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:30 Give me your hand! Give me your hand!

IT'S A BEATDOWN CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

THE MAN AT THE BOTTOM FO THE PILE IS CLAIMING DEPUTY BRUTALITY.

HE'S PLANNING TO SUE THE COLLIER SHERIFF'S OFFICE!

RIGHT NOW AT 7--

WH DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE JUST FOLLOWING POLICY.

EXCLUSIVE NEW VIDEO 18-FEET AT THE BOTTOM OF A CHARLOTTE COUNTY CANAL.

NEW AT 7--

HOW THIS DIVE SOLVED A TWENTY YEAR OLD COLD CASE.

AND--

"Look at that !!! look at all that damage, dude"

YOU'VE NOW SEEN THE GIGANTIC TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.

NEW TONIGHT AT SEVEN --

YOU'LL SEE THE DESTRUCTION IT LEFT BEHIND ON THE GROUND.

HL 1) LULAC VIDEO-SOTVO

HL 2) COLD CASE UNDERWATER VIDEO-VO

HL 3) TORNADO VIDEO-NATSVO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

LULAC VIDEO-SOTTOPS SS

2:02 that night has left me permanentley scarred

HIGH SPEEDS AND FLARING TEMPERS.

A COLLER COUNTY MAN IS SUING DEPUTIES TONIGHT FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE.

DEPUTIES SAY HE LED THEM ON A SIX MILE CHASE. SWERVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND REACHING SPEEDS FASTER THAN 100 MILES AN HOUR

IT HAPPENED LAST OCTOBER ON LIVINGSTON, VANDERBILT AND IMMOKALEE ROADS.

A DASHCAM CAPTURED THE MOMENT OFFICERS TOOK DOWN THEIR SUSPECT.

LULAC VIDEO-NATVO

YOU CAN SEE DEPUTIES TACKLE 22- YEAR-OLD MATEO FALCONI.

FALCONI SAYS DEPUTIES THEN BRUTALLY BEAT AND TAZED HIM BEFORE HANDCUFFING HIM.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS --

LULAC VIDEO-SOTVO

Sot:

Mateo falconi:

2:50 it was dark, I was scared and all I could feel was the weight of men on top of me and repeated blows to back of my head my neck and my body 57

DEPUTIES ALSO TELL US THEY BELIEVED FALCONI HAD A WEAPON.

HE DID NOT.

THEY DID FIND MARIJUANA IN HIS BACKPACK.

I 75 CRASH FOLO-VOWIPE

TONIGHT --

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DRIVERS ARE ASSESSING HOW BAD THE DAMAGE IS TO THEIR CARS --

AFTER THEY PLOWED THROUGH WOOD AND CONCREATE, STREWN ACROSS I-75 IN COLLIER COUNTY OVERNIGHT.

THE DEBRIS FELL OFF A TRUCK INTO THE ROAD.

IT TRIGGERED 12 CRASHES ON THE INTERSTATE NEAR THE IMMOKALEE ROAD EXIT.

DRIVERS TELL US IT WAS TOO DARK TO SEE THE DEBRIS.

THEY HAD NO TIME TO REACT OR SWERVE AROUND IT.

NOBODY GOT HURT.

I 75 CRASH FOLO-SOTVO

Jason Shaw, George and Son's Towing

"I was pretty surprised that there was nothing wrong with their car, other than underneath. I even told them that their pretty lucky but it all for the best and somebody was watching over them that was for sure."

THE DRIVER WHO DID NOT SECURE THAT WOOD OR CONCRETE HASN'T BEEN FOUND.

MARCO ISLAND FIRE-VO BNR WIPE

NEW AT SEVEN -- A-B-C SEVEN WANTS TO SHOW YOU NEW VIDEO - AS A MARCO ISLAND HOUSE GOES UP IN FLAMES.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS -- A VIEWER RECORDED THE FIRE AND SHARED THE VIDEO WITH US.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES SHOOTING THROUGHT THE ROOF.

CREWS SAY THE FLAMES SHOT AS HIGH AS 30 FEET IN THE AIR.

THE FAMILY WASN'T THERE AT THE TIME AND HAS LOST ALMOST EVERYTHING.

THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR WATERFALL COURT HOUSE.

MARCO ISLAND FIRE-SOTVO

Chris Bryne Deputy Fire Chief City of Marco Island:13 SECS

"we had fire going in both directions from the cetner we took positions on both sides of the house there was tiles and debris falling so it was dangerous for interior crews"

ONE FIRE FIGHTER GOT HURT FIGHTING THE FIRE --

HE WILL BE OKAY.

COLD CASE UNDERWATER VIDEO-VOWIPE

TONIGHT --

WE WANT TO SHOW YOU EXCLUSIVE VIDEO --

AS DIVERS FOUND A WOMAN'S MISSING CAR UNDERWATER, 20 YEARS AFTER SHE VANISHED.

THE PUNTA GORDA POLICE DEPARTMENT SHARED THIS VIDEO WITH US FROM LAST MONTH'S SEARCH.

DETECTIVES HAD SEARCHED FOR FRANCES HENDRICKSON SINCE 19-93.

THEY ALWAYS SUSPECTED SHE DROVE INTO A CANAL.

AND STATE-OF-THE-ART SONAR HELPED THEM FIND IT --

NEAR HER HOUSE --

COLD CASE UNDERWATER VIDEO-SOTVO

we've done that so many times. so i was 50/50 could it be it, is it not? of course we checked it.

DETECTIVES FOUND SKELETAL REMAINS INSIDE THE CAR.

THEY LATER CONFIRMED IT WAS HENDRICKSON.

NATHAN TUCKER FOLO-SS VO

IT SLOWED TRAFFIC ON I-75.

PUT A SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN AND NEIGHBORHOODS ON EDGE.

TONIGHT AT SEVEN -- NEW DETAILS ABOUT LAST FRIDAY'S MASSIVE MANHUNT.

TROOPERS STOPPED 25 YEAR OLD NATHAN TUCKER AS HE WALKED DOWN I-75.

HE FLED DURING A PAT DOWN.

THEY SAY BEFORE HE RAN AFTER A TROOPER PULLED A GUN FROM HIS POCKET. HIS OTHER POCKET WAS FILLED WITH AMMUNITION.

TROOPERS SAY THEY DIDNT HAVE TIME TO CUFF AND DETAIN TUCKER BECAUSE HE BOLTED ACROSS SIX LANES ON I-75 INTO THE WOODS.

NATHAN TUCKER FOLO-SOTVO

Lt. Greg Buneo, Florida Highway Patrol

0508 "hindsight is 20/20. Things came out later. We're glad we caught Gina nf got him off the streets."

WHILE IN CUSTODY -- CAPE POLICE TIED TUCKER TO A DOMINOS ROBBERY FROM LAST WEEK.

JIM GREER GUILTY PLEA-VO OC

THE FORMER HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN FLORIDA PLED GUILTY TODAY TO MONEY LAUNDERING AND THEFT.

JIM GREER ADMITS TO FUNNELING 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF G-O-P MONEY INTO A COMPANY HE FORMED WITH A PARTNER.

JURY SELECTION IN HIS TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO START TODAY.

BUT THE ORLANDO COURT RECEIEVED THE GUILTY PLEA RIGHT BEFORE IT BEGAN.

SENTENCING IS MARCH 27TH.

GREER FACES UP TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON.

NEUBERGER PLEA DEAL-(2) SS

A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ESTERO WOMAN HAS TAKEN A PLEA DEAL.

ABC7 HAS LEARNED CHRISTOPHER NEUBERGER WILL TESTIFY AGAINST A SECOND MAN IN THE 2011 MURDER OF MARY ANN ZARB.

THE TRIAL DATE FOR THE OTHER DEFENDANT. SHANE SIMPKINS. IS SET FOR MARCH.

INVESTIGATORS SAY NEUBERGER AND SIMPKINS KILLED ZARB THEN DUMPED HER BODY.

DEVELOPING-CLIP

POPE RESIGNING-VOWIPE

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 600 YEARS --

A POPE IS STEPPING DOWN.

POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH ANNOUNCED TODAY HE'S RESIGNING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE 85-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE'S JUST NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY OUT THE JOB ANYMORE.

BUT HIS MEDICAL TEAM SAYS HE'S NOT BATTLING LIFE-THREATNING ILLNESSES.

IT'S JUST AGE AND FATIGUE.

FORMER U-S AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN - FRANCIS ROONEY - LIVES PART TIME IN NAPLES.

POPE RESIGNING-SOT-WIPE

Rooney/16:25:32 "What I'm sad for in a sense, is that it reflects his declining physical abilities because he's been such a wonderful pope."

Francis Rooney/Retired Ambassador of the United States

POPE RESIGNING-VIDBOXTOP

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS NOW.

THE PAPAL CONCLAVE WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS THE POPE OFFICIALLY STEPS DOWN.

THAT'S WHEN THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS MEETS IN ROME TO ELECT THE NEXT POPE.

A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY IS NEEDED AMONG THAT COLLEGE TO PICK A NEW POPE.

DELEWARE SHOOTING-VO

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE IN A DELAWARE COURTHOUSE.

IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN WILMINGTON.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN BEGAN SHOOTING IN THE LOBBY.

HE KILLED TWO WOMEN.

THE CITY'S MAYOR SAYS ONE OF THOSE WOMEN WAS THE SHOOTERS ESTRANGED WIFE.

TONIGHT, THAT GUNMAN IS DEAD.

IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW HE DIED.

KILLER COP SEARCH-VO

READY FOR WAR!

TONIGHT IN CALIFORNIA --

OFFICERS ARE PROTECTING AT LEAST 50 FAMILIES FROM A SUSPECTED KILLER.

THE 50 PEOPLE ARE THE ONES NAMED IN AN ONLINE MANIFESTO --

WRITTEN BY FORMER L-A-P-D COP CHRISTOPHER DORNER.

IN IT, HE PROMISES TO TARGET FELLOW OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

TODAY, INVESTIGATORS RELEASED THE NAME OF ONE OF DORNERS ALLEGED VICTIMS.

THEY SAY MICHAEL CRAIN WAS GUNNED DOWN WHEN DORNER AMBUSH CRAIN AND HIS PARTNER.

CRAIN WAS AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN AND LEAVES BEHIND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES HAS OFFERED A MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR DORNOR'S CAPTURE.

WE FOUND OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON --

LEE IMPACT FEES-VO

BACK HERE AT HOME.

AS LEE COUNTY WEIGHS THE THOUGHT OF SUSPENDING IMPACT FEES - HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING OUT.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EACH RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS FROM THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE IMPACT FEES.

THOSE FEES COME TO THE COUNTY EACH TIME A NEW HOUSE OR BUILDING GOES UP.

THE MONEY IS USED ON NEW ROADS, SCHOOLS, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

SOME COMMISSIONERS THINK SUSPENDING THE FEES COULD SPARK A CONSTRUCTION BOOM.

COMMISSIONERS WILL TAKE UP THE ISSUE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

GRAB ONTO SOMETHING!

A MASSIVE MISSISSIPPI TORNADO LEAVES A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN IT'S PATH.

WE HAVE REMARKABLE NEW VIDEO OF THE DAMAGE IN THAT STORM-BATTERED STATE.

AND BIG CHANGES FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMAN.

THE NEW BENEFITS THE PENTAGON IS OFFERING TO GAY SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

TZ1 A) TORNADO VIDEO-VO

TZ1 B) PENTAGON SAME SEX BENEFITS-VO

SNIPER MEMORIAL SERVICE-VO

NEW AT 7 ON ABC7 --

MEMORIAL SERVICES BEGAN TODAY FOR THE NAVY SEAL SNIPPER GUNNED DOWN AT A TEXAS GUN RANGE.

THOUSANDS TURNED OUT TO THE SERVICE FOR CHRIS KYLE AT COWBOY STADIUM.

LOOKING AHEAD --

A 200-MILE FUNERAL PROCESSION ON TUESDAY WILL TAKE THE BODY TO AUSTIN FOR BURIAL.

THAT MOTORCADE WILL LAST AT LEAST FOUR HOURS.

IT WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS -- A MOTORCYCLE GROUP.

NASA EARTH WATCHER-VO

NASA LAUNCHED A NEW SATELLITE INTO SPACE TODAY THAT WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE EARTH'S NATURAL RESOURCES.

THE "ATLAS FIVE" ROCKET LIFTED OFF FROM A CALIFORNIA AIR FORCE BASE CARRYING THE LANDSAT SATELLITE.

THE SATELLITE WILL HOVER 440 MILES ABOVE EARTH AND ORBIT THE PLANET 14 TIMES A DAY.

PENTAGON SAME SEX BENEFITS-VO

THERE'S A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE MILITARY--

THE PENTAGON WILL EXTEND CERTAIN BENEFITS TO GAY SERVICE MEMBERS.

THOSE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL NOW RECEIVE COMMISSARY PRIVILEGES, ACCESS TO FAMILY SUPPORT INITIATIVES AND JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.

BUT, THEY DO NOT INCLUDE BURIAL RIGHTS AT NATIONAL CEMETERIES, ON-BASE HOUSING AND CERTAIN TRAVEL BENEFITS FOR MILITARY SPOUSES.

TORNADO VIDEO-VO-WIPE

STUNNING NEW IMAGES TONIGHT OF A MASSIVE TORNADO THAT RIPPED THROUGH MISSISSIPPI

TAKE A LOOK.

YOU CAN SEE A FLASH OF ELECTRICITY AS THE TWISTER TORE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS IN HATTIESBURG SUNDAY EVENING.

TORNADO STORM DAMAGE-VOTOP

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THAT STORM.

THE WINDS AND MASSIVE RAIN CREATED A 75-MILE PATH OF DESTRUCTION.

TOPPLING TREES, LITTERING STREETS WITH DEBRIS, AND CUTTING POWER TO MORE THAN 13-THOUSAND HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

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

right now we don't have a beach for them

THEY ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM TONIGHT!

BEACH EROSION IS SO BAD ON SANIBEL, COUNTY LEADERS SAY DREDGING WON'T FIX IT.

SO WHAT WILL?

ABC 7 GETS ANSWERS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A 13-HUNDRED POUND HORSE FALLS AND CAN'T GET UP--

WELL, JUST SIT RIGHT THERE--

TZ2 A) BLIND PASS DREDGING-SOTVO-WIPE

TZ2 B) HORSE RESCUE-VOTOPS

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

MIXED BAG OF WEATHER THIS WEEK

We are now eleven days into February, but you wouldn't know it by stepping outside. A nearly insurmountable area of high pressure continues to send our highs into the low 80s. When you take those 80s and mix in a little sunshine… It feels more like April.

There is no need to worry if you enjoy cooler weather. Everything changes and so too will this warm spell. That high pressure responsible for our above average February will finally weaken, and we will pick up some much needed rainfall and cooler temperatures. Just be patient.

These changes will not occur overnight. In fact the adjustments to our forecast will take several days to be seen and felt.

We'll start it like this - the first half of this week will be great. Mostly sunny skies and temperatures near 84 are expected. The only concern for Tuesday and Wednesday is a chance for dense fog. That could be an imminent threat as you head out the door early in the morning.

Big changes take place Wednesday night into Thursday as a weak front stalls over central Florida. That will keep our skies cloudy and give us a chance for afternoon showers. We're rewarded for going through a gloomy end to the week though. The air behind this front is cool and crisp! Highs Friday through Monday will barely be in the 70s and lows could drop as far down as 39 by Monday.

So the first half of the week will be nice and warm while the last half of the week will be bleak and cooler.

HORSE RESCUE-VO IN POP

A SMALL PROBLEM TURNED INTO A HUGE TASK AS LEE COUNTY RESCUERS STRUGGLED TO GET THIS OLD HORSE BACK ON HIS FEET.

DANCER IS 32-YEARS-OLD.

WHEN HIS BOARDERS WENT OUT TO CHECK ON HIS SUNDAY MORNING, THEY SAW DANCER COULD GET UP.

IF HE STAYED DOWN TOO LONG. HE'D BE IN DANGER OF DIEING.

HORSE RESCUE-SOTVO

IT TOOK A SPECIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO LIFT THE 13-HUNDRED POUND ANIMAL.

BUT NOW, DANCER IS BACK ON HIS FEET.

LION FISH FOLO-VOWIPE

IT'S A THREAT TO MARINE LIFE BECAUSE IT HAS NO PREDATOR--

NOW THERE'S A NEW PUSH IN COLLIER TO GET SPEARFISHING APPROVED SO THAT LIONFISH CAN BE TARGETED.

SO FAR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE SPEARFISHING PETITION.

LIONFISH CAN WIPE OUT 80 PERCENT OF EXISTING MARINE LIFE.

THERE HAS BEEN A 60-YEAR BAN ON SPEARFISHING IN THE COUNTY.

LION FISH FOLO-SOTVO

Bill D'Antuono/President, Naples Spearfishing League

"They eat all of the fish and all of these provisions and everything that the state is taking to protect snappers and grouper are in jeopardy"

BILND PASS DREDGING-VO

SANIBEL ISLAND IS LOSING A LOT OF WHAT IT'S KNOW FOR. IT'S BEACH!

THE MIDDLE OF BLIND PASS IS SET TO BE DREDGED NEXT WEEK.

BUT ABC7 FOUND OUT TODAY T'S COASTLINE --ON THE SANIBEL ISLAND SIDE --IS NARROWING.

THIS 5 FOOT SHELF DEVELOPED AFTER SUMMER STORMS HIT THE BEACH.

ONE RESORT MANAGER WANTS THE COUNTY AND CITY TO HELP KEEP THE BEACH FROM LOSING ITS APPEAL.

FM FILM COMMISSION-VOWIPE

AND UP THE RIGHT --

FORT MYERS IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND SPRING TRAINING.

WELL, NOW THE CITY IS LOOKING TO ADD MOVIES TO ITS RESUME.

THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR CITY LEADERS TO INCLUDE INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES.

FORT MYERS HAS HOSTED SEVERAL MOVIES INCLUDING 'JUST CAUSE' WITH SEAN CONNERY AND "PALMETTO" WITH WOODY HARRELSON.

IT WAS ALSO THE SITE FOR A WRANGLERS JEAN COMMERICAL.

FM FILM COMMISSION-SOTVO

We just had someone come in and say certain areas remind them of Hawaii but its a lot cheaper to come to fort Myers to shoot something than go to Hawaii.

THE CITY WILL GET A LOOK AT THE PLANS NEXT MONTH.

AND I'VE LIVED IN A NUMBER OF CITIES AND STATES THAT HAVE TRIED THIS.

COMING UP NEXT-CLIP

TEASE THREE-POP

WHAT ARE THE BOSTON RED SOX WITHOUT A LITTLE DRAMA. TODAY. SOX OWNER. JOHN HENRY SPEAKING OUT.

TZ3 A-VO-DISS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) POPE NUNS-VOTOPS-WIPE

TONIGHT AT 11, WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW NEWS ROCKING THE CATHOLIC WORLD.

11PM TZ2) MEDAL OF HONOR-VOTOPS

PLUS -- ACTS OF VALOR AND BRAVORY.

WHAT THIS MAN DID TO EARN HIM THE NATION'S HIGHEST MILITARY HONOR --

AND WHO HE IS DEDICATING IT TO.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

TOP 25 HOOPS-VOTOPS

THAT WAS THE SCENE BACK ON NOVEMBER 13TH. WHEN THE FGCU MEN. UPSET THE MIAMI HURRICANES. A GREAT DAY FOR THE EAGLES.

TOP 25 HOOPS-POPMON

TOP 25 HOOPS-VIDBOX

THE CANES ARE ROLLING. WINNERS OF 11 STRAIGHT. AND SIT ATOP THE ACC. WITH A PERFECT 10-0 RECORD.

TOP 25 HOOPS-SOTTOPS

RED SOX-POPMON

RED SOX-VOTOPS

TODAY HENRY WAS IN FORT MYERS TALKING TO THE MEDIA. ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOPICS. INCLUDING THE SALE OF THE SOX.

HE WAS ALSO DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST SEVERAL REPORTS THAT QUESTION WHETHER HE'S INVOLVED ENOUGH AS AN OWNER.

RED SOX-SOTTOPS

RED SOX-VOTOPS

TODAY RED SOX PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORTED TO CAMP.

FIRST OFFICAL WORKOUT WILL BE TUESDAY AT THE JETBLUE COMPLEX.

DEPSTER SOUN-SOTTOPS

ACE GROUP-VOTOPS

ACE GROUP CLASSIC WEEK IS HERE.

ON TUESDAY. PRACTICE ROUNDS BEGIN AT TWINEAGLES IN NAPLES.

ACE GROUP-SOTTOPS

VICK-VOTTOPS

THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ARE KEEPING MICHAEL VICK AROUND. AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE YEAR.

IN 2011 VICK SIGNED A 6-YEAR. 100-MILLION CONTRACT.

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