Beach, 61 in Marion County and ocala. The sticky day today. We was seemingly cloudy skies and you see it on your planner. Temperatures staying in the 60s. 60 6 at noon, late morning early afternoon we will see a better chance of rain redeveloping and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. Have your rain gear and umbrella before heading out and showers are possible through the evening drive. Then we start to clear out tonight and we cool down and we will track that and the rainfall totals we could expect we will have that ahead 5 31 am. I4 with deneige. I noticed slick roads but on i4 at 436, anyone leaving Altamonte Springs, looking good in both directions. Typical volume no crashes to report on i4. The crash from overnight hours, sam lake roads as Doctor Phillips blvd. , troopers have been able to get it out of the with the keep in over for them. Nancy . A construction crew is to blame for a gas leak that sent in Orange County family to the hospital. Kimberly eiten just got on scene and firefighters have evacuated an apartment building. Reporter 1 dozen people had to leave the building behind me. It is tough to see from where we are standing but you can tell there are lights on with people just getting back inside. Firefighters got to the apartment complex off violent, conroy before 3 am. They had to clear everyone out of one building after reports of a gas leak. Orlando police a a family of 4 breathe ben fields and drove themselves to the hospital. They reported feeling sick and doctors figured out that was from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Firefighters found 2 other people were not feeling well and took them to the hospital. They said the gas leak started when construction workers left the generator on. They have been renovating the building. With building managers to ask what precautions were place and how a routine renovation and it with 6 residence in a hospital and i will make the call in a few minutes i will touch base with you again at the top of the 6 00 hour. Live in Orange County, kimberly eiten, Eyewitness News this morning in a few hours we will hear from the Marion County sheriff about one of his former deputies facing federal charges. That is what next in the Excessive Force case against 5 former deputies stemming from a 2014 drug bust. Eyewitness news this morning janai norman joins us with a video that captured the arrest. It is tough to watch. You have been looking into what happened to each of the accused deputies. Reporter they were accused of Excessive Force and here in this video you can see why the it is tough to watch but the suspects being arrested says the deputies wrongfully kicked and punched him. The suspect there price still has several open drug charges stemming from this august 2014 drug bust. s Attorney Says he is satisfied with the grand former deputy jesse terrel for his role. The former deputies accused of violating prices civil rights. We got video from the state Attorneys Office showing multiple angles of the arrest in between 2 ocala business is off marion oaks boulevard. Thats where price accused deputies of Excessive Force. Terrel was the only deputy to let a grand jury decide his fate. We check in with officials who say the other 4 former s. W. A. T. Deputies pleaded guilty and awaiting sentencing. Rounds attorney has not responded to our phone calls and Text Messages regarding the indictment but the sheriff will hold a News Conference at 1 00 to talk about the latest development from the video. We will be there for the conference and you will be able to hear it on air and on our free wftv news app. 43 days of the homeless building. There may be relief in sight. There are 108 People Living outside the building which is 20 more people than a couple days ago. Officials but yesterday to discuss a plan to set up enough beds and a temporary shelter until a permanent shelter is built. Wftv legal analyst bill sheaffer says this is really the only way to move the people without infringing on their constitutional rights. Judges eveready told the state of florida if you will use your powers to deal with the homeless problem, you have to first provide another location. We found out some of these folks may move down the road a couple miles to the speedway for a protest during the rolex 24 this weekend. 2 use u. S. Senators praising the Consumer ProductSafety Commission to help and an investigation in crumb rubber. We told about the turf on playgrounds and sports fields. Nelson from florida and Sandra Richard blumenthal of connecticut called on the cpsc to investigate the health risk. Host socalled affluent to dean maybe back in the u. S. Ethan couch is been in mexico city and his mother were found there last month. She is already back in the u. S. And has been charged with handling the operation of a felon. s lawyers say the team wants to drop his appeal and be deported pierre he was sentenced to probation for killing 4 people in a drunk driving crash in 2013 and was arrested again after investigators say he violated the probation. Newly released Court Documents prosecutors say boston bomb a Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed quite the opposite of remorse when he made statements sbi agents after he was captured they say they should be allowed to use the statements. The challenge testimony for him during the penalty phase of his trial he was convicted and sentenced to death last year for the attack that killed 3 people, wondering 260 others. A dashcam video shows a state trooper getting dragged by a car after a driver possession took off in the middle of a traffic stop. Look at the right side of the screen. You can see the trooper briefly being dragged before stumbling, falling to the ground. This happened friday night after they pulled over marcus dallas and crystal cash. The trooper was not seriously hurt. Dallas, the driver, was caught later and is facing charges of Marijuana Possession and felony assault on a Law Enforcement officer. Volusia county deputies havent a clue that may help them find a prisoner who managed to escape. Investigators release a photo yesterday. They believe gary bullock junior, his girlfriend, and 3 yearold son may be in 2010 white fourdoor sherry cobalt with an eu jl 31 tag bulloch serving an eightyear sentence and did not return from work release writer. Investigators say cut off his ankle monitor and is considered armed and dangerous. Brothers who shot and killed a man and Altamonte Springs will spend a long time in prison. Christopher rodriguez cut a deal yesterday pleading guilty to killing davis in 2014. As part of the deal he will spend 40 years behind bars. In october his twin brother manuel was convicted, sentenced to life in prison. A bill that aims to protect the Lgbt Community from discrimination has been pushed back to next week. Of the proposal will update the florida Civil Rights Act and will protect lgbt people at work in housing. State lovers was posted discussing yesterday but was postponed. No one knows why. The bill was supported by Big Companies like disney, at t and darden restaurants. A statue of a confederate general born in florida may soon be taken down from the us capitol. The Senate Rules Committee approved a proposal 103 to remove the statue of gen. Edmund kirby smith from the National Hall and replace it with another famous floridian. A massive Hotel Project appears to be moving next door to disney jacks and this is something else. It is cold the great wolf lodge. They are known for their indoor waterpark spirit waterpark spirit it. Bowling alleys, arcades, an affiliate bought 50 acres from i 4 from disneys brings for 23 million plans include a hotel with 800 rooms, no word on when it may open pit open. Thats the theme of hotels. So this out west theme and indoor waterslides. All indoors . Yes. That means no matter what you have we can have fun. Do you mean to say i squash fun . Changes on the way, 90 percent chance of rain today. Any weekend plans we will be in awesome shape. Putting that together for main weather. Tracking some showers and brevard county. We have sprinkles and showers and Osceola County. Near st. Cloud over toward harmony, southport, showers, pine grove Osceola County a few showers and clermont and groveland moving near Paradise Heights apopka zellwood into Orange County may get wet this morning. Rainfall totals about quarter to happen to half inch. 1 inch of rain if we see storms develop a better chance of rain this afternoon and we will track that on future track but also dryer changes and the changes in temperatures for this weekend. See you at 5 47. Traffic with deneige. A crash popped up on the turnpike northbound at the northbound on ripe from 192 in kissimmee. It is not blocking any portion of the commute. Try to investigate it i 4 at the turnpike, no issues northbound or southbound on the turnpike other than that spot and eastbound and westbound along i 4 looks good. Jamie . Mounting frustration from Law Enforcement about a dramatic increase of Overdose Deaths. The drug usually used after surgery that police say is causing a spike in these deaths. New concerns over critical air Traffic Control centers including one in florida. 5 43 am. Breaking out a construction crew to blame for a gas leak at an apartment complex in Orange County ask emily eaton has been there at the scene this morning. 6 people went to the hospital, kimberly. Reporter even more evacuated from this building behind us. I want to clarify something in the last 15 minutes we told you it was a maroon building but its a yellow building. Firefighters had to kick down the door to find where a gas leak forsett tenants to leave. 6 people were sent to the hospital including a family of 4. They will be okay but doctors say they had Carbon Monoxide poisoning after breathing in fumes inside the building off conroy and violent firefighters feet out the crew who left a generator turned on the for the top of the hour we are reaching the manager of the apartment complex to find out how Building Renovations became dangers and what they plan to do for the tenants who cannot go home. Live in Orange County, kimberly eiten, Eyewitness News this morning new information comes in we will bring it to you on the air as kimberly mentioned and also on our free wftv is app. A man who drove the wrong way down 528 yesterday causing 2 accidents he says he will not get behind the wheel anytime soon. Look at this dashcam video. This is 78yearold arnold whighams traffic stop. State troopers stopped traffic to let the man turn the car around so it was facing the right direction ultimately the trooper ended up driving williams truck himself to safety. Troopers say they were lucky to he says hes not sure how it happened. He will have to undergo a series of test to see whether the state will follow through and revoking his drivers license. Rick scott calling for education spending but florida lock makers lawmakers say they want more. State pose to spend 650 million Governor Scott only proposed 507 million. The norm out would allow the state to spend nearly 30 more on each student than the governors plan. It could boost your tax bill right being paid for by high revenues a Property Values or a hike and property taxes. Osceola county wants to build number for new schools and expand high school. The School District says the extra facilities are needed to deal with growth now the district receives impact fees from construction of new homes for says it needs more money. School leaders want the state to reestablish funding for a Grant Program to help counties that are growing faster than others. Volusia county students and parents want to wait longer to follow a new School Uniform policy. The school board was expected to vote on the new rules tuesday night and that would force students to wear oxford shirts with black denim pants. Instead the policy was amended to include bluejeans. Changes were made and it will take more times before final policies approved. Was state lawmakers table the proposal calling for a raise in the voting age. The law allows anyone 14 and older to operate motorized watercraft it will have raised it to 60 and above matters members worry it could hurt tourism and infringe on personal freedom. It was for voting rights. Open data website will include things like holding permits and police calls for service. A big part of the initial information will be data the release is for president obamas task force for the 21st Century Policing the website is said to be open in march. You probably have seen the pictures of the snow hounding dco the last few days. Now they are getting help from florida. What do we know about snow . [laughter] 15 dump trucks have been sent to clear more than 20 inches of snow state employees are helping out the its a great opportunity to test the flex of guillotine of our resources flexibility of our resources. [laughter] no snow. Tracking the next front. Rain have your umbrella. Rainy day drop off procedures for School Systems because of drizzle we have rockledge has been tracking rain indian river city, point they john, titusville. A lot lighter than yesterday. Port st. John. Melbourne south through palm bay with the watching the rain. A lot more south florida but the front is not here. It is going to drag throughout the day. Another chance of rain early afternoon. 60s now low 60s in the land and de leon springs. Not warming up much. In the 60s but the rain we develops and a planner Osceola County, kissimmee early afternoon through the evening drive we will see another round of rain and storms. Late this morning on future track 11 am, favoring the southern zones for the chance of rain you may get a break and it fills in again as it takes by. Better chance of rain and thunderstorms we will watch for left over showers and then we start the clearing trend. Things wind down by 11 00 and clear out for tonight and when i see you in the morning it will be chilly or. Periods of rain with storms it will be more chilly pierre periods of rain. 40 tonight and 50s elsewhere. Not as big of a cool down as last weekend. Fiveday forecast, where the weekend is always in view, 66 degrees for tomorrow. Lots of sunshine and it will be windy tomorrow. More sun buttle windy day on the way. Friday night chilly start races are going on around central florida. A lot of 5 keys on saturday morning. And 73 sunday pictureperfect weekend. Crashes but nothing nearly as bad yesterday and they are not blocking many roads. Winter garland, state road for tonight southbound you have a crash not on the 49 it is on the on ramp that is not blocking lanes turnpike northbound and kissimmee at u. S. 192 up crash and troopers have been able to get it to the the man from mims who allegedly attacked to deputies with the metal baton is in jail being held without bond. Deputy say Michael Jalisco and Marie Skinner were responded to a dissent domestic disturbance on tuesday on pineapple avenue. Deputies heard skylar prices pull out a baton and the deputies had injuries but expected to make a full recovery. Orange county man recovering this morning after his good deed ended up getting time to break into cars and lake nona. They tried to stop him but that these shot the Good Samaritan twice in the leg and they ran off. Deputy say the attack was caught on surveillance cameras but so far no arrests have been made. Developing this morning, 2 200 children testing positive for high levels of lead in flint michigan. The governor is taking some responsibility for the problem. Governor rick snyder has centimes from department of Environmental Protection to collect water samples to confirm lead is being removed. The city switch from the tort system in 2014 and began drawing from the flint river to save money and that water bill was contaminated with lead. Osceola county detective say they believe a house fire last weekend was intentionally set by one of the homeowners after he shot his wife the wife jean in their home in the sierra lago Mobile Home Park and kissimmee on saturday. Investigators say rogers is at the home on fire and shot himself. Officials say both died from gunshot wounds. Lawmakers on capitol hill are now under fire from Law Enforcement agencies across the country over a recent spike in prescription painkiller overdoses. Officers spoke with u. S. Senate about an increase about the use of fentanyl the drug issue for pain after surgery. One police chief said Overdose Deaths in the committee increased more than more than double in 2015. A bill to increase the penalties for those caught selling