And flooded the street as you see here. Big thanks to kirk moody for getting us these pictures. They are working to get the leak capped and the area safe avoid the area. Right now, the search for the person who keeps starting fires in a st. Petersburg neighborhood. Yeah. Police got this video of the suspects. Its tough to make out. Theyre not really able to use this. It has gotten worse. We have a map that shows you where it has been happening since january, just west of Crescent Lake park. Clifton french joins us live from Crescent Lake park. Clifton, how many fires have there been. Reporter theres been five fires in the past two months in a sixblack area. Lately they have been targeting these alley dumpsters. These large plastic bins right here. This is one of the last ones. This is what it looked like after the fire. The concern is that the fires spread. It went up to this fence. While it only burned a fence this time, the next time it could be a home with somebody inside of it. Now
Each polling place should have a bilingual volunteer because florida has such a large puerto rican population. They are moving to orlando and then tampa because theres more Job Opportunities. Reporter Job Opportunities in florida have led to a spike in the hispanic population here. 24 of floridians now high as hiss now identify as hispanic. Now theres nearly 700,000 registered puerto rican voters in florida than there were ten years ago. Theyre kind of the low hanging fruit because theyre already citizens. They have the right to vote. Reporter hes paying close attention. I think the differencemaker here today for this election is community. You know, can marco rubio turn out the cuban vote . Is he able to capitalize on the momentum of puerto rico and have them turn out for central florida. Reporter senator marco rubio confirmed that outlook. We actually won the primary got 70 of the vote there. We think that translates over to the tampa and orlando region. Reporter now, back here in we
And i was holding his head. He wasnt breathing or moving. Reporter investigators identified the man at the wheel as Oliver Simmons junior of tampa. Deputies hauled him off to jail after finding eight bags of marijuana in his car. She is convinced that he had to be distracted. He is the only one that didnt see them. I know his eyes were not on the road. If i lose my uncle because of him not paying attention, that would be wrong. Reporter the driver who hit ryan right now is only facing drug charges but the case is still under investigation. Reporting in lake wails, ryan raiche, abc action news. Developing tonight, a stern warning from the Highland County sheriff to the School District after three teachers are accused of exchanging naked pictures of students. By the end of the night one of the teachers may be out of a job. Sarah rosario joins us now with more information. Met with School Leaders letting them know its a crime not to report any inappropriate relationships between a teacher
That brings up the possibility of a second plane involved. Ryan raiche, abc action news. Thank you, ryan. Todays crash happening just about a football field away from where a plane crashed into a home almost ten years ago. In 2006, a plane crashed into that house killing the pilot, severely burning the copilot. The property was later rebuilt by the abc show extreme makeover home edition. Coming up at 6 00, were digging into the crash and other high profile incidents at that airport. Right now on abcactionnews. Com we have a Photo Gallery of everything that has happened today from start to finish so you can get a better idea of what where it is. Well, major developments tonight in the paris terror attacks. Belgium authorities now saying that they have taken suspected terrorist into custody. Police say he was shot in the leg during a raid in brussels. Attack that killed 130 people. He is believed to have played a key role in organizing the attacks. Back here in the bay area, thousands tu
Through tomorrow and possibly longer. Tonight we know that isis has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings. In a statement posted by the isis affiliated agency for the terror group says that the bombings were carried out because belgium is, quote, participating in the International Coalition against isis. Immediately following the attacks, World Leaders pledged solidarity with the european nation. Lauren rozyla is live at the airport where one of the last flights to leave the Brussels Airport landed just a few hours ago. Lauren, what can you tell us . Reporter thats absolutely right, guys. Yeah. I want you to take a look right now. Huge Police Presence at Orlando Sanford International Airport. They have been checking in with passengers and doing huge security checks. I also want to talk a little bit about the flight that touched down today immediately after it landed. Tons of Law Enforcement officers showed up and they started searching the plane. Off for more than 40 minutes.