Office with the latest. Josh. Reporter just a short time ago, the sheriff announced to us it was an anonymous tip led them to Jarvis Kendrick, 37 years old from lakeland. It he stopped and called 911 and did the right thing, there would be zero charges. The alleged hitandrun is one thing. What he did after that allegedly is a whole other story. First, i want to show you h polk county. Deputies allege on october 6th he hit janice joy walking along duff road near sheffield drive in lakeland and just took off. Joy suffers from alzheimers disease. Her loved ones tell fox 13 she likely at the time had no idea where she was going. At the time sheriff judd noted a piece of the suspect vehicle was left at the scene, a broken scheme to cover up the damage to his car going as far as to purposely crash into a sign on the highway to try and cover up the alleged hitandrun. Were shocked. We expect more of everyone in the community, but certainly we expect more of those in the community that we see a
In other local headlines a polk county teenager survived a scary ordeal. She was all by herself, when two burglars. Broke into her home. It happened monday on eagle crest boulevard in winter haven. 23yearold eric ellison broke into the home with another man. And then, some quick thinking from the 18yearold girl inside. She heard glass shattering and ran to a . Neighbors house to call police. Winter haven Police Arrested ellison, as he was trying to run away. They found jewelry in his pockets. The second man managed to get away. But thankfully. That girl did the right thing, and was not harmed. A new update this morning on the zika virus. State Health Officials reported . Five more travelrelated them were in miamidade and broward counties. But one of them was in polk county. There was also one . Locally transmitted case in miami. There are now more than 11 hundred zika cases confirmed in florida. . Most in south florida. Today in polk county the department of health is conducting free t
New this morning; the search for a pair of thieves who robbed a female student on Shayla Reaves is there live this morning. Shayla, a big fight is brewing between parents in pasco county and the school board. Its all over the countys plan to redraw some School District lines. Forcing students into new schools. The School District says it needs to redraw School Boundaries because some are overcrowded while others are below normal capacity. Officials say a rise in new Home Construction is causing the problem. Theres not enough funding at the moment to build new schools. Rezoning would mean some students would have to change schools and may be bused several miles farther away from home. At tuesday nights school board meeting, a boundary committee, made up of principals and parents from each school is tasked with drawing the lines. They have 5 proposed maps which now have to be narrowed down to 1 that theyll present to the superintendent. Their next meeting is tomorrow at 8 am at gulf high
Developing this morning in Pinellas County is one Charter School a . Health risk, to students . There are now growing concerns from parents. Over . Mold at the largo campus of plato academy. It comes after several disturbing photos. But the schools ceo claims there . Isnt mold problem. Fox 13s evan lambert talked with the ceo. About the confusion. 8 44you can clearly see from just looking at the chairs and the wall and the vents that it is mold. Plato academy largo parent caitlin drakos is worried her Childrens School has a mold problem that could put their health at risk. Shes also a Nursing Student and says she understands how dangerous mold can beespecially to children with preexisting conditions. Caitlin drakos, mom4 24i thought my children were safe here and to know that their Overall Health and well being is being compromised is very very upsetting and very frustrating as a parent. Drakos isnt alone. Barbara gareau believes mold and air quality in portable classrooms at the schoo
After his sisters murder and what he thinks about why her killer has never been found. Dr. Phil joins us live. And the firestorm grows. More nfl players join Colin Kaepernicks Controversial National anthem protest by kneeling, joining arms, or raising fists. This morning, what the nfls commissioner thinks about all of this in our exclusive interview, today, monday, september 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. It is a monday morning. Weve got willie in for matt this morning. Yesterday on that 15th anniversary of september 11th, the focus suddenly became on Hillary Clinton and her health when that startling piece of video came out. Everybody is talking about it. Lets talk about the state of the race today. The election just 57 days away. As we mentioned, hillary 9 11 ceremony is forcing her now to take a break from the campaign trail. Her running mate