Family headquarters, karla ray, this change involves the day of the month the recipients get their benefits. Reporter right now, benefits for the entire state of florida are added to the snap cards within the first 12 days of the month. Dcf told us today they are extending that through the first 28 days of the month to try to even things out throughout the month. But, the first month that this happens, its going to make budget tight for families. A trip to the Grocery Store would not be possible for hundreds of thousands of floridians without the help of the snap program, better known as food stamps. I only get 169 for a family of five. Reporter this woman wants to protect her familys identity. She has three kids and her husband cant work due to a disability. And she found out today that come watch their benefits will be spread even more than in an effort to keep shelves fully stocked. I think its a very big shock. Reporter currently, food stamp cards are loaded in the first 12 days of
The line. Reporter yes and the sheriff said as soon as the video was released, he wanted to speak out about it at the Sheriffs Office he says he wants the community to know he does not condone the actions of the former deputies and he is working to make sure Something Like this does not happen again. We all know that it was wrong. This afternoon Marion County share chris miller held a News Conference we talked about video and 2014 that shows 5 former deputies trevor fitzgerald, james on the day, coating apple, Adam Crawford and jesse turow who was most recently indicted. The video shows the deputies punching, kicking and meeting derek price who was a suspect who they were chasing for one hour. In the video it shows he had already held up his hands and cotton on the ground before the 4 of the 5 individuals have pled guilty in federal court and are awaiting sentencing. Reporter the sheriff says this was the case of the agencies policing their own, Officials Say when price showed up to th
Ground. The sheriff insisted it does not reflect the way his agency does business. Stewart wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel explores the sheriff s explanation, and where his agency goes from here. We re not going to tolerate any type of this activity. Dave the sheriff says he picked up the phone as soon as he saw the video, a man being hit, kicked, kneed while on the ground. Stop resisting. Dave the deputy s body camera suggests derrick price was resisting, but blair immediately suspended all five. Chris blair i was saddened by it, i was upset by it, i can just tell you i did not leave that desk from where i viewed that video. I immediately made a contact with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, that s how strong i felt that they were way outside the line. Dave the feds got involved, determined there was no resisting arrest. Four deputies quit jesse terell , was fired. Cody hoppel, adam crawford, james amidei, and travor fitzgerald have already pleaded guilty in federal court, for civil r
Weather on the way and the rolex 24 forecast moments away. Meredith if you are like me and stuck in some traffic on i4 just after 2 00 this afternoon. It was because of a nasty wreck at the fairbanks curve. It happened just before 2 00 in the westbound lanes. Traffic quickly backed up to state road 414, as the left two lanes were blocked. Right now there s no word on any injuries or how it happened. The road has since reopened. It s an unfortunate incident and we all know it was wrong. ,stewart Marion County sheriff chris blair speaking out today, after seeing a video of his own deputies, beating and kicking a man. Just yesterday, the news broke that federal civil rights charges had been filed against some of those involved. Meredith wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel was at the press conference where the sheriff defended his agency, and his own actions. Dave . Dave the sheriff stressed that every use of force is automatically reviewed. And if policy s not followed, it s addressed. And in this cas
Around. Suspect s manager told police cespedes was given a wallet that had been found. When it was retuned to the hotel guest the cash inside was , missing. In another incident, the suspect allegedly went against policy by going inside a room after checking on a door that appeared to be open. In fact, the report states that several guests didn their doors weren t closing all the way. When this guests came back to the room, money was again, missing. Donna french unless you doesn t close fully. Chris cespedes was arrested just this week, after undercover Authorities Say they set up cameras inside a room and watched him steal 500 left by investigators on a night stand. We asked for this video, but we re told it is not yet being released. As of tonight, we know the Security Guard has so far only been officially charged with one of these cases where he was one of the rooms. He has since bonded out of jail. Both disney and Wydham Hotels told us if we wanted more answers, contact the Orange C