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BREAKING OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO CHRISTINA-2SHOT-SS

DEPUTIES HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE MURDER OF A WOMAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE HER SOUTH LEE COUNTY HOME.

55 YEAR OLD DEBRA STRIANO WAS DISCOVERED IN HER SAN CARLOS HOME LAST TUESDAY.

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUST ANNOUNCED AN ARREST IN THE CASE AND THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SUSPECT.

ABC-7'S CHRISTINA LUSBY WAS THERE FOR THE NEWS CONFERENCE

STRIANO MURDER ARREST-REMLIVE

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STRIANO MURDER ARREST-SOT

STRIANO MURDER ARREST-REMLIVE

DEAN PARK RAPE ARREST-SS

FORT MYERS POLICE ARREST A CAPE CORAL MAN FOR FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED THREE MONTHS AGO.

ALBERT BLACK JUNIOR WAS ARRESTED TODAY FOR BURGLARY --

KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE BROKE INTO THE FEMALE VICTIM'S CENTRAL FORT MYERS HOME ON MAY FIRST.

POLICE PROCESSED THE CRIME SCENE AND RELEASED A SKETCH OF THE POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

CHARLOTTE BOY BURNED FOLO-TRX-SOTTOPS-SS-ONCAM

"It just happened like so fast it just lit up and I couldn't think what to do, so I just did it."

WE'RE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE A HOME IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY WHERE A 14 YEAR WITH WAS BADLY BURNED BADLY

ON HIS SHOULDERS ARMS AND STOMACH.

CHRIS DEROUIN IS IN TAMPA RECOVERING TONIGHT.

CHARLOTTE BOY BURNED FOLO-PKG-BNR

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Nats playing basketball

BILLY RITTER IS BACK IN THE SWING OF SUMMER VACATION TODAY --

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BUSY PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH HIS FRIENDS IN PUNTA GORDA JUST ONE DAY AFTER PLAYING HERO.

Billy Ritter/Put out the Fire "he's just like really funny he has plenty of friends, he's out going he's just an amazing friend."

BILLY WAS HANGING OUT WITH CHRIS DEROUIN -

Billy "we did play a little basketball"

- WHEN HE SAYS, THINGS GOT OUT OF HAND.

Billy "He decided to play with gas and fire"

A TERRIFYING SCENE - BILLY SAYS CHRIS POURED GASOLINE ON A SMALL TABLE IN THE GARAGE, THEN LIT IT ON FIRE.

THEN, HE SAYS, CHRIS POURED MORE GAS ON THE FLAME AND THE FIRE JUMPED TO HIS SHIRT.

Billy "he was running around screaming like I'm on fire. I told him to go get wet and I got a couple of buckets of water."

BILLY SAYS HE HELPED CHRIS GET HIS SHIRT OFF AND STARTED DUMPING WATER ON THE FIRE.

Billy "it just happened so fast It just lit up and I couldn't think of what to do so I just did it"

AS BILLY PLAYS WITH HIS FRIENDS TODAY SHOWING OFF A SMALL BURN ON HIS EAR - HE'S THINKING ABOUT CHRIS WHO IS RECOVERING AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Billy "it's just overwhelming what happened, it's just so real"

AS CHRIS PREPARES FOR SURGERY THURSDAY BILLY HAS A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

Billy "you're going to be ok. i'm really sorry this happened i feel so bad for you, everyone is praying for you."

JOHNSON & SPARKS PORN CHARGES-SS

A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE NOW

FACING FEDERAL CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

ALAN JOHNSON AND JENNIFER SPARKS WERE IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY FOR THIER FIRST APPEARANCE.

BOTH ARE CHARGED WITH RAPING A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL AND RECORDING IT ON THEIR CELL PHONE.

SHOPPERS FOUND THE PHONE.

INVESTIGATORS TRACED IT BACK TO THE COUPLE.

FRED WILLARD PULLED FROM ABC-SS

A-B-C HAS PULLED THE PLUG ON A NEW COMEDY SERIES FOLLOWING FRED WILLARD'S ARREST.

THE NETWORK ANNOUNCED IT'S PULLING THE LAST TWO ORIGINAL EPISODES OF

"TRUST US WITH YOUR LIFE" TWO WEEKS AFTERTHE 72 YEAR OLD ACTOR WAS ARRESTED FOR LEWD CONDUCT AT AN ADULT MOVIE THEATER.

WILLARD SAID HE WAS EMBARRASSED BY THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON JULY 18-TH AND INSISTS HE HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG.

CUBA GOODING JR WARRANT-SS

POLICE IN NEW ORLEANS ARE LOOKING FOR ACTOR CUBA GOODING JUNIOR.

AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A FRENCH QUARTER BAR.

DETAILS ARE UNCLEAR -- BUT POLICE SAY THEY ISSUED THE WARRANT

THIS MORNING.

GOODING'S WANTED FOR BATTERY.

CHAR CO STANDOFF-VOTOPS

WE ARE WAITING TO LEARN THE NAME OF THE MAN INVOLVED

IN A THREE HOUR STANDOFF WITH CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES.

WE BROUGHT YOU THIS AS BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY.

DEPUTIES TOOK THE 25 YEAR OLD INTO CUSTODY AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT.

WE'RE TOLD HE WAS INSIDE A HOME ON ROOSEVELT STREET

IN ENGLEWOOD WITH SEVERAL GUNS FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

POLITICS TODAY-VO WIPE

DEMOCRATS MAY BE MAKING FUN OF MITT ROMNEY'S LESS-THAN-PERFECT PERFORMANCE ON HIS OVERSEAS TRIP,

BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SAW A SERIOUS SIDE TOO. A THREAT.

AS ROMNEY HEADED BACK TO BOSTON, PRESIDENT OBAMA TIGHTENED SANCTION ON IRAN.

MAKING IT TOUGHER TO FINANCE THE ILLEGAL PURCHASE OF IRANIAN OIL.

MITT ROMNEY WRAPPED UP HIS FOREIGN TOUR IN WARSAW, WITH A SWIPE AT PRESIDENT OBAMA.

ROMNEY APP-VO

MITT ROMNEY IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO REVEAL THE ANSWER

TO HIS CAMPAIGN'S BIGGEST MYSTERY.

ROMNEY IS ROLLING OUT A NEW MOBILE APP WHERE USERS WILL BE THE

FIRST TO LEARN HIS CHOICE FOR A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE.

IT'S CALLED "MITT'S VP".

THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BEGINS ON AUGUST 27TH --

ELECTION GENERATION GAP-VIDBOX-TOPS

A NEW USA TODAY - GALLUP POLL REPORTS MOST SENIORS 65-AND-OLDER SUPPORT MITT ROMNEY.

ADULTS UNDER 30 BACK PRESIDENT OBAMA BY ALMOST TWO TO ONE.

THE POLL SHOWS THE GENERATION GAP IS ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED ON THE ISSUE OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE.

ALMOST 60 PERCENT OF ADULTS UNDER 30 SAY THE NEXT PRESIDENT SHOULD WORK TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE NATIONWIDE.

NEW EDISON PRESIDENT-VO WIPE

FACULTY AND STUDENTS WANT TO SEE WHAT DOCTOR JEFFERY ALLBRITTEN CAN DO ABOUT GETTING THE SCHOOL OFF PROBATION.

ISSUES STEM FROM A COURSE SWAPPING SCANDAL AND FORMER PRESIDENT DOCTOR KENNETH WALKER'S CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AMONG OTHERS.

NEW EDISON PRESIDENT-SOT VO

Sot Dr. Jeffrey Allbritten

""we've been pointed out some things by accrediting agency that we need to address, but we are accredited, incoming students know that they can be confident we are committed to their success. We are committed to making sure that we have the programs and the extracurricular activities as well to make this a full well rounded experience for them."

DR. ALLBRITTEN WILL MAKE 275-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR PLUS BENEFITS.

HE SERVED AS EDISON STATE COLLEGE COLLIER CAMPUS PRESIDENT FOR 8 YEARS,

FMB SAND FILLING IN-TCMON-VO

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A MONTH CAN MAKE.

PROPERTY OWNERS AND HOTELS ON FORT MYERS BEACH ARE RELIEVED.

LAST MONTH -- TROPICAL STORM DEBBIE WASHED AWAY PART OF THE SHORELINE.

BUT NEW PICTURES TODAY -- SHOW MUCH OF THE SAND FILLED IN NATURALLY.

AS ABC 7'S LAUREN DISPIRITO REPORTS -- SOME CONDO OWNERS AREN'T

FMB SAND FILLING IN-PKG

I don't know what to think of it, just a part of nature I guess

THE COASTLINE ALONG SOUTHERN FORT MYERS BEACH CHANGES EVERYDAY--

Nats waves

REVEALING A NEW SANDBAR. OR KNEE-DEEP WATER, LIKE CHRIS ANDERSON'S FAMILY TRUDGED THROUGH.

it's changed within 48 hours from a little stream to a lagoon

WHERE TROPICAL STORM DEBBY HAD WASHED AWAY SAND--TIDES, NATURALLY, PUT SOME OF IT BACK.

Nats keith 2030 before debby they would have been in waste deep water.

THE TOWN'S ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST KEITH LAAKKONEN SAYS THAT'S GOOD FOR LEONARDO ARMS CONDO OWNERS, RELYING ON SAND BAGS DURING DEBBY.

maybe helpful, because it didn't destroy property, but gave the coastal system a reset and sometimes the coast needs a reset

AND NEW INLETS COULD BECOME HOME FOR ENDANGERED BIRDS, LOOKING TO NEST.

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BUT THE SANDBAGS AREN'T BUDGING.

we don't know what's going to happen here long term because things are changing so much

scientists say this part of Fort Myers Beach changes more than any other part of the island's coast, and because it doesn't have public access and changes so frequently, it does not qualify for federal funding to renourish it

ANOTHER STORM COULD ONCE AGAIN BRING WAVES DANGEROUSLY CLOSE, AND NEW BARRIERS TO CROSS--

we were determined, we were going to get there

LEAVING PEOPLE LIVING AT THESE SOUTH FORT MYERS BEACH CONDOS HOPING THE FAVORABLE TIDE, LASTS.

LEE MILLAGE RATE VOTE-VO WIPE

LISTEN UP LEE COUNTY HOMEOWNERS --

YOU *WON'T HAVE TO SHELL OUT MORE MONEY FOR TAXES THIS COMING YEAR.

TODAY, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO HOLD THE LINE ON TAXES --

LEE MILLAGE RATE VOTE-SOT VO

CHAIRMAN JOHN MANNING/LEE COUNTY COMMISSION 15:54:11 that's the prudent thing to do in my view based on we're still coming out very slowly from this massive recession. we look to turn the corner but we're not there yet

PROPERTY VALUES FELL SLIGHTLY -- SO THAT MEANS LESS MONEY WILL BE COMING INTO THE COUNTY.

COMMISSIONERS MAY USE UP TO 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN RESERVES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE TAX RATE

COLONIAL PROJECT-SS-VO

A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS IN LEE COUNTY STARTING TONIGHT.

FOR THE NEXT THREE NIGHTS---COLONIAL AND LEE BOULEVARD

WILL BE DOWN TO ONE LANE ON EACH SIDE AT THE STATE ROAD 82

INTERSECTION FROM NINE O'CLOCK TONIGHT TO SIX A-M.

IT'S SO CREWS CAN RE-PAVE THE AREA.

DRIVERS WILL ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS AT THIS INTERSECTION.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

satisfaction. i reep what i sow.

UNCOVERING LOST TREASURES.

MEET THE LOCAL MAN WHO IS TURNING UP PRICELESS ITEMS

AND RETURNING THEM TO THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEY'D

LOST THEIR VALUABLES FOREVER.

AN INCREDIBLE FIND BENEATH THE DEEP BLUE SEA!

WHERE SCIENTISTS SAY THEY'VE DISCOVERED AN

ANCIENT CITY LOST UNDERWATER.

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TZ1 UNDERWATER CITY-VOTOPS

UNDERWATER CITY-VO

IT'S NOT QUITE THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS --

BUT SCIENTISTS ARE STILL CALL IT AN AMAZING FIND.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE EXPLORING THE SUNKEN ANCIENT CITY OF AKRA.

SO FAR NUMEROUS ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED INCLUDING SHIP REMAINS.

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

The vast majority of storms have been east I-75 this week. That's going to soon change and we'll all be in the mix come this weekend.

There's an area of low pressure stationed atop Cuba. It's essentially robbing us of moisture which limits our thunderstorm coverage.

It's heading westbound, and once it's out we'll see the air become more conducive for widespread rain. This will happen Thursday into Friday.

Yes, the upper atmosphere is a little dry as I previously mentioned, but the surface isn't. The humidity is oppressive, and it's not going anywhere. High temperatures will continue to be in the low to mid 90s and with high humidity values it'll feel over 100.

Wednesday will be partly sunny with stray storms firing right along I-75 and pushing inland by the evening.

Thursday will still be partly sunny with very isolated storms around the region.

Friday going into the weekend our winds will shift from the southwest to the southeast which will pin the sea breeze along the urban corrider. Scattered storms are expected, so be ready!

If you're hitting the waters expect winds from the southwest at 10 knots, seas 2 feet, and inland waterways will have a light chop.

LOCAL TREASURE HUNTER-ONCAM

YOU SEE THEM ON THE BEACH -- PEOPLE WITH METAL DETECTORS WALKING THE SAND LOOKINF FOR TREASURE.

ONE MAN IN OUR AREA CONTINUES TO FIND LUCK.AND IS TURNING THE FORTUNES OF OTHERS AROUND.

LOCAL TREASURE HUNTER-PKG

PAUL RODINSKY IS FINDING TREASURES AND SAVING MARRIAGES ONE RING AT A TIME.

WELL AT LEAST THAT'S THE GOAL.

They don't realize I feel the sentimental value of the piece not just the monetary value.

AND HE'S NOT FINDING JUST ANY OLD TREASURES.

WITH THE HELP OF HIS DECKED OUT METAL DETECTOR, THIS TREASURE HUNTER IS FINDING THE GOOD STUFF.

LIKE THIS 10,000 DOLLAR WEDDING RING HE FOUND JUST LAST WEEK- BEFORE RETURNING IT TO THE OWNER.HIS SECRET?

if you lost it I just ask you a bunch of questions to try to find out where the tide was and what you were doing at the exact moment that you lost it.

GOING AS DEEP INTO THE GULF AS HIS HAT, HEAD PHONES AND METAL DETECTOR WOULD ALLOW.

THIS GOLD WEDDING BAND IS ANOTHER PRICELESS SENTIMENTAL PIECE OF JEWLERY RODINSKY FOUND.

I went into the water and it took me about 15 minutes. i think it was and i came up withh this big gold band.

GREAT NEWS FOR KAREN SANTISI'S HUSBAND WHO LOST HIS GOLD WEDDING BAND THREE DAYS BEFORE, WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON THE BEACH.

he walked up to me and said well, does this look like the ring? and i'm like, "oh yay!!!!!" and then he was like what does the inscription say like he wasn't gonna give it to me but he DID.

RODINSKY REFUSED ANY money FOR FINDING THE RING. IN FACT HE GAVE HER SOMETHING.

HE'S LIKE NO, NO, NO BUT IF YOU EVER NEED A REALATOR AND HE GAVE ME HIS WIFE PAT'S CARD AND I KEPT THAT CARD BECAUSE I KNEW WE WANTED A RETIREMENT PLACE DOWN HERE AT SOME POINT.

SEVERAL YEARS LATER, SANTISI WAS ABLE TO PAY HIM BACK BY BUYING A HOUSE FROM HIS WIFE.

SOMETHING RODINSKY CALLS GOOD KARMA.

satisfaction. i reep what i sow.

NEW GATOR BITE PICS-(3) SS

AND TONIGHT AT SIX - ABC7 IS BRINGING YOU A BETTER LOOK AT THE EXACT MOMENT AN ALLIGATOR RIPPED THE HAND OFF AN AIRBOAT CAPTAIN.

A WITNESS SENT THESE PICTURES TO ABC7.

THAT WITNESS WAS ON THE BOA WHEN THAT GATOR TOOK THE HAND OF CAPTAIN WALLY WEATHERHOLT LAST MONTH.

TONIGHT WEATHERHOLD IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL FEEDING OF AN ALLIGATOR.

F-W-C OFFICERS ARRESTED WEATHERHOLT THIS WEEKEND.

IF CONVICTED HE FACES JAIL AND A FINE OF 500 DOLLARS.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

IT WAS A GOOD DAY AT THE OLYMPICS FOR A COUPLE LOCAL ATHLETES. WHICH INCLUDES OLYMPIC GOLD. DOLPHINS ROOKIE RYAN TANNEHILL GAINING RESPECT.

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WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TZ 7 1) STRIANO MURDER ARREST-SS TOPS VO

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS AT 7.

A SECOND MAN IS WANTED.

AFTER LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIS NEPHEW IN THE DEATH OF DEBRA STRIANO.

WHO DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT.

AND YOU BE THE JUDGE HERE.

IF YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED, WOULD YOU SKIP WEDDING GIFTS.

.AND HAVE GUESTS JUST PAY FOR YOUR HONEYMOON?

WHAT'S SPARKING THE NEWLY-WED TREND.

TZ 7 2) HONEYMOON REGISTRY

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SKEET GOLD-POPMON

SKEET GOLD-VOTOPS

AND HE BACK IT UP. IN A BIG WAY. HITTTING 25 OF 25 TARGETS IN THE FINALS TO WIN GOLD. IN FACT THE GUY ONLY MISSED 2 TARGETS ALL OLYMPICS. HITTING 148 OF 150 TARGETS. SETTING AN OLYMPIC RECORD.

HANCOCK. IS JUST 23. HAS 2 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS. AND IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT OLYMPICS.

TREVOR MOORE-VIDBOX

LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE LOCAL THEME.

NAPLES NATIVE TREVOR MOORE AND HIS SAILING PARTNER ERIK STORK HAD A FIRST PLACE FINISH IN RACE NUMBER 4 TODAY. OF THE 49ER DIVISION.

HOWEVER. BECAUSE OF A 16TH PLACE FINISH IN RACE 3. THE PAIR DROPPED FROM 7TH OVERALL TO 9TH.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POMPON

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

HE MAY HAVE TO WAIT HIS TURN. IT WOULD APPEAR BOTH MATT MOORE AND DAVID GARRARD HAVE A LEG UP

BUT TANNEHILL HAS IMPRESSED HIS COACHES DURING HIS FIRST 2 PRACTICES.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTVO

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MEANWHILE ABC-7 WILL BE THE HOME OF TWO OF THE DOLPHINS PRESEASON GAMES.

ON AUGUST 10. THE DOLPHINS PLAY THE BUCCANEERS AND ON AUGUST 29TH. THE FINS TRAVEL TO DALLAS.

PENN STATE-VOTOPS

NEXT STOP. PENN STATE. WHERE HUNDREDS OF FANS TURNED OUT TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE FOOTBALL TEAM. WHO WERE ON CAMPUS FOR OFF-SEASON WORKOUTS.

OF COURSE LAST MONDAY THE NCAA CAME DOWN HARD ON THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. IN THE WAKE OF THE JERRY SANDUSKY SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL.

PENN STATE-SOTTOPS

CHRIS JOHNSON-VOTOPS

ON SUDAY. BISHOP VEROT GRAD CHRIS JOHNSON WAS TRADED TO THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS.

LAST NIGHT. HE WAS MAKING HIS D'BACKS DEBUT. TAKING ABOUT MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION.

MLB TRADES-VOTOPS

THE MAJOR LEAGUE TRADE DEADLINE HAS COME AND GONE AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HAVE BEEN BUSY.

THE PHILLES. WHO. BY-THE WAY WERE THE FAVORITE TO GET TO THE WORLD SERIES. UNLOADED OUTFIELD SHANE VICTORINO TO THE DODGERS.

AND FELLOW OUTFIELD HUNTER PENCE TO THE GIANTS.

GOODBYE-4SHOT