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5057 "I've done everything I physically and emotionally can do to make things right"

EMOTIONS FLY DURING THE SENTENCING OF A WELL-KNOWN LEE COUNTY ACCOUNTANT CONVICTED OF STEALING THOUSANDS.

ABC-7 WILL SHOW YOU THE GRIPPING TESTIMONY --

AS EVEN HIS EX-WIFE BEGS A JUDGE TO SPARE HIM.

8:07 katie "i really hope they learn from their lesson and they ultimately don't do it again."

WHAT SHOULD BE COMMON SENSE IS STILL HAPPENING TOO OFTEN ON THE ROAD.

ALCOHOL IS BELIEVED TO BE THE REASON BEHIND AN EARLY MORNING

CRASH THAT INJURED TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS.

we can help them see that they have value even when they think they don't."

HOPING TO INSPIRE WHILE ENTERTAINING!

MEET THE LOCAL WOMAN WHO IS BRINING HER

TALENTS TO THE BIG SCREEN.

HL1) BENNETT SENTENCING-SOTVO

HL2) FGCU STUDENTS-SOTVO

HL3) NAPLES MOVIE PRODUCTION-SOTVO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

PHIL BENNETT SENTENCING-TRX-(2)SOTTOPS-SS-2SHOT

5423 Phil Bennett: "there is no way to tell everybody how sorry I can."

2225 Susan Bennett: "I was hit by a hand grenade and I'm carrying sharpnel in my heart."

A COURTROOM BROUGHT TO TEARS BY THE EX-WIFE OF A FORMER ACCOUNTANT. WHO STOLE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.

PHIL BENNETT PLEADED NO CONTEST TO STEALING FROM THREE LOCAL CIVIC GROUPS, A NEARBY CITY AND A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

DOZENS BEGGED THE JUDGE TO BE LENIENT

AND LET HIM REMAIN A FREE MAN.

PHIL BENNETT SENTENCING-PKG

TAKE PKG

211 "July 1st, 2008 at 630 pm "it was a day like 9/11 that will live in my mind forever.""

Susan Bennett remembers the moment -- when she found out her ex husband Phil Bennett embellezed more than a million dollars from the rotary club, the city of moorehaven, and frank Mann's election campaign.

Susan Bennett 2254 "I was hit by a hand grenade and I'm carrying sharpnel in my heart."

She like many others who took the stand -- said the 61 year old's suffered enough.

Kevin lewis, bennett's friend

0844 "he's lost everything that somebody can lose."

Those testifying -- included the people overseeing the rotary club -- who bennett stole monies from.

Gary Bryant, rotary club member

5445 "he was humiliated and embarrassed. He didn't have an ego."

State investigators claim the accountant wrote checks to himself -- taking money from needy projects to help save his business and finance a lavish lifestyle.

Phil Bennett, 4530 "lawyer: is there an excuse for your behavior? No."

Bennett admits to writing the checks -- calling them "loans" he planned to repay.

Bennett 4130 "my pride, my ego wouldn't let me accept that my business was failing."

While bennett's repaid most of the money taken -- he still owes Moore haven around 80 grand.

The state wanted at least 10 years in prison as punishment for betraying the community's trust.

His ex-wife argued no time behind bars can be worse than what he's already done to his once glowing reputation.

Susan Bennett

3457 "he's brought it on himself. He paid a huge price."

PHIL BENNETT SENTENCING-ONCAM

STATE GUIDELINES SUGGESTED A MINIMUM OF 16 YEARS IN PRISON AND A MAXIMUM OF 200.

FGCU STUDENTS CRASH-VO IN TC MON

TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE FIGHTING TO LIVE TONIGHT AFTER THE TRUCK THEY WERE IN CRASHED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U-S 41 AND CORKSCREW EARLY THIS MORNING.

AS ABC 7'S MEAGHAN SMITH REPORTS --

FGCU STUDENTS CRASH-PKG

alcohol is suspected in the crash involving 2 fgcu students.

the mangled truck-

slammed into a telephone pole on corkscrew road,

snapping it in half.

7:18 brian "nobody that is drinking should get behind the wheel- it's very dangerous."

fellow fgcu students are learning of the crash involving 2 of their classmates-

the driver, 19 year-old connor ceilley is in fair condition,

while his passenger-

19 year-old brent raczkowski is listed as critical at lee memorial.

both teens had to be cut out of the truck.

3:42 jay "drunk driving is a national problem."

coincentidentally,

jay anderson-

with stay alive just drive-

spent yesterday reaching out to students at fgcu- to inform them of the dangers of drinking and driving.

he tells us peers have a responsibility to step in.

5:08 jay "that can number 1- act as a designated driver, can take the responspibility of calling a taxi cab to provide another ride, or if they're not driving- act as that designated driver."

as both teens recover in the hospital-

fhp is continuing it's investigation into the suspected alcohol involved crash.

AVE MARIA TO HONOR CLAY BURROUGHS-VIDBOX

TOMORROW, AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY WILL HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN -- A YOUNG MAN KILLED IN A CAR CRASH.

THE SCHOOL WILL PLAY TOMORROW'S FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY IN HONOR OF CLAY BURROUGHS.

THE FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM MARCO ISLAND DIED IN JULY.

HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN COLLIER COUNTY.

BEFORE THE GAME -- THE TEAM WILL HOLD A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

BURROUGHS MOTHER WILL TAKE PART IN THE COIN TOSS.

ALSO, ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN--

SWFL UNEMPLOYMENT-SS

THE NEWEST UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PUT HENDRY COUNTY AT THE TOP.

HENDRY'S RATE IS AT 15 POINT THREE PERCENT.THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.

AND EVEN A ONE PERCENT DROP FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

MOST OF OUR COUNTIES REMAINED LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM JULY.

HORIZON COUNCIL-VO WIPE

NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE STILL NOT STRONG --

BUT WE CAN TELL YOU SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE HIRING.

GARTNER -- A GLOBAL I-T RESEARCH COMPANY IN GATEWAY -- PLANS ON HIRING 300 MORE EMPLOYEES.

AND ARTHREX - A MANUFACTURER OF ORTHEPDIC SURGICAL DEVICES IN COLLIER AND LEE COUNTIES PLANS TO BRING IN 50 POSITIONS NEXT YEAR.

HORIZON COUNCIL-SOT VO

Jennifer Berg/ Fort Myers Regional Partners

23:41 our vision moving forward in economic development is that we can continue to partner with the education community. So as we're creating jobs in the IT industry like Gartner and in manufacturing like Arthrex that we have the people to go into those jobs so we don't have attract employees from another area."

JENNIFER BERG SAYS -- WHILE OUR LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE STILL HIGH--

SHE'S OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPPORTUNTIES IN THE COUNTY.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

ROMNEY TAX RETURNS-VOCGRVL

DESPITE RECENT POLLS SHOWING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SLIGHTLY AHEAD IN SOME KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES -- THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN THINKS THEY FOUND AN OPENING THAT CAN PUSH THEM AHEAD.

TODAY ROMNEY RELEASED HIS LATEST TAX RETURNS FOR 2011.

THE SURPRISE -- ROMNEY DECIDED TO PAY MORE THAN HE LEGALLY HAD TO.

THE RETURNS SHOW ROMEY MADE 13 POINT 7 MILLION DOLLARS - MAINLY FROM INVESTMENTS.WHICH ARE NOT TAXED AS HIGH AS WAGE.

HE ALSO DONATED FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO CHARITY

BUT ONLY DEDUCTED TWO POINT TWO FIVE MILLION

CAMPAIGN-VOTOPS WIPE

MITT ROMNEY HAS CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT FOR SAYING YOU CAN'T CHANGE WASHINGTON FROM THE INSIDE, ONLY THE OUTSIDE.

CAMPAIGN-SOT VO

"the change takes more than one term or even more than one president and it certainly takes more than one party. it can't happen if you write off half the nation before you even took office

ALTHOUGH ELECTION DAY IS SEVEN WEEKS AWAY --

VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ALREADY CASTING BALLOTS.

ANN ROMNEY EMG LANDING-ONCAM

ROMNEY'S WIFE ANN IS SAFE TONIGHT AFTER THE PLANE SHE WAS ON MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN COLORADO.

ACCORDING TO CAMPAIGN REPS -- THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE FORCING THE PLANE TO LAND.

NO WORD ON WHY -- BUT WE DO KNOW EVERYONE IS OKAY.

NON PARTISAN ON THE BALLOT-NATS VO WIPE

THE CAST OF THE "WEST WING" IS BACK TOGETHER AND TALKING POLITICS.

"in non-partisan elections all across America. Voters are leaving part of their ballots blank." 32

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET VOTERS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE *ENTIRE BALLOT - ESPECIALLY NON-PARTISAN JUDICIAL RACES.

THIS YOU-TUBE VIDEO EXPLAINS HOW STATES LIKE FLORIDA VOTE TO RETAIN JUDGES BY A 'YES' OR 'NO' VOTE.

BARBARA PERIENTE IS ONE OF THREE FLORIDA JUSTICES ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

NON PARTISAN ON THE BALLOT-SOT VO

"The justices are on the ballot, not because they did something wrong but because they did something right."

JUSTICES COME UP FOR A VOTE EVERY SIX YEARS.

MIDDLE EAST PROTESTS-NATS-VO

DEMONSTRATIONS IN PAKISTAN FUELED BY THAT ANTI-MUSLIM FILM

PRODUCED IN THE U-S TOOK A DEADLY TOLL TODAY.

THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT DECLARED TODAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY

TO ENCOURAGE PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

INSTEAD -- AN ATTACK KILLED AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE AFTER POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AND AMMUNITION AT THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS.

SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE STORMED A CINEMA IN PESHAWAR.

GATOR FEEDING VIDEO-VO-SS

NEW UNDERCOVER VIDEO OUT TONIGHT SHOWS AN EVERGLADES AIRBOAT CAPTAIN WHO LOST HIS JOB FOR FEEDING ALLIGATORS.

ACCORDING TO FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICERS WHO POSED AS TOURISTS--

ROBERT GOSS KEPT DOG TREATS IN HIS SHIRT POCKET TO ENTICE THE GATORS.

HE WAS FIRED FROM SAWGRASS RECREATION PARK.

HE NOW FACES A FINE OF 500 DOLLARS AND UP TO 60 DAYS IN JAIL.

EARLIER THIS YEAR --

AIRBOAT CAPTAIN WALLY WEATHERHOLT LOST HIS HAND

AFTER FEEDING A GATOR IN THE EVERGLADES.

MATLACHA BRIDGE FUNDRAISER-VO

THE GROUP WANTING TO TURN THE MATLACHA BRIDGE INTO AN

ARTIFICIAL REEF MAKES A MAJOR PUSH FOR MONEY THIS WEEKEND.

WHILE CONSTRUCTION NEARS AN END ON THE NEW BRIDGE FROM MATLACHA TO PINE ISLAND -

NEIGHBORS WANT TO SINK THE OLD ONE 3 MILES OFF THE COAST OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

THE PROBLEM - IT WILL COST AT LEAST 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SHUTTLE FINAL FLYOVER-VO

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR JUST MADE ITS FINAL FLIGHT OVER CALIFORNIA

STRAPPED ATOP A JUMBO JET -- ENDEAVOUR FLEW OVER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDE AND THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN.

TRAVEL BEAR MATES-VO WIPE

FORGET A PASSPORT --ONE LOCAL SCHOOL IS USING STUFFED ANIMALS TO TEACH GEOGRAPHY.

THE SECOND GRADERS AT OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY

BID FAREWELL TO THEIR TRAVEL-MATES TODAY.

THE STUFFED ANIMALS ARE PART OF A PROGRAM MEANT TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN LEARNING ABOUT GEOGRAPHY AND DIFFERENT CULTURES.

TRAVEL BEAR MATES-(2) SOT VO

"He would like to go to new york city and he wants to go there because he wants to go to the toy store."

"Just opens the world to these little children."

ON PREVIOUS TRIPS THE BEARS SAW THE PYRAMIDS IN EYGPT, WENT ON SAFARI IN AFRICA, ONE EVEN ATTENDED THE ROYAL WEDDING!

IF YOU ARE PLANNING ANY TRIPS--

YOU CAN PICK UP A BEAR AT TWO NORTHERN TRUST BANK LOCATIONS IN NAPLES.

ONE ON FIFTH AVENUE--

THE OTHER ON TAMIAMI TRAIL NORTH.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

PACKING ON POUNDS TO BRING IN MORE FLIGHTS.

AFTER YEARS OF WEIGHT LIMIT RESTRICTIONS --

HOW THE NAPLES AIRPORT IS TRYING TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR MORE COMMERICIAL AIRLINES.

AND A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WOMAN'S DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE ON THE BIG SCREEN

HOW SHE GOT HER BIG BREAK.

TZ1 NAPLES AIRPORT WEIGHT WAIVER-VOTOPS

TZ1 NAPLES MOVIE PRODUCTION-VOTOPS

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

This weekend will be a split decision. Saturday will be cloudy and rainy while Sunday will have more sunshine and less rain.

What I'm saying - Sunday is the day you'll want to go outside!

There's three features at play in our weather for the next two days. First is a tropical wave sitting to our southeast, next an old frontal boundary, and lastly a big low pressure center in the upper atmosphere. They're all working together to give us the not so great weather.

The good news - we will see breaks in the clouds from time to time, and Sunday will be very sunny.

Tropical type downpours will be numerous and widespread tomorrow. Coastal showers early? Yes, but they'll be very isolated. The widespread and robust downpours will occur between 2 to 7 PM.

Sunday through Tuesday looks to be normal. By "normal" I mean partly sunny skies and isolated thunderstorms each evening.

NAPLES AIRPORT WEIGHT WAIVER-VO WIPE

WHILE AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS CANCELLED FLIGHTS OUT

OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT --

THE NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IS LOOKING TO PICK UP FLIGHTS UP.

COMMISSIONERS WITH THE NAPLES AIRPORT ARE IN TALKS WITH JETBLUE TO BRING ITS SERVICES TO COLLIER COUNTY.

THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY ENFORCES A 75-THOUSAND POUND WEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR ITS RUNWAYS.

NOW IT'S LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE F-A-A TO ALLOW FLIGHTS OF UP TO 115-THOUSAND POUNDS.

NAPLES AIRPORT WEIGHT WAIVER-SOT OC

Ted Soliday City of Naples Airport Authority

DURATION: 0:11 "It's economics, it brings more people to our community, brings people in that we have lost. It puts people in our hotels, bedrooms and on our beaches and it really is a positive situation for that."

IPHONE 5 FRENZY-VO

WITH THE IPHONE FIVE FINALLY IN STORES --

ALL OF THE FRENZIED FANS HAVE APPLE SCRAMBLING TO MEET DEMAND.

THE COMPANY IS EXPECTING THIS TO BE ITS BIGGEST IPHONE LAUNCH EVER.

SALES ARE PREDICITED TO BE AROUND TEN MILLION BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

WE DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOU A MISTAKE FROM THE COMPANY THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON PERFECTION.

APPLE'S NEW MAPPING SYSTEM THAT REPLACES GOOGLE ALSO MADE THE HOOVER DAM DISAPPEAR.

NAPLES MOVIE PRODUCTION COMPANY-NATS VO WIPE

A WOMAN BORN AND RAISED IN NAPLES IS NOW A BIG TIME MOVIE PRODUCER!

HER MOVIE, 'UNCONDITIONAL' HITS THEATERS TODAY.

MUSIC FROM MOVIE TRAILER

AT FIRST, SHANNON ATKINS AND HER HUSBAND

KNEW NOTHING ABOUT MAKING A FEATURE FILM--

THEY RAN A SUCCESSFUL HEDGE FUND AND CHARITY FOUNDATION.

BUT ALONG THE WAY THEY MET A MAN WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY.

"PAPA JOE" WORKED WITH AT-RISK KIDS AND FAMILIES IN NEED--

NAPLES MOVIE PRODUCTION COMPANY-SOT VO

"This project has become my baby and when you finally put your child up for everyone to take a look at you kind of hold your breath."

THE MOVIE IS PLAYING AT 315 THEATERS NATIONWIDE

INCLUDING THE REGAL HOLLYWOOD THEATRE IN NAPLES --

EMMYS THIS SUNDAY-SS

FROM MOVIES TO TELEVISION--

THE BEST IN T-V WILL BE AWARDED THIS SUNDAY.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

DOLPHINS TALKING ABOUT THEIR SHOWDOWN WITH THE JETS. IT'S ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

TONIGHT AT SEVEN OCLOCK.

AUTO MAKER G-M ANNOUNCES A MAJOR SEDAN RECALL -- THE DETAILS AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.

PLUS.

TZ 7 1) major sedan recall-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2) stanley train balloon-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

FEDEX CUP-POPMON

FEDEX CUP-VOTTOPS

FIRST STOP. ATLANTA. TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

LOOKS LIKE TIGERS IN SOME TROUBLE. MAYBE NOT. THE SWEET APPROACH SHOT HERE. THIS ONE OF THE FEW HIGHLIGHTS FOR TIGER. 3 OVER FOR THE DAY. ONE UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT.

BUBBA WATSON MAKING A CHARGE. THE BIRDIE. WHY NOT. BUBBA. 4 UNDER FOR THE DAY. 5 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. 2 SHOTS OFF THE LEAD.

FEDEX CUP-SOTTOPS

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POPMON

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

HOLMES AND THE JETS. TAKING ON THE DOLPHINS THIS SUNDAY.

THE JETS ARE 1-0 IN THE AFC EAST. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ONLY THE 3RD WEEK OF THE YEAR. BOTH TEAMS AGREE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT GAME.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTTOPS

CHAD JOHNSON-VOTOPS

FORMER DOLPHINS WIDE RECEIVER. CHAD JOHNSON. PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A DOMESTIC BATTERY CHARGE INVOLVING HIS EX-WIFE.

RIVERDALE FM-VOTTOPS

IT IS FRIDAY. BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. WHICH MEANS. PLENTY OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON THE SCHEDULE.

ABC-7 WILL BRING YOU ABOUT 10 GAMES LATER TONIGHT. INCLUDING RIVERDALE AT FORT MYERS.

RIVERDALE FM-SOTTOPS

MELKY CABRERA-VOTOPS

IN A SIGN OF CONTRITION. SUSPENDED BASEBALL PLAYER MELKY CABRERA. HAS TAKEN HIMSELF OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING TITLE.

CABRERA. WHO IS SERVING A 50 GAME SUSPENSION FOR USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.

CUBS CARDINALS-VOTOPS

CUBS CARDINALS FROM WRIGLEY. CARDS SIT ATOP THE WILDCARD RACE.

THIS HELPS THEIR CAUSE. YADIER MOLINA. THE SHOT BACK UP THE BOX. ONE RUN SCORES. 1-0 ST. LOUIS.

GOODBYE-4SHOT