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busess were here to take 46 people that needed to help the most. they can stay at this shelter for 90 days. but many of them chose not to. >> very much just a first step to i think an ultimate solution. >>reporter: the homeless people are staying put because they want more services for the long-term, leaving here does not prove that point. but in the short-term -- will use this this against them. to say we offered you help, those 46 beds and you didn't take it. we are live tonight in volusia county, shannon butler, channel 9, eyewitness news. orlando police have released body camera and security video of one of their officers opening fire on a teen who was initially stopped for not wearing a seat belt. >> from officer jonathan mills white car head towards him when he opened fire. police say 17-year-old trevon was behind the wheel of this stolen car, he was shot, but not seriously hurt. and is now under arrest. officer mills is on paid leave while fdle investigates. new at 5:00, we are asking why a prison inmate who had just escaped was on work release in the first place. they are searching for gary bullock, and his girl sdprend her 3-year-old -- dirl friend and her 3-year-old son. why he had was on work relief, even though he had been convicted of armed robbery. >>reporter: the worst of the worst, the most egregious criminals are not allowed to be on the work release program, but those who are good if prison, get the benefit, the privilege of coming to a work release program at a place such as this, where investigators found the gps ankle monitor cut off in the park lot. for two months, convicted armed robber gary bullock has been world's most famous beach. volusia county deputies say he disappeared on friday after his girlfriend helped him cut off the ankle monitor at this hotel. >> back to civilian life and that's not a very easy transition. >> reporter: our legal analyst says it bughlock is caught he must serve the time back to back with the new charges he's facing. we are going to keep checking in with each agency on this search, as soon as we get new any information we will bring it to you on channel nine, reporting in volusia county, tim barber,. >> she could be charged with aiding and abetting which is a felony. you can help authorities search for that couple by sharing their pictures on facebook, go to facebook.com/wftv. the orlando police department concluded one of its officers committed battery on a handcuffed suspect before the officer went to trial and was acquitted. an internal affairs investigation report obtained by channel nine shows o.p.d. suspended officer chase few gate for 48 hours without pay. it found he intentionally struck ronald mcfadden while he was handcuffed and o.p.d. found that mcfadden's arrest was based on an unauthorized chase. o.p.d. had already decided all that and had rejected fewgate's appeals months before his battery trial last year. right now marion county deputies need your help to find a teenager who they believe could be in danger. deputies say dcf investigators obtained a court order to take when they got to the child's house on terrace road, neither he nor his mother, jennifer evans, were there. if you have seen him or his mother, deputies want you to notify them. florida state university has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit with a woman who accused former quarterback jameis winston of rape. channel nine's sports anchor joe kepner is here now. and fsu's president said the university made this decision even though he believes a court would have ruled in its favor. >> they wanted to avoid spending millions on fighting the lawsuit so agreed to pay erica kinsman $250,000, another 7000 going to her lawyers. ken'sman accused former quarterback jameis winston of raping her after they met at an off-ramp campus bar in 2012. she said fsu obstructed the investigation to keep winston on the field. in depositions the tallahassee police admitted to mishandling winston, who is now the tampa bay buccaneers quarterback was never charged. florida state is still be investigated by the department of education for title ix violations. kinsman has also sued winston, he has countersued and the cases still spending in u.s. district court. state troopers trying to figure out who was behind the wheel of a pickup truck this morning when it crashed into a man's house. we first showed you the damage on eyewitness news this morning on overdale drive near state road 50 and the 417. troopers say the driver hit a car, a power pole, knocked down a fence and hit two other cars before finally crashing into a man's spare bedroom. >> i was asleep and i heard a big explosion, i had no idea what it was and then come out my bedroom door, of course this is right across and i looked out and seen a car sitting there. >> the driver left the scene but the homeowner says he came back later, troopers say nobody man as the driver at the time and now they say they are working to see if the homeowner can before making an arrest. titusville police say the suspects in a stolen car got spooked when they spotted an officer. so the driver gunned it and quickly lost control hitting an innocent driver near country club road and barna avenue. one juvenile was caught but channel nine's melonie holt found he's part of a growing trend and investigators say that's the problem. >> reporter: they are seeing an ongoing issue with car thefts and juvenile offenders but police tell me this is still a crime of opportunity and when these suspects came barreling through this intersection, no one was pursuing them. that all changed when they crashed into an innocent driver. >> they wound up on my property, right over there. >> reporter: add weana -- adwina wasn't home when a stolen car crashed into the front of her titusville home but she returned in time to see the aftermath. across the street, cars in my front lawn. i'm like, what's going on. >> reporter: titusville police tell me what happened has become a more common occurrence, justify -- juvenile suspects and a stolen car. this time the suspects spotted a titusville police officer and sped off. they lost control of their toyota near barna avenue and country club drive, crashing into another vehicle before coming to a stop. >> when you get hit like that, you don't know what kind of damage it's going to do to you for the rest of your life. >> reporter: but police tell me the suspects were only worried about getting away. they took off on foot but with the help of alert neighbors, one suspect was arrested. i asked titusville police if they were seeing more incidents like this one and they told me between 2014 and november of 2015, they saw a 32% increase in vehicle thefts. >> i'm not surprised. i have heard on the next street over that they were breaking in cars, you know, and taking stuff. >> reporter: and police say the most immediate impact any of us can have is to lock it up. that dealing with repeat juvenile offenders is not just an issue here but all across the state but they remain diligent in pursuing these vehicle theft cases and making arrests. live here in titusville, melonie holt, channel nine eyewitness news. at this hour still no word on why a driver spread away from -- sped away from a traffic stop in cocoa that ended up in a fatal crash. they tried to pull him over for speeding but he took off. he raced through a red light at clearlake road and ended up hitting an suv and flipping. miller was killed in that crash. investigators tell us a convicted cocaine dealer who went on the run to avoid being arrested will be sentenced next month. we told you last summer when curtis ruff's sealed warrant was accessed minutes after it was filed. a wiretap revealed the mother of one of his children called to warn him. he was convicted on conspiracy of traffic and coke. we will let you know how much time he'll be spending behind bars. a man arrested for officer is still behind bars tonight. um barto -- um barto santiago -- altered badge and handcuffs. they say he even threatened to arrest that driver to get him to give up his car. he's now charged with carjacking. we know the names of the couple who died following a suspicious house fire in osceola county saturday. firefighters found 47-year-old darel rogers with his 72-year- old wife jean inside a home at the see evidenta -- siesta mobile home park. a man tried to break up a fight between a couple living next door and ended up killing his neighbor. kind of surprised. >> new at 5:00, we are asking if the shooter could now face criminal charges. plus, residents in one community hope this surveillance video will help new at 5:00, what the victims left behind that gave that criminal access to their homes. and an orange county resident contacted eyewitness news after he says garbage crews ignored his scheduled pickup for days. new at 5:00, we have uncovered just how many complaints the county is still dealing with nearly a month after that service changed. after a frosty morning, big temperature changes are moving back in. great for outdoor plans but i'm also tracking another el nio storm system on the way. we are still keeping track of what's going on with a homeless camped out outside of a volusia county building. this is a bus from the salvation army which hopes to pick up some of those homeless folks to take them to a shelter. we will have an update coming automatic trash pickup. solid waste is answering about 2,000 calls each day, and most of those are from people who want service. live right now and you spoke to a resident whose service came three days late? >>reporter: that's right, the man who lives in this home says he l called for service on friday after it was missed, believe it or not, haulers did make it over there to his neighbor's house right across the street, which was not the case for the first two weeks of the year. so it seems as those -- since the service started out along here, crews have not been able to make it to both sides of the road. we were there as advanced disthe pose l picked up the trash -- disposal picked up the trash a couple of days late. he says he saw this truck. ignoring the homes on his side of the street. but collecting his neighbor's trash. that happen as o be the side crews ignored for the first two weeks of the year. trash was clakt clethed then. >> -- collected then. >> the big issue is it starts to smell pretty good. >>reporter: it's to be expected. >> growing pains. >>reporter: but what was not expecting was the recording he got when he called. he says it left him nowhere to leave a message so he got creative. >> i left a message for the director of utilities. >>reporter: he's probably not the only one. january 4th, the county says it had a peak of 12,000 calls a day. now, they're down to 2,000. we've responded to calls, too, january 4th, it was trash, lining the avenue and more trouble a few days later on rose garden lane. two weeks into the new year, a couple had last year's trash and no bins. five days later, this a apopka neighbor had gone for 3 weeks without. residents say they had just one pickup for the entire year last week. and today, along drenen, we learned some trash has been and i've since received an e-mail from some people out of windermere who says they are experiencing problems, all of these trash troubles is why the county is talking trash in their meeting tomorrow, commissioner boyd has asked for the meeting, for some of the issues that they will be discussing, the pros and cons of this new automated trash pickup service. reporting live in orlando tonight, channel 9, eyewitness news. central florida is seeing a new trend in a different kind of tourism. domestic medical tourism is booming. specialized medical treatment. that are not widely offered. flew her from san diego to have a vascular limp node surgery done. it was trip -- [ inaudible ]. >> we have one of the only comprehensive programs in the transfers, at the same time, they can bring their family and attractions of disney world and sea world. >>reporter: florida hospital hosted the conference today. the state is also considering marketing florida as a medical destination. leesburg city leaders will decide whether to rezone a property that's home to an old abandoned school. a construction of an assisted living facility and medical offices on the west side of the property near lee street. the existing school buildings would be saved, because they're on the national register of historic places. sales from this month as record-breaking powerball helped break a monthly sales record. sales have surpassed 600 million dollars this month. and there's still a week to go. nearly 240 million of that came from powerball sales. 40% of that will g to education. fantastic. a beautiful day in our neighborhood. >> this is my favorite kind of winter weather. >> perfect. >> we had the frost this morning, we had saturday was the frors this morning. -- frost this morning. they take on a nice surf there. that dumped a lot of snow in the northeast, right now, 61 degrees for that northeast breeze at 10. we're in the upper 60s, just flirting with 70 degrees today. over by the citrus tower, used to overlook a lot of orange groves over there. oops, i left the old wind chills on there. how kol it will not be -- cold it will not be tonight. 55 in titusville. many to upper 40s from deland to leesburg. no freeze, we can uncover the plant. in daytona, the clouds will return. we'll have more clouds tomorrow. and an outside chance for a shower. most of the rain will wait until wednesday and early thursday morning, another el nino storm system will crank up in the gulf of mexico, right now, the winds out of the east at a 5-15. mid 70s, and temperatures tomorrow, will be a bit dependant on how much sunshine could break through. by wednesday, we will be watching out for more heavy storms, the highest risk is from lake county to s. i updated this, quiet here tonight. watch the clock tick away here, clouds developing along the coast, there's that kriend of a brief shower. a 10% rain chance for tomorrow. although, cloud also be thickening up. let's go to wednesday, with showers and thunderstorms developing back here to the west. moving through during the morning and afternoon. looks like the highest threat in the afternoon hours, we'll have the most heat energy will be in south florida. that's why the storm prediction center green area was mainly but either way, wednesday morning through the mid to latter part of the afternoon, that's when our next best chance to get heavier thunderstorms will be here tracking the on by. thursday, our forecast model here, shows things clearing out for the most part, thursday morning, other models show another wave moving by with rain mainly on thursday. we'll keep tacks on that. either way, it about looks like locally heavy downpours to over an inch in a few spots. that's pretty much been the m.o. with the el nino stores, they hit hard with rain. five-day forecast with your weekend always in view, a nice day tomorrow, mostly cloudy. rain likely for the second half of the day wednesday. possibly a few storms. thursday, rain should move out early, giving us another ool koun do, but not -- cooldown, but not nearly as cold. thank, tom. an orange county couple claims a huge mistake by a home builder left them without a place to live. >> buyers forced to live in hotels. action 9 gets answers from the builder behind these new home nightmares. a seminole county man is he allegedly posted to his facebook page. all new at 6:00. how a woman found naked photos of herself online and why a new law neent protect the victims may not be enough. >> and tonight, investigators are searching for a burglar who hit more than a half a dozen car new at 5:00, a burglar targeted a seminole noun neighborhood and left behind the same clue at every house. a half opened garage door. deputies say he stole garage door openers from the homeowners cars and uz yooed them to get -- used them to get inside. a look at the security footage which neighbors hope will help catch this the criminal. >>reporter: the cameras are barely out of the box, but they've already captured a crime in progress. showing this man, digging through cars outside of this seminole county home. >> they both had it in there, but he took it out of the truck only. >>reporter: looking for one thing. the garage door opener that would give him access to the house, while they were sleeping inside sunday morning. >> everything was in place, but halfway. >>reporter: sheriff's office reports show he did it 7 more times in the neighborhood, just just two blocks away, another neighbor shared his surveillance video with us. capturing the moment this man took his crime to the next level. stealing a dirt bike. >> it is shocking because i don't know, you feel violated. >>reporter: she's not taking any chances, it could happen again. less than a day later, they have already reprogrammed their garage door so that whoever has the other one of these, can't get in or out. with a click of a button. and they say the other way to make sure that no one gets in as simple as locking this handle right here. making sure that this door won't go anywhere. and until deputies catch whoever broke in, she and her husband are sharing their video online. hoping someone will recognize this man. >> it's violating, honestly, and there's nothing you can real di do about it. you can see him now, but other than that, you have to hope that he gets caught. >>reporter: in seminole county, channel 9, eyewitness news. now, so far, deputies are not calling the man in those but they are investigating the crimes and they are getting copies of the footage from neighbors. if you want another look, we've posted the surveillance video of the break-ins on wftv.com/videos. investigators are still looking into a deadly fire that raged through an independent living facility. new at 5:00, we're asking why that facility wasn't required to have crucial sprinkleers. >> police say a marion county mab was trying to break up a fight when he shot and killed his neighbor's boyfriend. signing up for health insurance my premium is 22 dollars a month. and i got exactly the kind of coverage i wanted at the price i wanted... it was a comforting feeling to is secure and that we have health insurance... most people who sign up on healthcare.gov to make coverage more affordable, lowering their monthly premiums. healthcare.gov makes you could find a low and avoid paying a fee for not having health coverage. final 2016 enrollment deadline

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