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Cindy Lutz, Sam's Sister "I can't bring my brother back, but I hope all parties involved are punished

EXPLOSIVE NEW EVIDENCE PUTS A BIZARRE TWIST IN THE DEATH OF A CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIREFIGHTER.

carolyn rogers/ shopper

56:06 on large purchases, shopping online does make a difference because of the sales tax

AND NOW FLORIDA WANTS TO CASH IN!

HOW RECORD SALES IN CYBERSPACE MAY SOON EFFECT YOUR SPENDING HABITS.

4413 "we have 400 miles of canals, the Caloosahatchee river, Matlacha Pass."

DID YOU KNOW THESE LOCAL CANALS ARE ONE OF THE AREA'S BEST KEPT SECRETS?

NOW MORE ATHLETES MAY SOON CALL CAPE CORAL AN INTERNATIONAL TRAINING DESTINATION.

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BREAKING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

VISTA CENTER SEARCH-SS VO

BREAKING NEWS AT 6 --

THE SEARCH HAS NOW WRAPPED UP FOR A 16 YEAR OLD WHO ESCAPED FROM VISTA BEHAVIORAL CRISIS CENTER.

BUT ANDREW ZIDEK HASN'T BEEN FOUND.

HE ESCAPED FROM THE CENTER ON DEER RUN FARMS ROAD IN FORT MYERS -- SHORTLY AFTER 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON.

K-9 UNITS WERE ON THE GROUND AND THEY ALSO SEARCHED BY AIR.

DEPUTIES TELL US HE IS LIKELY SUICIDAL.

ANDREW HAS SHORT BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, AND IS 5'9", 140 POUNDS.

FIREFIGHTER LOVE TRIANGLE ARREST-VOTOPS-2SHOT PUSH

A NEW TWIST IN A LOVE TRIANGLE DEPUTIES BELIEVE COST A CHARLOTTE FIREFIGHTER HIS LIFE.

DETECTIVES SAY A MAN KILLED THAT FIREFIGHTER.

THEY SAY THE FIREFIGHTER'S WIFE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE KILLER.

NOW SHE FACES CHARGES TONIGHT.

TONIGHT, THERE IS SURPRISING NEW EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT LIEUTENANT SAM DREHER WAS BEING SPYED ON BY HIS WIFE AND BOYFRIEND IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO HIS MURDER.

FIREFIGHTER LOVE TRIANGLE ARREST-PKG-BNR

THE INVESTIGATION INTO SAM DREHER'S MURDER KEEPS GIVING DETECTIVES

ONE TWIST AFTER ANOTHER.

Lt. Joe Hayes, Sarasota Co. Sheriff's Office"theres quite a bit of circumstances and facts in this case that are surprising to be honest with you."

AFTER ARRESTING MICHAEL MINOR FOR KILLING DREHER, DETECTIVES DISCOVERED A VIDEO ON HIS CELL PHONE. REPORTS SAY THE VIDEO WAS FILMED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE SAMS DEATH IT SHOWS MINOR INSIDE

SAM's FRIEND'S APARTMENT.

Lt. Joe Hayes, Sarasota Co. Sheriff's

Office"just a running log of TE apartment."FURTHER INVESTIGATION

REVEALED DANIELLE DREHER, SAMS WIFE AT THE TIME, ASKED MINOR TO SEARCH THE

APARTMENT TO FIND HER JEWELRY SHE THOUGHT SAM HAD TAKEN THERE.

Lt. Joe Hayes, Sarasota Co. Sheriff's Office"she actually admitted in that as far as

providing a key to the residence she took from the victim."

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PROVE DANIELLE ORCHESTRATED THE BREAK IN.THE SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS MINOR

AMD DANIELLE USED A GPS TRACKING DEVICE ON SAM'S TRUCK AND KNEW NO ONE WPULD BE

AT THE APARTMENT.Lt. Joe Hayes, Sarasota Co. Sheriff's OfficeBR"it

appears Danielle was monitoring Sams movements wanted to know where he was and

was basically spying on him"AUTHORITIES COULDNT PROVE DANIELLE PLAYED A

ROLE IN SAM'S MURDER.BUT HIS FAMILY IS THANKFUL TO GET SOME

JUSTICE.Cindy Lutz, Sam's Sister

I can't bring my brother

back, but I hope all parties involved are punished for the roles they played in

his death and the crimes they committed leading up to his

death.

DANIELLE AND SAM WERE WORKING TOWARD A DIVORCE WHEN HE WAS

MURDERED.DANIELLE IS NOW CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED

GRAND THEFT. THISE SAME CHARGES WERE ADDED TO THE LIST OF CHARGES MINOR

FACES, WHICH INCLUDES FIRST DEGREE MURDER. SAM WORKED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

FOR 18 YEARS HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE MARINE OPERATIONS UNIT.

NEW COLLIER HOSPITAL-VO WIPE

NEW AT SIX.

A COMMUNITY IN EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY SAYS IT NEEDS EMERGENCY CARE SERVICE.

AND TONIGHT THEY SAY THEY HAVE PROOF.IN THE FORM OF A NEW STUDY AND A MEDICAL EXPERT.

DOCTORS AT THE AVE MARIA URGENT CARE CENTER TREAT LOCAL PATIENTS AS WELL AS THOSE IN NEED FROM IMMOKALEE.

LIKE MOST OF THE URGENT CARE CENTERS IN THE AREA, IT'S NOT OPEN 24 HOURS.

A STUDY SHOWS THAT AVE MARIA, IMMOKALEE AND GOLDEN GATE ESTATES RESIDENTS NEED A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

NEW COLLIER HOSPITAL-SOT VO

Blake Gable/1:17:10 There's clearly a need, it's a glaring need and I think this is a perfect opportunity."

THE PROJECT IS STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES.

BONITA FLIGHT CHANGES-NATS VO WIPE

PEOPLE ON FORT MYERS BEACH COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE FOR A LONG TIME.

TONIGHT --

THEY MAY GET THE ACTION THEY WANT.

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AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS LISTENING TO RESIDENTS' COMPLAINTS -

THIS WEEK A SPECIAL COMMITTEE MADE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FLIGHT PATTERN CHANGES THAT WOULD CUT AIRPLANE NOISE ON THE BEACH BY ABOUT SIX DECIBELS.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES INCLUDE CHANGED ROUTES, ENGINE SETTINGS, AND ALTITUDES -

BONITA FLIGHT CHANGES-SOT VO

'by using the back bay and some of these other approaches they're talking about, it will not impact those communities and as I say it won't be moving it from one area to another and making it somebody else's inconvenience. This is really a good solution for a lot of people."

THE BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET IN JANUARY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ASK THE F-A-A TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.

THE F-A-A WILL THEN HAVE SIX MONTHS TO MAKE A DECISION.

75 DANIELS REPAIR UPDATE-FDOT-VO

WORK IS STILL UNDERWAY ON THE INTERSTATE 75 DANIELS OVERPASS DAMAGED BY A TRUCK EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS TO BRING IN CREWS AND MATERIALS FOR FINISHING THE WORK.

THE OVERHEAD SIGN ON THE OVERPASS NEEDS TO BE REHUNG AND THE LANES ON 75 NEED TO BE RESURFACED.

THIS REMAINING WORK WILL MEAN A LANE CLOSURE"HERE AND THERE.

MARCO DEAD CATFISH-VO WIPE

DEAD CATFISH ARE CAUSING CONCERN IN COLLIER COUNTY.

THEY'RE FLOATING THROUGH HENDERSON CREEK IN NAPLES AND WASHING ASHORE ON MARCO ISLAND BEACH.

RESIDENTS ALSO SPOTTED CLUSTERS OF CATFISH SWIMMING ERRATICALLY.

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHY *ONLY CATFISH ARE DYING.

MARCO DEAD CATFISH-SOT VO

"There's a virus possibly affecting these catfish so with that in mind some of our staff have collected tissue samples."

RESEARCHERS ARE HOPING THOSE SAMPLES WILL LEAD THEM TO FIND WHAT'S KILLING THE FISH.

SNAKE BITES DOG-OC-SOTVO WIPE

A DOG CHEATED DEATH IN CENTRAL FLORIDA --

DESPITE CROSSING PATHS WITH A POISONOUS SNAKE.

THE DOG'S CARETAKER SAYS THE DOG "DANTE" SAVED HER FROM THE SNAKE -- AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY SAVED DANTE.

The snake turned around and went after him into the embankment viciously and got him right here."

A WATER MOCCASIN WAS WAITING IN THE GRASS FOR HER AND HER DOG NEAR ORLANDO.

SNAKE BITES DOG-SOT VO

"I would have died, the park attendant would have never come, my car was there, but the park attendant would have never come to find me."

WITHIN THREE DAYS, THERE WAS A FEAR DANTE'S AIRWAYS WOULD CLOSE UP.

BUT DANTE IS ALIVE THANKS TO THE HYPERBARIC THERAPY UNIT JUST INSTALLED AT THE S-P-C-A IN LAKELAND.

20 20 LAND CONSERVATION-VO WIPE

BEFORE SPENDING YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

LEE COUNTY IS LAYING OUT NEW GUIDELINES FOR ITS LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

16 NEWLY ADOPTED RECOMMENDATIONS WILL CHANGE HOW THE COUNTY BUYS AND MAINTAINS LAND.

20 20 LAND CONSERVATION-SOT VO

ONE RECOMMENDATION IS TO LET THE VOTERS DECIDE IN THE 20-16 GENERAL ELECTION WHETHER TO KEEP THE PROGRAM.

CVS ROBBERY ARREST-SS

NEW AT 6 --

A MAN HAS CONFESSED TO ROBBING A FORT MYERS DRUG STORE.

POLICE SAY CHARLES WILKINS ROBBED THE C-V-S ON CLEVELAND AVENUE WEDNESDAY.

THEY SAY HE CAME IN THE STORE WITH A KNIFE AND DEMANDED MONEY.

PETRAEUS LETTER-VO WIPE

TONIGHT --

WE'RE HEARING FROM DAVID PETRAEUS -- IN HIS OWN WORDS -- WRITING ABOUT HIS CAREER-ENDING AFFAIR.

PETRAEUS STEPPED DOWN AS C-I-A DIRECTOR AFTER PEOPLE FOUND OUT HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS BIOGRAPHER PAULA BROADWELL.

RETIRED GENERAL JAMES SHELTON IS PETRAEUS' FRIEND AND MENTOR.

PETRAEUS LETTER-SOT VO

SHELTON: I screwed up royally. I paid the price, appropriately. What he's meaning there is I screwed up and I deserved to be punished and I got it.

SHELTON SAYS WHILE HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HIS ACTIONS, HE THINKS

H.W. BUSH HOSPITALIZED-VO

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

DOCTORS ARE TREATING HIM FOR BRONCHITIS.

OBAMA ROMNEY LUNCH-VO

FROM MUDSLINGING TO MEAL SHARING--

MITT ROMNEY JOINED HIS FORMER RIVAL PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR A POLITICAL POWER LUNCH.

THE PRIVATE MEETING WAS THE FIRST BETWEEN THE TWO SINCE THE ELECTION.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT AND ROMNEY SPOKE ABOUT AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD AND PLEDGED TO STAY IN TOUCH,.

TAMPA MYSTERY MONKEY TO ZOO-(2) SS

THE MYSTERY MONKEY WHO SCAMPERED AROUND TAMPA BAY THE PAST THREE YEARS ---

WILL SOON HAVE A NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME.

"DADE CITY'S WILD THINGS" IS PREPARING A PRIVATE ENCLOSURE FOR HIM.

HIS NAME IS CORNELIUS.

HE'LL MOVE ON MONDAY --

AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE PRIVATE ZOO'S RIDING TOUR.

WILDLIFE OFFICIALS CAPTURED CORNELIUS IN SAINT PETE LAST MONTH.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

2:08 It's sales tax you're paying at the cash register at every store you walk into

BOOMING INTERNET SALES COULD MEAN YOU COULD PAY MORE FOR YOUR ONLINE PURCHASES.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY.

AND ARE YOU STILL FEELING THE BLUES FROM MISSING OUT ON POWERBALL'S RECORD JACKPOT?

COMING UP, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE STATE BENEFITED FROM THE POWERBALL PANDEMONIUM.

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KAYAK COURSE-VO WIPE

KAYAK ENTHUSIASTS THINK CAPE CORAL SHOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION FOR THE SPORT.

SOME TOP ATHLETES ALREADY SEE THE WATERS AS PRISTINE.

TODAY, HALL OF FAMER ADRIAN RICHARDSON SPENT TIME PADDLING ON THE NORTH SPREADER CANAL.

SOUTH FLORIDA CANOE KAYAK CLUB HELPED BRING THE CANADIAN ATHLETE HERE.

KAYAK COURSE-(2)SOT VO

4002 "this place is good. If not better than most places because you can paddle all year round."

4540 "we had a build it and they will come mentality. However, once everyone realized what we were doing. They started coming and we don't have the facilities."

A DANISH TEAM ALREADY PLANS TO TRAIN IN THE CITY IN MARCH.

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Thursday turned out to be a gorgeous day with a decent medley of sun and clouds. As we near the week's end, those clouds will grow in number.

High pressure is strengthening over the Carolinas, and that's causing our winds to pick up. Those brisk winds are able to bring clouds from the Atlantic into southwest Florida. That's what we saw on Thursday, and we'll see it for another day on Friday. However, there's an area of energy anchored just off the Texas coastline. That area will sail eastward and will help give us even more clouds to end the week.

So we have clouds coming from both the east and the west, and well, that makes for a mostly cloudy Friday. That's what we're forecasting along with lows in the upper 50s bouncing back to the low 80s come the afternoon.

Those clouds are short lived, and they will quickly erode for your weekend. Partly cloudy skies will hover over the area for Saturday and Sunday. Looks like a fabulous couple of days! We'll see more of the same Monday and Tuesday, too.

Another cold front will approach Wednesday into Thursday of next week. I expect it to fade away as it approaches, and that means our weather will remain quiet.

Temperatures will continue to be in the upper 50s around daybreak, and lower 80s can be expected for daytime highs.

FL INTERNET TAX-2SHOT

AN EXPLOSION OF ONLINE SALES!

THIS YEAR'S CYBER MONDAY WAS THE BIGGEST WEB SHOPPING DAY EVER!

BUT FLORIDA DID NOT CASH IN THE WAY OTHER STATES DID.

LEIGH DANA EXPLAINS WHY --

FL INTERNET TAX-PKG

WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING AT ANY FLORIDA RETAIL STORE, LIKE JENNIFER'S IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

YOU PAY A 6% SALES TAX.

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BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU'RE ORDERING FROM A STORE ONLINE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENSE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE -- LIKE AMAZON OR OVERSTOCK DOT COM

Carolyn Rogers/ Shopper

56:06 on large purchases, shopping online does make a difference because of the sales tax

THIS YEAR'S CYBER MONDAY SALES HIT RECORD NUMBERS.

THE FLORIDA RETAIL FEDERATION SAYS FLORIDA SHOPPERS ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND NEARLY 3 BILLION DOLLARS ONLINE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

THAT'S UP 15 PERCENT FROM 2011.

WHICH IS WHY IT'S PUSHING EVEN HARDER TO GET THAT MONEY PUMPED BACK INTO THE STATE'S ECONOMY.

JENNIFER WILLIAMS/ OWNER, JENNIFER'S

"51:31 if it's being consumed in the state, no matter where you are ordering it from it should be taxed."

THE RETAIL FEDERATION WANTS STATE LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE CREATED IN 1992 THAT ALLOWS "ONLINE ONLY" RETAILERS TO EVADE COLLECTING FLORIDA'S SALES TAX.

john fleming/ florida retail federation

59:03 "we think it's important for the state legislator to stand up for florida retailers and say they should be at a level playing field. 2:08 this is not a new tax. It's sales tax you're paying at the cash register at every store you walk into today.

IN LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A BILL TO CHANGE THE INTERNET SALES TAX LAW

MADE PROGRESS IN THE SENATE. BUT NOT THE HOUSE.

fleming

:28 we're going to have the same bill tried this year

leigh dana

POWERBALL WINNERS-VO

THERE'S NO WORD YET ON WHO'S HOLDING THE RECORD POWERBALL WINNING TICKETS--

BUT THE EXCITEMENT IS GPRWING IN THE TWO TOWNS WHERE THE WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD.

ONE OF THE TICKETS WAS SOLD IN FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA.

THE OTHER WINNING TICKET WAS SOLD AT A MISSOURI GAS STATION ABOUT A HALF HOUR NORTH OF KANSAS CITY.

THE WINNERS WILL SPLIT THE 587-POINT-5 MILLION PAYOUT.

POWERBALL FL IMPACT-VO WIPE

THERE WASN'T A BIG WINNER HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -

BUT THE STATE IS FEELING AN ECONOMIC BOOST.

STORES GET PAID 10 CENTS FOR EVERY 2 DOLLAR POWERBALL TICKET THEY SELL.

AND IF THEY HAND OUT BIG WINNING TICKETS -- THEY GET ONE PERCENT OF THE WINNINGS.

THE FLORIDA LOTTERY DONATES 41 PERCENT OF IT'S TOTAL REVENUE TO EDUCATION.

SO THIS POWERBALL WILL PUT ALMOST 58 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE POT.

POWERBALL FL IMPACT-SOT VO

32:01 it has, in my opinion, a small impact on the local economy. if the lottery was won in our area then it would have an impact 14 because the retail gets a portion, a reward, and of course hopefully whoever won would spend the money here as well 26

ONE PUBLIX IN LEE COUNTY SOLD NEARLY 21-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TICKETS!

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

THE NAPLES FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A BIG CHALLENGE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. AND THEY KNOW IT. TIGER WOODS HOSTING HIS OWN TOURNAMENT. HIGHLIGHTS

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TZ 7 1) CAPE FIRE FLEET-VOTOPS-WIPE

TONIGHT ON ABC SEVEN AT SEVEN --

IS CAPE CORAL'S AGING FIRE FLEET IN GOOD HANDS?

TZ 7 2) KIDS IN TRUCK NEGLECT CASE-VOTOPS

PLUS.

A CHILD NEGLECT CASE YOU HAVE TO HEAR.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

HONEY BADGER-VOTOPS

THE HONEY BADGER IS TURNING PRO.

FORMER LSU STAR. TYRAN MATHIEU SAYS HE WILL ENTER THE NFL DRAFT.

MATHIEU WAS KICKED OFF THE LSU FOOTBALL TEAM. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED DRUG TEST.

NAPLES-POPMON

NAPLES-VOTOPS

THIS IS A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S REGIONAL FINALS. MAINLAND GOT THE WIN.

NAPLES-SOTTOPS

NIGHT AT THE NEST-VOTOPS

BIG NIGHT COMING UP AT FGCU THIS SUNDAY.

IT'S THE ANNUAL. NIGHT AT THE NEST.

FORMER FGCU PITCHER. AND MAJOR LEAGUE ALL-STAR. CHRIS SALE IS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

MARINER GRAD. AND COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. MIKE ZUNINO WILL ALSO BE ON HAND.

WORLD CHALLENGE-POPMON

WORLD CHALLENGE-VOTOPS

LET'S GO TO LA FOR THIS ONE.

TIGER RIGHT IN THE MIX. HE GETS THE BIRDIE HERE. TIGER 3 SHOTS BACK AT 2 UNDER PAR.

KEEGAN BRADLEY. THIS GUY WILL BE IN NAPLES NEXT WEEK FOR THE FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT. HOW ABOUT THAT SHOT. BRADLEY 2 SHOTS BACK AT 3 UNDER PAR.

Q SCHOOL-VOTOPS

DAY TWO OF Q-SCHOOL

AND TWO OF OUR LOCAL GUYS HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IF THEY WANT TO GET THEIR PGA TOUR CARD.

MARINER GRAD CONNOR ARENELL IS TIED FOR. 125TH AT ONE OVER PAR

FGCU GOLFER DEREK LAMELY IS TIED FOR 100 AT ONE UNDER PAR.

BJ UPTON-VOTOPS

IT'S OFFICIAL. BJ UPTON IS NO LONGER A RAY.

TODAY UPTON JOINED THE ATLANTA BRAVES. IT'S A 5-YEAR 75 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL.

BJ UPTON-SOTTOPS

DENARD SPAN-VOTOPS

THE MINNESTOTA TWINS TRADED OUTFIELDER DENARD SPAN TO THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS.

GOODBYE-4SHOT