GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US... I'M JENNIFER MOULLIET.
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
A MACON MAN HAS DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES SUFFERED FROM A CAR ACCIDENT.
LT. SEAN DEFOE WITH THE BIBB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID... MACON MAN WILLIE BROADUS DROVE DOWN NORTH MUMFORD ROAD EARLIER THIS WEEK... HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE ROAD.
DEFOE SAYS A WITNESS TOLD HIM HE HEARD TIRES SQEELING BEHIND HIM... AND WATCHED AS BROADUS SLIPPED OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE.
HE SAYS THE IMPACT SENT BROADUS OUT OF HIS VEHICLE....
AN AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO THE MEDICAL CENTER... BUT ACCORDING TO BIBB COUNTY CORNER LEON JONES... BROADUS DIED AROUND 4 THIRTY THIS AFTERNOON.
NO ONE ELSE WAS WITH HIM DURING THE ACCIDENT.
IT TOOK A JURY LESS THAN TWO DAYS TO FIND JERRY SANDUSKY GUILTY ON 45 OF 48 COUNTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.
BUT THE JUDGE WILL NEED LONGER THAN THAT TO DECIDE THE PUNISHMENT FOR THE RETIRED PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH.
JUDGE JOHN CLELAND HAS ORDERED A PRE-SENTENCING REPORT, WHICH WILL TAKE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
DURING THAT TIME... THE PENNSYLVANIA SEXUAL OFFENDERS ASSEMENT BOARD WILL EXAMINE SANDUSKY.
THE JUDGE CAN USE INFORMATION FROM THE EXAM TO HELP HIM DECIDE WHETHER SANDUSKY SHOULD BE TREATED AS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.
CLELAND READ THE VERDICT LATE LAST NIGHT... AND TODAY... THOSE AROUND THE CAMPUS OF PENN STATE... HAVE STRONG REACTIONS.
Mercedes Steinkemp/Centre County Resident
I don't feel bad for him. He is a disgusting pig for everything he has done. I don't care if he is 80-years-old in a retirement home. He deserves this. He deserves a lot worse."
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Tom Fitzpatrick/Penn State Alum
"If you really stop and think about some of the things that he's done it's pretty shocking and really effects a lot of lot of lives so I think justice has been served."
SEX OFFENDERS MUST UNDERGO MANDATORY TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
SANDUSKY COULD ALSO FACE A FLURRY OF CIVIL LAWSUITS FROM HIS ACCUSERS.
THE WILDFIRE NEAR FORT COLLINS, COLORADO HAS GOTTEN MORE UNRULY.... CAUSING FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE INFERNO... TO BACK OFF.
THE TEAM'S COMMANDER SAYS CONTAINMENT OF THE WILDFIRE HAS SLIPPED FROM 60 PERCENT TO 45 PERCENT... AND COULD TAKE MONTHS TO KNOCK DOWN COMPLETELY.
AUTHORITIES ISSUED NEARLY ONE THOUSAND EVACUATION NOTICES LAST NIGHT... WHILE... A FIRE IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF 22 HOMES THIS MORNING.
THE FIRE SO FAR HAS DESTROYED 68-THOUSAND ACRES...
FORECASTERS EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND... WHICH COULD HURT ATTEMPTS TO CONTAIN THE FIRE.
GOOD NEWS FOR COLLEGE KIDS WITH STUDENT LOANS.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE CLOSING IN ON AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD STOP INTEREST RATES ON FEDERAL LOANS FROM DOUBLING ON JULY FIRST.
SENATE AIDES SAY BOTH PARTIES WANT TO STRIKE A DEAL THAT WOULD PAY THE MEASURE'S 6 BILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG.
DURING A SPEECH TO COLLEGE STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS WEEK.... PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PASSING THE BILL.
We've been talking about it now for a long time, if Congress does not get this done in a week the average student with federal student loans will rack up an additional thousand dollars in debt over the coming year. If Congress fails to act more than 7 million students will suddenly be hit with the equivalent of a thousand dollar tax hike. And that's not something you can afford right now.
OFFICIALS SAY THE GOAL IS TO PUSH THE BILL THROUGH CONGRESS NEXT WEEK... SO THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE OF 3 POINT 4 PERCENT WILL REMAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
TWELVE ATLANTA SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE SET TO STAND IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOM AGAIN THIS FALL...
SCHOOL OFFICIALS REINSTATED THE DOZEN... AFTER FINDING ACCUSATIONS OF THEIR INVOLVMENT IN HELPING STUDENTS CHEAT ON STANDARDIZED TESTS.... FAILED TO HOLD UP WHEN EXAMINED BY A REVIEW PANEL.
THE TEACHERS WERE AMONG 180 EDUCATORS NAMED IN AN INVESTIGATION LAST JULY... THAT FOUND WIDESPREAD CHEATING IN ATLANTA SCHOOLS... DATING BACK TO 2001.
THEY'RE THE FIRST TO BE REINSTATED BY A TRIBUNAL OF EDUCATORS.
A FORMER U-G-A FOOTBALL COACH AND A WEST VIRGINIA COMPANY HAVE A AGREED ON A BANKRUPTCY SETTLEMENT.
INVESTORS SAY COACH JIM DONNAN OWES THEM 40-MILLION DOLLARS... LOST IN A FAILED PONZI SCHEME.
THEY CLAIM DONNAN INVESTED IN GLC LIMITED... A RETAIL LIQUIDATION COMPANY... AND RECRUITED OTHERS TO INVEST...
DONNAN DENIES HIS INVOLVEMNET IN THE SCHEME... AND FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION LAST JULY.
ACCORDING TO THE SETTLEMENT... DONNAN MUST PAY MORE THAN 7 MILLION DOLLARS TO G-L-C... PLUS EIGHTY PERCENT OF CLAIMS BY INVESTORS HE RECRUITED.
A JUDGE MUST APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT.... A HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 19TH.
IF YOU WALK DOWN SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET IN DUBLIN...YOU MAY NOTICE SOME NEW STREET LIGHTS...BUT THEY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT...CHECK IT OUT...
THOSE ARE SOLAR PANELS ON THE STREET LIGHTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST OF 24 THAT ARE GOING UP ON SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET.
HERE'S HOW THEY WORK...THE SOLAR PANELS ABSORB THE SUN'S ENERGY DURING THE DAY...AND THAT GOES TO A BATTERY BENEATH THE POST.
THAT BATTERY WILL LIGHT THE LAMP AT NIGHT.
Tim Lake, T. Lake Environmental: If we threw a blanket over this thing and covered it up we'd have fived days of storage capacity. So a combination of very high technology and highly engineered components with the solar cell, the brains, the battery and the LED lights which operate at a very cool temperature and good color rendition you just have a wonderful system
10 OF THESE LIGHTS WILL GO ON BELLEVIEW IN DUBLIN.
REBUILDING TOGETHER WARNER ROBINS TEAMED UP WITH WELLS FARGO TO MAKEOVER THREE HOMES ON A 20-THOUSAND-DOLLAR BUDGET.
JUDY LE HAS THE STORY OF THE FIRST IN LINE.
20 PAIRS OF HANDS...20-THOUSAND DOLLARS...AND ONE LUCKY HOMEOWNER
sot lena anderson - it is getting totally remodeled and i thank god for it
WELLS FARGO PRESENTED THE BIG PRIZE TO REBUILDING TOGETHER WARNER ROBINS. THAT MONEY WILL BE USED ON THREE HOME PROJECTS....INCLUDING THIS ONE.
sot anderson - the paint was coming off and there were holes in some of the places in the floor. i had a little fire in my washroom that was all messed up.
joanne alford-robinette project manager, rebuilding together - she needed some extensive paint work on the inside and outside. she needed some repairs on her bathroom, front and back doors needed some replacing.
THE HANDY HELPERS SCRAPED OFF LAYERS OF THE OLD...AND LATHERED ON A NEW COAT OF PAINT.
standup - these volunteers started working at 9 am and will call it a day around 5 pm. the house will be completed in about two weeks...after they fix the heat and the air.
LENA ANDERSON HAS LIVED IN THIS HOUSE ON DUNBAR ROAD FOR 12 YEARS. SHE'S MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW ADDITIONS TO HER BATHROOM.
sot anderson - it's a better mold, the handicap one. so i can sit there and enjoy myself.
ANDERSON'S LOW INCOME AND DISABILITY QUALIFIES HER HOME FOR MAKEOVER.
sot alford-robinette - we work on anywhere from 20-30 houses a year. we've completed about 890 homes
IT'S A CHANCE FOR ANDERSON TO LIVE IN AN OLD HOUSE...THAT FEELS LIKE NEW.
JUDY LE...13WMAZ..EYEWITNESS NEWS.
TO QUALIFY FOR A HOME MAKEOVER...YOU MUST BE 62 OR OLDER AND HAVE LIVED IN YOUR HOME FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS...OR HAVE A DISABILITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...CHECK OUT OUR WEBSTORY AT 13-WMAZ-DOT-COM.
OVER TWO HUNDRED SOFTBALL PLAYERS GATHERED AT PEAVY PARK IN WARNER ROBINS TO STRIKE OUT CANCER TODAY.
NINE TEAMS SIGNED UP FOR THE 'STRIKEOUT CANCER' TOURNAMENT THAT FEATURED A DOUBLE ELIMINATION FORMAT... AND A HOMERUN DERBY.
MONEY RAISED FROM THE TOURNAMENT WILL BENEFIT THE JOANNA MCAFEE CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS... PROVIDE SUPPORT... AND FUND RESEARCH FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER.
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR... ADAM HAMLIN EXPLAINS WHY HE HOSTED THE TOURNAMENT.
Adam Hamlin, Tournament Director: "I definitely feel honored to be a part of it.. and just to be able to host something like this and give back. So... it feels good
THE TOURNAMENT RAISED OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS... AND HAMLIN SAYS HE HOPES TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.
WELCOME BACK...
WELL IT TOOK US TO THE END OF THE SHOW... BUT WE OFFICIALLY HAVE THAT STORY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT EARLIER IN THE SHOW...
TO RECAP... INMATES AT THE FULTON COUNTY JAIL IN ATLANTA... HAVE BEEN ISSUED A CHALLENGE BY THEIR JAILERS... MARK WINNIE HAS THE STORY
(Reporter) "You know how to beat the locks, get out of your cell?"
"Yeah"
(Reporter) "How often does this happen?"
"Every day"
(nat sound)
"I'm calling it a bounty.."
(nat sound)
"A more practical test.."
(fast nat sound)
"with our inmates themselves.."
(fast nat sound)
WHILE BUSTING OUT OF A CELL MIGHT ORDINARILY BE A BAD THING FOR AN INMATE TO DO... SOUNDS LIKE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
(fast nat sound)
IT MIGHT EARN A REWARD!
THE FULTON COUNTY JAIL COMMANDER SAYS SINCE THE LOCKS IN MUCH OF THE JAIL AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO ASSURE INMATES WILL STAY IN THEIR CELLS...
"They just don't serve the purpose anymore of security."
(superfast nat sound)
IN ONE CELL BLOCK HE'S TESTING A LOCK CHANGE...
(superfast nat sound)
AND ISSUING A LOCK CHALLENGE.
"I'm offering that any inmate that can defeat these locks will get a measure of free commissary on the house. The big house?"
(superfast nat sound door close)
"The big house."
HE SAYS HE PLANS FOR JAIL STAFF TO IDENTIFY EXPERIENCED LOCK-BEATERS AND PUT THEM IN THE ONE BLOCK WHERE THE SOPHISTICATED NEW LOCKS ARE GETTING INSTALLED FOR TESTING.
WILLIAM JOHNSON INDICATED HE WAS IN FOR CRACK COCAINE AND MARIJUANA CHARGES.
(Reporter) "Guilty or not guilty?"
"In my book I'm not."
HE TOLD US HE BEAT THE LOCKS ON HIS CELL MAYBE FIVE TIMES.
(Reporter) "You said you never popped your lock but you could?"
"Hmm."
DEQUAVIOUS EDWARDS INDICATED HE WAS IN FOR MARIJUANA AND TERRORISTIC THREATS. WE MENTIONED THE CHIEF JAILER AND AND A REWARD FOR BEATING NEW LOCKS.
(Reporter) "Why you interested?"
"I dont know i just wanna try it."
(butted to)
"We'll get plenty of takers with what we're offering."
ADGER SAYS THE REWARD WILL LIKELY BE AMPLE COMMISSARY FOR BOTH SNACK FOODS AND HYGIENE-- UP TO TWENTY DOLLARS WORTH.
"Which'll buy a lot on our commissary account."
AND HE SAYS IT WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT... IF IT HELPS THE COUNTY AVOID A MISTAKE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS-- OR EVEN MILLIONS-- OF DOLLARS.
THE FULTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS THE LOCKS ISSUE HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION.
CRITICS SAY FAULTY LOCKS PUT INMATES AT RISK FOR PRISON VIOLENCE.
WELL THAT CERTAINLY WAS AN UNCONVENTIONAL CHALLENGE TO SOME INMATES... BUT CHECK OUT *THIS UNCONVENTIONAL PARADE
CONEY ISLAND HOSTED ONE OF ITS FAMOUS EVENTS TODAY... THEIR ANNUAL MERMAID PARADE.
THOUSANDS LINED-UP ALONG SURF AVENUE FOR THE FESTIVITIES... FEATURING "FISH PEOPLE" IN ALL KINDS OF CRAZY COSTUMES... SUCH AS QUEEN MERMAID AND KING NEPTUNE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, HELIUM BALLOONS MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE NATION'S LARGEST ART PARADE.
4500 MARCHERS STRUTTED AND DANCED THEIR WAY ALONG SURF AVE.
THIS MARKS THE 30TH YEAR THE ISLAND HAS HOSTED THE EVENT.
ORGANIZERS SAY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ENJOYED THIS OFF- BEAT PARADE LAST YEAR.
WITH PERFECT WEATHER THEY THINK THE CROWD WAS EVEN BIGGER THIS YEAR, SO THEY CAN COMPETE FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS AND IMPROVE THE EVENT'S STATUS AS THE 8TH LARGEST EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY.