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ABC 7 ON TOP OF SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES RIGHT NOW AT FIVE--

BANK ROBBERY IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS--

TAKE A GOOD LOOK--

POLICE SAY THE THIEF GOT AWAY ON A BIKE!

AND THEY THINK IT'S HIS SECOND ROBBERY THIS WEEK.

PLUS, BREAKING IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY--

GROWHOUSE BUST--

NEARLY TWO HUNDRED PLANTS IN AN ELABORATE HOME OPERATION--

HOW DETECTIVES SNIFFED IT OUT!

PLUS--

32:04 apparently there was a gun on the bus

35:22 kids are talking about it all over school

DEVELOPING IN LEE COUNTY--

THE TALK OF CYPRESS LAKE HIGH--

ABC 7 FINDS OUT HOW A CONFRONTATION ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD--

LED TO A GUN ON THE SCHOOL BUS.

AND COULD IT BE THE BEST DIET EVER!?!

EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR FIVE DAYS AND NEARLY NOTHING FOR TWO--

THE RESULTS, RIGHT NOW AT 5.

HL1) BANK ROBBERY-trxVOTOPS

HL2) CHAR CO GROW HOUSE-trxVOTOPS

HL3) CYPRESS LAKE GUN ON BUS-trx(2)SOTSVO

HL4) FAST DIET-trxVOTOPS

BREAKING-CLIP

CAPE DEL PRADO CRASH-SSTOPS-VO

BREAKING NEWS, RIGHT NOW

DEL PRADO BOULEVARD NORTH IS CLOSED BOTH

WAYS BETWEEN THE 200 AND 500 BLOCKS BECAUSE OF A CRASH IN CAPE CORAL.

HERE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE.

WE'RE TOLD IT INVOLVES A MOTORCYCLE AND AN S-U-V.

THE ROAD COULD BE SHUT DOWN FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.

AN ABC7 CREW IS HEADED TO THE SCENE.

BREAKING-CLIP

DOWNTOWN FM BANK ROBEBRY-BNC-SS-VO.WIPE

WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS AT 5 --

RIGHT NOW,

OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING A BANK ROBEBRY RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

THEY SAY DANIEL BALL CAME INTO EDISON NATIONAL BANK JUST AFTER 1-30 THIS AFTERNOON.

HE DEMANDED CASH AND IMPLIED HE HAD A GUN.

HE GOT AWAY ON A BIKE.

DETECTIVES USED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND WITNESS STATEMENTS TO FIGURE OUT IT WAS BALL.

DOWNTOWN FM BANK ROBEBRY-SOTVO

Sgt. Brian O'Reilly

Fort Myers Police Department

"When something happens at night you don't see too many people moving around, but right now there are hundreds if not thousands of people meandering throughout the downtown as streets and that makes it more difficult to find one particular person. "

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM.

ON MONDAY --

OFFICERS SAY BALL ROBBED A FIFTH THIRD BANK ON SUMMERLIN ROAD.

BREAKING-CLIP

PORT CHARLOTTE GROW HOUSE-VO.WIPE

ALSO BREAKING AT 5

DEPUTIES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY BUST A MAJOR GROW HOUSE OPERATION IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

DETECTIVES RAIDED THE HOME ON

BLY AVENUE THIS MORNING.

ABC7 CAMERAS WERE THERE AS THEY TOOK OUT NEARLY 200 PLANTS.

DEPUTIES TELLS US THIS WAS AN ELABORATE HYDROPONIC GROW HOUSE.

THEY SAY THE MAN AND WOMAN LIVING THERE CHANGED THE INSIDE OF THE HOME TO BETTER SUIT THE OPERATION.

PORT CHARLOTTE GROW HOUSE-SOTVO

Sheriff Bill Prummell

"they try to hide in plain sight where no one would suspect the house next door is an elaborate marijuana grow operation. "

TWO SUSPECTS ARE STILL BEING QUESTIONED.

DEVELOPING NEWS-CLIP

CYPRESS LAKE GUN ON BUS-SOTVO-WIPE

DEVELOPING TONIGHT --

A 15-YEAR-OLD SOUTHWEST FLORIDA STUDENT IS FACING CHARGES --

OF POINTING A GUN AT ANOTHER STUDENT ON THE BUS.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

35:22 kids are talking about it all over school how someone flashed a gun 35:27

A STUDENT SAYS HE WAS GETTING OFF THE SCHOOL BUS TUESDAY.

15-YEAR-OLD QUADRYLE DAVIS HAD A GUN SITTING ON HIS LAP.

HE SAYS HE ASKED DAVIS IF HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIM.

THE TWO BEGAN TO FIGHT.

CYPRESS LAKE GUN ON BUS-SOTVO

Patrick Hayhurst Lee Co. Education Ctr

25:44 its uncommon we hope students don't bring weapons to school but when it does happen we react as quickly as possible we don't want them in the schools and were vigilant 26:00

THE FIGHT ENDED AND THE BOYS WENT HOME.

THE VICTIM'S MOTHER CALLED DEPUTIES.

THEY WENT TO DAVIS' HOME AND FOUND A LOADED.22 CALIBER REVOLVER IN HIS DRESSER DRAWER.

DAVIS WAS ARRESTED.

TONIGHT ON ABC 7 NEWS AT SIX--

CHILD LURING INCIDENT-VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER AN 8 YEAR OLD SAYS A MAN TRIED TO ABDUCTED HIM IN ESTERO.

THE BOY SAYS HE WAS PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK IN MIROMAR LAKES COMMUNITY ON MONDAY WITH A FRIEND WHEN A MAN CAME OUT OF THE WOODS AND GRABBED HIM.

HE SAYS HE STRUGGLED TO GET FREE AND YELLED FOR HELP.

THE BOY SAYS HIS FRIEND ARRIVED AND HELPED HIM.

THAT'S WHEN THE MAN RAN BACK IN THE WOODS.

THE VICTIM'S FRIEND TELLS DEPUTIES HE HEARD THE CALL FOR HELP.

RABBITS SLAUGTERED-VO

NEW AT 5 -

A NORTH FORT MYERS WOMAN SAYS SOMEONE WENT INTO HER BACKYARD AND SLAUGHTERED HER PET RABBITS.

THE WOMAN SAYS SHE WENT OUT TO FEED THEM YESTERDAY.

SHE NOTICED THE CAGES HAD BEEN THROWN 25-FEET FROM WHERE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY.

TWO OF HER RABBITS WERE ALREADY DEAD.

A THIRD WAS LYING IN ITS CAGE, WITH A CUT ON ITS SIDE.

THE VICTIM TOLD DEPUTIES SHE THINKS SOMEONE SHE KNOWS AND TWO OTHER MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE.

AMBULANCE CRASH DETAILS-VO

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT A CRASH INVOLVING AN AMBULANCE IN FORT MYERS.

SIX PEOPLE WERE HURT WHEN THE AMBULANCE CRASHED INTO AN SUV.

IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF VERONICA SHOEMAKER BOULEVARD AND CANAL STREET ON TUESDAY.

WITNESSES SAY THE AMBULANCE ROLLED THROUGH A STOP SIGN.

WE LEARNED TODAY OFFICERS ARE NOW

CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF AN UNBORN BABY.

NORTH PORT MURDER FOR HIRE-SS

A NORTH PORT WOMAN IS ACCUSED TONIGHT --

OF TRYING TO HIRE AN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE AS A HIT MAN.

SHE WANTED TO KILL HER HUSBAND AND ANOTHER PERSON.

DEPUTIES SAY JANEENE JONES MET WITH THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS THE MURDER.

SOURCES SAY SHE WANTED HER HUSBAND DEAD --

AND SHE WAS LOOKING TO COLLECT LIFE INSURANCE MONEY.

POLICE SAY SHE ALSO MADE AN AGREEMENT TO HAVE A SECOND PERSON KILLED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

COCAINE PROSTHETIC LEG-SS-SS

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE ON DRUG CHARGES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP--

AND THEY FOUND DRUGS IN THE PROSTHETIC LEG OF ONE OF THEM.

IT HAPPENED IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

WHILE DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE VEHICLE--

23-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY GREUS REMOVED A SMALL BAG OF COCAINE FROM HIS PROSTHETIC LEG, HE REMAINS IN JAIL TONIGHT.

THE OTHER THREE WITH HIM, POSTED BOND.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY ALSO FOUND COCAINE, MORPHINE, NEEDLES AND A NUMBER OF PILLS.

COSTELLO TRIAL-SS-VO.WIPE

JURORS SAW NEW VIDEO TODAY --

IN THE RYAN COSTELLO MURDER TRIAL.

PROSECUTORS SAY COSTELLO ATTACKED HIS FORMER FIANCÉ,

THEN BEAT HIS INFANT SON TO DEATH IN 2010.

TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE SAW VIDEO OF COSTELLO AND BABY DARWIN THAT NIGHT.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS INSIDE HEALTHPARK MEDICAL CENTER'S E-R ENTRANCE CAPTURED COSTELLO CARRYING DARWIN IN.

COSTELLO WASN'T WEARING A SHIRT.

A SECURITY GUARD SAID HE LOOKED DISHEVELED.

IN THE VIDEO --

HE HANDS HIS CHILD OFF AND LEAVES ABOUT A MINUTE LATER.

COSTELLO TRIAL-SOTVO

Scott Frazier /Costello's friend ---lower third at:06

"I believe the first words he said was I'm going to jail.

Did he say anything about why?

He said something about tearing up pot plants and that his son had gotten hurt but he didn't know how."

A DEPUTY TESTIFIED HE WENT TO COSTELLO'S FORT MYERS HOUSE --

POPE LAST DAY-SOTVO-OC

"I am no longer the Pope. I'm just a pilgrim that is starting the last part of his pilgrimage on this earth".

POPE BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH HAS OFFICIALLY STEPPED DOWN AND LEFT THE VATICAN.

HE IS NO LONGER LEADER OF THE WORLD'S ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION ROMAN CATHOLICS.

TODAY HE PERFORMED HIS FINAL ACT AS POPE.

THEN FLEW OFF TO THE PAPAL SUMMER RESIDENCE.

AS ABC 7'S NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS--

POPE LAST DAY-PKG

A modest speech, a respectful wave, a heartfelt goodbye.

Pope Benedict the Sixteenth's unprecedented and historic resignation ended,

humbly.

NATS - POPE - ITALIAN

I am simply a pilgrim, he says, beginning his last leg on this earth

At the Vatican, he'd said one final goodbye to his closest advisors - some

of whom were crying.

With an almost happy wave, he boarded his helicopter.

A lap around the Vatican and Rome on a beautiful day - crossing the Coliseum

. every step recorded by 19 cameras.

And after he'd left - the final, ceremonial moment.

The Swiss Guards turn over the Papal flag to Italian police.

Pope Benedict no longer, now Pope Emeritus.

SOT FATHER JOHN WAUCK / ABC NEWS CONSULTANT

It's going to take a while to unpack all of what Benedict has done to the

church. Especially - people say actions speak louder than words. The pope's

act of resigning is a huge teaching moment.

He was teaching all day. No pope before had met his replacement. But

Benedict did this morning, promising whichever cardinal succeeds him

unconditional obedience. And he sent these men a clear warning before they

enter the Conclave:

NATS - ITALIAN

The College of Cardinals should act like an orchestra he said -- in harmony

and agreement.

That's a difficult request. There is no clear frontrunner to become the next

Pope. And Vatican observers say there's a prayer that's going around Rome

these days -

SOT FATHER WAUCK / ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR

God, give us the pope you want, not the one you tolerate. A very realistic

assessment of the situation.

LIVE CLOSE

The next pope will inherit a papacy that is transformed thanks to Benedict

and his humble resignation - his final and most memorable act. Nick Schifrin

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AVE MARIA MASS PREPS-VO.WIPE

CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE --

STUDENTS AT AVE MARIA ARE HONORING POPE BENEDICT ON HIS FINAL DAY AS HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

THEY MADE MORE THAN 500 MEALS FOR NEEDY FAMILIES IN THE NEARBY IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY.

STUDENTS FORMED AN ASSEMBLY LINE OF SORTS AS THEY MADE P-B & J SANDWICHES AND PACKED LUNCHES.

THEY SAY IT'S ONE WAY THEY CAN HONOR POPE BENEDICT.

AVE MARIA MASS PREPS-SOTVO

These kids find joy in it. You'll see as they're making these sandwiches, giving up their lunch. They're smiling. laughing and having fun with their friends, They know that someone will appreciate the work that they're doing."

THE LUNCHES WILL GO TO IMMOKALEE'S FRIENDSHIP HOUSE AND THE GUADALUPE CENTER.

BUDGET SEQUESTER-VO.WIPE

TONIGHT CONGRESS IS ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER MAJOR DEADLINE.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR LAWMAKERS TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO AVOID 85 BILLION DOLLARS IN AUTOMATIC BUDGET CUTS.

BUT AS OF TONIGHT--

THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEGOTIATIONS AND LITTLE PROGRESS.

THAT MEANS THE ACROSS-THE-BOARD CUTS IN FEDERAL SPENDING THAT WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW.

BUDGET SEQUESTER-SOTVO

Pelosi SOT

unless GOP stops mindless across the board - you too could lose your job

Boehner SOT

we laid our cards on the table, now it's time for the Senate

THE SENATE WILL VOTE ON TODAY ON BILLS TO AVOID THE BUDGET CUTS.

ONE FROM DEMOCRATS AND ONE FROM THE GOP.

FL TO JOIN MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY-OC

FLORIDA WILL BECOME THE 43-RD STATE TO JOIN THE MEGA MILLIONS GAME.

TICKETS GO ON SALE MAY 15-TH.

THE STATE ALREADY SELLS TICKETS FOR THE MULTI-STATE POWERBALL LOTTERY.

AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA LOTTO.

LOTTERY OFFICIALS SAY ADDING MEGA MILLIONS WILL GENERATE MILLIONS FOR EDUCATION AND INCREASE COMMISSIONS TO THE LOTTERY'S MORE THAN 13,000 RETAILERS.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

16:;43:24 9

"Usually I will say hi and acknowledge they are there - but sometimes I won't sometimes ask for help."

TONIGHT - WHY YOU SHOULD ASK THOSE SALES ASSOCIATES FOR HELP.

OUR SMART SHOPPER REVEALS WHY THEY'RE NOT SELLING, BUT HELPING.

FROM THE FIT TO EVEN SCORING YOU DISCOUNTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED.

80 PERCENT OF TEENS HAVE ACNE. IT'S NOT JUST FOR ALL TO SEE. IT CAN LEAD TO SCARRING AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO TREAT.

TONIGHT A NEW DISCOVERY AND NEW TREATMENT THAT COULD RID TEENS OF EMBARASSMENT AND LEAD TO CLEAR SKIN.

TZ1 A SALESPERSON-SOTVO

TZ1 B ACENE TREATMENT-VOTOPS

OK TRUCKS BURRIED IN SNOW-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT.

TRUCKS WERE LITERALLY BURIED IN THE SNOW AFTER A WINTER STORM THIS WEEK.

A MAN AND HIS FRIEND WERE DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD IN BURNS FLAT, OKLAHOMA WHEN THEY GOT STUCK IN A SNOW DRIFT.

THE NEXT DAY, HE WENT TO DIG IT OUT AND FOUND NOT ONLY HIS TRUCK, BUT ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY BURIED.

STORMWARN OPEN ~TYLER-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

COOLER WEATHER ARRIVING

The sunshine has returned for most of us, but trust me, it isn't going to last long.

Tonight, partly cloudy skies will remain overhead and overnight temperatures will settle into the lower half of the 50s along the urban corridor.

As moisture begins to increase across Southwest Florida on Friday expect our skies to stay mostly cloudy. This will be the start of an unsettled weather pattern featuring more clouds and the threat for some wet weather as a strong disturbance dives southward toward the Gulf of Mexico.

After lows in the 40s to start on Saturday daytime highs will be rather cool in the middle 60s. Showers will begin to develop during the afternoon and carry over into Sunday. This will make for a chilly and blustery end to the weekend with afternoon temperatures in the low to middle 60s.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

SOMETIMES YOU WALK INTO A STORE. JUST TO BROWSE.SOMETIMES IT'S FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC.

WHEN THE SALES ASSOCIATE COMES UP TO HELP. HOW DO YOU RESPOND.

TONIGHT. THERE'S A REASON YOU SHOULD ASK FOR HELP.

NINA SALESPERSON-TC MON

NINA SALESPERSON-PKG

NATS - CLOTHING RACKS

16:43:34 3

"I'm a pretty good shopper I think I enjoy shopping."

DENISE PARSONS PRACTICES HER FAVORITE HOBBY OFTEN AT BIO IN MERCATO.

16:42:54 1

"Today I just needed a couple of tops."

BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH SHE LOVES TO BROWSE-

STORE OWNER AN VU SAYS A SALESPERSON CAN MAKE SHOPPING EASIER AND MORE FUN.

16:47:05 9

"It's not about making a sale immediately it's about making sure the customer walks out happy and satisfied because then we know they are going to come back."

VU SAYS RETAILERS TRAIN EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND THE INS AND OUTS OF SIZING, FABRICS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.

16:45:36 7

"Sizing. If the line runs small or large it's important to know that."

A SMALL 2009 STUDY OUR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHOWS CUSTOMERS OFTEN THINK SALES ASSOCIATES DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE MERCHANDISE AND JUST WANT TO MAKE A SALE.

BUT VU SAYS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS LEAVE HAPPY IS TO KNOW THE FABRICS AND LEARN ABOUT CUSTOMERS.

16:45:59 5

"A lot of the stuff we have is machine washable that's important to know because you'll be saving money that way."

SHE EVEN RECOMMENDS CUSTOMERS ASK FOR A BUSINESS CARD TO KEEP IN TOUCH AND REMEMBER WHO HELPED THEM LAST -

NATS - RECEIPT

THIS WAY YOUR SALESPERSON WILL REMEMBER YOUR TASTE AND HELP YOU GET A GREAT LOOK FASTER.

16:43:39 5

NINA SALESPERSON-TC MON

ACNE TREATMENT-VO

TONIGHT THERE IS A BREAKTHROUGH IN ACNE RESEARCH.

FOUR IN EVERY FIVE TEENAGERS DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY.

SCIENTISTS AT U-C-L-A USED PORE CLEANSING STRIPS TO STUDY SKIN BACTERIA.

THEY RESEARCHED 100 TEENS.

50 HAD PIMPLES.

50 HAD CLEAR SKIN.

THEY FOUND THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRAINS OF ACNE BACTERIA.

THE BAD STRAINS CAUSE BREAK OUTS.

THE GOOD STRAINS PROTECT THE SKIN FROM CLOGGED PORES.

MOM WORRY-VOTOPS

WE KNOW NEW MOMS GENERALLY TEND TO WORRY A LOT.

NOW, A NEW STUDY SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH.

RESEARCHERS SAY THEY SHOW MORE SYMPTOMS OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER THAN THEIR PEERS.

THEY FOUND 11-PERCENT OF WOMEN WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH WITHIN SIX MONTHS HAD SIGNIFICANT O-C-D SYMPTOMS.

THAT'S COMPARED TO ONLY TWO TO THREE PERCENT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.

DESK EARTHQUAKE-VO

THERE'S A NEW DESK THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.

IT'S A STEEL-REINFORCED DESK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO REMAIN IN TACT WITH YOU INSIDE OF IT DURING THE QUAKE.

THE COMPANY CLAIMS IT CAN WITHSTAND MORE THAN ONE MILLION POUNDS OF COLLAPSING DEBRIS -- AND SUSTAIN LITTLE DAMAGE.

INSIDE, THERE ARE HANDLES TO GRIP DURING THE VIOLENT SHAKING.

PLUS ROOM TO STORE A RESPIRATOR, FLASHLIGHT, BLANKET, FOOD -- SINCE YOU COULD BE TRAPPED THERE FOR DAYS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL MODELS.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

"I just thought it was unbelievable/EDIT/I'm like, what type of people are these, I don't know."

WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE CHARGE YOU TO USE THE BATHROOM.

ONE WOMAN GOT A BILL IN THE MAIL ALL FOR EMPTYING HER BLADDER.

HOW MUCH IT COST HER AND HOW SHE'S FIGHTING BACK.

A COUPLE ACCUSED OF BEATING THEIR TODDLER.

HOW THEY HID HIS BRUISES AND BLEEDING FOR MONTHS AS THE TWO-YEAR-OLD WALKED AROUND IN PUBLIC.

TZ2 A RESTAURANT BATHROOM BILL-SOTVO

TZ2 B CHILD ABUSE MAKEUP-VOTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

RESTAURANT BATHROOM BILL-VO IN POP

AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY TONIGHT --

A WOMAN GOT A BILL IN THE MAIL FROM A RESTAURANT.

THEY WEREN'T CHARGING HER FOR FOOD.

THEY WERE CHARGING HER FOR GOING TO THE BATHROOM.

RESTAURANT BATHROOM BILL-PKG

NATS Patricia Barnes:

"I don't feel it was a crime."

PATRICIA BARNES NEVER THOUGHT THERE'D BE SUCH A FUSS OVER SOMETHING SO HARMLESS.

SOT PATRICIA:

"I've been into plenty of restaurants in this town and other towns and you know other states."

YOU'RE AWAY FROM HOME.YOU FIND YOURSELF NEEDING A RESTROOM - YOU CAN'T WAIT - WHAT DO YOU DO?

BARNES FOUND A RESTAURANT CALLED "THE FLOOD ZONE".WENT IN.AND ASKED THE WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IF SHE COULD USE THE FACILITY.

SOT PATRICIA BARNES

"She just said 'sure'."

BUT THEN, A FEW DAYS LATER, BARNES GOT A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM THE RESTAURANT - A BILL OF SORTS - SAYING SHE OWED THEM FIVE DOLLARS.

THE NOTE MENTIONED THERE WAS A SIGN SPECIFICALLY SAYING "THERE IS A FIVE DOLLAR CHARGE FOR NON FLOOD ZONE CUSTOMERS"

BARNES SAYS SHE DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL SHE CAME OUT OF THE RESTROOM AND A RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE TOLD HER ABOUT IT. SHE LEFT WITHOUT PAYING THE $5.

SOT PATRICIA BARNES

"It was a little index card at the very bottom of the mirror. I didn't look in the mirror at all that day."

AND HOW DID THE OWNERS GET PATRICIA'S ADDRESS? THE SHERIFF TRACED IT BACK USING HER LICENSE PLATE.

SOT:

"I just thought it was unbelievable/EDIT/I'm like, what type of people are these, I don't know."

BARNES SAYS SHE WENT BACK TO THE RESTAURANT AND OFFERED TO PAY THE FIVE DOLLARS.BUT THEY WOULDN'T TAKE IT. SO SHE MAILED THEM A CERTIFIED MONEY ORDER. BUT IT CAME BACK - THE OWNER SAYING SHE DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY - SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.

APPARENTLY, SHE DID.

SOT:

RESTAURANT BATHROOM BILL-VO IN POP

GABE GUTIERREZ REPORTING.

ONE OF THE RESTAURANT OWNERS SAYS HE POSTED THE SIGN TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM COMING IN AND VANDALIZING THE RESTROOM.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

IT'S A FAST WAY TO DROP THE POUNDS.

BUT IT INVOLVES FASTING.

ESSENTIALLY STARVING YOURSELF.

TARA MCLAUGHLIN SOT: when i step on the scales each week that the pounds are dropping off

HOW THIS DIET WORKS.

THE DAYS YOU DON'T EAT. AND THE DAYS YOU BINGE.

ABC7 GETS ANSWERS ON WHETHER IT'S HEALTHY.

A MAN SHOPLIFTED FROM WALMART. RATHER THAN GETTING CUFFED.

HE GOT SHOT AT.

THE OTHER SHOPPER WHO PULLED A GUN.

"My husband held me at gunpoint when I had my youngest daughter in my arms. I didn't know if I was going to live through that night

SAVING WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE. INCLUDING LESBIANS. GAYS.COLLEGE STUDENTS AND AMERICAN INDIANS.

WHY THEY WEREN'T PROTECTED BEFORE.AND WHAT NEW LEGISLATION MEANS FOR MORE THAN A MILLION VICTIMS.

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

ALISON ROSS OF FORT MYERS

THANKS FOR WATCHING ALISON.

TZ3 A THE FAST DIET-SOTVO

TZ3 B FL SHOOTS AT SHOPLIFTER-VO

TZ3 C VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-SOTVO

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

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CAPE DEL PRADO CRASH-SS-VO

WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS AT 530

RIGHT NOW

DEL PRADO BOULEVARD NORTH IS CLOSED BETWEEN THE 200 AND 500 BLOCKS BECAUSE OF A SERIOUS CRASH IN CAPE CORAL.

HERE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE.

WE'RE TOLD IT INVOLVES A MOTORCYCLE AND AN S-U-V.

THE ROAD COULD BE SHUT DOWN FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR AND HOUR AND HALF.

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS DOWNTOWN FM BANK ROBBERY-VID BOX

ALSO MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5:30.

OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A BANK IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS AROUND TWO THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY SAY DANIEL BALL WALKED IN AND IMPLIED HE HAD A WEAPON.

HE GOT AWAY WITH CASH FROM EDISON NATIONAL BANK

TS PORT CHARLOTTE GROW HOUSE-VID BOX

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE --

AFTER A GROW HOUSE BUST IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

TS POPE STEPS DOWN-VID BOX

POPE BENEDICT THE 16-TH OFFICIALLY STEPPED DOWN TODAY.

HIS EIGHT YEAR REIGN CAME TO AN END WHEN THE SWISS GUARDS STANDING AT ATTENTION IN CASTEL GANDOLFO SHUT THE GATES OF THE PALAZZO.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF PARTISAN BICKERING, A BILL TO HELP MILLIONS OF WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IS MOVING FORWARD.

TODAY THE HOUSE APPROVED THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.GIVING THEM FEDERAL HELP.

HI I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

AND I'M JEFF BUTERA.

AS DANIELLE LEIGH TELLS YOU --

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-PKG

IT'S ESTIMATED MORE THAN ONE MILLION WOMEN A YEAR SUFFER A PHYSICAL ASSAULT BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

WOMEN LIKE REBECCA FOWLER.

"My husband held me at gunpoint when I had my youngest daughter in my arms. I didn't know if I was going to live through that night

TODAY CONGRESS GUARANTEED ON-GOING SUPPORT FOR FOWLER AND OTHER VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

"The bill is passed.

AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF PARTISAN FIGHTING- AND THREE FAILED ATTEMPTS. CONGRESS REAUTHORIZED THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT - FIRST PASSED IN 1994.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN- A SPONSOR OF THE ORIGINAL ACT- CELEBRATED.

WHILE ATTENDING AN EVENT COMBATING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.

"This is the proudest cause I've ever been associated with."

THE SENATE REAUTHORIZATION BILL EXPANDS PROTECTIONS TO GAYS AND LESBIANS.

IMPROVES ACCESS TO HELP AND INFORMATION ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES-

INCREASES POWER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN COURTS TO TRY ABUSE CASES ON TRIBAL LANDS.

AND GUARANTEES SUPPORT TO IMMIGRANTS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.

"I'm thrilled, absolutely thrilled."

VICTIMS ADVOCATE TERRY O-NEILL HAD BEEN FIGHTING REPUBLICAN RESISTANCE TO THESE MEASURES SINCE THE ACT EXPIRED IN 2011.

"Unbelievably frustrating, and I will tell you -- this thing should have been done in the 112th Congress."

EVEN TODAY- HOUSE REPUBLICANS TRIED TO PASS THEIR OWN SCALED BACK VERSION OF THE ACT-

Washington

"Republicans want to reauthorize a bill that protects women, not promote partisanship."

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-OC

DANIELLE LEIGH REPORTING.

MANY REPUBLICANS DECIDED TO SUPPORT THE SENATE BILL ONLY AFTER THEIR PARTY DID POORLY AMONG WOMEN IN LAST FALL'S ELECTION.

THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK.

RED LIGHT CAMERAS-VO

LOOKING AHEAD --

AT MIDNIGHT, RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN COLLIER COUNTY WILL COME DOWN.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DECIDED TO *NOT EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS.

THEY BUILD AND RUN THE CAMERAS.

THEY ARGUED THERE ISN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE CAMERAS ACTUALLY MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.

BUT --

FMB LEE CO ESTERO MTG.-VO-OC

IMPROVING YOUR SAFETY WALKING ON BEACH ROADS.

TODAY LEE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF FORT MYERS BEACH HELD THEIR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING TODAY.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE ESTERO BOULEVARD.

THAT INCLUDES ADDING BIKE LANES, CROSS WALKS, AND LANDSCAPING.

THE COUNTY IS COMMITTING ABOUT 5 MILLION DOLLARS TO REDEVELOP AT LEAST ONE MILE OF THE ROAD-

SCOTUS PROP 8-VO

JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM --

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING THE SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN CALIFORNIA'S BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE.

THERE'S NEW WORD THE ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO FILE A FRIEND-OF-THE-COURT BRIEF SOMETIME TODAY.

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO DO THAT.

THE ADMINISTRATION ARGUES DENYING GAYS AND LESBIANS THE RIGHT TO MARRY VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION'S EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.

REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY CRAFTED A BRIEF --

CHILD ABUSE MAKEUP-VO.WIPE

A PORTLAND, OREGON, COUPLE IS FACING DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE TONIGHT.

THE COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF ABUSING THEIR TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR OLD SON OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WOULD YANK HIM AND DROP HIM.

CHILD ABUSE MAKEUP-SOTVO

"Very sad that those things go on and people don't know about lots of things that go on."

"The allegations in this case are incredibly horrific really."

THE COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH A HANDFUL OF FELONIES.

ABANDONED BABY SKETCHES-VO

DEPUTIES IN TEXAS HAVE JUST RELEASED SKETCHES OF PARENTS ACCUSED OF ABANDONING THEIR BABY.

SOMEONE FOUND THE NEWBORN A WEEK AGO --

IN A PLASTIC WAL-MART BAG.

THE BABY WEIGHED 4 POUNDS 12 OUNCES.

TONIGHT --

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES IS TAKING CARE OF HER.

SHE'S DOING FINE.

FL SHOPPER SHOOTS AT SHOPLIFTER-VO.WIPE

A WALMART SHOPPER IN FLORIDA TRIED TO STOP A SHOPLIFTER BY PULLING OUT A GUN AND SHOOTING AT HIM.

TWO ARMED CITIZENS CHASED AFTER THE THIEF.

HE WAS RUNNING FROM WALMART LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS.

ONE MAN SAYS THE SHOPLIFTER TRIED TO HIT THEM AND SLAMMED INTO AT LEAST ONE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.

THATS WHEN ONE ARMED MAN FIRED AT THE SHOPLIFTER'S CAR.

HIS WIFE GOT KNOCKED DOWN DURING THE SCUFFLE.

FL SHOPPER SHOOTS AT SHOPLIFTER-SOTVO

"I was knocked down very hard and I thought I got shot and I was screaming on top of my lungs. I'm all still shaken up from all this. and I thought I was gonna die."

OFFICERS EVENTUALLY CAUGHT THE MAN.

HE'S FACING CHARGES ALONG WITH THE CUSTOMER WHO FIRED THE SHOTS.

MAN STEAL AMERICAN FLAG TO STEAL MONEY-VO

A THIEF IN OKLAHOMA NOT ONLY STOLE CASH FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP --

HE DESECRATED THE AMERICAN FLAG IN THE PROCESS.

IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE.

THE MAN WATCHED A CUSTOMER GIVE A DEALER FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A DOWN PAYMENT.

THE EMPLOYEE THEN SLID THE CASH UNDER A LOCKED DOOR BECAUSE THE OWNER WAS GONE.

AFTER WATCHING THE EMPLOYEE DO THAT --

THE THIEF WENT TO THE DOOR AND TRIED TO BREAK IT.

WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK --

HE SLID AN AMERICAN FLAG UNDER IT TO REACH THE CASH.

AZ BAR BRAWL CAUGHT ON TAPE-VOTOPS

ALSO CAUGHT ON TAPE A BAR BRAWL IN TUSCON, ARIZONA.

CHECK OUT THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO

SIX PEOPLE ATTACKED A MOTHER, HER ADULT SON, AND A FRIEND EARLIER THIS MONTH.

OFFICERS SAY THEY MADE ANTAGONIZING COMMENTS TOWARD THE SON.

IT ESCALATED AND BECAME PHYSCIAL.

HOCKEY COACH JAIL-VO.WIPE

A HOCKEY COACH IN CANADA -- CAUGHT ON CAMERA TRIPPING A YOUNG PLAYER ON THE OTHER TEAM -- IS FACING JAIL TIME TONIGHT.

A JUDGE SENTENCED MARTIN TREMBLAY SENTENCED THIS WEEK.

IN THE VIDEO YOU SEE HIM, TRIPPING A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY DURING THE POST GAME HANDSHAKE AFTER A GAME LAST SUMMER.

THE VIDEO WENT VIRAL.

THE BOY GOES DOWN HARD, BREAKING HIS WRIST AND TAKING A 10-YEAR-OLD TEAMMATE DOWN WITH HIM.

HOCKEY COACH JAIL-SOTVO

IT CERTAINLY SENDS A MESSAGE. TO SUCCEED IN SPORTS YOU OFTEN NEED TO HAVE

PASSION BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONTROL.

THE COACH'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE OUTBURST COST HIS CLIENT SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, VOLUNTEER JOBS AND EVEN HIS MARRIAGE.

MICHELLE OBAMA OBESITY-VO

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA ANNOUNCED A PLAN TODAY TO BRING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BACK TO SCHOOLS.

SHE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN CHICAGO.

IT'S PART OF HER "LET'S MOVE" CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY.

MANY SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE HAVE EITHER CUT SPENDING ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR ELIMINATED IT.

THE FAST DIET-OC

A NEW DIET IS CREATING A LOT OF BUZZ TONIGHT.

IT'S CALLED THE FAST DIET.

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS --

FOR TWO DAYS YOU EAT ALMOST NOTHING.

AND THE REST OF THE WEEK, YOU CAN EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

SOUNDS O-K, BUT DOES IT WORK?

THE FAST DIET-PKG

MAYBE IT'S THE STIFF UPPER LIP. BUT IT SEEMS MUCH OF ENGLAND IS OBESSED

WITH FASTING. NOT EVERY DAY. JUST TWO DAYS A WEEK.

Tara NATS: may I have a croissant?

THE OTHER FIVE DAYS. YOU CAN EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

IT'S CALLED THE "FAST DIET" AND ACCORDING TO ITS CREATOR, TONS OF BRITANS

ARE LOSING TONS OF WEIGHT.

TARA MCLAUGHLIN SOT: when i step on the scales each week that the pounds are

dropping off

TARA MCLAUGHLIN SAYS SHE LOST 36 POUNDS OVER SEVEN MONTHS.

TARA SOT: 19:50 / now my appetite has reduced so even when I do try over

eat I sometimes find it quite challenging.

THE TWO FASTING DAYS ALLOW JUST 25% OF A NORMAL ADULT'S DAILY

INTAKE. A MEASLY 500 CALORIES FOR WOMEN, ROUGHLY 600 FOR A MAN.

Juju That iis a lot of food! And that's just a fasting breakfast yes

breakfast on a fasting day - that is less than 300 calories.

IT CAN BE EATEN ONE MEAL. OR SPREAD OUT DURING THE DAY LIKE

THIS. BUT YOU NEED PROTEIN.

THE BRITISH FASTING CRAZE IS THE BRAIN CHILD OF DR MICHAEL MOSLEY.

Juju NATS But you really weren't motivating by wanting to get into the

little black dress. *Laughs*

A DOCTOR BY TRAINING, HIS BBC DOCUMENTARY- ""EAT, FAST AND LIVE LONGER""

BEGINS WITH A WAKE UP CALL FROM HIS DOCTOR.

NATS from NY 1:26:40 I had a bit of a nasty shock because I discovered that

my fasting glucose levels were those of a diabetic.

HE MET WITH AMERICAN RESEARCHERS GETTING ASTONISHING RESULTS FROM SEVERE

CALORIE RESTRICTION REGIMENS. DECREASED CANCER RISK INCREASE LIFE

EXPECTANCY. EVEN IMPROVED BRAIN FUNCTION

Doc: Yes - this is actually research done in rats - but they're about to

start this research in humans

SO MOSLEY CAME UP WITH A =HUMAN= DIET PLAN TO SEE IF HE COULD MIMIC THE

RESULTS FOUND IN AMERICAN LABS.

NATS: 1:51:03 ISH I'd want to see a lot more science. It's had a dramatic

effect on my body -- I'm like patient zero.

you just want to see more long-term studies etc etc

HE LOST NEARLY 20 POUNDS IN TWO MONTHS WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS ON THE OUTSIDE

BUT ON THE INSIDE. HE SAYS HIS MAKEOVER WAS FAR MORE DRAMATIC.

SOT: my body fat went down from 28% to 20%, and my blood glucose went down

from diabetic to normal. 01;28;55;14 My cholesterol went down from

needing medication to normal

BUT SOME NUTRITION EXPERTS SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW IF THE DIET IS SAFE

WITHOUT MORE HUMAN TESTING,

Keith Ayoob/ Einstein College of Medicine: It's not safe for someone under

20, or somebody who is growing, or for kids. and it may not be safe for all

adults as well

BUT FOR A THRONG OF BRITS- DR MOSLEY'S RESULTS IS GOOD ENOUGH TO GIVE IT A

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

Nat open of gallon smashing montage

IT MIGHT LOOK FUNNY.

BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER.

THE LATEST "PRANK" THAT COSTING MONEY AND CAUSING A MESS.

ABC7 EXPLAINS AND SHOWS YOU THE VIRAL GALLON MILK SMASHING.

PLUS OUR SMART SHOPPER IS HELPING YOU SAVE WHEN YOU EAT OUT.

ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST POPULAR RESTAURANT IS REDUCING PRICES.

HOW MUCH THAT PASTA, SALAD AND THOSE BREADSTICKS WILL COST YOU NOW AT THE OLIVE GARDEN.

TZ4 A GALLON SMASHING-NATSVO

TZ4 B OLIVE GARDEN-VO

STORM WARN TYLER OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

COOLER WEATHER ARRIVING

The sunshine has returned for most of us, but trust me, it isn't going to last long.

Tonight, partly cloudy skies will remain overhead and overnight temperatures will settle into the lower half of the 50s along the urban corridor.

As moisture begins to increase across Southwest Florida on Friday expect our skies to stay mostly cloudy. This will be the start of an unsettled weather pattern featuring more clouds and the threat for some wet weather as a strong disturbance dives southward toward the Gulf of Mexico.

After lows in the 40s to start on Saturday daytime highs will be rather cool in the middle 60s. Showers will begin to develop during the afternoon and carry over into Sunday. This will make for a chilly and blustery end to the weekend with afternoon temperatures in the low to middle 60s.

GALLON SMASHING-OC

IT'S THE LATEST PRANK THAT'S CAUSING A BIG MESS -- QUITE LITERALLY.

SOME KIDS IN VIRGINIA ARE FILMING THEMSELVES SMASHING GALLON JUGS OF MILK IN A SUPERMARKET.

THEIR VIDEOS ARE GOING VIRAL.

BUT ABC'S JOHN MULLER FOUND OUT --

GALLON SMASHING-PKG

Nat open of gallon smashing montage

IT'S A SHOCKING MIX OF FLYING MILK AND FLAILING LIMBS. VIOLENTLY CRASHING TO

THE GROUND. It's ALL PHONY. AND it's THE LATEST INTERNET SMASH. CALLED

GALLON SMASHING.

more nats

IT IS THE CREATION OF these THREE TEEN

FROM VIRGINIA, 2 BROTHERS AND A COUSIN WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES ACTORS. THEY

SPOKE VIA SKYPE TO THE Cable SHOW "RIGHT THIS MINUTE"

SOT BOY

" it was just an innocent prank no one got hurt nothing bad happened "

THE FAKE DRAMATIC FALLS AND SPILLS ARE ONLY HALF OF IT. THE OTHER HALF.

DUPED SUPERMARKET workers and SHOPPERS. STRUGGLING TO HELP THE SEEMINGLY

INJURED BOYS.

nat of people trying to help

and many seem to FIND IT HILARIOUS MORE THAN THREE MILLION HITS IN LESS

THAN A WEEK

SOT LAUGHING D.C. SHOPPER

17:24:04

"oh my god that was funny"

BUT NOT EVERYONE'S LAUGHING.

17:24:11 Old woman

" look at that. look at that. look at that I mean that's rude I cant

understand that"

GALLON SMASHING. BY NO MEANS THE FIRST OR the ONLY CONTROVERSIAL YOUTUBE

prank to go viral.

nat of fire in the hole and drink thrown in cashiers face

A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS "FIRE IN THE HOLE". WHERE DRIVERS SAY "FIRE IN THE

HOLE" BEFORE THROWING DRINKS into THE FACES OF DRIVE THROUGH WORKERS.

nat another "fire in the hole" and laughing

ADD TRACK: THEN THERE WERE THESE KIDS--- -- DIVING INTO STACKS OF

CEREAL AT THE SUPERMARKET. SYSTEMATICALLY SWEEPING PRODUCTS OFF OF

SHELVES.

CUT: THE TEENS BEHIND GALLON SMASHING ALSO HAVE OTHER MISCHIEVOUS VIDEOS

LIKE PRETENDING TO SPLASH UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE WITH AN EMPTY 1O GALLON

BUCKET.

CUT: BUT THEY DO SEEM TO REALIZE GALLON SMASHING is taking THINGS TO A NEW

LEVEL.

CUT: SOT TEEN BOY

"I don't think we can top this we probably won't do anything this bad again

probably calm it down a little "

NEW TRACK: BUT NOW EXPERTS QUESTION WHETHER THIS "GALLON SPLASHING" COULD

cross THE LINE FROM PRANK TO POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

Sot DANA COLE / ABC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST

23:36:55 it does seem a bit malicious / particularly because someone has

to clean it up based upon that it can easily be viewed as a crime

One last nat of fall and splash

WHATEVER YOU MAKE OF THE MILKY MAHEM. Millions of PEOPLE ALL OVER THE

WORLD ARE 'CRYING OVER SPILT MILK' whether tears of laughter.

GALLON SMASHING-OC

THERE'S WAS A COPYCAT 'GALLON SMASH' INCIDENT IN UTAH YESTERDAY.

PEREZ HILTON A DAD-VO

CELEBRITY BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON IS NOW A FATHER.

HE ANNOUNCED THE NEWS ON HIS WEBSITE YESTERDAY.

THE OPENLY GAY BLOGGER SHARED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF HOLDING A BABY BOY IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A HOSPITAL ROOM.

IT'S UNCLEAR WHO THE MOTHER IS OR THE NAME OF THE BABY.

SMATCH WATCHES-VO

TONIGHT --

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEAK AT A WATCH THAT OPERATES AS A SMART PHONE.

THE SMART WATCH DEBUTED YESTERDAY AT AN ELECTRONICS SHOW IN SPAIN.

IT HAS A TOUCHSCREEN THAT RUNS ITS OWN APPS.

IT MAKES PHONE CALLS.

IT SENDS AND RECEIVES EMAILS.

AND IT PLAYS MUSIC.

AN ITALIAN COMPANY MADE THIS ONE.

NEW UNITED FEE-VO

THERE'S A NEW WAY FOR UNITED AIRLINE PASSNEGERS TO CUT THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THE AIRPORT, BUT IT WILL COST YOU.

THE AIRLINE IS NOW OFFERING SOMETHING CALLED "PREMIER ACCESS."

FOR 9 DOLLARS YOU CAN EXPEDITE CHECK-IN AND SECURITY CHECKPOINT LANES ALONG WITH PRIORITY BOARDING.

JC PENNEY SALES-VOTOPS

J-C PENNEY'S MOVE TO SCALE BACK MOST COUPONS AND SALES EVENTS.

IS NOT WORKING!

THE DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN IS REPORTING MASSIVE LOSSES TONIGHT.

SALES PLUNGED IN THEIR FISCAL FOURTH QUARTER.

THE STORE SAYS SALES FELL MORE THAN 31 PERCENT.

OLIVE GARDEN CHEAPER FOOD-VOTOPS

IT WILL SOON COST LESS TO EAT AT OLIVE GARDEN.

THE CASUAL DINING CHAIN PLANS TO CHANGE ITS MENU TO INCLUDE SMALLER PLATES, CHEAPER PRICES AND LOW-CALORIE MEALS TO TRY AND IMPROVE SALES.

HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER OPENS-NATSVO.WIPE

NEW AT 530 --

A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER OPENED ITS DOORS FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

NATS OF RIBBON CUTTING

HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER IS CELEBRATING DAY ONE RIGHT NOW.

IT SHOULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW --

THE AVERAGE INCOME IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS 40 PERCENT BELOW THE COUNTY AVERAGE.

MANY PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED.

THEY LACK JOB SKILLS AND AN EDUCATION.

HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER OPENS-SOTVO

"We want every child in the neighborhood to find their passion and their purpose."

THE CENTER WILL OFFER CLASSES FOR ADULTS TO RECEIVE A G-E-D --

LITERACY CLASSES TO BETTER LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE --

NEXT AT 5-CLIP

TEASE FIVE

"it's f****** loaded."

THERE'S NO MISTAKING IT.

A TEENAGE BOY POINTING A GUN AT ANOTHER CHILD.

THAT CHILD IS AUTISTIC.

TZ5 A NM BULLYING ON TAPE-NATSVO

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NM BULLYING ON TAPE-OC

TONIGHT ABC7 IS BRINGING YOU DISTRIBUING VIDEO OF AN EXTREME CASE OF BULLYING IN NEW MEXICO.

A TEEN POINTS A GUN AT AN AUTISTIC BOY. THREATENING TO SHOOT.

IT'S ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND IS NOW ONLINE.

NM BULLYING ON TAPE-PKG

WE BLURRED THE FACES. AND THE VIDEO IS A LITTLE GRAINY--- BUT THERE'S NO MISTAKING THIS TEENAGE BOY POINTING A *GUN* AT THE BOY IN THE RED SHIRT.

"it's f****** loaded."

THE FATHER OF THE CHILD BEING THREATENED CONTACTED US AFTER THIS VIDEO SHOWED UP ON FACEBOOK.

HE SAYS HIS 16 YEAR OLD SON IS AUTISTIC.

"watch him, get on your knees and kiss my shoes."

THE INTERROGATION LASTS A FEW MINUTES.

THE SAME DEMAND IS REPEATED - BY OTHERS IN THE ROOM.AFTER HEARING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A GUNSHOT.

nat

"ooh dude, you better f****** kiss his shoe dude."

"i'm doing this so if you die, I can straight up show that against and go to prison - so you better kiss his shoe dude."

OTHER KIDS WHO ARE OFF CAMERA APPEAR TO BE TELLING THE CHILD IN THE RED SHIRT WHAT TO DO. AS THEY WATCH AND KEEP RECORDING.

"give me your f****** shoe, no, you have to do, you have to kiss it with him on it, no you better not record it."

AND THE SCREEN GOES BLACK -

NM BULLYING ON TAPE-OC

JILL GALUS REPORTING.

THE TEEN IN THE VIDEO WITH THE GUN IS NOW CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM

25:30 "Very alarming, I'm in shock."

NEW AT 6 --

AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING IS SHATTERING A LEE COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD'S

SENSE OF SECURITY.

THE FRIGHTENING DETAILS ON HOW A BOY WAS ABLE

TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST SOMEONE TRYING TO KIDNAP HIM.

PLUS --

THOSE AREN'T CHRISTMAS TREES!

WHERE INVESTIGATORS UNCOVERED THIS MAJOR GROW HOUSE OPERATION.

AND HOW THEY FOUND IT.

00:12 its just not right for people to come here look local and collect money:16

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUR WALLET -

LOCAL VETERANS AND YOUR TRUST.

THE SCAM THE MAYOR OF CAPE CORAL WANTS YOU TO

BE AWARE OF -- AND WHAT HE'S DOING

TZ 6 1) LURING A CHILD-SOTVO

TZ 6 2) GROW HOUSE-VOTOPS

TZ 6 3) CAPE VET CHARITY SCAM-SOTVO

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