3 3 3 3 its a big day in the race for the white. Esepcially here in florida. In just a few hours the polls will open across the state. And depending on what voters decide, it could be the end of suarez is live at the Election Service center. How does it look out there . 3 3 roll to vo a few common sense tips 3 vanessa well have the primary results for you tonight, beginning after the polls close at seven pm. Youll be able to get those on our website, fox 13 news dot com. Also on twitter and facebook. And well have the complete wrapup, at 10 and 11. 3 3 new this morning. A hernando mother is facing Children Home alone in what tarsha hite is facing 3 kids. Between the ages of 2 and 10yearsold at home while she went out to dinner in clearwater. Her toddler turned on the oven. Causing the pots inside to catch on fire. Luckily. Neighbors called the fire department. Police say it took hite hours to return home. Even after she heard what happened. Shes being held on 60thousanddollars bond. 3 also new this morning. A man is behind bars after police say he stabbed someone at an applebees. It happened saturday. Bradenton police were called to the restaurant after a man was cut on his neck. He was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert. Police identified john safron as the suspect. And issued an arrest warrant. Safron went back to that same applebees later in the day and was arrested. He denies stabbing the victim. Who is in stable condition. 3 3 Hillsborough County deputy john kotfila, junior. Will be laid to rest on friday. He died in the line of duty. In a selfless and remarkably brave way. Investigators and witnesses believe Deputy Kotfila intentionally drove his cruiser into the path of a wrongway driver. No one believes that more. Than the woman he saved. 3 sarah geren was driving with her boyfriend on the selmon expressway early saturday morning. When she noticed a pair of headlights coming directly at her. The wrong way. She flashed her headlights rapidly at the vehicle. But it just kept coming. Moments from impact, a deputys cruiser came out of nowhere and swerved in front of her. The collision killed Deputy Kotfila. Sarah and her father did their best to let everyone know what a hero he is. 3 the driver of the Highway Patrol is investigating to determine if alcohol was a factor. And also to figure out exactly how his car got onto selmon expressway. 3 Deputy Kotfilas funeral will be held this friday. At st. Timothys Catholic Church in lutz. Visitation begins at 11 am. The funeral will start at one oclock. He will be buried in massachusetts, where his family lives. His father is veteran member of the massachusetts state police. 3 3 sarasota deputies found 200pounds of marijuana in a couples apartment. The same apartment where their two 3year old children lived. Eleuterio galloza and his girlfriend 25yearold ashley plott are facing several charges. Deputies say they went to the apartment to arrest galloza for a separate assault case. Thats when they found bags of marijuana believed to be worth 400thousanddollars. As well as some other drugs. Thousands in cash. And a handgun. The couple has and child neglect. 3 a polk county woman. Already behind bars for the death of her boyfriend. Is now charged with his murder. 3 star tribble is from winter haven. Deputies say she shot and killed 33 yearold Tomorreio Clark in february. They say tribble asked her brother to help bury the body. But he refused. It was her 19yearold daughter who found clark the next day. And called police. Initially. Tribble was only charged as an accessory. Now on top of the first degree murder charge tribble has also been charged with tampering with evidence. 3 3 new this morning. A man is under arrest after pasco deputies say he led them on a pursuit. Then used his truck as a weapon. Viewer Logan Templeton caught it on camera as they went by little road. 3 deputies were responding to a possible drunk driver when it happened. They had reports of a truck swerving all over little road heading south toward trinity boulevard. Deputies say they pursued the driver for a few miles. Before the suspect, truck into a pair of patrol was hurt. Conti was taken into custody. Hes charged with aggravated battery against a Law Enforcement officer. Deputies say drugs were found inside his truck. 3 were learning new details about the president s big trip to cuba. Representative kathy castor of tampa. Will travel with him next week. Its hoped the visit will encourage further economic and human rights changes on the island. 3 during the visit the Tampa Bay Rays will play the Cuban National team march 22nd. Castor says everyone who has a passion for baseball is looking forward to it. Seventeen other House Democrats will join the president. 3 tampas Cigar City Brewing has been sold. Oskar blues brewery from colorado has bought controlling interest in it. The aquisition puts months of rumors to rest. A bostonbased equity firm. Called fireman capital is a Financial Partner in the transaction. The founder of Cigar City Brewing, joey redner, will remain ceo. 3 3 vanessatake vo happening today, governor bill that expands medical marijuana use in florida to terminally ill patients. The new legislation allows people with seizure disorders and cancer to have access to a noneuphoric strain of marijuana. Patients were supposed to have access to the drug more than a year ago. But legal fights caused delays. 3 happening today. People in saint pete have another opportunity to voice their visions for the new pier. Officials are holding a pier approach public workshop today. Its on usfs saint pete campus. Inside the Student Center ballroom. The design team will be there to hear feedback as they present some new layouts for the pier. That workshop runs from 7 to 9 tonight. 3 after the break. Three Chicago Police officers are in the hospital after a deadly shooting. What investigators know about what happened before the gunfight. Coming up. 3 plus. Officials now say the bullet that killed a Maryland Police officer. Came from his colleagues gun. How a stray bullet struck him. And who is under arrest. 3 3 break 1 2 00break 2 1 45 break 3 1 40endbrk 1 30 3 3 3 welcome back. The time is 4 xx. Three Chicago Police officers are being treated this morning. After a late night shootout over drugs. Officials say it happened while the officers were looking into reported drug activity. Then saw a man and woman acting suspiciously. 3 police say those 2 people ran away. When the man turned around and started firing. 3 of the officers were shot multiple times. One of the officers returned fire. Killing the man. Questioned right now. The mayor and Police Superintendent visited the families of the wounded officers. Fortunately their injuries are not life threatening. 3 and in maryland the officer killed outside a Police Station sunday afternoon. Was killed by accidental friendly fire. The chief says an errant round from one of his colleagues hit officer jacai colson as he arrived at the scene, in an unmarked car. He was an undercover narcotics officer. Wearing civilian clothes, and no body armor. His boss says he ran right into danger, trying to disarm the men. Now 3 brothers are under arrest. Including the triggerman, 22yearold michael ford of south carolina. The other two are accused of recording video of the attack. Including officer colson, as he lay dying. 3 the city of ferguson may soon accept a deal with the department of justice. Theyve been planning to overhaul the Police Department and court system there. Its in response to a report that found patterns of racial bias throughout the criminal reached a tentative agreement in late january. But city council rejected it last month because of costs. The pricetag could reach 4 milliondollars in the first year alone. Elected leaders will meet tonight to consider the revised deal. 3 the man charged with a shooting spree in kalamazoo, michigan, says his uber app was controlling him through his phone. This is new dash cam video from that night last month. Police arrested jason dalton after the rampage that left 6 people dead and several others injured. Dalton was an uber driver. Who made pickups during the night of the attacks. He told police he felt an artificial presence coming from his phone and controlling him. 3 san diego zoos youngest gorilla kicked off the terrible twos with a party zookeepers decorated the exhibit to celebrate the 2yearold celebrated her birthday with strawberries a cake made with flavored ice, yam paste, grapes and other chowed down on cupcakes, low fat biscuits, gelatin and iced yams. After their feast. It was all about the rock climbing and rope swinging typical 2year old activities. 3 and it looks like the iditarod is battle between father and son this year. 3time champion Dallas Seavey is leading the pack. And hes just hours away from the finish line. In second place is none other than his father mitch seavey he;s won the race twice already. Mitch is just 77miles behind his son. The winner is expected to arrive in nome sometime this morning. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 good news. And bad news for the usf Womens Basketball team. To be the best. Theyre going to have to beat the best. Earlier than they expected. 3 plus big news out of spring training. The rays announce their opening day starter. If youre a fan. This will come as no surprise. Well be right back. 3 3 3 megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Megared. The difference is theres moving. And theres moving with move free ultra. It has tripleaction support for your joints, cartilage and bones. And unlike the big osteobi flex pills, its all in one tiny pill. Move free ultra. Get your move on. 3 welcome back. The time is 4 xx. Time to check in with sports. First off a big congratulations to the usf women on a great 23win regular season. But thats just the beginning. Last night on selection monday. 3 the bulls are a 6seed in the bridgeport region. They will travel to la for an opening round matchup with 11 seed Colorado State on saturday. It happens to be the same region as their conference rival, uconn. Head coach Jose Fernandez may be pleased with the seed, but not with being in uconns region. 3 the bucs have been busy remodeling their defense the last few days. Especially the secondary. Yesterday they signed former vikings cornerback josh robinson. On sunday they re signed safety chris conte. And late last week agreed to terms with probowl corner, brent grimes. 3 grimes was introduced at one buc place. The veteran db, will be 33 by the time the season starts. But he still plays like one of the young guys. With 3 pro bowls. So then why did miami give up on him . Some have said his wife may have been a factor. Shes been known to stoke controversy in the past on twitter. But grimes says if anything. His wife deserves the credit. For making him look and feel so young. 3 opening day is now less than 3 weeks away. And rays manager kevin cash revealed his day one starter. The honor is going to chris archer for the second year in a row. April 3rd archer and the rays host the blue jays 3 archer also getting the start yesterday against the braves. His 3rd of the spring. The longest outing of any rays pitcher this spring. 3 strikeouts over 4 and twothirds. Rings up freddie freeman. Freeman gets him back in the 3rd. Rbi single into center. Archer threw 72 pitches. Allowed just one earned, and retired his final eight hitters. Play of the game. Jaff decker out in left. 6th inning reid brinyack deep drive. But decker makes the leap at the wall and steals the homerun 3 coming up ill take another look at your tuesday forecast. 3 walter take vo and trial by fire. Young woman are learning to become firefighters. In an extensive threeday training about three minutes. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 dave 3 vanessa 3 a group in arizona is working to help teenage girls realize their dreams. By training them to be firefighters and police officers. And theyre learning it all from the women they hope to become. But as foxs Courtney Griffin shows us. This Training Camp is more than just job training. 3 after the break a shock in the shower a young girl wakes up. To find a stranger taking a shower in her home. And fox 13s ken suarez has all you need to know before hitting the voting booth today. Thats coming up. Look at this sweet face. So sweet. Ok, were going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. Toaster strudel. I would kill for something sweet. Wanna split that . No. Soooo much fat. Dont fight your instincts. 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