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HEADLINES-------------

BREAKING AT 5--

A LOCKDOWN JUST LIFTED AT TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ABC7 JUST FOUND OUT WHY.

WE'RE THERE WITH WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW.

PLUS--

29:23 what if he came here and killed us? What if he used a gun on us? 6 sec

PARENTS LIVING IN FEAR OF THEIR 14-YEAR OLD SON.

TONIGHT HE'S IN JAIL AFTER THEY SAY HE STOLE A GUN AND A TASER--

AND TOOK IT TO HIS CAPE CORAL SCHOOL.

he was a really nice guy so hearing about that I would have never thought."

THIS IS THE GUY HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

BUSTED TONIGHT--

ACCUSED OF HAVING PORN OF CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS ONE BEING RAPED.

PLUS--

"Mothers who rush to their babies in the middle of the night because they are crying are doing a disservice to their babies.

LISTEN UP MOMS!

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO CALMING YOUR BABY'S CRIES.

HL1A) TREELINE LOCKDOWN-VOTOPS

HL1) CAPE GUN ON BUS FOLO-trxSOTVO

HL2) CHILD PORN ARREST-trxSOTVO

HL4) LET BABY CRY-trxSOTVO

BREAKING-CLIP B

SUSPECT SEARCH-VOTOPS

BREAKING NEWS --

RIGHT NOW, TROOPERS ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT NEAR I-75 IN LEE COUNTY.

F-H-P ORIGINALLY SAW HIM WALKING ALONG I-75 NEAR THE COLONIAL EXIT.

A TROOPER FOUND A GUN ON HIM.

HE TOOK THE GUN AWAY.

BUT THEN THE MAN BOLTED.

HE RAN ACROSS ALL LANES OF I-75, EAST INTO THE WOODS.

JUST MOMENTS AGO WE FOUND OUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FOCUSING ITS SEARCH IN THE WOODED AREA NEXT TO BOTANICA LAKES.

AERIAL VIDEO SUSPECT SEARCH-VOTOPS-OC

ABC 7 CREWS WERE ALSO ABOVE THE ACTION ON THE INTERSTATE.

YOU CAN SEE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SETTING UP THE PERIMETER AND CONDUCTING THE SEARCH.

AS FOR TRAFFIC -- IT'S BACKED UP.

TREELINE ON LOCKDOWN-VOTOPS

TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WENT ON LOCKDOWN LATE THIS AFTERNOON --

BECAUSE OF THE SEARCH.

THAT LOCKDOWN HAS SINCE BEEN LIFTED.

PARENTS HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW --

ABC7 HAS CREWS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE AREA, COVERING THIS STORY.

BREAKING-CLIP

SAN CARLOS BRUSH FIRE-VO

ALSO BREAKING RIGHT NOW.

ABC7 JUST LEARNED ANOTHER BRUSH FIRE IN SOUTH LEE COUNTY IS CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS.

THE SAN CARLOS PARK FIRE MARSHALL IS ON THE SCENE.

FIRE OFFICIALS TELL US THEY ARE ATTACKING IT AGGRESSIVELY -- THEY ARE WORRIED THE WIND COULD PICK UP -- AND SPREAD THAT FIRE FASTER.

RIGHT NOW THE FIRE IS CONTAINED -- BUT PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION.

THICK SMOKE IS STILL BLOWING OVER U-S 41.

THIS IS THE SIXTH SUSPICIOUS BRUSH FIRE IN THE SAN CARLOS PARK AREA THIS WEEK.

CAPE GUN ON BUS FOLO-SOT-SS-VO.WIPE

NEW AT 5 --

A CAPE CORAL MOTHER TELLS A-B-C-7 SHE'S ACTUALLY RELIEVED --

HER SON WAS ARRESTED FOR BRINGING A GUN AND A TASER TO SCHOOL.

29:08 who knows if he is going to come and decide to fight us so we live in constant fear

DEPUTIES ARRESTED MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT JYMEZ FORTE WEDNESDAY.

TODAY HIS MOTHER WAS AFRAID TO SHOW HER FACE ON CAMERA,

BUT SHE SAYS HER 14 YEAR OLD SON'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR HAS GONE TOO FAR.

CAPE GUN ON BUS FOLO-SOTVO

36:38 he's a menace to society.

28:50 I am embarrassed to tell people that I live as a prisoner

THE MOM TELLS ABC7 A DOCTOR DIAGNOZED HER SON WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER WHEN HE WAS FIVE.

SHE SAYS HE WON'T TAKE HIS MEDICATION.

CHILD PORN ARREST-OC

DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND VIDEOS.

VIDEOS SHOWING ADULTS RAPING YOUNG CHILDREN.

THEY CLAIM THEY FOUND THEM INSIDE OFA MAN'S HOUSE ON CAPE CORAL STREET IN CAPE CORAL.

CHILD PORN ARREST-LL PKG

11:23 "would I expect it of you? Can I tell what's going in your heard that isn't right? Cause everybody's got something they're hiding. You're heating me up."

EMOTIONS OVERFLOW ON THIS QUIET CAPE CORAL STREET -- FOLLOWING ONE NEIGHBOR'S SUDDEN DEPARTURE.

STATE OFFICERS ARRESTED 26-YEAR OLD ANTONY HAMM ON A LAUNDRY LIST OF CHILD PORN CHARGES YESTERDAY -- AFTER SEARCHING HIS CAPE CORAL HOME.

INSIDE THEY FOUND HIS COMPUTER WHICH THEY CLAIM -- CONTAINED STOMACH TURNING CHILD PORN VIDEOS AND PICTURES.

FDLE ACCUSES HAMM OF SHARING THE IMAGES ONLINE -- INCLUDING VIDEOS OF CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS ONE -- BEING RAPED BY ADULTS.

INVESTIGATORS WON'T SAY WHAT LED THEM TO HAMM -- ONLY TELLING US MORE CHARGES COULD BE FILED AGAINST HIM,

CHILD PORN ARREST-OC

STATE AGENTS TELLS US -- HAMM DIDN'T MAKE THE VIDEOS.

THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING -- AND WOULDN'T COMMENT ON WHETHER THE CHILDREN IN THOSE VIDEOS AND PICTURES ARE SAFE TONIGHT.

HAMM FACES 22 COUNTS OF CHILD PORN.

DEVELOPING-CLIP

NORTHEAST STORM-VOTOPS-OC

HAPPENING RIGHT --

WHAT FORECASTERS SUGGEST WILL BE THE *WORST* OF A HISTORIC BLLIZARD IS STARTING TO PULVERIZE THE NORTHEAST.

WARNINGS STRETCH FROM NEW YORK CITY TO MAINE.

THEY'RE BRACING FOR AS MUCH AS THREE FEET OF SNOW.

ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ EXPLAINS HOW THEY'RE GETTING READY --

NORTHEAST STORM-PKG

AS THE FIRST FLAKES FELL -

THE PROBLEMS BEGAN-

REPORTS OF A 19-CAR PILEUP ON A HIGHWAY IN MAINE -

PROOF ALREADY - OF THE DANGERS THIS GIANT STORM COULD POSE THROUGHOUT THE

NORTHEAST.

BOSTON MAYOR THOMAS MENINO 11:21:15 TM - Stay off the roads. Stay home. Let

the public works crews do their job

BOSTON'S MAYOR - SOUNDING THE WARNING - AS HIS CITY BRACES FOR SNOW FALL

THAT COULD SURPASS THE RECORD OF 27-AND A HALF INCHES - SET IN 2003.

IN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT - STATES OF EMERGENCY DECLARED -

WITH BLIZZARD WARNINGS -ISSUED FOR 7 STATES - FROM NEW JERSEY TO MAINE -

SOT ACCUWEATHER

"we are going to get the wind gust between 40 to 50 miles per hour we are

going to get whiteouts. there will be thunder and lightning

A POWERFUL NOR'EASTER- ALSO CARRYING THE RISK OF COASTAL FLOODING - IN AREAS

- STILL RECOVERING FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY.

BLOOMBERG-

133745 - hopefully it won't be anything drastic. and it certainly not going

to be H'came Sandy. but that doesn't mean you can't get badly hurt or.

killed if you are not careful

WITH THAT CONCERN - MANY SCHOOLS CLOSED-

ROADS AND MASS TRANSIT -SHUT DOWN IN SOME AREAS-

AND THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS - ARE NOW GROUNDED.

SO MANY PEOPLE- NOW *STUCK - BRACING FOR THE WORST OF THIS MONSTER WINTER-

STORM.

MOS travel bite "It's completely messed up my entire day. I have.the snow.

TEAM COVERAGE-CLIP B

TOSS TO JP-WX CTR

I'M IN THE WEATHER CENTER WITH STORMWARN 7 CHIEF METEROGOLOGIST JOHN PATRICK.

J-P, YOU'RE TRACKING THE STORM.

LOT OF FOLKS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAVE TIES UP THERE.

FIRST WX-WXWALL

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

WEEKEND EXPECTED

A weak cold front pushed through the area on Friday. It brought with it a few showers and clouds the first half of the day, and what's moving in behind it? Well, not much of a change in our weather.

It'll continue to be sunny and warm during the afternoons, however, our mornings will be slightly cooler.

You'll notice that change early Saturday morning as lows bottom out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.

High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values.

Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.

By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.

FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS-MITTOTOPS-BNR

AND AGAIN. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS NATIONWIDE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THIS STORM.

TAKE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE BOARDS AT R-S-W.

RSW SNOW STORM-VO.WIPE

WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT HOW FAMILIES HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE COPING WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER UP NORTH.

MANY ARE SCRAMBLING TO CHANGE THEIR TRAVEL PLANS.

A TOTAL OF 26 FLIGHTS TO AND FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY. INCLUDING EIGHT ARRIVALS AND 18 DEPARTURES.

MOST ARE TO THE NORTHEAST -- NEW YORK -- BOSTON AND CONNECTICUT,.

RSW SNOW STORM-SOTVO

SOT

Cindy homburt/traveler

13:11:28 so i come in there was nothing going to pittsburgh. Yu have to go to cleveland which was booked or to chicago tmrw which will be too late. So here I am stuck in fort myers 13:11:39

FAU SHOOTING-VO

NEW AT 5 --

THINGS GREW TENSE AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY TODAY.

OFFICERS SHOT A HOMELESS MAN.

IT HAPPENED ON THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE RESEARCH BUILDINGS IN BOCA RATON.

TWO CAMPUS OFFICERS TRIED TO GET THE MAN TO LEAVE.

BUT THEY SAY HE PULLED OUT A KNIFE.

THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICERS FIRED.

CHARCO CARETAKER ARRESTED-SS-VO

AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS OUT MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HER FORMER LIVE-IN CARE-GIVER IS BEHIND BARS.

TERESA SHELTON FACES 12 FELONY CHARGES AND ONE MISDEMEANOR.

POLICE SAY DELORIS SURGEON

HIRED SHELTON TO HELP HER AROUND THE HOUSE AND RUN ERRANDS.

SHELTON IS ACCUSED OF WRITING HERSELF CHECKS FROM THE SURGEON'S BANK ACCOUNTS AND MAKING UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASES ON THE VICTIM'S CREDIT CARDS WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

LIZARD ALERT-VO

A PESKY REPTILE, NOT NATIVE TO THE U.S. HAS FOUND ITS WAY TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IT'S THE TEGU LIZARD - LEGAL TO OWN, BUT ILLEGAL TO RELEASE INTO THE WILD, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY IN CAPE CORAL.

THE RELEASE OF THE REPTLE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT DUE TO ITS EATING HABITS.

EXPERTS SAY THE LIZARD EATS NATIVE SPECIES.

DOWNTOWN PG ISSUES-VO.WIPE

A TATTOO STUDIO IS FORCING ANOTHER DOWNTOWN PUNTA GORDA BUSINESS TO MOVE.

CREATIVE CIRCLE, AN ART GALLERY AND STUDIO, WANTS TO GET OUT OF ITS LEASE WITH THE CITY EARLY.

THIS IS AT THE HERALD COURT CENTER.

THE STUIDIO'S OWNERS CLAIMS BY ALLOWING OTHERSIDE INK TO MOVE IN NEXT DOOR, THE CITY IS VIOLATING ITS LEASE WHICH GUARANTEES FAMILY-FRIENDLY BUSINESSES IN THE CENTER.

DOWNTOWN PG ISSUES-SOTVO

"I've never so much felt what it feels like to be a stereotype than I do right now."

REMEMBER - IN NOVEMBER ANOTHER BUSINESS CANCELLED IT'S REQUEST TO MOVE IN AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE TATTOO PARLOR.

CITY LEADERS PLAN TO MEET WITH CREATIVE CIRCLE TO REACH A SEPARATION AGREEMENT.

RED SOX TWINS TRUCKS-VO.WIPE

IT'S MUSIC TO THIS BASEBALL FAN'S EARS --

SPRING TRAINING IS ALMOST HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

BOTH THE MINNESOTA TWINS AND THE BOSTON RED SOX STARTED UNLOADING THEIR TRUCKS FULL OF EQUIPMENT TODAY.

THE RED SOX TRUCK ARRIVED AT JETBLUE STADIUM ABOUT SEVEN THIS MORNING.

INSIDE -- BATS.

BALLS.

EVEN GUITARS.

WE TALKED TO THE TRUCK DRIVER.

RED SOX TWINS TRUCKS-SOTVO

"The baseball equipment is maybe half the load."

"I've got tricycles, bicycles, playpens, golf equipment, sometimes hunting equipment, musical instruments."

THE NON-BASEBALL STUFF IS WHAT THE PLAYERS ENJOY WHEN THEY'RE AWAY FROM THE BALLPARK IN THE SPRING.

THE MINNESOTA TWINS TRUCK GOT TO TOWN TWO HOURS LATER.

FIRST TWINS GAME -- THE 24TH AGAINST THE RAYS.

LEE SPORTS AUTHORITY-VID BOX

SPORTING EVENTS ARE BRINGING IN BIG BUSINESS TO LEE COUNTY.

2012 WAS THE BEST YEAR EVER FOR THE LEE COUNTY SPORTS AUTHORITY.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED TODAY-

THERE WERE 91 SPORTING EVENTS LAST YEAR.

THAT MEANT MORE THAN 124 THOUSAND HOTEL ROOMS SOLD FOR THOSE EVENTS.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

03:18:12 6

"It just sits around and collects dust and I complain to my husband that it's always in the way."

AND WHAT'S COLLECTING DUST COULD BE A PILE OF CASH.

ABC7'S SMART SHOPPER SHOWS YOU HOW TO GET MONEY BY RENTING OUT YOUR OLD STUFF.

A NAPLES COMPANY LAUNCHES A MASSIVE RECALL.

GET READY TO CHECK YOUR FRIDGE.

THE DEADLY BACTERIA THAT COULD BE IN A SALAD OR CRAB SPREAD.

TZ1 A RENTING ITEMS-SOTVO

TZ1 B SALAD RECALL-VOTOPS

TREELINE LATEST-FDOT TOPS

ABC7 IS STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS. AN ACTIVE SCENE NEAR I-75 IN THE BOTANICA LAKES COMMUNITY.

THAT IS WHERE TROOPERS BELIEVE A MAN IS HIDING.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY.

A TROPPER PULLED OVER THE MAN. AND FOUND A GUN ON HIM.

THE TROOPER GOT THE GUN AND THE MAN RAN.BOLTING ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF 75 NEAR THE COLONIAL EXIT.

THAT PROMPTED AUTHORITIES TO PUT TREELINE ELEMENTARY ON LOCKDOWN.

THAT'S BEEN LIFTED.

IL SNOW-VOTOPS

WHILE THE NORTHEAST IS JUST BEGINNING TO SEE THE SNOW. PARTS OF THE MIDWEST ARE ALREADY DIGGING OUT.

UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

SNOW PLOWS IN THE NORTH CHICAGO SUBURB OF GURNEE WORKED TO CLEAR ROADS BUT COMMUTER TRAFFIC SLOWED THE WORK.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

-Tyler

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

A weak cold front pushed through the area on Friday. It brought with it a few showers and clouds the first half of the day, and what's moving in behind it? Well, not much of a change in our weather.

It'll continue to be sunny and warm during the afternoons, however, our mornings will be slightly cooler.

You'll notice that change early Saturday morning as lows bottom out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.

High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values.

Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.

By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.

FORECAST-WXWALL

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

WEEKEND EXPECTED

A weak cold front pushed through the area on Friday. It brought with it a few showers and clouds the first half of the day, and what's moving in behind it? Well, not much of a change in our weather.

It'll continue to be sunny and warm during the afternoons, however, our mornings will be slightly cooler.

You'll notice that change early Saturday morning as lows bottom out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.

High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values.

Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.

By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU'VE RUMMAGED THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF PILED UP IN THE GARAGE. IN THE ATTIC. MAYBE SHOVED UNDER BEDS?

TONIGHT - YOU COULD BE SITTING ON A PILE OF CASH!

ABC 7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI IS HERE TO EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAN RENT OUT EVERYDAY ITEMS AND EARN EXTRA MONEY.

RENTING ITEMS-TC MON

I FOUND OUT YOU CAN SET YOUR OWN PRICE THROUGH FREE

ONLINE RENTING SERVICES

RENTING ITEMS-PKG

NATS - LET'S GO!

THESE MOMS RELY ON EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORT - SOMETIMES LITERALLY!

NATS - PLANKING

EVERY WEEK DURING BABY BOOT CAMP AT LAKES PARK THEY SWAP STORIES, ADVICE, EVEN BABY SUPPLIES THEY'VE OUTGROWN.

03:18:12 6

"It just sits around and collects dust and I complain to my husband that it's always in the way."

FORT MYERS MOM ADRIENE JED SHARES TWO-YEAR-OLD ANDREWS OLD TOYS AND CLOTHES WITH FRIENDS.

03:18:19 6

"But we do save it because things are expensive being a stay at home mom trying to save money that kind of thing."

WE LET ADRIENE KNOW THERE'S A WAY SHE CAN MAKE MONEY OFF THAT OLD STUFF BY RENTING IT OUT TO STRANGERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

03:18:46 2

"I think it would be a great idea."

SITES LIKE SNAPGOODS AND RENT-NOT-BUY OFFER A FORUM TO LIST AND RENT EVERYDAY ITEMS.

EVERYTHING FROM RV'S TO BIKES TO BABY SUPPLIES.

YOU LIST YOUR OWN PRICE AND TIME LIMIT FOR RENTERS IN YOUR AREA-

GOING THROUGH A SECURE SITE HELPS ENSURE PRIVACY AND INSURANCE IF SOMETHING BREAKS WHILE IT'S RENTED.

"You could easily rent that stuff out"

NEW ADVICE - ADRIENE SAYS SHE'LL SHARE WITH HER FELLOW MOMS.

RENTING ITEMS-TC MON

THERE IS AROUND A SEVEN PERCENT FEE CHARGED TO THE BORROWER TO KEEP THE SITE RUNNING.

FOR MORE RENTING RESOURCES VISIT ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM-

SALAD MANFACTURER RECALL-SS-BNR

NEW AT 5 --

AN IMPORTANT RECALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.

A COMPANY IN NAPLES IS RECALLING ITS BLUE CRAB SPREAD.

GOLD COAST SALADS IS WORRIED ABOUT LISTERIA.

SO --

THEY ARE VOLUNTARILY RECALLING ONE POUND AND EIGHT OUNCE CONTAINERS OF THAT PRODUCT.

YOU SHOULD RETURN THE BLUE CRAB SPREAD TO THE STORE WHERE YOU BOUGHT.

YOU'LL GET A REFUND.

FLU SEASON OVER-VO

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE WORST OF THE FLU SEASON IS OVER.

THE NUMBER OF STATES REPORTING INTENSE OR WIDESPREAD FLU DROPPED AGAIN LAST WEEK.

IT'S BEEN FALLING FOR THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.

DEATHS FROM THE FLU OR PNEUMONIA HAVE ALSO DROPPED IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

THIS FLU SEASON STARTED ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER THAN NORMAL.

REPORTER PUCK IN THE FACE-VO

A SIDELINE REPORTER AT A HOCKEY GAME WOUND UP WITH A BLOODY NOSE LAST NIGHT.

A NEW YORK RANGERS PLAYER TRIED TO DUMP THE PUCK OFF --

BUT IT FLEW OFF THE ICE AND INTO THE BENCH.

THAT'S WHERE IT POPPED THE REPORTER RIGHT IN THE FACE.

BLOOD WAS GUSHING.

BUT HE STAYED RINKSIDE --

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

WALTER - "6.. 6.. 6."

THE NUMBERS SAID TO BE DEMONIC OF SATAN.

THIS MAN SAYS THOSE NUMBERS MADE HIM QUIT HIS JOB.

WHERE THEY WERE AND WHY HE SAYS IT WAS GOD'S WARNING.

NATS CRYING BABY

YOU HEAR THE CRY. YOU WANT TO SOOTHE.

BUT MOM, DAD, GRANDPARENTS. MAYBE YOU SHOULD STAY BACK.

TZ2 A MAN QUITS JOB-SOTVO

TZ2 B LET BABY CRY-NATSVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

MAN QUITS JOB OVER 666-VO IN POP

THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE QUIT THEIR JOBS.

THIS ONE'S A FIRST FOR ME.

A TENNESSEE MAN BLAMES THE DEMONIC NUMBERS 6-6-6 FOR SAYING "I'M DONE."

HE SAYS THOSE NUMBERS KEPT POPPING UP AT WORK.

AND HE TOLD FORREST SANDERS --

MAN QUITS JOB OVER 666-PKG

S/ Walter Slonopas / Clarksville, TN:00-:05

"I say I cannot accept this number because it's the number of Satan."

WALTER SLONOPAS OF CLARKSVILLE HAS JUST QUIT HIS JOB. NOT BECAUSE OF LONG HOURS. NOT BECAUSE OF STRESS NOT BECAUSE OF POOR VENDING MACHINE SELECTION. HE QUIT BECAUSE OF HIS W-2 TAX FORM WELL THIS PART OF IT, ANYWAY.

RIGHT ON THE ENVELOPE.. 6.. 6.. 6.. THE MARK OF THE BEAST.

Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the Beast for it is the numbers.. 6.. 6.. 6.

READING A PASSAGE FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS SLONOPAS SAYS 6.. 6.. 6.. IS NOT JUST A NUMBER AND IT'S BEEN SEEMINGLY FOLLOWING HIM FOR A WHILE. WHEN HE FIRST STARTED WORKING AT CONTECH CASTING TWO YEARS AGO SLONOPAS SAYS HIS NUMBER FOR THE CLOCK-IN SYSTEM WAS 6.. 6.. 6.. IN JULY IT WAS 6.. 6.. 6 AGAIN.. AND NOW THAT HIS W-2 FORM HAS ARRIVED.

Hard to believe. Hard to believe.. you know."

HE SAYS THIS HAS TO BE MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE. THIS IS AN OMEN

I cannot do taxes with this number. It's important for me because I am Christian and can not accept this number. As a God believer I cannot accept the number of Satan.

AND THAT'S FOR ANYTHING. SLONOPAS SAYS HE WOULDN'T HAVE A 6.. 6.. 6 ON HIS LICENSE PLATE ON AN ADDRESS AS PART OF A PHONE NUMBER NOWHERE. AND EVEN IF HIS WORK OFFERED TO TAKE HIM BACK, HE'S TOO WEARY OF HAVING ANOTHER BRUSH WITH THE MARK OF THE BEAST.

MAN QUITS JOB OVER 666-VO IN POP

FORREST SANDERS REPORTING.

THE MAN SAYS HE DOESN'T BLAME ANYONE AT WORK FOR THE THREE TIMES 6-6-6 HAS TURNED UP.

LATE TO WORK EXCUSES-VO

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT QUIT THE JOB.

BUT MORE REASONS YOU CALL OUT OR ARE LATE.

DOES I'M SICK. I CAN'T START THE CAR. CHILDCARE ISSUES. SOUND FAMILIAR?

TONIGHT ABC7 GOT A LIST FROM CAREERBUILDER.

IT LAYS OUT THE **MOST OUTRAGEOUS*** EXCUSES FROM LATE EMPLOYEES.

HERE ARE THE TOP THREE.

I DROPPED MY PURSE INTO A COIN-OPERATED NEWSPAPER BOX AND COULDN'T RETRIEVE IT WITHOUT CHANGE, WHICH WAS IN MY PURSE.

SECOND. MY CAR WOULDN'T START BECAUSE THE BREATHALYZER SHOWED I WAS INTOXICATED.

AND FINALLY MY ANGRY WIFE FROZE MY TRUCK KEYS IN A GLASS OF WATER IN THE FREEZER.

BREAKING UPDATE-VOTOPS

TRAFFIC IS STILL MOVING SLOWLY ALONG I-75 NEAR COLONIAL AND TREELINE.

MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO RAN FROM FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS.

TEASE THREE

ALSO IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU PASS OVER THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY.

A DARK LINE IN THE WATER.

ABC7 INVESTIGATES WHAT THAT MEANS AND IF IT'S HEALTHY FOR YOU TO SWIM OR EVEN FISH.

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO.

A WOMAN WALKING. A VAN DRIVES UP. A MAN JUMPS OUT.

WHAT HE DID NEXT. AND HOW SHE GOT AWAY.

C: They said we have him

THIS IS THE BROTHER OF THE LITTLE BOY HELD HOSTAGE FOR A WEEK IN ALABAMA.

STRAIGHT AHEAD IN AN ABC7 EXCLUSIVE.

HOW THEY HEARD IT WAS OVER.

WHAT GAVE THEM COMFORT DURING THE ORDEAL.

TZ3 A SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-VOTOPS

TZ3 B PURSE SNATCHER ON TAPE-VO

TZ3 C AL HOSTAGE EXCLUSIVE-SOTVO

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.

ROBBIN SANDLIN OF BONITA SPRINGS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING ROBIN.

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

TREELINE UPDATE-VOTOPS-WIPE

BREAKING NEWS IS STILL UNFOLDING ALONG I-75.

AUTHORITIES FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO RAN FROM TROOPERS AFTER THEY SAY HE WAS WALKING DOWN I-75.

A TROOPER FOUND A GUN ON HIIM.

IT HAPPENED AT MILE MARKER 134 WHICH IS BETWEEN COLONIAL AND DANIELS PARKWAY.

THE MAN RAN ACROSS ALL LANES OF THE INTERSTATE INTO A WOODED AREA.

THEY'RE NOW FOCUSING ON THE BOTANICA LAKES AREA.

ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC ARE OPEN, BUT MOVING SLOWLY ON 75.

TREELINE UPDATE-SOTVO

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS NORTHEAST STORM-VID BOX

MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5:30

ABC7 IS MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THAT MAJOR WINTER STORM.

TAKE A LOOK. SNOW IS STARTING TO FALL.

SOME AREAS COULD SEE UP TO THREE FEET OF SNOW BY TOMORROW.

TS CAPE CHILD PORN-VID BOX

A CAPE CORAL MAN IS FACING CHILD PORN CHARGES.

ANTHONY HAMM'S IN CUSTODY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED HIS HOUSE.

THEY SAY HE HAD VIDEOS AND PICTURES ON HIS COMPUTER --

TS FAU SHOOTING-VID BOX

ANOTHER SHOOTING AT SCHOOL.

CAMPUS OFFICERS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY IN BOCA RATON SHOT A HOMELESS MAN

IT HAPPENED ON THE ROOF OF A CAMPUS BUILDING.

OFFICERS CLAIM HE PULLED A KNIFE AND THAT'S WHY THEY FIRED.

COP MANHUNT-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

THE MANHUNT FOR A POLICE OFFICER INVESTIGATORS SAY TURNED KILLER IS HAPPENIGN RIGHT NOW AT FIFTY THIRTY ON A MOUNTAIN.

MORE THAN 100 OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING THE BIG BEAR LAKE AREA FOR CHRISTOPHER DORNER.

THEY FOUND HIS BURNED OUT PICKUP TRUCK THERE YESTERDAY.

DORNER IS SUSPECTED FOR KILLING THREE PEOPLE.

HI I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

AND I'M JEFF BUTERA.

DORNER TOLD HIS COLLEAGUES "I HAVE NO FAMILY. I WILL TERMINATE YOURS."

COP MANHUNT-PKG

NT CONTINUES. FOR THE FORMER COP ACCUSED OF *HUNTING* DOWN POLICE

OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

SOT -- Sheriff John McMahon, San Bernardino County / 9:06:48 -:53 / "We'

re going to continue searching until either we discover he left the mountain

. or we find him - one of the two."

CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S BURNED-OUT TRUCK WAS FOUND THURSDAY IN THE SNOWY

MOUNTAINS EAST OF LOS ANGELES.

BUT *HE*. HAS VANISHED.

AND -- AFTER 24 HOURS OF DOOR-TO-DOOR SEARCHING. THAT ABANDONED TRUCK.

MAY HAVE BEEN JUST A DIVERSION.

SOT -- Cmdr. Andrew Smith, Los Angeles Police Department / 10:39:21 -:23 /

/ "It is a tense situation for everybody."

POLICE ARE STILL ON "HIGH ALERT" THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AFTER

THEY SAY DORNER KILLED THREE PEOPLE. IN REVENGE FOR BEING FIRED FROM THE

L-A-P-D IN 2008.

AND -- IN HIS ALLEGED MANIFESTO. HE'S THREATENING TO GUN-DOWN MORE.

SOT -- Cmdr. Andrew Smith, Los Angeles Police Department. 10:39:40 -:44

/ "Officers are really concerned about themselves and their families."

DORNER CLAIMS HE WAS FIRED FOR EXPOSING ABUSE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT -- AND

WRITES --

"I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and

survival training I've been given."

SOT -- Brad Garrett, Former FBI Agent / 1:32 -:39 / "It'

s very likely until he is shot. you could see more officers hit. in

Southern California."

THE EXPERT MARKSMAN IS CALCULATING. PATIENT. AND CLAIMS TO HAVE A 50

CALIBER RIFLE CAPABLE OF SLICING THROUGH ARMORED CARS FROM A LONG DISTANCE.

EVEN HIS EX GIRLFRIEND NOW FEARS FOR HER LIFE.

SOT -- Ariana Williams, Dorner's Ex-Girlfriend / 1:20

/ "It is a scary situation. I have the phone on 9-1-1 when I open my

apartment. who's next? You don't know."

WITH DORNER'S PICTURE NOW POSTED NATIONWIDE. FALSE SIGHTINGS CONTINUE TO

POUR IN.

BUT POLICE ARE CONFIDENT THEY'LL EVENTUALLY HUNT *HIM* DOWN.

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-OC

IF YOU'VE OVER THE CALOOSAHATCHEE BRIDGE RECENTLY YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOMETHING A LITTLE ODD.

DARK WATER MADE A LOT PEOPLE CURIOUS.

A-B-C SEVEN'S LAURN DISPIRITO SPENT THE DAY UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY.

TONIGHT --

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-LL PKG

take lauren live--

OUT HERE OFF THE CAUSEWAY, YOU CAN USUALLY SEE A LINE, WHERE FRESH WATER FROM THE RIVER MEETS THE SALT WATER OF THE GULF-- THE TWO DON'T MIX EASILY-- BUT RATHER MEET UP--

take vo

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TOLD THAT LINE, THE LEVELS OF EACH ARE GOOD FOR THE SEA GRASSES AND HABITATS THAT LIVE IN THE ESTUARY-- THE WATER OFF SANIBEL AND PINE ISLANDS-- THIS MAY BE A SIGN THAT THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS-- THAT CONTROL RELEASES OF FRESH WATER TO THIS AREA-- MAY BE PAYING MORE ATTENTION-- LISTENING TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO FISH, MAKE A LIVING, VISIT HERE.

take live tag

NEXT WEEK, LEADERS AND BIOLOGISTS FROM ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL HOST A SPECIAL VISIT WITH THE NEW ARMY CORPS LEADER-- COMING UP ON NBC2 NEWS AT SIX, I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF WATER QUALITY HERE.

AL HOSTAGE EXCLUSIVE-OC

AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF THE BOY HELD HOSTAGE FOR ABOUT A WEEK IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER IN ALABAMA.

JIMMY DYKES KIDNAPPED SIX-YEAR-OLD ETHAN AFTER SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.

DYKES IS DEAD TONIGHT AND ETHAN IS BACK WITH HIS FAMILY.

AL HOSTAGE EXCLUSIVE-PKG

This morning, the first HOME MOVIES of little Ethan-- AND IMAGES FROM his

6th birthday party - the party his family, his town, had been praying for-

Just days before he turned 6, Ethan snatched from the front seat of that

school bus -dragged to an underground bunker - by Jimmy Lee Dykes

nats monday presser: the child is physically unharmed and is being treated

at a local hospital, the subject is deceased

In his first interview, Ethan's brother describes the text messages - the

family would get from the hostage negotiators that would keep them going:

16.44.59 C: We did know when, at times, he was asleep - and that was

normally around 9 at night

DM: So they would at least be able to tell you he's gone to bed for the

night

C: Yes. We'd normally get a text that he had fallen asleep

/

16.45.31 DM: Was that at least some comfort?

C: That was actually a lot of comfort - where I could actually go lay my

head down./

Ethan's older brother - never left their mother's side:

DM: You were there when she got the call

C: We were all there when they told us. /

16.47.58 DM: What did they say?

C: They said we have him

The FBI Special Agent whose call it was - to send that team into the bunker

- revealed to us - the suspect left behind writings --- and that while in

that bunker with Ethan--

he'd become agitated. bragging of his plan:

RICHARDSON: / at the end of the day the call was mine and I thought the

AL HOSTAGE EXCLUSIVE-SSTOPS

BUSH FAMILY EMAILS HACKED-VO

HACKERS STRUCK AGAIN --

AND THIS TIME THEY VICTIMIZED A PRESIDENTIAL FAMILY.

THEY GAINED ACCESS TO PRIVATE PHOTOS AND EMAILS FROM THE BUSHES.

BOTH PRESIDENTS GEORGE H W BUSH AND GEORGE W BUSH.

THE SUSPECTED HACKER GOES BY THE ONLINE NAME "GUCCIFER."

ON INTERNET BLOGS, "GUCCIFER" DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A VETERAN HACKER --

WHO HAS LONG BEEN IN THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGHTS.

MALALA RELEASED-VO

A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THE PAKISTANI GIRL SHOT IN THE HEAD BY TALIBAN MILITANTS.

MALALA YOUSUFZAI IS FINALLY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

DOCTORS KEPT THE 15 YEAR OLD IN THE HOSPITAL FOR NEARLY FOUR MONTHS.

SHE'LL CONTINUE HER REHABILITATION AT HOME.

SUPER BOWL BLACKOUT CAUSE-VO

WE NOW KNOW, FOR SURE, WHAT CAUSED THAT INFAMOUS SUPER BOWL BLACKOUT.

TURNS OUT --

IT WAS ALL DUE TO A FAULTY RELAY.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT FAILURE BETWEEN INCOMING POWER LINES AND LINES THAT RUN INTO THE STADIUM.

BUT IT FAILED.

IT'S BEEN REPLACED.

FL COP PUNCHES DRUNK MAN-VO

AN OFFICER. TAKES A SWING AT A DRUNK MAN.

IT'S CAUGHT ON TAPE..

TAKE A LOOK. IT SHOWS TOMMIE GOTTO WITH OFFICERS WHO WERE PATROLLING DOWNTOWN ORLANDO.

THIS WAS LAST AUGUST AND IS JUST COMING OUT AFTER AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION.

GOTTO WAS DRUNK AND MAD BECAUSE HE LOST HIS WALLET AT A BAR.

WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FACE OF THIS OFFICER. GOTTO SPIT IN THE OFFICERS FACE.

THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICER PUNCHED HIM AND HANDCUFFED HIM.

THE OFFICER ADMITS TO VIOLATING POLICY.

DRUNK MOM ARREST-VO.WIPE

NEW AT 530 --

DRUNK DRIVING'S BAD ENOUGH.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ONE MOTHER WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA DOING.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS JANET MARTINEZ CRASHING RIGHT THROUGH AN AIRPORT PARKING BARRIER IN PHOENIX.

IT GETS WORSE.

HER THREE FRIGHTENED

KIDS ARE INSIDE.

POLICE SAY MARTINEZ DROVE AROUND THE AIRPORT PARKING AREA,

RUNNING OVER CURBS AND BARELY MISSING OTHER PASSING CARS.

EVENTUALLY --

A PARKING LOT SUPERVISOR STOPPED HER.

DRUNK MOM ARREST-SOTVO

the 11-year-old told the officers on scene that her mom had wanted her to drive the vehicle. Obviously impairment is a factor in this case when a mother is wanting her 11-year-old to drive for her.

POLICE SAY MARTINEZ WAS STAGGERING.

SHE SMELLED LIKE ALCOHOL AND WAS HYSTERICAL WHEN POLICE ARRIVED.

PURSE SNATCHER ON TAPE-VO

A VICIOUS PURSE SNATCHING CAUGHT ON TAPE.

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS VIDEO.

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.

A MAN IN A VAN PULLS UP NEXT TO A WOMAN. JUMPS OUT AND GRABS THE WOMAN.

HE TRIES TO GET HER PURSE BUT SHE FIGHTS BACK.

THE MAN PULLED HER AS HE GOT BACK INTO THE VAN TO TAKE OFF.

A TIRE CLIPPED HER ARM.

SHE SUFFERED SCRAPES AND BRUISES.

LET BABY CRY-OC

IT'S A HARD THING FOR PARENTS TO DO --

LEAVING YOUR BABY ALONE IN THEIR CRIB TO "CRY IT OUT" IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT BRAND NEW RESEARCH FINDS IS BEST FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE BABY.

LET BABY CRY-PKG

IT'S THE SOUND EVERY PARENT DREADS.

A CRYING BABY AT 4 A-M

CHRIS STOKES FATHER OF 17 MONTH OLD ZAYDEN REMEMBERS IT WELL.

"WE'D WAKE UP AND HOLD HIM AND GIVE HIM A BOTTLE JUST LAY BACK DOWN WITH HIM UNTIL HE WENT BACK TO SLEEP."

BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY PSYCHOLOGIST DOCTOR MARSHA WEINRAUB.

"Mothers who rush to their babies in the middle of the night because they are crying are doing a disservice to their babies. they're interfering with their babies ability to learn to self soothe the way the rest of us do."

DR. WEINRAUB SAYS BABIES WHO HAVE TROUBLE FALLING BACK TO SLEEP ARE GENERALLY FUSSY, HAVE OVERLY ATTENTIVE MOTHERS AND ARE BREAST FED. USED TO FALLING ASLEEP IN THEIR MOTHER'S ARMS.

"You wouldn't want to go to sleep in a cold bed either if you've been used to sleeping in arms."

THEY ALSO TEND TO BE MALE.

"It could be that boys in general are more fussy."

BUT WHATEVER THE REASON, THE DOCTOR SAYS BABIES MUST LEARN TO FALL BACK TO SLEEP WITHOUT BEING HELD OR NURSED AND THE STUDY FINDS NOT HARM TO THE MOTHER CHILD RELATIONSHIP.

"It's very painful it's tugging at your heartstrings but you have to say that's my baby and she's learning a new skill."

"There is something inside that is just like 'no you gotta get up'."

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FOUR------------

| Mary Jensen | Bug Bunnies Co-Owner

"My youngest had head lice.

AND IT SPREAD. FAST.

TONIGHT WHY OVER-THE-COUNTER METHODS DON'T WORK.

AND THE HEAVY DUTY CHEMICALS DOCTORS WANT TO USE ON YOUR CHILDREN TO TREAT LICE.

"The festivals got so big that the local boys just can't handle it all"

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

ABC7 TELLS YOU HOW IT STARTED FOR A SMALL COMMUNITY AND HAS SPREAD TO OTHER STATES.

PLUS WE'RE FOLLOWING SNOWMAGEDDON IN THE MIDWEST.HEADING TO THE NORTHEAST.

ABC7 SHOWS YOU WHERE THE BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ARE HAPPENING IN JUST TWO MINUTES.

TZ4 A LICE BUSTER-NATSVO

TZ4 B SEAFOOD FEST-SOTVO

TZ4 C) SEVERE WEATHER-VOTOPS

TREELINE-FDOT

ABC7 CONTINUES TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS UNFOLDING ALONG I-75.

AUTHORITIES FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO RAN FROM TROOPERS AFTER THEY SAY HE WAS WALKING DOWN I-75.

A TROOPER FOUND A GUN ON HIIM.

IT HAPPENED AT MILE MARKER 134 WHICH IS BETWEEN COLONIAL AND DANIELS PARKWAY.

THE MAN RAN ACROSS ALL LANES OF THE INTERSTATE INTO A WOODED AREA.

THEY'RE NOW FOCUSING ON THE BOTANICA LAKES AREA.

ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC ARE OPEN, BUT MOVING SLOWLY ON 75.

THE MAN IS A 25 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN IN BLACK SHORTS AND SHIRT.

DETROIT SNOW-VOTOPS

AS the NORTHEAST PREPARES FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM.

IT'S ALREADY HIT PARTS OF THE MIDWEST.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE DETROIT AREA THIS MORNING.

SEVERAL INCHES FELL THERE OVERNIGHT.

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

AD-LIB WEATHER CHAT

-Tyler

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

A weak cold front pushed through the area on Friday. It brought with it a few showers and clouds the first half of the day, and what's moving in behind it? Well, not much of a change in our weather.

It'll continue to be sunny and warm during the afternoons, however, our mornings will be slightly cooler.

You'll notice that change early Saturday morning as lows bottom out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.

High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values.

Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.

By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

NICE WEEKEND EXPECTED

WEEKEND EXPECTED

A weak cold front pushed through the area on Friday. It brought with it a few showers and clouds the first half of the day, and what's moving in behind it? Well, not much of a change in our weather.

It'll continue to be sunny and warm during the afternoons, however, our mornings will be slightly cooler.

You'll notice that change early Saturday morning as lows bottom out in the upper 50s here in town with lower to middle 50s across our inland and northern cool spots.

High pressure will be building in for the weekend and this will set the stage for a beautiful Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Even though temperatures will recover into the 80s, our afternoons will feel quite pleasant with comfortable humidity values.

Our mainly dry weather pattern will stay firmly in place through the first half of the week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the lower to middle 80s.

By Wednesday, we'll be tracking another cold front moving across the "Sunshine State" with the potential for another round of rain and a cool down by the end of next week.

LICE BUSTER-OC

LICE.

ITCHY.

AND HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.

YOU KNOW - CHILDREN OFTEN CATCH LICE AT SCHOOL AND THE PROCESS TO GET RID OF LICE ISN'T EASY FOR PARENTS.

LICE BUSTER-PKG

Mary Jensen knows all too well the stresses that come along with head

lice.

| Mary Jensen | Bug Bunnies Co-Owner

"My youngest had head lice. She came up with it a couple days before she

was the flower girl in a wedding and it became and all out panic to get rid

of it."

Some health experts believe the issue is growing.

Cedar Rapids Pediatrician Dr. Sharon Collins says the over the counter

chemicals aren't working.

| Dr. Sharon Collins | Pediatric Center P.C

"We were able to get rid of the lice by the use of chemicals once or twice

but because the lice are developing resistance to them now, it's almost like

they say oh good another drink, thank you."

The frustration with dealing with the pests inspired Mary to create a

new business called Bug Bunnies just off of Collins Road Northeast.

She researched cures and discovered the LouseBuster.

"we are dehydrating the lice and the eggs. That takes 30 minutes and at

that point we've killed everything."

Doctor Collins did her own digging on the machine's background

She says it's a good solution.

"They were able to destroy between 95 percent and 100 percent of the eggs

JUDGE TALKS TO CAPE GIRLS ON KATIE-SOTVO

SOME GIRLS FROM CAPE CORAL HAD THE CHANCE TO ASK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR A QUESTION TODAY ON KATIE -- RIGHT HERE ON ABC7.

THEY WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN HER LIFE.

what is your question for Justice Sotomayor. how did you feel when the president asked you to take such an important job. overwhelmed in a way I could never describe to anyone. so girls, do any of you want to be a justice some day. ya. *laughter

THINGS TO DO-CLIP

EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FEST-VO.WIPE

FIFTY-THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL HEAD TO EVERGLADES CITY THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S THE PLACE TO BE FOR SEAFOOD LOVERS.

THE EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FESTIVAL STARTED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

ASIDE FROM SEAFOOD THERE'S LIVE MUSIC, CRAFTS AND PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE NATION.

LISTEN TO THE HISTORY OF THIS FESTIVAL.

THE COMMUNITY STARTED IT 40 YEARS AGO AS A WAY TO RAISE MONEY.

THEY FRIED UP FISH.

EVERGLADES SEAFOOD FEST-SOTVO

15:23 when it started out you could sell couple hundred pounds of mullet, couple hundred pounds of stone crab and now it's just so big you've got more out of town people coming in.

COCONUT POINT ART FEST-VOTOPS

ALSO HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND --

THE 7TH ANNUAL COOCNUT POINT ART FESTIVAL.

270 ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE THERE.

IT'S TOMORROW AND SUNDAY FROM 10 TO 5.

EDISON FESTIVAL JUNIOR PARADE-VOTOPS-CG

THIS SUNDAY THE CITY OF FORT MYERS WILL HOST THE EDISON FESTIVAL OF LIGHT JUNIOR FUN RUN AND JUNIOR PARADE.

TAKE A LOOK AT VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR'S PARADE.

THIS YEAR THE FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY.

IN ADDITION TO FLOATS AND MARCHING BANDS, THE JUNIOR PARADE GIVES FAMILIES A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE THEIR CREATIVITY.

THE JUNIOR FUN RUN KICKS OFF AT 1 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY.

THE PARADE STARTS AT 2-30.

NEXT AT 5-CLIP B

TEASE FIVE--

"They were all laughing at us and cheering us on and telling us to dance and stuff. ALl of them."

SISTERS PUTTING ON A SHOW IN A JAIL CELL.

TONIGHT WHY THEY SAY IT WASN'T FUNNY.

THE ABUSE THEY CLAIMED HAPPENED.

TZ5 A SISTERS ACCUSE POLICE OF ABUSE-SOTVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

SISTERS ACCUSE POLICE OF ABUSE-OC

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE TWO SISTERS TURN A FLORIDA POLICE STATION INTO A DANCE PARTY.

BUT IF YOU THINK THIS IS A HAPPY STORY --

YOU'RE WRONG.

AS ROSH LOWE REPORTS --

SISTERS ACCUSE POLICE OF ABUSE-PKG

IT'S NOT THE HOKEY POKEY, THE DUGGIE OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN BUT IT IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND IT IS THEIR STORY.

"They were all laughing at us and cheering us on and telling us to dance and stuff. ALl of them."

"They said you guys are funnier than the Kardashians, I'd watch you instead."

THEY ARE MICHELLE AND ANGELINA MASTRANGELO, TOURISTS FROM CANADA. LATE DECEMBER THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A BIT ON TROUBLE ON SOUTH BEACH. ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND THAT'S WHEN ANGELINA COMPLAINS THEY WERE ROUGHED UP.

"I actually told the officer to take me to jail. I gave him my wrist and he pushed me back into a brick wall."

THIS MUCH WE DO KNOW WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT MIAMI BEACH HEADQUARTERS THEY TURNED THE HOLDING AREA INTO A DANCE FLOOR BUT THEY SAY BECAUSE THEY WERE EGGED ON BY TWO MALE OFFICERS.

"They were making fun of us saying we don't have a father figure."

"And we need a father figure in our life."

"We're Canadians so we're trashy, he called me me fat Miss Piggy."

"What we found out, and what we have video of, is a different story. We brought them here to our holding cell and the video kind of speaks for itself of their actions and their behavior."

MIAMI BEACH'S POLICE CHIEF RELEASING THIS VIDEO THURSDAY SPEAKING ABOUT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE HE SAYS HIS OFFICERS WERE IN THE RIGHT AND ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLEARED.

HE CALLS THE CLAIMS.

"False. Completely false and fabricated allegations."

HE POINTS TO ONE OF THE SISTERS WHO URINATED ON HERSELF AND THEN RUBBED HERSELF ON SEVERAL SEATS.

SHE SAYS SHE WARNED THE OFFICERS OF THE POTENTIAL BAD BREAK, BUT THE TOP COP SAYS SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE BATHROOM THREE TIMES, AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE VIDEO PROVES IT.

SISTERS ACCUSE POLICE OF ABUSE-OC

ROSH LOWE REPORTING.

A JUDGE FINED THE WOMEN 250 DOLLARS EACH.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM

ABC 7 IS STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS IN LEE COUNTY--

A SUSPECT SEARCH THAT PUT A SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN, CLOGGED THE INTERSTATE AND NOW HAS A NEIGHBORHOOD ON ALERT.

BREAKING NEW DETAILS AT SIX.

PLUS--

29:08 who knows if he is going to come and decide to fight us so we live in fear constantly

PARENTS AFRAID OF THIER SON.

THEIR RELIEF TONIGHT NOW THAT HE'S IN JAIL--

NEW AT 6-

HOW THEY SAY HE GOT A GUN AND WHY THEY WERE SO AFRAID.

--PLUS--

"she had a lot of my grandmother's credit cards and she was probably going on a shopping spree."

ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS FROM THE WOMAN SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CARING FOR.

TZ6 1) BREAKING SUSPECT SEARCH-VOTOPS

TZ 6 1) GUN ON BUS ARREST-SOTVO

TZ 6 2) CARETAKER ARREST-SOTVO

TZ 6 3) CAPE POLICE DOG DONATION-VOTOPS

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