Couple lying about the sink hole. And were being joined by Shannon Behnken live from outside the courthouse. Reporter we tried to talk to the defendants outside of the courthouse and heres how they responded. What do you guys are hoping is going to happen here . Do you have anything to say . Any reaction today . Reporter glen and Katherine Jason were found guilty of wire fraud in october. This followed an 8 on your side investigation that exposed they sold their spring hill home and lied about a sink hole activity under the home. To the home buyers. They had already collected an insurance settlement for 153,000 but they did not tell this to the new buyers. Those buyers have five young house, they had to move out of the house when it cracked and their Insurance Company dropped them. Those buyers are ready for all of this to be over. So whats your reaction to what happened today . How do you think its going so far. I dont know. Its very con feuding its very confusing but were going to tr
Person is the only suspect and that the public is not in danger. We are going to keep you updated here on wfla. Com. An uber drive ended with the driver behind bars. He pointed a gun at his own passenger. Reporter manati county deputy says uber driver Patrick Mcdonald took things too far. He carried two passengers when one of them complained of feeling sick. Mcdonald did not want vomit in his 75,000 car. So as they began arguing mcdonald pulled out a gun. He was nervous. That something night happen. Reporter instead what happened was mcdonald was arrested. The lesson would be, dont pull your gun out unless youre frightened for your life. And, this according to the rise to that level. Reporter mcdonald has been charged with aggravated assault and robbery. John rogers, newschannel 8. Tonight theres a new development in the cold case of a Pinellas County woman who disappeared two years ago. Investigators tell us the only suspect in that case jerry gaston has died. He owned the home where
Tomorrow, especially later in the morning in the afternoon, we are going to be looking at the threat of Severe Weather. In fact the Storm Prediction Center says there is a small, less than slight, marginal by definition but some embedded areas that will indeed spawn a couple of severe thunderstorms and maybe a brief tornado. This is a something that we will have to watch closely and waking up to the storms and off and on all day long and we will pinpoint the area with the highest risk coming up. We want to get to breaking news in st. Petersburg. Police telling us a woman in a motorized wheelchair hit by a car. Maricela what can you tell us . Reporter we are waiting for updates but if you can see mine me, this is a very active scene and were trying to be careful because as i mentioned this is an active scene and the victims body is still in the middle of the intersection. Side you can see that lexus involved in this incident. This is along 26th avenue south and 31st street. This interse
A couple of other things to tell but, its a very busy morning, a crash, a semi versus a car actually a car versies semi. The car ran into the bacteria of the semi back of the semi truck. And theres reports of street a viewer tweeted hes seeing 6 to 7 inches of water on plat area. So again just use caution, slow down, and leave early because shay, this is going to last for right . Little bit of dry air working its way in south of i4 now. And across i75 and manatee and sarasota counties but you can still see heavy downpours from the apex on north on i75 and orlando area. Bottom line is though this is just the beginning of what will be a very wet day, so these breaks certainly well take them when we can get them but they are not going to occur and we still have rain coming down across the Howard Frankland, Courtney Campbell and the gandy. Again this is the beginning of the rain, were going to continue to see heavy pockets and even a potential for some damaging winds or an isolated tornado