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47:21 "he had been showing up unannounced- making hundreds of phone calls to her

INVESTIGATORS SAY IN ONE HOUR HE MADE 126 CALLS.

TONIGHT THIS MAN IS UNDER ARREST--

ACCUSED OF STALKING A WOMAN, BREAKING INTO HER HOME AND BEATING HER.

PLUS --

THREE NAPLES BOYS PLAYED WITH A GAS CAN AND A LIGHTER!

TONIGHT THESE PRE-TEENS ARE CHARGED WITH ARSON!

HOW CLOSE THE FLAMES CAME TO TORCHING HOUSES.

AND SCHOOL SECURITY ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL--

BOMB BLAST FILM--

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT CAN PROTECT CHILDREN.

HL 1) LEHIGH STALKER ARREST-SOTVO-WIPE

HL 2) NAPLES ARSON ARREST-VOTOPS-WIPE

HL 3) RETROFIT SCHOOL GLASS-NATVO

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LEHIGH STALKER ARREST-SOTTOPS-OC-SS-WIPE

42:39 "she felt very threatened from him. she couldn't sleep at night."

AND LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY --

WITH GOOD REASON.

TONIGHT--

THAT WOMAN'S RECOVERING AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN STALKED AND BEAT HER --

AFTER SHE HIRED HIM TO DO PLUMBING WORK.

DETECTIVES SAY SHE ASKED HAROLD MITCHELL TO FIX THE PIPES IN HER LEHIGH ACRES HOUSE.

BUT THEY SAY MITCHELL -- WHO ISN'T A LICENSED PLUMBER -- WOULDN'T GO AWAY.

LEHIGH STALKER ARREST-VOTOPS-WIPE

THEN IT GOT VIOLENT.

DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS AT HER HOUSE WHEN MITCHELL BROKE IN THROUGH THE BACK SLIDING GLASS DOOR, ATTACKED HER, GRABBED HER BY THE NECK, AND THREW HER ON THE FLOOR.

SHE SOMEHOW ESCAPED TO HER NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE --

LEHIGH STALKER ARREST-SOTVO

evelyn 42:10 "in very bad shape- she had bruises all over her body and arms and a cut on her lip."

DEPUTIES CAUGHT AND ARRESTED MITCHELL

FORT MYERS CRIME STATS-(2)CG-WIPE

CRIME IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TONIGHT THE HARD NUMBERS ARE IN.

THE GOOD NEWS.

OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN IN LEE COUNTY.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE WHEN IT COMES TO MURDER IN THE COUNTY. OR THE CITY OF FORT MYERS.

NEW STATISTICS PAINT A CLEAR PICTURE OF CRIME IN FORT MYERS.

THE CRIME RATE DROPPED BY 18 PERCENT.

BURGLARY. AND THEFTS WHICH ARE A BIG FACTOR. DOWN 24 PERCENT EACH.

BUT MURDERS JUMPED TO 24 LAST YEAR. AN ALL TIME HIGH.

CHIEF DOUG BAKER TELLS US THAT'S A CONCERN.

FORT MYERS CRIME STATS-SOT-OC

chief baker // im very confident thats going to bear positive fruit for the future but its not saying we're out of the woods yet

LEE COUNTY CRIME STATS-(2)CG-OC

NOW LEE COUNTY MURDERS.

TWO MORE THERE IN 2012 COMPARED TO 2011.

THE OVERALL CRIME RATE FELL BY 12 PERCENT IN 2012. TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES AND LARGE SCALE THEFTS ARE ALSO DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS.

BUSINESS BURGLARIES MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES SANIBEL. CAPTIVA AND PINE ISLAND.

THEY ALSO DOUBLED IN LEHIGH ACRES.

LEE COUNTY CRIME STATS-SOT-OC-BNR

Sheriff Mike Scott/ Lee County: "we are like everywhere else USA, we are going to have thefts and drugs and burglaries. the key is to try to suppress that with the precious limited resources we have."

ONE RESOURCE THAT *YOU HAVE -- WHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OR COUNTY--

A CRIME MAPPING TOOL THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT TYPES OF CRIMES HAPPEN IN THE AREA WHERE YOU LIVE.

BIGELOW ARREST-SS-VO-WIPE

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW IS BACK IN JAIL *AGAIN* TONIGHT.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES CUFFED BIGELOW THIS MORNING AT HIS FATHER'S FORT MYERS HOUSE.

HE FAILED A DRUG TEST.

HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE.

IT'S THE THIRD TIME BIGELOW HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO DRUGS IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER FRANK MANN SAYS IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE HE'D BE DEPRESSED --

BIGELOW ARREST-(2)SOTVO

7:45-55 / He needs to be in a program. He told me he'd do that and hasn't done it

in time. I hope that happens.

6:43-8 / I wish him well and hope there is a chance to reach his goals in

recovery.

MANN SAYS HE NEVER SUSPECTED BIGELOW OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE DURING WEEKLY COMMISSION MEETINGS.

NAPLES ARSON ARREST-VO-WIPE

TWO TEN YEAR OLDS AND A NINE YEAR OLD.

TONIGHT THESE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE BEING CALLED ARSONISTS.

COLLIER DEPUTIES TELL US ON FRIDAY. THE BOY SET A FIRE ON SITTERLEY LANE.

DOZENS OF TREES WENT UP IN FLAMES.

WITNESSES.INCLUDING LITTLE GIRLS.TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY SAW THE BOYS BEHIND A HOUSE WITH A LIGHTER AND GASOLINE CAN.

A GIRL HEARD ONE BOY SAY YOUR HOUSE WILL BURN.

NAPLES ARSON ARREST-SOTVO

Beatriz Cuellar/East Naples/ "I looked up and there was a big black cloud of smoke."

Chief Schuldt/15:34:54 "It's problematic that we have children potentially involved with these types of things."

ALABAMA HOSTAGE FOLO-VO-WIPE

FAMILY MEMEBERS AND NEIGHBORS OF THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD ALABAMA BOY --

HELD HOSTAGE FOR ONE WEEK --

ARE SAYING THANK YOU TONIGHT.

JIMMY LEE DYKES KIDNAPPED FIVE-YEAR-OLD ETHAN.

HE KEPT HIM IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER.

WE FOUND OUT TODAY --

AGENTS BUILT A REPLICA OF THE BUNKER AND TRAINED THERE FOR DIFFERENT RESCUE SCENARIOS.

THEY STORMED THE REAL BUNKER AFTER A HIDDEN CAMERA SHOWED DYKES HAD A GUN AND WAS BECOMING AGITATED.

ALABAMA HOSTAGE FOLO-SOTVO

Deborah Cook, Great Aunt "I was telling some of the family, I would do

cartwheels all the way down the road if I could, I was just ecstatic,

Right now we're truly blessed, truly blessed to see God work a miracle in

our hometown." Johnny Jackson

NOAA RED TIDE ALERTS-VO

LETTING YOU KNOW WHEN DANGEROUS RED TIDE IS OUT THERE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS GETTING INVOLVED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE WEATHER SERVICE IS TESTING OUT THE NEW WARNING SYSTEM.

IT MONITORS BEACHES FROM SARASOTA TO LEE COUNTY.

THE ALERTS ONLY GO OUT WHEN RED TIDE LEVELS ARE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE SYMPTOMS LIKE THROAT ITRIATION IN PEOPLE.

YOU CAN GET THEM ONLINE OR ON THE RADIO.

ONCE THE TESTING PHASE IS COMPLETE.

HOMLESS COALITION-VO-BNR

ORGANIZERS AT THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION ARE WORRIED THEY COULD RUN OUT OF FOOD TO FEED THE NEEDY BY FRIDAY.

DONATIONS HAVE SLOWED DOWN SINCE THE HOLIDAYS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR HELP HAS NOT.

THE ORGANIZATION PASSES OUT FOOD ONCE A WEEK.

SO TODAY --

PUNTA GORDA LAUNCHED A FOOD DRIVE TO HELP.

YOU CAN DROP OFF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD AT FIVE LOCATIONS ACROSS TOWN OR AT THE HOMELESS COALITION.

GET THE LOCATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE, ABC DASH 7 DOT COM.

READY SET GO-VO-WIPE

PANICKED AND WITHOUT A PLAN.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE LAUNCHING A NEW PLAN TO HELP YOU PREPARE YOUR FAMILY FOR DISASTER.ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE IN BRUSH FIRE SEASON.

IT'S CALLED, "READY, SET, GO!"

THESE CAN BE THE DEADLIEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE TEAMING WITH THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE IN THIS INITIATIVE.

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A CHECKLIST OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO *READY* YOUR HOME--CLEAR BRUSH 30 FEET AROUND.

GET *SET* IF A BRUSH FIRE IS APPROACHING.

READY SET GO-SOTVO

this is a great program for Southwest Florida because we already are so ingrained in hurricane preparedness this is just taking it to the wildfire preparedness so we can protect as many lives and property as we can.

THE PROGRAM WILL ROLL OUT NEXT MONTH.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

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

SOT -- Trevor Cole, Driver / "It's unbelievable." 2

SOT -- Keith Cyrus, Driver / "Gas prices are ridiculous right now." 1

YOU'VE LIKELY FELT THE PAIN AT THE PUMP!

TONIGHT --

ABC 7 FINDS OUT WHY GASOLINE PRICES HAVE SPIKED!

PLUS --

DRAMATIC NEW VIDEO TONIGHT--

THIS SCHOOL BURNS, THEN EXPODES FORCING FIREFIGHTERS TO RUN FOR COVER.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

TZ1 A) GAS PRICES-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ1 B) WA SCHOOL FIRE-VOTOPS

IMMIGRATION REFORM-VO

MOMENTUM IS GROWING IN WASHINGTON FOR REFORMING THE NATION'S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

LAWMAKERS MET TODAY TO DICUSS THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSALS FOR ALLOWING 11 MILLION ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TO STAY AND GAIN A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP.

THE PRESIDENT TOOK TIME TODAY TO MEET WITH BUSINESS AND LABOR UNION LEADERS.

GAS PRICES-VO

OVER THE PAST WEEK --

GAS PRICES SPIKED ACROSS THE NATION INCLUDING HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

CALIFORNIA'S DEALING WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST PRICES.

IN SOME PLACES THERE --

GAS TOPPED FIVE DOLLARS A GALLON.

NATION WIDE -- THEY'VE JUMPED 18 CENTS A GALLON. TO 3-54 FOR REGULAR.

EXPERTS BLAME RISING OIL PRICES AND TENSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

THEY ALSO SAY THE IMPROVING ECONOMY IS CREATING MORE *DEMAND* FOR GAS.

WA SCHOOL FIRE-VO

A THREE ALARM FIRE DESTROYS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO OUT OF VANCOUVER WASHINGTON.

AS FIREFIGHTERS WERE TRYING TO CONTAIN THE FIRE AND KEEP IT FROM SPREADING TO NEARBY HOMES--

THE BUILDING EXPLODED AND BURNING EMBERS NEARLY HIT THEM.

THE FIREFIGHTERS RAN FOR SAFETY SECONDS BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

LINDSEY VONN-VO

AMERICA'S SKIING SUPERSTAR LINDSEY VONN IS RECOVERING TONIGHT --

AFTER A CRUSHING FALL IN AUSTRIA.

VONN CRASHED WHILE COMPETING IN THE SUPER-G CHAMPIONSHIP.

SHE TORE LIGAMENTS IN HER RIGHT KNEE AND BROKE A BONE IN HER RIGHT LEG.

SHE WILL NEED SURGERY.

VONN CAPTURED THE 2010 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN THE DOWNHILL EVENT.

STOLEN COOKIE RETURNED-VO

COOKIE MONSTER IS OFF THE HOOK TONIGHT. AS GERMAN POLICE RECOVER A GIANT STOLEN SCULPTURE.

THE SCULPTURE IS A 100 YEAR-OLD BRONZE COOKIE THAT WEIGHS NEARLY 50 POUNDS.

IT WAS STOLEN LAST MONTH FROM A FAMOUS DISPLAY IN FRONT OF A BAKERY.

THE THIEVES SENT THE BAKERY A RANSOM NOTE WITH A MESSAGE CUT FROM MAGAZINES AND SIGNED BY SESAME STREET'S COOKIE MONSTER.

THEIR DEMANDS: GIVE FREE COOKIES TO A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND DONATE MONEY TO ANIMAL PROTECTION ACTIVISTS.

AND THE COMPANY COMPLIED.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO------------

WANT THE INSIDE TRACK?

ASK A LOCAL.

HOW F-G-C-U STUDENTS ARE USING OYTERS -- YES OYSTERS -- TO SEE HOW CLEAN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER IS.

AND AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION BUSTS MIAMI POLICE OFFICERS.

TZ2 A) FGCU OYSTER STUDY-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ2 B) MIAMI POLICE DISCIPLINED-VOTOPS

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Across northern parts of Florida, we're tracking as weak disturbance that will bring more cloud cover and a few showers to areas mostly north of Orlando and the I-4 corridor, so the bulk of this weather system will not have much of an influence on our local weather. We will, however, continue to see the wind flow become more southerly, which means the warmth and moisture keeps building in as we go through the rest of the week.

By Wednesday, humidity will keep creeping up, and temperatures will follow suit as we see daytime highs breaking into the 80s. More clouds will also develop during the day, but sunshine will continue to be our main weather player.

RETROFIT SCHOOL GLASS-VO IN TCMON

IN THE WAKE OF THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT --

RETROFIT SCHOOL GLASS-NATVOTOPS-WIPE

shooting nats

FOR YEAR --

DICK PETERSON HAS INSTALLED SECURITY FILM OVER GLASS TO PROTECT SENATORS, F-B-I OFFICERS, AND BIG CREDIT CARD COMPANIES.

BUT AFTER THE NEWTOWN SHOOTING, HE STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH THE FILM.

RETROFIT SCHOOL GLASS-SOTVO

"It's just like any of the tinting that I do. The security film is the most efficient way of protecting yourself."

WHILE THE FILM ISN'T BULLETPROOF YET, PETERSON SAY IT CAN KEEP GLASS FROM SHATTERING.

THAT WOULD GIVE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS PRECIOUS ADDITIONAL SECONDS TO REACT DURING A SHOOTING.

FGCU OYSTER STUDY-VO-WIPE

YOU MIGHT LOOK AT OYSTERS AS TASTY SEAFOOD.

BUT WE FOUND OUT TONIGHT, THEY'RE BEING USED TO HELP THE STATE GAUGE WATER QUALITY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A GROUP OF FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE STUDYING SHELLFISH GROWTH UP AND DOWN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER.

IT'S PART OF A 60-THOUSAND DOLLAR PROJECT FUNDED BY SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT.

FGCU OYSTER STUDY-SOTVO

Oysters are stuck in one place so it's very easy to make a relationship between the health of the Oysters and the water quality around them.

THESE SMALL SHELLFISH HAVE AN ENORMOUS IMPACT.

AN ADULT OYSTER FILTERS AND CLEANS UP TO 1 GALLON OF WATER PER HOUR.

DEL PRADO PAVING-VO

A PAVING PROJECT HAS STIRRED UP CONTROVERSY IN CAPE CORAL.

ENGINEERS RECOMMENDED REMOVING A LEFT-HAND TURN ON DEL PRADO BOULEVARD -- WHILE THEY IMPROVED THE ROAD..

THEY CALL THE INTERSECTION WITH THE TURN AT SOUTHWEST 47TH TERRACE A HIGH CRASH AREA.

BUT BUSINESS OWNERS DISAGREE.

THEY SAY THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT WILL MAKE IT SAFER AND FEAR ELIMINATING THE TURN WILL DRIVE AWAY BUSINESS.

THEY WANT TO AMMEND THE PLANS BEFORE THE WORK STARTS AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

CAPE MISLEADING SIGN-VO-WIPE

IN AN ATTEMPT TO BEAUTIFY THEIR COMMUNITY. A CAPE CORAL NEIGHBORHOOD'S EFFORTS HIT A SNAG.

A GROUP OF PEOPLE PUT UP THIS SIGN ON SORRENTO COURT IN AN EFFORT TO ADD CHARACTER TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDERED THEM TO TAKE IT DOWN.

SOME PEOPLE THINK THE CITY KILLED THEIR GOOD INTENTIONS TO PUT UP PALM TREES.

CAPE MISLEADING SIGN-SOTVO

56:47 the sign was put up to say of anyone in this area wants trees they can put a tree up - if you want a tree fine if you dont then thats your business:55

THE LEADER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT SAYS HE WANTS TO PETITION COUNCIL TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION -

MIAMI POLICE DISCIPLINED-VO

SLACKING ON THE JOB --

WE'RE SEEING NEW VIDEO TODAY FROM AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO MIAMI POLICE OFFICERS.

YOU'RE WATCHING OFFICERS DRINKING COFFEE IN THIS VIDEO.

WHAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING IS WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY CALL ABOUT AN UNCONSCIOUS 5 MONTH OLD.

ANOTHER OFFICER WAS CAUGHT MEETING A WOMAN AT A MALL PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.

AS A RESULT OF THE 2010 INVESTIGATION --

COMING UP NEXT-CLIP

TEASE THREE-POP

RAY LEWIS TALKS TO THE RAVENS FANS ONE LAST TIME. NATIONAL SIGNING DAY. FLORIDA GATORS RELOADING. HEAR FROM COACH MUSCHAMP

TZ3 A-VO

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) HAND SANITIZER-VOTOPS-WIPE

WE ARE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF FLU SEASON --

AND TONIGHT AT 11 -- WE HAVE A STORY FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO MAKE IT THROUGH WITHOUT GETTING SICK.

11PM TZ2) BOOZE AND DIET SODA-VOTOPS

PLUS -- SOMETHING YOU NEED TO HEAR BEFORE MIXING THAT LATE NIGHT COCKTAIL --

WHY COMBINING ALCOHOL AND *DIET SODA IS A *BAD IDEA.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

RED SOX TRUCK-VOTOPS

WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20'S IN BOSTON. IT IS TIME TO HEAD SOUTH.

RED SOX TRUCK-POP

MIDDLEBROOKS-VOTOPS-WIPE

ONE OF THE GUYS THE RED SOX ARE COUNTING ON. TO HELP CHANGE THINGS ON THE FIELD.

THIRD BASEMAN WILLIE MIDDLEBROOKS.

MIDDLEBROOKS-SOTTOPS

FLORIDA GATORS-POP

FLORIDA GATORS-VIDBX RVL-WIPE

HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GUYS THAT HAVE VERBALLY COMMITTED TO THE GATORS.

OF COURSE IT ALL WILL BE MADE OFFICIAL ON WEDNESDAY. WITH NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTTOPS-WIPE

SIGNING DAY-VOTOPS-WIPE

SPEAKING OF NATIONAL SIGNING DAY. A LOT OF LOCAL STARS WILL BE HEADING OFF TO PLAY MAJOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

AND THAT INCLUDES IMMOKALEE STAR. MACKENSIE ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER. WHO IS THE 4TH RANKED PLAYER IN NATION ACCORDING TO ESPN.COM. WILL MAKE IS DECISION ON WEDNESDAY.

HE'S KEPT THINGS A SECRET. AMONG THE SCHOOLS HE IS LOOKING AT. CLEMSON. AUBURN. AND TEXAS A&M.

RAVENS PARADE-VOTOPS-WIPE

IT IS PARTY TIME IN BALTIMORE. THE WHOLE CITY TURNING OUT TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE RAVENS SUPER BOWL WIN.

THOUSANDS OF FANS LINED TO STREETS TO WATCH THE RAVENS WIND THROUGH THE CITY.

RAVENS PARADE-SOTTOPS

New Row 1 Quinn Konold

AND WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A CAR CRASH HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT COLLEGE PARKWAY AND WINKLER ROUND.

TRAFFIC IS BEING DETOURED IN THE AREA.

NO WORD ON INJURIES.

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