several men stole five cars from an auburndale dealership last week... and investigators don't think this is the first time. ((walter fox-13's aaron mesmer is live this morning... aaron, earlier this month we reported on the arrest of several other people accused now this.... just when you thought it might be over...after several arrests last week...another car dealership got hit. and that's got to make even the owners ones that targeted -- like these businesses -- a little nervous. but let's show you some of this surveillance video. thieves smashed through the glass doors at kelley used cars in auburndale...they go straight for the car keys...and drive off. the criminals got away with five cars. if this looks pretty familiar to you -- there's a reason. just two weeks ago citrus county deputies caught six young men doing the exact same thing at a dealership in inverness. investigators say those those suspects are believed to have hit nearly a dozen dealerships. the problem is...these crimes didn't stop after those guys went to jail. detectives believe th

chief andy ray/auburndale, fl police dept.) "she did get a look inside his apartment of what he had." a few hours later bustos went back to hilarie's apartment.. with these three men. (dep. chief andy ray/auburndale, fl police dept.) "i think the plan was that he get robbed and that they take his stuff." at some point there was a struggle. police tell us that's when andre warner pulled the trigger. they believe bustos used the online dating site to lure hilarie in-- and this may not be her first time. (dep. chief andy ray/auburndale, fl police dept.) "her comfort with the way this went didn't seem like it would've been the first time. if she hasn't done it then she has talked to people who have done it." now a little girl will grow up without her father. his family and police want his death to be a warning for others. (dep. chief andy ray/auburndale, fl police dept.) "there's so many places that you can check people out now on the computer. it's probably a good idea to that first. shouldn't take somebody to the place that you l

it happened friday night in auburndale. investigators say adam hillary met a woman on an online dating website hillary was amateur box in polk county. detectives say woman he met is 18-year-old haley. now she's accused of a plotting to go to hillary's apartment with three men to rob him later robbery ended with hillary being killed. the three men under arrest now are andre warner gary gray, and joshua ellington. all 4 suspects are charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon. and first degree murder. auburndale police are holding a news conference right now and fox 13's aaron mesmer is there. and he'll join us with more later in the newscast. >> developing right now, handcuffed, shoeless, and on the run. a man wanted on parole violation somehow escaped o county sheriff's deputy's patrol car saturday night. and he's still out there. fox 13's shayla reeves it is manatee county sheriff's office asking how could this happen >> witnesses described what she saw some watching disbelief. a man

a 5 men break into an auburndale dealership and take off with 5 cars. police do not believe this is their first time either. fox 13's aaron mesmer is live with us with the slook at the previous case. do police believe these two could be connected? >> they absolutely do believe they might be connected. and you have to imagine that some of these dealers who hadn't be hit yet like some of the businesses here behind me, they probably heard about the arrest about half dozen of them last week and thought oh it's over with. we can move forward. unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's over with now. clearly there are more suspects and this could be a very big crime ring. so let's go back to surveillance video we just showed you thieves used cars and auburndale. they went straight for the car keys and drove off. like you said those criminals got away with 5 cars. and this is pretty familiar surveillance video here. just two weeks a citrus county deputies caught six young men doing exact same thing in dealership in inverness those suspects believed to have hit n

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if you know anything report it to auburndale police. reporting live here in auburndale abc action news. >>> a driver tries to swerve out of the way of a bicycle collision could not be avoided. he was not in a marked crosswalk and did not have lights on his bike. it happened on friday at around 9:30 p.m. no charges are expected. >>> a woman in jail right now not only accused of hitting a prisoner transport van but sideswipinan officer and driving over another officer's foot. police say they were loading woman emily spice struck the vehicle. spice drove off but they caught up to her at 2nd avenue north. that's where she's accused of running over another officer's foot. he's okay. she faces several charges including battery on a law enforcement officer. >>> a power in pasc county caes some major headaches. six traffic lights also that caused backups on state road 56. the e is still unknown but crews did restore power. >>> friends and family gathered in jupiter at a memorial service for and wife. a student killed john and michelle in the ga

in the last week there have been at least four more burglaries in winter haven and auburndale. here is a look at that footage. at kelly automotives. atthey made off with five vehicles. they breakthrough the glass and go straight for the car keys. detectives across florida believe that they may be a part stealing cars from one part of the state to the in effect.& >> it's not an isolated incident. it is a pattern. and you know; the cases a number of arrests have been made but there are still a number of other people that are responsible for some of the other thefts that are happening around the area. >> auburndale deputy chief said he would not be surprised if the 2 5 or more people are involved in it believe ised the men that you see here were involved in three other burglaries in the past week as well. crime stoppers is offering a reward leading to the arrest of the men and the recovery of any stolen vehicles. >> kellie cowan, thank you. >>> the teens are now under arrest for breaking into a home. after one of their relatives recognized them and turned them in. cameras reported

lakeland. 23478 auburndale. and in fact, places like auburndale and lakeland, you will see the rainfall first. notice it stays dry through lunch. and we have the southeast wind so the first few showers, polk county, highlands county around 1:00 p.m. and not many. just isolated spotty showers. by the time we get the kids home from school, it's 3:00, 4:00, we have a better coverage of rain. and some showers sneaking in to manatee and hillsborough county. and by evening, more rain toward the coast. 40% rain chan same tuesday, wednesday and thursday. leslee lacey, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, updates for you. sarasota county. we did have a disabled big rig tying up the right lane partially. that's cleared from the roadway. that's good news for those driving through the north port area. and now let's move over to manatee county and palmetto, southbound i-75 passing 275 here, we have an accident. so be on the look out for that one. other than that, bradenton is bradenton and 75. this one still trying to clea

last week, several men stole 5 cars from an auburndale deeper ship. investigators think this not their first target either. this has tobacco scary for dealers too, right? >> yeah. this is, this a tough thing for the dealer here to have to handle. you half dozen arrests last week they had to thinking ring over with. and after several weeks they've hearing about this kind of exact crime. can & then they find out another car dealership. that will make dealers have hadn't be targeted lying ones business behind me pretty nervous. let's, let's just take look at that surveillance video again. thieves mashed through the kelly used cars in auburndale last thursday. they went straight for the car keys. and drove off. they got away with 5 cars. and if this looks familiar, there's a reason why. just two weeks ago, citrus men doing the exact same thing a dealership in inverness. investigators say those suspects believed to have hit nearly dozen dealerships the problem those guys went to jail.ven - detectives believe this all part of a larger crime ring coast to co

police in auburndale say a 27-year-old was murdered using the popular site plenty of fish. a lot of people use that app, and others need to be careful here. >> the bottom line is you are meeting a stranger. you may think you know this person because you've been talking online, but at the end of the day it is a complete stranger. obviously, that can auto lead to a host of problems. when adam hillary set up his fish, little did he know he was setting up the final date of his life. >> i would hope that people can learn from this, and, you know, just really take care of themselves and be careful. >> reporter: auburndale please the 18-year-old planned to set up hillary all along. she and three others have been arrested for killing him in cold blood. >> the plan was to get robbed and they stay his stuff. i'm not sure why the shooting occurred. >> reporter: this case and others like it calling into question the sites like plenty offish. it's a stranger you'll meet for the first time. >> here are a few things to keep in mind using a so-called hookup app. do as much research you can

this one happened last thursday at kelly automotive in auburndale. these burglars took off with five cars. investigators say this wasn't their first time. it's a continuing pattern. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, deputies in inverness captured six young men, three of them juveniles, caught red-handed doing the same thing. they'd also been on surveillance video from dealerships and other businesses across central florida. the burglaries didn't stop once they went to jail. >> from those cases a number of arrests have been made, but there are still a number of other people that are responsible for some of the other thefts that are around the central florida area. >> reporter: investigators believe the thieves in all the videos are part of a much larger crime ring, hitting dealerships from central florida's west coast to the east coast. a plea on kelley's automotive facebook page helped to recover all five stolen vehicles. both authorities and business owners want help putting the rest of the ring behind bars. >> for the benefit of everyone out there t

this time a dating app turned police in auburndale say a man was killed over the weekend after meeting someone on the site plentyoffish. josh cascio has a warning from police now, and it's so many people that use these sites, josh, i guess they need a warning. >> reporter: this shouldn't be a huge shock to anyone. you're still meeting a stranger for the first time, and let's face it, not everybody on the internet is who they say they are. we should know that by now, right? unfortunately, that's what 27-year-old adam hillary found out. police say he went on a only to wind up dead and robbed. now, four people are under arrest in that case, but it's not the first time we've seen dating sites and apps lead to bad things. so here are a few tips. number one, always do your research on who you meet. google them and check your facebook page and stalk them online for lack of a better term. two, meet in a public place. somewhere a lot of people are around. never in a private location. three, and this should go of course, always have a plan. >> in real life as opposed to talking to them online, y

make sure you have a time frame. >> reporter: in that auburndale case police believe the date was just a setup. they aren't sure how it went from a robbery to a shooting, but they are confident this was not random. dating to 24 tripled since 2014 according to pew research, which is more the reason to be extra cautious out there. let this case be a prime example of basically what not to do. back to you. >> absolutely. can't be too careful. josh cascio. >>> he bought a new cadillac escalade using someone else's name and good credit. now this counterfeit convict will spepd more time behind to prison. he used a stranger's information to buy a $100,000suv from a cadillac dealer in clearwater. when he was arrested, investigate rors say he had numerous counterfeit driver's licenses, va i.d.s and credit cards on him. he also has to pay back the money he used on the suv. >>> developing tonight, deputies in pasco and hillsborough counties say professional thieves got away with thois of dollars of belon after breaking into trucks. just yesterday eight trucks burglarized outside the sleep inn and

thieves smashed throug the glass doors in auburndale. that was back on thursday. they went straight for the car keys and then drove off. criminals got away with five cars. if this looks familiar, there's a reason. two weeks ago, citrus county the exact same thing at a dealership in inverness. suspects are believed to have hit nearly a dozen dealerships. problem is the crimes didn't stop after the guys went to jail and like we said, detectives believe this is part of a larger crime ring. the manager is hoping that somebody knows these criminals and calls police. >> for the benefit of everyone out there that's doing the earn a living, we need to find them, put them behind bars, do whatever is necessary so we don't have to spend extra money to try to keep their things secure. >> crime ring has targeted dealerships from the east coast to the west coast of florida and the tampa bay area alone. businesses have been hit in places like davenport, wesley chapel and now auburndale. all within the last few weeks. some of these vehicles have been recovered, all five cars in t

this video shows several men breaking into an auburndale dealership. they drove away with a few cars. before. good morning. >>reporter: good morning. there have been some arrests and just when you think this crime ring might be over, another dealership gets hit. and that's got to make the owners of some businesses like the dealerships behind me pretty nervous that there are some other criminals out there. so let's get back to the surveillance video. thieves smashed through the glass doors at kelly used cars in auburndale and went straight for the car keys and then drove off. the criminals got way wh vehicles. if this looks familiar to you, there's a reason. two week ago, citrus county deputies caught six men doing the exact se dealership in inverness. those suspects are believed to have hit nearly a dozen dealerships. the problem is the crimes didn't stop when those went to jail. they believe it's part of a larger crime spring. businesses alone have been hit in davenport, winter haven, and that's all within the last few weeks. some vehicles have been r

all 5 in auburndale case were found. but still some stolen cars out there. clearly still some criminals. anybody with any kind of information should call 91. >> in tampa, aaron mesmer, fox 13 news. >>> sarasota police have awarning to those who get to distracted by pok?mon go after a woman had her purse stolen. here's what happene. officers say the woman was playing pok?mon go on her cell phone when man came up behind her, knocked her to the ground, and grabbed her purse. there are a lot of outdoor gatherings to play pok?mon go and police say this is just a good example of being aware of your surroundings at all times. >>> well still ahead keeping your teen drivers safe on road while you save our consumer reporter explains discounts and apps you need to know about. and she's in the fight of her life against cancer. but local woman is not giving up. in fact she's helping other cancer patients along the way. how she's paying it forward next. and jim's here checking your forecast hey jim. hey there you know a hot steamy start to the day. u but we're seeing plen

two polk county men h auburndale.. and deputies say they were among ?six? men... riding in a single truck. it happened shortly after two sunday morning. authorities say a white ford f-250 was headed north on thornhill road.. when the driver lost control on a curve just north of sugar creek road. the truck flipped several times.. throwing three of the passengers out. two people were killed and the other ?four were injured. ?no one in the truck was wearing a seatbelt. authorities say speed and impairment may have been factors in the crash. some bad weather isn't keeping the presidential race away. democratic nominee hillary clinton will be in town today... for a rally. hillary clinton will hold a rally in st. pete it will be at the coliseum on 4th avenue north. doors will open to the public at 1:30.. the rally is scheduled to begin at 3:30. and according to hillary's website the event has ?already reached capacity with reservations. it's not clear if they'll let ?extra people in , at the door. clinton is expected to outline her jobs plan today, which she says will b

. >> 27-year-old adam hilarie was shot and killed in auburndale. his body was found in his apartment sunday night. it doesn't look like anyone broken but several valuable electronics were stolen. dozens of people gathered for a vigil in his memory last night. they are struggling to understand why anyone would >> it is pointless to have that in your heart and want to be violent and kill someone. i don't get it or understand how people can be like that.>> if you have information that could solve the murder call auburndale police. >>> a woman in jail accused of hitting a prisoner transport van but also cites wiping an officer and driving over another officer split. police were loading prisoners into a van yesterday when this woman emily space struck the the vehicle. they caught up with her at north and bayshore. she's accused of running over an officer split as they try to take her to into custody. she faces several charges including battery on law enforcement.>> man credited with starting a 90s boy ben kreis died in a prison. perlman was serving a 25

there, along with members of the n- double-a-c-p, and members of the polk county sheriffs office and auburndale police. city leaders will be there too. the meeting is from 6 to 8 p-m tonight at the winter haven recreational and cultural center. and ?everyone is invited. have you been to amalie arena's ?beach yet? well this is your last chance. the free attraction is wrapping up its run today. it opened a few weeks play, in a giant pool of clear balls. the balls are anti-microbial, so they can't spread germs. the 15 thousand square foot space was inspired by a similar experience in washington d-c. the event is free, but they ask that you reserve your ?hour on facebook. they also let in walk-ins. and after this... all those "beach" balls will be recycled. and the next stop is we've all heard of "road rage"... but how about ?store rage? up next: why one woman just turned her grocery plus: time to send a spaceship... to borrow some sugar. nasa just found a new ?neighbor to earth. the planet... that could actually have ?life on it. and later this hour... move over "graceland". some more music royalt

. >> 27-year-old adam hilarie was shot and killed in auburndale. his body was found in his apartment sunday night. it doesn't look like anything was broken but several valuable electronics were stolen. dozens of people gathered for a vigil in his memory last night. they are struggling to understand why anyone would kill him. >> it is pointless to have that in your heart and want to be how people can be like that. >> if you have information that could solve the murder call auburndale police. >>> a woman in jail accused of hitting a prisoner transport van but also sideswiping an officer and driving over another officer's foot. police were loading prisoners into a van yesterday when this woman. emily spies, struck the woman. she sideswiped the vehicle. they caught up with her at north and bayshore. she's accused of running over an officer's foot as they try to take her into custody. she faces several charges including battery on law enforcement. >> man credited with starting a 90s boy band lou pearlman died in a prison. pearlman was serving a 25 year

police in auburndale need your help to catch some daring car thieves. that's cars from ?people, they're going straight to the dealership. at least ?five cars so far. police have already made ?some arrests... but as fox 13's kellie cowan explains... this could be part of a much ?bigger crime ring: this is a familiar scene at car dealerships across central florida right now: surveilance video showing theives smashing trhough glass doors, going straight for keys to cars in the lot.. then driving off with them.this one happened last thursday at kelley automotive in aburdnale.these burglars took off with five cars... and investigators say this wasn't their first time. runs:oc:00:19 "it's not an isolated incident. it's a pattern."just two weeks ago deputies in inverness captured six young men, three of them juveniles, caught red handed doing the same thing ... they had also been on surveilance video from dealerships and other businesses across central florida ... but e they went to jailruns:oc:22"in those cases a number of arrests have been made but there are still a number of

. >> so far no arrests have been made in the murder of an auburndale man. after some investigating they determined that 27-year-old adam hilary d homicide. officials are not releasing how he died or if they have identified any suspects. >> new at 11:00, palm beach count detectives say a ma mace attack, one neighbor who heard the commotion said it started over a girl. argument over a girl, one womann has his hand slashed and there it goes. >> the extent of hi injuries are not involved at this time. >> deadly hit and run involving a motorcyclist is still at large prospect fox's kate burgess told us, the driver might have targeted the motorcycle rider. >> that memorial ride started less than three miles away on in and ended here on a 1a in tragedy, after daytona beach say. >> as soon as i saw that i started crying. >> 27-year-old craig devine, the victim of an alleged hit and run crash the other night, part of a group of riders holding a memorial for a friend who passed they began on international speedway boulevard and the rider told police, someone driving a

. >>> an auburndale man looking for love on a dating website is killed in what police are calling a set up. and three suspects are expected in court today. 27-year-old adam hillary met this 18-year-old on of fish online dating site. they went out and after the date, investigators claim the woman returned to his apartment with three men. >> ting plan was that he get robbed and they take his stuff. >> police believe at some point, one of the men, the one you see here, shot and killed him. this morning all four suspects are facing first degree murder. >>> the man who played houdini on outstanding warrants. he was put in cuffs and then placed in the back of a squad car. somehow though he managed to squeeze through a rolled down window and disappear. and after more than a day on the run, he turned himself in last night. and he now faces felony escape charges. >>> investigators are searching for a carjacker who targeted a woman at a lakeland restaurant. it happened at bone fish grill. detectives tell us the employee was getting ready to leave when a man came up with a chain wrapped around his

moments ago we learned that he >>> an auburndale man lured to his death through an online day dating site. adam hilarie was found shot to death on friday. he met 18-year-old haliey rose bustos on the dating stiet plenty of fish and took her on a date thursday evening. bustos returned a few hours later with these men intending to rob him. his family hopes others can learn from his death. >> in this. i don't want no one to feel the way we're feeling. >> police believe this man andre warner is the one who shot and killed him. the victim had a 5-year-old daughter. >>> donald trump is continuing his feud with the host of morning joe. today on twitter he said when things calm down he'll tell the real story of the host and his girlfriend. he says she was off the wall cohosts were highly critical of him in the show. kelly anne conway says he does not hurl personal insults. he's trying to appeal to black voters, his message what do they have to lose? candace mccowan joining us live. donald trump is going be here wednesday or so? >> he's pe state fairgrounds around 1 p.m. on wednesday afternoo

. >> well, an auburndale man looking for love on a dating website is killed in what police are calling a set-up. now three suspects are expected in court today. police explain the 27-year-old adam hillary made an 18-year- old on the plenty of fish online dating site. the two went out and after the date, investigators claim the woman returned to his apartment with three men. >> i think the plan was that he point, one of the men shot and killed hillary. this morning, all four suspects are facing first degree murder charges. >>> this morning, the man who escaped deputies is back behind bars. he was arrested on saturday and a deputy put him in cuffs and placed him in the back of a squad car. he managed to squeeze through a rolled down window and disappear. but after more than a day on the run, he turned himself in last night and now he faces felony escape charges. >>> polk county investigators are looking for a carjacker who targeted a woman at a lakeland restaurant. detectives tell us the employee was getting ready to leave when a man came up to her car window with a chain wrapped around

auburndale police made the arrests yesterday in the death of 27-year-old adam hillary. they say he met 18-year-old hailey butsoo continue the -- bustos on the web site plen other men shot him in the head and linking them to other robberies. >>> rick scott will discuss the zika virus in the bay area. he will meet with leaders for a roundtable session set for 10:00 in clearwater and 12:45 in new port richey. >>> meanwhile the city of tampa just unveiling an aggressive man to keep zika-infected mosquitos out of our community. the city purchased 3,600 of these dunks, giant chemical days. mayor bob buckhorn says with the public crisis already forming in miami they can't sit back and wait to act. >>> a local man wants to you sign his petition to keep ridesharing services like uber and lyft right here in our area. public transportation commissions in multiple counties are trying to reinforce new requirements on the ridesharing services. a man wants to be sure the options are not lost. we have a link to the petition on abcactionn in hyde park village to goody goody. the restaur

melissa marino joins us now at the victim's home in auburndale. what a terrible occurrence that's happened here. can you tell us more? >> the victim brought his date back here to his apartment and she came back several hours later with company. >> reporter: story from a hollywood movie but this nightmare is all too real for the family of 26-year- old adam hilarie. >> i don't want anyone to feel like this. >> according to police he met this woman haliey rose bustos on the online dating site plenty of fish. they went on a date on thursday and ended up at his place. police believe it was part of a sick plan. >> she obviously got a look

not too bad outside. 75 and brooksville, auburndale 78, 78 in sarasota, 77 in plant city. these downpours will develop. they will come in off the gulf of mexico and continue to push into our inland areas. that's going to help keep temperatures down. after a hot july 88 degrees is going to feel nice. at 4:38 i have an 8-day temperature trend to let you know if we stay below meredith is in the -- this morning for leslee. >>> 2375 -- 275 at tia a small accident. hillsborough is closed at the veterans for over night road work. that should be out of your way by 5:00, 5:30. i'm going to check out my traffic cameras and see if there's an accident there at 275 at fowler. right now the florida highway patrol is not reporting any roadblocks and i'm not seeing any delays. >> thank you, meredith. >>> an 8 on your side health alert as zika spreads in florida. there's finally some good news about possible vaccines. now one is headed to clinical trials. lindsey mastis the live from the health department this morning. how long will it be before the vaccine is available? >> reporter: gayle

. >> in auburndale melissa marino news channel 8. >> amy schumer has been known her latest are sparking a reaction. mary mcguire joins us now where the book shop owner has put up a sign in response to this. >> in her new book amy schumer calls the city of tampa and claims people who live here don't know how to read. so this book shop owner put up this sign. stefani beddingfield was just about to close up decided to crack open comedian amy schumer's memory. gist a few pages in she couldn't believe what she was reading. >> i was on the road doing a tour and traveling between two horrendous cities fayetteville, north carolina, and tampa, florida. i'm not scared about making those people mad because i now for a fact no one who lives there has ever read a book. tampa and i'm reading a book. >> she took action changing the sign in front of her store which reads dear ms. schumer give us another chance love the three people who read. we asked the mayor if he read it. >> based on what she read she had a heck of a one night stand. there are some entertainers doing their jobs. that's a good thing.

melissa marino joins us now at the victim's home in auburndale. what a terrible occurrence that's happened here. can you tell us more? >> the victim brought his date back here to his apartment and she came back several hours later with company. >> reporter: story from a hollywood movie but this nightmare is all too real for the family of 26-year- old adam hilarie. >> i don't want anyone to feel like this. >> according to police he met this woman haliey rose bustos on the online dating site plenty of fish. they went on a date on thursday and ended up at his place. police believe it was part of a sick plan. >> she obviously got a look >> a few hours later she went back to his apartment this time with these three men. >> i think the plan was he get robbed. >> at some point there was a struggle. police tell us that's when andre warner pulled the trigger. they believe bustos used the site to lure him in and this may not be her first time. >> her comfort with the way this went didn't seem like it would have been the first time. and if she hasn't done it

auburndale police say all four are charged in the murder of this man, 27-year-old adam hillary. they say he met 18-year-old hailey bustos on a dating web site plenty of fish and the night after the first date authorities say she showed up at the victim's apartment with three men to rob him. one of them shot hillary in the head. investigators are now linking bustos to other robberies. >>> in a few hours governor leaders to combat -- come one ways to combat the zika virus. right now there are -- more than 500 confirmed cases in florida. most of them from people who traveled overseas. 494. so far there are 37 locally transmitted diseases, people contracted from mosquitos in florida. abc action news anchor james tully joins us live from pinellas county. this may involve getting >> that's right. that's mostly because that is what is hot on the governor's mind right now. it's a hot topic. he spent yesterday in that miami neighborhood where the virus first started to spread locally telling the folks there he's asking the cdc to send 5,000 zika test kits and 10,000 prevention kits to th

. >> reporter: auburndale police believe 18-year-old hailey bustos lured him in so these three could rob him. the incident is raising questions about the safety of using online dating sites. >> i think that there's potential dangers to it. i think that if you are in that situation of online dating and you meet somebody, you never really know who they are. >> reporter: that is why police say it is important to be cautious when using dating sites and apps. 8 on your side talked to police for advice for those looking for love online. >> it is okay for you to play the type of, if there ever was a time, that is when you need to do it. >> reporter: first, research. check their social media. google them. find out as much as you can. >> they can be who they want to be. that is why you have to be extremely careful. >> reporter: second, be careful what you share about yourself. >> your profile, how you manage that. how much information you can control of what you put on there. >> reporter: when you decide to meet, do it in a public place. experts say it is never a good idea to take someone hom

adam hillary was shot and killed during a robbery last week at his auburndale apartment. investigators say he met hailey bustoes on the plenty of fish web site. it's believed he was robbed after going on a date. all four people charged in the murder have been arrested in even identity fraud. police also believe that bustos could also be a suspect in a burglary elsewhere in polk county. >>> a brevard county mom is accused of raising two children in a house filled with trash, roaches and animal waste. the kids police say were walking barefoot on dirty floors. a child forced to sleep on the couch because the trash in his room are higher than his bed. both children are now with relatives. >>> somein with the dunedin causeway but not everyone should agree on what. the county posted a series of youtube clips with new options. commissioners can go for a low level drawbridge, high level fixed bridge or medium level drawbridge. the high level is cheapest at just under $51 million, it would also avoided the need for a drawbridge and those annoying delays for drivers. the mid-level

not only is it humid but it's quite warm. 77 in lakeland, auburndale and polk county. all through polk county including bartow. 77 in brooksville. 79 in sarasota. winds generally from the east to southeast which means it's bringing in atlantic moisture. by the time we head toward a couple showers. but i think there will be a better coverage today. this is about 2:00. any storms that form will make their way toward the coast. look at 4:30. looking at pockets of heavy rain and then things tapering off after about 6:00 p.m. tropical depression nine, of course, oh, just since i've been standing here, we have gotten the update. 35miles per hour winds. let's watch it together. it's generally going to drift into the central gulf of mexico between now and tomorrow afternoon. is still expected to become a tropical storm. by tomorrow though, that's when it begins to make the hard right turn. looking here, this is through wednesday, thursday morning. by thursday evening, this is 2:00 a.m. on thursday, this is 2:00 p.m. on thursday. notice it's heading right toward anywhere from t

. >>> an auburndale man looking killed in what police are calling a set-up. and three suspects are now expected in court today. the 27-year-old adam hillary met an 18-year-old on the plenty of fish online dating site. after their date, investigators claim the woman returned to his apartment with three men. >> i think the plan was that he get robbed and they take his stuff. >> police believe at some killed hillary. this morning all four suspects are facing first degree murder. >>> the plan who played houdini and escaped a deputy is back behind bars. deputies arrested him saturday on outstanding warrants. a deputy put him in cuffs and then placed him in the back of a squad car. somehow, he managed to squeeze through a rolled down window and disappear. but after more than a day on the run, he turned himself in last night. he now charges. >>> polk county investigators are searching for a carjacker who targeted a woman at a lakeland restaurant. this happened at the bone fish grill. detectives tell us the employee from the restaurant was getting ready to leave when

right now, it's 75 in auburndale and lakeland. 74 in brooksville. 77 in fish hawk. 73 in crystal river. this morning, winds come from the east which may pull in some of the rain on the east now. a couple showers before lunchtime are possible. as the day goes on, we will switch the winds and look by about 2:30. we start to see rain that's farther to the south running through our area. so not only could you see pockets of heavy rain, you may see rain multiple times through the day today. this is the first of the deteriorating weather conditions. all right, this happened yesterday. it happened again. the latest 5:00 update has come in while i'm talking to you. now we are watching this together the. still a tropical depression to a tropical storm as of yet. our little graphic is messed up but this would be wednesday morning and this would be thursday morning. if i'm looking at this correctly. so-- no, excuse me, thursday morning and thursday afternoon. so again, this is like i said, a brand new graphic coming in as i speak. thursday morning and this is still the same track where it's going

after casing his auburndale apartment investigators say she told the three men what was inside. they went back to the home, forcing hillary to his knees before shooting him in the head and stealing electronics from the apartment. the police report even stated that two of the suspects laughed at hillary as he begged for his life. family members say adam hillary was a good man. his pride and joy, his 5-year- old daughter. they are devastated by the loss. >> my more to us than what little stuff they wanted. i would like honestly for them to just -- understand, like, look, you made your decision, but i can say we don't come from family of hate. as far as me saying hateful words i'm not that person. >> reporter: investigators say all four of the suspects had been in trouble with the law before. crimes range from robbery to identity fraud. back here live, police also believe that these four could similar robberies like this one. that is something they are investigating this morning. again all four suspects are due in court later today. for now reporting live in polk county, rodney dun

due to the extra clouds and the off and auburndale, bartow, 73. 72 in inverness and brooksville. it all has to do with with this area of low pressure. sitting there all weekend long and doesn't have plans to move any time soon. you get the counterclockwise wind flow. and that's why you get the waves of rain off the gulf of mexico. heaviest downpours north of i-4 and closer to the coast. around 7:30, look at that, a lot of rain a possibility, especially near the coast for the morning commute. be heavy. that's this yellow color that's indicate, not heavy rain all the time but you will get the waves of intense rain. the farther south and east, the drier it's going to be. you still have a good rain chance, just not what they're expecting along the coast. even through 6:00 p.m., heavy rain, 70% chance. and then notice as the week progress, we taper down to about 40% for friday. and we do the opposite with the temperatures. they t meredith, everything is basically dry now. what are the roads looking like? >>> roads look great, traffic still light. downtown tampa, not a bad idea to get

auburndale, 74. 77degrees in sarasota. and the kids, back to school again today and giving the forecast an a because it we expect for the first couple days of august. partly cloudy, 90 when the final bell rings and that's when i bring the rain chance up. in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have the eight-day temperature trend for you. and we have the morning commute. >>> i am seeing a little bit of merkiness. i wouldn't even call it fog, on some of the traffic cameras. and the areas saw some overnight rains. merky there. but 75 is accident-free. just road construction right now, hillsborough avenue closed at the veterans expressway for probably the next hour or so. traffic is rerouted in that area. bay area bridges for the most part, up to speed. there was overnight road work on the northern end of the bridge. that has cleared. per my traffic cameras pinellas county, accident-free. >>> breaking news this mo including two firefighters are hurt after a possible explosion and fire at an apartment building in the washington, d

auburndale, 75. brooksville also 75. toasty in sarasota at 79. and my weather watcher wendy in brooksville says it's 74 at her house. this looks at how much water is in the column of air all across the atlantic. and this bright green color, it's tropical moisture where systems are. so we have hurricane gaston, stays out i am going to keep a closer eye on invest 99l. notice all the moisture there but notice the dry air right here. which is one reason why i don't think we will see much development in the short term. unfortunately, it reenters an area where it could really strengthen not far off florida's east coast. and you see west palm beach getting heavy rain this morning. for us, it's mainly going to heading toward the west, toward our coast. and 40% rain chance today, tomorrow and saturday. and i do bump the rain chance up sunday, monday and tuesday with the increased tropical moisture. and how about traffic on the 8s? got flashing lights there. >>> i'll tell what you, i thought this was going to clear up and i saw an ambulance show up. we hav

this one happened last thursday at kelly automotive in auburndale. these burglars took off with five cars. investigators say this wasn't their first time. >> it's not an isolated incident. it's a continuing pattern. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, deputies in inverness captured six young men, three of them juveniles, caught red-handed doing the same thing. video from dealerships and other businesses across central florida. the burglaries didn't stop once they went to jail. >> from those cases a number of arrests have been made, but there are still a number of other people that are responsible for some of the other thefts that are happening around the central florida area. >> reporter: investigators believe the thieves in all the videos are part of a much larger crime ring, hitting dealerships from central florida's west coast to the east coast. facebook page helped to recover all five stolen vehicles. both authorities and business owners want help putting the rest of the ring behind bars. >> for the benefit of everyone out there that's, you know, do

. >>> a 72-year-old man from auburndale has drowned in new hampshire. officials say the man was trying to swim from a raft to he started to struggle. family and strangers tried to help the man but they were unable to get to them in time. emergency crews pulled his body from that lake when they arrived. >>> two people who were shot in jamaica plain are expected to be okay. it happened yesterday at the busier about section of morton street and arbor way. police are not released the name of any suspects yet. >>> happening today, the woman who told doctors she wanted to shoot up and bomb worcester poly tech will return to court. a she wrote a journal of killing her boss and hurting others at the school. she wrote details plans how she would use guns and bombs in her attack. if charged lyons could days 20 years in prison. >>> today marks a big day for local elections. the last chance to make any changes to your party affiliation and to register for the september 8 state primary. ballot issues will include picking district officials and county offices. starte

and jumping inland f you are watching us in b o by land and auburndale there is ra and it is moving along and at least a half hour to minutes of happy rain in western srmsver sarasota jumped east at 75 hding a some temperatures. and down to sanibel and nea the gbi storms with more moisture and day teim heating. stmsoro the south generated by heating tod. for our friends in citru is a line near inverness that curves newspaper marion cnty. nothing severe here that's moving out of the viewing area. way away. vero that rain is moving away. tomorrow the storms will fire up. theyill jump id.nlan thursday we'll get back to the east wind. and theft aernoon 4.55 in the rain bucket this month. anotheresson how you look back to july which is hot and most areas rain was below average. generally speaking all the time. most summers eventually things kind of even out. now in the areas it is even an average above agevera rain fl this summe38.27 for the year. 27.89 is the average. cooler temperatures because of the clouds and rain. check this out -- every checkpoint in hillsborough and pinellas in the 70s

auburndale and curveso wauchula. high highlands county some go by can you tell it is a different set up inland than near the coast. the coast line is continuing to have the heavy rain there is a continuation of a watch up until friday with another 5 to 10 possibility near the coast. a wand band here along the coast line. and the models. the new run of the gfs has heavy rain on our coast tomorrow. it will be close. west we get less. east we get more. it will accelerate. >> and in the capital tomorrow night into friday. ate kate and about 80,000 people lost power and 90% of the population. that bad up at the capital and weekend. , they have gotten their act modeling to the northeast. and tides right about 1 to 3 feet. and averaging 35 tomorrow. i don't think it is a big deal. pick 82 and on friday left in the soup. from the west and the southwest. showers and 83 over the weekend we get back to typical showers and thundershowers -- thundershowers. the invest 99 l thing. and we have the high tide higher than we saw today

seventy-seven for auburndale. as i mentioned, we've got clouds to start the day. a bit of a than we had yesterday. you can see the clouds rolling in from the south. we're not anticipating much in the way of rain this morning but by the afternoon, we expect a few more showers and thunderstorms compared to what we had yesterday. you see hour-by-hour those temperatures climb back into the low 90s at or slightly above average. it's been that way for the last couple of days and it looks like that is going to continue. for the next couple of days, fairly seasonable pattern shaping up for we'll tell you when you will need umbrellas coming up. >> thank you. >>> breaking news that we're following this morning, violent crowds took over the streets of milwaukee overnight afterren amped man was fay -- after an armed man was fatally shot by a police officer. reporter: this all started saturday afternoon when two police officers stopped two people in a carton city's north side. both people in that car started running away. officers started chasing them and during that chase a 2

and two polk county men have died following a crash in auburndale and deputies say they were among six men riding in one single pickup truck. a white ford f-250 was traveling along when the driver lost control. it flipped throwing passenger out. no one in the truck was wearing a seat belt. impairment may have been factors in the crash. and this little kitten you see here is safe and sound now but she had a rough start to day. this morning she was tossed from a pickup truck and a good samaritan saw it all happen and came to the kitten's rescue. >> we sat down with the woman who saved her to hear about this dramatic rescue. >> florida highway patrol, road rangers and st. pete fire, a whole team of rescuers to save one little life. >> you could just see the eyes peeping out looking at me like save me. >> a kitten trapped in the wheel well of after woman's suv. >> i saw something black fall out and i was not sure what it was and i thought was that a cat? >> not a cat but a kitten, only thankfully for this sweet little girl, claudette zoll saw it happen and pulled over on the bridge to help

. >>> police trying to figure out who killed a father in auburndale. loved ones gathered saturday night for a vigil in honor of night in his apartment on sunset avenue. the family says electronics and jewelry were missing from the home. if you know anything about the case call police. >>> a lake worth man denied bond after deputies say he killed his wife and took off. they arrested walter barrios after he crashed his car on i- 95. police say the two children, 12 and 16 saw some of the attack on their mother. >>> the 70-year-old man now charged with dui accused of crashing into tw including a deputy's cruiser. alfredo rodriguez jimenez was's lead from jail overnight in hillsborough county. that crash happened 9:15 last night on north 15th street. deputies say he hit a car that was then pushed into the deputy's vehicle. the deputy wasn't hurt but two people in the other car suffered minor injuries. >>> loved ones said a final farewell on sunday to a beloved pinellas park music teacher killed by an alleged drunk driver. the pinellas park performing -- to

auburndale, good morning to you. you're at 78 degrees. sebring down through lake placid. we're going back to the 40% rain chance today. it's not going to change. it's a very similar setup to yesterday. this is what's been giving the computer models fits and i think the reason is, because it's not organized yet. you don't really have one central point to work off of with these computer models. so you get this weak disturbance down here in the caribbean. you do see how it is trying to organize. reconnaissance aircraft out there today. they level center. they may not find it. they may not find it for a couple of days. that doesn't mean something is not going to form. as this thing continues to move west, you have to understand there's land here. there's very high mountain tops between the dominican republic and haiti. if it was to interact with this area, it would be a complete, disorganized mess. it's known as invest 99. it's an area that the hurricane they're watching the l stands for atlantic and they just number them 90 through 99 and that's it. once they find the low le

happening today, three murder suspects are expected in court, accused of setting up and killing an auburndale man looking for love online. police explained the 27-year- old adam hillary met an 18-year- old on the plenty of fish dating site. the two went out and after that date, investigators claim the woman returned to hillary's apartment police believe one of the men shot and killed hillary. this morning all four suspects are facing first degree murder. for. >>> also today, the man who played hue deanna andest -- houdini and escaped deputies returns to court. he was arrested saturday on outstanding warrants. he was put in cuffs and placed in the back of a squad car. somehow, he managed to squeeze through a rolled down window and disappeared. night. he now faces felony escape charges. >>> today president barack obama is back to work following a family vacation at martha's vineyard and he is headed to louisiana. he is visiting baton rouge to get a firsthand look at the damage left behind by severe flooding. he is talking about how the federal government can help the communities begin the rebui

auburndale police arrested all four in the murder of 27-year- old adam they say he met 18-year-old haley bustos on the dating web site plenty of fish. after the first date bustos showed up at adam hillary's apartment with joshua ellington, gary gray and andre warner. police say one shot hillary in the head. investigators are now link, haley bustos to other robberies. >>> president obama will visit water-logged baton rouge and look at the government's response so far to this historic flooding in louisiana. new numbers overnight show close to 110,000 people registered for federal assistance. the president will check up on clean-up efforts after that storm on august 12th brought 2 feet of rain to some areas. now to blame for 13 deaths and damaging 60,000 homes. a few thousand people are still in shelters this morning. >>> in democracy 2016 -- donald trump is coming to tampa tomorrow. will hold a rally at 1:00 at the florida state fairgrounds. if you want to go we've included a link on how to reserve tickets in an article we have posted on our abc action news mobile app. meanwhile trump is p