Right now People Living in a flooded Mobile Home Park in pasco county are being allowed to go back in their homes. Thats right, hurricane hermine left the sungate Village Community looking like this, it looks like a lake. Chip osowski joins us now. Are the people returning there . Are they feeling like they see what it looks like . Reporter absolutely, josh. And you can see they are pumping water out of this Mobile Home Park but it is much drie days ago. That voluntary Evacuation Order was lifted last night. And today some residents returned home to see the damage. So you guys evacuated . Yes. Yes. Reporter they returned to the their mobile home only to find their belongings ruined. We fixed the floor. Damaged from the water, she knew the it was going to be bad. She and her husband took this video over the weekend. Just the air conditioning. Two cars. The water and drier. Reporter a number of cars in the park were also flooded. Katherine stones brand new kia was one of them. Insurance
Candace mccowan joins us live. Candace, there is actually a term for this. Right . Reporter yeah josh, jen, good evening. It is called forgotten baby syndrome. You know how you are driving home from work and you automatically make a left turn. That is how these deadly mistakes can happen. Dr. Hammond calls it a tragedy. She says leaving a child in a hot car is any parents wors just on auto pilot. We may get home and say i forgot to go to the store and those sorts of things. That is what is happening with parents that are leaving their children in cars. Reporter it is called forgotten baby syndrome. It is used as an argument in court for why parents shouldnt be convicted. It is the defense Troy Whittaker could use. Lawson in the car for eight hours where he died. Whittaker questions surrounds the fact he wouldnt take a blood test. He sometimes smokes marijuana. Though he denied smoking it the day lawson died. Is there any long term damage that can lead to forgetfulness . Absolutely. Wit
Thanks for joining us tonight. We begin out of sarasota. A Restaurant Owner put a political message on his marquee getting some attention. It shows support for trump. John rogers shows what everyone is talking about tonight. Reporter we have seen people parking here and taking pictures with this sign behind me. Others have made it clear they are not coming back. Bill davis, the ne barnacle bills is not shy about sharing his opinion. And this week, he was fed up. You can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Reporter after hearing Hillary Clinton say this, he put up this sign. It was a big gamble. Reporter it reads, nra member, concealed carry okay. Not a deplorable. Vote trump. I usually sit on my hands with it being a public business, but i got to the point where i couldnt do it. Reporter in less than 48 hours he heard from thousands of people both here and around the country. I think it is insulting. I think that it show it is mentality that we are
Killed thousands of these baby sea turtles. They Stay Together usually. Reporter jay keeps a careful eye on the sea turtle nests near his home. This time of year, he spots numerous nests on the beach. Now, it is different. There arent that many more to watch out for. Reporter he watched as hurricane hermine tore them away. It is heartbreaking. The turtles are the highlight of the summer. To see so many of them just. It is just reporter the numbers are grim. 686 nests washed away in Sarasota County likely killing tens of thousands of babies. They found eggs simply lying on top of the sand. They found baby turtles that drowns or were buried alive. We cant do much when a hurricane comes in. Reporter biologist kristin and her team scoured the and hatching. Every day, we could get out there, we got out there. Reporter now, they need the publics help. Scientists say some of the lost eggs or misplaced nests may still hatch over the coming weeks so they urge people to be on the lookout and to
Rod carter is live at the Sheriffs Office with details. Hi rod. Reporter hey, good evening guys. Rain or shine, investigators want to get their hands on this guy and find him quickly. This started with a traffic stop. Actually, for a seat belt violation. But, the passenger decided he did not want to get a ticket. And he didnt want anything else. So he fought with the deputy. Everything happened very fast. Reporter Deputy Steven gutierrez tells me what went down when he pulled over a couple for violation wednesday morning at the stop and shop store on 18th street and 147th avenue in tampa. At that point, the passenger was trying to leave. Reporter the passenger now identified as 37yearold rod jer main rayford, knew he was wrong. He knew he was wrong. Reporter he also knew he was wanted. He jumped out of the that is when a little struggle happened. Reporter Deputy Gutierrez deployed his tazer. Looked at his hand. Made sure he did not pull a knife. Reporter the tazer did not work. And the