Ok but deputies say all of this could have been worse. Investigators at this hour on the streets searching for the guy. It was pretty shocking. Not even a couple of blocks down the road. Reporter folks on lakeland on edge following a brazen carjacking at the popular bone fish grill along pipkin road. Especially this early in the morning or late at night. Getting out of my car all the time and making sure theres reporter on the Facebook Page the Polk County Sheriffs Office sending a major alert. Investigators say the woman was in her car at the time, a Toyota Avalon shortly after closing time early sunday morning, the suspect walked up to the car with a chain wrapped around his hand and forced her out of the vehicle. Thankfully she was not harmed. The suspect drove off about a mile down the way where he crashed that car and burned it. Of course this is an area with plenty of businesses and restaurants, folks we spoke with this morning simply just maybe should make you more aware. Ive be
Point out. This one just in from fhp, here in pinellas northbound 275 at gandy, roars we might have some lanes blocked although not really seeing anything. I looked and you can see were still in the green heading northbound on 275. A little slow here on 4th street and park, i also noticed a little bit of slowdowns as well. Could be due to some lingering construction from overnight. Opening up our cameras, this i275 around 54th avenue. Got blurry on this camera. Was looking clear a second ago but looks like they are making some focus changes there. Traffic looking great on 275. All the interstates in the green, i4, i75 and 275 in pinellas. 5 01. A dangerous carjacking suspect is on the loose in lakeland. The polk county slivers office sending out a major warning now. Sheriffs office. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live from the scene is the victim ok . Reporter thankfully she is. This could have been worse. Investigators say this happened shortly after closing time on sunday
Of helping those in need because she used to be homeless. I understand the importance of a toothbrush, toothpaste, just clothes to wear, water to drink. So to me its really important. Reporter the restaurant is taking donations all week and this louisiana native will pack up a truck and personally deliver it all to friends in need. I want to put a peoples faces. Reporter reporting in st. Pete, kera mashek, abc action news. You can drop off donations at the salty rim grill through the end of the week on blind pass road in st. Pete beach. Also a gofundme page to donate if you cant get there. Kera mashek has a link to the page in the article she wrote on our mobile app now. Ivan cabrera with the forecast. Good morning. 81 in tampa. Limited rain chances, one more day of that. I think well have more rain chances beginning tomorrow but for today still 20 or less. As we look at the rest of the temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. We have that to look forward to today if you dont like the ra
Slowdown heading towards the veterans expressway westbound on hillsborough avenue. Not sure if its from the crash or not but you might want to give yourself extra time if youre heading to the veterans expressway. Your drive on 275 looking pretty good, still. Still in the green, 13 minutes from the apex to i4 and down there at the bottom if your starting in downtown its going to take you just five mince to get to the five minutes to get to the Howard Frankland. As you wake up this morning a dangerous carjacking suspect is on the loose in office sending out a major warning. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live at the scene of the crime outside of bone fish grill on pitkin road. Is the victim in the carjacking doing all right . Reporter thankfully shes ok but this all could have turned out a lot worse. This all happened after closing time early sunday morning. Apparently this guy walked up to the woman as she was sitting in her car, a toyota avalon. Had a chain around his hand
For the third time in three day, a law fo in the bay area is almost hit. Thanks so much for joining us this sunday night. It has been a very dangerous weekend for Law Enforcement officers. Saturday night a Hillary Deputy was nearly Hillsboro Deputy wasser in are lie hit pay drunk driver. Another troopers car was hit on a bridge. The driver in this latest case is being held. Reporter Alfredo Rodriguez jimenez is being held here on a dui with property damage. And this is just the latest in a string of close calls for Law Enforcement officers this weekend. Any Law Enforcement officer will tell you theres no such thing as a routine traffic stop. A number of incidents this weekend prove thats true. Saturday night, a Hillsboro Deputy pull over a car on 15th street north of pickup truck rearends that car, pushing it into the got as cruiser. The deputy it was not injured, but the driver is arrested on the scene and charged with driving under the influence. Hours early we are be be a st. Paul P