3 arrested for trying to sell puppies on Florida beach, police say

GOING TO CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU ON THAT BREAKING NEWS. NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY. EIGHT PEOPLE HAD TO BE SAVED FROM A SINKING BOAT YESTERDAY AFTER THEIR BOAT SLAMMED INTO A BRIDGE DOWN IN THE KEYS. WE ONLY GOT ABOUT FIVE TEN MINUTES BEFORE THIS THING GOES DOWN. WE GOT ONE MORE ON THE BACKSIDE. ALL RIGHT. NOW, SIX ADULTS AND TWO KIDS WERE HURT WHEN THAT BOAT CRASHED INTO THE BRIDGE NEAR BIG PINE KEY AND BODY CAMERA VIDEO HERE SHOWS US WHAT THAT DRAMATIC RESCUE LOOK LIKE AS MONROE. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRIVED. OFFICIALS SAY THE 35 FOOT CENTER CONSOLE BOAT WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEFORE IT HIT THE BRIDGE. AND HERE’S WHAT’S LEFT OF THE BOAT. LOOK AT THAT. IT’S NOW AT AN IMPOUND YARD IN RAMROD KEY. FWC IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER SPEED OR ALCOHOL MIGHT HAVE BEEN FACTORS IN THE CRASH. THE CITY OF HOLLY HILL WILL OFFICIALLY SWEAR IN ITS NEW POLICE CHIEF TODAY. BYRON K WILLIAMS HAS 25 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND SERVED AS A VETERAN OF THE DAYTONA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE’LL BECOME HOLLY HILL’S FIRST BLACK POLICE CHIEF AND SAYS HE PLANS TO REBUILD THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY’S CONFIDENCE. TONIGHT’S CEREMONY BEGINS AT SIX AT CITY HALL. WE COULD FIND OUT THIS WEEK WHO WILL SERVE ON THE PULSE MEMORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS IS THE GROUP TASKED WITH PLANNING AND DESIGNING WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE BUILT ON THE PULSE SITE. ACCORDING TO A CITY SPOKESPERSON, MORE THAN 150 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED REPRESENTING A DIVERSE MIX OF FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS. COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WELL AS ARCHITECTS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, CLERGY AND ARTISTS NAMES AND IDENTIFYING DETAILS WERE REMOVED AND A SELECTION COMMITTEE MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAYOR BUDDY DYER. THE FIRST MEETINGS WILL BE JULY 24TH AND JULY 25TH. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE UP OF 10 TO 15 PEOPLE. HAPPENING NOW. THE FORMER ORLANDO CITY COMMISSIONER ACCUSED OF STEALING THE LIFE SAVINGS OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN, IS IN COURT. REGINA HILL IS FACING SEVEN FELONY CHARGES. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN REPORTS HER TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO START LATER THIS MONTH. IT’S BEEN LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS SINCE HILL WAS ARRESTED, SO A TRIAL LATER THIS MONTH WOULD BE A REALLY QUICK TURNAROUND. AND IT’S POSSIBLE THAT TRIAL DATE COULD BE PUSHED BACK. HILL HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING IN THIS CASE, BUT SHE IS FACING SOME VERY SERIOUS CHARGES. SHE WAS STILL IN ORLANDO CITY COMMISSIONER WHEN FDLE ARRESTED HER, CLAIMING SHE CONVINCED A 96 YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO GIVE HER THE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THEN USING THAT POWER TO DRAIN HER LIFE SAVINGS. HILL ALLEGEDLY STOLE MORE THAN $100,000 FROM THE WOMAN’S ACCOUNTS AND USED IT FOR LUXURIES LIKE FACELIFTS, HOTEL STAYS AND RENTAL CARS. THE GOVERNOR SUSPENDED HILL FROM OFFICE AND THE VICTIM’S NEW GUARDIAN GOT A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER. TODAY, HILL’S CASE IS SET TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF A JUDGE FOR A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. WE DON’T KNOW YET IF THE FORMER COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO BE HERE IN PERSON OR NOT. IT COULD TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE, THOUGH, FOR THIS TRIAL, WHICH AT THIS POINT IS SET TO START ON JULY 22ND. REPORTING AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. A SPECIAL ELECTION WAS HELD LAST MONTH TO FILL REGINA HILL’S SEAT. SHANE ROSE WON THAT ELECTION AND WILL SERVE AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT FIVE UNTIL HILL’S CRIMINAL CASE IS RESOLVED, OR THE TERM RUNS OUT NEXT YEAR. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ELECTIONS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR STATE THIS YEAR. EACH DAY THIS WEEK AND NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER EACH CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTY TO DISCUSS WHAT IS UP FOR ELECTION IN ORANGE COUNTY. SENATOR RICK SCOTT’S SEAT IS UP FOR GRABS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES IN DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE, TEN AND 11. THERE WILL ALSO BE VOTES FOR STATE SENATORS IN DISTRICTS 13, 15, 17 AND 25 AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES IN DISTRICTS 35, 37, 39, 43, 45 AND 47. IN ORANGE COUNTY, WE WILL ALSO VOTE FOR A NEW SHERIFF, TAX COLLECTOR, PROPERTY APPRAISER, AND SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. SEVERAL JUDGES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEATS, COMMISSIONERS AND SCHOOL BOARD SEATS ARE ALSO UP FOR ELECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE FULL LIST ON WESH.COM. THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS JULY 22ND. THE PRIMARY WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 20TH. AND ANOTHER REMINDER FOR YOU THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE NOVEMBER FIFTH IN NATIONAL POLITICS, FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN WAS IN FLORIDA YESTERDAY AND SHE ATTENDED A CAMPAIGN EVENT RALLY WITH VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES IN TAMPA DURING THE RALLY, DOCTOR BIDEN CONFIRMED THAT HER HUSBAND ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE AND THAT HE’S ALL IN FOR ALL THE TALK OUT THERE ABOUT THIS RACE, JOE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE’S ALL IN. THAT’S THE DECISION THAT HE’S MADE AND JUST AS ALWAYS AS HE HAS SUPPORTED MY CAREER, I’M ALL IN TO TAMPA WAS ONE OF THREE CAMPAIGN STOPS. THE FIRST LADY MADE YESTERDAY. SHE ALSO MAD