Accused of pulling the trigger sits in a jail cell this morning. A community is stunned. Many gathered for a Church Service to honor the innocent lives lost. Investigators say 45yearold Jason Daltons crime spree lasted 4 hours and spread across an apartment complex, a car dealership and a restaurant. Dalton is an uber driver who passed the companys background check. Now, passengers are coming forward with their experiences of sitting in the backseat of his car just hours before he allegedly went on a killing rampage. He was leaving a bar. They say he surrendered without a fight. Hes due in court this afternoon. A disturbing crime alert in pinellas county. Two men arrested, accused of baiting and fighting animals. Deputies say the men basically implicated themselves by recording the fight and posting it to social media. 10 News Reporter Jonathan Petramala spoke with one of the men who says hes innocent. A vicious video that went viral. A pit bull struggling to get its jaws around this c
So far a gofundme account has raised nearly 60,000. Tonight fellow deputies are remembering one of their own killed in a wrongway crash over the weekend. The deputy was hit headon while driving on the selmon expressway. 10 News Reporter darren flowers shows you why a woman believes she is alive to tell her story because of the deputys quick action. Reporter Sarah Garrett feels fortunate to be alive. A wrongway driver on the selmon expressway was headed straight for her car saturday morning. I was flashing my lights like a strobe light at him. Reporter thats when the officer followed his mission to protect and serve. He rushed in front of her crashing head on into eric mcbeth. Mcbeth was driving west on the expressway in the eastbound lane. I feel certain in my heart about to happen to me. And that he sacrificed himself instead. Reporter her father, also grateful he can still embrace his daughter. The man who saved my daughter and he is a national hero. Reporter todd had been with the H
Theres new hope for thousands of rape victims whos evidence kits have for thousands of rape victims whos evidence kits have sat untested while theyre attacker remains free. Governor rick scott says hell sign a new bill that will prevent similar backlogs from happening again. 10 News Reporter Isabel Mascarenas explains how it will help rape victims heal. 13thousand rape kits holding valuable evidence untested. Leaving many florida cases 15hundred are from the bay area. Is a national epidemic. We know we had to do something cant put a price on public safety. A new bill waiting the governors signature will keep this back log from sot. 1 22 25 what it does is it insures timely testing of evidence collection kits. It also gives victims a voice. The bill requires local Law Enforcement to submit Sexual Assault evidence kits within 30 days. The state has 120 days to process. Sot. 1 28 57 we hold the evidence for a year. That extra time says kathleen kempe, director of Sexual Assault services f
Off wednesday night in their final debate before the florida primary. 10 News Reporter mark rivera takes a closer look at the partys most polarizing candidates. Pkg it started with a bang. Clinton questioned hard by jorge ramos on the email scandal thats dogged her campaign from the start. Her answer . That. Is exactly what folks walking into the democratic debate wanted to see tonight. Energy. And both candidates brought their a game. Immigration a huge focus tonight on the univision sponsored debate. And that brought the and both candidates turned their ire on donald trump. Outside congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from hawaii who made a splash publicly switching her endorsement from clinton to sanders spoke exclusively to 10news. And Hillary Clinton did just that. Fielding strong questions on bengazi. In the latest sanders is down a full 30 points to clinton. Today, republicans face off in miami where marco rubio will be fighting for his political life and donald trump will work to expand
Several standard of conduct Violations Including the commission of a felony. In new port richey, casey cumley. Sheriff not go said there is body camera evidence against leblanc. It is not release right now. Super tuesday is the biggest day of the 2016 primary season. Billions of voters and a dozen states are making their voices heard right now. There are 595 delegates up for grab on the republican side and 865 delegates at stake on the democratic side. Us senator ted cruz hopes to win his home state. In whole ohio trump stepped up at a rally. I deal with rubio. I deal with cruz. These guys dont know anything. Will be an embarrassment to anyone supporting him. Hillary clinton in minnesota. Sanders has visited that state frequently. Stay with 10 news throughout the night for live updates. News coverage begins at 9 pm. Political reporter mark rivera breaks down super tuesday. New information in the case of a baby found buried. Joseph walls being charged with firstdegree with murder. The m