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"it's a violation of your private personal stuff."

"They might come back so I really hope they catch them."

GATED COMMUNITY HIT BY BURGLARS --

DOZENS OF HOMES AND CARS BROKEN INTO WHILE THEY SLEPT.

WHY INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS.

PLUS--

36:17-broker-"our kind of foreclosures were totally different than anywhere else in the country."

A NEW ISSUE HAS APPEARED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST CITY.

THE CHALLENGE TO FIND AFFORDABLE RENTAL PROPERTIES.

WHY IT'S HAPPENING.

AND --

IT MAY SOON COST YOU A LOT MORE TO HEAR THAT SWEET SOUND OF SIZZING BACON.

TONIGHT, THE BACON SHORTAGE THAT'S EXPECTED

TO IMPACT THE WORLD.

HL1) NAPLES BURGLARIES-(2)SOTVO

HL2) CAPE RENTALS-SOTVO

HL3) BACON SHORATGE-NATSTOPS

DEVELOPING OPEN-CLIP

AMBER ALERT NC TO FL-POP-VO BNR WIPE

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW --

A 12-YEAR-OLD NORTH CAROLINA GIRL -- BELIEVED TO WITH A SEX OFFENDER RIGHT NOW -- COULD BE HEADING TO FLORIDA..

AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TONIGHT TO ALL SOUTHERN STATES.

ABIGALE LEFEVERS WAS LAST SEEN WITH TIMOTHY NEWMAN MONDAY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

NEWMAN IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE TWO COULD BE HEADING

TO FLORIDA, POSSIBLY ON A BOAT.

AMBER ALERT NC TO FL-SOTVO

Robert Lefevers/Father:10-:15

"Abigale if you're out there watching me right now baby, please just come home. Daddy's not mad, we can work through anything that this is, just please come home. Please come home baby."

INVESTIGATORS SAY NEWMAN HAD BEEN TEXTING THE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL EVERY SINGLE NIGHT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE ABDUCTION.

AMBER ALERT NC TO FL-SOTVO

"From what I witnessed it seemed like they were in love I mean I hate to say that because that's a big word but from the outside looking in it looked like him and his girlfriend was having good conversations every night and for this to happen and find out she was that young it blows my mind really tears me up."

ABIGALE'S FATHER SAYS HE'S MET NEWMAN BEFORE --

NAPLES BURGLARIES-(2)TRX-SOTTOPS-VO-ONCAM

25:26 its a violation of your private personal stuff

27:00 too many incidences are happening here in this community and we have to buckle down and d something 03

TWO DOZEN HOMES TARGETED BY THIEVES

IN A GATED COMMUNITY IN NORTH NAPLES.

IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT THE CYPRESS TRACE COMMUNITY OFF OF IMMOKALEE ROAD.

MOST RESIDENTS WERE ASLEEP AS THIEVES HIT.

NAPLES BURGLARIES-PKG

AT THE CYPRESS TRACE NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH NAPLES--

YOU'LL NOTICE SEVERAL DOORS, INCLUDING LARRY WILSONS, HAVE BEEN DUSTED FOR PRINTS.

"It's a little scary."

ON MONDAY MORNING, WILSON REALIZED THE GARAGE DOOR THAT HE ALWAYS LEAVES LOCKED, WAS OPEN--

SOMEONE SEARCHED THROUGH HIS THINGS AND TOOK AN OLD SET OF KEYS FROM HIS CAR.

WILSON REPORTED THE THEFT, THEN NOTICED SEVERAL DOORS DOWN HIS ENTIRE STREET WERE WIDE OPEN.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY BURGLARS TRIED TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO MORE THAN FOURTY GARAGES IN THE GATED COMMUNITY.

13:29 three or four times we heard a bang like someone was trying to close the door 32.50 we thought it was just the neighbor coming home

"The burglars went door to door and used a tool like a screwdriver to pry open more than a dozen garage doors-- getting in and out quickly."

"They were probably just going down real fast looking for something easy."

A CAR WAS STOLEN FROM ONE NEIGHBOR--

AND AT THE LUPO HOME-- A MOTORCYCLE AND TWO BB GUNS WENT MISSING.

"it's a violation of your private personal stuff."

SALVATORE LUPO FOUND HIS BIKE DITCHED ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY.

"They just couldn't get it started because it's a little tricky to get it started.":

HE ALSO FOUND A SCREW DRIVER LEFT BEHIND IN THE GARAGE.

LUPO SAYS HE THINKS IT'S THE TOOL THEIVES USED TO GET IN.

HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS HOPE IT'S EVIDENCE INVESTIGATORS CAN USE TO TRACK THEM DOWN AND KEEP THEM OUT.

"They might come back so I really hope they catch them."

MISSING UF STUDENT FOLO-VO WIPE

THERE ARE EXPLOSIVE NEW CLUES OUT TONIGHT IN THE DISAPPERANCE OF A UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

STUDENT FROM MIAMI.

CHRISTIAN AGUILAR HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE LAST THURSDAY.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT -- PEDRO BRAVO, BOUGHT A SHOVEL

AND DUCT TAPE DAYS BEFORE AGUILAR VANISHED.

POLICE BELIEVE THE TWO MAY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OVER A GIRL.

MISSING UF STUDENT FOLO-SOTVO

It's something that I was not expecting, because this killing the kid was premeditation. This killing the kid was somebody disturbed.

POLICE WILL CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH.

CVS ROBBERY-VO

TONIGHT LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES NEED YOUR HELP CATCHING A ROBBER.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SURVELIANCE VIDEO FROM LAST NIGHT AT A C-V-S ON CLEVELAND AVENUE.

IN IT YOU CAN SEE A MAN WEARING A DARK RAINCOAT - JUMP ON THE COUNTER, GRAB CASH FROM THE CLERK AND THEN TAKE OFF.

DEPUTIES SAY THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE SAME MAN TRYING TO BREAK INTO A MARATHON GAS STATION ON CRYSTAL DRIVE JUST OFF OF CLEVELAND AVENUE.

JEWELRY STORE BREAK IN-VO WIPE

THE OWNERS OF A PORT CHARLOTTE JEWELRY STORE ARE OPENING UP ABOUT AN ELABORATE BURGLARY THAT VIRTUALLY CLEANED THEM OUT.

BACK IN AUGUST, THIEVES GOT AWAY WITH

EVERYTHING IN THE SAFE AT "THE JEWELRY STORE."

DIANE MOSHER SAYS THE SUSPECTS CUT A HOLE IN THE WALL TO GET INSIDE HER JEWELRY STORE.

SOMEHOW THE ALARM DIDN'T GO OFF.

JEWELRY STORE BREAK IN-SOT VO

Sot Diane Mosher, The Jewelry Store

"The shock and the tears and the dealing with it is over and now we're just trying to get back on track." 9 seconds

BECAUSE THE STORE HAS SUCH A STRONG CUSTOMER BASE,

THE MOSHERS DECIDED TO RE-OPEN.

SLOWLY THEY'RE STOCKING THE SHOWROOM AND PLAN

HIGHWAY INTERDICTION-3 SS

A TRAFIC STOP ALONG I-75 LEADS LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES TO A STASH OF FRAUDULENT CREDIT CARDS AND CIGARETTES.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE 86 CARTONS OF CIGARETTES--

AND 48 GIFT CARDS FOUND IN THE SUSPECT'S CAR.

INVESTIGATORS TELL US THEY USED FALSE IDENTITIES AND STOLEN CREDIT CARDS--

TO PURCHASE ITEMS FROM AREA RACETRAC GAS STATIONS.

CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL NO AC-VO WIPE

OVERHEATED.

SWEATING.

STRUGGLING TO FOCUS.

CYPRESS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SAY THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS THIS WEEK.

THE COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOL HAS BEEN WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING SINCE SUNDAY.

ADMINISTRATORS SAY A LIGHTNING STRIKE BLEW OUT THE UNIT.

THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT.

CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL NO AC-SOT VO

Cypress Middle School parent

Duration: 0:06

"It's been two days since the kids have had air conditioning and its a closed building, I don't think it's fair that they're doing this to them."

Taylor Toatley/Cypress Middle School 8th grader

Duration::05

"I couldn't even focus on what the teacher was saying and then with everyone laughing and goofing off, it makes it worse."

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE FINALLY FOUND A REPLACEMENT UNIT.

THEY PLAN TO INSTALL IT OVERNIGHT.

CAPE CORAL RENTALS-VO WIPE

CITIES HIT HARD BY THE HOUSING CRISIS ARE EXPERIENCING A NEW PROBLEM TONIGHT.

CAPE CORAL IS ONE OF THOSE CITIES.

IT SAW SOME OF THE HIGHEST FORECLOSURE RATES DURING THE HOUSING CRISIS.

CAPE CORAL RENTALS-SOT-VO

-elmer tabor/broker, wonderland realty--"were also beginning to see the flippers who were buying houses from the courthouse steps holding onto those properties as rental properties.

CAPE FUNDING ISSUES-VO WIPE

THE LIST OF REPAIRS NEEDED IN CAPE CORAL IS GROWING BY THE DAY.

IN A MEMO OBTAINED BY ABC-7, THE CITY'S IMPROVEMENTS COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH A STAGGERING 103 MILLION DOLLARS BY 2018.

SINCE 2008, THE CITY HAS SKIPPED FUNDING THE 14 MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR COSTS.

LEADERS EXPLAIN THEY DIDN'T WANT CASH STRAPPED CITIZENS TO HAVE TO PAY MORE DURING A ROUGH ECONOMY.

CAPE FUNDING ISSUES-SOTVO

2150 "we put things off that we shouldn't have. I wouldn't say we shot ourselves in the foot but it's easy to be a monday morning quarterback."

THE CITY MANAGER LISTS 228 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS WHICH NO MONEY HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR.

THEY INCLUDE SIX-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN ROAD RESURFACING.

40 DAYS OF LIFE-VO WIPE

TODAY THERE'S A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT TO STOP ABORTION.INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN FORT MYERS.

HUNDREDS ARE PROTESTING PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALONG COLLEGE PARKWAY AND WINKLER ROAD.

THEY'RE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN CALLED FORTY DAYS OF LIFE.

RALLIES WILL HAPPEN IN 315 CITIES WORLDWIDE EVERY DAY UNTIL NOVEMBER FOURTH.

40 DAYS OF LIFE-SOTVO

Sot Bishop Frank Dewane, Diocese of Venice

7 secIt's a commitment. As you see all age groups are here to come out and raise their voices together in opposition to that evil."

WE ALSO TALKED TO A SPOKESPERSON WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

THEY TELL US SERVICES FOCUS ON MORE THAN JUST ABORTION. THEY HELP PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HEALTH AND FIGHTING DISEASE.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

CAMPAIGNING IN OHIO-OC-(2)SOT-VO-CG

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE --

THE CONTENDERS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE BOTH SPENT

THE DAY CAMPAIGNING IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF OHIO.

I don't believe we can afford four more years like the last four years -CUT TO- on november 6th we can't afford four more years, we must do better

I don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half of the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives

POLLS SHOW THE PRESIDENT LEADS IN OHIO.

IT'S CLOSER RIGHT NOW IN SWING STATES LIKE FLORIDA.

A NEW ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL RELEASED TODAY

FINDS 61-PERCENT OF AMERICANS NOW HAVE A

NEGATIVE OPINION OF HOW ROMNEY IS HANDLING HIS CAMPAIGN.

BIDEN TICKETS-VO

THERE ARE STILL TWO HOURS TO GET TICKETS TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN FORT MYERS ON SATURDAY.

EARLY TODAY DOZENS LINED UP AT CAMPAIGN OFFICES IN OUR AREA.

BIDEN WILL SPEAK AT THE PARK RECREATION CENTER.

THERE ARE FOUR LOCATIONS TO GET TICKETS -- AND THEY'LL BE OPEN UNTIL 8:30 TONIGHT.

HIGH PRICE LOTTO TICKET-ONCAM

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR A CHANCE TO HIT THE LOTTERY?

A *25 DOLLAR* SCRATCH-OFF TICKET IS NOW ON SALE.

IT RESEMBLES THE FIRST "MILLIONAIRE" GAME LAUNCHED BACK IN 1988.

AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE TICKETS *EVER* IN FLORIDA LOTTO'S HISTORY.

YOU CAN BUY THE TICKET BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

we're gonna see a whole lot of angry people if pork really does get taken off the menus for breakfast.

BACON LOVERS LISTEN UP!

THE RISING PRICE OF PORK COULD MEAN A SHORTAGE IN ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE FOODS.

AN YEARLY TRADITION ALMOST CANCELLED ON FORT MYERS BEACH.JUST DAYS BEFORE KICKING OF!

HOW BUSINESSES SAVED PIRATE FEST!

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TZ1 BACON SHORTAGE-SOTVO

TZ1 PIRATE FEST-VOTOPS

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Clouds dominated our skies once again today across Southwest Florida with little to no sunshine. This has kept temperatures well below the 90° mark with most locations sitting in the middle to upper 80s.

Up until this point, the vast majority of the area has stayed mainly dry with only a few sprinkles and patchy rain areas showing up on radar. A few downpours will try to get going late this afternoon and will linger into the early evening hours.

Once the rain fades tonight, our skies will go fairly quiet and the clouds will begin to thin just a bit overnight as lows settle into the mid 70s by morning.

Our Thursday will more than likely start off with more clouds and dry weather. Through the afternoon, a few more rays of sunshine will breakout allowing temperatures to rebound into the low 90s. We'll also be in more of a summertime pattern, where showers and a few storms favor the afternoon and evening hours close to the urban corridor.

Friday and into the weekend, expect a mix of sun and clouds, while most of the rain activity holds off until the afternoon. With a turn in our steering winds by Sunday off the Gulf of Mexico, a few morning showers can't be ruled out before they get pushed deeper inland by the afternoon.

Early next week, a cold front will stall across the Peninsula just to the north of the area. This will keep our weather pattern a bit unsettled as we kick off the month of October.

BACON SHORTAGE-VO IN TCMON

YOU MAY WANT TO GET YOUR BACON FIX NOW!

THE PRICE OF PIG IS GOING UP!

AND THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST BACON.

THE SEVERE DROUGHT IS SEVERELY REDUCING

THE CORN AND SOYBEANS USED TO FEED PIGS.

BACON SHORTAGE-PKG

Tim mankin makes a living cooking and selling Barbeque.

But his real money maker-

Sot Tim mankind, burger que owner

" almost everybody loves bacon, unless you're a vegetarian or can't eat bacon- bacons good."

It's good-

And it sells.

Sot Tim

" when we develop new products, most of the time bacon is involved."

He also heavily relies on pork.

Products he plans to keep buying- even if there is a price increase.

And he's not alone.

Sot Vincent pica, marios manager

" one way or another i will find pork."

Pigs- now in high demand.

This summers drought in the midwest affected corn and other pig food.

Sot Vincent

" the sizes of pigs being slaughtered are smaller so the yield is less."

And that means the prices are up.

Sot Vincent

" for what it is that we do and what we use will it affect the regular pork market as a whole, not as much as they say, will pork bellys and bacon go through the roof, yes."

By the end of the year, suppliers are predicting an 12 to 20 percent increase in price for consumers.

Sot Vincent

" basic pork chop at $3 a pound, yeah you could be looking at close to $4"

As for the bacon-

Nat sizzle

Burger que has already seen a 30 percent spike since may.

Sot Tim

" we charge 75 cents to add bacon to something, if we wanted to maintain the same margin as may- we'd have to charge $1.25."

So he's making a plan- to make sure that doesn't happen.

Sot Tim

FM PIRATE FEST FIASCO-VO WIPE

IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRAWS TO FORT MYERS BEACH.BRINGING IN BIG BUCKS.

BUT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL PIRATE FEST WAS ALMOST IN JEOPARDY OF EVEN HAPPENING.

JUST LAST NIGHT THE PROMOTER PULLED OUT UNEXPECTEDLY -- SAYING THERE WERE TOO MANY CHALLENGES.

FM PIRATE FEST FIASCO-SOT VO

this is one of the signature events on Fort Myers Beach, the chamber really needs to think about taking it back making sure that this event happens and happens well every year

PIRATE FEST IS SET FOR OCTOBER FIFTH.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

THE NFL REFS. ON THEIR WAY BACK. IT LOOKS THAT WAY. THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES ARE BACK. AND THEY WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

ONE LEHIGH ACRES MOTHER VERSUS FOUR ROBBERS.

TONIGHT, WE HEAR THE WOMAN'S DESPERATE CALL TO 9-1-1.

AND THE SIX-YEAR-OLD KNOWN AS "MRS JUSTIN BEIBER" LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER TODAY.

TZ 7 1) CROWBAR ATTEMPTED BREAKIN-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2) BIEBER FAN DIES-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

NFL REFS-POPMON

NFL REFS-VOTOPS

IT LOOKS LIKE DOCTOR CLARKE. WILL GET HIS WISH. A DEAL TO BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL REFEREES. IS CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

THE LOCKOUT STARTED 3 MONTHS AGO AFTER THE NFL OFFICIALS ASKED FOR AN 8-PERCENT PAY RAISE. SOMETHING THE OWNERS WERE NOT WILLING TO DO. THE OWNERS. ALSO WANT TO HAVE BACK UP REFS IN PLACE. SHOULD SOME OFFICALS UNDER-PERFORM.

FOLLOWING SEVERAL INCIDENTS OVER THIS PAST WEEK. INCLUDING THE PACKERS/SEAHAWKS ENDING. THE OWNERS ARE WILLING TO COMPROMISE

FOOTBALL FINES-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE. A COUPLE OF THOSE RUN-INS WITH THE REFS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME PRETTY HEAVY FINES.

REDSKINS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR KYLE SHANAHAN HAS BEEN FINED 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS. AFTER BERATING THE REFS ON SUNDAY. THEN CHASING THEM DOWN AFTER THE GAME. AND ARGUING SOME MORE.

FOOTBALL FINES-SOTTOPS

FSU SEMINOLES-VOTOPS

THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES ARE RIDING HIGH AFTER THEIR BIG WIN OVER CLEMSON ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THAT COULD BE THEIR TOUGHEST GAME ALL YEAR.

NOW THE NOLES TRAVEL TO SOUTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY. A TEAM THAT BEAT FSU 3 YEARS AGO IN TALLAHASSEE.

FSU SEMINOLES-SOTTOPS

RYDER CUP-POMON

RYDER CUP-VOTOPS

MEANWHILE THE EUROPEAN TEAM. LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON PAPER.

THEY HAVE THE CURRENT NUMBER ONE GOLFER IN THE WORLD. RORY MCILROY.

RYDER CUP-SOTTOPS

CHRIS BOSH-VOTOPS

HEAT FORWARD CHRIS BOSH IS BACK TO BEING 100-PERCENT.

BOSH. WHO WAS SIDELINED FOR MUCH OF THE NBA PLAYOFFS WITH AN STRAINED ABDOMINAL. SAYS HE'S FULLY RECOVERED.

BOSH ADMITTS THAT WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED HE THOUGHT HE WAS DONE FOR THE YEAR. BUT OF COURSE CAME BACK AND HELPED THE HEAT WIN THE TITLE.

TWINS YANKEES-VOTOPS

TWINS AND YANKEES.

ROBINSON CANO. DOING SOME DAMAGE IN THE 3RD. AIRMAILS THE RIGHT FIELDER FOR A 2-RUN DOUBLE. 2-1 YANKEES.

GOODBYE-4SHOT