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FIRST WX WINS!-DOP DUB BOX

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.

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next couple of days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it did bring cloudy periods to the area this afternoon as it has stalled out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Temperatures today were a bit cooler as they climbed into the middle and upper 70s and we did see a slight drop in the humidity due to a light northerly breeze. For the remainder of our Wednesday afternoon, expect mostly cloudy skies and couple of showers mainly south of the Caloosahatchee River as they roll in from the southwest off the Gulf of Mexico. Through the evening, expect a few of these showers to linger across the area as temperatures fall into the upper 60s to low 70s.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, we should manage to squeeze out more sunshine and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop during the afternoon and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Tuesday morning with 30s deeper inland.

TOSS TO RICK-2-SHT PUSH

NBC2 EXPOSES NEW EVIDENCE TONIGHT.

EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS OF A CORRUPT PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IN COLLIER COUNTY.

ITS A STORY WE WERE THE FIRST TO BRING YOU LAST NIGHT AT SIX.

AN AUDIT FOUND SUPERVISORS AT THE IMMOKALEE BRANCH, STOLE MONEY FROM TAXPAYERS.

ALL NEW AT SIX--

COLLIER PARKS & REC FUNDS-BNR-PKG

NEGLIGENCE AND FRAUD, both under investigation in the Immokalee Parks system.

Dwight Brock/Collier County Clerk/20:03:16 "Management throughout the process, was absolutely non existent."

IT ALL STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL FROM A CONCERNED MOTHER.

HER DAUGHTER WAS AN EMPLOYEE ON THE PARKS PAYROLL - AND RECEIVED A W-2 FORM THAT HAD TOO MANY HOURS.

Dwight Brock/20:07:45 "The mother indicated it would not be possible for her daughter to earn all of that money because she was in school."

WE SPOKE WITH THAT MOTHER TODAY AND SHE DECLINED TO COMMENT.

BUT WE DID GET OUR HANDS ON THE FULL AUDIT REPORT - SOMETHING TRIGGERED JUST AFTER HER CALL LAST APRIL.

HERE'S WHAT THE INVESTIGATION FOUND - SUPERVISORS STEALING MONEY.

SUPERVISORS APPROVED FALSIFIED TIMECARDS.

TIMEKEEPER ENTERED THOSE FALSIFIED TIMES.

AUTHORIZED APPROVERS FAILED TO REVIEW THE CARDS.

TIMEKEEPER PICKED UP PRINTED CHECKS AND EITHER THEM OR THE SUPERVISOR CASHED THEM.

Dwight Brock/20:05:13 "They went right down the list, and ensured each and every one of them were violated."

THE AUDIT SHOWS NEARLY 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ESTIMATED UNDER AND OVER PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES.

WE ALSO OBTAINED COPIES OF FALSIFIED TIMECARDS - ONE SHOWS AN EMPLOYEE FILLED OUT SIX HOURS FOR A TUESDAY BACK IN 2010.

BUT WHEN IT WAS ENTERED INTO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM - IT SAYS THE EMPLOYEE WORKED 24 HOURS.

WHILE THE FINDINGS CONTINUE TO RAISE EYE BROWS ACROSS THE COUNTY - BROCK SAYS IT'S OUT OF HIS HANDS FOR NOW.

Dwight Brock/20:08:05 "I turned my findings over to the board of county commissioners, they have to deal with their management issues."

A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY, WHILE COUNTY COMMISSION WILL DECIDE ON DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

TOSS TO JOELLE-TRX-VID-DBX-2-SHT

DEAD FISH.

DEAD MANATEES.

DEAD SEA TURTLES.

THE MOST INTENSE LEVEL OF RED TIDE IN YEARS IS KILLING MUCH LARGER ANIMALS THAN WE'RE USED TO SEEING. IN THE GULF.

RED TIDE HAS KILLED TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF MANATEES IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THAN *ALL OF LAST YEAR.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS--

THE TOXINS KILLED A 175-POUND SEA TURTLE.

A) MANATEE VIDEO-VO

B) TURTLE VIDEO-VO

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Nats

" 75.6"

This wasn't how Bob Wasno was expecting to spend his day.

Sot bob Wasno

A boater was going by, said they saw the sea turtle on the south end of fish trap bay so we jumped in a boat and went up."

The Florida gulf coast university researchers didn't see her at first.

Nat bob

Then we found her right here."

The female loggerhead was dead.

Nat

She's emancipated, look how thin she is."

Turtle time inc founder eve Haverfield says this isn't the first Dead Sea Tuttle she's seen lately.

This protected loggerhead- just one of 13 dead sea turtle reported to her this year.

Last year at this time there were 2.

Leading her to believe red tide is to blame.

Sot eve Haverfield, turtle time inc

"When I get that call I just ' oh no not another one. Its that saddness, but if its an animal like the one we just retrieved perhaps it will give us some answers through laboratory testing."

Eve will keep the creatures on ice until Fwc can pick them up for necropsies.

TOSS TO LAUREN-TRX-DBX

WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE NOW, WITH OUR LAUREN DISPIRITO. LIVE ON SANIBEL ISLAND.

RED TIDE KILLING MANATEES~EFFECTING BUSINESS-CELL

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Shane Dooley

16:22 You're not going to make a living catching mullet right now, it's killed a lot of our fish 16:27

AND THAT'S NOT ALL.

THIRD GENERATION PINE ISLAND FISHERMAN SHANE DOOLEY SAYS CONDITIONS CAUSED BY RED TIDE KEEP STONE CRABS AWAY.

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Shane Dooley

15:25 the crabs are feeding on the dead fish on the bottom they're just not going in traps 15:33

TWO DEVASTATING BLOWS, FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR LVING ON THE WATER.

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12:07 this has got to be one of the worst times I've ever seen it 12:09

THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION SAYS ITS RESCUED FIVE MANATEES

SUFFERING FROM RED TIDE SO FAR THIS YEAR, BUT 96 DIED BEFORE THEY COULD

BE SAVED--

INGESTING THE TOXIN STUCK ON SEA GRASSES THEY EAT.

VETERINARIANS SAY THE TOXIN PARALYZES AND SUFFOCATED THE ANMIAL.

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phoner

Martine DeWit, FWC

24:52 its sad these are charasmatic animals they long live, you see

these large numbers, taking away healthy animals 2504

IT WILL BE YEARS BEFORE THEY KNOW THE EFFECTS OF ANOTHER

LARGE KILL ON AND ENDANGERED POPULATION.

WHILE THE EFFECTS TO BUSINESS OWNERS CONTINUE.

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RED TIDE KILLING MANATEES~EFFECTING BUSINESS-CELL

SKY 2 RED TIDE VIDEO-VO

WE SENT SKY 2 FOR A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE GULF WATERS TODAY AFTER FISHERMEN TOLD US YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE LINE OF RED TIDE.

HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND -- A LINE THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE AN OIL SLICK.

SOME FISHERMEN QUESTION IF IT'S ACTUALLY RED TIDE OR DISCOLORATION BECAUSE OF FRESH WATER MEETING GULF WATER.

RED TIDE RESEARCH PANEL-OC-CG

IN LESS THAN AN HOUR--

A PANEL OF SCIENTISTS ARE MEETING ON SANIBEL ISLAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT RED TIDE.

THEY WILL ALSO PRESENT THE LATEST RESEARCH ON TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS.

THE FREE SEMINAR STARTS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT THE SANIBEL COMMUNITY HOUSE AUDITORIUM.

TOSS TO KELLY-TRX-GENBOX-OC

NEW AT SIX--

WE'RE LEARNING A TROOPER INVOVLED CRASH ON I-75 IS NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.

THE CRASH HAPPENED ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO NEAR THE COLONIAL BOULEVARD EXIT.

AN F-H-P CRUISER CLIPPED A VEHICLE CARRYING A FAMILY OF THREE---AND THE MOTHER WAS PREGNANT.

NBC2'S KELLY CRESWELL IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH THE NEW INFORMATION.

FHP I75 CRASH NEW INFO-TRFC CTR

WE JUST RECEIVED NEW INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS F-H-P REPORT, AND IT IDENTIFIES THIS CRASH AS A TRAFFIC HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION---THOUGH NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED YET.

FHP I75 CRASH NEW INFO-VO-PIC

DRIVING AT 75 MILES AN HOUR, THE REPORT CLAIMS FHP TROOPER GUSTAVO REYES WAS DISTRACTED AND CARELESS.

WHEN REYES NOTICED THE JEEP IN FRONT OF HIM TRAVELING AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, HE SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID HITTING IT.

THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP, CHRISTOPER MCCLURE, SWERVED RIGHT.

BUT REYE'S VEHICLE CLIPPED THE JEEP, CAUSING IT TO FLIP SEVERAL TIMES AND BOTH MCCLURE AND HIS WIFE WERE EJECTED, DESPITE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.

THEIR ONE YEAR OLD CHILD WAS STILL STRAPPED INTO HIS CHILD SEAT.

FHP I75 CRASH NEW INFO-TRFC CTR

AN F-H-P SPOKESPERSON TELLS US REYES DID NOT HAVE THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON PRIOR TO THE CRASH.

THERE IS STILL AN IN-DEPTH TRAFFIC HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION GOING ON, AND IT COULD TAKE UP TO 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE.

TROOPER REYES HAS BEEN PLACED ON DESK DUTY WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

KANASHA WAS PREGNANT-PIC-VO

NBC2 IS STAYING ON TOP OF THE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MURDER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD IMMOKALEE GIRL.

WE HAVE LEARNED KANASHA ISAAC WAS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS SHOT IN THE FACE AT THE FORT MYERS ALE HOUSE PARKING LOT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HENRY BRUNSON FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS INTO THE VEHICLE KANASHA WAS SITTING IN WITH HER FRIENDS.

TOSS TO JOE-TRX-1-SHT

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT SENDS A BIG NO THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT.

SCOTT SAYS HE WILL NOT USE ANY DEPARTMENT RESOURCES TO ENFORCE TIGHTER GUN LAWS HANDED DOWN FROM WASHINGTON.

SHERIFF SCOTT LETTER TO PRES. OBAMA-PLASMA

SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT POSTED THE LETTER TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK WEBPAGE.

SHERIFF SCOTT LETTER TO PRES. OBAMA-PKG

IN THE TWO PAGE LETTER -

SHERIFF MIKE SCOTT CALLS THE PRESIDENT OUT ON CLAIMS MADE DURING HIS 2008 CAMPAIGN.

CLAIMS SCOTT SAYS CONTRADICT HIS LATEST STANCE ON GUN CONTROL.

MR. OBAMA HAS ISSUED 23 EXECUTIVE ORDERS - WANTING MORE BACKGROUND CHECKS, AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND TO ELIMINATE ARMOR PIERCING BULLETS.

SCOTT GOES ON TO TELL THE PRESIDENT HE WILL NOT DEDICATE PRECIOUS OR LIMITED RESOURCES TO ENFORCING CONGRESSIONAL REGULATIONS THAT INFRINGE ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF USED HIS OFFICE AS A PULPIT FOR PROTEST -

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER SHERIFF JOHN MCDOUGALL.

HE APPEARED ON NATIONAL NEWS TO PROTEST THE STATE OF FLORIDA RELEASING CONVICTS AT AN EARLY DATE.

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EVEN SCOTT FELL UNDER FIRE - WHEN HE STOOD IN FRONT OF A CROWD RALLYING FOR THEN VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SARAH PALIN - IN UNIFORM

HE WAS ACCUSED OF USING HIS OFFICE TO TRY AND INFLUENCE AN ELECTION.

THE FEDS LATER DROPPED THEIR INVESTIGATION.

IN AN EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON - WE ASKED SCOTT ABOUT HIS LETTER - AND THE CONCERNS HE HAS OVER THE PRESIDENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

WE ASKED HOW SCOTT CAN DECIDE WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL OR NOT.

SHERIFF SCOTT LETTER TO PRES. OBAMA-PLASMA

I REACHED OUT TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR COMMENT - THEY TELL ME THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GUN CONTROL COUNTER SCOTT'S LETTER.

THE PRESIDENT SAID HE BELIEVES MOST GUN OWNERS QUOTE "CAN RESPECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT WHILE KEEPING AN IRRESPONSIBLE, LAW-BREAKING FEW FROM INFLICTING HARM ON A MASSIVE SCALE."

SCOTT'S LETTER COMES ON THE HEELS OF MARCO ISLAND CITY COUNCIL, AND COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ISSUING SIMILAR LETTERS.

LEE DEPUTIES CLEARED IN SHOOTING-VO

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT, IN A DEADLY SHOOTING INVOLVING A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY DEPUTIES FRANK TRESTKA AND DAN COTE SHOT AND KILLED CARLOS JOSEPH CHARLES ALONG I-75 IN LEE COUNTY LAST JUNE.

YESTERDAY THE STATE ATTORNEY SAID HIS OFFICE WILL NOT FILE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE DEPUITES.

RYAN COSTELLO TRIAL TESTIMONY-VOWIPE

A KEY WITNESS TESTIFIED IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF A LEE COUNTY MAN. ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS BABY TO DEATH IN 2010.

WHITNEY SIMONSEN IS RYAN COSTELLO'S EX-FIANCÉ AND WAS THE MOTHER OF THEIR FOUR MONTH OLD DARWIN.

TODAY, WHITNEY TESTIFIED COSTELLO ATTACKED HER AND SAYS SAID SHE FAKED UNCONSCIOUSNESS UNTIL HE STOPPED.

RYAN COSTELLO TRIAL TESTIMONY-SOTVO

Whitney Simonsen/victim's mother

11:4542 he felt really heavy and he was kind of wheezing and I tried to wake him up and he wasn't so I started screaming what have you done 58

SIMONSEN ALSO ADMITTED SHE WAS A DRUG DEALER. AND THAT THERE WAS A MARIJUANA GROW ROOM IN THE COUPLE'S HOME.

THE DEFENSE PRESENTED HER INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

CAPE VIZ-ONCAM

CAPE CORAL CITY LEADERS HAVE RE-ENERGIZED EFFORTS TO BRING BUSINESS TO THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CITY.

THEY PLAN TO SELL A VISION TOMORROW NIGHT - FOR THE AREA NICKNAMED THE VETERANS' INVESTMENT ZONE.

IT IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEWLY BUILT V-A CLINIC OFF DIPLOMAT PARKWAY.

HORSE ACCIDENT TEEN VIC RETURNS HOME-VOWIPE

A 13-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE COUNTY BOY IS BACK HOME TONIGHT AFTER A HORSE-BACK RIDING ACCIDENT LANDED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR 17 DAYS.

OUR CAMERAS WERE THERE AS GABE WELCHMAN INTERACTED WITH THE HORSE HE WAS RIDING THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE EIGHTH GRADER SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WHEN ANOTHER HORSE COLLIDED WITH THE HORSE HE WAS RIDING.

GABE WAS UNCONCIOUSNESS FOR FOUR DAYS.

HORSE ACCIDENT TEEN VIC RETURNS HOME-SOTVO

"I think he's got a little more of an attitude of gratitude. He's just really happy that he's still alive and he's really happy to be home and see his horses and his family."

GABE WILL GO TO LEE COUNTY THREE DAYS A WEEK FOR DIFFERENT REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.

TEASE ONE-ONCAM

A TAX I-D THEFT TSUNAMI.

AND FLORIDA IS THE EPICENTER.

CRIMINAL STEALING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS - FRADULENTLY FILING - AND THEN POCKETING *YOUR MONEY.

WHO'S BEHIND THE CRIME -- AND WHY IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ONE OF THE MAIN CONDUITS?

THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS HAVE THE ANSWERS - AFTER WEATHER.

TZ1 A) TAX ID THEFT-VO

TZ1 C) FORECAST TEASE-STC

STOCKS BUMP-CGTOPS

ROBERT VAN WINKLE FORECAST 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.

After seven straight days of highs in the 80s, cooler weather will be moving into Southwest Florida over the next couple of days and into the weekend. Yesterday's cold front didn't bring much rain with it, but it did bring cloudy periods to the area this afternoon as it has stalled out across the southern portion of our viewing area.

Temperatures today were a bit cooler as they climbed into the middle and upper 70s and we did see a slight drop in the humidity due to a light northerly breeze. For the remainder of our Wednesday afternoon, expect mostly cloudy skies and couple of showers mainly south of the Caloosahatchee River as they roll in from the southwest off the Gulf of Mexico. Through the evening, expect a few of these showers to linger across the area as temperatures fall into the upper 60s to low 70s.

Tonight, the clouds should begin to break up across Southwest Florida with partly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures will also be cooler as they drop into the upper 50s with a few spots reaching the middle 50s by morning.

By Thursday, we should manage to squeeze out more sunshine and daytime highs will remain on a cooling trend as they top out in the middle 70s. As another system passes across the state, Friday and into the weekend we'll notice our skies beginning to cloud up and temperatures will take a tumble. By Saturday we're looking at highs in the 60s with a pretty good chance of a few scattered showers to develop during the afternoon and into Sunday. Overnight lows will drop into the 40s through Tuesday morning with 30s deeper inland.

TOSS TO DAVE-CLIP-2-SHT-SOT-MAP-2-SHT

TONIGHT, AN NBC2 INVESTIGATION THAT ANYONE FILING TAXES SHOULD SEE.

Congresswoman Kathy Castor/ - Florida / the tax refund fraud tied to identity theft is at an epidemic right now and Florida is ground zero.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SITS BETWEEN TAMPA AND MIAMI - THE TWO HOTTEST SPOTS FOR TAX I-D FRAUD IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND IT'S NOT WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS STEALING YOUR REFUNDS -

LOW LEVEL CRIMINALS ARE COMMITTING WHAT BEING CALLED ONE OF THE LARGEST TAX SCAMS IN HISTORY.

NBC2 INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS IS DIGGING DEEPER INTO THIS CRIME.

TAX ID THEFT INVESTIGATION-TRFC

KELLIE, PETER - THE THIEVES USE STOLEN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO FILE PHONY TAX RETURNS.

TAX ID THEFT INVESTIGATION-BNR-PKG

Kathy Castor/U.S. Congresswoman 10:51:22 / Where are all the street criminals? Where are all the drug dealers?

nat from cnn video.this is a known gang member/ over arrest video.

10:51:26 Kathy / They were missing from the streets!

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE HIDING BEHIND DOORS LIKE THESE.

10:51:26 Andrea Davis/Tampa PD / 10:57:41 Initially it started a lot in the hotels:44

ARMED WITH LAPTOPS, TAX FORMS, AND DEBIT CARDS.

Andrea Davis / 10:56:31 This is a tax fraud epidemic. 10:56:32

STEALING YOUR TAX REFUND.

Andrea Davis / 10:56:32 It's so wide spread that if you're involved in any type of criminal element you're probably involved in the tax fraud scam as well. 10:56:42

11:02:34 Is this gang related? 11:02:36

10:56:50 We do have people with gang ties committing this type of crime. 10:56:33

THAT'S BECAUSE GANG MEMBERS CAN MAKE ALOT MORE MONEY FILING FALSE CLAIMS THAN SELLING DRUGS ON THE STREET.

PERHAPS MOST NOTORIOUS. FLORIDA'S RASHIA WILSON. KNOWN ON THE STREETS AS THE "QUEEN OF TAX FRAUD"

INDICTED ALONG WITH BOYFRIEND MAURICE LARRY; BOTH ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAX REFUNDS.

WILSON EVEN BRAGGED ABOUT IT IN THIS FACEBOOK PICTURE.

Kathy Castor / 10:52:51 They broke the code. It was entirely to easy. The IRS was not on top of it. 10:52:54

STANDUP: PERHAPS THAT'S BECAUSE PAYING TAXES IS BASED ON THE HONOR SYSTEM. ONCE THIEVES HAVE YOUR

NAME AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER THEY CAN MAKE UP THE REST. THEY HAVE THE IRS PLACE YOUR MONEY ONTO THEIR DEBIT CARD.

GOING UNDETECTED UNTIL YOU FILE YOUR RETURN…

miguel Rivera / 10:44:37 For fy 2012 the IRS initiated approximately 900 identity theft criminal investigations that's tripling the number of investigations that we're opened in 2011. 10:44:47

AND ALREADY THIS YEAR THE IRS IS CONDUCTING 542 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. MANY OF THEM HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

tony Sizemore/Cape Coral PD / 10:34 They're coming in at a rate of about 4 a week.which is a lot. 10:39

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND MORE THAN 100 STOLEN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS INSIDE THIS CAR HEADING FROM MIAMI TO TAMPA.

lt. Pete Hedrick / :40 These guys weren't new to the game. This is something they've been doing for a while. :43

ALL OF THE CASES TURNED OVER TO THE IRS FOR INVESTIGATION.

Kathy Castor / 10:51:52 They're making progress on this but I'm skeptical they have a handle on it. 10:51:58

LEAVING THE IRS INSISTING AS PUSH COMES TO SHOVE.THEY'RE SHOVING BACK.

TAX ID THEFT INVESTIGATION-TRFC

THE IRS ADMITS THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER.

PREDICTING IT WILL ISSUE MORE THAN $21-BILLION DOLLARS IN BOGUS RETURNS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

HOW ARE CROOKS GETTING THESE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND WHAT'S BEING DONE FOR THE VICTIMS?

THEY'RE STEALING THEM FROM HOSPITALS, DOCTORS OFFICES AND CAR DEALERSHIPS. IT'S UP TO

VICTIMS TO PROVE THEIR REFUND WAS STOLEN. IF YOURS IS ILLEGALLY CLAIMED IT COULD TAKE

FM PUBLIX ROBBERY SUSPECT-OC-PIC

TONIGHT, FORT MYERS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN WHO ROBBED A PUBLIX.

HER NICKNAME IS EASY TO REMEMBER.SHE'S KNOWN AS THE TOOTHLESS BANDIT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SURVEILLANCE PICTURES FROM THE STORE ON SUMMERLIN ROAD.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WALKED IN WEARING A TRENCH COAT, OVERSIZED SUNGLASSES, AND HANDED THE CLERK A NOTE DEMANDING MONEY.

DURING ALL OF THIS, POLICE SAY THE WOMAN PUT HER HAND OVER HER MOUTH AND TOLD THE CLERK QUOTE, "I FORGOT TO PUT MY TEETH IN TODAY."

FL TAX ID FRAUD-ONCAM

THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION JUST RELEASED ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON IDENTITY THEFT COMPLAINTS.

WE LOOKED THROUGH THE 102-PAGE REPORT AND FOUND OUT FLORIDA HAS THE HIGHEST "PER CAPITA" RATE OF REPORTED FRAUD AND OTHER COMPLAINTS.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SINER RESIGNS-ON CAM

FOR THREE YEARS.CHRIS SINER HAS BEEN MAKING THE HOUR-AND-A-HALF COMMUTE FROM HIS HOME IN IMMOKALEE TO MARINER HIGH SCHOOL ON THE CAPE.

SINER RESIGNS-VOTOPS

ONE OF THE REASON SINER APPLIED FOR THE HEAD COACHING VACANCY AT IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL.WAS TO BE ABLE TO LIVE.TEACH AND COACH IN THE SAME TOWN.

HE ENDED UP AS ONE OF THE 10 FINALISTS FOR THE JOB THAT WENT TO ESTERO'S RICH DOMBROSKI.

IN HIS THREE SEASON AT MARINER.HIS ALMA MATER.SINER'S TEAMS WENT 3-AND-7 EACH YEAR.

SINER RESIGNS-ON CAM TAG

WHEN SINER APPLIED FOR THE IMMOKALEE JOB.MARINER HIGH DECIDED TO PUBLICLY ADVERTISE THEIR HEAD COACHING JOB.

CSN HOOPS LOSS-VOTOPS

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL.

CLASS 3-A STATE SEMIFINAL.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES VS. JACKSONVILLE'S PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

CSN FELL BEHIND BY 15 AFTER THE FIRST 8 MINUTES.JEFF MERTON'S BASKET CUT THE LEAD TO 12 BY HALF-TIME.

2ND HALF.ALL PROVIDENCE.

SPRING TRAINING-ON CAM

SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL.

THE RED SOX ARE IN SARASOTA TONIGHT. 7-0-5 FIRST PITCH VS. THE ORIOLES SPLIT-SQUAD.

TWINS PHILLIES-VOTOPS

THE TWINS WERE HOME THIS AFTERNOON.

HOSTING THE PHILLIES.AND THEIR NEW CENTER-FIELDER. GUY NAMED BEN REVERE. KNOWS HAMMOND STADIUM REALLY WELL!!!

REVER HAD TWO HITS.A STOLEN BASE AND SCORED TWICE.

4TH INNING.TWO ON FOR RYAN DOUMIT. GONE!!! 3-RUN BLAST.

TWINS WIN 12-5.

TWINS POST-SOT

TIGER AND RORY-ON CAM

WHILE GOLF FANS WERE WATCHING HUNTER MAHAN AND MATT KUCHAR IN ARIZONA.DECIDE THE WORLD MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.

TIGER AND RORY-VOTOPS

THE STORY IS THE BUZZ.BEFORE THIS WEEK'S HONDA CLASSIC AT PGA NATIONAL IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

SO HOW DOES A MATCH BETWEEN THE TOP RANKED GOLFERS IN THE WORLD HAPPEN.

TIGER AND RORY-SOTVO

SPORTS TOSS-ON CAM

THE EVERBLADES ARE BACK ON THE ICE TONIGHT.

RACE FOR THE CURE-OC-FSS-OC-BNR

IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS--

HELP FIGHT CANCER AND TAKE PART IN THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

N-B-C TWO IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE RACE, WHICH IS SET FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO.

YOU CAN REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL, START A TEAM, OR JOIN AN EXISTING TEAM.

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