To consider the motion, but it is not entitled to release the defendant. Bob i did speak with one of his daughters outside of the courthouse here this afternoon. She said she is disappointed with the decision. You will hear more from her at 5 00. As for is the as far as the state Attorney S Office is concerned, if they do not trial, they have every intention of seconddegree murder later this year. Summer thank you. Carol wick is now suing her former employer after being let go. She is seeking more than 15,000, alleging a breach of contract. It was made at the law nation s offices, and will have more on the response of termination at 5 00. Meredith a teenager is dead after a devastating fire in lake the stork cost fire around 9 00 wednesday night when a High School Boy was still inside. We are live where the community is dealing with this loss. Dave this homestead here for more than 100 years, but the flames were too intense, the fire crews not save the house, but most importantly, it was the life inside that was lost that so many people seven. The say fires Marshall Office of the fire started in the back of the home, nothing appeared suspicious. The fire started a little after 9 00 wednesday night. I heard that glass, breaking and i run out and i saw panic, heard panic and i seen a glow in the sky. Dave the fire chief said heroic efforts got the teenager out of the house but it was too late, he could not be saved. It is hard because lake mineola high school. Its breaks my heart that such a great kid could, anything could happen to him. Dave it is not clear if he home had a working smoke detectors. The city is coronary donations at coordinating donations at city hall. We were heartbroken for the family. Dave the boy s parents and two other boys are loving in city shelter now. The city manager posted this message, now is the time for us to come together and pour out our love for this family. I just spoke with the mineola fire chief moments ago, and he says there were smoke detectors in the house, but it is not clear if they were working properly. On the website, they are detectors, check them and make sure they have fresh batteries. Summer thank you. A local man has been arrested after leading an Orlando Police officer on a chase. It happened this morning. The officer said he reported a man shot in the arm, on the way, he heard a description of a car officers were looking for, and moments later he responded. Demand got out and started running. He was arrested and identified as bakari mccant. He is accused of resisting arrest. Meredith Marion County deputies found a man unresponsive in a vehicle that had run off the road wednesday. When they got there, cpr was being performed. The man passed away this morning. Detectives are investigating this incident. Outside, but the changes are coming our way, especially north. Meredith Tony Mainolfi joining us now. Right . Tony some rain and lightning up there, 66 degrees in palm coast, right around 80 before the storms rolled rolled in. I would not be surprised if we got some great rainbow pictures in Volusia County. More rain off of Daytona Beach, west. 76 because of the rain right now. The first round they came through, all of those white dots, those of the thunderstorms moving west to east. This is a solid , steady rain. In Marion County, look at the showers popping up west of flagler beach. These are lifting off to the east at 15 miles per hour. A1a, and as we head toward south daytona, port orange, the first in. Moderate rain has moved in. S and 70 s. Where it has not been rainy, stuck in the 80 s. Big changes as we headed to the ahead. Summer a stunning announcement from seabrook, killer whale shows will be coming to an end. The news following increasing criticism of keeping the whales and captivity. We are joined outside the park by amanda ober. Amanda it is no secret that seaworld s earnings and attendance have struggled in recent years. The new ceo is not only phasing program, but he also announced an alliance with an organization that has long been one of seaworld s greatest critics. They are the hallmark of seaworld, but in 2019, the killer whale shows at seaworld, orlando will come to a close, and starting immediately, seaworld will no longer brady killer whale s. The massive shift in direction comes after years of targeting by Animal Rights activists. This hit a peak after the documentary, blackfish, told the story of tilicum killing a trainer. Tilicum is ill and is expected to die. They are responding to the huge pressures. The society hasn t shifted for a variety of reasons, film on the internet, it was just clear to me that we needed to remove this barrier. Amanda b29 whales in captivity include seven in orlando, they will lift the remaining lives in the parks, and eventually moved to habitats where guests can watch them swim and play. Fans of the show s seemed resigned to the change. As a beautifu l animal they are, it is a shame they have to live in that confinement. Amanda sea world says it will highlight its rescue and rehabilitation work and to provide animal themed Amusement Rides that include an educational component like it s new roller coaster. The animalrights activist group, pe ta is calling seaworld to release the whales to animal sanctuaries. Says doing that could be more dangerous to wales who have lived in captivity than helpful. Summer thank you. One of the orcas currently pregnant. There is much debate over the average lifespan of wales in captivity, but the average is 50 years in the wild. Meredith police are looking to identify two women who allegedly stole a woman s purse. This was on south cannata boulevard last month. The women went to the women s booth and rifled through it at their own table. They left the restaurant a short time later with the stolen purse. A 15yearold is facing charges as an adult for allegedly running over a sheriff s deputy with his car. His charges were upgraded. Investigators say he allegedly ran over the officer when she tried to arrest him on burglary charges. He is now charged with attempted seconddegree murder of a Law Enforcement officer. Summer a local man was arrested for possession of child pornography after investigators say they uncovered it from his computer. Timothy palin was arrested after an undercover investigation into child pornography sharing last fall. It traced back to his computer. A search warrant was served wednesday, and images were found on his computer. Meredith the Volusia County deputies say the department will begin wearing body cameras. Some will put them on as early as next month. County leaders agreed to by more than 200 of them. It helps us in our credibility toward the people, can document what we have done, it takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. Meredith the cameras will cost 2. 5 million by taxpayers will not foot the bill. Summer some people were delayed coming to the airport today after a crash on state road 436 and one person was taken to the hospital. We have not yet heard how severe the injuries were. Meredith the cdc spent part of the day on the phone with for a health officials. They are working on a plan to stop the zika virus. Any women with a history of the zika virus should consider additional ultrasounds. Governor rick scott wanted more information on a local case diagnosed last week in polk county, who was sexually transmitted. It was not trouble related. Brevard county today. If our high school emergency. Summer several students were rally. We have the details up next. Headsup for some th you re watching wesh 2. Meredith several students in a firebreathing performer had to be rushed to a hospital after a pep rally took an explosive turn. With the details. Reporter the performer was in the middle of his routine when he set himself on fire. One student said does this via the video. The firebreather caught fire during a pep rally. Everyone quickly realized something was wrong. I saw everyone running to him and shouting, fire. We realize, and actual situation one girl went into a seizure. Reporter seven students had to be taken to the hospital after complaining about braiding issues. 12 more were treated at the breathing issues. 12 more were treated at the school. The performer is going to be ok, and what went wrong is still under investigation. Meredith scary stuff. Be alert, some major changes are taking place in the downtown orlando with the i4 ultimate project. Jim and interest on to an entrance on to state 408 is changing. It will be moved from orange avenue to division avenue. It is a short detour but affects a lot of people, about 5400 vehicles. The move is needed to make some more room for the interchange. You are in the middle of downtown, so there is not much ourselves , relocating that ramp , so we can reconstruct a new ramp for the future i4 and a 408 interchange. Jim the temporary ramp is the first of major impacts. Even though it is temporary, motorists will be using that ramp until 2019. The work will happen overnight commuters. Summer Alex Morgan Orlando prided teammates for take a look at this video. Morgan is coming off of a win with team usa after they beat germany last week in south florida. The pride will play their first season matchup against Eastern College on saturday. Some news that has been all over today. A pro baseball player quits his multimillion dollar job. Meredith the reason, he cannot the president asked him to dial back on how often his 14yearold son was with them and the team. Instead, he gave up his 13 million and retired. He received several messages of support from other baseball players. Preparation to get ready in chicago for st. Patrick s day. Three men on a larger boat dumped powder into the water. It then turned a lively shade of green. It could stay that way for a few days. Summer taking a look at our first alert forecast, still pretty warm where we are. Tony let s compare and contrast. Taking you outside in downtown lake eola, if you clouds of Daytona Beach, we have had several rounds of rain and thunderstorms come on through. We are not done with the activity. 76, if you like showers, precipitation moving offshore. Notice what is happening, more showers redeveloping along i4. Does extend westward over toward Marion County. This is going to be a pretty active afternoon up north, not expecting any Severe Weather warnings, but this is unbelievably good news because everything is so dry. When you start coming out of a dry stretch, that can sometimes ignite some fires, that is something we are watching. You can see the steady rain. Look at flagler, palm coast, a1a, this is all screening off to the east at 15 miles per hour. There is that first wave of moderate rain over the inlet and we have some new heavier downpours beginning to redevelop near i95, and the extent is even further to the south, i nice line of showers beginning to pop up headed east and northeast. We have the east coast seabreeze working wes. I think we will stay dry done here, but we will have to watch a couple of showers just north of the beach line near 417 over the next couple of hours. Orange county into seminole county, a tent that a hint that showers will be moving offshore. It will difference in temperatures today. Mid 60 s up north, mid 80 s in orlando, 22 degrees cooler than this time yesterday up in palm coast. 86, down to 72 by 9 00 a. M. Overnight lows tonight , still warm, 62, ocala. 56, orlando. Futurecast for tomorrow morning, a few showers up north, watch what happens throughout the afternoon, mainly dry and a lot of clouds. We stay warm and then a very late in the day, after midnight, we have another round of showers, maybe a couple thunderstorms that will come in and be with us Early Saturday Morning and then late in the day on saturday into sunday, another round of rain it will redevelop. Best chances for reyna, north of orlando tonight. The forecast for tomorrow, afternoon highs in the 70 s from orlando on south and west. Looks like the steadiest of the rain is going to be on saturday. We are celebrating st. Patrick s day for an extra data. 86 on saturday, 78 as we get you into sunday. Summer a woman has quite a story after a tornado left a path of damage. Meredith she survived, you will hear her story of survival,. Ho summer in iowa family is happy to be alive after a tornado slipped their mobile home. Storms ripped through the area, at least five tornadoes 50 Mobile Home Park meredith residents are still in shock. Without any warning, boom, and i was slipping backwards and all of a sudden, i was trapped tween the outside wall and the inside wall, trapped in between the outside wall in the inside wall. Meredith officials spent the next day assessing the damage. The gunshot that was allegedly aimed at another officer. The officer that fired did not realize he was firing at jacai colson. He was wearing street close at a time at the time. The officer has not been identified. The armed man shouted officers faces more than two dozen charges. Summer operating rooms at one arkansas hospital after a rare brain disease is diagnosed. The patient at a Washington Hospital in northwest arkansas was diagnosed with creutzfeldtjakob. Hospital Officials Say all Surgical Equipment is sterilized after each procedure. Meredith cats, cats everywhere. She is defining city law, that there is nothing the city can do about it. Waiting for payments, some local. Live. Latebreaking. This is wesh 2 news first at 4 00 in high definition. Summer 30 cats is to find a city law and it turns out the city can do nothing about it. Meredith a conflict between city and county may insist that he cannot force its own ordinance and neighbors are miserable. Dan cats were banned and found sick when it they were removed less than a month ago from a rockledge home. City law limits them to know more than forecast at the time. Always sick cats in there. Dan he has visited the home and number of times. Within five minutes the white sox were completely black. Dan although the cats are back at the home. Which ride but we were unable to contact the homeowner. The cast but house is and the city of rockledge, but it is the county who decides who gets animals back. We were able to help the cats back to health. She got the cats back. There is no legal ground to take leaves the city unable to enforce its own law. If you have in order that s, and cannot enforce it, wide you have it . I do not truly understand they would have given them back about her situation. The animals cannot control the situation, she can. Dan officials would not talk about this on camera, but they say negotiations are underway to try to resolve the conflict. Meredith neighbors say the cats owner is a military veteran who has a prescription for therapy animals. Summer turning to your first alert forecast, we have some storms in our area. Meredith tony, if you re up but in orlando, nothing at all. Tony up north, getting that much needed come up valuable rain. Not sure how good your tvs are at home, but you can actually see this on the hd camera, some of the raindrops beginning to redevelop over toward the Halifax River and out toward the atlantic ocean, where another round of frain is getting ready to move in. Rain cooled, 76 of the toward Daytona Beach. The of showers, thunderstorms right along high for moving near i95 and eventually out to sea. We have a sea breeze working as well, so we may see storms developing along southern Volusia County. Marion county, right on top of palm coast, flagler county, all of these have rain. Beverly beach, flagler beach, you can see these getting self daytona, one round of rain come through, a heavier shower near Daytona International speedway in moving back toward Daytona Beach, watching the trends on that. The area have to watch now is over near deltona, as this worries works ease, it may clear up some of these storms. Summer deputies are trying to figure out what was the motive for a latenight shooting at an apartment complex. We learned one person was killed at the chowder bay apartments. The 26yearold the tim geithner hospital. We now know a man has been detained, but it is still unclear if he has been charged with anything. Meredith New Smyrna Beach police are looking for a trio that stole a car from an elderly victim. They arrived at the walmart in this nissan armada. They stole the mitsubishi from the victim. If you have any information, call crimestoppers. Summer the Orange County supervisor of elections continues to handout paychecks to all workers whose checks poll workers. Michelle today there was a steady flow of people in the Elections Office, here to pick up checks they hope will not bounce this time. You need this money . Why . Need to pay the mortgage . On election day, the supervisor of Elections Office hired people to work the polls, supervise the election process. It ranges anywhere between 295 and 160, but many found out their checks were not worth the paper they were printed on. Or you surprised . Because we work hard. Michelle how did this happen in the first place . The supervisor says for the first time they hired a payroll vendor to cut these checks, supposed to be quicker and easier, however, the payroll vendor failed to take the needed amount of money out of the supervisor account. Overall, a bad week for bill cows. Bill cowles. On election day, they ran out of ballots in some people cannot even vote. On both occasions, bill cowles worked to make things right. You were not upset . I am not upset at all. Things do happen. Michelle many consider it to be in embarrassing week for the man in Orange County, michelle meredith, wesh two news. Summer he is running for reelection. Meredith you may remember this video, showing the 78yearold punching a protester removed from a rally in fayetteville last week. He was allowed to stay in the rally and was not charged until the next day. The sheriff said the failure to act will not be televised. For a week and two ot