beating up the baby. throwing her around like a rag doll. the baby had a cracked skull and other injuries. the mother was in no position to take care of children. >> frankie and phillip at six and three were running amok and were unsupervised and what others saw was consistent with what happened on monday and that she didn't care for the kids and was neglectful and abused them by leaving these kids in the car. in one of the worst ... things that i have ever seen, especially with a 13 day old. her appearance was one of a kid who had been pummeled. >> reporter: unbelievable. that family had moved into a hotel after a fire at their north reddington beach home so they were in the motel when all this happened. kathleen and asked her what happened to her little daughter that she seemed to be aloof and uncaring and didn't even ask about her daughter until an hour into the interview. guys? >> that is even more aggravating. but to talk about the angle of this story, we talk about two kids born after artificial insemination. what do you know about that? >> reporter: yeah. the sheriff tells me that kathleen the mom had paid a doctor in new york to artificially inseminate her. that is how her last two kids were born. the sheriff was beside himself on this. that who would inseminate a 62- year-old woman. didn't look into whether or not she would be a good mom. the kids were running amok throughout the house. and now this happened. we will be following up on the story and have much more at 7:00 and 11:00. >> just awful. peter bernard, thank you. well, his job was to protect and serve, but what a former tampa police officer is accused of doing during a traffic stop is a sickening betrayal of trust. pulled a woman over and violated her. newschannel8's rod carter joins us live from the tampa police headquarters tonight. rod, this arrest is not only a shock for the community, but for the force as well right? >> reporter: yeah. it is shocking and quite frankly for the police chief here, he is absolutely angry. it has been a six month investigation into this and today, that now former officer turned himself in. >> it was a shock to us. >> reporter: police chief eric wa announcing he fired one of his own. now former officer adam york was fired for allegedly exiting sexual battery on a woman during his traffic stop. >> he was on his way to work coming in for duty. the victim was speeding. and that is how the traffic stop was conducted. >> reporter: this grainy surveillance video shows police lights off in the distance. it came from this camera outside of jc penney. later and only charged and arrested today. >> an officer stopped her, she didn't know which agency pulled her over. >> reporter: now according to this criminal report affidavit, police were able to get dna evidence from the victim and that, they say, is how they determined that it was officer york. we stopped by clearwater home where york lives with his and family. they will meet the standards. >> reporter: york had been with the force for about 12 years, and, the only blemish on his record was missing a court date. >> rod carter live for us in tampa. thanks rod. well, breaking news now, tonight, manatee county investigators arrested a woman volleyball club. detectives believe jennifer veneddy stole $19,000 over a seven month period. all right, bucs fans, the long wait is over. and, preseason begins tonight. the bucs face the eagles in philadelphia. that game starts in less than an hour. dan lucas joins us now from lincoln financial field. he will be there to watch it all in person. hey dan. >> reporter: good evening stacie. several players still on the field here just the special teams guys taking some kickoffs here. i see the punters finishing up. so we are getting ready to complete stretching and get ready to play some football here. kick off the preseason. a lot of players are going to get into this thing. we talked about position battles during training camp. we will see all of them start tonight on the field. dirk koetter, he says this is an important night for his coaches as well. it is good practice. they have a new headset set up. a new quarterback set up this year. and for our staff, this is our first time working with the headsets. smitty calling the defense. it is good practice. >> reporter: and, i saw coach koetter and the assistants with the headsets trying hopefully the communications are up and running for the preseason game tonight. we are back here 7:00 for the kickoff. jameis winston might play an entire quarter tonight. that would be good. i thought maybe we would get a series or two out of him. an entire quarter. that will be outstanding. josh, stacie, back to you. >> i think fans would really like that too. dan lucas live up in philly. thank you very much. the bucs preseason opener is on great 38 tonight. because of our olympic you can see them right there. our coverage begins in less than an hour at 7:00 p.m. on great 38. you will need to tune in there because of the olympics on newschannel8. we are of course your official bucs station. >> go bucs. now, we are reuniting viewers with cash. >> that sounds pretty good. let's take a live look at the better call behnken phone bank. right now, we are experiencing a high volume of calls. but, keep trying. we will take those calls all the way until 7:30. we will check in with shannon behnken and show you you money. >> plus, a little girl left in a car during the hottest part of the day. now family members are facing charges. but did they leave her there on purpose? >> 91 degrees still waiting on a few showers to help drop the z2377z zy6z y2377y yy6y >> shannon wants to reunite us. >> shannon behnken joins us now from the phone center. you teamed up with the state financial officials. ringing off the hook. ashley carr joins me now. how much money have we reconnected people with? >> reporter: we are so excited. >> we are finding accounts for 700 people so far just in one hour. $125,000. we are so excited. that number is going to keep going higher and higher and higher. >> reporter: what's the largest amount? >> $15,000. one man found more than 15 grand already. >> reporter: okay and i understand we are having some problems with the phones because so many people are get through. what can people do if that happens? >> reporter: i know some of you are frustrated and you can't get in and the lines are busy. please keep trying. stay patient. we are here, we are answering the phone. there are so many of you here calling. if not, visit our website. fltreasurehunt.org. thanks guys. >> and that number on your screen, 1-800-528-0808. >> can't wait to hear this number going up. 125k. not bad. >> not bad. the better call behnken phone bank. it runs until 7:30. the number, 1800-528-0808. remember, be patient. calling in is the best way to find out if you have unclaimed cash. but, if you get a busy signal, we have put a link to the state's website on wfla.com. if you find money there, let us know. >> maybe share it with us. just an idea. being stuck in a hot car in the florida summer heat. that is downright dangerous. >> but it happened to one little girl. now i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone? hillary clinton's 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? she'd charge them an exit tax. then she'd use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. >> new tonight, two people tell police they left a child in a hot car by mistake. but police believe this video shows they left the three-year- old intentionally inside that vehicle. the little girl was found during one of the hottest moments of the day. >> now, her father and her grandmother are locked up. candace mccowan joins us live in lake wales. just another story, an awful case we awful case. good evening josh, stacie. the good new is the child was pulled from the car and she is expected to be okay. police are telling us one story and we talk to the child's great grandfather who told us another story saying police overreacted. >> he went one way and she went another way. and she thought the baby was with him. >> reporter: 89-year-old joel tells me what happened in this parking lot was an accident. >> i think it's ridiculous. why didn't the police officer go and announce it over the loud speaker? and come out and she would have run right out there. >> reporter: but when police were called to this lake wales wal-mart, they didn't know how long three-year-old zoe adams had been in the car. >> the child had been crying. hot, sweaty, hair matted to the face. face red. and as soon as the sergeant grabbed her and pulled her out of the car, she wrapped her arms around his neck accident? lieutenant david black says the surveillance video from wal- mart doesn't match the father and grandmother's story. the suv pulled in. timothy adams gets out taking a six-year-old with him. grandmother anna adams hops out. >> she kept looking over her shoulder at the vehicle. like there was something wrong or there was something she should be going. >> reporter: there is no way his daughter would those two children like nobody would take care of them. >> reporter: anna adams and her son timothy are facing charges of negligent child abuse. they are now involved and the children are currently staying with an aunt. josh? >> just blows my mind how this happens. how hot was it in the car? do we have any idea? >> reporter: surveillance video shows the child was in the car for at minimum 20 minutes. they say that it was about 86 degrees outside. and it felt like 95 deg not in. josh? >> much higher inside of that car. awful. candace mccowan live for us in polk county. thank you very much. a beautiful shot from tampa today. this is the pond at al lopez park. another nice shot from our talented photojournalists we have on staff here at newschannel8. thanks for taking the time to shoot that. freedom plaza looks pretty temperature. it is plain old hot. 84 degrees up in the western part of citrus county. plantation crystal river. northwest winds at two miles an hour. in lakeland, 85 degrees. 56% relative humidity. quickly out to beach in clearwater, 85 degrees with a west wind at 15 miles an hour. temperatures actually have been just a little bit cooler. the gulf temperatures down to 84 degrees. the breeze is a bit refreshing at times there. 30% an excessive heat advisory is in place in philadelphia right now. 88 degrees there. kickoff shortly. that game on great 38. as for rio de janeiro, 7:00 a.m., 65 degrees. 18 celsius in case you want to track it like the brazilians do. cooler, 4:00 p.m. 71 degrees. locally, perseid meteor shower should be a big one. 200 meteors per hour. the clouds will cooperate depending on your neighborhood. coast sea breeze. fairly active more in northern spots. still waiting on showers to develop possibly near the west coast sea breeze and further off to the west at this point. saw showers light up briefly in citrus county. folks in eastern parts of pasco county want to watch for this. saint leo, that area. fairly quiet right now. but the west coast sea breeze in this general area. as the east coast sea breeze about there now may see me few showers. just a lot of sunshine here at the moment. forecast for the evening at 9:00 p.m. 82. maybe a lingering rain shower. at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, 91 degrees and warm. 89 degrees at the airport in tampa. it is 85 in downtown saint petersburg. dew point, 73. area of low pressure that gave us all that rain this last weekend, early this week is about there now. and the influence is pulling further and further west away from us. we are back in our own atmosphere with the pure florida. the prevailing wind from the east and southeast. and we see the sea breezes collide despending on the easterly or westerly breeze. the wrap model picks up on these showers in sections of citrus, pasco county. looking for convergent showers. high pressure could be influencing us a bit helping to keep it more stable. but even keeps a chance of showers into the midnight time period and into the early then quiet overnight. a lot of sunshine. 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. mainly from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. and you can see the coverage there again. fairly optimistic so our rain chance running at 50% in the area for tomorrow on friday. 30% chance on saturday. a little bit lower thanks to drier air high above. sunday, a 40% chance for a shower, potentially a thunderstorm as we get back into the typical pattern. you are looking at 40% afternoon and evening hours. want. that is what the average florida day would be like in the summertime. we will have all the summer weather next week. >> full dose of cigarette we are used to it. >> thanks. well, kicking off the preseason in the city of brotherly love. >> yeah. being close to game time for the bucs. our own dan lucas is live in philadelphia with the preview of the bucs eagles game. >> and a reminder that our phone bank is underway. the phone number is at the bottom of the screen. we have had a lot of the number, 800-528-0808. that is how you can find out if the state owes you money. if you don't get through, it is because we are experiencing a high number of calls but we want you to keep trying. >> and here is a look at the current medal count from rio. team usa is still in a strong in florida, people are working hard, just to get by. "republican senator marco rubio has the worst voting record in the u.s. senate." marco rubio stopped showing up for work. let us down. i'm patrick murphy and enough's enough. i'm proud to work with president obama. to protect social security and a woman's right to choose. and grow this economy so it works for all of us. i'm patrick murphy and i approve this message >> and welcome back to lincoln financial field. both teams are on the field now for pregame warmups. the bucs and the philadelphia eagles as we kick f preseason at 7:00. we are talking about dirk koetter and his first game as a head coach in charge of the team. i sat down with him last week. having a very good camp. but things are going to change after this first game. the depth chart might change a little bit. we are going to get guys who have to work harder. the team is going to find out a lot. so i asked koetter how this very game affect it is remainder of training camp. >> yes, somewhat. little change ins the depth chart. like i said before, anything we try to manufacture, it is not the same. especially a road game. and, going against the team. you don't spend a lot of time scouting them. your depth chart is going to change. you have a couple of days. and we are going to have a real unique week following the philly game. we are going to practice only one time here at one buc. and then we are going to go on the road for four nights in jacksonville and work with the play them. it will be a quick transition. >> reporter: all right, right from the start of this game, we are going to witness what fan who's have attended camp have gotten to enjoy. that is this great wide receiver competition. after the first three spots on the roster, the next three are wide open. about ten guys in the mix for those spots. one of those players, jonathan krause. wears number 10. dirk koetter didn't know was an instant fan. >> john-john has been playing his tail off. he kind of reminds me of adam. he is always in the right spot. for him just to be here for two weeks, he is running this offense the way he is, i can only imagine how it would be. >> reporter: all right, don't forget gang, we are on great 38 tonight. the bucs and the eagles kickoff at 7:00. you can see the channels right there on your screen. so just find your satellite provider there. find the channels. it is wtta, great 38. that is where we will be tonight. also, next week then the bucs take on the jacksonville jaguars. the eagles line men. they are coming too close for comfort, so i will get out of here. we will see you guys at 7:00 for kickoff. jameis winston probably a full quarter so the offense will look pretty sharp for the bucs. i know the fans like to see that. >> put pads on and jump in and [ laughter ] >> reporter: yeah. no. i'm out of here. [ laughter ] >> he is red shirting there. >> you are red shirted. dan lucas live in philly for us. thanks dan. all right, and before we go, we want to remind you to call in for your chance to cash in the better call behnken phone bank. about app hour to go. 1-800-428-0808. we want to reunite folks with their unclaimed cash. give us a call and see if you have any unclaimed millio >> one guy got $15,000 already. if you don't get through, it is because we are getting a lot of calls. keep trying or head to wfla.com. >> but overall, we reunited them with $125,000. just our viewer. >> that's easy money. >> search steve jerve. >> i am going to call. >> don't go anywhere. nightly news is up next followed by newschannel8 at 7:00. >> the bucs game starts at 7:00 on great 38. we'll be back after the z2377z zy6z y2377y yy6y breaking news tonight from rio. golden girl. simone biles wins the all-around gold for the usa and aly raisman takes silver. a dazzling display as american katie ledecky blows the competition out of the water. phelps versus lochte. one of the greatest rivalries of all time. deadly explosion. a major rescue operation after fire rages through an apartment building. dramatic escapes and a frantic search for the missing. roller coaster horror. a child plunges off a ride in pennsylvania days after shocking incidents at a water slide and a ferris wheel at other parks across the country. and dangerous debris.