County. Police were on the scene of a possible homicide in plant city. Police tell us Family Members found 36 year old Reginald Brown dead inside his home on east ohio street. They said it appeared hed been shot. Police are now trying to figure out what led to browns death. An apartment complex in lakeland that caters to the elderly and disabled went up in flames, and left one person dead. 10 News Reporter garin flowers shows you the one thing firefighters say could have made a difference. Pkg the exterior of bella vista manor is a reminder of what sot its just a sad thing. The fire alarm for the 5 story independent living facility sounded off around 4 30 am. Inside was 41 residents many elderly and disabled. Terry rimes delivers medicine to some of the residents. Sot it makes it a little more personal because it may be somebody that i have delivered to in the past before. One person died in the blaze. Lakeland Fire Fighters evacuated the rest of the building, three had to go to the ho
We recently covered the puppy theft. These are expensive pets. Reporter they certainly are not cheap. Heres a flyer of the bird missing from this store, valued at more than 2000. The stores owner is hoping Surveillance Video will be the key in catching the culprit. The Surveillance Video captures a man walking through the store with the bird in question named hector on his shoulder. He walks down an aisle, reappears and the bird is gone. Hes wearing a backpack and two pairs of glasses. While authorities are not naming a suspect, mary beth kennedy, the stores owner, believes this guy knows something. Very suspicious, was wearing on. Weve been told by one of our customers that hes seen the believe he is local. Reporter a puppy was stolen from all about puppies just down the road from petland, earlier this week. Barfield traded the puppy for cash and cocaine. In that case, the dog was located and is now safe with its owners. Kennedy is hopeful for a similar outcome and right now is concer
These are people out preying on the kids in the community, its terrible. Reporter the suspects ages range from 20 to 47. A deputy traveled to meet a minor for sex. These people need to go to jail. Long time. Street. Newsom was one of the suspects before he left he was on the phone quite a bit and i went to bed and i heard his phone ringing a couple of times. Reporter his grandparents say they had no clue he was going to meet up with. They say terrell has never been arrested for a sex crime. Its shocking to us. I thought he was talking to somebody older maybe. Reporter the Pinellas County sheriff says they need to watch what their kids are doing and line. On line. Hours to meet what he believed was 13yearold girl and another identified himself as a nurse. We talked to them and they said the suspect does work at a local no names have been released. Pinellas county. A deputy was fired and seven recruits. Officials saying they all chooeted on agency exams. Investigators say the fired recru
We have temperatures as low as 27 degrees in homassasa right now. The temperatures have been falling still in spots and may continue to through the next hour to hour andahalf before they start coming back up. Right now in inverness, 35 degrees, and as we look at Hillsborough County temperatures are also in the 30s. Westchase, 33 degrees, the same in lutz right now, tampa, 40 degrees. So again, theres a little bit of variation in temperatures but the bottom line is youre probably going to want that extra layer and bundle the kids up as they get ready for school this morning. Temperatures will be up to near 60 by noon and then topping out in the mid to upper 60s. We have a couple of wet days ahead and ill time out the rain and our next cold front coming up in floridas most accurate sevenday. Right now loved ones are grieving in plant city as the search is on for a murderer. Shared her grief with adam weiner. Adam joins us with an update on the investigation. The victim was killed in his
Well keep our eye on this. This could cause some significant backup as the morning commute picks up. Theres no crashes or breakdowns on other roads in the area. It was pretty cold when i walked outside this morning. It will be warmer this afternoon. Were off to a very cold start to the day for our standards this time of year. Temperatures are below freezing in homassasa, 28 degrees, Crystal River at 31, and in Hernando County where we also have a freeze warning until 9 00 this morning, you can see temperatures are at or above freezing around ridge manor into brooksville, spring lake. Hernando beach is at 30 degrees. Once you get around tampa bay the temperatures get more mild. We have a lot of temperatures in the 30s and hovering just above freezing in lutz and in in tampa the temperature has come down to 39 degrees. This afternoon you may shed a layer because well be making it to a high of 66 degrees. We warm up pretty quickly with lots of sunshine and no rain in sight today. Ill show