A toddler all alone in the middle of a river. Right now crews are searching for im jamison uhler. Abc action News Reporter Marisela Burgos live where crews are searching along the river right now in hillsborough county. Marisela. Reporter deputies and officers are about more than 1,000 feet from where were standing but if you look near that dock near to a. J. s on the river bar that is the missing mans jet ski. Authorities are searching for this man, 38yearold William Morris. Home so his wife face timed her husbands phone and her son picked up. Someone had spotted the toddler on the island and picked him up. They also found his life jacket and wallet on the jet ski but people who live around here are trying to figure out whats going on. I wouldnt i dont have a clue. Its just one of those things. Its kind i cant fathom would would happen. Reporter a lot of people trying to figure out exactly what happened here. Deputies and fwc officers are currently searching for William Morris whose w
The crime spree next. Live from the station taking action for you. This is abc action news. All new at 11. A scam so good people are handing crooks their debit cards. Thanks for joining us. And im jason uller. They are after your cash. We explain how it works. This scam all starts with a phone call but the scary part is that after that call, a short time later the criminal shows up at your front door. Take a good look at this Surveillance Video showing a woman walking out of a pinellas grocery store. Account. They tell the victim there is a problem with the debit card and they will respond and take the debit card and pin number and have a new chip card sent to prevent fraud. Hillsborough county has one case Pinellas County got three more. The sergeant says the victims are 75 years old and up targeted. Somebody is getting in a neighborhood phone book. Tonight he worries about their safety. Violence can very easily occur. If they are trying to get money. How far do they take it. Detectiv
In their ballots at one voting location in downtown st. Pete. So i wanted my vote to count, and i wanted my sons vote to count, and this was so important to us because this was his first time voting. Several people say they got to the polls early because they didnt want to risk possible long lines on election day. Here in hillsborough county, hundreds gathered at a local library on mlk boulevard. It was part of a push by pastors called souls to polls to get africanamericans to vote for clinton. President obama made a last push to vote for clinton while in orlando yesterday. Mr. Obama spoke about trump and the state of the country. Singer Stevie Wonder kicked off that rally. Vice President Joe Biden is going to be in st. Pete. They will first stop at famu in tallahassee and then will head to st. Pete for a get out the buffett. And the bidens will join democratic u. S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy at that concert. Murphy is running against marco rubio. Rubio will be at the Republican
Y24zwy y12fy breaking news right now. Take a look. There are protesters out by the thousands nationwide, people upset over the outcome of the president ial election, taking to the streets at this hour. Here you see protesters in here in ybor city. Thanks for joining us. Im wendy ryan. Im jamison uhler. All these protests come after a seemingly calm and quiet day. Abc action News Reporter Marisela Burgos is live with more on what protesters hope to gain. Reporter they went several blocks this way stopping by that bench right there, and all of them want to fastforward election anger boiling over in ybor city. Frustration after months of campaigning. This is not what our country is about. Reporter and over the newly elected commander in chief. Im scared. But the thing is, things like this matter. Reporter marchers say theyre taking a stand against hate. I came out here even though i had a couple of Death Threats and someone called threatened to get me fire. Reporter victoria organized the
Right now at 11 00 tens of thousands across the country out in the streets right now. Protesters from d. C. To dallas to oakland, california, unhappy with the presid making their thoughts known. Im jamison uhler. Im wendy ryan. More on that but first a Wesley Chapel teacher and coach under investigation for a politically motivated comment. The Pasco School District telling us the coach of the Boys Golf Team is now on administrative leave, the district saying it took action after angry parents voiced their frustration. Several africanamerican approached them and said, dont make me call donald trump to get sent back to africa, end quote. Just outside of detroit kids who apparently support trump chanted build that wall during lunch hour causing other students to cry. The mother of the student who recorded this video telling abc news racially motivated bullying has been progressively worse at that school so her daughter recorded this. The 8second clip has been viewed more than four million