live getting results this is news 6 at
6:00 breaking news a high school band
directors in jail accused of recording
sex acts with a former student
this is news 6 at 6:00 I'm Matt Austin
and I'm Lisa Bell police began their
investigation after a witness reported
inappropriate messages sent by the band
director that contained nude images of a
former student now Christopher Blackmer
is behind bars at the Orange County Jail
new 6 reporter vanessa Araiza is live at
the jail with the latest on this case
Vanessa but Lisa black Murs bond was set
at $5,000 today and according to the
jail's website he is in the process of
bonding out meaning he is planning on
walking out of the Orange County Jail to
night less than 24 hours after he was
booked christopher Blackmer is Winter
Park High School's band director now
he's under investigation for possessing
child pornography you may see media
reports regarding an employee at our
school that was arrested the employee
was accused of inappropriate conduct the
employee has not been on our campus and
the district is conducting an internal
investigation Blackmar was booked into
the Orange County Jail around noon today
Winter Park police began their
investigation in late January when a
witness told them about inappropriate
conversations Blackmer had with a former
student investigators were told he also
sent inappropriate pictures of a former
student via the social app Instagram
throughout the months of February and
March investigators obtained access to
black Murs Instagram and Facebook
accounts along with access to his iPhone
according to the report that's where
they found five videos of him and an
Orange County student engaging in sexual
acts at the time of the recording
believed to be almost 5 years ago the
victim would have been 16 or 17 years
old Blackmer was around 43
an Orange County school representatives
place Blackmer on administrative leave
on January 31st the principal of Winter
Park High School telling parents since
he was placed on leave on January 31st
he has not set foot on the school's
campus live at the Orange County Jail
tonight Vanessa Araiza getting results
news 6 Vanessa thank you we are also
following a breaking news alert from the
Orange County Sheriff's Office a nearly
eight year old cold case is cracked this
man Jose Molina Mejia has been charged
with the 2011 rape and murder of
Katherine Zafra her body was found on
the side of the road on October 2nd in
2011 deputies say years of hard work and
diligence led to yesterday's arrest in
Jacksonville some parts of Central
Florida are seeing pop-up storms tonight
meteorologist Candace Campos joins us
now with which areas are being affected
and how long this will last
Candace well right now we are still
seeing some isolated showers and
thunderstorms across our far far
southern zones of Osceola County and
Brevard for everywhere else if you're
watching us from Marion County Volusia
County Seminole orange Lake and Sumter
you guys are looking nice and dry now
you should stay dry throughout the
evening hours if you do have some Friday
night plans so here's the radar this is
the most active parts of Central Florida
currently we are seeing some scattered
showers and even a few strikes of
lightning from 441 through Kenansville
out through Sebastian and Mikko to some
light to moderate rain along the
coastline but everywhere else it's all
about the heat temperature stays soared
into the mid-80s we are gradually
cooling down at this hour
83 in Sanford 84 news to myrna Beach 84
swell in Kissimmee but temperatures are
going to heat up even further for
Saturday and Sunday with silat slight
chance of rain I'll be pinpointing which
counties which locations had the best
shot of some rain throughout the weekend
coming up in just a couple minutes back
to you guys Candace thank you remember
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in your App Store new at six armed with
a gun police say a bold robber demanded
money from a clerk and took off that
happened at 7:00 this morning as the
Sun was coming up and tonight they are
working to get crime results and get the
suspect off the streets surveillance
video shows the suspects walking into
the Chevron gas station on Sanford
Avenue in Sanford this morning and you
can see he's holding a gun in his left
hand and has a shirt wrapped around his
head
the clerk opened the register and safe
and the suspects made off with about 650
dollars if you know who this is
call Sanford police tonight deputies
need your help finding a man who shot
another man in the parking lot of a
Waffle House surveillance video shows
the suspect walking into the Altamonte
Springs restaurant around 3:30 in the
morning this past Sunday police say this
man got into an argument inside the
restaurant which led to the parking lot
police say he and another man shot at
each other the other man was hit in the
stomach and taken to the hospital police
say the suspect took off in a black
Chrysler Crossfire if you recognize the
suspect or that car call Crime Line what
tonight police are looking for five
people responsible for posting vulgar
graffiti at a high school new 6 is clay
lebar joins us with the investigation
and the reaction from parents even the
welcome sign here at Seminole High
School got vandalized I'd move and show
it to you but there's something behind
me and I can't students we spoke with
could not believe what they saw all over
campus here this morning almost all of
the graffiti that was done cannot be
shown on television swears and signs
spray-painted on poles walls and
concrete even a bucket of paint was
spilled down a flight of stairs and it's
pretty sad that someone would take that
much time to destroy a property like
that
Sanford police says they have video
showing five people wearing dark clothes
and masks sneaking onto campus last
night at around 11:00 as they vandalized
the outside of at least six different
buildings
it's definitely beyond just having some
fun especially if you're damaging
someone else's property this is not the
first time this school has dealt with
vandalism well tonight what was supposed
to be a fun day
turns serious homecoming pep rally was
cancelled back in 2015 because of
vandalism and threats rafidhi like this
was found on several buildings around
campus
this morning the school's principal sent
this note to parents saying in part rest
assured we will make every effort to
find who perpetrated this act and bring
them to justice in the event that we do
not find who did this I take comfort
knowing that karma is undefeated the
school is still trying to figure out how
much it's gonna cost to fix all this
while Sanford police continues to search
for the people responsible in Sanford
clay Lepard getting results news six
we're learning new details about a
deadly helicopter crash near Tampa
yesterday we first told you a person was
killed after the chopper lost power and
came down hard near an intersection 72
year old DoD Angus peraud was a
passenger in a Chevy pickup truck
traveling when that helicopter crashed
while making that hard landing crashing
into a telephone pole one of the rotor
blades flew off and hit the truck
killing him at the scene Florida Highway
Patrol says Robinson r44 helicopter had
engine failure
the pilot has been identified as Brian
Messick of Bradenton his copilot Joshua
Wells of Pinellas Park
neither of them were injured a setback
for SpaceX the company pushing back a
launch that was scheduled for this
weekend spacex test-fired its Falcon
Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center
today the test was originally scheduled
for yesterday today's launch gave SpaceX
teams enough data to choose Tuesday as a
new launch date 636 p.m. is the target
liftoff time if the launch window if
needed will expand until extend until
8:35 in the evening as the countdown to
launch gets closer we have everything
you need to know including traffic and
the best spots to watch it just had to
click Orlando dot-com / space new
details about the high-speed rail
service from West Palm Beach to Miami
yesterday we first told you Virgin
Trains secured funding to lay tracks
heading north to Orlando according to
bright-line Virgen raised 1.75 billion
dollars in a bond sale for the expansion
lake from West Palm Beach to Orlando it
is slated to stop at Walt Disney World
and Sun rails Meadowood station at about
the same time it opens its Orlando
Airport station Virgin Trains says its
to launch service from West Palm Beach
to Orlando in 2022
bright line released a statement today
which reads our primary focus is on
getting construction underway to Orlando
which is imminent we will turn our
attention to other potential stations
after that all right in less than an
hour the Orlando Magic will play their
final home game of the regular season
and this is a biggie right here we'll
find out how clutch they are right now
they hold the final spot in the playoffs
in the Eastern Conference
sports director Jamie say joins us live
from the Amway Center tonight where
excitement is building ahead of
tonight's big game yeah yeah Matt and
Lisa it should be a packed house tonight
at the Amway Center this is what we've
been hoping for for a long time a home
finale with something really really
important that stake and that is the
postseason the magic are set to take the
floor against the Atlanta Hawks tonight
at 7 and yes it is the final
regular-season game at the Amway Center
but the guys are focused on getting more
games in this building in the playoffs
and to make the postseason the equation
is pretty simple just like they did to
the Knicks on Wednesday they've got to
beat the Hawks tonight then they've got
to win Sunday in Boston they win
Wednesday in Charlotte then they're in
the playoffs magic for 2m and four new
admits if they don't make it this year
it's gonna hurt really bad for them and
the fans this is what they had to say
about the magic faithful after shoot
around today you know making the playoff
would be would be big for us but for
them as well you know I mean they've
been you know supporting us throughout
this whole thing and you know you wonder
ya see what the Emily looks like you
know play off loans this this thing with
it man we're a good team we play hard
and we play together
and we just got to keep that mindset if
I'm if I'm going off of the shooter and
we had this
I was going to be a very good
yeah John is an Isaac feeling really
good after the shoot around today like
you said Matt the magic hold on to the
eighth and final playoff spot in the
East but there's a chance they could
jump up all the way to six we're gonna
go over those scenarios coming up in
about ten minutes in sports live at the
Amway Center getting results I'm Jamie
say Matt and Lisa back to you fingers
crossed Jamie looking forward to seeing
that game tonight thank you
hey this weekend will be a good one for
watching basketball that's for sure yes
you can watch the final four right here
on CBS but if you do decide to go
outside you may want to take what your
sunscreen possibly an umbrella Candice
yeah something that keep yourself
hydrated anything you tend to bring with
you maybe during the summer is what
you're gonna need 89 degrees near 90
votes Saturday and Sunday if you are
watching it outside just make sure
you're sitting by a pool a nice drink in
your hand I'll have more details on your
full weekend forecast coming up in just
a couple minutes love that idea first
though a mom sees her son on the news
turns him into police what he's accused
of doing with another team that was all
caught on camera
you're watching News 6 at six getting
results for Viera Leesburg and all of
Central Florida we will be right back by
with Matt Austin Lisa bell weather with
chief meteorologist Tom Soros sports
with jamie SE and special reports from
the investigators this
new six at six getting results how about
this one mom turns her own son into
police he is accused of breaking into a
home with another team and stealing
several items including a gun new six is
Amanda Castro joins us with the latest
on the investigation two days after a
neighbor's surveillance system captured
these images Sanford police say the
suspects and the photos are now facing
charges they were accused of breaking
into a home in the Baker's Crossing
neighborhood Wednesday morning and
stealing gaming systems jewelry and a
rifle police posting the pictures to
social media asking for help to identify
them and they got Crime results
investigators identifying the suspects
is 18 year-old Isaiah Morales and a 15
year old boy
Morales faced a judge this afternoon not
saying anything in court police say the
mother of the 15 year old suspect saw
the photos on the news and went to
police she also identified Morales the
victim telling officers the suspects are
friends with her son they're both now
facing armed burglary and grand theft
charges and we also learned Morales was
already out of jail on bond when he was
arrested he was charged with battery on
a law enforcement officer last month
Morales is being held without bond and
the judge revoked his bond for his other
case his girlfriend was in court this
afternoon we tried to talk to her but
she had nothing she wanted to say
reporting in Seminole County
I made a Castro getting results new six
all right Candace Campos joining us now
a goodbye April hello August let's go
from spring to summer real quick right
yeah I know some fireworks
fourth of July kind of deal but
temperatures are going to be staring
staying near like 90 degrees both
Saturday and Sunday but there will be a
cool 10 store by next week how much of a
cool-down let's just say we'll stay in
the 80s okay that's alright we're not
talking sweater weather it is that is
true all right let's talk about your
weather story as we head into the
weekend my favorite type of weather
forecast is a Friday forecast mild
tonight with just a few sprinkles around
possibly for our far southern zones for
tonight but overall most areas will be
staying nice and dry for your Friday net
Friday night plans and then for the
weekend it will be warm I think it's hot
because I'm just comparing it to where
we should be our average highs by
80 81 degrees and we're going to be
running about 10 degrees warmer than
that and then by early next week there
will be a slight cooldown as a front
makes its way in it's really not packing
much of a cool air Masson but it is
going to bring bringing us a better
chance of rain on Monday and Tuesday so
how are we sitting right now it was a
warm day it was above average but it
won't be yet it wasn't as warm as it is
going to be this weekend 83 right now in
Sanford we're at 82 in Orlando stay in
the villages in Leesburg 84 still at
this hour New Smyrna Beach and 77 in
Cocoa Melbourne you're in the upper 70s
just about an hour or two ago but now
that the skies are clearing and all that
rain activity is now pushing south you
are starting to heat up as well so
here's the activity we are watching
currently it's from Kenansville on 441
stretching out east through Fellsmere
and Sebastien's of some moderate rain a
few embedded thunderstorms still at this
hour but most of that will continue to
push out and into our southern and
eastern areas in the next couple of
minutes so if you are planning on
heading out to the beach enjoying it
because it is feeling like summer why
not do summer activity is there will be
a light chop if you are playing a
heading out on the boats to use one to
two feet near shore waters though we are
still talking about a moderate risk of
rip currents both Saturday and Sunday
clouds and rain forecast I feel like
it's a little delayed because it's
showing 9 o'clock the same activity
we're talking about on the radar so I
think for the most part once we get that
batch of rain out of there we are going
to be looking mostly dry across Central
Florida and then for tomorrow along with
the summer heat and humidity we're also
talking about a few pop-up sea breeze
thunderstorms as East Coast and West
Coast series line up right there along
i-4 a few popup showers will be possible
we're in coverage not very widespread
only about 20 to 30% but if you do get
caught under one it won't last very long
now let's check in your hour-by-hour
forecast for tonight your forecast
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air conditioning early tomorrow morning
for your early risers temperatures will
be in the mid-60s 65 in Sanford 68 in
Cocoa Beach and 62 where we are cool
spot in Ocala for tonight in Orlando our
overnight low is at 67 degrees most that
rain will be out of here throughout the
evening hours and then by tomorrow
plenty of sunshine humid conditions 89
to near 90 degrees across our interior
zones rain
chances again very minimal at our
highest at 20% now let's get results for
your weekend as we pinpoint your
seven-day forecast nearing 90 both
Saturday and Sunday and here's that
cooldown I promise you 81 degrees on
Tuesday better chance of rain both
Monday and Tuesday up to about a 50 to
60% but then more sunshine and we'll
ramp up those temperatures into the
upper 80s by the end of next week so it
looks like spring /summer is here all
right Candace thank you thanks all right
news 6 teaming up with Harbor House to
get results for domestic violence
survivors and their pets next Tuesday
we're hosting a phone bank to raise
money for the paws for peace kennel
that's a kennel that gives survivors a
place to make sure their cats and dogs
are not left behind without them it's a
really great thing the phone lines will
be open from 4:00 until 7:30 well as mom
says he's written plenty of big boy
coasters but Legoland was different
coming up at 7 the double amputee was
told he could not ride Lego Lance rides
now the family is filing suit why they
claim this is a case of discrimination
and how the park is responding that's
coming up at 7 also we just prayed you
know for complete healing and somehow
the hamstring was back at ATS is divine
intervention doctors can't even explain
it
UCF Mackenzie Milton talks one-on-one
with Justin warmoth about his faith and
how it's guided him on and off the
football fields