Beating up the baby. Throwing her around like a rag doll. The baby had a cracked skull and other injuries. The mother was in no position to take care of children. Frankie and phillip at six and three were running amok and were unsupervised and what others saw was consistent with what happened on monday and that she didnt care for the kids and was neglectful and abused them by leaving these kids in the car. In one of the worst. Things that i have ever seen, especially with a 13 day old. Her appearance was one of a kid who had been pummeled. Reporter unbelievable. That family had moved into a hotel after a fire at their north reddington beach home so they were in the motel when all this happened. Kathleen and asked her what happened to her little daughter that she seemed to be aloof and uncaring and didnt even ask about her daughter until an hour into the interview. Guys . That is even more aggravating. But to talk about the angle of this story, we talk about two kids born after artifici
Eventually getting tackled by another Good Samaritan. Chip osowski shows us how it unfolded. Reporter the Good Samaritan that helped out is an employee here at flooring america. He heard the helicopter, saw what was going on, and knew he had to do something. I met him right here and put him down. He just went down to the ground. Reporter the Sheriffs Office heli andy was the person who aided in the arrest. I figured i would just get in his way and slow him down. That was all. Just slowing him down, maybe the cop would catch up to us. Looks like hes getting over to go into the mall. Reporter the cops were there all along high above in a hel carpet watching johnsons took off. Stopped at this convenience store. White male, short hair, white vneck t shirt and khaki shorts. Reporter for a change of clothes. Before making his way back to adamo drive where he attempts to flag down a driver. He is carjacking this person. Hes trying to get this person out of the vehicle. Car 35 right there. Rep
Letting my dog out earlier, paramedics were parked in front of my house right here. And, i wanted them to know i didnt make a call. They told me to go back inside and lie down. They wouldnt tell me anything. Reporter as a deputy and a sergeant went inside the home, they found a man having what appeared to be a mental break down. They tried to came him down according to the sheriff to no avail. Both members of the Hernando County Sheriffs Office have gone through crisis intervention training but in this case, the team had to use lethal force and shoot the man who later died. You know, they had this training and obviously, in this case, it wasnt success. As hard as you try, you cant be successful every time when you are dealing with humans in crisis. Reporter and as a routine in situations like this, both the deputy and the sergeant are on paid administrative leave. Fdle has traveled to hernando investigating tonight and the Hernando County Sheriffs Office. Investigators are still on sce
Hear a few claps of thunder along i75. 77 in plant city, brooksville youre at 75, lakeland 75, sarasota currently at 76 degrees. Basically dry through the morning. Now, as we head through the afternoon i do expect a good coverage of rain, about a 40 chance and the storms are slow moving. Afternoon high around 89. Coming up in weather and traffic 8s at 4 08 one area in the tropics you attention to. Leslee is tracking the traffic over the roads. Some construction but not too bad. Travel times i4 through plant city things look great. No delays there. Now headed over to a little bit outside here in the polk county area, eastbound i4 right near the polk parkway, got some construction, possible detours in place so keep that in mind. Lets take a look at the hour Howard Frankland bridge. Only 6 minutes to cross it. Back to melanie and gene. Mourning Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. He was in on on a boat when it crash intoed crashed into a jetty. He was only 24. He came to tampa when he w
Today. Im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo. Leigh spann, it feels nice out there. Yeah, a lot of us feeling the slightly less humidity and little bit cooler and. Theres actually been coastal showers. I have been watching this one area of rain off New Port Richeys coastline. Not a big shower obviously but leaving in this 20 rain chance mainly because we have a wind flow off the gulf. And during the morning, we could see a few showers, not many. And as the day progresses, the storms get more widespread and push st a 30 rain chance between noon and 6 00. We are cooler. We have 60s on the map actually. 67 in zephyrhills. 71 in fish hawk. Currently 72 in clearwater. And still not exactly falllike in the afternoon, expecting 89 degrees. And i am tracking the tropics, one area im keeping a close eye on. And leslee lacey has what shes keeping an eye on. Earlier, there was a man on the shoulder of the Howard Frankland bridge, and hes been busier through plant city but a good drive. And a quic