAP OF THE NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVE4COPD 300

IN DAYTONA.

BUMPING BETWEEN DRIVERS SENT THE NUMBER 32 CAR DRIVEN BY 20 YEAR OLD KYLE LARSON. AIRBORNE.

CAREENING INTO THE CATCH FENCE. DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE CROWD.

"Just smoke and cars sideways is really all I saw."

DEBRIS FROM THE CAR. INCLUDING TIRES AND THE ENGINE FLEW INTO THE GRANDSTAND.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL RUSHED TO THE STANDS. ATTENDING TO MULTIPLE SPECTATORS.

"We transported 14 people off property, and treated 14 people at our on-track care center."

AT LEAST 2 REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

LARSON'S CAR WAS LEFT IN PIECES. THE ENTIRE FRONT END SHEARED OFF BY THE COLLISION.

ALL OF THE DRIVERS INVOLVED IN THE JAW-DROPPING CRASH. INCLUDING LARSON. WALKED AWAY.

"We've seen a lot of big ones here, and I've been a part of a couple big ones here, I've never seen anything like that. That's one of them times I wish I didn't have a rearview mirror because that was an ugly sight."

SPEEDWAY WORKERS WORKED THROUGH THE EVENING TO REPAIR THE CATCH FENCE AND GRAND STAND AREA.

"We are very confident we'll be ready for tomorrow's event."

IN PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW'S FAMED RUNNING OF THE 55TH DAYTONA 500.

SEQUESTER-VO

TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE IS WARNING CONGRESS OF DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES IF NO DEAL CAN BE REACHED TO CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP.

BROAD BUDGET CUTS-- KNOWN AS THE SEQUESTER-- ARE SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON FRIDAY.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS OUR MILITARY MIGHT BECOME "SECOND RATE" IF THE CUTS ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE EFFECT--

AND ACCUSES REPUBLICANS OF FLIRTING WITH FINANCIAL CALAMITY.

COLLIER CHILD ABUSE-SS OC

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE A GOLDEN GATE ESTATES MAN SQUEEZED AND STEPPED ON AN 11-MONTH-OLD CHILD.

TONIGHT.JOSE MANUEL GARCIA-VELAZQUEZ IS IN JAIL FACING AN AGGRAVATED CHILD-ABUSE CHARGE.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED WHEN A CHILD CAME INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.WITH A LACERATED LIVER AND A BROKEN RIB.

ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT.GARCIA-VELAZQUEZ "BEGAN TO MAKE UP STORIES" ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHILD.

COLLIER PROSTITUTION-SS TOP

THREE LEE COUNTY WOMEN ARE NABBED IN A PROSTITUTION STING IN IMMOKALEE.

ARREST REPORTS SAY THESE WOMEN NEGOTIATED SEX WITH AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER.

RED TIDE-SSVO

DEAD FISH ARE SPOTTED ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES.

FISH KILLS ARE CONFIRMED ON FORT MYERS BEACH, AT LOVERS KEY STATE PARK AND AT BONITA BEACH IN LEE COUNTY.

ALSO AT VANDERBILT BEACH IN NORTH NAPLES AND ON SOUTH MARCO BEACH.

RED TIDE-2SOTVO

there's floating fish in the water and the tide has been bringing them in on the shore, so there's a fair amount on the shore.

that's gross. It doesn't make me want to get in

TAMPA BOIL WATER-VO

WATER PROBLEMS TONIGHT IN TAMPA --

AND A SQUIRREL COULD BE TO BLAME FOR THE ENTIRE CITY BEING UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE.

THIS AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

RESTAURANTS CAN'T SERVE DRINKS OUT OF FOUNTAINS.

PEOPLE ARE STOCKING UP ON BAGS OF ICE AND BOTTLED WATER.

THE CITY'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT HAD A POWER FAILURE FRIDAY MORNING.

OFFICIALS SAY IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A SQUIRREL CHEWING ON AN ELECTRIC LINE.

THE TREATMENT PLANT IS OPERATING NORMALLY NOW.

MARCO CLINIC-VO

NOW OPEN -- A NEW WALK-IN CLINIC ON MARCO ISLAND.

PHYSICIANS REGIONAL OPENED ONE TODAY.

IT COMES AT THE HEIGHT OF TOURIST SEASON.AND FLU SEASON.

THE NEW FACILITY *EXPANDS SERVICES.

AFTER THE OTHER URGENT CARE ON THE ISLAND -- RUN BY NAPLES COMMUNITY HEALTH -- GAVE UP ITS LICENSE TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS -- AND REMOVED SOME EQUIPMENT FROM THE MARCO FACILITY.

PHYSICIAN REGIONAL'S NEW MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY OFFERS PHYSICAL THERAPY, APPOINTMENTS WITH SPECIAL SURGEONS, AND LABS AND X-RAYS.

LEHIGH CLEANUP-VO

IN LEHIGH ACRES --

VOLUNTEERS SAY *FORECLOSED HOMES ARE MAKING A MESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY SPENT THE DAY PICKING UP GARBAGE NEAR 7TH STREET SOUTHWEST AND GOLFVIEW BOULEVARD.

NEIGHBORS SAY MANY OF THE PROPERTIES AREN'T MAINTAINED ONCE THEY'RE IN FORECLOSURE.

THIS WEEK A COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENTED AN ORDINANCE TO COMMISSIONERS -

TO ESTABLISH A COUNTY WIDE VACANT PROPERTY REGISTRY.

LEHIGH CLEANUP-SOTVO

george szymanski / lehigh acres 6:14

I think once you put the onus on the bank. But the people who own these properties will come out here and clean them up. If they don't, they'll be cited by code enforcement.

FL FATAL HORSE KICK-OC

A MAN DIED AT A SOUTH FLORIDA POLO CLUB AFTER BEING KICKED BY A HORSE.

THE MAN WAS KICKED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB IN WELLINGTON.

ACCORDING TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE MAN DIED OF HIS INJURIES AT A HOSPITAL.

NEW AT ELEVEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

ONE MAN IS SUING HIS PARENTS -- FOR NOT LOVING HIM ENOUGH!!

TONIGHT, THERE IS *ONE THING* THOSE PARENTS CAN DO TO GET THEIR SON TO DROP THE LAWSUIT.

WARMER WEATHER IN YOUR FORECAST.

A) POOR MAN SUES PARENTS-VO

GEN TRX-TRX

IWO JIMA DEDICATION-NATS VOTOPS

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REMEMBERING THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR TWO.

THIS WEEK MARKS 68 YEARS SINCE THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA.

SURVIVORS WERE HONORED TODAY AT THE FOUR MILE COVE ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE IN CAPE CORAL.

VATICAN FALSE REPORTS-TRX VOWIPE

NEW AT ELEVEN.

THE VATICAN IS ACCUSING THE MEDIA OF RUNNING DEFAMATORY AND FALSE REPORTS -

AHEAD OF THE CONCLAVE TO ELECT POPE BENEDICT'S SUCCESSOR.

ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS ARE RUNNING UNSOURCED REPORTS ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF A SECRET DOSSIER PREPARED BY THREE CARDINALS.

THOSE CARDINALS INVESTIGATED THE 2012 SCANDAL OVER LEAKED VATICAN DOCUMENTS.

THE REPORTS SUGGEST THE DOSSIER WAS A FACTOR IN POPE BENEDICT'S DECISION TO RESIGN.

THE PONTIFF MAINTAINS HE'S RESIGNING BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE "STRENGTH OF MIND AND BODY" TO CARRY ON.

CHINA FIREWORKS BLAST-NATS VO

AN EXPLOSIVE SCENE AT A WAREHOUSE IN CHINA TODAY.

TAKE A LOOK.

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FIREWORKS IGNITE ON THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.

BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED,

IT HAD SPREAD TO A FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE ON THE LOWER FLOORS.

IT TOOK FOUR HOURS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.

NO WORD ON THE CAUSE TONIGHT.

POOR MAN SUES PARENTS-VO

A MAN IN NEW YORK SERVES PAPERS TO HIS PARENTS.

CLAIMING THEY DIDN'T LOVE HIM ENOUGH.

32-YEAR OLD BERNARD BEY CLAIMS HE WAS PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSED.

HE SPENT TIME BEHIND BARS. AND IS NOW HOMELESS.

SO BERNARD FILED A LAWSUIT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

HE'S ASKING THE COURT FOR MORE THAN 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.

HE SAYS HE IS WILLING TO DROP THE LAWSUIT,

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TEASE TWO

the oldest daughter, said to me, 'Elizabeth, do you think we could put dad in a box and put him in the room with a mom?' I took a little bit of a breath and said sure.

WHEN A MAN DIES ON THE WAY TO HIS WIFE'S FUNERAL.THE FAMILY DECIDES TO MAKE IT A "DOUBLE HEADER."

A) DOUBLE FUNERAL-SOTVO

GEN TRX-TRX

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

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.

MORE WARMTH FOR SUNDAY

With a lot of sunshine and temperatures in the mid 80s we are quickly reminded why we live in Florida during the month of February.

That's what we have dealt with the past couple of days, and it looks like we will add to that tally in the days to come.

For those headed out to the beach this weekend, water temperatures have warmed quickly over the last few days with Fort Myers Beach up to 71°. Granted, that's still pretty chilly for the standard Gulf water temperature. For those planning to do some boating watch out for low visibility due to sea fog especially during the morning. Otherwise, the forecast for the waterways looks pretty nice. Seas and open waters will range from 2-3 feet with inland waters at a moderate chop.

Thankfully the weather will cooperate for those beach and boating plans on Sunday. We will start off with areas of fog and low clouds once again on Sunday morning. Those will quickly erode by the mid-morning hours, leaving us with sunny, warm, and breezy weather for Sunday.

Sound familiar? It's what we forecasted for Saturday, too. So yes - Sunday will be a carbon copy of Saturday.

A couple isolated showers may form late in the day, but any spotty shower activity will be carried deep inland. Winds will be slightly west of south through the day with gusts reaching 20 mph, making for a fairly breezy day.

Winds will continue to have a southerly component through the weekend, which will work to keep the warmth and humidity bottled up across Southwest Florida.

So it looks like our stretch warm, dry weather will continue through Monday, but then changes will arrive by Tuesday as a cold front slides into Southwest Florida. Scattered showers and cloudy skies will be a good bet through the day Tuesday, and some of the activity will even linger into our Wednesday.

DOUBLE FUNERAL-VO TRAFFIC

TYLER THANKS.

A FAMILY CALLS IT A 'DOUBLE HEADER' OF SORTS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

A MAN MARRIED FOR NEARLY 66 YEARS DIES ON THE WAY TO HIS WIFE'S FUNERAL.

DOUBLE FUNERAL-PKG

THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN AND WOMAN WHO SPENT MOST OF THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.GWEN AND NORMAN HENDRICKSON WERE MARRIED

NEARLY 66 YEARS AGO, VOWING TO NEVER LEAVE EACH OTHER'S SIDE. WHEN GWEN PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS MONTH, NORM WAS HEARTBROKEN.

HIS DAUGHTERS OVERHEARD HIM SAY TO HER, "I LOVE YOU. I'LL MISS YOU AND WATCH FOR ME."

ON THE DAY OF GWEN'S FUNERAL, NORM, DRESSED IN WHAT HE CALLED HIS FUNERAL SUIT, LEFT THEIR CAMBRIDGE HOME IN A LIMOUSINE.

S/ Elizabeth Nichols-Ross/Funeral Director

"And Jim Gariepy, who is an EMT and the Washington County Coroner, He reached over, checked his pulse and said, 'I don't feel much of one. We immediately called the rescue squad."

NORM HAD A DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER, SO HE WAS ALLOWED TO PASS AWAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABOUT TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.

S/ Elizabeth Nichols-Ross/Funeral Director

"Merrilyne, the oldest daughter, said to me, 'Elizabeth, do you think we could put dad in a box and put him in the room with a mom?' I took a little bit of a breath and said sure. We got them in for the calling hours because people were starting to come in. We got Norm in the back and got him ready."

HIS ADULT DAUGHTERS, NOT SKIPPING A BEAT, POSTED THIS SIGN ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FUNERAL HOME, SAYING "SURPRISE, IT'S A DOUBLE HEADER!"

Those who knew Norm say he also appreciated a good bargain. But it's his sense of humor that he'll always be remembered for.

S/ Mark Mulholland/Reporting

"By all accounts, Norm Hendrickson's sense of humor was infectious. And it was certainly hereditary. His daughters came up with this for his prayer card. It says, 'Did you hear the one about the guy who was in the limo on the way to his wife's funeral and got the bright idea that if he died before he got there, he could get a buy one get one free deal?'"

NORM AND GWEN WERE PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW THEM.

S/George Bell/Police Chief

"Just a real all-around good guy. Great sense of humor. Always had a joke to tell. No matter what."

TEASE SPORTS-2-SHOT

A)-VOTOPS

GEN TRX-TRX

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SPORTS OPEN

FGCU WOMEN CLINCH-ONCAM

THE F-G-C-U WOMEN'S HOOPS TEAM MAY HAVE TWO GAMES LEFT ON THE SCHEDULE. BUT THE EAGLES CAN ALREADY CLAIM THE TITLE OF ATLANTIC SUN CHAMPS.

FGCU WOMEN STETSON-CGTOPS

MIAMI WAKE FOREST-VOTOPS

THE MIAMI MEN HADN'T LOST IN THE A-C-C EITHER.

UNTIL TODAY.

FLORIDA ARKANSAS-VOTOPS

THE 5TH RANKED GATORS LOOKING TO PUT THEIR LOSS TO MIZZOU IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR.

THEY CERTAINLY MADE THAT HAPPEN AGAINST ARKANSAS.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL MOONEY-VOTOPS

LARRY BIRD. WHO FOUNDED THE HIDEOUT GOLF CLUB IN NAPLES. AT COMMUNITY SCHOOL TONIGHT TO WATCH THE COUGARS IN THE REGIONAL FINAL.

HE'D LIKE THIS. JEFF MERTON THE BIG DUNK. COMMUNITY SCHOOL UP BY 16 ON CARDINAL MOONEY.

LATER. IT'S RYAN CELANO FINISHING. HE'S A GREAT GOLFER. SHOULD JOIN LARRY LEGEND FOR A ROUND AT THE HIDEOUT.

SEAHAWKS REAX-SOTTOPS

HS HOOPS SCORES-CGTOPS

THE THREE OTHER LOCAL TEAMS PLAYING IN REGIONAL FINALS LOST.

FGCU BASEBALL FLORIDA-ONCAM

THE F-G-C-U BASEBALL TEAM DID IT AGAIN.

THE EAGLES. UPSETTING THE 13TH-RANKED FLORIDA GATORS IN GAINESVILLE FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT DAY. THIS TIME, 8-3.

RED SOX RAYS-VOTOPS

SPRING TRAINING OPENERS ALL AROUND. JOHN LACKEY MAKING HIS FIRST START OF ANY KIND SINCE 2011.

THE RAYS SPLIT SQUAD LOADED THE BASES ON LACKEY IN THE FIRST. BUT HE GETS JACK CUST SWINGING.

COULDN'T QUITE GET OUT OF THE JAM, THOUGH. ALLOWS A RUN ON THIS SAC FLY.

LACKEY POST-SOTTOPS

RAYS PIRATES-VOTOPS

THE OTHER RAYS SPLIT SQUAD HOSTING THE PIRATES. EVAN LONGORIA. BACK WITH THE TEAM AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS BABY GIRL. BUT DIDN'T PLAY

JEFF NIEMANN LOOKED GOOD ON THE MOUND. STRUCK OUT TWO OF THE THREE HITTERS HE FACED. HE PITCHED A SCORELESS SECOND INNING.

FERNANDO RODNEY. RAISING THAT ANTE.STRIKES OUT THE SIDE IN THE THIRD. WITH JUST TEN PITCHES.

NIEMANN REAX-SOTTOPS

TWINS ORIOLES-VOTOPS

THE TWINS OPENER WAS AT ED SMITH STADIUM IN SARASOTA.

WHICH WAS PACKED WITH ORIOLES FANS.

JOSH WILLINGHAM'S BAT. PACKED WITH POWER. TWO-RUN HOMER IN THE THIRD FOR THE LEAD.

COORS LIGHT OPEN-NATVO

MARK LYE. AMONG THOSE TEEING IT UP IN THE 51ST ANNUAL COORS LIGHT OPEN SATURDAY AT FORT MYERS COUNTRY CLUB.

NORTH FORT MYERS GRAD GEORGE MCNEILL. THE P-G-A TOUR PRO. SHOT 73 IN ROUND ONE. HE'S FOUR SHOTS BACK.

COORS LIGHT LEADERS-CGTOPS

FIRST PLACE. SHARED BY SEVEN DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

SPORTS CLOSE-ONCAM

THE EVERBLADES LOSE TO EVANSVILLE, 5-3.

FGCU SWIMMING AND DIVING WINS A 5TH STRAIGHT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.

CLOSE-3SHOT