Affidavit: Man fails to use turn signal in Lake County, gets caught up in drug bust (2024)

COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT KELLYANNE, WE’LL SEE YOU SOON. NOW TO COURT A MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING AND MUTILATING A WOMAN IN ORANGE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER DAY FOR HIS TRIAL TO START. BRUCE WHITEHEAD WAS IN COURT THIS MORNING FOR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEGINNING OF JURY SELECTION. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN WAS THERE AND REPORTS WHITEHEAD ALSO TRIED TO GET THE JUDGE TO STEP DOWN FROM THE CASE. HE TRIED TO FILE A MOTION TO GET THE JUDGE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE TRIAL, BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN. WHITEHEAD COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY. WHITEHEAD WAS ARRESTED BACK IN 2022 AND HIS TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO START TODAY. ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTIES SPENT SEVERAL DAYS SEARCHING FOR HIM AFTER THE ATTACK. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE TOLD A WOMAN THAT HE’D PAY HER $850 IF SHE LET HIM, QUOTE, PAINT HER FOR AN HOUR INSTEAD, WHITEHEAD ALLEGEDLY TOOK HER TO A PARKING LOT, BIT HER, BURNED HER WITH A CIGARET AND SLICED HER WITH A KNIFE. THEY SAY HE ALSO TRIED TO STAB HER IN THE CHEST, BUT THE KNIFE WENT BACK INTO THE HANDLE AND THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. WHITEHEAD IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER FOR A 1986 RAPE IN DUVAL COUNTY. THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ATTACK. IN FACT, HE’D ONLY BEEN OUT OF CUSTODY FOR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE 2022 CRIME. PROSECUTORS PLANNED TO HAVE THE VICTIM FROM THAT 1980 RAPE TESTIFY IN THIS TRIAL. THEY ALSO SAID TODAY, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY THIS TIME AROUND, THAT HE SPENT AT LEAST HALF A CENTURY IN PRISON MANDATES THAT THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO SENTENCE THE DEFENDANT TO A MINIMUM MANDATORY OF 50 YEARS AS TO THE SEXUAL BATTERY FOR MUCH OF THE TIME, WHITEHEAD HAS BEEN TRYING TO ACT AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY, BUT HE DROPPED THAT PUSH ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. JURY SELECTION NOW SET TO START AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW. REPORTING AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. A FLAGLER COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER ALLEGEDLY SELLING DRUGS LACED WITH FENTANYL TO A PALM COAST RESIDENT LEADING TO THEIR DEADLY OVERDOSE. THE VICTIM DIED IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. FLAGLER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY LET A TWO YEAR INVESTIGATION THAT DETERMINED 42 YEAR-OLD BRIAN PAGLIA SOLD THOSE DRUGS TO THE VICTIM ON THURSDAY. THE FLAGLER COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED HIM FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER BY UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. WELL, TOMORROW IS A REALLY BIG DAY FOR DISTRICT FIVE IN ORLANDO. A SPECIAL ELECTION IS SET TO REPLACE SUSPENDED COMMISSIONER REGINA HILL, NOW SANIKA SHANE ROSE AND TAVARES MCCURDY ARE THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES OUT OF A GROUP OF SEVEN. GOVERNOR DESANTIS SUSPENDED REGINA HILL AFTER SHE WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM A 96 YEAR OLD WOMAN. DISTRICT FIVE’S CURRENT TERM ENDS IN JANUARY OF 2026. THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE SAYS 21,000 PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION, BUT ONLY ABOUT 1200 PEOPLE VOTED EARLY THIS PAST WEEK. THAT’S JUST ABOUT 5%. POLLS OPEN TOMORROW. AT 7 A.M. IN MARION COUNTY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE NEEDS YOUR HELP FINDING A MISSING WOMAN WITH AUTISM. THIS IS A PICTURE OF 25 YEAR OLD ALICIA REMUS. SHE WAS LAST SEEN AROUND 1030 LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE LEFT WITH HER GRAY AND BLACK MIXED TERRIER ALONG SOUTHWEST 34TH COURT IN OCALA. DEPUTIES SAY REMUS HAS THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF A NINE YEAR OLD, SO ANYONE WHO SEES HER IS URGED TO PLEASE CALL 911. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DISSOLVED THE INFLUENTIAL WAR CABINET TODAY. HIS NBC’S RAF SANCHEZ REPORTS. THAT’S THE DEPARTMENT’S STEERING THE WAR IN GAZA AGAINST HAMAS. HEY THERE, A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN ISRAEL TODAY AS PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES HE IS DISSOLVING THE WAR CABINET THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE WAR IN GAZA. THESE LAST EIGHT MONTHS. NOW, REMEMBER, THIS UNITY CABINET WAS KIND OF A TEAM OF RIVALS. IT INCLUDED NETANYAHU’S POLITICAL RIVALS WHO JOINED THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT JUST AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. THEY HAVE NOW RESIGNED FROM THAT BODY, SAYING THEY DISAGREE WITH NETANYAHU’S VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE WAR AND THE CABINET ITSELF HAS NOW BEEN DISSOLVED. NOW THIS COMES AMID TENSIONS BETWEEN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND THE ISRAELI MILITARY OVER HUMANITARIAN AID INSIDE OF GAZA. THE ISRAELI MILITARY ANNOUNCING OVER THE WEEKEND IT IS PUTTING IN PLACE THESE DAILY PAUSES OF 11 HOURS TO ALLOW MORE HUMANITARIAN AID IN THROUGH A SPECIFIC AREA. THIS IS EASTERN RAFAH, NEAR THE KEREM SHALOM CROSSING. THE FAR RIGHT OF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT IS BLASTING THIS DECISION. THEY SAY THERE SHOULD BE LESS AID GOING TO CIVILIANS IN GAZA, NOT MORE. IT’S NOW ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING DURING THE ISLAMIC HOLIDAY OF EID. YOU HAVE FAMILIES IN GAZA WHO ARE TRYING TO CELEBRATE WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TIME OF HAPPINESS, WHEN PARENTS BUY THEIR CHILDREN NEW CLOTHES, WHEN FAMILIES GET TOGETHER, AND INSTEAD THIS IS A HOLIDAY BEING CELEBRATED AMONG THE HORRORS OF WAR. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. IN REGARDING THE DAILY PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING IN GAZA, IT’S BEEN REPORTED PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU DID NOT AGREE WITH THIS DECISION WHEN HE FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT. NOW TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORY OVERSEAS, VLADIMIR PUTIN VISITING NORTH KOREA FOR A TWO DAY TRIP STARTING TOMORROW. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE’S VISITED THE COUNTRY IN DECADES. IT’S THE LATEST SIGN OF A DEEPENING CONNECTION THAT’S RAISED INTERNATIONAL CONCERN. THIS COMES AS THE US AND SOUTH KOREA ACCUSED NORTH KOREA OF SUPPLYING MILITARY AID TO RUSSIA IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST UKRAINE. THE US GOVERNMENT JUST ANNOUNCED A ONE, A $1.5 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT. WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN DEPUTIES SAY OPENED FIRE AT A MICHIGAN SPLASH PAD SATURDAY. THEY SAY 42 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WILLIAM NASH OPENED FIRE AROUND 5 P.M., LEAVING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE HURT. THOSE VICTIMS INCLUDE AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY AND HIS FOUR YEAR OLD BROTHER. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTIVE IN THAT SHOOTING IN ROCHESTER HILLS, WHICH IS A SUBURB OF DETROIT. DEPUTIES SAY NASH LEFT THE SCENE LEADING TO A STANDOFF AT A NEARBY HOME. AND THAT’S WHERE THEY SAY THE SUSPECT TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND A DEPUTY IS RECOVERING AFTER A SHOOTOUT IN A TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD. DEPUTIES SAY 19 YEAR OLD CHRISTOS ALEXANDER SHOT AND KILLED HIS FATHER JUST AFTER 11 ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN, WHEN DEPUTIES GOT TO THE SCENE, THEY SAY ALEXANDER SHOT AND KILLED HIS MOTHER AND THEN FIRED AT DEPUTIES. DEPUTIES RETURNED FIRE, KILLING ALEXANDER. THE SHERIFF SAYS DEPUTIES HAVE RESPONDED TO SEVERAL MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS AT THAT FAMILY’S HOME. A DEPUTY WAS ALSO SHOT IN THE LEG AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL, THE SHERIFF SAID. THE INJURED DEPUTY HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BULLET. WE’RE TOLD THAT DEPUTY IS FACING AT LEAST A THREE MONTH LONG RECOVERY. ALL RIGHT. A FAMILY OF FOUR REPORTED MISSING IN PASCO COUNTY IS NOW FEARED DEAD. THIS INCLUDES A MAN, A WOMAN AND TWO KIDS AGED SIX AND FIVE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY, DEPUTIES FOUND HUMAN REMAINS AT THE HOUSE. THE COUPLE AND THEIR TWO KIDS WERE STAYING AT JUST NORTH OF PORT RICHEY. THE SHERIFF SAYS IT’S NOT KNOWN EXACTLY HOW MANY BODIES WERE FOUND THERE, BUT HE SAYS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL GIVE THE FINAL CONFIRMATION ON THE IDENTITY OF THOSE REMAINS. THE SEARCH FOR THE FAMILY, THOUGH, DOES CONTINUE. RIGHT NOW, ALMOST ALL PRAYERS AND, YOU KNOW, PRAYING FOR THE FAMILY AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU ALWAYS SAY PRAYING. WELL, IF THERE WASN’T EVIL IN THIS WORLD, WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO PRAY AS MUCH. SO 25 YEAR OLD RORY ATWOOD IS FACING MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO THOSE HUMAN REMAINS. DEPUTIES SAY HE WAS AT A HOME BELONGING TO THE FAMILY WHEN THEY WERE LAST SEEN. THE US SURGEON GENERAL SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS A WARNING LABEL, LIKE THE ONES ON CIGARETS AND ALCOHOL. VIVEK MURTHY SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. HE REFERENCED A 2019 STUDY THAT SHOWS TEENS WHO SPEND MORE THAN THREE HOURS ON SOCIAL MEDIA EACH DAY DOUBLE THEIR RISK OF DEPRESSION. A RECENT POLL AMONG TEENS SHOWS THEY SPEND AN AVERAGE OF FIVE HOURS ON THOSE APPS. YOU KNOW, I’VE JUST FINISHED A COLLEGE TOUR WHERE I SPENT TIME WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ALL AROUND OUR COUNTRY, AND THEY BROUGHT UP SOCIAL MEDIA IN EVERY ENGAGEMENT WE HAD, TALKING ABOUT HOW IT MAKES THEM FEEL WORSE ABOUT THEIR BODY IMAGE, HOW IT MAKES THEM FEEL WORSE ABOUT THEIR LIVES AS THEY’RE CONSTANTLY COMPARING THEMSELVES TO OTHERS. SURGEON GENERAL MURTHY ALSO SUGGESTED MAKING SCHOOLS PHONE FREE ENVIRONMENTS AND RESTRICTING SOCIAL MEDIA USE UN