pwitnesses say the driver was a pman with medium-length blonde phair and the pickup truck was pdark blue, possibly black, ossibly a toyota. pif you have any information pabout this crash, contact tpd. p>>> over in pasco county a man pis under arrest this morning pafter deputies say he tried to pkidnap a woman in hudson earlier pthis week. pthe victim says she was in the pcar with that man, 44-year-old pjason shet hand, when he asked pif she wanted to shoek pot with phim. pwhen she refused, he allegedly ut a plastic bag over her head pleaving. pshe jumped out of the moving car pand got away. phe's facing false imprisonment p>> anjuli: early votes for pflorida's primary ends today. pvoting sites open at 10:00 a.m. pand close at 6:00 tonight. phillsborough county officials psay that saturday was the pbusiest day so far for early pvoting. pwe're told that nearly 130,000 eople have come to the polls pother sent in ballot by mail palready. pand results also in this morning pfrom saturday's caucus on the pdemocratic side, front-runner phillary clinton won the northern pmarian that islands. pall

ptampa police are talking to pwitnesses to get a description pof the car. pinner bay was closed while they pinvestigated, but it's since pbeen re-opened. p>> alcides: developing povernight, the airport is back pover on davis islands is open pthis morning. pfriends and family have pidentified the victim as louis pcaporicci of tampa and kevin pcarreno of st. petersburg. pthey were on board a twin-engine pcessna plane that crashed around p11:30 friday morning. pboth were skilled. pyesterday investigators pconfirmed witnesses' reports pthat another plane may have been pinvolved. pthey're still trying to figure pout if, indeed, there was a pconnection between two aircraft. p>> anjuli: st. pete first presponders deal with a rash of pmedical emergencies having to do pwith the synthetic drug known as pspice. pclearwater police had a spike in pspice-related calls this week. punity park with a dozen homeless eople that suffered seizures. pinvestigators say users seem to pact like zombies, sometimes punable to communicates. pthere's been an increase in pspice-related

ptwo hit and run off and leave. olice said the still searching pfor a suspect and hoping more pwitnesses will come forward. p>> i would just love to have psome sort of closure here as to pwho is responsible for what is phappened to my dear friend. p>> chris at this point police phave not yet released a pdescription of the vehicle they pbelieve it michael bladen as he pwas riding his bike to this pneighborhood on saturday night. panyone with information is pasked to contact the tampa olice. p>> developing tonight hulk phogan and libra massive payout. pterry and his six tape trial pgets the gawker website just pin damages. pthat's on top of the $115 pmillion they were to him last pweek. plive at the pinellas county pcourthouse with a trial left us pthis evening what was his preaction to all of this money pthat may or may not come his pway you never know ultimately pon appeal and all that? p>> yeah the word he used is pvindicated. pthat's how hogan feels after pthis he also feels like he made phistory with this really pstunning sum of money that he pcould be in line to receive if pthe jury

pwitnesses that morning say he ut his car between them and pthat wrong-way driver. psacrificing his own life for ptheirs. p>> and hundreds of fellow law penforcement officers will be in plutz today to pay tribute to him pand his career. pfox 13 ken suarez is outside of pst. timothy's catholic church in plutz where funeral will be pgetting under way in 30 minutes. pken. p>> reporter: it's an amazing ptop hour around noon or show i pshowed you number of people pwaiting to get into sanctuary pwhere john lays in rest punbelievable line keeps going. ptake over there ib credible plong. pall of these people and hundreds pbeyond where you can see around pwaiting to go and pay their last prespects to this young man. ponly 30s years old. pkind of amazing in this day and page we have social media and presponse that you can get. pso quickly, i did a couple of pfacebook lives and also sent pouts bunch of tweets and people pabsolutely inupdated me with presponses. pso not only blow to law penforcement community, who are pbrother and sisters in blue but palso to community at large

pwitnesses say that he did not pknow how to swim well. pwe'll keep you updated. p>>russell: also st. pete police pneed help in catching someone pwho is setting fires across the pinvestigators say one person pstarted at least a dozen fires pin the crescent lake pneighborhood. pthe fires began in january. pmost were in dumpsters but pseveral spread causing thousands pof dollars in damage. ptake a good look at this psurveillance video. pit shows a man light a fire in a pgas tank and then walk away. phe's holding a long skateboard pin his hand. pthe skateboard has square edges, plikely homemade, and they hope psomeone recognizes him for his pin. p>>laura: new this morning, a big pannouncement from sea world. pthe parks have announced they pare ending the work of whale pbreeding program. p>>russell: this is years after ublic backlash sparked by the pcontroversial documentary. psea world will also begin hasing out theatrical orca pwhale shows. pthis is the first sea world park pthat opened in 1964 and it's panimals we know as killer whales pfor a population of orcas at

pwitnesses say the balloon fell pfrom the sky before catching on pfire when it hit the ground. pthe area is very popular for ptourists. p>>laura: controversial comment pabout women has cost ward his pjob. phe submitted his resignation pthis morning as director. pit's less than 48 hours after pwomen pro tennis players who he pbelieves ride on the coat tails pof the men. phe said that the women should pget on their knees every night pand thank god that players like proger fedderer and nadal were pborn. pthat didn't go over too well p>> you look at someone like pbilly jean king who opened so pmany doors for not only the ptennis players but women pathletes in general so i feel plike, you know, that is such a pdisservice to her and every pfemale, every woman on this lanet that has ever tried to pstand up for what they believe pin and being proud to be a pwoman. p>>laura: in other news, all psystems are go for another procket launch from cape pcanaveral. patlas five rocket is set to take poff tonight to the international pspace station. pit will take a 3 d printer that pallows them t

pseveral women began punching pwitnesses say this began with ptwo drunk women. pthey were told to turn down ptheir music. pthey got sarcastic by raising pthe speaker in the air. pfive women were taken off the lane by police. pno one went to jail. p>>russell: dave, you seeing pthis? p>>dave: you showed that earlier. p>>russell: i didn't see it. pit's a big chunk of ice in pargentina. pit covers almost 100 square pmiles. pit doesn't happen a lot. plook at that. pman, what a spectacular scenery pon top of everything else. p>>dave: i was reading somewhere plike a million tourists go down pthere. p>>russell: really? p>>dave: they want to see that. pit happens every so often. pas long as it's safe, it's cool pto watch. pclouds streaming in off the gulf pthis morning but we'll get penough sunshine. pnotice we do go back to lower p80s for highs tomorrow. pa little more in the way of pcloud cover. pwhile sunday starts off dry, pwe'll finish with some showers paround on sunday afternoon. pthat rain chance is 40% and pfinish out the weekend about 80 pdegrees for a high. po

pwitnesses say he did not know phow to swim very well. pthe body is likely that of a p24-year-old male. pwe expect to learn his identity plater today. p>>russell: a sarasota county pfirefighter accused of sexting a p17-year-old girl. pinvestigators say aaron ryan psent explicit messages to the pteen while he was on duty. parrest records show they met at pa restaurant in december and two pdays after he saved his number pin her phone, she told him she pwas underage. phe's on paid administrative pleave. phe's out of jail, $50,000 bond, pfacing town -- facing up to 15 pyears in prison. p>>laura: pauline lee and jeremy erry were arrested for child pabuse. padministrators at rogers garden pelementary school contacted pchild protective services pwednesday after they said that plee and perry hit the child at pleast 20 times with a belt, paccording to bradenton police. plee was granted custody of her pdaughter in february. pthey are held without bond in pthe manatee county jail. pin florida, parents have a pconstitutionality pconstitutional right

pwitnesses say that morning say phe put his car between them and pa wrong-way driver sacrificing phis own life for their. pdeputy kotfila came from long pline of law enforce the officers phe will buddied in burieded in pmassachusetts where his family psha loo reeveses live in plawsuits where they plan to pay ptheir respects. pcertainly a sad day, shayla. p>> a sad day. eople expected here at st. ptimothy catholic church to pay ptheir respects. pall of them here to remember a pdeputy some may have never had pthe chance to meet. pbut one who certainly made an pimpact on the lives of those paround him. pwe are talking about deputy john pkotfila, jr. pwho died just last week. pand i want to show you this pvideo. pthis is video captured earlier pthis morning as some of the pmembers of the hillsborough pcounty sheriff's office prepare pto say those final good-byes. pright now you're looking at pvideo from the sheriff's office phonor guard preparing to escort pdeputy kotfila to the church. pthe here's arrived shortly after p6:30 this morning. phis casket then carried inside. pnow cruisers be

pwitnesses say it's 4 radar p4-year-old man started walking paround didn't realize the car pwas rolling. pman then tried to stop the car, pbut one of his feet was left poutside and got caught punderneath the wheel. pcar kept rolling, pinned man punderneath. eople nearby attempted to prescue him. pthey just couldn't do it. p>> pasco deputies are looking pfor man who true id to suffocate pand kidnap a female friend. pwe're told jason attacked a pwoman while they were sitting in phis car tuesday night in hudson. pinvestigators say that he aasked pif she wanted to smoke marijuana pwhen she said no, and tried to pgetting away. pshe was able to escape but so pdid he. pif you know where he is you're pasked to call sheriff's office ptsa predicting 4 and a half ercent increase in a travelers pa tampa international this pmonth. preason, spring break. ptampa bay is among top 5 pdestinations for college kids plooking for some sunshine. paway from campus. pabout 33,000 people expected to ptravel through tia this month palone. p>> officials recommend that if pyou are flying, get there early pso you h

morning paround that time when the polk pcounty fire rescue tells us they preceived a 911 call from a pwitness driving by in 4300 block pof old polk county city road. pthat witness described seeing a pmobile home on fire. pwell within ten minutes we plearned firefighters arrived on pthe scene, and they saw about 3 pquarters of that mobile home in pflames. pthose firefighters made it pinside of the home. pand discovered what we learn now pis a man and woman dead. palong with a dog that did not psurvive the fire. panother dog did suffer a broken pleg. pand two others were found tied pup behind the home. pat this point, it's unclear pexactly how that fire began. pand the identities of the man pand woman found inside the home. pthey have still not yet been pdetermined. paccording to polk county psheriff's office, it will take pan autopsy to identify the pvictims in this case. pand there are two investigations phappening right now. pthere's the fire investigation pand there's also the death pinvestigation to determine the pidentities of the people found pinside of that home. pso still active, still

ptampa police are talking with pwitnesses and trying to get a pbetter description of the pvehicle. pinner bay was closed while pinvestigating and should re-open pthis morning. p>> anjuli: spring is here. pit began this morning at 12:30, pwhich is the exact moment of the pvernal exknox ec -- equinox. pas much as 8 inchings of snow pespecially new england. p>> lindsay: that's the system pbrings us good old-fashioned pspring showers this morning. pthe best rain chance today is pright now. pit's early in the morning pshowers and that's where we have pthe showers north of i-4. psky tower radar is active but pnothing severe. lain old rain in and out, pcitrus, hernando and portions of asco counties. pin brooksville, moderate rain pfor you. pin the next two hours or so the prain chances drop in northern pcounties. pa few tiny little showers along pi-4. pa heftier shower near lake lacid. pwe have steadier rain south of psarasota and venice, headed your pway shortly. poffshore showers so keep the pumbrella on hand until midday. pthen lose it for the remainder pof the day. pwe're in the mid t

to pinvestigate, and they are asking pany passengers who might have pbeen on board that bus may have pwitnessed anything and did not preport it, police want you to pyou know. p>> laura, back to you. pshayla have you mentioned or pdiscussed any surveillance pbuses will have video aboard. p>> do you know anything about p>> yeah. pyeah. poften times, that is the case. pbut police have not said what pvideo they may have been able to ptrack down in connection with pthis case. pand certainly, we'll continue to pfollow and keep you posted if we pgather any further details. pwe know you will shayla, thank pyou. p>>> 8:08 right now concerns over pdangerous drugs keeping pinellas pcounty sheriff's office and pfirst responders busy. pjust yesterday st. pete police pwent to unity park to handout pfliers explaining the dangers of pspice. pman made form of marijuana is poften laced with poisonous pchemicals. pon saturday police found about a pdozen homeless people in park. pthey were vomiting have seizures pbut it's not just spice that got pto worry about deputies are also pseeing a spike in overdoses prelat

pwitnesses say they provoked pother passengers and as you can psee here, things got physical. pfive women were removed from the lane. pthey were all eventually preleased and no charges were pfiled. ulling hair and everything. pis saying sorry after she lied pabout a man who was trying to pabduct her. p>>jennifer: why she lied and psheriff judd's reaction. pget ready. ptime to pick the hot click of pthe week. ptaylor is up next with a look at the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin' donuts. go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. enjoy one today. 3 it's friday, that means it's time to pick the hot click of the week.. social media producer taylor katz is p>>jennifer: let's do it. plet's do hot click of the week. p>>taylor: go, taylor, go. phappy friday. pwe have all sorts of political pcampaigns going on, something pabout some people running for resi

pwitnesses say it was horrific pscene. p>> a group link to al qaeda pcalled attackers heros. p>> and violence in turkey too. p37 people were killed, 125 pothers were wounded and suicide pcar bomb attack at bus stop in pcapital city. ptwo dead are believed to sail patlantas at least least one of pthem a woman appear turk irk pofficial says kurdish militants pare expected in that attack. pmassachusetts couple is being plikely saved a man's life. p>> julie black bern and jason pran outside their home after pthey heard a loud bang. pand an suv slammed into a putility poll nearby bursting pinto flames just across the pstreet from them they ran to pdriver's aid as smoke filled up pthe suv. p>> the man inside were screaming pand flailing around. pso telling him just be calm i'll phold door up push yourself and pwe'll pull you out. pshe got driver out. pthankfully he's okay. phe was intoxicated at the time pcrash and will face charges. palive. p>> americans can now take a pcruise to cuba. pcarnival cruise lines will begin pservice to islands in may pcurrently two smaller cruise pline

pthere have been a number of pwitnesses to take stand pincluding hogan. pbut today that video deposition pwent home showing hogan panswering questions under oath pabout sex tape and how open he pwas about his sex life, pespecially on shows like howard pstern. phogan again explained he was in pcharacter, therefore it gives phim artistic license to make pthings up and create a larger pthan life personalities. pso after the jury heard that pthey went home for day. pagain i can tell you that jury pwill not hear any more testimony pbecause right now an attorneys pevidence. pwhen ever judge makes a decision pon new evidence they are talking pabout we will let you know ptonight at 5 ask 6. plinda back to you. pwe know you will stay on top of pit thank you, gloria tampa olice are investigate after pstolen car plowed into house. pthis happened off mull ber pstreet. olice say they tried to pull pover a ford edge but the driver ptook off. pcar only one block before pcrashing into a fence into a phome. pa police arrested two teens but pluckily in all of that no one p

pwitnesses say there was pcollective gasp. pthe last time you spoke pfebruary 22nd, 2006. pcritics say justice thomas was pdecade of silence he said parguments have become less than pcivil and nothing more than olitical jousting by justice pnow analyst are saying we might phear more from thomas especially psince good friend and federal pconservative scalia passed pawaytwo often sided together. pespecially on second amendment pissues. pby way during this second phearing thomas did not speak at pall again. p>> dave. pit's interesting. pi knew he didn't talk much. pyears p>> but he voted. phe voted. pi think he rendered opinions but phe hasn't asked questions or ptalked. pfascinating we will get over to pdave now. plet's do that. pit's time. pyeah you did know july and pcan't wait. pin february. pthis is it. pyou're right. pbecause just so comfortable poutside. pyeah you love it outside. pi'm going to stay outside more ptoday. p>> no, you're right. peat outside. lay outside. phave some fun. pbecause the weather is beautiful ptoday. pi've got i'm standing clear pskies. p66 deg

they preceived a call from a witness pdriving by in the 4300 block of pold polk city road and that pwitness described seeing a pmobile home on fire. pby the time those first crews parrived about 10 minutes later, pwe're told about 3/4 of that pmobile home were in flames. pcrews were able to get inside pand they determined two people, ptwo adults were dead. pa man and a female. pat this point, their identities phave not been released so at pthis point, the investigation pcontinues into what exactly pcaused the fire and that pinvestigation is happening on pthe polk county fire rescue side pand then on the polk county psheriff's office side, there's a pdeath investigation underway. pwe learned that one dog died in pthis fire as well along with panother dog who was injured in pthis fire. psuffered a broken leg and two pthe mobile home are said to be pokay. pso we'll continue to follow this pthroughout the morning and keep pyou posted as we learn anything pfurther, reporting live here in plakeland, shayla reaves, fox 13 pnews. p>>russell: we will talk later. pthank you. p>>laura: new this mornin

pwitnesses told police john pwalked up to another man p26-year-old james and stabbed phim in the neck. phospital last listed in stable pcondition. pthe attacker took off. pthat until he returned. pto same applebee's later that psame day. p>> saffron he denies accusation ptaken to jail and face paggravated battery charges. phappening tonight people in st. ete have another opportunity to pa voice their thoughts on the pdesigns for new pier. pofficials are holding a public pworkshop usf st. pete campus pinside student center ballroom. pdesign team will present some pnew layouts for the pier papproach and surrounding areas. pand the hope to get feedback pworkshop runs from 7 until 9 ptonight. p>> it is historic trip in pmaking. pin a week, baseball and politics pcollide in cuba. pand rays will be playing against pthe cuban national team in resident obama will be there. pbut he isn't going alone. pfox 13 anjuli davis is live pforever news south tampa with plook at the very impressive pguest list. pgood morning anjuli. p>> yeah, good morning to you pguys. pthat game just a week away from pt

pwitnesses say she then barrelled pdown the street. plisten in. p>> two our good friends ghoit, pmyself, i had to duck underneath pthis rv here. p>> we're lucky to be alive. pwe really are. phopefully she realizes that. p>> luckily no one was seriously phurt. pkinney admitted to having three pbeers. pshe's facing several charges pincluding dui. p>>> still ahe had had, a lot of pthis morning after they saw the icture of who or what was pbehind the wheel of a semi truck pthat crashed. p>> anjuli: definitely something pfooz. p>>> how safe are driverless pcars? pa recent crash raised big pconcerns. pwhat the collision means for the pcuts edge technology off the pbreak. p>> whether you hop in the car to phead to the beach or the pstrawberry festival, the weather pis fantastic today, especially pfor the cool wlr lovers this pmorning as it's 45 in pbrooksville, 53 in tampa. pwe have 52 in sarasota, but ptoday we're going to subtract pthe high clouds around. pthat dry air moderates so nicely pand a little breeze introduced pto the forecast. pif you like w

pwe're hearing from a woman who pwitnessed that awful crash. p>>russell: she said that the pdeputy saved her life. pwalter is here with more on pthat. p>>walter: good morning. pinvestigators and witnesses pbelieve that the deputy pintentionally drove his cruiser pin the path of the wrong way pdrive to her protect other pmotorists. pno one believed that more than psara gerin. pshe was driving with her pnoticed headlights coming pdirectly at her. pshe flashed her headlights at pthe vehicle but it didn't work. pshe said right before the truck pbefores to hit her, a deputy's pcruiser stormed right in front pof her. pthat collision killed deputy ka pkatfila and saved her life. p>> i didn't know him and i love phim. p>> there was no mistakes made. phe did everything he did pintentionally and he saved my pdaughter and her boyfriend and i pthank him. p>>walter: the driver of the pwrong way car also was killed in pthe crash. pthey're trying to figure out if palcohol was a factor and also phow he got on the expressway in pthe wrong direction. pthe funera

pwitnesses and family hope that pthe video will jog someone's pmemory. p>> maybe if they see the video pand they'll think, i was in town pthat week and maybe i was coming pback around the same time and i pdidn't think anything about it ptrigger some memory. p>>russell: neel, father of two. pcrime stoppers of tampa bay poffered a reward up to $3,000 parrest. p>>laura: more trouble in phighlands county. pdeputies are looking into three pteachers accused of pinappropriate conduct with pstudents. phaving sex with a student and pchild pornography. pmore charges are pending. pnow another teacher is accused pof sending lewd photos of pherself to an 18-year-old pstudent. pon top of that, avon park high pschool teacher is being pinvestigated now for having lewd ictures of a 16-year-old pstudent on her phone. pthe associate superintendent for olk county public schools has presigned. plast october, craig rivers filed pa complaint against the former psuperintendent. pit includes nine allegations, pincluding sexual harassment. privers also faced criticism in pthe wak

pcoming up at 6:00, we're going pto have a lot more from that pwitness and from her father. pthese are statements that you're preally going to want to hear. p>> such a heartbreaking loss. pso amazing to hear what a hero pthis guy was. pthank you. ptwo other undercover officers on pthe hunt for a stolen car in st. ete ended up in a bad accident. pa car blew through a stop sign phitting their truck and the car pthat hit them was stolen also. pboth officers will be okay but pthis accident highlights a trend p>> friday was a long day for pjames. p>> saturday was even worse. p>> stole the car. pcall the police. p>> monday a near tragedy as the pstolen rental car slammed into ptwo undercover officers and this ptruck. pthe officers, one from tampa and pone from st. pete are part of a ptask force that searchs for pstolen cars. pthey were on patrol off central pavenue when this one ran a stop psign and crashed into them. pst. pete police say that parker pwas behind the wheel. phe had five teenage passengers pin the car with him and he was pdriving the stolen rental car. p>> the car w

pwitnesses say the driver was a pman with medium-length blonde phair and the pickup was papparently dark blue or black, ossibly a toyota. pif you have any information pabout this crash, contact tampa olice. pman is under arrest this morning pafter deputy say he tried to pkidnap a woman in hudson earlier pthis week. pthe victim was in a car with p44-year-old jason shetland when phe asked if she wanted to smoke ot with him. pwhen she refused, he put a lastic bag over her head and ptried to keep her from leaving. pshe jumps out of the moving car pand got away. phe's facing false imprisonment pand battery charges. p>> anjuli: either vote ends in phillsborough and pinellas county ptoday. pvoting sites are open at 10:00 pa.m. and close at 6:00 tonight. phillsborough county officials psay that saturday was the pbusiest day so far for early pvoting. pwe're told nearly 130,000 people phave come to the polls or sent pin ballots by mail already. presults in from saturday's pcaucuses. phillary clinton won the northern pmarian that islands. pall five of the u.s. territories psuperdelegates are suppor

pthat's here in lakeland where it pwas right around 1:15 this pmorning when we learned a pwitness was driving by and pspotted a mobile home on fire. pthey called 911. pand that's when the polk county pfire rescue tells us their crews parrived within ten minutes. pthey were able to get inside and pdiscovered the body of one man pand one woman. palso a dog dead as well. pnow in addition, we found out pthat another dog suffered a pbroken leg in all of this. pand two others tied up outside pare said to be okay. paccording toot polk county psheriff's office, it's going to ptake an autopsy to identify the pman and woman found dead inside pof that home. pso it could be some time before pwe're able to release their they pare able to release any sort of pnames or identities that we can ass along to you. pearlier we did see a dog here on pthe property. pand we're told that dog may have pbeen used to a sniff for any ossible accelerants or anything pto determine what may have pstarted this fire. pit's unclear if it's suspicious por exactly how it began. pthat's all still part of this pinvestigati