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 inwe 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 sheriffs 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 2013. A suspect ju
Candidates are back on the campaign trail this morning after the rivals spent the night roasting each other at a Catholic Charity dinner. The long standing event is usually marked by civility between president ial nominees. But with the election less than three weeks away the candidates couldnt keep their gloves from coming off. Clinton hits the campaign trail in ohio today. While trump campaigns in North Carolina and pennsylvania today. Trump will be in tampa monday night. Can you imagine living in the dark, without any power, for weeks . Thats whats happening in the bahamas ever since Hurricane Matthew tore through the and now, just moments ago, more than 20 linemen from tampa electric left to help people in the bahamas. 10news reporter Sarah Hollenbeck is live at tampa electrics operations center. Sarah, this is a huge undertaking. Yes, thats why our local crews are bringing 3 of these electrical trucks with them theyre saying it could take 6 full weeks before power is restored to a
Sarah hollenbeck is live. These 20 linemen are needed there . Reporter people have been living like that more than two weeks. Now they are getting help from tampa, including the bucket trucks. They sent five of them over to the bahamas today and those guys just left less than an hour ago to get over there. Hurricane matthew battered homes, it tore off roofs, it picked up an power poles across the tropical island. The damage is so severe in the bahamas that in some areas the electrical system has to be rebuilt from the ground up. Its going to be strenuous work. Right now 20 tampa electric employees are on a bus headed to ft. Lauderdale. Then they will get on a ferry and take that to the island. They will be working 16hour days doing extremely difficult work. Its extremely difficult. Materials you are trying to get on. Especially on an island. Its isolated from the mainland itself. Getting materials over there to work with materials without running out of materials, thats an obstacle in
World series champions for the first time in 108 years. The cubs defeated the cleveland in a nailbiting game 7 last night. Marlie hall has all the excitement from cleveland, ohio natsthis is going to be a tough play the historic world series finale. Natsthe cubs win unprecedented 17 minute rain delay. Nats series mvp 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. Theyve 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 3to1 series deficit. Finally ending decades of heartbreak your family has been waiting 108 years for this . This is tremendous. Still cant