THAT'S THE SOUNDS OF AIRMAN FIRST CLASS ADAM (TEE-UH-NEL-OH) TIANELLO ON THE BAGPIPES...
AND TECHNICAL SGT. DAVID (VIDDA-TOE) VITTETOE ACCOMPANYING HIM ON THE DRUMS...
THEY'RE FROM THE BAND OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE BAGPIPE BAND...
LATER IN THE NEWSCAST WE'LL TALK WITH THE COMMANDER AND CONDUCTER OF THE BAND... MAJOR JOHN SCHOFIELD... ABOUT THE BAND'S FINAL PERFORMANCE AT THE WARNER ROBINS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION...
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX.... I'M FRANK MALLOY
AND I'M LEAH JOHNSON
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY... A MAN IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND AUTO THEFT... AFTER POLICE SAY HE DROVE OFF IN A CAR WITH A BABY STILL INSIDE.
JUDY LE HAS THAT STORY.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THIS HOUSE ON CHAPPELL STREET JUST BEFORE 10 PM THURSDAY. CHARDAE JAMES TOLD OFFICERS THAT SHE LEFT THE BABY INSIDE HER CAR WITH AIR CONDITIONING ON....AND THE MOTOR RUNNING WHILE SHE WENT INSIDE.
SHE CAME OUTSIDE ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER...BUT THE CAR AND HER DAUGHTER WERE GONE.
A MAN TOLD HER HE SAW ANOTHER MAN DRIVE OFF IN HER CAR.
TRAFFIC DIVISION LIUTENANT WILTON COLLINS SAYS WHILE ACCIDENTS LIKE THESE CAN BE PREVENTED.
Lt. Wilton Collins, Traffic Division, Macon Police: We would hope that every parent would think twice about that for a variety of reasons one just a safety issue that leaving a child in the car regardless of the amount of time, three minutes, four minutes in a case like this where the car was taken with a child in the back. Most accidents are exactly that. They're accidents we dont plan for something like that to happen but sometimes you need to step back and take a minute and think is this really a good idea.
OFFICERS FOUND THE BABY HERE ON THE SIDEWALK ON ELM STREET...ABOUT A MILE FROM THE HOUSE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BABY WAS IN HER CAR SEAT...WITH HER BOTTLE BESIDE HER.
LT COLLINS SAYS A FEW SECONDS THOUGHT...WOULD PREVENT A LIFETIME OF REGRET.
Lt. Wilton Collins, Traffic Division, Macon Police: It's a personal responsibility issue.... you know take a minute. Is what you're about to do worth what could happen. Now if you're walking to a front porch and you're watching your car you have eyes on it the whole time, once again if somebody wants to come up and take that car, how fast can you cover the distance from the front porch to the car.
DEMARIO FERGUSEN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND AUTO THEFT.
MACON POLICE SPOKESPERSON...JAMI GAUDET....SAYS POLICE DO NOT PLAN TO CHARGE THE MOTHER...BECAUSE SHE IS A CRIME VICTIM HERSELF.
JUDY LE...13WMAZ...EYEWITNESS NEWS
FERGUSON IS IN THE BIBB COUNTY JAIL... HELD ON 11 THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.
WE SPOKE TO CHARDAE JAMES' FUTURE FATHER-IN-LAW... WHO LIVES AT THAT CHAPPELL STREET HOME.
HE SAID SHE'S VERY UPSET AND NOT READY TO TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THE CASE RIGHT NOW.
MANY OF YOU VOTED IN TODAY'S 13WMAZ WEB POLL...
WE ASKED HAVE YOU EVER LEFT A CHILD UNATTENDED IN A CAR WHILE RUNNING AN ERRAND?
SO FAR 17 PERCENT OF YOU SAY YES
AND 83 PERCENT OF YOU SAY NO
VOTE NOW... VISIT 13WMAZ DOT COM AND LOOK FOR THE QUESTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOMEPAGE.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF A MACON MAN SAY HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AT COLISEUM MEDICAL CENTER WITH WHAT COULD BE FLESH EATING BACTERIA.
THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW 40-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM SHINE GOT THE BACTERIA... BUT TOLD KATELYN HECK... HE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME STORY AS MANY RECENT GEORGIA VICTIMS.
SHE SPOKE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS TODAY ABOUT HIS CONDITION.
KATELYN?
THE FAMILY TOLD ME DOCTORS SAID WEDNESDAY THAT SHINE HAD NECROTIZING FASCIITIS...BUT THEN EARLIER TODAY...BEGAN TO QUESTION THEIR DECISION.
SHINE HAD TWO SURGERIES THIS WEEK TO REMOVE INFECTED TISSUE IN HIS ABDOMEN... ACCORDING TO HIS BROTHER BARRY SHINE.
BUT HE SAYS SHINE DID NOT HAVE ANY LARGE OPEN CUTS... AND HAD NOT BEEN IN ANY RIVERS OR LAKES RECENTLY.
SO I CONTACTED DOCTOR WILLIAM SCHAFFNER AT VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER... WHO SAYS THE BACTERIA DOES NOT HAVE TO COME FROM A BODY OF WATER.
HE ALSO TOLD ME THE SAME BACTERIA THAT CAUSES STREP THROAT... CAN CAUSE NECROTIZING FASCIITIS... EVEN WITHOUT AN OPEN CUT.
"If you have some sort of abdominal catastrophe so that your bowel actually leaks or some bacteria get out that way. but what may be more common is that the common strep bacteria that's in your throat can get into your bloodstream just transiently, and find perhaps a bruise in the muscle that you didnt even know about and localize there and then set up necrotizing fasciitis."
THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THEY SEE LESS THAN 800 CASES OF FLESH-EATING BACTERIA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES EACH YEAR.
SCHAFFNER SAYS OUT OF THAT... LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OF THOSE PROBABLY HAPPEN WITHOUT AN OPEN WOUND.
LEAH?
BARRY SHINE SAYS HIS BROTHER IS SEDATED AND ON A VENTILLATOR... AND DOCTORS TOLD THE FAMILY IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL SURGERIES TO REMOVE THE INFECTION.
A FORMER PROMINENT CENTRAL GEORGIA CAR DEALERSHIP OWNER DIED IN FLORIDA AT THE AGE OF 53..
YOU MAY REMEMBER MARK SMITH FROM HIS COMMERCIALS FOR BULLDOG TUFF TRUCKS... .. ADVERTISING NORTHSIDE MAZDA-VOLVO IN MACON.. WHERE A BULLDOG WOULD SAY "THAT'S RIGHT MARK!"
ACCORDING TO HART'S MORTUARY.. SMITH GREW UP IN HOUSTON COUNTY.. AND LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE DEE.. HIS PARENTS.. AND MANY FAMILY MEMBERS.
SMITH DIED AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS.
A FATAL ACCIDENT SHUT DOWN A RUSSELL PARKWAY INTERSECTION FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS THIS MORNING.
THE ONE CAR WRECK HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 8 A-M THIS MORNING AT BOOTH ROAD.
WARNER ROBINS POLICE SPOKESWOMAN TABITHA PUGH SAID 44 YEAR OLD MICHAEL SUTTON WAS DRIVING WEST ON RUSSELL PARKWAY WHEN HIS CAR LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT A UTILITY POLE..
SUTTON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE RISK OF ENGINE FIRE IS FORCING A CARMAKER TO ISSUE A RECALL...
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING ITS CHEVROLET CRUZE...
G-M SAYS THE FIRES START WHEN FLUIDS DRIP ONTO A PLASTIC SHIELD BELOW THE ENGINE AND IGNITE.
SO FAR... ABOUT 30 FIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY CAUSED BY THE PROBLEM.
NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
G-M SAYS MOST OF THE FIRES WERE CAUSED BY SPILLS DURING OIL CHANGES THAT WEREN'T PROPERLY CLEANED UP.
CRUZES WITH WORN-OUT TRANSMISSIONS CAN ALSO LEAK FLUID.
THE RECALL INVOLVES CARS BUILT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 20-10 THROUGH MAY 20-12.
WELCOME BACK...
AFTER MORE THAN 70 YEARS OF REHEARSALS... PERFORMANCES... AND MILLIONS OF NOTES PLAYED... THE BAND OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE WILL DISBAND THIS YEAR.
JOINING US NOW IS THE COMMANDER AND CONDUCTER ... MAJOR JOHN SCHOFIELD.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU MAJOR... NOW LET'S HEAR A TUNE FROM THE BAND OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE BAGPIPE BAND.
THE HEALTH INSPECTOR KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH ON LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL LAWS TO HELP KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE.
BRITTINY BARBER FOUND OUT HOW SOME MEASURED UP... IN THIS WEEK'S RESTAURANT RATINGS.
WE'RE BACK IN BIBB COUNTY THIS WEEK... STARTING OFF WITH OUR LOWEST SCORES....
SATTERFIELD'S AT 1-20 NEW STREET... SCORED AN 89... OR A "B". THAT'S DOWN FROM THE 92... OR "A" ... THEY SCORED ON THEIR LAST INSPECTION.
THE HEALTH INSPECTOR SAYS LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD AND GREASE WERE ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE COOK'S LINE.. AND GREASE AND FOOD SPLASHES WERE ON THE WALL BEHIND THE HOT HOLDING LINE.
SAKURA ON SHURLING DRIVE... SCORED A 76... A "C"... ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTION REPORT... THEY HAD A 92 PREVIOUSLY.
THE REPORT SAYS ADEQUATE IMPROPER EATING... TASTING... DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USE TOOK PLACE IN THE KITCHEN... WHICH IS A KNOWN RISK FOR FOODBORNE ILLNESS.
NOW FOR A LOOK THE TOP SCORES OF THE WEEK..
JULIA'S KITCHEN AT 32-54 JEFFERSONVILLE RD BROUGHT IN A 100.. ON THEIR LAST INSPECTION... THEY GOT ANOTHER 100.
AND BETWEEN THE BREAD... MICHAEL'S ON MULBERRY SCORED A 99.. AN "A". WHEN THE HEALTH INSPECTOR LAST STOPPED IN THEY ALSO RECEIVED A 99.
JOIN US AGAIN TONIGHT AS WE AVERAGE OUR NOMINEES PAST FIVE SCORES TO GIVE YOU THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN SPATULA.
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TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT ELEVEN...
NEWS ABOUT A YEAR-LONG INVESTIGATION INTO THE SAFETY OF THOUSANDS OF OLDER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES ON OUR ROADS RIGHT NOW.