Weeki wachee. Southern part of sarasota, 6 inches of rain. Wide description of rain observed as well as observed by radar. So, this has been quite an event. There are some changes getting back toward a normal pattern. Ly talk about that later. All right, thanks. And now to a horrible case of animal cruelty at a polk county Animal Rescue. This is undercover video of pigs nearly starved to death. The owners of this Animal Rescue are now de they are facing more than 100 animal neglect charges and three counts of felony animal cruelty. Melissa marino joins us now live at this sanctuary in polk city. This doesnt sound like a sanctuary or a rescue. Reporter not at all. I want you to look behind me at the sign. It say as life sanctuary and speaking out for those with no voice. But we are told they were doing anything but. And i have to warn you, what extremely graphic and very disturbing. This video will make you sick. Pigs struggling to walk. Some too sick to stand. Nothing more than bones. After receiving a tip, peta members went undercover as volunteers. Using hidden body cameras they recorded video of the alleged abuse. Animals going without food or water for days at a time. I have pigs left to lay in the sun for 13 days unable to move. Reporter we were there as deputies jail. Martin admitted to newschannel8 the animals were not being fed every day. They dont deserve to eat every day . Well, it got to the point where it wasnt every day, but it was a good part of the week. When they didnt get to when they did get to eat they got a good portion of food. Why not every day . Reporter when they were fed, the food was rotten and the animals had to fight for it. The animals were also deprived themselves. Some of it, too graphic to even show. Interestingly enough, they had money in the account. They had 17,000 that disney had donated to them. Reporter animal control officers seized all of them. More than 100 pigs and other animals. They found food still on palates and hay just out of reach of these animals. That is not a rescue operation. That is a death operation. Reporter three of th died. We are told they were in really bad shape. They are now in the control of animal control and they have been treated by veterinarians. Keith . Wow, even with your warning that is still difficult to watch. You have to wonder what will happen to these animals. Any way to help them . You mentioned the veterinarians. But that looks rough. Reporter we are told they are going through some custody hearings. Some legal stuff. But after that,peta is reaching 22 breakanies since march, south tampa has a burglary epidemic on its hands. Homeowners are scared. Police are frustrated and the bad guys, they just keep getting away. New details tonight about this wild crime spree that has lasted six months now. Detectives believe this is an organized ring possibly operating out of town after stolen credit cards were used. In tampa. A lot of the crimes are caught on camera and they are still having trouble tracking down the thieves. Reporter the bad guys are busted on camera. But in real life they are being caught on cameras all over south tampa trying to break into homes. How would you feel if you saw this guy in your living room ready to ransack your house, rip you off, and remain on the what he doesnt realize, his face is seen all over surveillance. I feel like reaching through and grabbing his face and saying get out. Reporter homeowners like derek cunard never thought his house would be hit. I thought i dont have a big enough house, a fancy enough exterior but it doesnt matter. Reporter derek couldnt believe what he caught on camera monday. A bad guy in action. Check this out. The mystery man even out of his dirty deeds to pet the dog. There is no doubt these dudes are crafty. They havent been caught yet. I have heard the stories of you not feeling safe in your house. You feel violated. I know how they feel now. Reporter and look at this. A Crystal Clear image of the crook. Derek tells us this guy got away with thousands of dollars in vintage watches. Expensive sunglasses. Cash, and other items. Far. But it will be fascinating. Reporter how did these bad guys get so good . You would think with images like this in 22 burglaries over six months, someone would recognize them. Turns out, it is possible they are not from tampa bay. They just work here. Then take our treasures bake to places like miami and fort myers. Stacie, there is good news tonight. So far in all of these cases in six months, no one has been talking on his phone during the course of the crime. Tell us more about that. Reporter he is talking to a lookout. That is how organized and how bold these guys are. The guy in the house is on his phone getting ordered from someone who is sitting out front and giving him instructions. Basically telling him everything that is happening and in some of the cases they are even told hey, you got to get out of there because someone is coming so this is very well organized and very well crafted and hopefully they do we think they are casing these homes before they hit them . Them . . Yes. As a matter of fact, some of them driving up and down the street. It is something to be on the lookout for, for sure. Melanie michael, thank you. A sad update tonight to a breaking news story we brought you last night. A little boy hit by a car in north port has died. Investigators say fiveyearold Sawyer Gordon was on front of the car and was hit. No charges have been filed in the case. New tonight, Hernando County has its first case of zika. The Florida Department of health announcing in fact two cases in Hernando County. Both of them travel related. There are now 44 cases of the zika virus in tampa bay. None of those cases are believed to have been transmitted by mosquitoes in florida. A bay area swimmer is making a big splash in rio. Margales is doing. Plus, doing shopping from the comfort of your own home. The best part about it, its free. How one major retail er is getting in on this personal shopping business. And the bucs face the eagles this thursday at 7 00. We will bring you that game on it wont be long now. In a couple of months you can take a ferry from tampa to saint petersburg. Tampa, saint pete, Hillsborough County officials already signed off on it. It plans to run twice a day with three trips on friday. Service expected to start in november. Now, 8 on your side special coverage o clearwaters melanie margales is hours away from the biggest swim of her life. She is in the final of the 200 meter individual medley. She finished her semifinal heat last night. Good enough for her to get through to the medal event tonight. And we caught up with her as she left the pool last night in rio. I thought the trials were bit more. Team usa had such a great night. It was so awesome to watch. They are all just incredible people and incredible athletes. It is really cool. Hi saint pete. Thanks for cheering and we will of course keep cheering on margalis in the womens 200 im final. It is a medal night. Also, womens gymnastics. Simone biles leads team usa in pursuit of back to back gold in final. It all starts at 8 00 right here on newschannel8. And it is not just saint petersburg. All of florida. Well, getting groceries without getting out of your car. Coming up, we will show you the latest retailer to jump on board and we will explain how it works. Here is a look at the olympic medal count. Z22qbz zy6z y22qby yy6y millions of dollars worth of cash waiting to be claimed. If it belongs to you, we want to help you get. This thursday from 5 00 to 7 30 p. M. , we will have a special better call behnken phone bank. This is your chaps chance to see if some of the money is waiting to be given to you. The telephone number 1800528 0808. Well, driving to the own shopping cart is quickly becoming old fashioned. Walmarts across tampa are offering personal shoppers who will do the work for you and it is all free. It is part of a growing trend nationwide. 8 on your sides john rogers tells us all about it. Reporter good evening. It is fast, it can be done on the app on the phone. You select the items you want. They will load it into your car for you, you dont have to unbuckle your seat belt. Depending on wh shopping can be a pleasure or a chore but it requires the same effort. There is a heavy part. You have to pick the right produce and you are dealing with crowds. But not anymore. Retailers like walmart are now doing the work for you. It is all about being convenient to our customer. Reporter starting today at walmarts across tampa bay, shoppers can access the entire store on the app. Select what they want, and personal shoppers will pick it up. We train them to shop like they would shop for their own families. Reporter it is not only is necessary. Like paula stevens. I needed to. Im pretty much home bound and i get everything in the house that i can in the way of canned and boxed but nobody was doing any fresh. Reporter personal shopping is becoming the honest thing in retail with increasing competition from sites like amazon, Stores Like Walmart and macys are getting in on the action. A recent survey conducted by neilson found more than Global Consumers are willing to buy groceries online. So retailers are courting millennials by making shopping e easier. We love to go shopping. It wasnt be a real big thing for us. Reporter in addition to this pickup service, walmart is offering walmart pay so you can pay for everything on your today. John rogers, newschannel8. A dreary and breezy day here at the beach. You can see loews don cesar. This is in the southern sections of manatee county. Temperatures at least have been cooler today. We topped out at 81 degrees for a high. In venice, dark skies too. 19 onehundredths. Not yielding a whole lot of rain as you will see on the radar, but temperatures are down a little bit. The dark skies. Plenty of those around the area. Highs on the cooler side. This could help destabilize the atmosphere. Temperatures coming ashore, we are looking at this area of low pressure. Heavier thunderstorms on floridas east coast. You can see north to south, of the counties further to the north. Crystal river. Some of the darker skies we have seen on the cameras. You can see the showers drying up in pinellas county. Getting a little more lively in the interior sections of hillsborough, manatee. Falling apart at this point. Showers east of lake placid at this point. Most of the activity has been around portions of highlands county. 76 degrees at 7 00 a. M. Isolated rain possible. 87 degrees maybe a bit tomorrow. 77 largo. Seminole. Lutz. All over the place, upper 70s. The dew points fairly high. Temperatures dont fall below the dew point. That is where we are locked in at the moment and there is rain cooled air at the moment as well where the showers are falling. That is our feature. Been talking about it several days. You can see the general counterclock wise rotation. And it is also at the southern end of it helping to draw the west and southwesterly flow into the west of florida. Continue to drift back to the northwest. But until it does, we will see showers stirred up by that flow for the area. That is what the wrap model tells us including the possibility of a few showers developing in the inland spots in the early evening hours. Late evening too until after midnight we will be here. 1 30 in the morning still some showers and morning showers are possible too. As we head toward the sunrise hours, favoring northern spots as the low gets a little further away from us. Bu the flow itself. In the afternoon, we will start to see and especially heating and thunderstorms developed in the inland spots. Still cant rule out some of the showers like we have seen today coming ashore and carrying into the evening hours. Mostly dry with sunshine to start the day. Then as we transition back into more of an easterly flow, showers and thunderstorms relative to the sea breeze saturday and sunday. We will see it a bit drier as we head into the weekend. 77 degrees. The upper 70s is where we are this point. We will stay there. Shouldnt warm up too much more than that. Not seeing much sun. 60 rain chance. 40 friday. Early sunshine afternoon. Same for saturday and sunday. The rain chances are slightly lower that day. Say goodbye to the area of low pressure causing so many problems for many of the bay area. Its a mess. The grass is growing in some parts of the ar that never stops. Thank you steve. Well, coming up, the bucs are back outside for a really soggy practice. But things are heated up on the field with full contact underway. What the player haves to say about this. Jeff patterson has sports next. And a live look at the in florida, people are working hard, just to get by. But in washington republican senator marco rubio has the worst voting record in the u. S. Senate. Marco rubio stopped showing up for work. Let us down. Im Patrick Murphy and enoughs enough. Im proud to work with president obama. To protect Social Security and a womans right to choose. Approve this message the bucs are back at one buc palace. Vincent jackson was taking selfies today, but not practicing. He is a Charles Simms tweaked his elbow and did not return to practice. Here is something bucs fans should be concerned about. Head coach dirk koetter wanted to focus on the red zone offense. The offense went 09 in the red zone. And thats a problem. Yeah. Kicked butt. Offense was 09. We are not there yet. We are going to pretend about it and keep working and put together some practice. We had two good practices in a row. We have to bring in our own energy. Yes. Yes. They do. Yesterday, we pointed out the bucs did not practice coach koetter wanted to minimize impact. The longest fight of the practice season broke out. And the players dont think that is a bad thing. Guys out here battling. It will be something. It is always going to be something going on. We have to control it. Try not to get everybody hurt. The bucs preseason opener is two days away. Bucs station. We will broadcast the bucs eagles game on great 38. Thats an Important Program dave. Note. Great 38 will have the game. It starts at 7 00 p. M. On thursday. All right, the rays face more frustration north of the border in toronto last night with Jake Odorizzi on the mound. His scoreless streak ending as the blue jays topped the rays 7 5. Drew smiley will start. A big night for the u. S. Swim and you can catch all the action right here on newschannel8. The 200meter free style, ledeckey. And Michael Phelps will be looking for his 20th career gold medal in the 200meter butterfly. I know we know the outcome of the womens gymnastics. Shoot somebody a phelps face. Give them the stair. Dont watch other tv stations. Be careful what you look at on the spoilers. Speaking of that, Michael Phelps has a pretty intimidating game face and the internet is having a great time with it. You may have seen this last night. He is not amused with chad lecleaux. Antics in the warmup room. This is called phelps face. The caption on this one, when you ask your mom for fruity pebbles and she get you the store brand. Phelpsing or anakin sky walker. With the hood up heavy he looks like the future darth vader. And this is Boomer Phelps with his dads signature scowl on his face. We have put your favorite faces on wfla. Com. So go there and check them out. Thats it for now. There will be more. Good nighted for the olympic coverage. Dont go anywhere. Olympics. Plan starts here. By making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. And those companies that move overseas . Shed charge them an exit tax. Then shed use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. Millions of jobs. Breaking news tonight. What did donald trump just say . Controversy erupting as we come on the air after we hear what he said about clinton, the Second Amendment and justice. And babies i Critical Care being urgently moved after a potentially deadly bacteria is discovered. Ferris wheel accident, children being hospitalized after a terrible fall raising questions about safety. Whos regulating all those rides . And golden statement. An american champion caught in a cold war against a russian
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