Catch for Port Richey Police who say they nabbed a boat thief. He ended up overboard. Begging to be rescued. 10News Reporter Kendra Conlon talked with a boat captain who was nearly sunk by a thief its a story youll see only on 10 news. Jesse zuban just bought this 42 foot sports fishing boat six months ago and nearly had his livelihood stolen. Zuban tells me the boat heist happened after closing time at seaside inn. When police say Jason Ewashko tried to take it for a ride snapping two pilings. Before ramming to halt. The accused boat bandit was still on board. When zuban hopped on a police boat. He says watching as ewashko jumped ship and floored it. While still tied up. Snapping two pilings. Before ramming to halt. The accused boat bandit was still on board. When zuban hopped on a police boat. He says watching as ewashko jumped ship to make a getaway. They rescued ewashko and gave him a ride to jail. Florida has the most boat thefts in the country according to the National Insurance
He made it 20 feet. Reporter jesse bought this 42 foot fishing boat six months ago and nearly had his livelihood stolen. You work hard to get something going and Somebody Just doesnt care. Reporter i tells me the boat it happened after closing time when jason tried to take it for a ride and floored it. While still tied up snapping it. If he would have gotten out of the slip, i guarantee you he would have smashed the boat up. He was not in his right mind. Reporter the boat bandit was still on board when he hopped on a police boat and watched as getaway. He bailed off. Started screaming. He made two strokes, grabbed a swim platform and pulled incompetent into the boat. Reporter they rescued him and gave him a ride to jail. Reporter florida has the most they offer rewards to track down stolen boats. If someone will google a hull Identification Number and it will come back to our website as a stolen boat. Reporter he is relieved to have his boat and business back. Nothing got damaged down
We will be in the mid to upper 50s this afternoon, damp and chilly, showers especially this morning and trying out a little bit as we head into the the afternoon but again we do have some sunshine in the extended forecast and ill let you know when to finally break out sunglasses coming up in a couple of minutes. All right, lauren, thank you. New this morning, one person is dead after a fire in the Apartment Building in chest new hill. It happened at the 7600 block of even if ton avenue. Fire started in one unit but building evacuation may have caused some problems here. Victim is a man in his 50s and there is no word on exactly what caused his death. Thousands in the region are without power this morning but numbers are dropping, so that is a good sign. A ac electric reports more than 880 customers are in the dark and here in pennsylvania, peco reports 3400 outages, mostly in philadelphia just under 500 del marva customers are still without power. And we know it is a very raw morning h
Remembers the moment vividly. She said someone cut them off and they tried to get control, and he lost control of the car. Reporter at least four people were in the house, but amazingly, no one was hurt. The house, however, had to be condemned. A resident who didnt want his face shown told me speeding cars are a constant concern here. People dont respect the signs. It says 35. They go 60, 70. The young folks dont have the experience of the older drivers. Things happen. Reporter the two passengers injured in the crash remain hospitalized tonight, as Police Continue their investigation. But right now, there have been no criminal charges in this crash. In west babylon, greg cergol, neatws 4 new york. In new jersey, new developments tonight in the hazing scandal at sayreville hi school. Six players he been sentenced after four pleadeduiltyn family court. The teens have been placed on probatio and oero sve 50oursf cmunityserve. But all six will avoid being labeled sex offenders. Aen player
This week on q a our guest is journalist and author who discusses his new book, age of ambition chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new chin china. Host evan osnos in your new book, under the acknowledgments, you start out by saying none of my grand parents lived to see the book but they are responsible for its conception. Tell us more. Well, my grandparents on my fathers side came from poland and my mothers father was a diplomat sent to hungary and kicked out accused of being a spy but he wasnt. But the experience of being ejected from poland and hungry founded a backdrop for the life under authority. It wasnt explicit parts of the conversation but i was interested in what it felt like to live in a country in which there were constraints on what you could care about and what your values were like and when there was a moment in my life where you could do that china fascinated me. Host when you went there in there in 1996 could you speak chinese . Guest i was starting to speak it.