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LEADS YET FOR A POTENTIAL SUSPECT. BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FALLOUT CONTINUES AFTER 30 TO 40,000 RAILROAD TIES CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DUNNELLON. NOW, MARION COUNTY HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SAYS IT WILL SUE BECAUSE THE COUNTY ORDERED THE RAIL TIES TO BE REMOVED, BUT SAYS THE PARTIES INVOLVED DRAGGED THEIR FEET. WESH TWO DAVID JONES IS IN DUNNELLON TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY WHO ARE QUITE UPSET. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT’S ON SITE TO HELP IN THIS RESPONSE. THOSE TIES THAT CAUGHT FIRE RIGHT THERE OVER MY SHOULDER, ALONG WITH THE NOW APPROVED LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. MARION COUNTY SAYS IT HAS ALSO APPROVED FILING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THIS. AND YOU CAN SMELL IT. IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOU CAN TASTE IT. LATONYA BRIGGS AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DUNNELLON. THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE A GIANT FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE SMELL. WE UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT THE SMELL IS THAT’S BEEN GOING ON. PEOPLE CAN’T SIT ON THEIR PORCHES OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MARION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTING FIRMLY TUESDAY TO LAUNCH AN INJUNCTION AGAINST CSX, THE OWNER OF THE RAIL LINE. FLORIDA NORTHERN, WHICH LEASED THE LINE AND THE PROPERTY AND TRACK LINE RAIL LLC, THE OWNER OF THE CREOSOTE SOAKED RAIL TIES THAT STARTED BURNING JUST BEFORE 3 A.M. SUNDAY. THE COUNTY SAYS TRACK LINE BROUGHT THE TIES INTO TOWN WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE CITY OR COUNTY. THE MANAGING ENTITY, CSX AND TRACK LINE LLC. THEY SHOULD BEAR THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS CLEANUP. COMMISSIONERS LAID OUT THE STEPS THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN TO GET THE RAIL TIES OUT SINCE OCTOBER. TRACK LINE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO GRIND AND REPURPOSE THEM ON SITE. THE COUNTY SENT OUT CODE VIOLATION NOTICES, MET WITH CSX ATTORNEYS, SENT A NOVEMBER CEASE AND DESIST LETTER, AND PREPARED TO FILE AN INJUNCTION IN DECEMBER BEFORE TRACK LINE STARTED MOVING THE TIES. THE CITY SAYS JUST UNDER 18,000 HAD BEEN MOVED WHEN ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 40,000 CAUGHT FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER, THAT’S WHEN THEY DECIDED THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO START MOVING THIS STUFF. BUT BEFORE ALL OF THAT HAPPENED, THEY HIRED LAWYERS TO FIGHT. THE BRIGGS SAY THEY’VE BEEN HAVING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SINCE BEFORE THE FIRE. THIS IS HURTING PEOPLE. THE COUNTY SAYS IT’S GOING TO RESERVE FURTHER COMMENT NOW THAT LITIGATION HAS BEGUN. THE CITY, MEANWHILE, SAYS CSX WILL BE BRINGING 28 RAIL CARS INTO TOWN TO REMOVE THE REMAINING RAIL TIES COVERING MARION COUNTY IN DUNELLEN. DAVID JONES WESH TWO NEWS. AND RIGHT NOW ON WESH.COM, WE HAVE DETAILS ON AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND WATER QUALITY FROM THE CITY. MEANWHILE, TRACK LINE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. NEW TONIGHT OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. A LYFT DRIVER IS FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS PASSENGER. DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR-OLD JOAQUIN VAZQUEZ WAS DRIVING TO THE VICTIM’S DESTINATION WHEN HE PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT’S WHEN THEY SAY HE WENT INTO THE BACK SEAT, CHOKED THE VICTIM AND THREATENED HER LIFE. HE’S NOW FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. THE NEXT MISSION TO THE MOON IS GROUNDED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH. NASA REVEALED NEW INFORMATION TODAY ON THE FUEL LEAK THEY FOUND DURING THE ARTEMIS TWO WET DRESS REHEARSAL. AND WHAT THEY NEED TO FIX BEFORE LAUNCH. MISSION MANAGER JOHN HONEYCUTT SAYS THE LEAKS CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD, EVEN THOUGH SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAPPENED DURING ARTEMIS ONE TESTING IN 2022. SPECIALISTS SAY ROLLING THE ROCKET FROM THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING TO THE LAUNCH PAD MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE, BUT THE TEAM THINKS THEY CAN FIX THESE ISSUES AT THE PAD. THE EARLIEST LAUNCH DATE IS NOW MARCH 6TH. OF COURSE, WESH TWO WILL BE COVERING ARTEMIS TWO EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST MISSION UPDATES ON WESH.COM AND THE WESH TWO MOBILE APP. ALL RIGHT, TONY, YOU’RE OFF THE HOOK FOR ARTEMIS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT MONTH. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU THEN. BUT OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. NOT TERRIBLE. NO. YOU KNOW, IT’S YOU NEED A JACKET, BUT IT’S NOWHERE NEAR AS COLD. LET ME TAKE YOU BACK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. WE’LL KIND OF BREAK THIS ONE DOWN THERE FOR YOU. VENUE 520 LAKE MONROE. RIGHT NOW. LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE OUT THERE. LOVE THE SKY. IT IS ABOUT 47 DEGREES UP THAT WAY. 45 IN DELAND, 43 PALM COAST, AND THEN HERE UP TOWARDS OCALA. WE ARE RUNNING IN THE LOW 40S. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR. THERE’S A LITTLE COLD FRONT HERE THAT’S GOING TO DROP TO THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF, WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. AND THAT’S SOME GOOD NEWS. WE’RE IN THE THROES OF A DROUGHT. WE NEED THAT RAIN. SATELLITE RADAR FROM THE THAT TO THE WATER TEMPERATURE SHOWS TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED. THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF THE RECENT COLD SPELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE SHELF WATERS HERE OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. AND YOU CAN SEE CENTRAL FLORIDA RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT HIGH PRESSURE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONE OF THE COLDEST SPOTS IN THE ENTIRE PENINSULA. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, A FEW CLOUDS WILL BE ARRIVING TOWARDS DAYBREAK UP TO THE NORTH. NOTICE THE WINDS FAIRLY LIGHT OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING. 12 HOUR FORECAST HERE. AS THE TEMPERATURES RUNNING IN THE LOW 40S OUT THE DOOR AT 6 A.M. COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST AND EVEN A SHORT DURATION FREEZE UP HERE INTO MARION COUNTY. FROSTY THROUGH SUMTER, LAKE COUNTY METRO AREAS. WE’RE GOING TO BE OKAY. EASTERN ORANGE, SEMINOLE COUNTY ON INTO RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE DOWN TOWARDS CONNERSVILLE, SAINT CLOUD, DEER PARK, HOLOPAW HARMONY. YOU GUYS WILL LIKELY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST. THE LAND TO BURY ORANGE CITY UP TOWARDS THE LEON SPRINGS, ASTOR AND PEARSON YOU AS WELL. WE’LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST NOW AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HERE COMES THAT COLD FRONT. QUICK SHOT OF MAYBE A 10TH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AND THEN WE TURN A LITTLE BIT COLDER. NOW, AS WE GET YOU INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPORARY THOUGH, AND NOT AS COLD AS WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH NOW, RAINFALL WISE, THE GRAPH IN THE ARE VERY, VERY CONSISTENT WITH ABOUT A 10TH TO 2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW’S TEMPERATURES. NOW GET OUT THERE, ENJOY IT. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING IN THE LOW 70S. CLERMONT LEESBURG BACK TOWARDS UMATILLA AND THEN LOOK AT THE LAND. SANFORD BITHLO SAINT CLOUD 7273 DEGREES UP AND DOWN THE I-95 CORRIDOR. LOW 70S NOW BEHIND THE FRONT. IT DOES GET COLDER HERE FRIDAY MORNING. LOOK AT OCALA 30. DELAND 33. DOWNTOWN ORLANDO MIDDLE UPPER 30S AND THEN BACK TOWARDS TITUSVILLE AROUND 37 DEGREES. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FREEZE HISTORY HERE, AS WE JUST SHOWED YOU THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE UP THERE IN OCALA AND MANY PARTS OF MARION COUNTY, 2010, WE HAD 32 OF THEM LAST YEAR. WE HAD TEN. THIS YEAR WE’RE UP TO 13. WILL BE TACK ON ANOTHER ONE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. I’LL LET YOU KNOW OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. BIG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD. WINDS ARE FAIRLY LIGHT. A GOOD LOOKING WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE, SO THAT’S TIMING. SUPER BOWL TIMING. THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH THE THE FORECAST FOR SANTA CLARA LOOKS COMFORTABLY COOL FOR KICKOFF THERE. IF YOU’VE GOT A SUPER BOWL PARTY GOING ON AT YOUR HOUSE THIS WEEKEND, LOCALLY IT’S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY NICE AND VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE AND A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN FOLKS OUT WEST. HEY, THERE’S ANOTHER BIG EVENT GOING ON ON NBC THIS WEEKEND AND KICKING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. THAT’S THE WINTER GAMES. THERE’S MILAN, GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN COMING IN OFF OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST HERE AS WE GET YOU THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY, HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWS ACROSS THE THE ALPS OF ITALY AND SWITZERLAND. RAIN, THOUGH COMING ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES. 50, 48 AND 46. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER HERE FOR YOU. SEVEN DAY FORECAST ALONG THE COAST. A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THURSDAY. BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND WEATHER AND WARMING UP INTO THE LOWER 70S BY NEXT WEEK. NEW TONIGHT A MOUSE IN BREVARD COUNTY HAD A NEED FOR SPEED. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE THIS VIDEO. HE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA GOING FULL THROTTLE ON A WHEEL AT THE BREVARD ZOO. THE ZOO SHARED THIS LITTLE DAREDEVILS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK, EMPHASIZING THE FACT THAT THIS VIDEO IS NOT SPED UP. THIS IS HOW FAST HE WAS GOING. HE’S FAST, AND PROBABLY DIZZY. WANTED TO GO LOOK AT IT. AT ONE POINT HE LIKE, KIND OF STUMBLES OFF. IT’S FUNNY, BUT HE’S OKAY. YEAH, HE’S A GREAT SHAPE. YEAH. OH. GOT HIS CAR GOING. OKAY. YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO RUN TO BAHAMA BREEZE BEFORE CLOSING. AFTER 30 YEARS. ORLANDO BASED DARDEN RESTAURANTS IS CLOSING ALL 28 OF ITS BAHAMA BREEZE LOCATIONS THAT ARE LEFT. DARDEN SAYS HALF OF THOSE WILL CLOSED OUTRIGHT, AND THEY WILL CONVERT THE REST INTO THEIR OTHER BRANDS. THIS MOVE COMES AFTER THE COMPANY CLOSED SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS AMONG THE SALE. BAHAMA BREEZE WILL CLOSE DOWN APRIL 5TH. BLACK HISTORY IS ON DISPLAY IN OCALA. THE TOWN’S PAST CONTINUES TO BE FELT TODAY. COMING UP, HOW ONE OF OCALA’S EARLIEST FIGURES HELPED A PRESENT DAY LAWYER GET HIS EDUCATION. AND A MAN SAYS VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WRONGLY ARRESTED HIM. THE PROOF? HE SAYS HE HAS THAT SHOWS HE’S INNOCENT. NEXT, A WESH TWO INVESTIGATES LOCAL. LIVE. LATE-BREAKING. WESH TWO NEWS ON CW STARTS NOW. NOW AT 1030. WE START WITH THE TOP STORIES THIS HALF HOUR. FIRST, WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF COCOA THIS EVENING. POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A THREE MONTH OLD DIED. THE CALL CAME IN AROUND 430 THIS AFTERNOON ON PINEDA STREET AND DUKE WAY. WESH TWO SAW THIS CRIME SCENE TAPE AROUND THE PROPERTY. OFFICERS WERE COMBING THROUGH THE AREA AND SPEAKING TO PEOPLE ON THE SCENE. ONE STEP CLOSER TO DECIDING IF THEY’LL CLOSE SEVEN SCHOOLS. THEY SHOW WHERE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WOULD END UP IF THEIR SCHOOL CLOSED DOWN. THE DISTRICT SAYS LOW ENROLLMENT IS BEHIND THESE CHANGES. THEY EXPECT TO VOTE ON FINALIZING THE PROPOSAL DURING THEIR MARCH 10TH BOARD MEETING. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED OVER THIS TOXIC FIRE BURNING IN DUNNELLON. THOUSANDS OF USED RAILROAD TIES CAUGHT FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE COUNTY SAYS THEY WERE STORED IMPROPERLY. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO GET THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO CONTROL ANY POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALSO APPROVED FILING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR LACK OF ACTION, AND TO REQUEST A COURT ORDER FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE TIES. TRANSPORTATION, TRACK LINE RAIL, AND FLORIDA NORTHERN RAILROAD. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS MONITORING THE AIR. TALKING TO YOU, BIG GUY. SURRENDER NOW. THIS DOG’S GONNA BITE YOU. HEY. NEW TONIGHT, ORLANDO POLICE SHARED THIS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM A SEARCH WARRANT AND ARREST LATE AUGUST. OFFICERS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS OF DRUG SALES IN CARVER SHORES. THEY FOUND PEOPLE WITH DRUGS LEAVING THE HOME, AND A SEARCH WARRANT LATER FOUND COCAINE, AMPHETAMINES, OXYCODONE AND GUNS. DEREK GILMORE TRIED TO RUN, AND HE AND BLAKE COLEMAN WERE BOTH ARRESTED AND CHARGED. BUT THE STORY DOES NOT END THERE FOR GILMORE. HE MAY HAVE STOPPED UNDER 408. YEAH. IF YOU GOT OMAR CLOSE, YOU NEED TO CHECK ON THIS. YEAH, HE’S SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW. SO IN NOVEMBER, POLICE FOUND GILMORE BACK NEAR HIS HOUSE. HE WAS OUT OF JAIL ON BOND. HE WAS SEEN DRIVING AWAY AND DITCHING A BACKPACK. THAT BACKPACK HAD FENTANYL, MDMA, COCAINE, OXYCODONE, AND A HANDGUN. GILMORE ABANDONED HIS CAR AND WAS PICKED UP BY A WOMAN, REGINA TAYLOR. THEY WERE BOTH FOUND AND ARRESTED LAST MONTH. ORLANDO’S TACTICAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT FOUND GILMORE DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND OFFICERS FOUND MORE DRUGS. THEY SAY IN THE CAR. GILMORE HAS BEEN CHARGED AGAIN IN CONNECTION TO BOTH INCIDENTS. IN ORANGE COUNTY, A SEMI TRUCK DRIVER IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING CRASHED INTO SEVERAL CARS. VIDEO SHOWS THE CRASH THIS MORNING ON ORANGE AVENUE NEAR HOLDEN AVENUE. TROOPERS SAY THE SEMI DRIVER HAD A MEDICAL EPISODE AND VEERED INTO TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK HIT TWO CARS AND THREE OTHERS PARKED OUTSIDE A BUSINESS. PARAMEDICS TOOK THE DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET TAKEN CARE OF. ANOTHER DRIVER HAD MINOR INJURIES. TRAFFIC PROBLEMS HIT GROVELAND AFTER A ROAD SOUTHWEST OF TOWN COLLAPSED. LAKE COUNTY IS CALLING THE SCENE AT EMPIRE CHURCH ROAD. AT THE MOMENT, ENGINEERS ARE STILL TESTING TO DETERMINE IF IT’S A TRUE SINKHOLE. SOIL SETTLING HAPPENS VERY SLOWLY, BUT A SINKHOLE IS FAR MORE SERIOUS, SOMETHING MORE THAT HAPPENS AT THE LIMESTONE BEDROCK LEVEL. SO SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING THESE CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION OF THE LIMESTONE AS ACIDIC WATER PERMEATES THROUGH THE SOIL AND EVENTUALLY ERODES, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SAY, 50 TO 100FT DOWN THE GROUND SURFACE. UCF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LUIS ARBOLEDA SAYS THAT IT IS LIKELY THE TEAMS ON SITE ARE DOING CONE PENETRATION TESTING. A CONE HITS THE GROUND WITH SENSORS AND CAN MEASURE RESISTANCE. LAKE COUNTY SAYS IT EXPECTS THE TEST RESULTS TO COME BACK ON MONDAY. A VOLUSIA COUNTY MAN SWORE HE WAS INNOCENT AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A CRIME HE SAYS HE DID NOT COMMIT, AND WESH 2 INVESTIGATES, UNCOVERED THE RECEIPTS PROVING IT. OUR JUSTIN SCHECKER DID WEEKS OF DIGGING TO HELP A LOCAL MAN GET HIS LIFE BACK. WHAT’S GOING ON? HE WENT IN FOR A HANDSHAKE AND WOUND UP IN HANDCUFFS. I NEED YOU TO PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. FOR WHAT? YOU GOT A WARRANT? WHAT? I’LL TELL YOU. OH. BURGESS WAS SHOCKED AS A VOLUSIA SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ARRESTED HIM IN EARLY AUGUST. SO I’M ABOUT TO COME OUT HERE AND TALK TO YOU. DAD. HIS FIVE YEAR OLD SON WAS WITH HIM IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS SUV IN A HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT. SO YOU GOT SOME SOME SORT OF FRAUD WARRANT? I WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING. I WAS LIKE, HEY, MAN. ORANGE COUNTY COURT RECORDS REVEALED BURGESS HAD TWO ARREST WARRANTS FOR FRAUD AND THEFT CHARGES AT TWO UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT HOTELS. THIS ORLANDO POLICE AFFIDAVIT SAYS A PERSON IN JUNE CHECKED INTO ROOMS WITH INVALID CREDIT CARDS AT ENDLESS SUMMER SURFSIDE RESORT AND CABANA BAY RESORT THAT APPROXIMATELY $4,406.98 WAS CHARGED TO BOTH RESORT ROOMS AND WAS NEVER PAID FOR BY THE SUBJECT. WHY WOULD I GO TO A HOTEL AND STAY AT A HOTEL RUNNING UP CREDIT CARDS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I GOT KIDS I CAN’T EVEN. LIKE I SAID, I CAN BARELY GO TO A GAS STATION. DURING OUR INTERVIEW IN OCTOBER, HIS SON AND SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL. THIS IS ABOUT WHEN THE THE HOME DEPOT INCIDENT. OH, I KNOW THAT WHEN COPS ARRESTED YOU FOR NO REASON. YES. MY DAD DIDN’T DO ANYTHING. HE WAS AT WORK THAT NIGHT. THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE SUBJECT CHECKED INTO CABANA BAY RESORT ON JUNE 16TH. BURGESS MAINTAINS HE WAS NEARLY 70 MILES AWAY WORKING AT EVERGLADES BOATS IN EDGEWATER. HE SAYS THE COMPANY TERMINATED HIM AFTER HIS ARREST, BUT HR PROVIDED BURGESS HIS TIME CARD, SHOWING HE CLOCKED IN AT 4:57 P.M. ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH, AND PUNCHED OUT AT 3:35 A.M. THE NEXT DAY. I’M INNOCENT. I DIDN’T DO THIS. SO WHY DID POLICE BELIEVE HE DID? THEY SAY THE SAME MAN WHO CHECKED INTO CABANA BAY RESORT ON JUNE 16TH. CHECKED IN AGAIN ON JUNE 22ND, BUT THIS TIME THE MAN GOT A TRESPASS ORDER FROM ORLANDO POLICE. SO BASICALLY, IT’S GOING TO BE A TRESPASS FROM ALL UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PROPERTIES. WESH TWO INVESTIGATES OBTAINED THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER REQUESTING IT. POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE MAN IN THIS VIDEO WAS BURGESS GIVING A FAKE NAME AND ID TO POLICE. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME BY? FINE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOT SHOWING HIS FACE. BUT THE MAN BEING BANNED IS CLEARLY NOT BURGESS. YOU CAN SEE HE HAS NO TATTOOS ON HIS LEGS. WHILE BURGESS SHOWED US HIS. HIS TIME CARD ALSO SHOWS HE WENT TO WORK ON JUNE 22ND, THE SAME DAY AS THE TRESPASSING INCIDENT. I’M JUST SO MIND BLOWN THAT THAT THAT THEY DIDN’T DO NO KIND OF INVESTIGATION AND JUST CHARGED IT BECAUSE THEY, THEY IT IT LOOKS SORT OF LIKE ME. THE ARREST WARRANT AFFIDAVIT SAYS POLICE IDENTIFIED BURGESS USING LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES IN AN EMAIL TO WESH TWO INVESTIGATES ORLANDO POLICE CHIEF ERIC SMITH’S CHIEF OF STAFF SAID FACIAL RECOGNITION WAS NOT USED. HE ALSO SAID BECAUSE IT’S AN ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASE, POLICE ARE LIMITED ON WHAT ELSE THEY CAN SAY. THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOT TO COME OUT ON THE SAME DAY. WESH TWO INVESTIGATES RECEIVED THAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO IN DECEMBER FROM THE CITY OF ORLANDO. THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FILED A NO INFORMATION NOTICE IN THE CASE AGAINST BURGESS. PROSECUTORS ARE DECLINING TO FILE CHARGES BECAUSE THEY SAY THE EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT DUE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THAT FILING? I TOLD YOU SO, BURGESS SAYS HE FELT HOPELESS BEFORE HE SHARED THE STORY OF HIS WRONGFUL ARREST WITH WESH TWO. INVESTIGATES. BEFORE I SPOKE TO YOU, I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I CALLED EVERYBODY AND I JUST GOT THE PHONE SLAMMED ON ME. WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HELPED. YOU HAVE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY WHEN OUT OF THE WAY. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. WESH TWO NEWS IS DONE. FOR WESH TWO INVESTIGATES I’M JUSTIN SCHECKER. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT CASE BECAUSE BO BURGESS CONTACTED JUSTIN THEROUX. WESH TWO INVESTIGATES. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING OUR INTO. EMAIL US AT INVESTIGATES@WESH.COM. THE DEEP FREEZE IS OVER AND MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY’RE FINDING AFTER UNCOVERING THEIR PLANS. BUT AUSTIN COATES OF LUCAS NURSERY AND BUTTERFLY ENCOUNTER IN OVIEDO SAYS NOW THAT WE’RE IN THIS POST FREEZE PERIOD, DON’T JUST RUN OUT AND CUT BACK ALL YOUR PLANTS. IF YOU DO, YOU’LL RUN THE RISK OF CAUSING MORE DAMAGE AND STRESS TO THE PLANTS. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO REALLY LEAVE IT, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST 4 TO 6 WEEKS, SO THAT ANY SORT OF FROST DAMAGE THAT HAS YET TO SHOW ITSELF, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT PLANT TO KIND OF FINISH SORTING OUT WHATEVER ISSUES MAY BE GOING ON WITH THAT FROST DAMAGE, AND THEN PROBABLY AROUND EARLY MARCH, FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO CUT A LOT OF THIS DEAD STUFF BACK. AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT’S COMPLETELY COOKED, YOU CAN DO TWO TESTS TO DETERMINE IF IT’S STILL ALIVE. SO THE GREEN THAT’S ON THE INSIDE MEANS THAT THERE’S FLUID INSIDE OF THE TRUNK OF THE PLANT. SO IT’S STILL VIABLE AND IT WILL STILL COME BACK. YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THE PLANT AND SEE IF THERE’S GREEN ON THE INSIDE. A LOT OF GREEN THUMBS LIKE MINE JUST DID NOT GO GREEN. NO, I THINK WE LOST OUR ELEPHANT EARS. I THINK THEY’RE CALLED. YEAH, IT’S ALL RIGHT. IT’S OKAY. I’M SURE YOU’RE NOT ALONE. FEELS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE ANDREW’S PROBLEM, NOT MINE. LET HIM DEAL WITH THAT. YES. AND ALL OF THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE COLD THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND IT’S GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT THEN IT’S GOING TO COME BACK. YEAH. LET’S GET OVER TO TONY. NOW, WHO HAS THE DETAILS ON OUR FORECAST. WHAT’S UP TONY. YEAH, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON TONIGHT. WE STILL THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME FROST AND MAYBE A SHORT DURATION FREEZE HERE IN MARION COUNTY, BUT WE WARM UP NICELY ONCE WE GET PAST DAYBREAK. YOU CAN SEE THE SQUARE RIGHT NOW, 42 DEGREES, 44 PALM COAST, 48 DOWNTOWN 40 BACK TOWARDS TITUSVILLE. THERE ARE A FEW CLOUDS NOW APPROACHING THE I-10 CORRIDOR SIGN OF THAT WEATHER MAKER THAT’S GOING TO HEAD OUR WAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY THURSDAY. BUT NOTICE OUT AHEAD OF IT AGAIN ANOTHER EVENING PLUS FIVE PLUS TEN DEGREES WARMER THAN WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST NIGHT. AND OCALA IS GOING TO BE DROPPING VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING THERE FOR SHORT DURATION, ONLY TO WARM UP QUICKLY TO ABOUT 64. YOU TAKE A LOOK NOW UP TOWARDS DAYTONA BEACH, MID 30S WITH SOME PATCHY FROST. THEN BY THE 11:00 HOUR WE’RE COMING IN AT ABOUT 65 DEGREES. NOW I’M GOING TO TIME OUT THAT FRONT THAT’S COMING IN ON THURSDAY. THE COOLER AIR ON FRIDAY. AND THEN A NICE BIG WARMING TREND HEADED OUR WAY. AS WE GET YOU ON INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. WHEN I SEE YOU COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES, GUYS. ALL RIGHT, TONY, MEANTIME, DEAD FISH ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS IS VIDEO FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON NEAR NEW SMYRNA BEACH SHOWING FISH THERE IN THE WATER TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THERE. THIS VIDEO SAYS THAT ALL THOSE FISH SPANNED AN AREA OF ABOUT 200FT. NOW, IT’S NOT JUST FISH. OTHER KINDS OF SEA CRITTERS ARE WASHING UP ON BEACHES IN FLORIDA, EXPERTS SAY THE COLD WEATHER GOT TO THEM. STINGRAYS, CRABS, EELS, SEA SHARK HAVE ALL WASHED UP ON BEACHES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, OFFICIALS SAY WATER TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE LOWER 50S THIS WEEK THERE, WHICH CAN STUN OR KILL SOME OF THE MARINE LIFE IN THE GULF. SCIENTISTS SAY SOME CREATURES CAN LIVE IF THEY GET BACK IN THE WATER QUICKLY, BUT ANYTHING WITH GILLS LIKELY DIED AFTER A FEW MINUTES OUT OF THE WATER. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THIS. SEA LIONS AT AN IOWA ZOO. THEY MADE THEIR PREDICTION FOR THE SUPER BOWL ON SUNDAY. SO THE AFRICAN LIONS DO. SENDS ARENA COULD PICK A BARREL WITH THE LOGOS FOR THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. SO DEUCE WAS HESITANT TO MAKE A PICK. BUT ARENA ULTIMATELY PICKED THE SEAHAWKS TO WIN THE GAME. THERE SHE GOES. THE ZOO SAYS IT’S ANIMALS ACCURATELY PREDICT THE WINNER. 80% OF THE TIME. ISN’T THAT SOMETHING? OKAY, YOU CAN WATCH SUPER BOWL 60 BETWEEN THE SEAHAWKS AND THE PATRIOTS OVER ON WESH TWO AT 630 ON SUNDAY. GOT BETTER ODDS THAN PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL. I’LL TELL YOU THAT. CERTAINLY DO. ALL RIGHT, WESH TWO HERE WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND YOU CAN FIND IT ON FULL DISPLAY IN MARION COUNTY. THIS LITTLE CITY CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, AND MARION COUNTY. IT PRODUCED SO MANY FAMOUS AND FIRSTS. COMING UP NEXT, HEAR ABOUT THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM OCALA AND HOW THEY INSPIRE PEOPLE TODAY. IT’S A LOOK BACK IN HISTORY, AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO GET ALL WHO SEE IT, TO SIMPLY ASK, WHO WAS THAT PERSON AND WHY IS THAT MOMENT SIGNIFICANT? WESH 2 STEWART MOORE WENT TO OCALA TO SEE THE BLACK HISTORY MURAL. WELCOME TO WEST OCALA, THE ONCE VIBRANT, BUSTLING, THRIVING ALL BLACK COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED AS MODERN TIMES HAVE TAKEN OVER. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS LITTLE CITY CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA AND MARION COUNTY. IT PRODUCED SO MANY FAMOUS AND FIRSTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRSTS HERE. AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY TEND TO SPREAD ABROAD. SO NOT JUST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. BUT THE HISTORY OF WHAT WAS IS ON FULL DISPLAY. THIS IS THE OCALA BLACK HISTORY MURAL AND ITS PURPOSE, SAYS LEADER OF THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM, IS TO MAKE YOU ASK QUESTIONS. IT STARTS WITH A TIMELINE. IT GIVES YOU A TIMELINE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR. IT TALKS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POLITICS. IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE POPULATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MARION COUNTY. OBI SAMUEL JUNIOR IS A LOCAL ATTORNEY IN TOWN. WHILE IN LAW SCHOOL, HE RECEIVED THE VIRGIL HAWKINS SCHOLARSHIP. HAWKINS FEATURED RIGHT HERE ON THIS WALL PAVED THE WAY FOR ASPIRING BLACK LAWYERS TO ATTEND PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS. WELL, HE’S THE GUY THAT FOUGHT FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL, SO HE WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL THERE. AND THOUGH HE NEVER ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL, BUT THROUGH HIS EFFORTS, IT BECAME INTEGRATED AND THUS OPENED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ENTER LAW SCHOOL. VIRGIL HAWKINS IS ON THIS WALL. PARADISE PARK IS ON THIS WALL, BUT ALSO THIS WOMAN. THIS IS DOCTOR CARRIE HAMPTON. SHE’S THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE DOCTOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THE INTERVIEW WE DID WITH MR. SAMUEL WAS INSIDE OF HER HOUSE. THEY HAD A GREAT IMPACT AS FAR AS BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THEY MOTIVATED ME, AND THAT’S WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING. I FELT A CERTAIN SPIRIT ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN INSPIRATION TO CARRYING ON THEIR LEGACY, YOU KNOW, FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE. THIS HOME USED TO BE A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE IT SITS NOW PRESERVED HOME TO WHERE BLACK PEOPLE IN MARION COUNTY WENT FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. DOCTOR CARRIE MITCHELL, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE LICENSED PRACTICING MEDICINE IN FLORIDA AND OPERATED A DRUGSTORE. SHE WAS MARRIED TO DOCTOR LEROY HAMPTON, A DENTIST WHOSE NAMESAKE, HAMPTON CENTER, WHICH SITS ACROSS A BASEBALL FIELD FROM THE MURAL, STILL TRAINS PEOPLE TO CARE FOR TEETH. TODAY. HERE YOU NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE DOCTOR AND THE DENTIST, BUT YOU HAD OCALA BAZAAR, WHICH WAS AN AFRICAN OWNED DRY GOODS STORE WITH OVER 20 EMPLOYEES. YOU HAD THE. METROPOLITAN BANK BANK, WHICH WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN BANK IN MARION COUNTY AND ALSO IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE FIRST CHARTERED BLACK CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU HAD THE OCALA TEXTILE MILL THAT HAD OVER 100 EMPLOYEES. THE WALL IS LIVING HISTORY THAT YOU CAN TOUCH AND RESEARCH FOREVER. HISTORY MAKERS. SO NEXT TIME YOU PASS IT AND YOU ASK