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JULIAN-SOTTOPS LIVE VO

"they should go inside and lock their doors and let the law enforcement do its job "

WE BEGIN TONIGHT AT 11 LIVE IN LEHIGH ACRES.

WHERE DEPUTIES ARE IN A BARRICADE SITUATION WITH A MAN WANTED FOR MURDER AND WHO THEY SAY SHOT AT POLICE.

DEPUTIES TELL US HE'S FROM BROWARD COUNTY.

THEY DO BELIEVE HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

THIS IS HAPPENING ON IDA AVENUE AND 52ND STREET SOUTHWEST -- AGAIN, THAT'S IN LEHIGH ACRES.

RIGHT NOW, U-S MARSHALS AND LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE MAN.

THE SWAT TEAM HAS SURROUNDED THE HOUSE.

AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT EVACUATED ANYBODY WHO LIVES NEARBY, BUT THEY ARE TELLING THEM TO BE ALERT.

JULIAN-SOTVO LIVE

"Right now they are talking to them through the PA into the house I don't think they've made contact with anybody in the house"

U-S MARSHALS ARE NOT IDENTIFYING THIS PERSON -- YET.

THEY TELL US AN INVESTIGATION AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS LED THEM TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.AND THE HOME THEY ARE CURRENTLY SURROUNDING.

DEPUTIES TELL US THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A HOSTAGE SITUATION.

BERRY THEFT-TC MON

TAKING THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS,

AN IMOKALEE FAMILY WHOSE PRODUCE TRUCK WAS STOLEN TRACKS IT DOWN -- USING A PLANE!

BERRY THEFT-PKG

MISSING OVER 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF PRODUCE.THE SANCHEZ FAMILY COULDN'T WAIT FOR POLICE.

59:08 it seemed they didn't want to help us 59:13

56:57 I had to do something im the one that lose everything if I wouldn't find it 57:02

THAT'S WHEN SANCHEZ'S DAUGHTER CAME UP WITH A PLAN.

:0059 it just came to my head we'd never have found it driving the streets 1:05

SO INSTEAD.THEY TOOK TO THE SKIES.RENTING A PLANE.

SANCHEZ HIS WIFE AND A FRIEND.WERE INSIDE.

THEIR FIRST.THOUGHT.CHECK LEHIGH.

A TOWN 20 MINUTES AWAYS.

THE HUNCH.PAID OFF.NOT LONG IN THE AIR.SANCHEZ'S WIFE SPOTTED IT.

54:55 really excited to find great idea

THE FLAT BED TRUCK LIKE THIS ONE.WAS LEFT ABANDONED NEXT TO A CANAL NEAR LEBELLE.

ON BOARD.SAW PALMETTO BERRIES.BEST KNOWN FOR TREATING PROSTATE CANCER.

25-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH WERE MISSING.

2:33 they unloaded half by the time we got there they would have had all day to unload the rest 2:40

SANCHEZ.DIDN'T LAND NEAR THE TRUCK.THEY CALLED POLICE.TOOK THE PLANE BACK.AND DROVE BACK UP.

THE FAMILY SAYS.THEY'RE ARE NO SUSPECTS.

45:00 had to know a good bit of how we run our business.

BUT THEY'RE OFFERING A REWARD FOR HELP.

BAILEY VERDICT-SOTVO

A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN IS NOW AWAITING SENTENCING -- AFTER A JURY CONVICTED HER TODAY OF RAPING HER 18-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER.AND ALLOWING HER BOYFRIEND TO DO THE SAME.

Court clerk

11:15:00 "We the jury find as follows as to the defendant in this case count one sexual battery victim less than 12 years of age guilty of sexual battery victim less than 12 years of age"

THE JURY DECIDED MELISSA BAILEY WAS GUILTY ON ALL SIX COUNTS AGAINST HER.

THE DEFENSE TRIED TO ARGUE SHE WAS INSANE, BUT IT DIDN'T FLY WITH THE JURY.

SHE'LL FACE A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE IN PRISON.

BRIAN CASEY UPDATE-VOTOPS

COULD WE SEE A REPEAT IN THE SECOND MURDER TRIAL OF BRIAN CASEY.

HE'S THE CONVICTED KILLER WHO CAUSED COURTROOM DRAMA IN HIS FIRST MURDER TRIAL.

CASEY HIRED AN ATTORNEY, FIRED HIM - THEN HIT HIM IN THE FACE IN COURT.

A JURY CONVICTED HIM OF MURDERING RYAN VANDERSON --

TODAY HE WAS BACK IN COURT --

IN A PRE-TRIAL HEARING FOR HIS UPCOMING OCTOBER MURDER TRIAL.

PROSECUTORS SAY CASEY HIRED TWO MEN TO KILL HIS LONGTIME FRIEND - LARRICK SIKES.

POT GROWING-SS SOTVO

DEPUTIES SAY A MAN THREATS AGAINST A DOG. LED TO HIM GETTING BUSTED FOR GROWING POT.

A LEE COUNTY WOMAN CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SAYING SOMEONE WAS THREATENING TO SHOOT HER DOG BECAUSE IT WAS BARKING.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY CAME OUT AND FOUND BRYAN PARKER.

AS HE DENIED THREATENING THE DOG, THEY NOTICED SMALL MARIJUANA PLANTS IN HIS BACK YARD.

A-B-C 7 TRACKED PARKER DOWN AND HE SAYS IT SPROUTED ON ITS OWN.

"We had noticed them a couple days ago but it had been raining and we covered everything up with a bucket and he lifted the bucket up and went under to see what plants were growing under there"

SCHOOL BOARD BUS BATTLE-VO

SOME ESTERO PARENTS SAY THEIR CHILDRENS BUS STOP IS TOO DANGEROUS --

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR -- LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVED THE STOP FROM INSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITY TO OUTSIDE ALONG CORKSCREW ROAD.

TONIGHT PARENTS FROM STONEYBROOK GATHERED PLANS TO PRESENT TO THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD NEXT TUESDAY.

SCHOOL BOARD BUS BATTLE-SOTVO

statue says they dont have to come into community been in place but are just acting on it now - but basically told time and money but is our childrens safety worth time and money 16:17

SCHOOL BOARD POLICY STATES STUDENTS LIVING WITHIN PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITIES ARE REQUIRED TO USE A BUS STOP ON A PUBLIC ROAD NEAR THE DEVELOPMENT --

THAT'S DEEMED SAFE.

RNC DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE-VO

IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, THE EYES OF THE WORLD WILL TURN TO TAMPA.

AND TONIGHT, THE CITY'S READY FOR THE ATTENTION.

TODAY, THEY WRAPPED UP THEIR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

THE CITY SPENT TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS GETTING READY FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THAT PROJECT INCLUDES ADDING NEW LIGHTING TO BRIDGES AND WORKING ON THE DOCKS BEHIND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

THEY ALSO FOCUSED ON TIDYING UP BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, THE ROAD ALONG THE BAY -- SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THE NATIONAL NETWORKS MIGHT SHOW IT ON T-V.

RNC DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE-SOT

Mayor Bob Buckhorn / Tampa

"this will pay dividends for decades. this is not for the rnc as i said

the other night as we lit those bridges, this is for us forever. we are a

RNC SECURITY-VOTOPS

AND TONIGHT --

THOUSANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE HEADED TO TAMPA.

THEY'LL KEEP THE CITY SAFE WHILE THE G-O-P BIG-WIGS ARE IN TOWN.

THE CITY HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO ENSURE THE EVENT IS SECURE.

MACK NELSON DEBATE-OC

JUST TODAY WE LEARNED CONNIE MACK WILL BE ONE OF THE HEADLINING SPEAKERS AT THE TAMPA BAY TIMES FORUM.

BUT, AFTER THAT, THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT DATE TO REMEMBER.

OCTOBER 17TH.

MACK AND SENATOR BILL NELSON HAVE AGREED TO A DEBATE ONE MONTH FROM NOW.

OPTICAM SECURITY-VOTOPS

IN CAPE CORAL --

THE CITY IS SPENDING MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON ITS SECURITY.

THEY'RE INSTALLING A WIRELESS SYSTEM CALLED OPTI-CAM.

INTERESTING HOW IT WORKS.

USING G-P-S,

TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE ABLE TO SENSE APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND TURN THE LIGHT GREEN.

THEY HOPE THAT WILL PREVENT THEM HAVING TO SLOW DOWN AT INTERSECTIONS -- THAT'S A VERY COMMON SNAG.

COLORADO SUSPECT IN COURT-VO

THE SUSPECT IN THE AURORA THEATER SHOOTING WAS BACK IN COURT TODAY FOR A HEARING TO FIND OUT IF CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE VICTIMS CAN BE RELEASED TO A LOCAL CHARITY.

THE PROSECUTION WANTS THE JUDGE'S PERMISSION TO RELEASE CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE 12 PEOPLE KILLED AND 58 OTHERS INJURED IN THE JULY SHOOTING.

THE CHARITY "GIVING FIRST" RAISED FOUR-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE VICTIMS.

THE PROSECUTION ALSO REQUESTED TO PUT INTO EVIDENCE A NOTEBOOK BELONGING TO HOLMES THAT THEY SAY CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF A VIOLENT ATTACK.

THEATER SECURITY-VOTOPS

IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN CHANGES AT AREA THEATERS.

REGAL THEATERS, BOTH AT GULF COAST TOWN CENTER AND BELL TOWER, ARE SEARCHING BAGS.

THAT POLICY WENT INTO AFFECT IN 2001 -- BUT IT'S JUST NOW THAT THOSE GOING TO THE MOVIES ARE SEEING IT IN ACTION.

RSW ART-VO

SOME LOCAL ARTISTS ARE HOPING TO GIVE SOLDIERS RETURNING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA A WARM WELCOME HOME.

THE 30 ARTISTS ARE PART OF THE "HONOR, COUNTRY AND HEROISM" EXHIBIT AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

SIX OF THE ARTISTS ARE VETERANS THEMSELVES.

THEIR ART PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES, AS THEY MAKE THIER WAY BACK HOME.

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

"My best advice is take it 1 step at a time."

SO WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO SAVING MONEY COUPONING.

GRAB YOUR SCISSORS.

STILL AHEAD IN THE A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

WE SHOW YOU HOW TO CUT YOUR GROCERY BILL IN HALF.

PLUS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THESE SHOES ARE WORTH AND WHAT THEY COULD BE SOLD FOR -- 18 MILLION DOLLARS!

HOW SOMEONE OUT-SMARTED THE COUNTERFEIT BANDITS!

TZ1 A EXTREME COUPONING-SOTVO

TZ1 B FAKE SHOE CRACKDOWN-VOTOPS

STORMWARN 7 JP WX OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-2SHOT VO

TONIGHT, WE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY *MAKE* MONEY WHEN THEY GO SHOPPING.

'COUPON COACHES' WILL SHARE THEIR SECRETS -- THAT COULD SLASH YOUR GROCERY BILL RIGHT IN HALF.

ONE THING THEY'LL REVEAL -- THE SMARTEST TIME TO USE YOUR COUPON.

WE'RE SAVING YOU MONEY, IN JUST 30 SECONDS, RIGHT AFTER LOTTO.

DEMO CLIP-CLIP

COUPON COACH-TC MON VO

A CLASS TO COUPON.

RIGHT HERE IN FORT MYERS -- THERE ARE PEOPLE TEACHING YOU HOW TO SAVE MONEY.

THEY SAY IT CAN CUT YOUR GROCERY BILL BY FIFTY PERCENT OR MORE.

ACCORDING TO THE COUPON COACHES YOU LOOK FOR COUPONS YOU NEED OR ITEMS YOU NEED.

THEY SAY WAIT UNTIL THAT GOES ON SALE TO USE YOUR COUPON.

THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SAVE THE MOST MONEY.

ABC7 SPOKE WITH ONE COUPON ENTHUSIAST --

SHE SAYS WHEN HER HUSBAND LOST HER JOB.SHE LEARNED HOW TO USE THE MONEY SAVERS.

COUPON COACH-SOT (2) VO

Apryl Caswell/ Couponer - "I love to be able to say I got all this stuff for free or I made money on this stuff just by clipping the coupon and applying them to the sales"

Roger Mercado/ Coupon Coach - "It's not a matter of going through the newspaper and finding all those. A lot of it is done online and bring them into the stores and it's really much easier than you think."

COUPONERS DO SAY THEY SAVE BIG -- CLIPPING FROM THE SUNDAY PAPER.

COUPON COACH-CGTOPS

TOMORROW MORNING THE COUPON COACH IS OFFERING A CLASS TO HELP YOU LEARN.

IT'S FROM 10 TO 11 IN THE MORNING AT C-C-M-I COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN CAPE CORAL.

YOU JUST NEED TO BRING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM.

FAKE SHOE CRACKDOWN-VO

RED-BOTTOM HEELS ARE AT THE CENTER OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON COUNTERFEIT GOODS.

U-S CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION CONFISCATED MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND PAIRS OF COUNTERFEIT LOUBOUTIN SHOES AT THE LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH SEAPORT.

THE *REAL HEELS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR TRENDY RED-BOTTOMS.

FAKE SHOE CRACKDOWN-SOTVO

Jaime Ruiz HOMELAND SECURITY

" you can't catch all the counterfeiters.,"

AT THREE DOLLARS A PAIR, THIS SHIPMENT *SHOULD* SELL FOR 57 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT IF THEY WERE SOLD AS GENUINE LOUBOUTIN'S -- THEY WOULD RETAIL AT AROUND 18 MILLION.

INSTEAD -- THEY'RE ALL HEADED TO AN INCINERATOR.

WANT TO SPOT A COUNTERFEIT?

CHEMICALS BABY PRODUCTS-VO

FROM BABY TO ADULT --

COME 2016 -- JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PRODUCTS WILL BE FREE OF ALL DANGEROUS CHEMICALS.

THE COMPANY IS PHASING OUT CHEMICALS THAT CAUSED CONCERN IN RECENT YEARS.

BABY PRODUCTS WILL BE RE-FORMULATED BY THE END OF THE YEAR -- ADULT PRODUCTS ARE UP NEXT.

SOME OF THE PRODUCTS INCLUDE THE POPULAR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON "NO MORE TEARS" SHAMPOO --

BOY HEAD STUCK-VO

A YOUNG CHINESE BOY FOUND HIMSELF IN A TIGHT SPOT THIS WEEK.

SO TIGHT.HE WAS STUCK.

THE LITTLE GUY PUT HIS HEAD THROUGH A RAILING-- BUT COULDN'T SLIP IT BACK OUT.

HE WAS TRAPPED IN THAT CROUCHING POSITION UNTIL RESCUE WORKERS BROUGHT IN THE JAWS OF LIFE.

CREWS SLOWLY CRACKED THE CONCRETE TO FREE THE BOY.

THE POOR KID WAS CLEARLY SHAKEN UP BUT DID NOT SUFFER ANY MAJOR INJURIES.

OVERSEAS TOURISM-VO

OVERSEAS TOURISTS ARE FLOCKING TO FLORIDA IN RECORD NUMBERS.

THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS JUMPED TEN PERCENT THIS PAST QUARTER.

LAST YEAR SET A RECORD AND TOURISM OFFICIALS SAY WE'RE ON TRACK TO TOP THAT.

WE LOVE SCANDAL-FDOTTOPS

A THREE-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST DROPPED BY THE SET OF ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SHOWS HERE AT A-B-C 7 TODAY.

AMERICAN ALLYSON FELIX VISITED THE CAST OF THE A-B-C SHOW 'SCANDAL.'

SHE SAYS SHE WOULD WATCH THE SHOW IN LONDON, WHILE GETTING READY TO COMPETE.

NYAD CUBA SWIM AGAIN?-VO

SHE'S TRYING IT AGAIN!

SUNDAY, SWIMMER DIANA NYAD WILL MAKE HER FOURTH ATTEMPT TO SWIM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA!

NYAD'S NEVER COMPLETED THE JOURNEY.

HER FIRST ATTEMPT -- BACK IN 1978 AT AGE 28.

SHE SWAM IN A SHARK CAGE FOR 42 HOURS BEFORE QUITTING.

THEN, LAST SUMMER, THE 62-YEAR-OLD TRIED TWICE, -- THE FIRST TIME AN ASTHMA ATTACK STOPPED HER

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

THE FGCU SOCCER TEAM. BUILDING SOMETHING SPECIAL. THEIR STORY. GATOR COACH WILL MUSCHAMP COMING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TZ2 A-VO

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

GREEN BAY-VOTOPS

FIRST STOP LAMBEAU FIELD. BROWNS AND PACKERS.

AARON ROGERS PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF. HOOKING UP WITH JORDY NELSON. THAT IS 6. PACKERS THE FAVORITE TO GET TO THE SUPER BOWL.

BUCS CAMP-POPMON

BUCS CAMP-VOTOPS

BUCS CAMP. WHICH OFFICALLY CAME TO AN END ON WEDNESDAY.

AND IT END WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES. OR ARREST. WHICH IS ALWAYS A PLUS

NEXT UP A DATE WITH TENNESSEE FRIDAY NIGHT. SECOND PRESEASON GAME.

BUCS CAMP-SOTTOPS

MUSCHAMP-VOTOPS

FLORIDA GATORS HEAD COACH WILL MUSCHAMP IS COMEING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

MUSCHAMP WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE ANNUAL ROTARY CLUB ALL STAR FOOTBALL BANQUET.

COACH WILL BE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

FGCU SOCCER-POPMON

FGCU SOCCER-PKG

RED SOX O'S-VOTOPS

MARLINS ROCKIERS-VOTTOPS

PGA GOLF-VOTOPS

WYNDAHAM CHAMPIONSHIP. FINAL EVENT BEFORE THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS.

WEBB SIMPSON DOING HIS THING. ROLLS HOME THE BIRDIE. ON 17. HE'S FOUR SHOTS BACK AT 4 UNDER.'

TIM CLARK. HITS A ROCKET. GOING TO GET A FRIENDLY BOUNCE. CLARK. ONE SHOT BACK AT 7 UNDER PAR.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

POWERBALL WINNERS-VO

MANY OF US ARE GREEN WITH ENVY TONIGHT --

LAST NIGHT, SOMEONE WON A BIG OL' CHUNK OF GREEN -- 337 MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST POWERBALL JACKPOTS EVER.

THEY BOUGHT THEIR TICKET AT A GAS STATION IN MICHIGAN -- 45 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT.

THE WINNER HASN'T COME FORWARD YET.

AND THERE WERE NO OTHER WINNING TICKETS.

THAT MEANS THIS PERSON WINS IT ALL.

BROTHERLY LOVE-VO

AND BEFORE YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT,

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS,

AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF BROTHERLY LOVE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY ONLY SEE IN HUMANS.

TAKE A LOOK,

THIS IS KEYSHO AND ALF -- THEY ARE BROTHERS -- BUT FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN SEPARATED AT DIFFERENT ZOOS.

THE FEAR WAS THAT THEY WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER AND FIGHT --

BROTHERLY LOVE-SOTVO

SOT -- SARAH KEEFE -- LONGLEAT SAFARI AND ADVENTURE PARK: The way they

recognize each other. It's just like two family members joining together

again. / It's really really strange and wonderful to see.

IS IT STILL CALLED A BEAR HUG EVEN IF IT INVOLVED GORILLAS?

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