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Baby to someone but who that is he doesnt know. Its a mystery that has Police Searching for answers wanting to know what happened to baby willow. I dont think the baby is around here. I think somebody helped her. Reporter new this afternoon, her boyfriend who lives here with her also told us they originally planned to give the baby away to someone else. Were working to bring you more information on that part of the story coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00. For now reporting live in orlando, jeff deal, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Now that dump ter being haul ed away isnt the only break ing development. Jeanine reyes continues coverage outside the home where susan and her boyfriend lived. The father of richardsons children admits to multiple visits to their home. Reporter yeah. He live ins this home be lives in this home with his 7yearold child thats his first child with susan. He said dcf did not call him about that childs welfare but hes expecting a call soon. Dcf did call his son today to check on a daughter that he said he and susan placed in that sons care. Thats why he believes the call is coming his way soon. He said he loves his 7yearold daughter and shes her primary care giver. Has she ever been removed from you . No. Just susan. Reporter now , bryant said susan is only allowed to visit the child under a supervision. Dcf could not confirm that but released this statement saying they received a call about the abandonment about baby willow and now opened an investigation. Dcf said they will take the necessary steps to protect any other children in this family, which would of course include bryants 7yearold daughter who lives here and two other children that he and susan had together. Of 7. Im going through my interview with bryant right now. Ill have an update on that coming up for you tonight at 6 00. I asked him why he gave those two other children away that he fathered with susan. I also asked him about a Police Report that alleges he used one of those children as a human barrier in a stand off with police. Ill have all that coming up tonight at 6 00. For now live in orlando, jeanine reyes, channel 9, Eyewitness News. To be clear, nothing has been found in either dumpsters taken by opd investigators. Still baby willow is still missing police are looking for leads. Sharing this story from our Facebook Page could help investigators track the baby down. It could. We are still hoping the baby is in the care of someone else because thats the only way she will be found alive. We have more information on breaking news from Brevard County where the state has confirmed the newest case of the zika virus. From channel 9s melanie holt at 4 00 you know it was someone who visited haiti. Melanie, youre getting a better idea of what the state is doing to monitoring residents in every county. Reporter it includes a statewide mosquito Surveillance System. Here in Brevard County we learned that Mosquito Control inspectors are going door to door in neighborhoods as well as contacting businesses to let them know what measure to take. The state just confirmed the latest case of zika virus and its in Brevard County. If i had it i wouldnt know what to do. There isnt much to do other than treat the symptoms which can include a low grade fever, rash and joint pain. In most people the zika virus is a mild illness that resolves itself within a week. However, in countries outside the u. S. Experiencing the zika out break theres been an association between the virus and an increase in the number of neurological condition. Its widespread over there but didnt think it would come here. None of the 22 cases of zika confirmed in florida did not involve transmission or pregnant women. They are still Early Morning people to be cautious. If you have not if you have small pools turn it upside down when its not being used. It has a Surveillance System and is working with the cdc, the Florida Department of agriculture and Consumer Services and local county Mosquito Control boards to ensure precautions are being taken to protect florida residents and visitors. Reporter now, the types of mosquitos that the county is concerned about are container breeding mosquitos. Theyre why theyre encouraging people to dump containers or throw them out. They are increasing their treatment of areas where they cant dump out a container. They are treating those channel 9, Eyewitness News. If you have any other questions about the zika virus we have dedicated a special section of wftv. Com to provide answers. Click on the news tab and then zika virus. The state is allowing a doctor to continue practicing even though he ran a pain clinic. Tim barber has the story. John archnehu has been in trouble with the department of health for 5 years. Despite being used of trafficking painkillers and running an illegal pain clinic hes still practicing. His son said his dad never trafficked painkillers. State records showed that doctor did from 2011 to 2012. The biggest was oxycodone with 2,800 prescriptions and 400,000 pills. Its a miracle. Thats all i can say. He pleaded no contest to running an unregistered Pain Management clinic. When he falsified his application with Orange County to obtain a business license but telling the county this this was not a Pain Management clinic the state is still allowing the doctor to keep his license as long as he pays a 5,000 fine and cannot prescribe certain drugs. Tim barber, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Now, we called and emailed the doctor to talk to him but so far we have not heard back. A state Senate Committee moved forward with new tougher restrictions on Abortion Provider today. The measure strips state funding from my group that provides abortion services. Ban on abortion procedures. Florida investigated planned parenthood but found no wrong doing. In the past 30 minutes we learned the woman who is accused of killing her father will not be charged in the case. Our cameras were there when david bucan was hauled off to jail. Hes accused of stabbing 81yearold jeremy gresham. Bucan received a medical work up in custody today and will face a judge tomorrow. Slot machines could be headed to Brevard County after a seminole gaming compact was allowed. If county voters approve they can be added. State troopers are looking for a Jeep Cherokee that may be probable for a deadly hit and run on monday. 39yearold jogging when a vehicle hit him along satellite boulevard and took off. Its a 1993 to 1998 light gray Jeep Cherokee with damage to the front left. Apple is fighting a judges order to hack into the iphone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists. The company is calling it government over reach. Now the fbi wants apple to create software to help crack the phone because the bureau has been unable to get into saeed farooks phone. They said it would endanger the Data Security of all customers. They are not asking apple to redesign its product or create a back door to one of the products. Theyre simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device. Investigators want to recover the information from the phone to assess the involvement of isis. Disney has reached a employee who died while testing a ride at animal kingdom. Russell roscoe was hit in the head by one of the cars. Federal safety investigators closed that ride for 6 months following the incident. Roscoes family sued the theme park for his death and have now reached an agreement but the terms are confidential. President obama and mrs. Obama will visit the Supreme Court to pay their respects to antonin scalia. The white house said that president obama will not attend his funeral on saturday but Vice President joe biden and his wife will. At 4 00 you heard from this Brevard County couple for the First Time Since they claimed a historic Powerball Jackpot. New at 5 00, how they struggled to keep it a secret for weeks. A transgender Volusia County woman is now suing a security company. What she said happened when she re fused to come to work as a man. Zimmermans exgirlfriend after he posted naked pictures of her online. Hes not what you thought he would be. How she said she wants other women to learn from her mistake. Well, the sun boosted temperatures back to the middle 70s for us today. Youre watching channel 9 Eyewitness News at 5 00, coverage you can count on. George zimmermans former girlfriend is trying to get laws changed after she said she was the victim of revenge porn. Zimmerman has not been charged. Greg warmoth is following the case. She wants others to learn from her mistake. Reporter the former girlfriend admitted she sent George Zimmerman those revealing photos but never did she think they would wind up online for now that they are she wants others to avoid a similar embarrassment. I never thought, you know, he would post this out there. After they broke out she found out what revenge porn is. I might as well have been standing there naked. I just felt like this isnt the monster that everybody made him out to be. Hes very kaz charismatic. They broke up 6 months later and heather started dating someone new. One day her phone was lit up by strangers. Zimmerman tweeted about her in great detail. I called him and begged him to take it down and he wouldnt. It shared heathers name and private cell phone numbers and very bare photos. Yes, i sent the picture to him. And took it or anything. I just never dreamed he would broadcast it to the 16,000 twitter followers he had. Twitter suspended zimmermans account but it was too late. Information had been copied and shared worldwide. Strangers as far as australia contacted her. Change your number now. George zimmerman put it on twit twitter. A florida law banned revenge porn, images with identifying information. Reporter heather said she agreed to tell her story to help you. She said this can happen to any woman. New legislation is being considered in my states. It would let adults have items removed when they were children. Thank you, greg. You can read more on this story and let you know what you think by going to the wftv Facebook Page. Ucf police say they have now who put hateful signs on the campus. They were found near residence halls. They cant make any arrests until investigators get more information. The case has been listed as inactive. Orlando police say they arrested an accused drug dealer across the street from the school. Officers began following the suspect just blocks from Washington Shores elementary. When they arrested him yesterday afternoon they were fewer than 400 feet from the schools entrance. Antonio johnson was taken into custody as students were leaving school. Police say they found more than 225 grams of marijuana in his car with more than 1,300 in cash and four cell phones. Today the Florida Senate rules committee is discussing the pastor protection bill. It would keep religious organizations from being sued if they refused to perform samesex ceremonies that dispute their beliefs. Second reading. A bill banning red light cameras. It could make them illegal starting in july of 2019. They first allowed local governments to use them back in 2010. Another Beautiful Day in the neighborhood. I am watching another storm system, probably more towards tuesday of next week. More details in the next half hour on that. 74 downtown and also up in deltona, the largest city in volusia right. Right now 70s over the interior. The water temperatures in the 50 in Volusia County. Low around 52, 53. Thats where well be. Lake county continue temperatures very 23450is very nice for you as well, the villages back to leesberg. We had some fog today around highway 19 into the interior of disney, through kissimmee. Apopka 48. A nice day tomorrow. We will see more of a north breeze and a couple other factors with a northeast breeze keeping temperatures cooler, especially along the east coast tomorrow. 63 palm coast, 65 daytona from the low 70s today. 72 orlando. About a 3 to 40 de 4 degree drop. The intercoastal will be choppy. Rip current threat will go up if you have beach plans. Either way its still going to be nice with lots of sunshine. Theres going to be a ridge of High Pressure that will be moving towards the east. Thats going to change our wind direction. This time of the year a lot of right now the cooler waters will bring a few marine clouds and the on shore breeze will keep things cooler along the beaches. Im not expecting much rain we are going to be bringing a few coast. Lots of races in daytona. They get the racing twin races at 7 00. Air temperature at 61 degrees under mostly clear skies. The super bowl race they start with the super bowl. Nascar starts with the super bowl. Partly cloudy skies with an east, northeast breeze at 5 to 10. Temperatures if youre tailgating early in the low 50s. We will top out around 70 to 72. Pictureperfect day for racing in daytona. The five day forecast with the weekend always in view, more on shore breezes on saturday. 60s at the coast, 70s inland. Slowly warming back up. Bring some rain and possibly some more heavy storms to the state in about day six on tuesday. He looked like a successful doctor with a thriving practice but police say this 18yearold, yes, 18, was really just pretending. What finally got him caught. Ive been ready for sun rail for a really long time. Why residents will likely have to wait longer for sun rails first trip into osceola county. A local woman said her gender cost her h strawberry parfait. Fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. Add snap beans, a dash of garlic and serve with roasted chicken. For dessert, surprise them with juicy florida strawberries in a scrumptious, easy to make parfait. From dinner to dessert, its just that easy to serve delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. And look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. Remember, delicious is always served fresh from florida. So happy,o i amazg gh ner ulha peed would vehoht atnye ulfi tt do tha make tt o othr y r. Right enrit er i codn bie i he waso lpl i kn is ch smalthg litt tng simplehi but me sle madee pp made mda share urto. Publ. Ershpi is pase. At roundup , we know they keep coming back. You never invited this stubborn little rascal to your patio. So, draw the line. One spray of roundup max control 365 kills to the root and keeps weeds away for up to 12 months. Because patios should be for cooking out and kicking back. Roundup max control 365. Draw the line. Prevent weeds from coming a local transgender wants to use her case of workplace determination to make a case. She was fired on the basis of her sex. Blaine tolison spoke to her and found out theres many others in Central Florida who are afraid to fight back. In 2013 Rachel Wiggins started a transformation. She used to be richard, a man who worked as a security enforcement officer in port orange but was fired. I was loyal to the company. Dedicated to the job. Then be let go was just it was just a blow. Like i couldnt believe it happened. Before that wiggins said she was threatened to present herself as a man while working as a Security Officer or be terminated. She wrote the owner explaining her transition in male to female and she was under a doctors care. Things got worse. She said she was given odd work hours and remote locations. I was put back into a place where theres no people around. Wiggins was officially fired when she filed a complaint with the federal government. The eeoc investigated her claim and found she was discriminated against on the basis of her sex. The eeco letter of determination stated that advanced tactical denied the wiggins filed a lawsuit against the company. Its just one case by the lgbt center of Central Florida said theres more you never hear about. Theyre afraid of repercussions on jobs, neighbors, friends, family and becoming worse than it actually is. Wiggins said she wants to make a difference. Im hoping my case will help other transgender people. Reporter advanced tactical security has two locations including one here in port orange. We went there today but that office had gone out of business. I called three different numbers for the company and the owner but those numbers were disconnected. Were live in port orange, blaine tolison, channel 9, Eyewitness News. You can read the lawsuit for yourself at wftv. Com. Click on the web links button on our home page. Its another day of no answers in the murders of this mother and her teenage daughter. Had a the victims estranged husband just told us about their relationship. This man accused of shooting a restaurant manager in a violent robbery. What the suspect did minutes before that helped deputies find him more quickly. Brevard county couple who won part of that historic Powerball Jackpot. I just kept quiet. I need new carpet. Ok. I have two dogs. And a husband. House trained . My husband . No, the dogs. Sometimes. Id suggest stainmaster pet protect carpet. Why . Incredibly durable and stain resistant. Thats why they i got it. Now get free basic installation with purchase of stainmaster carpet and pad, this couple won a Police Searching<\/a> for answers wanting to know what happened to baby willow. I dont think the baby is around here. I think somebody helped her. Reporter new this afternoon, her boyfriend who lives here with her also told us they originally planned to give the baby away to someone else. Were working to bring you more information on that part of the story coming up on Eyewitness News<\/a> at 6 00. For now reporting live in orlando, jeff deal, channel 9, Eyewitness News<\/a>. Now that dump ter being haul ed away isnt the only break ing development. Jeanine reyes continues coverage outside the home where susan and her boyfriend lived. The father of richardsons children admits to multiple visits to their home. Reporter yeah. He live ins this home be lives in this home with his 7yearold child thats his first child with susan. He said dcf did not call him about that childs welfare but hes expecting a call soon. Dcf did call his son today to check on a daughter that he said he and susan placed in that sons care. Thats why he believes the call is coming his way soon. He said he loves his 7yearold daughter and shes her primary care giver. Has she ever been removed from you . No. Just susan. Reporter now , bryant said susan is only allowed to visit the child under a supervision. Dcf could not confirm that but released this statement saying they received a call about the abandonment about baby willow and now opened an investigation. Dcf said they will take the necessary steps to protect any other children in this family, which would of course include bryants 7yearold daughter who lives here and two other children that he and susan had together. Of 7. Im going through my interview with bryant right now. Ill have an update on that coming up for you tonight at 6 00. I asked him why he gave those two other children away that he fathered with susan. I also asked him about a Police Report<\/a> that alleges he used one of those children as a human barrier in a stand off with police. Ill have all that coming up tonight at 6 00. For now live in orlando, jeanine reyes, channel 9, Eyewitness News<\/a>. To be clear, nothing has been found in either dumpsters taken by opd investigators. Still baby willow is still missing police are looking for leads. Sharing this story from our Facebook Page<\/a> could help investigators track the baby down. It could. We are still hoping the baby is in the care of someone else because thats the only way she will be found alive. We have more information on breaking news from Brevard County<\/a> where the state has confirmed the newest case of the zika virus. From channel 9s melanie holt at 4 00 you know it was someone who visited haiti. Melanie, youre getting a better idea of what the state is doing to monitoring residents in every county. Reporter it includes a statewide mosquito Surveillance System<\/a>. Here in Brevard County<\/a> we learned that Mosquito Control<\/a> inspectors are going door to door in neighborhoods as well as contacting businesses to let them know what measure to take. The state just confirmed the latest case of zika virus and its in Brevard County<\/a>. If i had it i wouldnt know what to do. There isnt much to do other than treat the symptoms which can include a low grade fever, rash and joint pain. In most people the zika virus is a mild illness that resolves itself within a week. However, in countries outside the u. S. Experiencing the zika out break theres been an association between the virus and an increase in the number of neurological condition. Its widespread over there but didnt think it would come here. None of the 22 cases of zika confirmed in florida did not involve transmission or pregnant women. They are still Early Morning<\/a> people to be cautious. If you have not if you have small pools turn it upside down when its not being used. It has a Surveillance System<\/a> and is working with the cdc, the Florida Department<\/a> of agriculture and Consumer Services<\/a> and local county Mosquito Control<\/a> boards to ensure precautions are being taken to protect florida residents and visitors. Reporter now, the types of mosquitos that the county is concerned about are container breeding mosquitos. Theyre why theyre encouraging people to dump containers or throw them out. They are increasing their treatment of areas where they cant dump out a container. They are treating those channel 9, Eyewitness News<\/a>. If you have any other questions about the zika virus we have dedicated a special section of wftv. Com to provide answers. Click on the news tab and then zika virus. The state is allowing a doctor to continue practicing even though he ran a pain clinic. Tim barber has the story. John archnehu has been in trouble with the department of health for 5 years. Despite being used of trafficking painkillers and running an illegal pain clinic hes still practicing. His son said his dad never trafficked painkillers. State records showed that doctor did from 2011 to 2012. The biggest was oxycodone with 2,800 prescriptions and 400,000 pills. Its a miracle. Thats all i can say. He pleaded no contest to running an unregistered Pain Management<\/a> clinic. When he falsified his application with Orange County<\/a> to obtain a business license but telling the county this this was not a Pain Management<\/a> clinic the state is still allowing the doctor to keep his license as long as he pays a 5,000 fine and cannot prescribe certain drugs. Tim barber, channel 9, Eyewitness News<\/a>. Now, we called and emailed the doctor to talk to him but so far we have not heard back. A state Senate Committee<\/a> moved forward with new tougher restrictions on Abortion Provider<\/a> today. The measure strips state funding from my group that provides abortion services. Ban on abortion procedures. Florida investigated planned parenthood but found no wrong doing. In the past 30 minutes we learned the woman who is accused of killing her father will not be charged in the case. Our cameras were there when david bucan was hauled off to jail. Hes accused of stabbing 81yearold jeremy gresham. Bucan received a medical work up in custody today and will face a judge tomorrow. Slot machines could be headed to Brevard County<\/a> after a seminole gaming compact was allowed. If county voters approve they can be added. State troopers are looking for a Jeep Cherokee<\/a> that may be probable for a deadly hit and run on monday. 39yearold jogging when a vehicle hit him along satellite boulevard and took off. Its a 1993 to 1998 light gray Jeep Cherokee<\/a> with damage to the front left. Apple is fighting a judges order to hack into the iphone belonging to one of the San Bernardino<\/a> terrorists. The company is calling it government over reach. Now the fbi wants apple to create software to help crack the phone because the bureau has been unable to get into saeed farooks phone. They said it would endanger the Data Security<\/a> of all customers. They are not asking apple to redesign its product or create a back door to one of the products. Theyre simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device. Investigators want to recover the information from the phone to assess the involvement of isis. Disney has reached a employee who died while testing a ride at animal kingdom. Russell roscoe was hit in the head by one of the cars. Federal safety investigators closed that ride for 6 months following the incident. Roscoes family sued the theme park for his death and have now reached an agreement but the terms are confidential. President obama and mrs. Obama will visit the Supreme Court<\/a> to pay their respects to antonin scalia. The white house said that president obama will not attend his funeral on saturday but Vice President<\/a> joe biden and his wife will. At 4 00 you heard from this Brevard County<\/a> couple for the First Time Since<\/a> they claimed a historic Powerball Jackpot<\/a>. New at 5 00, how they struggled to keep it a secret for weeks. A transgender Volusia County<\/a> woman is now suing a security company. What she said happened when she re fused to come to work as a man. Zimmermans exgirlfriend after he posted naked pictures of her online. Hes not what you thought he would be. How she said she wants other women to learn from her mistake. Well, the sun boosted temperatures back to the middle 70s for us today. Youre watching channel 9 Eyewitness News<\/a> at 5 00, coverage you can count on. George zimmermans former girlfriend is trying to get laws changed after she said she was the victim of revenge porn. Zimmerman has not been charged. Greg warmoth is following the case. She wants others to learn from her mistake. Reporter the former girlfriend admitted she sent George Zimmerman<\/a> those revealing photos but never did she think they would wind up online for now that they are she wants others to avoid a similar embarrassment. I never thought, you know, he would post this out there. After they broke out she found out what revenge porn is. I might as well have been standing there naked. I just felt like this isnt the monster that everybody made him out to be. Hes very kaz charismatic. They broke up 6 months later and heather started dating someone new. One day her phone was lit up by strangers. Zimmerman tweeted about her in great detail. I called him and begged him to take it down and he wouldnt. It shared heathers name and private cell phone numbers and very bare photos. Yes, i sent the picture to him. And took it or anything. I just never dreamed he would broadcast it to the 16,000 twitter followers he had. Twitter suspended zimmermans account but it was too late. Information had been copied and shared worldwide. Strangers as far as australia contacted her. Change your number now. George zimmerman put it on twit twitter. A florida law banned revenge porn, images with identifying information. Reporter heather said she agreed to tell her story to help you. She said this can happen to any woman. New legislation is being considered in my states. It would let adults have items removed when they were children. Thank you, greg. You can read more on this story and let you know what you think by going to the wftv Facebook Page<\/a>. Ucf police say they have now who put hateful signs on the campus. They were found near residence halls. They cant make any arrests until investigators get more information. The case has been listed as inactive. Orlando police say they arrested an accused drug dealer across the street from the school. Officers began following the suspect just blocks from Washington Shores<\/a> elementary. When they arrested him yesterday afternoon they were fewer than 400 feet from the schools entrance. Antonio johnson was taken into custody as students were leaving school. Police say they found more than 225 grams of marijuana in his car with more than 1,300 in cash and four cell phones. Today the Florida Senate<\/a> rules committee is discussing the pastor protection bill. It would keep religious organizations from being sued if they refused to perform samesex ceremonies that dispute their beliefs. Second reading. A bill banning red light cameras. It could make them illegal starting in july of 2019. They first allowed local governments to use them back in 2010. Another Beautiful Day<\/a> in the neighborhood. I am watching another storm system, probably more towards tuesday of next week. More details in the next half hour on that. 74 downtown and also up in deltona, the largest city in volusia right. Right now 70s over the interior. The water temperatures in the 50 in Volusia County<\/a>. Low around 52, 53. Thats where well be. Lake county continue temperatures very 23450is very nice for you as well, the villages back to leesberg. We had some fog today around highway 19 into the interior of disney, through kissimmee. Apopka 48. A nice day tomorrow. We will see more of a north breeze and a couple other factors with a northeast breeze keeping temperatures cooler, especially along the east coast tomorrow. 63 palm coast, 65 daytona from the low 70s today. 72 orlando. About a 3 to 40 de 4 degree drop. The intercoastal will be choppy. Rip current threat will go up if you have beach plans. Either way its still going to be nice with lots of sunshine. Theres going to be a ridge of High Pressure<\/a> that will be moving towards the east. Thats going to change our wind direction. This time of the year a lot of right now the cooler waters will bring a few marine clouds and the on shore breeze will keep things cooler along the beaches. Im not expecting much rain we are going to be bringing a few coast. Lots of races in daytona. They get the racing twin races at 7 00. Air temperature at 61 degrees under mostly clear skies. The super bowl race they start with the super bowl. Nascar starts with the super bowl. Partly cloudy skies with an east, northeast breeze at 5 to 10. Temperatures if youre tailgating early in the low 50s. We will top out around 70 to 72. Pictureperfect day for racing in daytona. The five day forecast with the weekend always in view, more on shore breezes on saturday. 60s at the coast, 70s inland. Slowly warming back up. Bring some rain and possibly some more heavy storms to the state in about day six on tuesday. He looked like a successful doctor with a thriving practice but police say this 18yearold, yes, 18, was really just pretending. What finally got him caught. Ive been ready for sun rail for a really long time. Why residents will likely have to wait longer for sun rails first trip into osceola county. A local woman said her gender cost her h strawberry parfait. Fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. Add snap beans, a dash of garlic and serve with roasted chicken. For dessert, surprise them with juicy florida strawberries in a scrumptious, easy to make parfait. From dinner to dessert, its just that easy to serve delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. And look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. Remember, delicious is always served fresh from florida. So happy,o i amazg gh ner ulha peed would vehoht atnye ulfi tt do tha make tt o othr y r. Right enrit er i codn bie i he waso lpl i kn is ch smalthg litt tng simplehi but me sle madee pp made mda share urto. Publ. Ershpi is pase. At roundup , we know they keep coming back. You never invited this stubborn little rascal to your patio. So, draw the line. One spray of roundup max control 365 kills to the root and keeps weeds away for up to 12 months. Because patios should be for cooking out and kicking back. Roundup max control 365. Draw the line. Prevent weeds from coming a local transgender wants to use her case of workplace determination to make a case. She was fired on the basis of her sex. Blaine tolison spoke to her and found out theres many others in Central Florida<\/a> who are afraid to fight back. In 2013 Rachel Wiggins<\/a> started a transformation. She used to be richard, a man who worked as a security enforcement officer in port orange but was fired. I was loyal to the company. Dedicated to the job. Then be let go was just it was just a blow. Like i couldnt believe it happened. Before that wiggins said she was threatened to present herself as a man while working as a Security Officer<\/a> or be terminated. She wrote the owner explaining her transition in male to female and she was under a doctors care. Things got worse. She said she was given odd work hours and remote locations. I was put back into a place where theres no people around. Wiggins was officially fired when she filed a complaint with the federal government. The eeoc investigated her claim and found she was discriminated against on the basis of her sex. The eeco letter of determination stated that advanced tactical denied the wiggins filed a lawsuit against the company. Its just one case by the lgbt center of Central Florida<\/a> said theres more you never hear about. Theyre afraid of repercussions on jobs, neighbors, friends, family and becoming worse than it actually is. Wiggins said she wants to make a difference. Im hoping my case will help other transgender people. Reporter advanced tactical security has two locations including one here in port orange. We went there today but that office had gone out of business. I called three different numbers for the company and the owner but those numbers were disconnected. Were live in port orange, blaine tolison, channel 9, Eyewitness News<\/a>. You can read the lawsuit for yourself at wftv. Com. Click on the web links button on our home page. Its another day of no answers in the murders of this mother and her teenage daughter. Had a the victims estranged husband just told us about their relationship. This man accused of shooting a restaurant manager in a violent robbery. What the suspect did minutes before that helped deputies find him more quickly. Brevard county couple who won part of that historic Powerball Jackpot<\/a>. I just kept quiet. I need new carpet. Ok. I have two dogs. And a husband. House trained . My husband . No, the dogs. Sometimes. Id suggest stainmaster pet protect carpet. Why . Incredibly durable and stain resistant. Thats why they i got it. Now get free basic installation with purchase of stainmaster carpet and pad, this couple won a Powerball Jackpot<\/a> the rest of us could only dream about and they did it with just one ticket. Its been like 30 years of playing those numbers. New this hour, they are opening up about how hard it was to keep their huge jackpot a secret for nearly a month. I love it. They just played one ticket. Roy ramos was in tallahassee to meet the Melbourne Beach<\/a> winners who shared the Powerball Jackpot<\/a>. Hes been reviewing what else the couple had to say. Roy, they said they kept it a secret from practically everybody including family members. Reporter they say it has been a challenge to keep this Winning Ticket<\/a> a secret. Theyve even kept it a secret from their family members until todays press conference. They said they have been playing he has numbers for the past 30 years. Earlier this year those numbers paid off. 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