Finally some closure after a tragic crash. Polk deputies say theyve arrested the driver who took off. After hitting and killing a woman in lake wales and badly injuring a deputy. Charlie lewis will appear in court this afternoon. Sheriff grady judd says the 71yearold confessed to deputies he had been drinking at a party before the crash. Now judd says it could put him in jail for the rest of his life. Saturday mornings crash killed 33yearold jessica enchauteguiotero. Sheriffs Deputy Adam Pennell was severely injured. Jessica flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60. Thats when Officials Say lewis drove his blue ford f150 into them and kept going. An anonymous crimestoppers tip led them to lewis truck. He was arrested yesterday afternoon on his street. Just minutes from lewis will appear before a judge at 1 this afternoon. Police arrested a woman in saint pete for the death of her child. Who disappeared nearly 5 years ago from their home in bendale, West Virginia.
No closed captioning is a 71year old man accused of hitting and killing a woman in lake wales, before taking off is expected to make his first appearance in court this morning. Polk county sheriff grady judd. Says Charlie Lewis confessed to being the driver. . After his arrest thursday. Lewis told deputies he had been drinking at a party before saturday mornings crash. The accident killed 33year old jessica enchan tegeeotero. And severely jessica had flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60, thats when Officials Say lewis drove his truck into them. And kept going. The sierra club is joining forces with a polk county lawmaker. In an effort to tighten regulations on the phosphate mining industry. And expand testing of Drinking Water in mulberry. This is in response to the massive sinkhole that opened at mosaics mulberry fertilizer plant in august. That opening. Dumped aquifer. Mosaic continues to say that water has not spread beyond the plant. Neighbors however say
Lindsay its refreshing with lower humidity. While it was warm yesterday afternoon, the tradeoff is the mild and comfortable start to the day. I have a few sprinkles out the door. Not many. Should be a dwraet day to get out and enjoy and hopefully you remembered to tall back. Sunrise is at 6 45, an hour earlier with the time change. Its a pleasant 64 in tampa. Out the door more seasonable readings. 63 in brooksville and 65 in winter haven, st. Pete look at you, 66 degrees. So looking back most of us in the blue. A couple degrees cooler, and only one batch of sprinkles to show you. You noticed that east wind has been breezy at times, so we have brought some patchy sprinkles north of tampa bay. These slide off towards the to west towards New Port Richey and lutz and citrus park. The cold front to the south, high clouds from the west today. A mix of sun and clouds this afternoon with that breeze kicking at times. Goodlooking day. We talk about the week ahead and let you know if theres cool
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