'Habitual traffic offender' arrested again in Lake County (2024)

HOW YOU CAN GET HELP AHEAD ON SUNRISE RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, A 19 YEAR OLD MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING EARLY THIS MORNING IN ORANGE COUNTY, WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN REPORTS A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ALSO HURT. WE ARE TOLD NOW ONE YOUNG MAN WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE SCENE WAS. IT WAS RIGHT BACK HERE ALONG PERSHING AVENUE. JUST WEST OF GOLDENROD. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD IS BACK OPEN. NOW. THE CRIME SCENE IS CLEARED AND TRAFFIC CAN GET THROUGH. BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO FROM JUST A SHORT TIME AGO THIS MORNING WHERE WE COULD SEE A BLACK TESLA IN THE MIDDLE OF PERSHING AVENUE. WHEN WE GOT OUT HERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL EVIDENCE MARKERS AROUND IT AS WELL. USUALLY THOSE ARE PUT DOWN FOR BULLET SHELLS THAT ARE FOUND ON THE GROUND. THE DOORS OF THE VEHICLE WERE ALSO OPEN, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DETECTIVES OUT HERE. THIS APPARENTLY HAPPENED CLOSE TO 2:00 IN THE MORNING, ACCORDING TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THEY SAY THEY WERE CALLED OUT HERE AND FOUND A 19 YEAR OLD MAN AND A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN THAT CAR. THE 19 YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. THE 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN, WE ARE TOLD, HAD NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES BUT WAS BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AS WELL. AT THIS POINT, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HASN’T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ANY SUSPECTS IN THIS SHOOTING WHERE THEY HAVE ANYONE IN CUSTODY. THEY ALSO HAVEN’T GIVEN ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THAT SHOOTER MIGHT BE. BUT AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU. REPORTING IN ORANGE COUNTY BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. A 14 YEAR OLD BOY IS IN CUSTODY AFTER MARION COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HE BROKE INTO A WOMAN’S HOUSE AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. THE VICTIM IS 91 YEARS OLD. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS REPORTS. THE DEPUTIES SAY THIS TEEN KNEW THE WOMAN. RECORDS SHOW THE WOMAN, THE VICTIM AND THE TEEN WOULD OFTEN TALK. HE WAS FROM THE AREA AND HE WAS EVEN AT THE HOUSE EARLIER IN THE DAY BEFORE THE ASSAULT. AND THAT’S WHY DEPUTIES SAY SHE WAS SO SURPRISED THAT HE TURNED OUT TO BE THE SUSPECT THAT WOULD ASSAULT HER. JUST A FEW HOURS LATER, ON JUNE 9TH. WE AREN’T NAMING THE SUSPECT BECAUSE OF HIS AGE AND BECAUSE HE HASN’T BEEN CHARGED AS AN ADULT AT THIS POINT, BUT DEPUTIES SAY HE WENT TO THE WOMAN’S HOUSE THROUGH AN UNLOCKED DOOR, AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP, HE POUNCED ON HER PUNCHED HER AND GROPED HER. SHE DID FIGHT BACK, BUT ULTIMATELY SHE BEGAN PRAYING FOR IT TO STOP, WHICH DEPUTIES SAY HE DID EVENTUALLY. INVESTIGATORS SAY NEIGHBORS CAUGHT THEM WITH VIDEO SHOWING THE TEEN, AND WHILE THEY WERE TALKING TO THAT NEIGHBOR, THE SUSPECT THAT TEENAGER RODE BY ON A BIKE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE SAME CLOTHES HE HAD ON FROM THE VIDEO. EVENTUALLY, A RAPE KIT WAS SENT OUT AND RETURNED WITH RESULTS YESTERDAY TYING THE TEEN TO THE CRIME, AND DEPUTIES SAY HE EVENTUALLY ADMITTED TO BREAKING INTO THE WOMAN’S HOUSE AND USING HER IPAD TO WATCH --. HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. SHERIFF BILLY WOODS SENT A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, IT CAME AS A SHOCK THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WOULD COMMIT SUCH AN ACT ON A 91 YEAR OLD. BUT IT IS TRULY DISTURBING WHEN WE SEE THE YOUNG AGE OF THE ARRESTEE AND THIS 14 YEAR OLD IS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL BATTERY, AS WELL AS BURGLARY. REPORTING IN MARION COUNTY, TONY ATKINS WESH 2 NEWS, A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DEPUTY, IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS SHOT BY A 19 YEAR OLD MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING BOTH OF HIS PARENTS. DEPUTY SHANE MCGAW WAS GREETED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. HE STILL HAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS OF RECOVERY AHEAD. THE TEEN WHO SHOT HIM WAS KILLED. TODAY WE WILL FIND OUT WHO WILL BE TAKING OVER ORLANDO’S DISTRICT FIVE. JOIE CHEN ROSE AND TAVARES MCCURDY ARE LOOKING TO FILL THE SEAT. THEY WERE THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES IN A MUCH WIDER FIELD OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THE SEAT. LAST MONTH. THEY BOTH GOT MORE THAN 23% OF THE VOTE, BUT NOT THE 50% PLUS ONE TO WIN THE SEAT OUTRIGHT. BUT MY EXPERIENCE AS A LEGISLATOR, MY EXPERIENCE WORKING AS AN AIDE IN DISTRICT FIVE, IT GIVES ME JUST A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE OUTREACH, TO CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS HERE IN DISTRICT FIVE. UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY IS A TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. BRING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER FOR TO WORK ON OUR ISSUES. I DISTRICT FIVE’S CURRENT TERM ENDS IN JANUARY OF 2026. WHOEVER REPLACES SUSPENDED COMMISSIONER REGINA HILL. POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7 P.M. IN THE MEANTIME, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA IS INVESTIGATING WHAT IT CALLS DIRTY POLITICS IN A DIFFERENT LOCAL RACE. A PROPERTY APPRAISER SAYS HE WAS TARGETED IN WHAT COULD BE ELECTION FRAUD AT THE HANDS OF A FELLOW REPUBLICAN, AS WESH TWO NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER GREG FOX EXPLAINS, IT COULD MEAN A STEEP UPHILL CLIMB TO REELECTION. SNAPS RIGHT IN THERE. THE. AS A GUN SHOP OWNER, CAREY BAKER MOST OFTEN TALKS WITH US ABOUT PROPOSED GUN LAWS, BUT THE FORMER REPUBLICAN STATE SENATORS FULL TIME JOB FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS HAS BEEN SERVING AS LAKE COUNTY’S PROPERTY APPRAISER TO SPARE HIS CAMPAIGN DONORS. THE MORE. THAN $10,600 QUALIFYING FEE HE PROMISED TO FILE AS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE IF NO ONE ELSE FILED TO RUN SOMETHING BAKER SAYS HE SHARED WITH TAX COLLECTOR DAVID JORDAN, WHO THEN SHARED IT WITH HIS BROTHER MARK. AS SOON AS BAKER LEFT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE FRIDAY, THINKING HE WAS AUTOMATICALLY REELECTED AS A WRITE IN, MARK JORDAN QUICKLY FILED AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AS HIS BROTHER STOOD BY TYPICALLY IN THIS AND EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN FLORIDA, THE TAX COLLECTOR AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WORK HAND IN HAND TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. AND IN FACT, CAREY BAKER SAYS DAVID JORDAN HAS BEEN A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND. ONLY A FRIEND COULD HAVE BETRAYED ME LIKE THIS. SPEAKING TO US VIA ZOOM WHILE ON A BOY SCOUT CAMPING TRIP, BAKER SAID HE WOULD NEVER HAVE QUALIFIED AS A WRITE IN HAD HE KNOWN JORDAN WAS GETTING INTO THE RACE. OH, AND GUESS WHO PAID MARK JORDAN’S QUALIFYING FEE? EUSTIS MAYOR MICHAEL HOLLAND WHO IS MARK JORDAN’S TREASURER AND ALSO CHIEF OF STAFF TO TAX COLLECTOR DAVID JORDAN BAKER, SAYS THE ETHICAL MOVE IS FOR MARK JORDAN TO DROP OUT. WE DON’T WANT PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT OBTAIN OFFICE BY THE USE OF DECEPTION AND DECEITFUL BEHAVIOR. THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFIC THING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. WE TRIED SPEAKING WITH DAVID JORDAN, BUT WE’RE TOLD HE’S OUT OF THE OFFICE THIS WEEK. MESSAGES TO THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BROTHER, MARK WERE NOT RETURNED. THE STATE AND LOCAL REPUBLICAN PARTIES CALL THIS POTENTIAL FRAUD AND ARE CONSIDERING CENSURING BOTH JORDAN’S AND LEGAL ACTION. DO YOU WANT TO WIN A RACE BASED ON A DIRTY POLITICAL TRICK OR NOT? AND CAN WILL THE PUBLIC ACCEPT YOU AS A LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE IF YOU DO THAT? AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS NOMINATION WAS STOLEN, A BLEAT POTENTIALLY LEGAL MEANS, BUT EXTREMELY UNETHICAL AND CORRUPT MOTIVES FOR NOW, BAKER IS ARMING HIMSELF FOR THE TOUGHEST POLITICAL FIGHT OF HIS CAREER IN LAKE COUNTY. GREG FOX WESH TWO NEWS. THE LAKE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE TONIGHT ON WHETHER TO CENSURE DAVID AND MARK JORDAN. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR COMMENT, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. ONE FLORIDA COUNTY IS INSTALLING NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS MEANT TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS RESPOND TO A CALL FASTER. MANATEE COUNTY HAS BEEN GROWING AND THAT MEANS MORE TRAFFIC AND SLOWER RESPONSE TIMES FOR EMERGENCIES. THE NEW LIGHTS WILL KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING BY TURNING TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THE AMBULANCES PATH GREEN. A SENSOR IN THE BACK OF EACH AMBULANCE WILL TRIGGER THE LIGHT. IT’S ESTIMATED THE TECHNOLOGY WILL SAVE FIRST RESPONDERS 11 SECONDS PER INTERSECTION. THE PILOT PROGRAM FOCUSES ON MAJOR ROADS LEADING TO MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, THIS COULD EXPAND COUNTYWIDE. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR A NEW LOOK AT THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY A WATERSPOUT THAT BECAME A TORNADO IN CRYSTAL RIVER OVER THE WEEKEND. AERIAL VIEWS SHOW WHAT’S LEFT OF SOME STRUCTURES THERE. TAKE A LOOK. THANKFULLY, THOUGH, NO ONE WAS HURT IN ALL OF THIS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE STORM WAS TOO SMALL TO REGISTER ON ITS RADAR, MEANING NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS WERE ISSUED. WELL, MANY CENTRAL FLORIDA RESIDENTS ARE FOCUSING ON GETTING READY FOR THE CURRENT HURRICANE SEASON. OTHERS IN OSCEOLA COUNTY ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE 2022 SEASON. SUE RING WITH OSCEOLA SAYS NEARLY TWO YEARS LATER, THE COALITION, MADE UP OF ALL VOLUNTEERS, IS STILL WORKING ON CASES FOR HURRICANE IAN VICTIMS BEING DESIGNATED AS THE LONG TERM RECOVERY AGENCY BY THE STATE AFTER IAN, THEY WERE GIVEN MONEY FROM THE VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION FOR RECOVERY AFTER THE STORM. IN AN UPDATE AT THE LAST COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, RING WENT OVER WHAT THE COALITION HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND ALSO LET COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT RESOURCES ARE STILL AVAILABLE. OUR MISSION IS ABOUT MEETING THE UNMET NEEDS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HELP RESTORE AND MAKE AN ENTITY WHOLE AFTER A DISASTER. AND SO WE TRY TO LEVERAGE WHATEVER WE CAN. YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO GET HELP FROM OSCEOLA READY OR HOW TO DONATE ON WESH DOT COM. GOOD REMINDER. NOW IS THE TIME TO DOWNLOAD OUR FREE WESH TWO NEWS MOBILE APP. THAT’S WHERE YOU CAN FIND THIS YEAR’S HURRICANE SURVIVAL GUIDE. LEARN EVERYTHING FROM WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO YOUR HURR