Student that allegedly concocted the story will be spending her night in jail. Take a good look at her right now, 19 yearold fatou gueye, she was taken in to jail after 9 00 tonight. Facing one charge of false reporting of commissions of crime. In plain english he allegedly lied to usf police. Now her story, she says two men in their 20s followed hurt to the mlk plaza on campus last gh conversation. In the end she claimed they took a backpack and her necklace fell on the ground. Later police found everything except for the guys she said committed the crime and now we know why. Students shocked to hear one of their own reportedly lied to police. Im surprised she would lie about that, putting students in danger because people worry about that. Im shocked. That is not okay to lie in general. That is annoying and probably held in jail 500 bond. She has no prior convictions with the Hillsborough County sheriffs office. Live in tampa. Thank you. New tonight, an odd bomb scare to the campus o
All of this, according to the police chief. It is very frustrating and its disappointing because the whole thing is unnecessary. Reporter at 19 years old, this foreignexchange student from senegal couldnt wait to start her College Career at usf, a campus known for inclusion. We are known for being one of the most diverse campuses in florida. Reporter but on election day, the diversity was destroyed according to usf police. Someone shoved malicious mess door of fatou gueye and she was one of four to get those notes. The notes concern me because it shows not everyone is openminded. Reporter fast forward from the election, a week later to the day, is when this teenager made a massive mess. She managed to scare an entire campus with her claim that she was robbed while working in a popular spot. She even gave the cops a it was all an epic lie, one that left this police chief disappointed. This is really not something that is excepted in the community. We want to get this resolved, get peopl
Bit of discomfort. With that, bad news for lightning captain captain Steven Stamkos to. I hope this is a injury that will not injure him for the season. Reporter he will be out indefinitely with a lateral meniscus tear. There is usually a bend and a sheer force like that, that sheer force causes the meniscus to tear. Reporter Orthopedic Surgeon doctor phuc vo sees this often and athletes and says if stamm coast has pieces removed, he could return sooner. It could lead to arthritis 10 to 25 years down the road. Reporter if they repair it, he will be out much longer. Ideally if we can do that, the future of the knee is better. It takes three or four months for that to heal so the athlete is out for a long time. For the best. I thought this was going to be the year or so i want him to come back. Reporter stay with news channel 8 for updates and lightning coverage. Melissa marino news channel 8. A jacksonvilles man appeal for killing a teenager over loud music was denied. He appealed the 2
The driver gets out of the car and takes off on foot. The victim leaps over the car and stumbles to the sidewalk outside the bar where he collapses. Tampa police tell me they have a pretty good idea of who they are looking for. After all, they do have a car, but they still want to talk to the driver to find out what his intentions were. Dpd spokesman Steve Haggerty says at the very least, he will because of the damage to that building and the injury to that individual. Sounds like its only a matter of time. Chip osowski live in ybor city. Investigators are still piecing together a bizarre and brutal death on i to 75. A man crashed his motorcycle and was launched onto the other side of the highway. An offduty officer ended up running him over. Jamel lanee joins us live from pinellis county where we are learning more about the motorcyclist. Reporter it is set all the way around. We learned that a guy who loved riding his motorcycle died just doing that. Its going to be hard. A lot of hug
All new at 11 00 symbols of hate sketched on a church sidewalk in the tampa bay area. Why the pastor wants the person who did it to come back to the church this weekend. Good evening. Im wendy ryan. Also said maga standing for make America Great again. This is one of many similar hate crimes that has spiked over the last week. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center more than 400 cases have been reported of harassment nationwide since the election. The st. Pete pastor wants to use this as a teachable moment. Michael. Reporter jamison, the in the entrance leading into their church in chalk so they were easily cleaned up but that doesnt mean that members of this congregation arent fearful tonight. 300 people, mostly lgbtq, call this church home. Their sign out front sums up how they feet. Love one another, please. It heightens the level of anxiety in the congregation i think. People are frightened by this sort of thing. And i think reporter on monday she found swastikas, the letters