Necessarily the night you are thinking of. The wednesday night with the notorious name drunksgiving may have some competition. Thats because saturday night proved to be busier than ever. Some people i think maybe take the celebration a little too far. Reporter for nearly 3 decades, lieutenant Darren Barlow has seen just about everything on our roads and this weekend, he heard just about every excuse. Was that im the most sober person in the car which is er. That doesnt make you safe to drive. Reporter dui teams decided to crunch the numbers on the busiest and most dangerous time periods for driving during thanksgiving and it turns out saturday night was some of the most dangerous at all. Historically, the weekend after thanksgiving really up until the new year holiday is there is a marked increase in dui accidents. They know it, patrols had 16 people arrested, busted for dui in hillsborough county. As a matter of fact, deputies ran out the door the second they got into work. Before the
Is enough. She started a petition for a traffic light at u. S. 19 and beach boulevard following the fatal crash of Robert Cartwright on sunday. I have been wanting to do it for years because i have been seeing how many accidents have been happening here. Reporter she says the issues are the constant illegal u turns. Cartwright was driving south on 19 when a driver made the turn and cartwright crashed into the vehicle. Its just ludicrous. I just i could see if there was just one sign and one car doesnt see it but there is literally three no uturn signs before they even get there to warn you not to do it. Reporter after several studies, department of transportation concluded beach boulevard doesnt warrant a light. Officials say there is not enough Traffic Volume here and adding another light when there is already two nearby would cause more congestion. We need a safeway to get out. Reporter jack lives off beach boulevard. He personally contacted d. O. T. To find fight their but the conte
The upper 60s to 70 and that will make the 80s later this afternoon feel like midto upper 80s. Theres the around the in tampa. 82 and partly cloudy skies and one more day and another potential tomorrow with a few showers and cool air behind it and more in the forecast in a few minutes. Good morning. Good news, we started after with a crash on 275. The crash is all clear and all the emergency vehicles are gone. So were back item speed 275. Heading north and southbound on 275. Checking the drive on the toll road, the veterans president is way in the green. And the leroy summit expressway looking good. And six minutes from i57 into downtown. A bradenton man is facing multiple charges. Breaking windows on houses under construction and then the officer released the dog that bit him and he punched the dog and then he was eventually arrested. Protesters were arrested in ybor city in the fight for 15 here in tampa and around the country. Good morning, eric. Reporter good morning. This is where
Corey and syncrude way. The home is surrounded near coit park. They believe the second inmate is inside near the park. Jesse gary is following the story and has the latest. Jesse . Reporter dozens of jet 80s deputies are here surrounding the home and they havent surrounded most of them wearing technical gear and kevlar vests and weapons. Either handheld or larger in plain sight. Investigators say they have undercover deputies in the area because they believe the fugitive Rogelio Chavez has associates in the area they spotted either him or an associate and he was chased into the house at the far end of the 200 block. That is where the standoff is right now and the person is inside the house. This afternoon standoff comes after the arrest of Loren Campbell in antioch, they were led to campbells sisters apartment in the 1000 block of james donlon boulevard. Campbell fell from his hiding spot up in the attic and felt through the ceiling onto the floor, that is when he was taken into custod
They said he had been holed up inside a hole in san jose, on coy drive near oak grove high school. We get the breaking news from azenith smith. Reporter frank, everyone here is breathing a huge sigh of relief now that both inmates are back into custody. It has been a long and exhausting day for deputies. We have learned in the last five minutes, that sheriffs deputies arrested a woman, Carla Fernandez, who they say was a key player in harboring chavez. Several officers loaded him with handcuffs into a deputys car. Deputies were at this home since 1 00 p. M. Again, were just learning, the home belongs to one of chavezs associates, Carla Fernandez who is currently on probation. She was in possession of a firearm when officers first arrived. They took her into custody. They evacuated nearby hopes, blocked off streets. Throughout the night they deployed tear gas several times, and used a robot to look inside the attic. It is a surprise. Once that activity takes place. You have dogs, sniper