and charged with grand theft and drug possession last week is speaking out for the first time only to 10 news to clear his name. reginald roundtree spoke with him. deputy steven smith says he is innocent. for 4 years down hill real fast after an ex- girlfriend told investigators he was using prescription drugs. his attorney says smith is a whistleblower, and was targeted when he spoke out against policies within the department. we get an exclusive look at what deputy smith and his attorney believe is a rush to judgement in a bad case. sot in-we believe the charges were motivated because my client was a whistle blower. 19:36:00 attorney john trevena represents former deputy steven smith. he says smith, a once honored deputy, was targeted by the sheriff s office. he complained about a policy which called for deputies to question 30 citizens a month with field interviews reports. trevena goes on with other issues like the shooting deputy smith was involved in back in april
tampa is back open after a deadly car crash. at least four people were killed. this happened around 9:45 wednesday night. this was the scene near coconut palm drive east of the tampa bypass canal. the road was closed for several hours. a getting more information and we ll keep you updated right here on 10 news. it s a story that makes your stomach turn. a 16 year old accused of molesting a 6-year old boy in a department store bathroom. as if that s not bad enough, today - it gets worse! the most recent victim says the teen touched him in the tarpon springs tj maxx bathroom. now, police tell 10news that 2 kids in hillsborough and 4 in pasco claim they re victims of the same accused one victim s mom tells reporter kendra conlon, she s outraged the potential predator wasn t stopped sooner. it s a story you ll see only on 10 news. the mother of the 6 year old boy. who police say was fondled here in the tjmaxx bathroom. is in shock. her son s accused attacker. 16 year old daniel m
the infamous oil spill cam from the 2010 b-p disaster. oil spewing into the gulf for nea three months! but now we ve learned of a different oil spill from two years ago. so why are we bringing this to you now? investigative reporter david hammer got exclusive video and talked to a whistleblower who knew he needed to expose his supervisors for dumping oil into the gulf and trying to cover it up. evan howington had a dream job. it was like a high-stakes video game. controlled remotely operated vehicles. robot submarines oil rigs use to do important and sometimes dangerous work, deep in the gulf of mexico. but on his very first day on the uncle john oil rig, howington felt something wasn t right. before the uncle john even left pensacola harbor, howington noticed hydraulic oil dripping off the docked submarine and into the water below. he took pictures. he laid down absorbent cloths. he told his supervisor. who apparently didn t care. and that was just a prelude to an even bigge
world series champions for the first time in 108- years. the cubs defeated the cleveland in a nail-biting game 7 last night. marlie hall has all the excitement from cleveland, ohio -nats-this is going to be a tough play the historic world series finale. -nats-the cubs win unprecedented 17- minute rain delay. -nats- series m-v-p ben zobrist gave the cubs the lead over the indians for good with this 10th inning double. it was like a heavyweight fight man, just blow for blow, everybody playing their hearts out teammate miguel montero helped secure the victory. they ve always blown it so many years before. they came so close to doing it again - nats- fans were left on the edge of their seats at the bottom of the eighth.when cleveland outfielder rajai davis hit this game- tying home run: this whole place erupted. it was an awesome moment. in the end the cubs back from a 3-to-1 series deficit.finally ending decades of heartbreak: your family has been waiting 108 years for this? thi
a 71-year-old man is behind bars after the polk county sheriff say he s the one responsible for killing a 33-year-old woman and hurting a deputy over the weekend. the sheriff tells 10 news reporter jennifer titus he s one hundred percent sure charles lewis is guilty. but that can often take pkg: it s been almost a week since jessica enchautegal-otero and deputy sheriff adam pennell were hit by an unknown vehicle while standing on the side of the road in lake wales 180335 we solved the case because community cared enough to come forward a crimestoppers tip sheriffs grady judd says led to the arrest of this man71 year old charles lewis 180345 crimestoppers tip came in and said look for blue truck they followed the tip to this lake wales street where that blue truck happened to be driving down the road 180713 were all thankful for anonymous tipster jen stand up -now this is the vehicle involvedthere s not much damage to it but the sheriff says he s positive that lewis