Deputies tell us the robber approached a worker as she locked up for the evening around midnight. She was carrying a bag of cash to be deposited at a nearby bank. No word if the robber got away with the money in the bag. The woman was interviewed by deputies and were told she did not physically get hurt. Back live this morning, were told detectives will scour Surveillance Video from this restaurant to see if it holds any clues about that in all this. Back to you guys. We will keep checking in with you for updates and to follow this story and other breaking news, download our wfla breaking news app. Its free. All right, lets check in with your monday morning forecast. Meteorologist ed bloodsworth. Hey, ed. Yeah, good morning. An easy going start here as we start off this brand new work and school week. It is warm in spots. 80 in st. Pete this morning. Right at 79 in tampa. Weeki wachee at 74 and 73 in zephyrhills. And we are starting off with increasing moisture. And right now, we have
It is quiet as can be. We have a few scattered clouds offshore. An area of low pressure bringing showers to the florida keys this morning. The area of low pressure will roll into the gulf. Today the model water vapor a continued easterly flow. Storms will fire inland around noon to 1 00. Then work back towards the west coast of florida through the day. 79 this morning. T cooler temperatures and higher rain chances ahead. Well tell you all about it coming up. New overnight, the father of a young boy who died in a hot truck bonded out of jail early this morning. Troy whitaker left his 23month old son in his truck yesterday car from 8 30 in the morning until late in the afternoon. Whitaker made a run to publix before realizing he had forgotten his son. It is not an intentional act. You have to be responsible for your kids. You cannot leave them in the car forking eight hours and let their body temperature get to 108 degrees and die. Funeral services will be held for a man shot and killed
And help stop the spread of zika. Whether they are on the ground or in the trees, bromeliads are a popular site. This one you might recognize. A florida mainstay they reproduce quickly and are included to be easy to maintain but they cause a problem when it rains, water pools in the center. Collecting water and debris making their own compost stew so they get the nutrition and water. A breeding ground for that spread zika. Michelle rencher got rid of all of the bromeliads on her property. You need to do the best you can for your kids. The director of Sarasota County Mosquito Management says to help stop the spread people need to be mindful. We dont like to tell people you have to get rid of them. There are products like these that you can sprinkle on plants larvae, you can also use a hose to rinse out the plant. That is one of the things people like they are located plants. Plant and forget but you cant do that in the modern world. Anything holding as little as a teaspoon of water can
Lindsay 4 degrees. Summer heat is coming back because of the sunshine which out looking west toward the beach. The place to be today as we have great visibility there. Visibility improving in citrus. I knew would happen. Low beams can go off for you, but the ac is on as we are in the low to mid80s this hour. 79 in brooksville. I will toss in those heat index values right now. It feels like 94 at 9 a. M. On september 10. By the way the peak of the atlantic Hurricane Season today. No rain this morni. Showing on the east coast across the atlantic waters, the leading edge of the moisture which late in the day between 4 and 10 p. M. Gives us a 30 chance of showers and storms. They build west through monday, but by monday, there we go moisture continuing to build and a wet week forecast and top tropics coming up. Time is 9 1. A Hillsborough County fire fighter is facing aggravated the back seat of a hot car. Fox 13s kellie cowan is following this story. Good morning, kelly. Reporter good mor
Way. A little bit on the warm side as compared to what we have been seeing over the past several days. Earlier this week, we had temperatures down into the 60s in some of our northern neighborhoods. No such luck today as we see more moisture making its way from the south. That will help trigger showers later on. Taking a look at current readings, 84 in tampa. 82 for clearwater in st. 91 today or 92. And the showers will come. Ill let you know where the rain drops will fall and well time it out so you can time your day up. Thats less than 15 minutes. Lindsay. A high profile inmate was found dead in jail. Christian bury committed suicide while at the sarasota jail. Hes the mother of flame baby walsh who lived for 9 weeks against the babys father joseph. Jp peterson has been following this case. This this case was going reporter both parents were charged. This happened a year ago when chances grandmother reported the baby missing to police. Extensive investigation found in north carolina.