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0601 "just the mere fact that someone is knocking on your door is not a threat."

RIGHT NOW AT 6--

A CAPE CORAL MAN ARRESTED--

POLICE SAY HE PULLED A GUN ON TWO CABLE WORKERS.

PLUS--

"he cuts us off- he flicks me off, i flip him back off. we had a couple of words."

THE NEXT THING SHE KNEW, SHE HAD A GUN POINTED AT HER AND THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR.

TONIGHT TOO AFRAID TO SHOW HER FACE SHE TELLS ABC 7 HOW SHE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH ROAD RAGE.

TAKING A STAND AGAINST CRIME--

WITH 16 MURDERS SO FAR THIS YEAR--

NEIGHBORS IN FORT MYERS COME OUT IN FULL FORCE FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE--

IT'S PURPLE HEART DAY IN FLORIDA.

HL1) century link workers threat arrest-SOTTOPS-VO

HL2) road rage-SOTVO

HL3) natl night out rally-VOTOPS

HL4) purple heart day-VOTOPS

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CAPE CORAL BANK ROBBER ARREST-(3)SS

CAPE CORAL POLICE ARREST THE MAN THEY SAY ROBBED A BANK YESTERDAY MORNING.

CENTURY LINK WORKERS THREAT ARREST-SOTTOPS-2SHOT-S

4625 "now it seems like everybody is getting that way. They don't want to open their door because they don't know who is going to be on the other side."

CAPE POLICE SAY TWO PHONE REPAIR MEN WERE THREATENED AT GUN POINT WHILE THEY WERE JUST DOING THEIR JOB.

IM JEFF BUTERA.

AND I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

OFFICERS SAY THIS MAN POINTED A GUN AT THE CENTURY LINK EMPLOYEES AFTER THEY KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR TO LET HIM KNOW THEY WOULD BE DOING REPAIRS.

CENTURY LINK WORKERS THREAT ARREST-PKG

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Mariss pagano

1310 "Steve: would your husband pull a pistol and point at the two? Never in a million years. It wouldn't happen."

Mariss Pagano fires back tonight -- telling only us her husband Robert Pagano isn't a violent man.

Pagano 1431 "he's warm, compassion, caring, and would do anything for anybody."

While the wife counters the arrest is a big misunderstanding, cape coral police officers claim Pagano admitted to pulling the revolver to quote "scare the workers."

According to his arrest report, the century link workers needed to repair a phone line and knocked on Pagano's door as a common courtesy.

Brian Hamman, Century Link

0955 "this is a scary situation. We're extremely grateful our guys are okay and safe."

Brian hamman explains current safety measures include driving marked vehicles and wearing uniformed clothes.

He tells us -- given yesterday morning's run in they're reinterating the rules.

Cape police officers argue the workers -- did nothing wrong and people like Pagano need to excerise common sense in their community.

Lt. Tony Sizemore, CCPD

0601 "just the mere fact that someone is knocking on your door is not a threat."

Some neighbors contend Pagano sleeps during the day -- and might have felt threatened.

Karen Marzullo, neighbor

4625 "now it seems like everybody is getting that way. they don't want to open the door because they don't know who is going to be on the other side."

And as this wife waits for husband to come home from jail, she doesn't believe rage played a factor.

CAPE MEAT SALESMAN MURDER-VO

AND THIS COMES LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER A OFFICERS SAY A CAPE CORAL MAN SHOT AND KILLED A DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN THERE.

ACCORDING TO OFFICERS --

KENNETH ROOP SHOT AND KILLED NIHOLAS RAINEY IN HIS DRIVEWAY.

RAINEY DIED ON THE SCENE.

ROOP IS STILL IN JAIL TONIGHT.

WITNESSES SAY AFTER THE SHOOTING-- ROOP RE-LOADED HIS GUN AND THREATENED TO SHOOT ANYONE ON HIS PROPERTY.

JUST YESTERDAY -- COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY - KRISTIN SHRINER WAS HONORED FOR HOLDING ROOP AT GUNPOINT UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RALLY-TOWERCAM

16 MURDERS SO FAR THIS YEAR IN FORT MYERS --

SOME OF THEM STILL UNSOLVED.

TONIGHT NEIGHBORS HERE AND ACROSS THE NATION COME TOGETHER TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE RIGHT NOW AT A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT IN THE RIVER DISTRICT.

IT'S ON JACKSON STREET BETWEEN FIRST AND BAY STREETS.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE ON HAND TO TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S EVEN A BOUNCE HOUSE AND FINGERPRINTING KITS FOR CHILDREN.

ABC 7'S CHAD OLIVER REPORTS FROM ANOTHER NIGHT OUT EVENT--

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RALLY-PKG

Gretchen Lorenzo / Crime Prevention Coordinator, FMPD

:00:21:22

we can't do it alone. We're only entity.

IT'S NOT A STRETCH TO SAY THIS IS GRETCHEN LORENZO'S FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR. AS F-M-P-D'S CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATOR, SHE COMES UP WITH WAYS TO MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFER.

SOT GRETCHEN LORENZO / FMPD

:00:21:25

"We need everyone in the community to participate in neighborhood watch, businesses, we need everyone to come together. 30

SCENES LIKE THIS FROM SUNDAY HAVE BEEN ALL TOO COMMON. A MAN GETS SHOT DOWN OUTSIDE THIS FOWLER STREET CONVENIENCE STORE. RAISING THE VOLUME OF THE QUESTION. HOW TO CURB THIS STREAK OF VIOLENT CRIME?

SOT JAMES MUWAKKIL / NAACP PRESIDENT

:00:31:00

we want the substation.

LEE COUNTY'S N-DOUBLE-A-C-P PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT USED TO BE DUNBAR'S COMMUNITY POLICING ANNEX. IT CLOSED 2-YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. THE SOLUTION THOUGH MAY NOT BE ONE STRUCTURE.

JAMES MUWAKKIL / PRESIDENT, NAACP

:00:29:08

The majority of the people involved in these types of crimes, and I'm talking about murder, don't have a father at home. 17

SOT Gretchen Lorenzo / Crime Prevention Coordinator, FMPD

:00:22:41

We have a lot of children in our community that need mentors. They need people to do something positive for them. 47

THESE TEENAGERS SPENT TODAY PREPPING FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 15-THOUSAND EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EACH COMMUNITY HAS UNIQUE NEEDS. *HERE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MENTORS BEYOND THE BADGE.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RALLY-ONCAM

TWO OTHER EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE IN FORT MYERS TONIGHT.

ONE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY ON JACKSON STREET IN DOWNTOWN.

ROAD RAGE-ONCAM

A VIOLENT CASE OF ROAD RAGE-

FORT MYERS OFFICERS ARRESTED A MAN AFTER THEY SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT A CAR WITH YOUNG CHILDREN INSIDE.

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IN THE PARKING LOT OF A FORT MYERS GAS STATION-

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ROAD RAGE TAKES A SCARY TURN.

39:06 "what if he had really shot into the car- there were 3 adults and 4 kids in the car. come on."

LATIESHA DAVIS-

DOESN'T WANT HER FACE SHOWN.

SHE HAD HER TRIO OF YOUNG GRAND CHILDREN,

A 3, 2 AND ONE YEAR-OLD IN THE CAR WHEN POLICE SAY MICHAEL HUGGINS PULLED OUT A GUN.

39:40 "my middle granddaughter- she knew. she was like- that's a gun grandma- i was like, yeah that's a gun and he's going to jail"

IT ALL ALLEGEDLY ESCALATED AFTER LATIESHA SAYS THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL OUT OF THE MURPHY GAS STATION ON COLONIAL BOULEVARD LAST NIGHT,

AND WERE CUT OFF BY HUGGINS.

38:30 "he cuts us off- he flicks me off, i flip him back off. we had a couple of words."

INSTEAD OF IT ENDING THERE-

LATIESHA TELLS US HUGGINS PULLED OUT THE GUN-

AND POINTED IT AT HER AND THEN THE CAR HER GRANDKIDS WERE IN.

LATIESHA CALLED 911.

38:48 "so we followed him through walmart plaza- up and down wal-mart plaza."

OFFICERS ARRIVED-

AND ARRESTED HUGGINS.

THEY REPORT FINDING A LOADED PISTOL IN HIS CAR.

Nat

NO ONE ANSWERS THE DOOR AT HUGGINS' LEHIGH ACRES HOME.

AS FOR THE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WERE IN THE CAR HE ALLEGEDLY POINTED THE GUN AT-

THEIR GRANDMOTHER TRIED TO GIVE THEM A HAPPY ENDING TO THEIR TERRIFYING NIGHTMARE.

LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS IT ARREST-SS

A RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE IS ACCUSED

OF STEALING MORE THAN 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF SCHOOL EQUIPMENT.AND THEN PAWNING IT.

DEPUTIES SAY, FOR TWO YEARS, DALE HARPER STOLE EVERYTHING FROM

COMPUTERS, I-PADS AND MONITORS.

THEN, THEY SAY HE PAWNED THEM FOR CASH.

ENGLEWOOD VANDALISM ARREST-SS

THREE ENGLEWOOD BOYS ARE UNDER ARREST TONIGHT -- ACCUSED OF RANSAKING EVERY ROOM IN A VACANT HOUSE.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND.

THE HOUSE IS IN ENGLEWOOD EAST.

YOU CAN SEE WALLS RIPPED DOWN - BROKEN GLASS - AND TRASH EVERYWHERE.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE BOYS LEFT NO ROOM UNTOUCHED.

COLLIER MURDERS NO ARRESTS-(2)SS-OC

COLLIER COUNTY INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING TO SOLVE

TWO HOMICIDES THAT HAPPENED IN THE SAME WEEK.

SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED 25 YEAR OLD ERNIE TORRES THROUGH THE WINDOW

OF HIS BEDROOM IN GOLDEN GATE ON SATURDAY.

48 YEAR OLD JOSEPH GODCHARLES WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME

AT KEY ROYAL CIRCLE AUGUST FIRST.

INVESTIGATORS STILL AREN'T SAYING HOW HE WAS KILLED.

SO FAR NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN EITHER CASE.

CAPE BOAT LIFT CONTROVERSY-VO WIPE

LEE COUNTY IS READY TO TAKE THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL TO COURT.

BOTH SIDES ARE LOCKED IN A BITTER BATTLE OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL CEITUS BOAT LIFT.

THE COUNTY WANTS IT PUT BACK.

CAPE BOAT LIFT CONTROVERSY-(2)SOT VO

-Frank Mann/Lee County Commissioner-"We set aside money for litigation last week in hopes that we don't have to use it."

-"According to the science, what we have seen happen twice before you're going to get another blow out."

METRO PKWY BILLBOARDS-VO

COULD *BILLBOARDS LINE THE NEW METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION?

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT.

AND YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON ADVERTISING ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN DANIELS PARKWAY AND US-41.

SUMMERLIN ROAD BIKE LANES-SS

GOOD NEWS AND SOON MORE ROOM FOR BIKERS IN LEE COUNTY.

BIKE LANES ARE COMING TO THE STRETCH OF SUMMERLIN ROAD FROM GLADIOLUS TO PINE RIDGE ROAD.

TODAY LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY THE WORK WILL COST ABOUT 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

OBAMA & ROMNEY TODAY-SOT-VO WIPE

IN JUST 90 DAYS, YOU WIL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.

SO BOTH SIDES ARE PUSHING HARD TO DEFINE THEIR RIVAL.

MITT ROMNEY DID THAT ON THE PRESIDENT'S HOME TURN TODAY -- SPEAKING IN CHICAGO.

SOT Romney:

"If I'm president, I'll put work back in welfare

ROMNEY BLASTED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO ALLOW STATES

MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY AWARD WELFARE.

MEANWHILE PRESIDENT OBAMA INTRODUCED A NEW CROWD PLEASING

OBAMA & ROMNEY TODAY-SOT VO

SOT Obama:

"It's like Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood."

ALSO NEW TODAY --

WE NOW KNOW FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH AND PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR RICK SANTORUM

WILL ALSO SPEAK AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IS SHOWING HIS SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA IN A BIG WAY.

THE D-N-C'S COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED TODAY CARTER WILL SPEAK VIA VIDEO AT THE

CHARLOTTE CO BACK TO SCHOOL-SS

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS OUT FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY STUDENTS

AND SEVERAL CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LEE COUNTY.

TOMORROW -- STUDENTS IN LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEAD BACK TO CLASS.

PARENTS, REMEMBER -- THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CHANGING BELL TIMES FOR ALL STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL START 10 MINUTES EARLIER AND GET OUT 10 MINUTES EARLIER.

HALF OF ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL START AND END FIVE MINUTES EARLIER--

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE----------------

32:08 trying to find a way to help stimulate their businesses so it helps create more jobs for this economy 32:15

BOOSTING BUSINESS IN PARADISE.

THE PLAN IN PLACE TO HELP KICK START SANIBEL ISLAND'S ECONOMY.

FOR THE FIRS TIME, FLORIDA JOINS SEVEN OTHER STATES TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE 'PURPLE HEART DAY.'

HOE LOCAL HEROES WHO PUT SERVED OUR COUNTRY ARE BEING HONORED.

TZ1) SANIBEL REDEVELOPMENT-SOTTOPS-VO

TZ1) PURPLE HEART-VOTOPS

LAUREL LANE MUD-VO WIPE

RECENT RAIN CAUSED A BIG MESS ON LAUREL LANE IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN SHOWS THE SCENE FROM YESTERDAY WHEN THE MUD FROM ROAD CONSTRUCTION RAN OFF AND TRAPPED PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR HOMES.

TODAY ON YOUR RIGHT- PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON THE ROAD,

AS CREWS SCRAMBLE TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BACK ON TRACK - THE CONTRACTORS ARE HOPING TO FINISH THIS WEEK

BY PUTTING DOWN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF LIMESTONE ROCK

THAT WILL SERVE AS THE ROADWAY.

THE FIX WILL HELP FIRST RESPONDERS GET TO EMERGENCIES

FASTER FOR NOW,

LAUREL LANE MUD-(2) SOT VO

21:38:33 your car skids like this. It skids back and forth all the time 37

21:56:14 I don't think they can as fast bc they have to slow down for t he water and the muck and they might even get stuck too 20

THE FIX AIMS TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS STAY SAFE AND GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

THE COUNTY WILL DO WORK ON MORE ROADS LIKE LAUREL,

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Tonight, the weather will be much different from last night as we track only a few showers across southwest Florida. It will certainly be mild and muggy tonight, but the outlook for big downpours is low. In fact, a check of the charts today is showing that we will have another quiet day tomorrow. Morning low temperatures on Wednesday will start out in the upper 70's and our afternoon high temperatures will reach the mid 90's. Humidity and heat will make tomorrow another very hot day. Rain showers and storms will be few and far between on Wednesday as we track a little dry air moving above Florida. I think there will be only one or two areas of rain to track tomorrow … if we are lucky.

Looking ahead, the moisture will return to southwest Florida by the end of the week and there will be more storms to track this weekend. Forecast computer guidance is telling me that our chance for those pesky afternoon storms goes back to 50% - 60% on Saturday and Sunday….plan accordingly!

SANIBEL REDEVELOPMENT-VO WIPE

SANIBEL LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO HELP THE ISLAND'S BUSINESSES REDEVELOP.

MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES WERE BUILT IN THE 70'S.

SO THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY REDUCED BUILDING AND PLANNING FEES BY 25 PERCENT.

AND NOW IT WANTS TO STREAMLINE THE PERMIT PROCESS.

NOT JUST FOR RESORTS LIKE THE SUNDIAL,

SANIBEL REDEVELOPMENT-SOT VO

i'd like to see the resorts as well as the commercial retailers have the opportunity to look at the cost of renovating their property and recognize the lower cost today, lower than it's ever been on sanibel

WHY SUCH A PUSH FOR RENOVATIONS?

CAPE ARMY SPECIALIST KEY TO CITY-OC-SOTVO

A SPECIAL HONOR FOR A CAPE CORAL ARMY SPECIALIST.

Michael Araujo/Army Specialist-"If I had to do it all over again and I knew what was going to happen, I would still do it all over again. And that's what I want my kids to see, that not to regret what they do."

IN HONOR OF PURPLE HEART DAY - THE MAYOR AWARDED SPECIALIST MICHAEL ARAUJO WITH THE KEY TO THE CITY.

PURPLE HEART MEMORIAL MOVED-VO WIPE

IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- A MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART GOT A NEW HOME TODAY.

THE MONUMENT MOVED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF COCHRAN BOULEVARD AND U-S 41 IN PORT CHARLOTTE --

TO THE VETERANS GARDEN AT LAISHLEY PARK IN PUNTA GORDA.

PURPLE HEART MEMORIAL MOVED-SOT VO

KEN KOZIO, MARINE VETERAN 22:41-47 "It touches me a lot because I've served with a lot of guys that were killed and a lot of guys that weren't, but the Purple Heart means a lot to me."

TODAY MARKS THE 230TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PURPLE HEART.

GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON CREATED IT.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

NAPLES NATIVE TREVOR MOORE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS OLYMPIC EXPERICE. FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES.

TZ SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

PROOF TONIGHT THAT A VACANT HOME CAN BE A TARGET FOR MISCHIEVOUS KIDS.

I couldn't believe it because there was trash everywhere. It wasn't a one day thing. They'd probably been there before.

WE TALK WITH NEIGBORS TONIGHT NEAR THIS ENGLEWOOD HOME.

AND WE SEE THE KIDS ACCUSED OF DESTROYING THE HOME.

VIDEO YOU HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE.

NOT THE KIND OF 'ARROWHEAD' YOU EVER WANT TO SEE!

IT'S AN AMAZING SURVIVAL STORY IN MICHIGAN.

PLUS A SOLUTION FOR THE MIDNIGHT BREAKFAST CRAVING?

A WELL-KNOWN FAST FOOD RESTAURANT COMES TO THE RESCUE.

AND *THIRD-HAND SMOKE-

TZ 7 1) CHARLIE NBC 6 PKG-SOTVO SS

TZ 7 2) CAT ARROW IN HEAD-VO OC

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

FLORIDA STATE-VOTOPS

FIRST STOP. TALLAHASSEE. WHERE THE FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL TEAM STARTED THEIR FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE.

FLORIDA STATE-POPMON

FLORIDA STATE-SOTTOPS

IMMOKALEE FB-VOTOPS

MUCH LIKE FSU. THE IMMOKALEE FOOTBALL TEAM IS EXPECTING BIG THINGS THIS FALL.

LAST SEASON THE INDIANS TOOK A TRIP TO THE REGIONAL FINALS. AND VIRTUALLY EVERYONE FROM THAT TEAM IS COMING BACK.

IMMOKALEE FB-SOTTOPS

HARD KNOCKS-VOTOPS

IT'S SHOWTIME IN MIAMI TONIGHT AS THE DOLPHINS MAKE THEIR HBO DEBUT ON THE SERIES HARD KNOCKS.

HARD KNOCKS-SOTTOPS

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP-POPMON

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP-SOTTOPS

TREVOR MOORE-VOTOPS

FRESH OFF HIS TRIP TO THE OLYMPICS. NAPLES NATIVE TREVOR MOORE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS SAILING EXPERIENCE IN THE SUMMER GAMES.

MOORE AND HIS PARTNER ERIK STORCK FINISHED 15TH OVERALL. BUT DID WIN ONE INDIVIDUAL RACE.

TREVOR MOORE-SOTTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT