You can see him right here with a large box in his hand, inside is the chihuly sculpture. Detectives are also looking for someone else, this man wearing a ball cap with long blond hair who happened to walk by starting a brief 10 second conversation after the art was given back. Detectives would love to talk with the mystery men and see what he saw and what he knows. Not necessarily the best hope but he helps tie the puzzle pieces together. Just one more piece of evidence that could help us out. Reporter and you know what its like in a mystery case like this, every little bit of evidence helps so police are hoping that somebody may recognize the face and they can put this altogether and help solve it. Yeah, even a small bit of information can turn the thing on a dime. What about video from the gallery . Reporter well, 28 cameras were rolling at all times and you can imagine how tedious that is, frame by frame by frame trying to figure out who it is. So we will be on the case all night a
Bring your gun to school and secondly, you dont load it on the school bus on the way. 18yearold Jamarcus Sims is in a heap of trouble this evening, another student on the bus saw what was going on and took action. Sheriffs office initially got the call around 8 35 from a relative of a person on the bus. The student texting that relative about sims and the handgun. The bus was located at the intersection of u. S. 301 and harney road at the time. The bus continued on, the student keeping in Constant Contact with the relative via text. The relative giving 911 dispatchers a play by play to get deputies in position. Deputies eventually stopped the bus at the intersection of u. S. 92 and county road 579. They evacuated the other students safely and confronted sims. And found exactly where the witness said the things were hidden, thats where they located the 9millimeter rounds and a black ski mask. Reporter sims is a student at Brandon Alternative School and sheriffs and School District offic
Im josh benson. Im stacie schaible. Lets get right to the weather forecast. Things are shaping up pretty nicely as we head into the weekend. Out in st. Pete beach up to 77 degrees so far. Gorgeous conditions there. Winds light coming in out of the northwest. You can see a few clouds around. But over all, plenty of sunshine to end the day. And things really nice. If youre already off work for the weekend enjoy this afternoon and this evening. Temperatures are going to stay pretty pleasant for us. 73 in odessa and luke. As you look across the entire tampa bay area you can see 70s across the board. Still 66 though in lake placid. So pretty warm. Also tracking those winds coming out of the east this afternoon. Around 10 to 15 miles per hour. So it has been a little bit breezy at times but not too bad. You can see that northeasterly breeze has brought a few clouds in from the east coast of any showers within these clouds. We actually have really dry air on top of us. That bright red color y
Let me set the stage for you. It was parked right here on this road by the dealership where there are a lot of lights and cameras. And the Police Department is literally two blocks that way. These crooks knew exactly what they were doing. In the Early Morning hours of january 30, surveillance cameras were rolling as this white flat bed drove toward the sarasota ford dealership off u. S. 301. The flat bed went to the back and made a beeline toward a ford f450 worth 76,000. It was the most expensive vehicle on the lot that night. Watch as the crooks load it onto our flat bed without belonged there. Doing. Where did it happen . Reporter dealership officials did not realize the theft until the next day. They actually come through here. Business owners did everything and yet, these crooks still succeeded. We dont know where the truck could be. We are not sure if it is taken out of town. To the east coast, or out of state. Reporter the thieves could also make a hefty profit selling the truck
Next crashes, the next 92,000, so theyre sending a warning, if you drive off in one of these us get in serious trouble. Allison huffman could face serious charges. She slammed into a tow truck driver, but instead of stopping to help, she sped off. Time and time again troopers are seeing suspects drive off from crash scenes, but say it needs to stop or there will be consequences. As soon as you decide to flee the scene, youve become a criminal. Reporter the damage is long lasting. Mark was hit be i a driver on the interstate, and now hes relegate toed a back brace and regaited to a relegated to a back brace and daily pain. Im so impacted. Reporter jim watched his wife die by a hit and run driver during a walk. The air like a rag doll. Reporter his life has never been the same. I still have the image in my mind. Reporter if you leave a crash with an injury, youll face up to five years in prison, but if you flee from a deadly crash its a lot worse because you could face up to 30 years beh