Interview him. He invoked his rights and did not make statements. We will piece all that together as the investigation moves forward, where he has been since friday. Amanda Sherrif Demings said ortiz turned 16 this weekend. He would not speculate as to why oritz waited to turn himself in. It s possible the teen or his family saw the video of sgt. Pearce and that may have moved him to surrender. Coming up on wesh two news at 5 00, i ll bring you some of that interview with Sergeant Pearce and have more on the charges ortiz now faces, as well as what the sheriff had to say about whether he ll be charged as a an adult. Live in Orange County, amanda ober, wesh 2 news. Meredith investigators find the body of a 13yearold girl, and her father inside their Merritt Island home. Agents aren girl died, but think the dad committed suicide. Wesh 2 s dan billow is at the home on indian street. Dan, what do we know about the family . Dan we know they were very well liked by their neighbors, and the n
After Orange County deputies say she was run down by this teenager. Investigators say 15yearold Jancarlos Ortiz sped off in a car as Sergeant Pearce tried to arrest him on burglary charges friday morning. Sergeant pearce was in the vehicle s direct path and landed on the hood, hanging on as ortiz allegedly stepped on the gas. Paul smalley she rolled herself off of that hood. When she came to, she didn t know where she was, she didn t know what was going on, she s sitting in the middle of the street. She knows there s blood everywhere. I don t think i could have done this myself. Chris Sergeant Paul smalley, who also works at the Orange County sheriff s office, tells wesh 2, his wife is home recovering from a fractured foot, has stitches in her head, and plenty of bruises. Ortiz got away. No one has seen him since. Jerry demings 15yearsold. Already been in trouble with the law. Chris sheriff Jerry Demings says ortiz is wanted for attempted murder on a Law Enforcement officer. Adding to
And he began to increase his speed, and she knew at that point she needed to get off the hood. Michelle investigators say the fall knocked her out. The probation officer hit the emergency button on the deputy s radio to get help. You are not on his side. No, i am not on his side. Michelle why . If you are a criminal, then there are places for you to be. Michelle emotions in the neighorhood ran deep and very mixed. You feel very strongly about this. I do. It makes no sense for today s youth to be doing the crime that they are doing. Laws need to be tougher on them. I don t think they got rubber bumpers, and jumping in front of cars and thinking they are not going to get hit when these kids don t care about their own life, so what makes you think they are going to care about your life to stop . Michelle ortiz is only 15 years old but he has quite a rap sheet, aggravated assault on a Law Enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding the armed burglary. Now he is facing charges of jim sheriff J
Reporter investigators located that vehicle off of goldenrod on saturday. Were told it was abandoned. Now ortiz will likely face a charge of attempted murder on a Law Enforcement officer. I spoke with a neighbor in the past hour and he will explain how this went down for 5 00. For now live in orlando, michael la party, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Weve been reviewing a interview with Deputy Pearce and will have that coming up. Breaking news in Orange County. Health officials just confirmed a case of zika virus. Theres now 28 cases of the virus here in florida. Today president obama warned great care must be taken if Health Officials are going to keep this disease out of the local mosquito populations. We will be fighting this disease at every level with every tool at our disposal. I 1. 9 billion in funding for our efforts at home and abroad. In Orange County the Orlando International airport stepped up its Mosquito Spraying Program makes sure they dont come in contact with travelers tha
Boyd live with the details here. Valerie . Reporter hey, there. Police now have their search warrant or actually in the house looking for evidence. You can see the home right behind me where the tape is across the front door. Earlier today they forced their way inside trying to check on the wellbeing of a person. Officers say virginia ortega lived with her son blake howard at this home. They went to the home after a relative called concerned about blakes safety. But when officers arrived, they say no one answered, so they forced their way in and thats when they found a mother with a gun and a son dead. They say he was murdered in the shower. Where virginia ortega confronted one of the officers with a handgun in hand. She was ordered to drop that firearm which she complied with officers. Miss ortega planned the murder of her son blake howard, and again shot him multiple times while he was in the shower. Reporter and 29yearold college. They released a statement saying, we are deeply sadd