Good morning. And welcome to good day tampa bay. At 4 00. Im vanessa ruffes. Walter and jen have the morning off. Those stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your the search is on. For a trio of thieves in hillsborough county. Detectives say they robbed a familys car. And their home. In the middle of the night. And the scariest part. The homeowners did most of the work . For them. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us now from the hillsbrough county sheriffs office, with the latest on the search, and the . Costly mistake, so many next stop. Election day. The president ial nominees las vegas. It was one of their last chances to appeal to undecided voters. Fox 13 Political EditorCraig Patrick thought it definitely had more . Substance than the previous debates. Moderator Chris Wallace tackled a long list of topics. Including another highlight of the debate. Could be Donald Trumps answer to a question he was asked during the republican primaries. Would he . Accept the Election Results . And even though trumps running mate and his Campaign Manager have already said he . Would. Trump had a some voters got to see . Big screen. Regal cinemas screened the event live. In hundreds of theaters all across the country. That included the regal citrus park stadium in hillsborough county. The screenings were free. And guests also got a free popcorn and a free soda. In the end, some voters admitted. They were looking for a little more Regal Cinemas showed the . Second debate in theaters as well. They got such a big response, they decided to air the last one as well. And. President obama will be back in florida today. The president is campaigning for hillary clinton, in a trip that was . Supposed to happen earlier this month. It got postponed because of hurricane matthew. The president is holding a rally at Florida Memorial University in miami the president will also hold a speech about the Affordable Care act at miami dade college. An escaped inmate from polk county is back behind bars. He was actually caught all the way in Pinellas County. This comes after detectives say he . Kidnapped a corrections officer from a workcampa and took off in a city vehicle. Fox 13s josh cascio has the rest of the storyafrom bartow he left here with the officer in towea but his run from the law only lasted a couple hours. In less than 3 yearsadavid ross wouldve been a free mana tuesday Bartow Police say he put that freedom in serious jeopardy. Hes going to regret in the future,ross was part of a 5 Man Department of corrections work crewa from the prison in polk city. They were on a lunch break at mosaic park in bartowa when police say rossa armed with a utility knifeatook the unarmed guard hostage and cuffed hm. He then secured the 4 other inmates inside this facilitya before taking off with the guard in a city work vehicleaheading towards Pinellas County. Its hard to believe the whole thing paul cooper lives across from the park. And is a former corrections officer himself. The guy was getting close to getting out and for him to run and screw that up i dont understand itwe believe it has something to do with a relative or something that he felt the need to get back to, the 4 other inmates were actually the ones to go and seek help. Officials began to track the officers cell phone a and around 2 oclock a ross would be back in the hands of law enforcement, this time Pinellas County deputies. The corrections officer seen here awas unhurta able to escape when ross stopped at a store. He was serving time for battery on a law enfor charges. Including armed kinapping. If he gets convicted itll be a long time before he sees daylight again, in a statement the doc says it is reviewing the case and evaluating the response. In a former middle School Teacher in tampa is . Free this morning. It comes after she spent six . Years in prison, for having sex with students. Stephanie ragusa was convicted having relationships with two 14year old boys. In 2006 and 2007. She taught special education at davidsen ragusa is now a registered sex offender. And will spend the next 15 years on probation. More accusations against a Lakeland Mental Health counselor. Psychotherapist Anthony Conti is facing extra charges of Sexual Misconduct after four . More women came forward. Bringing the total to six potential victims. All are former patients. Conti is accused of making sexual advances towards them during counseling sessions. Claiming it was part of a new treatment called touch therapy. He was in court new felony charges. One bay area man is feeling pretty lucky this morning. And theres about 745 . Thousand reasons for it. Alonzo cherry from clearwater won the florida lotterys gold rush doubler scratchoff game. He bought his Winning Ticket from the marathon gas station on bruce b downs boulevard in tampa. And because they sold the Winning Ticket the store gets a twothousand dollar bonus. Were told cherry paid just 20bucks for thousanddollars. Starting today in tampa. You can get a ride through downtown tampa, without paying a dime. Its called downtowner. Its an appbased ondemand complimentary ride service. You just . Call the vehicle with your app. And it should arrive within ten minutes. It will operate within downtowns business district, the channel district, the river arts district, parts of harbor university of tampa. It runs seven days a week. Starting at . Six am on weekdays and 11 am on weekends. The Service Officially kicks off tonight at six. Cleveland really . Does rock later this half hour in sports why the city may soon have its . Second squad of world champions. And after the break red alert . Space agencies around the world are watching and waiting. To break 1 2 00break 2 1 45 break 3 1 40endbrk 1 30 the roses are blooming in herbal essences hair is delightfully fragranced with notes of moroccan rose the scents you cant forget. Were getting another updateth fate of the latest mars probe. The batterypowered spacecraft was sent by the European Space agency as part of a Larger Mission called exomars. It was meant to Test Technology for a future european Robotic Mission to mars. The space agency lost contact with the probe on wednesday. They are holding a News Conference on the mission right now. And they have confirmed the probe . Did enter the mars orbit. But the parachute so its still not clear the status of the probe. They are still analyzing the begin. With baseball. One team has finally punched its ticket to the world series. And its been a . Long time coming. The Toronto Blue Jays hosting the Cleveland Indians in game . Five of the American League championship series. Cleveland up three games to one. Indians pitcher, ryan merritt making just his . 2nd career start. And he does an amazing job. Doesnt give up a single run and clevelands offense provided plenty of support. The indians nothing by the fourth inning. Thanks in part to two solo homeruns from Carlos Santana and cocoa crisp. The blue jays get . Blanked. And . Eliminated. Losing the game threenothing. The indians are now heading to their first world series. In . Twenty years. And they get to host game . One next tuesday. Right here on fox 13. So who will cleveland be facing next week . Were gonna have to wait a few more days. Game four of the national League Championship series last night. The la dodgers hosting the chicaco fast forward to the fourth inning. And chicagos bats finally wake up. The cubs scored four runs in the inning. La . Tried clawing back. Getting two runs of their own. But the cubbies were just warming up. Getting another . Six runs. They win the game. 10 2. And tie the series at two games a piece. Game five is tonight. Again in los angeles. The cubs really trying to end their curse. They havent won the world series in more than a . Hundred years. Where fans have extra reason to go to tonights Tampa Bay Lightning game. Its pucks for paws. A portion of all tickets sold tonight goes to the Humane Society of tampa bay. And fans can get something extra for their Furry Friends at home. If you buy terrace or promenade level tickets. Starting at 25 bucks. You also get a free lightning doggie bowl. The game starts at 730. They are playing the colorado avalanche. Thursday forecast. Plus. These guys are definitely . Not clowning around. Why theyre protesting a creepy trend thats hurting a business. A quick check now of some stories making headlines around america. And the world. And we begin. With a deadly attack on us forces have been an inside job. A gunman opened fire on a Coalition Military base near kabul earlier today. Two americans were killed. Including a Service Member and a civilian. Nato says three others were wounded. The lone gunman was later shot and killed. No Insurgent Group has claimed responsiblity. Right now afghan officials are calling it an insider job, which means they were likely shot by an afghan solider or someone . Posing as one. The us ended major combat in afghanistan back 2 . Thousand us troops still in the country, mostly hired to . Train afghan forces. And. The iraqi army is making its final push today. To take back the city of mosul. They Just Launched a largescale operation. A small group of Iraqi Special forces are already . Inside the city limits providing intel on the militants, to the army outside. Theyre also helping target airstrikes. This comes a day after a us general said isis leaders have in Northern California a deputy has been killed in the line of duty. The mowdoc Modoc County Sheriffs Office says 31yearold Deputy Jack Hopkins was responding to a disturbance call in a rural area about 10miles south of the city of alturas. Thats where the deputy was shot and killed. The gunman is now in custody. This is the fourth california officer to die on the job. In the last two weeks. In portland, oregon. A natural gas explosion left eight people injured. Worse. If not for the Quick Response from emergency crews. The explosion happened wednesday in a busy shopping district. Investigators believe a construction crew hit a gas line. Three firefighters. Two police officers. And three civilians were hurt. The injuries are . Not life threatening. At least one building was also destroyed. Several others were damaged. And. Hundreds of clowns are gathering down in mexico city this week. But these creepy clown craze thats been sweeping north america the past month. The group shouted in the middle of a square. We are clowns. Not killers this group of latin american clowns hold this meeting every year in mexico city. They say the recent creepy incidents are hurting their image and their income. Still ahead in our next half hour a man who lost . Three of his limbs. But never lost his courage. Why hes not letting his disability stop him. From crossing the finish line. Plus. Fo13 county, with a good reminder for homeowners. Who . Dont . . . . Can you say i love it . . . Oh love it . . . Can you say hey . . . Hey . . Thats the spirit oooooh. . . Ooh ooh . . Wooh ooh . . Wooh ooh . . Sing sing, baby baby i love you. Oh yes. . . Ooooh oooh.