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"jesse's in god hands now and we need all the possible prayers we can get."

MOURNING A SHOCKING, TRAGIC END TO AN 11-YEAR OLD'S LIFE.

A COMMUNITY REMEMBERS JESSE WALINGTON --

KILLED BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

It's a big problem, and i think there's going to be change at the government level."

CONCERNS ARE RISING ACROSS THE COUNTRY

AS A RARE DEADLY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO SPREAD.

AND ALIVE AFTER BEING WEDGED UNDER THE

HOOD OF A CAR FOR 100 MILES!

THIS DOG'S AMAZING JOURNEY AND MYSTERIOUS

STORY OF SURVIVAL.

HL1) jesse watlington-SOTTOPS-VO

HL2) meningitis-SOTVO

HL3) dog in engine-VOTOPS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER

Remember the cold front I talked about all weekend? Well it's still holding steady to our north, and it's pushing a long fetch moisture into southwest Florida.

That'll keep thunderstorms in the forecast for the rest of Monday, but after today. Dry weather will come! Briefly. Don't get your hopes up. Of course there's a price you pay when the rain leaves, too, the temperatures will warm up.

So here's how it all works out.

We'll see some afternoon storms ride up US Hwy 41 and I-75 this afternoon impacting our homeward bound commute. Be sure to keep the headlights on, the windshiled wipers working, and stay below the speed limit when encountering these storms.

I expect them to clear out after 8 PM.

JESSE WATLINGTON-SOTTOPS-VO

36:45 "we want people to pray for mom and dad who are dealing with a loss that no body expects

JESSE WATLINGTON-TCMON

THE SIXTH GRADER WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE ON HIS WAY

TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY LAST WEEK.

AS ABC 7'S MEAGHAN SMITH REPORTS --

JESSE WATLINGTON-PKG

*take pkg*

the little boy with the big smile-

36:37 "jesse is at home with the lord."

jesse watlington passed away-

after being taken off life support yesterday afternoon.

39:37 "he didn't breathe on his own for very long- just too much damage from the lightning."

doctors told the 6th grader's parents-

he had no brain activity.

today- his classmates wear purple in his honor.

it was jesse's favorite color.

Nat

wednesday afternoon-

the 11 year-old ran out onto the field with his friends at southwest florida christian academy for football practice-

when out of nowhere-

lightning struck him.

friday-

jesse's parents asked for prayers at tampa general hospital,

while they prayed for their son, who was in a coma- to wake up.

*file sot* "jesse's in god hands now and we need all the possible prayers we can get."

the watlington's made the heartbreaking drive back from tampa,

and are home now-

planning their baby boy's memorial service.

JESSE WATLINGTON SERVICES-SS TOPS

JESSE'S MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY

AFTERNOON AT MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH AT ONE O'CLOCK.

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC VIEWING AT THE CHURCH FROM STARTING

FORT MYERS 20TH HOMICIDE-VO-BNR

20 HOMICIDES IN FORT MYERS -- JUST THIS YEAR.

AND TONIGHT TWO-THIRDS REMAIN UNSOLVED.

SOMEONE FOUND THE BODY OF A MAN ON THE TARPON STREET PIER YESTERDAY.

OFFICERS SAY THEY KNOW WHO THE VICTIM IS AND THEY THINK THEY KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.

FM CURFEW-CG HLF RVL

AND STARTING TONIGHT -- OFFICERS IN FORT MYERS WILL BEGIN ENFORCING A CURFEW FOR ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 18.

ON WEEKNIGHTS YOU HAVE TO BE INSIDE BY NINE P-M.

ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS -- 11 P-M.

IF CAUGHT BREAKING THE NEW CURFEW --

MEDSTAR FOLO-VO WIPE

AS SOON AS MEDSTAR SHUT DOWN, QUESTIONS STARTED FLYING.

NEW TODAY -- SOME ANSWERS -- AND A REPORT FROM THE LEE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYING COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES WAS WITHIN HER AUTHORITY TO GROUND THE EMERGENCY HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

ACCORDING TO ATTORNEY MICHAEL HUNT --THE LEE COUNTY CHARTER ALLOWS HAWES TO TAKE CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION -- THAT INCLUDES TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING A DIVISION OR PROGRAM.

WE ASKED COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JOHN MANNING IF HE THOUGHT COMMISSIONERS

MEDSTAR FOLO-SOT VO

JOHN MANNING

LEE CO. CO MMISSIONER

1:19 no i don't i believe in very strongly in chain of command. i believe very strongly in the charter for lee county. we have governance over four positions. the port authority director the hearing examiner the county manager the county attorney beyond that there is supervisory control 37

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOUND HAWES DID *NOT

MARCO ISLAND FATAL CRASH-VO WIPE

A MARCO ISLAND MAN IS FACING SERIOUS CHARGES AFTER A DEADLY MISTAKE.

OFFICERS SAY 20-YEAR-OLD ANDREW ROUBICEK CRASHED HIS JEEP -- KILLING 20-YEAR-OLD SHAYNE MURRAY -- THEN HE TOOK OFF.

THEY SAY MURRAY WAS A PASSENGER WHEN ROUBICEK HIT A CURB AND OVERTURNED ON JAMAICA ROAD.

MURRAY WAS EJECTED.

MARCO ISLAND FATAL CRASH-(2)SOT-SS

SANDY HARRIS/MARCO ISLAND

12:49 "Very surprised to hear that someone would just take off like that."

ANNE COLPAERT/MARCO ISLAND

1:14 "I just hadn't seen anything like that."

POLICE LATER FOUND ROUBICEK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY SAY HE ADMITTED TO DRIVING THE CAR, CRASHING AND LEAVING BOTH MURRAY AND CAR BEHND.

NFM ELDERLY WOMAN ROBBED-VO WIPE

A NORTH FORT MYERS WOMAN AND HER DISABLED MOTHER

COME FACE TO FACE WITH THREE MASKED MEN.

THE 90-YEAR OLD AMPUTEE WAS HOME IN BED WHEN

THE SUSPECTS BARGED IN DEMANDING CASH.

THE VICTIM'S DAUGHTER WENT INTO THE BEDROOM

AND GRABBED AN ENVELOPE FULL OF CASH.

NFM ELDERLY WOMAN ROBBED-SOT-SS

-"Putting the pieces of the puzzle together we were basically able to match the description of a car belonging to one of the suspects that was affiliated with the victim's grandson and able to arrest these individuals."

DEPUTIES ARRESTED JESSE RACO AND BENJAMIN PRESLEY

AND ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A THIRD SUSPECT.

GOLF CART AGGRAVATED BATTERY-ONCAM

A FIGHT BETWEEN NEIGHBORS ENDED WITH ONE RUNNING OVER THE OTHER.WITH A GOLF CART.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES TELL US THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

GOLF CART AGGRAVATED BATTERY-PKG

AT FIRST GLANCE, JEROME AVENUE IN PORT CHARLOTTE LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER STREET.

BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE SAY IT WAS FAR FROM ORDINARY SATURDAY NIGHT.

DEPUTIES SAY -- AFTER AN ARGUMENT -- 53-YEAR-OLD CARL MARTIN, RAN OVER HIS NEIGHBOR WITH THIS GOLF CART.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MARK GADOMSKI AND MARTIN WERE YELLING ABOUT, BUT REPORTS SAY IT ENDED WITH GADOMSKI COVERED IN SCRATCHES AND HIS WIFE CALLING FOR HELP.

"She called the sheriff's office to report her husband had been run over by a golf cart. Kind of an unusual story." Robert Carpenter, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

Standup: Arrest records say the victim was crossing the street going to his neighbors house when Martin was driving his golf cart down the road. The victim didn't think Martin would actually hit him, so he stopped. He didn't have time to move out of the way and was hit by the golf cart. Martin tells us, off camera, a different story. He says the victim stepped in front of him as he was driving by."

"two witnesses came forward, neighbors out there, and corroborated the victim's story exactly, the wording, the threat to do it and it was carried out." Robert Carpenter, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

ROBERT CARPENTER, WITH CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SAYS DRIVING GOLF CARTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ILLEGAL.

"People think they can go on the street with theses type of vehicles, and that's not the case. They must be licensed and they are not licensed to bring out on the street." Robert Carpenter, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

MARTIN POSTED BOND AND HIS GOLF CART IS SITTING IN THE BACKYARD. HE'S CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY, RESISTING ARREST AND…

"In fact, he didn't even have a valid license, so we arrested him for driving while license suspended or revoked." Robert Carpenter, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

FIGHT CLUB PLEA-SS-VO WIPE

DEPUTIES SAY THEY RAN AN ILLEGAL FIGHT CLUB.

BUT THEY SAY IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PARTY.

IN APRIL DEPUTIES ARRESTED BRANDON AND ANGELA HARRISON AND GAUGE FORD FOR ALLOWING TEENAGE BOYS TO BOX IN THE BACKYARD.

THEY ORIGINIALLY FACED THIRD DEGREE FELONY CHARGES AND FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

TONIGHT THEY'LL ONLY SERVE SIX-MONTHS OF PROBATION.

FIGHT CLUB PLEA-SOTVO

"they were doing something that their son likes to do, not their thing, but that's what he and his buddies like to do. They passed out birthday invitations and the theme of the birthday part is to get together and have these boxing matches. These MMA fights"

SANDUSKY SENTENCING-VO

FROM PENN STATE TO THE STATE PEN --

JERRY SANDUSKY WILL LEARN HIS PUNISHMENT

AT HIS SENTENCING TOMORROW.

THE FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT COACH WILL LIKELY SPEND THE REST OF

HIS LIFE IN PRISON AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED ON 48 COUNTS

OF SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES.

HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THAT SANDUSKY BELIEVES HE DID NO WRONGDOING --

BUT HE DOES ADMIT TO MAKING MISTAKES.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-VO WIPE

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE --

WITH 29 DAYS TO GO -- PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY

ARE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY TODAY.

THE PRESIDENT IS IN CALIFORNIA FUNDRAISING

WHILE ROMNEY CAMPAIGNS IN VIRGINIA.

LAST NIGHT IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC ADMISSION --

THE PRESIDENT POKED FUN AT HIS LACKLUSTER

DEBATE PERFORMANCE.

TRYING TO BUILD ON HIS DEBATE MOMENTUM --

TODAY ROMNEY FOCUSED ON FOREIGN POLICY IN A

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-(2) SOT-VO

I know the President hopes for a safer, freer, and a more prosperous Middle East allied with the United States. I share this hope. But hope is not a strategy.

"We've got some work to do, we've got an election to win. Everything we fought for in 2008 is on the line here in 2012, and I need your help to finish what we started. 13

THE LATEST 7 DAY GALLUP TRACKING POLL, WHICH INCLUDES THE DAYS

AFTER THE DENVER DEBATE, STILL HAS THE PRESIDENT AHEAD

OF MITT ROMNEY, 50 TO 45 PERCENT.

VOTE REGISTRATION DEADLINE-CG

YOU HAVE LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE.

TO REGISTER YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FORM AND RETURN IT TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE.

WE HAVE A LINK TO GET THE REGISTRATION FORM ONLINE.

LEE ABSENTEE BALLOTS-CG-TOPS-RVL

SVOTERS IN LEE COUNTY WHO REQUESTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS

SHOULD BE RECEIVING THEM IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK.

THE LAST DAY TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IS OCTOBER 31ST.

COLUMBUS DAY AND OCTOBER PET ADOPTION SPECIALS-VO

COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA IN 14-92 --

BUT YOU CAN DISCOVER WONDERFUL PETS FOR ADOPTION

AT LEE COUNTY DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES.

IN HONOR OF THE DAY, ADOPTION FEES ARE BEING REDUCED TO --

14 DOLLARS AND 92 CENTS.

THE REDUCED RATE STILL INCLUDES THE SAME SPAY/NEUTER, VACCINATION, AND OTHER TREATMENTS NORMALLY INCLUDED.

SHELTER EMPLOYEES SAY EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE ARE NOT

ONLY A GREAT WAY TO FIND A PET --

COLUMBUS DAY AND OCTOBER PET ADOPTION SPECIALS-SOT

right now we are at capacity our kennels are full so we need to get as many adopters as possible to find homes for all the animals we have here.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OUT TODAY, YOU STILL HAVE TIME.LEE COUNTY D-A-S IS RUNNING DEALS THE WHOLE MONTH.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

This is very serious. It's more than doubled since Friday. These were injections that people got for back pain

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SICKENED BY A DEADLY MENINGITIS

OUTBREAK HAS NOW REACHED TRIPLE DIGITS WITH

MORE CASES EXPECTED HERE IN FLORIDA.

IT'S NOT JUST CATS WHO HAVE NINE LIVES.

MEET THE DOG THAT MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED AND

TRAVELED 100 MILES IN THE ENGINE OF A TRUCK!

TZ1 meningtitis-SOTTOPS-VO

TZ1 dog in engine-VOTOPS

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Remember the cold front I talked about all weekend? Well it's still holding steady to our north, and it's pushing a long fetch moisture into southwest Florida.

That'll keep thunderstorms in the forecast for the rest of Monday, but after today. Dry weather will come! Briefly. Don't get your hopes up. Of course there's a price you pay when the rain leaves, too, the temperatures will warm up.

So here's how it all works out.

We'll see some afternoon storms ride up US Hwy 41 and I-75 this afternoon impacting our homeward bound commute. Be sure to keep the headlights on, the windshiled wipers working, and stay below the speed limit when encountering these storms.

I expect them to clear out after 8 PM.

Tomorrow, the front I mentioned will fade away. That's when the changes occur because drier air from our north will begin spilling down.

This dry air does three things for us:

1. Sunny skies

2. Rain free weather

3. Hotter temperatures

Thankfully the humidity levels will be lower so it won't feel as oppressive outside! Highs will range up 3 to 5 degrees above the norm.

On the flip side dry air likes to cool down during the overnight hours, so we'll see overnight temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s.

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-VO WIPE

NEW NUMBERS TONIGHT.

AT LEAST 105 PEOPLE IN NINE STATES HAVE BEEN SICKENED BY MENINGITIS

AND EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS A DEADLY OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO SPREAD.

FOUR PEOPLE IN FLORIDA CURRENTLY HAVE MENINGITIS

AS A RESULT OF THE TAINTED DRUGS GIVEN OUT ACROSS

THE COUNTRY -- WITH MORE CASES EXPECTED.

THE OUTBREAK IS LINKED TO STEROID INJECTIONS USED

TO TREAT BACK PAIN.

NOW, STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY HUNDREDS OF FLORIDIANS

MAY HAVE RECEIVED A TAINTED INJECTION IN RECENT MONTHS.

THE CONTAMINATED PRODUCT WAS GIVEN OUT AT SIX HEALTH

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-SOT VO

Blackmore "At this point we have four cases in Florida that have developed the meningitis. But we're continuing that investigation. It is possible that we will see more cases over time so we're working very closely with health care professionals to detect any cases that we night have."

ABC7 CHECKED WITH ALL EIGHT CLINICS POSSIBLY IMPACTED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NONE USED THE STERIOD.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ANYONE WHO'S RECEIVED

A BACK OR JOINT INJECTION AND FEELS SICK SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR.

THE SYMPTOMS CAN BE VERY MILD AND INCLUDE HEADACHE,

DOG IN ENGINE-VO WIPE

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL ENCOUNTER ON THE ROAD.

CHEVY HERE IS NAMED AFTER THE TRUCK THAT TOOK HIM ON

HIS HUNDRED-MILE JOURNEY LAST WEEK.

INCREDIBLY -- THIS LITTLE GUY SURVIVED "INSIDE" A TRUCK ENGINE IN CALIFORNIA!

JAIME MAGANA WAS DRIVING WHEN HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE.

HE PULLED OVER, POPPED THE HOOD, AND DISCOVERED THE DOG.

AFTER THE DOG WAS CHECKED OUT AT A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER --

WORKERS THERE SAY HE'S FINE.

NOW THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND HIS OWNER.

DOG IN ENGINE-SOT VO

JET BLUE LEED CERTIFIED-VO WIPE

100-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR--

THAT'S HOW MUCH LEE COUNTY IS SAVING

IN MAINTENANCE COSTS AT JETBLUE PARK.

TINTED WINDOWS, AND LOW-FLOW FACUETS AND TOILETS

ARE ALL ENERGY-SAVING FEATURES THAT

HELPED JETBLUE PARK EARN "LEED CERTIFICATION" --

OR LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.

THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT THREE-MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS

JET BLUE LEED CERTIFIED-SOT VO

not only will the components be incorporated into the the tours that you can take during spring training through the Red Sox, but there will also be a series of thematic signs throughout the facility so that you can go on a walking tour yourself and learn about these things when you're there, we will be incorporating a website and hope to have all that up before spring training.

LEE COUNTY IS PREPARING A GREEN TOUR OPTION AT THE

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

GREAT WEEKEND FOR THE FLORIDA GATORS. NOT SO GOOD FOR THE SEMINOLES. HEAR FROM BOTH TEAMS.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 7.

THE ADVICE USED TO BE HANDS AT TEN AND TWO.

NOW, POLICE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET TEENS TO GET

THEIR HANDS OFF THE PHONE ON ONTO THE WHEEL.

SEE HOW FORT MYERS HIGH STUDENTS ARE GETTING

THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING.

AND PATRONS DIVE FOR COVER AS A CAR CRASHES INTO A STORE IN BELGUIM.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE SHOCKING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO --

TZ 7 1) TEXTING AND DRIVING-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2) SOCCER PLAYER CAR CRASH-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

KC CHIEFS-SOTTOPS

KC CHIEFS-VOTOPS

THAT IS CHIEFS TACKLE ERIC WINSTON. AND HIS IS CLEARLY UPSET.

NOT HAPPY WITH THE KANSAS CITY FANS. THAT APPEARED TO BE CHEERING WHEN CHIEFS QUARTEBACK MATT CASSELL LEFT THE GAME WITH A HEAD INJURY. ON SUNDAY

FSU LOSS-POPMON

FSU LOSS-VOTOPS

WITH THE LOSS. THE NOLES. NOT ONLY TUMBLED TO 12TH IN THE LATEST RANKINGS BUT. THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES TOOK A SERIOUS HIT.

FSU LOSS-SOTTOPS

W

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS

WHILE THE SEMINOLES ARE FEELING THE PAIN. THE GATORS. ARE RIDING HIGH

NOW RANKED 4TH IN THE NATION AFTER BEATING LSU AT HOME.

SO THE GATORS AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE BOTH UNDEFEATED IN THE SEC EAST. AND WILL MEET IN A COUPLE WEEKS.

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTTOP

FRANCONA-POPMON

FRANCONA-SOTTOPS

NASCAR-VOTOPS

IT CASE YOU MISSED IT ON SUNDAY. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT TALLADEGA.

TOTAL CHOAS ON THE FINAL LAP. A 24 CAR PILE UP.

IT'S A WRECK THAT HAS SOME DRIVERS CALLING FOR CHANGES TO RESTRICTER PLATE DRIVING.

NASCAR-SOTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT