Panthony cook was inside a home pon northeast boulevard north. Pofficers took him into custody, pand investigators say cook along pwith twant bays escaped from at pfalkenberg academy more than pweek albay was found in vacant phouse in st. Petersburg on pyesterday. P also in st. Petersburg a pstolen piece of art work from at pchihuly collection is just been pfound. Pfox 13s Steve Nichols is live pwith an update on this case. Phi steve. P hi you know, this little iece about 8 inches tall was a pcollection gallery. Pthats down on beach drive. Pthis collection is owned by more pan arts is there florida about phalf a mile away in 700 block of pcentral avenue. Pand this is where the object pturned up. Pin a box outside the front door. Pthe good news and somewhat punexpectedly cobalt and lavender ick although with gilded phandles appears to be undamaged. Pit is also back at the beach pdrive gallery now because there pwas no way st. Pete police want pirreplaceable piece of art worth pas much a
Red light cameras do not work. But anjuli davis is live in tampa with more. It is the controversy that will not quit. The cameras have been controversial since they were approved in 2010 in florida. Lawmakers say they want them gone, saying the statistics show they are not making a dent with the drivers. It is video that is hard to watch. The camera images from the sarasota pd shows a car and a dump truck going through the lights. And dodging traffic before crashing into a parking lot. It is a good indication how running can be. Police say they have encouraged more drivers. We have dropped for the first three, 4 years. Report from Highway Safety challenges that notion. It found the total number of accidents increased following the installation of the cameras at intersections. Now a bill working its way through the Florida House is aiming to shut down the cameras for good. In the intersections where the lights are, they have increased. Traffic fatalities have increased. A house represen
It is a lot. Kimberly kuizon in port charlotte. The home is one of 36 damaged, 11 of them are unliveable. They are staying with his sister and her home is not easy to get around but a place to stay for now. We told you about a case that involves love, theft and millions in missing jewels. Now a millionaire businessman is taking his exfiancee to court as details are released. Gloria gomez has been all over this. What is the latest. Reporter the victim in the case learned he was robbed after he got a phone call that broke the case wide open. Scott mitchell and Mary Katherine hunt were supposed to live happily ever after. There was a theft of 2 million in jewelry. Reporter the love is gone and so is millions of dollars gold. What the complaint says is the items from mr. Mitchell. Todd foster represent mrs. Mitchell. He didnt know his valuables were missing until he got an unexpected phone call from his exgirlfriends father, michael hunt. He called him to tell mitchell that he had the jewe
Breaker on Daytona Beach. At the jail with this story. We saw a cop car driving really fast with his lights on. Reporter it happened here at Daytona Beach near the ocean section of the beach around 1 30 this afternoon when the beach was packed with spring breakers. They are cracking down on the drinking. Reporter a beach Patrol Officer was trying to arrest 20yearold jamie gordon for an alcohol violation when he resisted and took off running. Our officer got into a scuffle with him and was unfortunately injured. The officer dislocated his shoulder. Reporter gordon was then charged with several offenses. The Patrol Officer says theyre only two and a half weeks into the spring break season and already theyve had a Record Number of alcohol arrests. Our crowds are a lot bigger than the previous years for spring break. We have\gz the month of march and april only about 94 alcohol arrests. Were way over that as of right now. And that was Tiffany Teasley reporting. Were following some breaking
First time offender you will be fined 75. And they want cannabis. At this hearing no one was too shy to express the opinion with vigour. As a parent i suggest this is giving our youth and our community a second chance. I agree a first offender to be arrested is not the answer. The Police Department agrees that a change is in order. Right now first offenders can lose their license. Get slapped with a 1000dollar fine. Spend a year behind bars and walk away with a criminal record. Under the ordinance they would get a fine. Many groups like normal say thats a step in the right direction. You have the opportunity not to make change and change the way things happen. But can you chip away a little bit. This what tampa is considering. First offender as 75dollar fine. You get caught again 150. A third time, 300. 450 each time are you caught after that. The fact that no one would get a penalty than a fine rankles the commissioner. I would do it again and again. Nothing happens. You cannot contro