WILL
BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE.
>> A FATHER IS PLEADING FOR
EVERYONE TO BUCKLE THEIR
SEATBELT AFTER HIS 18-YEAR-OLD
SON WAS KILLED IN A CRASH DURING
THE NIGHT.
HARRISON WILKER DIED WHEN HE WAS
THROWN FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT
OF A CAR.
DRIVING WHAT HIS BEST FRIEND
TREATED AT A HOSPITAL FOR MINOR
INJURIES AND RELEASEED.
WE ARE JOINED FROM
ST. AUGUSTINE.
NICOLE?
>> JOYS CAN YOU STILL SEE
REMNANTS FROM THE CRASH.
RIGHT HER WHERE IT HAPPENED, THE
DRIVER VEERED EAST ROAD INTO
THIS FENCE, ALL THE WAY DOWN
HERE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DAMAGE,
HE OVERTURNED BEFORE HITTING THE
UTILITY POLE AND THAT PASSENGER
WAS EJECTED.
THE FATHER SAID TONIGHT THAT HE
IS SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE
AFTER HE FOUND OUT HIS SON WAS
NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.
>> YOU CARE ABOUT EVERYBODY...HE
CARED SO MUCH...AND HE WAS JUST
A GOOD KID THE HE DIDN'T GET IN
TROUBLE.
HE WAS A GOOD KID.
>> THE ONLY CONSOLATION FOR
RICK IS LEANING INTO HIS FAITH
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE LESS THAN
24 HOURS AGO HIS TEENAGE SON WAS
ON HIS WAY TO WORK HUGGING HIM
GOOD BY.
>> ONE OF THE KIDS THAT JUST HAD
A PASSION FOR WORKING AND HE
LIKED CARS, TOO, HE BOUGHT AND
SOLD CARS SINCE HE WAS 16 YEARS
OLD.
HE HAS HAD SEVEN OR EIGHT.
HE WAS INTO PERFORMANCE CARS.
>> BUT HARRISON WILKER WAS NOT
DRIVING THIS MORNING.
HIS FRIEND, 21-YEAR-OLD JESSE
VIVA WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL WHEN
THE PORSCHE BOXSTER OVERTURNED
AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE.
HE WAS THROWN FROM THE CAR.
HE WAS DEFINITELY BET UP PRETTY
BAD BUT WE GOT TO SPEND A LITTLE
TIME WITH HIM RIGHT AFTER HE WAS
PRONOUNCED.
>> THE HIGHWAY PATROL STATE THE
18 YEAR OLD WAS NOT WEARING THE
SEATBELT A HARSH REALITY FOR THE
WILKER FAMILY.
>> WE SAW THE OTHER YOUNG MAN
LEAVING WITH HIS PAINSES AND HE
WORE HIS SEATBELT.
>> RICK WAS HELP HIS SON PICK A
COLLEGE BUT NOW THE FATHER IS
WARNING OTHERS, TO ALWAYS BUCKLE
UP.
>> PLEASE THING ABOUT IT.
IT IS SUCH A SIMPL THING
>> THE NEWS IS JESSE VIVA WAS
ARRESTED THIS MONTH AFTER HE WAS
PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDIN.
THE DEPUTY FOUND MAYOR
WASHINGTON AND DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA IN THE CAR.
ALSO HAD AN IMPROPER LICENSE
TAG.
NOW, FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAID
ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE
CRASH BUT THIS IS STILL "UNDER
INVESTIGATION," AT THIS TIME.
CHARGES AR PENDING.
WE ARE REPORTING IN
ST. AUGUSTINE FOR FOR THE
LOCAL STATION.
>> MAN ORCHESTRATED THE MURDER
OF A WITNESS IN HIS BURGLARY
TRIAL, MURDERED AT HIS HOME
SLATED TO TESTIFY AGAINST
McCRAY AT THE BURGLARY TRY.
POLICE STOP BY THE HOME WHERE WE
FOUND IT HAS BEEN GUTTED WITH A
HUGE PILE OF CRASH AND FURNITURE
AND THIS IS AT THE CURB AND IN A
DUMPSTER AT THE TONIGHT PILE WAS
A BULLET RIDDEN DOOR WITH POLICE
EVIDENCE MARKERS ON IT.
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY
AND ARE JOINED FROM THE NEWSROOM
SCOTT?
>> DESPITE THE FACT THAT
McCRAY IS FACING MURDER
CHARGES FOR THE CASE, HIS
ATTORNEY TOLD THE JUDGE THAT
THEY ARE READY TO GO TO TRIAL
NEXT WEEK ON A BURGLARY CHARGE.
>> MCC.I.A. STOOD BY HIS
ATTORNEY TODAY AFTER THE
DISCUSSION MOSTLY CENTERED
AROUND WHETHER THE JURY FOR THE
PENDING BURGLARY TRY TO BE BIAS
NOW THE NEWS HAS HIT THAT HE IS
CHARGED WITH ORCHESTRATING THE
MURDER OF A KEY WITNESS IN THIS
CASE, JOE BRENDON WHO WAS
MURDERED IN HIS HOME LAST WEEK.
POLICE SAY THAT THE KILL WAS
MAXWELL, McCRAY'S STEPFATHER
AND McCRAY PUT HIM UP TO IT TO
KEEP HIM OFF THE WITNESS STAND.
>> WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE
FORWARD BUT WE ASK THE COURT TO
BE GAGE IN INDIVIDUAL INQUIRIES
OF THE JURY TO KNOW THEIR
EXPOSURE AND IN IT MAY AFFECT
THEIR ABILITY TO BE FAIR.
>> I STOPPED BY THE HOME TO A
DIFFERENT SCENE THAN LAST WEEK,
THE HOW WAS GUTTED, AND TRASH
AND DUMPSTER AND THE REST AT
CURB THE ON THE TOP OF THE TRASH
A WOOD DOOR FILLED WITH BULLET
HOMES AND POLICE EVIDENCE
MARKERS.
NOW THERE IS A QUESTION OF
McCRAY'S BURGLARY TRIAL FACING
A BIG SENTENCE IN CONVICTED
BECAUSE OF THIS NOTICE FILED BY
PROSECUTORS THAT HE WAS A
HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDER.
IN THE COURT MAKES THE DETERMINE
HE IS QUALIFIED, THEY CAN
ENHANCE HIS PUNISHMENT AND HE
COULD BE PUNISHED SEVERAL
DECADES IN PRISON-BASED UPON
WHAT HE IS CHARGED WITH.
THE ATTORNEY NOT AFFILIATED WITH
THE CASE SAID THE AGAINST LAWYER
WILL PUSH FOR A QUICK TRIAL WITH
THE KEY WITNESS NOW DEAD.
HE WILL SAID THAT THERE WILL
MORE DISCUSSION AND PRE-TRIAL ON
WHETHER McCRAY CAN GET AN
IMPARTIAL JURY WITH A LOT OF
PUBLICITY ON THE MURDER CHARGE.
>> A JUDGE MUST MAKE A
DETERMINATION, IN WHAT GOING ON
IN THE PRESS THAT THERE IS TALK,
THERE CAN ALWAYS BE TALK, BUT IS
IT SUCH A NEGATIVE BACK AGAINST
THE DEFENDANT THAT IT IS GOING
TO IN ESSENCE TAINT TH JURY?
>> BOTH SIDES IN THE BURGLARY
TRIAL WILL MEET ON FRIDAY TO
DETERMINE IN THE CASE CAN GO
FORWARD IN THEY HAVE ANY JURY
ISSUES NEXT WEEK AND KEEP IN
MIND, WE HAVE HIS BURGLARY ISSUE
HERE, THAT TRIAL IS SEPARATE
FROM THE MURDER CHARGE.
THAT TRIAL WILL BE MONTHS DOWN
TH ROAD.
>> NEW INFORMATION NOW FROM THE
PROMINENT FLORIDA ATTORNEY
FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS CAREER, A
JUDGE SAID THAT CHRISTOPHER
CHESTNUT SHOULD NOT FACE AN
EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF THE
FLORIDA WAR -- BAR BUT THE
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT MAKES THE
FINAL DECISION.
BEST PERSON FO SUING FLORIDA
A&M UNIVERSITY AFTER THE HAZING
DEATH OF ROBERT CHAMPION.
LAST MONTH, THE BAR FILED AN
EMERGENCY SUSPECTS SAYING
CHESTNUT WAS CAUSING "GREAT
PUBLIC HARM," AND A CENTRAL
FLORIDA JUDGE WAS APPOINTED AS
REFEREE AND HE HELD A TRIAL AND
DETERMINED THAT THE EVIDENCE DID
NOT SUPPORT AN IMMEDIATE
SUSPENSION.
THE STATE SUPREME COURT CAN
ACCEPT THE JUDGE'S
RECOMMENDATION OR MOVE AGAINST
IT AND SUSPEND THE CHESTNUT.
NO TIMEFRAME IS GIVEN FOR WHEN
THE DECISION CAN BE MADE.
>> A MAN WHO WAS SLOT AND KILLED
ON SUNDAY AT HIS APARTMENT HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED ON BAY MEADOWS
ROAD.
HE WAS FRICTION YEARS OLD
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE.
OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE CONDOS
AND FOUND HIM IN THE DOOR OF HIS
APARTMENT WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS.
HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND
HE DIED.
POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THE
SHOOTING WAS RANDOM IN ANYWAY.
WHENS DO SAY THEY SAW TWO BREAK
MALES IN A SMALL BLACK TWO DOOR
SPORTS CAR IN THE AREA AND IF
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS.
>> A MAN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION
WITH GRAND THEFT ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE CITY ON START,
AUGUST 24.
AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON POLICE
SAY THIS MAN STOLE THREE
CHAINSAWS FROM THE HOME DEPOT.
THE MAN WAS LAST SEEN ENTERING
PASSENGER SIDE OF A BLUE HONDA
S.U.V.
IF YOU RECOGNIZED ANYTHING ABOUT
HIM CALL CRIMESTOPPERS.
>> MORE COP ON THE STREET, MORE
ROADS PAVED AND BETTER PARK
MAINTENANCE ARE SOME OF THE ITEM
APPROVE BY THE JACKSONVILLE CITY
COUNCIL.
ALL THE SHERIFF MAKES UP THE
BIGGEST PART OF THE BUDGET AND
LAST NOTE PART IT ALLOWED $3
MILLION TO HIRE 40 NEW OFFICERS
AND 40 NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS.
WHERE DO WE SEE THE ADDITIONAL
COPS?
THE SHERIFF SAID THAT IS
SOMETHING HE IS WORK ON.
>> WE STILL PUT, LOOK AT A LOT
OF DATA TO DECIDE WHERE TO PUT
THE OFFICERS.
THIS ALLOW TO US PUT OFFICERS IN
NEIGHBORS THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THE
SHERIFF WAS ABLE TO HIRE NEW
OFFICERS, SO, HAS IT MADE A
DIFFERENCE?
HE SAID, YES, BECAUSE CLAIM IS
DOWN.
BY 5%.
>> THAT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION
OF ADDING THE RESOURCES TO THE
STREET.
WE HOPE TO IMPROVE UPON THAT.
AS THE CAREER GOES ON.
THE NEW OFFICERS WILL BE IN
ADDITION TO WHAT WE HEARD HAVE.
THEY ARE PLANNING ON HIRING 240
NEW POLICE IN THE NEXT 20 MONTHS
TO REPLACE THOSE WHO ARE
RETIRING OR LEAVING.
JSO IS GETTING SOMETHING ELSE
THIS YEAR, IN THE SPRING, BODY
CAMERAS ARE TESTED BUT THEY DID
THAT WITHOUT BAGGING THE BUDGET.
>> THERE ARE OTHER AREAS OF THE
CITY THAT WILL SEE SOME CHANGES
AS A RESULT OF BUDGET, AND THE
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID THAT
SOME MONEY WILL NOW GO DO MANY
AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED
IN THE PAST.
>> TOWARD PARK MAINTENANCE,
TOWARD REPAVING OF ROADWAYS AND
REPAIRING BRIDGES AND ON THE
LAST DAY OF THE BUDGET, WE WERE
ABLE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL $8
MILLION TO THAT.
ALLOCATED TO SIDEWALK REPAIR.
>> TH IS THE NEWS FROM CHANNEL
4.
WE FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS IN LESS
THAN FIVE MINUTES, JACKSONVILLE
POLICE WILL HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE OF THE SEARCH FOR A
MISSING MAN, NORRIS DAIL YOU CAN
SEE.
HIS GULF WAS FOUND NEED A
SOUTHSIDE APARTMENT AND THEY
HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD
TOGETHER.
THE CHILD WAS FOUND SAFE OUT OF
TOWN WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.
HE COULD BE TRAVELING IN A 2000
SILVER MITSUBISHI GALANT WITH
MERCHANDISE LICENSE PLATE
1BK9546.
IF YOU THE SEE THE VEHICLE OR
THE MAN CALL 9-1-1 RIGHT
Z246GZ ZY6Z
>> A NEWS CONFERENCE IS EXPECTED
ANY MINUTE NOW REGARD THE SEARCH
FOR A MISSING FATHER WHOSE SON
WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN AMBER
ALERT.
AND THE FOUR-YEAR OLD BOY WAS
FOUND SAFE OUT OF TOWN WITH
FAMILY MEMBER.