Machine and clean you out. According to deputies, this woman just wrapped up a wal mart shopping trip using somebody elses debit card. Victims tell us its hard to catch. About wiped out my checking account. Reporter thats what happened to this polk county woman. 4,100 at the credit union. I almost fainted. Reporter last october she fell victim to a similar scam where the crooks told her to put her chip enabled debit card under the phone an she sounded really businesslike calling from mid florida and they had to pick up all the old debit cards in the county and be out late that night. Once they get access, of course, to the debit card and pin number its off to the races. Reporter the scam is popping up its ugly head in pinellas and hillsborough counties, negative news about certain banks having customers on alert. The caller insists the bank must retrieve the debit card and pin and send a new one in seen in several years. Ive never heard of a suspect actually going to the home. Usually
lindsay no closed captioning is vanessa developing this morning in Pinellas County a possible health risk for students, at a charter school. jen parents are getting increasingly worried about . Mold at the largo campus of plato academy. jen it all started with some disturbing pictures. Showing what appears to be mold. There are some questions over . When those pictures were taken. The school ceo says earlier in the summer. Parents say in the last few weeks. But documents officials gave fox13 show the mold is gone. But parents worry it could be . Hidden. I thought my children were safe here and to know that their Overall Health and well being is being compromised is very very upsetting and very frustrating as a parent. Jen the school is replacing broken air conditioning units. Theyre trying to be proactive and preventative in treating this. As well as . Fast. vanessa detectives in Pinellas County say a father put his baby daughter in great danger. And now hes facing charges for it. Vane
Clearwater and tampa. Starting off at 75 for apollo beach and lakeland. 76 in sebring. We are looking at patchy fog. Youll notice a couple spot where is the visibility dropped. Inverness down to a quarter mile of visibility in Citrus County. No rain in our area. There are showers back down across the keys. Make sure you have the umbrellas for this afternoon. As we are anticipating some showers and thunderstorms to start developing. Theyll develop in back towards the coast as we go into the afternoon and evening. It is also going to be a hot and steamy weekend. Well look at the temperatures and the very active tropics coming up in a few minutes. Thank you very much. New overnight the fat other of a young boy two died in a hot truck bonded out of jail early this morning. Troy whitaker is charged with aggravated manslaughter after leaving his 23monthold son in his truck for eight hours yesterday. News channel 8 reporter mary mcguire joins us live from the where the father just walked out
It is quiet as can be. We have a few scattered clouds offshore. An area of low pressure bringing showers to the florida keys this morning. The area of low pressure will roll into the gulf. Today the model water vapor a continued easterly flow. Storms will fire inland around noon to 1 00. Then work back towards the west coast of florida through the day. 79 this morning. T cooler temperatures and higher rain chances ahead. Well tell you all about it coming up. New overnight, the father of a young boy who died in a hot truck bonded out of jail early this morning. Troy whitaker left his 23month old son in his truck yesterday car from 8 30 in the morning until late in the afternoon. Whitaker made a run to publix before realizing he had forgotten his son. It is not an intentional act. You have to be responsible for your kids. You cannot leave them in the car forking eight hours and let their body temperature get to 108 degrees and die. Funeral services will be held for a man shot and killed
The Cobb County Board of Education voted 4-3 to extend the contracts of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s executive cabinet and approve the appointment of 10 new principals and one new assistant