They have stopped work on the jobsite and have not said yet when construction will start again. In light of the incident, we felt it was best to shut down. Were going to take the time to take a look at all of our protocols, make sure that we are ready to start back, and we will start back when they are ready. The project director you just heard from said federal investigators are now investigating this incident. They are with osha and we will continue to keep you posted and let you know when construction starts back up. Julie spellman, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Raking within the last hour, search underway for a boater. A man was reported missing. The boat was found this morning with no one on board. The Orange County Sheriffs Office is leading the search effort. Were trying to get more Eyewitness News at 10 and 11. A rather Weather Radio system is back up and running after an outage. The system went down again today right the middle of Severe Weather. We reached out to the National We
Live in orlando, michael la party, channel 9, eyewitness news. Covering Brevard County tonight, we just talked to family members of a father and daughter found dead in their home on merritt island. Deputies say the father committed suicide but cant say what happened to his 13yearold daughter. Their bodies with your discovered on indian street. Our Brevard County reporter melanie holt just spoke to the dads sister. Melanie, she said he was a great father but did have stress in his life. Reporter she told me he worked sometimes seven days a week and long hours. She told him that he needed a life outside of work. She told me that she would have a hard time imaging a scenario where he could have harmed his daughter at their home and shes waiting for investigators to do their work. Neighbors describe 42yearold Sittichai Boonkeian as a hard worker who doted on his 13yearold now. The Sheriffs Office is investigating his suicide and his daughters death. Just trying to figure out, you know, wha
Environmental consultant did a site assessment. They did not find any significant environmental concerns. The city wrote the check and closed the deal. In 2015 just after this groundbreaking in september and the chiefs promise to the community our level of service will increase and it will be better for the citizens as a whole. The contractor while digging to pour the foundation found all sorts of car parts in the soil and said its contaminated. Its not surprising it was home to a salvage and junk yard. You can see the holes. The cost we have learned could be between 500,000 and 1 million to dig it up. Its a good lesson in buyer beaware because the fire station will likely cost you twice as much. To the fire chief today but the city said he was out of town. The city said theres an investigation into this soil that includes some tests that arent back yet. Once the tests come back they will know what kind of scope theyre dealing with here to clean up and then and only then will they know
Reporter first, he and many neighbors discovered mold and rotten wood inside of their berkshire place units, built by homes, an Engineering Company blaped defective stucco. When they opened up outside walls. They just taken the strength out of this joist. Reporter they found this. Wood joists that support the second story, cut wide open near the walls. Their attorneys engineer called that critical Code Violations that jeopardized the structure. Defective construction. Its outrageous. Reporter they took pictures inside three other homes to document risky floor joists. And bad stucco in at least half of the 140 homes. Owners here claim the repairs to make their homes safe again will cost at least 6. 6 million dollars. They told me its aware and working to resolve this issue asks honoring the warranties. Cannot file lawsuits. Both sides begin mediation tomorrow. Just praying to god that this gets settled before a disaster happens. Reporter now, theyre disa pointed that the homeowners atto
Hospital and residents in ortizs neighborhood are angry to hear that he has faced multiple felony charges at the age of just 15. Nine times of ten he shouldnt be out on the street. Laws should be changed. Reporter another neighbor believe an incident like this is a sign of the times. Theyre not expecting to be get hit. What makes you think theyre going to care about your life. Reporter of course ortiz is still out there on the run. We will be staying in touch with authorities all evening here and let you know if and when they catch him. Reporting live in orlando, steve barrett, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Were told its likely that sergeant pierce and the teenager knew each other before this morning because of her work tracking juvenile crime. She works with the jam unit arresting and monitoring juveniles. She is a 22year veteran of the sheriffs office. Ortiz has been arrested three times by deputies. Could mean the end of red light cameras in orlando. A circuit judge just ruled the prog