Transcripts For WKMG News 6 At 7 Pm 20160107

And im lisa bell. Were happy to help so many of you get advice and results under the Affordable Care act. Our line to call is 18884366665, on the screen right now. Well take a closer look at what questions our experts can answer for you, coming up in a few minutes. Its really been incredible. Those people have been so busy all afternoon. Theyre busier than they anticipated. They had to bring extra people in. Well talk about that in a moment. We start with breaking news in east Orange County tonight. Sky 6 was just over curry ford road. Troopers tell news 6 three people had to be cut out of a wreckage from a crash. This happening just west of chickasaw trail. Orange county fire rescue says one adult and two children had to be rushed to the hospital. No word yet on how theyre doing. Crews are working now to clean up the crash scene. Road between goldenrod and chickasaw. If you can avoid the area. Well bring you the latest as soon as we get it. Our other top story right now is only on 6. A have a a Valencia College student charged with a Violent Arrest is now free of charges. Did Orange County deputies go too far in the force they used . Eric sandoval broke the story at 6 00. Now at 7 00, hes getting answers about the deputies seen in that video. Three deputies were used of using Excessive Force when they arrested deidre reed which prompted an internal investigation here at the Orange County Sheriffs Office. Tonight the office of professional standards is not saying where their investigation is or if any of these deputies were ever disciplined. Stop hurting my arm. Im not resisting. This is 21yearold deidra reed being arrested by Orange County sheriffs deputies last july. She and a friend were trespassing they say at the but Surveillance Video showing reed scolding one of the deputys sons has led some to speculate that deputies wanted to get back at her. During her arrest, she said she suffered a dislocated shoulder, though she claims she wasnt resisting. Its my dominant shoulder. I sleep on it. Everything. Pain. Like for the first, two, three months it was the most excruciating pain ever. She spoke exclusively to news 6 today the same day she learned the state Attorneys Office dropped the charges against her. Its not a celebration. Its actually an indictment of the court system. Her attorney, natalie jackson, says this case is far from over. Shes getting a case together right now and plans to sue the Orange County Sheriffs Office. She has had to endure being arrested, paying a bond, she has a mugshot, she has a criminal court arrest record that says shes a violent felon. The Sheriffs Office would not comment about reeds charges being dropped, but once again answers to see if any of the deputies involved in reeds arrest will face discipline or not. At the Orange County Sheriffs Office, eric sandoval, news 6. Eric, thank you. Jackson says the cell phone video is responsible for getting the charges against reed dropped. Charges against her friend, reginald lane, were dropped almost immediately. Breaking at 7 00 tonight, orlandos police chief is speaking out after one of his own was dragged during a violent traffic stop and ended up in the hospital. Late this afternoon, the police announced they made an arrest. Morgan is facing several charges including battery on a Law Enforcement officer. This is the story we first broke on the morning news shortly after midnight officer richard fink pulled over a pickup in paramour when police say morgan began to resist and drove off, with officer fink hanging on. He sustained a concussion. He was treat and released last night at the hospital and now resting at home. Hes in good spirits and looking the suspect does have a criminal history. Police say he has resisted arrest before. Also developing right now, days into the new year, Orange County is seeing some troubles with its new automated trash service. Trucks are getting so backed up, people are putting their 95gallon cans out on trash day and theyre not being picked up. News 6 reporter Amanda Castro is getting results and asking why. Garbage bins full of trash still line this Orange County street. They were supposed to be picked up on monday and residents here say they are frustrated that nothings been done. So thats when they called news 6 to get them some results. At this point we just want an answer as to when were going to get a pickup. Boxes left over from christmas still sit in her garbage can, days after it was scheduled to be picked up. Her neighborhood is frustrated with the stinky situation. I want them to come get my trash. Thats all i want. I want them to keep their word other residents in Orange County are reporting similar problems after a new automated Collection System started at the beginning of the new year. This is the transition that you go through when you have such big changes. Jim becker, the countys Solid Waste Division manager, says service has slowed down because some people are not following the new systems rules. Thats recycle. Including leaving enough space between the containers. And putting all their trash into bins. He says his office is getting several complaint calls. Probably 90 of the people are getting the service theyre asking for but were cleaning up the glitches and misses and trying to get it fixed and educate the public on what to do. Hes sending crews to collect the trash in this neighborhood. But until the bins are empty, residents are filled with anger. They need to get out here and give me a call and tell me when theyre coming. I just want the garbage picked up. The county is urging everyone to be patient as they solve the if you have any issues with your trash, youre asked to call it in and theyll get someone out to collect it as soon as they can. Now, other Community Using the automated Collection System took up to three months to smooth out the process. Orange county hopes to drastically reduce problems they say by march. Well, a major twist inside a Seminole County courtroom still has people talking. A mother accused of killing her 17yearold daughter was expected to plead guilty. But Sujatha Guduru changed her mind because she wants a harsher punishment. She was offered 30 years in prison for seconddegree murder, but she reportedly wants life behind bars for killing her daughter. A 17yearold honor student two years ago inside their oviedo home. Her Attorney Says guduru is incredibly depressed and wants to be held accountable for her actions. The judge has ordered a mental evaluation for the 46yearold and shell be back in court in a gas county worker is burned over half his body tonight after an explosion on the job. It happened this morning while the employee was working inside southeast Orange County. The worker was carrying out an inspection inside the home so someone could move in. When he turned on the stoves pilot light, something in the kitchen sparked the gas line. The company says its asking for worker. New at 7 00 tonight, deputies say a teen and two others holiday grinches are facing charges for a cold crime. A little girl and a friend were out trying her new hoverboard when someone jumped out of a car and snatched it. News 6 reporter loren korn shows how the girl helped lead them to the suspects. The family says it happened right here, just feet from their home when the teen got out of the car and attacked the girl from behind. This guy kind of following us a little bit. We were kind of scared. A ride on a new Christmas Toy for the 11yearold and her friend on tuesday after a 16yearold boy and two others stole their hoverboard. We went around the block and they asked if they could ride it. I was like, no. But she says the boy wouldnt back down and asked again. He was like id like to ride it. I said no. We went to go forward. He jumped out the car and pushed me. Thats when she fought back. I started punching him in the back trying to get the hoverboard back. And he wouldnt give it back. So i pushed his head and it hit the car. Deputies say the three teens took off in the car along with the hoverboard. Albany ran home to her foster mom for help. My daughters were riding their hoverboard and some kids beat them up and stole their hoverboard. They remember key things about the suspects and their vehicle and Volusia County was on it. Deputies say they caught the trio a few blocks over and arrested the teen for grand theft and robbery. Meanwhile, the mom is glad all her children are safe but sad their favorite Christmas Gift is gone. And to have what they wanted for christmas and they got it for christmas and to have it less than 10 days is pretty sad. Theyre all victimized. In deltona, loren korn, news 6. So happy she got it back. To a little girl. Shes feisty. Yes, she is. Well, a National Honor for three local landmarks. Yeah, see which properties have made a list of most historic properties. Plus with a half a billion bucks on the line, well break down your odds of hitting the Powerball Jackpot tonight and, ginger, theyre not good. Come on, think positive, think positive. There you go. Take a look over my shoulder. Most of you are dry in the corner of the viewing area from melbourne to the county line, you cant shake the rain. Ill be back to pinpoint when the rain wraps it up and what all of this means for tomorrow. Plus this tiny little guy is where you can see it in person. Youre watching news 6 at 7 00, getting results for palm coast, lady lake and all of and join us on facebook just search for me at news. The deadline is coming fast. You now have just over 25 days and a few hours to sign up for healthcare before the federal deadline. Penalties for not signing up for insurance are going higher for many people this year under the Affordable Care act. Yeah, we understand the options can feel overwhelming and the choices confusing. So news 6 has been getting results with a special hotline all afternoon long. Lisa bell is in studio b where experts are waiting to answer your questions. When i was over there earlier, i could barely hear what you guys were saying over the phones ringing. Right, it is really incredible. As you know, we host several phone banks here at the news 6 studios throughout the year for a variety of good causes. We have never seen a response like were seeing today ever since the phone lines opened earlier this afternoon about 4 30. They have been ringing off the hook nonstop. Take a look around me. We actually have 10 experts on hand, answering any questions you may have about the Affordable Care act. People are telling me some of the biggest questions, the this going to cost . Of course, weve been saying the penalties are going up this year. So for the first time this year, the penalties may actually be higher than the cost for insurance. Of course, we still have a lot of uninsured people in our community and the plan seems to really vary. So we have people here standing by answering your calls. The number to call is 18884366665. We have 15 more minutes left, but i want to let you know, after this phone line ends, you can call the hotline thats open and all that is is 211. You can call that hotline from now until the end of the month and experts will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the Affordable Care act. As you mentioned, that deadline is coming up. You will either have to have some sort of coverage or pay a fine. Again, we have experts on hand. Give us a call at the number on the screen, 18884366665. Back to you. All right. We love it when people are calling like that. Need for that. So were happy to fill that need for a lot of folks. Thank you, lisa. That number to call again if you have questions is on the screen, the number is 18884366665. All right. Well, florida is celebrating its past, six landmarks have been added to the National Register of historic places. Three of them are right here in central florida. Heres the first. The meyer davis house in ponce inlet. The house seen right there in that picture dates back to the 1920s. Isnt that beautiful . The hasty cottage was built much earlier in the 1880s. In the 1940s it became the ponce inlet post office. The property is about a halfmile from the lighthouse. And one of the oldest buildings in lake county, Fruitland Park was also added to the registry. And it is beautiful. Heres a city picture of hillcrest, built in 1883 by one of the founders of fruitland also honored one of the areas oldest attractions, the monument of states is in the heart of kissimmee near the entrance of lake view park. It was built with rocks and minerals from each of the nations 50 states to rally americans after the attack on pearl harbor. We are so fortunate. We forget how rich this state is in history, how steeped it is. You can go like maybe 20, 30 miles out and youre in a different world. Right. Theres so many beautiful Historic Houses here. Its nice to see some of those. Disneys newest attraction at Animal Kingdom is tiny but worth watching out for. Disney sent us this video of the tiny baby monkey. You can see it there. It weighs only a few ounces and you can often see the baby riding mom and dads back. Its so small and the parents are so protective, keepers havent been able to see if its a little boy or girl yet. Ive been holding in a squeal the entire time youve been so squeal thats the video of the day. Right there. Very cute. You can buy a lot of disney passes with 500 million, right . Thats whats up for grabs tonight in the powerball drawing. No surprise tickets no surprise are being printed so fast and furious nationwide, so many tickets the jackpot jumped by 50 million bucks today. Each ticket costs you just 2. You have until 10 00 tonight to buy one. Be warned, the odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 and 292 million, which means there is a chance. But if you do win, you can split the 500 million into 30 payments or take the lump sum, a little bit less, 306 million after all or before the taxes. Give it here. One thing we can guarantee, though, the only place to watch the live drawing is right here moments before news 6 at 11 00. There are half a billion reasons and also tom sorrells is another one of those reasons to tune in. Right. Tom will be here. Ill be asleep. Will you . Probably. Late night. Wow. She gets here early. If you were up early this morning, it was cold. I could see my breath this morning it was that cold. By the afternoon really . It was. Im not sure about that. You saw the steam . I saw the steam from my breath. Come on, tom. I knew what you were talking about. Still tracking the rain into the evening. If youre watching from melbourne, its died out on top of you, south along the county line, it has not died out just yet. Were zooming in tight along ballard pines. Mikko is gets the rain and palm bay picked up rain in the last 20 or 30 minutes and now its starting to lighten up. Farther to the north we dry out quickly as we go to the north. We get into Osceola County and its dry from st. Cloud and kissimmee all the way to around Seminole County, dry all the way to flagler and marion counties, dry. The wind speeds have died out along the cape to melbourne. Across the interior, wicked. 18mileanhour wind in sanford. 15 in the villages and 17mileanhour wind right now in palm coast. Daytime highs today were at 72, orlando. 71 in sanford. 65 in leesburg. Tomorrows high should be a little bit above that. Were going to continue to pull out of our cold snap at least one more day. Right now, weve dropped to 60 in orlando and 64 in melbourne and in leesburg, youre at 55. 54 is the reading in ocala. 70 in new smyrna beach. The weather setup calls for all the moisture to keep trucking in here as this low bends out and goes that way. You see the backside of the spring, the moisture toward you in southern brevard county. When does it stop . When do we lighten up . Ill show you in a moment. 10, with 10 being awesome, tomorrow is about a 7 on the sorrells scale. Heres why. Things will improve. The rain slack ens off a bit overnight. By tomorrow morning, well dry out. Meteorologist troy bridges will be back to track a return to a few little showers by midday tomorrow. Overall, rain chances tomorrow are much lower than they were today until friday when they come roaring back. Theres friday by 7 00. 52 the low tonight in ocala. 53 in leesburg. The low tonight in orlando is 58. Heres tomorrow. First thing tomorrow morning, well be holding at about 58. By noon, 70. Daytime high, 76. Check this out, though. We hit 80 on friday. And saturday, another cold front comes in with a trough. The high is 78. Sundays daytime high, 77. Monday, 69. Look at that one 80 in there. One. One lone 80. Tonight at 11 00, ill have a brandnew model run to pinpoint the rain and wind for tomorrow. Millions and millions of people are giving the new Star Wars Film a thumbs up. But not the vatican movie reviewers which has Stephen Colbert in a bind. Im caught in a crisis of faith between deeply held beliefs embedded in me since childhood and the Catholic Church. Well, if you have a Smoke Detector in your home, your family should be safe, right . Well, maybe not. News 6 put several Smoke Detectors to the test and found out all brands are not the same. Even with all the smoke that came out the room, it still didnt get no sound from the Smoke Detector. At all . It never went off. A news 6 investigation works best. Thats tonight at 11 00. And moments before 11 00, news 6 is the only place to see the half billiondollar powerball numbers drawn right here, again on news 6. And after news 6 at 11 00, stay tuned for the late show with Stephen Colbert the news that the vaticans newspaper gave thumbs down to the new Star Wars Film. These guys, and i assume theyre guys, were not fans. Calling the movie confused and hazy, even adding the blockbuster overdoes the darkness. The vatican, and this is true, gave a better review to spotlight. Im not joking. This review really has me torn because im now caught in a crisis of faith between deeply held beliefs embedded in me since childhood and the Catholic Church. Before you jump on them for not enjoying star wars as much as we did, let me defend my church by defending why they have an issue with it. Its a savior born in a desert to redeem mankind. You think god is vengeful . You should meet his lawyer ira. It doesnt help the original trilogy featured a father, son and holy ghost. And the bad guy spends the entire movie trying to stab people with a cross. And keep in mind, star wars and the Catholic Church have large followings of virgins. Colbert. Youve got a few more minutes to get answers to your questions about the Affordable Care act. Call the number on your screen, 18884366665. The lines are open through 7 30. Guys, to celebrate super bowl 50 im rewarding fans with a special offer. Order a large pizza and get a second large pizza for 50 cents. 50 cents . thats pocket change what . Purely decorative. Get a large,1topping pizza for only 50 cents when you order any large pizza at regular menu price. Add our new brookie for just 6 more. P better ingredients. X better pizza. Better football