Man found dead off Volusia bike trail

JIM: NOW ON WESH 2, WE ARE TRACKING SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. WHAT TEXO PECT FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK. SUMMER: KNOWING YOUR ZE.ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE FOR A HURRICANE, AND THE SHOCKING STSTA THAT HAVE LOCAL LEADERS WORRIED. JIM: A STUNNING TRAGEDY. A 10-YEAR-OLD SHOOTS AND KILLS A WOMAN IN ORLANDO WHAT LED UP TO THE INCIDE.NT ANNOUNCER: LALOC, LIVE, LATE-BREAKING. WESH 2 NEWS STARTS NOW. JIM: NOW AT 6:00, HURRICEAN SEASON STARTS TOMORROW, AND WE ARE ALREADY TRACKING A WEATHER SYSTEM THAT COULD DEVELOP AND COME OUR WAY. BUT FIRST, A QUICK SCAN OF THE RADAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING UP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. THAT’S WHY OUR TEAM OF FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ISSUED AN IMPACT DAY AS SOME OF THIS CLDOU BECOME SEVERE. SUMMER: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY MAINOLFI IS TRACKING IT ALL AND TIMING IT OUT. HOW LONG IS THIS STICKING AROUND? NY:TO WE HAVE SOME SEVERE STORMS BUT BECAUSE THE FLOW IS SO FAST, EVERYTHING HAS MOVED OUT OF OUR VIEWING AREA. WE JUST HAVE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS WEST OF I-75. WE STILL HAVE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS FLAGLER BEACH TO ORMOND BEACH. THE METRO AREA IS IN GDOO SHAPE. WE WILL WATCH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THINGS MOVE OFFSHORE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO BUT OVERALL, I THINK OUR WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING. IT WILL BE A MGYUG NIGHT. IN THE YUCATAÁ PENINSULA WE HAVE THE REMNANTS OF AGATHA. THEYRE A FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST. THE HURRICANE CENTER GIVES THIS A 70% OF DEVELOPING INTO A DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM ALEX. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING TWO DIFFERENT CAMPS. ONE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, THE OTHER IN SOUTH ORDER. I WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS, COMING UP. JIM: AGATHA IS A STRONG REMINDER THAT HURRICANE SEASON STTSAR TOMORROW. A NEW AAA SURVEY SAYS OVER 40% OF FLORIDIANS DON’T HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN. SUMMER: A THIRD SAY THEY DON’T PREPARE AT ALL FOR AN INCOMING STORM. WESH 2’S SCOTT HEIDLER IS IN BREVARD COUNTY WITH MOREN O THOSE WORRISOME CLAIMS. SCOTT: BREVARD COUNTISY VULNERABLE TO THE BIGGEST THREATS FROM A HURRICANE, STORM SURGE AND BIG WAS.VE BUT IT’S ESCAPED A DIRECT HIT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, PROMPTING CONCERNS OF COMPLACENCY. AND IT’S NOT JUST HERE. >> WE FOUND THAT 25% OF FLORIDIANS SAY THAT THEY WOULD IGNORE EVACUATION WARNINGS FOR AN APPROACHING STORM. AND THAT’S CONCERNING. SCOTT: BUT THOSE WHO HAVE ENBE THROUGH DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANES KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OUT OF THE STORM ZONE. >> I WAS IN MIAMDUNGRII HURRICANE ANDREW. I SAW THAT IT WENT WE IT WAS NOT SUPPOSEDGO.O T AND I SAW WHAT IT DID. SO WHEN THEY SAY EVACUATE, I EVACUATE. SCOTT: EVACUATIONS DON’T HAVE TO BE HUNDREDS OF MESIL, JUST AWAY FROM THE MAIN STORM THREATS AND A STURDY STRUCTURE. >> WE MAY CALL THEM MANDATORY EVACUATIONS, BUT WE CAN’T FORCE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. BUT WHEN WE CALL DOFOR AN EVACUATION, WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE SUCH THAT YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO EVACUATE. SCOTT AN ADDED CONCERN FOR : OCEANSIDE COMMUNITIES WITH BARRIER ISLANDS, LIKE HERE IN BREVARD. IF WINDS TOP 40 MILES PER HOUR, EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CROSS THE CAUSEWAYTOS GET TO YOU. AND THAT GOES FOR OTHER OCEAN SIDE COUNTIES LIKE VOLUSIA AND FLLER.AG EXPERTS SAY EVEN THOUGH PRICES ARE HIGH NOW, DON’T WAIT TO START BUILDING YOUR STORM KIT. YOU CAN START GATHERING THE ELEMENTS OVER THE COMING WEEKS, SO YOU ARE NOT HIT WITH A BIG ONE-TIME EXPENSE WHEN YOU GET THE WORD THAT A HURRICANE IS HEADING YOUR WAY. IN BREVARD COUNTY, SCOTT HEIDLER, WESH NE.2 SUMMER: NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY FOR HURRICANE SEASON. JOIN THE FIRST WARNING WTHEA TEAM TOMORROW, JUNE 1 AT 7:00 P.M. FOR “SURVIVING THE SEASON 2022,” OUR ANNUAL HURRICANE SPECIAL. WE’LL HAVE ALL THE ADVICE YOU NEED TO WEATHER WHATEVER THE COMING SEASON COULD BRING US. YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUR FULL HURRICANE GUIDE ON WESCOM.H. JIM: TWO MEN WHO RAN A ROOFING SCAM AFTER HURRICANES IRMA AND MICHAEL HAVE NOW BEEN SENTENCED. ADOLPH AND JOHN CARLSON WHO UYO SEE HERE DURING A 2019 HEARING WERE SENTENCED TODAY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY TO 45-YEARS PROBATION. THEY PLEADED NO CONTEST TO DEFRAUDING AT LEAST 50 HOMEOWNERS ANDRE A REPAYING NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. THEIR COMPANY CLOSED, AND THEY WERE ARRESTED FOLLOWING A SERIES OF WESH 2 INVESTIGATES REPOR.TS WE REVEALED THEY TOOK AS MUCH AS $1.8 MILLION FROM MORE THAN 180 HOMEOWNERS AND DID NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THEIR DAMAGED ROOFS. THE CARLSON BROTHERS’ BINUSESS MANAGER, DARYL STRICKLAND, STILL FACES TRIAL FOR FRAUD NEXT MONTH. HE HANDLED MANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE HOMEOWNERS SEEKING ROOF REPAIRS. SUMMER: A SHOCKING CASE OUT OF ORANGE COUNTY. ORLANDO POLICE SAY A WOMAN WAS SHOT DEAD BY A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL. THIS ALL HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT IN ORLANDO AT THE WINDSOR COVE APARTMENTS. WESH 2’S AMANDA DUKES EXPLASIN WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING. AMANDA: ORLANDO POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE NDWISOR COVE APARTMENTS ON MERCY DRIVE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT MONDAY. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FODUN 41-YEAR-OLD LASHUN DENISE RODGERS SUFFERING FROM A GUNOTSH WOUND. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. POLICE SAY IN AN AREA LOCATED BETWEEN TWO OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BUILDINGS, RODGERSAD H GOTTEN INTO A PHYSICAL FIGHT WITH THIS WOMAN, 31-YEAR-OLD LAKRISHA ISAAC. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED AT SOME POINT DURING THE FIGHT, ISAAC HANDED HER 10-YEAR-OLD DAUTERGH A BAG WITH A FIREARM IN ITAN, D THE TEN-YEAR-OLD FIRED TWO ROUNDS, STRIKING AND KILLING RODGERS. LOVED ONES PUT THESE FLOWERSN O THE SIDEWALK, AND WROTE MESSAGES FOR RODGERS, WHOM THEY CALLED BY THE NICKNAME “BONE.” >> I’M TRIPPING ON IT MAN. IT’S VERY DEVASTATING. BECAUSE IT WAS FOR REALLY, NOG.IN AMANDA: A WOMAN NAMED “NANA” WHO SAID THE VICTIM IS HER COUSIN DIDN’T WANT US TO SHOW HER ON CAMERA, BUT SAID THE VICTIM WAS JOYFUL AND LIVED VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. SHE DOESN’T BELIEVE THERE’S ANY WAY TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING. >> IT COULDN’T BE SELF-DEFENSE. YOUR CHILD SHOULD HAVE BEEINN THE HOUSE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT, OR EVEN WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH ANYTHING. AMANDA: BOTH ISAAC AND HER DAUGHTER WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE CHILD WAS TURNED OVER TO DCF. ISAAC FACES CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER, CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE, CHILD NEGLECT, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR, AND AGGRAVEDAT ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM. POLICE TELL ME POTENTIAL CHARGES REGARDING THE JUVENILE’S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS SHOOTING HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR REVIEW. HER IDENTITY IS BEING WITHHELD BECAUSE SHE IS A MIN.OR IN ORLANDO, AMANDA DUKES, WESH 2 NEWS. SUMMER: A MAN WAKIS LLED AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT A BONFIRE DURING AN OUTDOOR PARTY EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN SEE THE BONFIRE STILL SMOLDERING AT THIS HOME ON THIRD COURNET AR DELAND. DEPUTIES SAY 51-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL RIEDINGER WAS HERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE CELEBRATING G ARADUATN.IO — GRADUATION AT THE TIME. ABOUT 3:30 IN THE MORNING, WITNESSES SAY RIEDINGER WALKED OVER TO THE BONFIRE, THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT LETOD HIS FATAL INJURIES. >> SUMMER: A WITNESS REPORTED HEARING A LOUD HISSING SOUNDOR F SEVERAL SECONDS. NO ONE SAW REIDINGER WITH ANY TYPE OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICE OR FIREWORKS. SO FAR, THE SOURCE OF THE EXPLOSION HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. JIM: A FORMER PROFESSIALON WRESTLING STAR ACCUSED OF DRIVING DRUNK IN ORMOND BEACH AND CAUSING A DEADLY CRASH WAS IN COURT FOR HER ARRAIGNMENT HIS AFTERNN.OO WWE HALL OF FAMER TAMARA SYTCH, THROUGH HER ATTORNEY, ENTERED A PLEA OF NON GUILTY TO CHARGEOFS DUI WITH DEATH AND INJURY. INVESTIGATORS SAY SYTCH WAS MORE THAN 3 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT ON U.S. 1 MARCH 25 WHEN SHE SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 75-YEAR-OLD JULIAN LASSETER. LASSETER WAS KILLED, SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO INJURED. SYTCH’S FIANCÉ SPOKE WITH US AFTERWARD. >> SHE FEELS ABSOLUTELY TERRIEBL . I CANNOT EMPHASIZE IT MORE. SHE JUST FEELS BAD IN GENERAL. EVERYBODY’S LIFE IS RUINED. JIM: SYTCH HAS 3 PREVIOUS DUI CONVICTIONS AND WAS DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AT THE TIME OF THE FATAL CRASH. SHE’S IN JAIL WITHOUT BO.ND SUMMER: FIREFIGHTERS DOUSED
A HOUSE FIRE ON ALFRED DRIVE NEAR I-4 AND LEE ROAD. ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE FIRST GOT THE CALL AROUND 1:50 THIS AFTERNOON. A NEIGHBOR HELPED THREE PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOUSE. FIREFIGHTERS WORKED IN SHIFTS ON THIS HOT DAY TO QUICKLY KNOCK DOWN THE SMOKE AND FLAMES. THE FIRE MARSHALL HAS TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION. A WARNING TONIGHT FROM ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS. DO NOT GO INTO A LOCAL LAKE. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY’VE FOUND BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN LAKE SUE. THAT’S IN WINTER PARK RIGHT NEXT TO MEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN. OFF WEST LAKE SUE AVENUE AND WINTER PARK ROAD. PEOPLE AND PETS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER OR DRINK FROM IT. JIM: THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN FLORIDA IS STARTING TO HEAT UP AS TWO DEMOCRATS WORK TO UNSEAT REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS TINHE RACES FOR GOVERNOR AND U.S. SENATE. SUMMER: WESH 2’S KELSI THORUD IS HERE WITH THE DETAILS AND HOW BOTH SIDES ARE RESPONDING. KEI?LS KELSI: JIM AND SUMMER, WE BEGIN HERE IN ORLANDO, WHERE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS MADE HER RUN FOR SENATE OFFICIAL. TODAY SHE FILED THE PAPERWORK IN A BID TO UNSEAT REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO O.BIRU THE FORMER ORLANDO POLICE CHIEF MADE THE ANNOUNCEMT TOEN SUPPORTERS, VOWING TO PROTECT ROE V. WADE AND PUSHING FOR STRICTER GUN SAFETY MEASURES. >> OVER 70% OF FLORIDIANS, BHOT MEN AND WOMEN, SUPPORT A WOMEN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IN ROE V. WADE. AND IFE W LOOK AT RIGHT AFTER THE PARKLAND SHOOTG,IN SHAME ON PEOPLE IN POWERFUL POSITIONS WHO SIT BKAC AND ACT HELPLESS DURING A SHOOTING. KELSI: SENATOR MARCO RUBIO REACTED TO DEMINGS’ ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING IN PART, “AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES, FLORIDIANS WILL GET TO KNOW VAL DEMINGS AS A FAR-LEFT RADICAL WHO HAS FLEDAI TO DELIVER RESULTS FOR THEM WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS.” IN SOUTH FLORIDA, REPRESENTATIVE CHARLIE CRIST WAS ENDORS BYED THE FLORIDA TEACHER ASSOCIATION AND OTHER EDUCATION GROUPS TODAY. HE’S HOPING TO UNSEAT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS THIS NOMBVEER EDUCATION LEADERS SUPPORTING CRIST SAY THE CURRENT STATE GOVERNMENT HAS MISHANDLED THE TEACHER SHORTAGE AND TARGETED LGBTQ STUDENTS. CRIST IS NOT THE ONLY HIGH PROFILE DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. HE’S FACING OPPOSITION FROM CURRENT AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER NIKKI FRIED AND STATE SENATOR ANNETTE TADD.EO WESH 2 HAS REACHED OUT TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS’ OFFICE FOR A RESPONSE TO TODAY’S ENDORSEMENT. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BK.AC IN THE PAST, GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS ACCUSED CRIST OF VOTING WITH HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI 100% OF THE TIME. BACK TO YOU. SUMMER: TODAY, PEOPLE VISITED THE ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART TO SEE A CONTROVERSIAL EXHIBIT WITH THEIR OWN EYES, THE BASQATUI EXHIBIT. THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THE FBI’S ART CRIME TEAM IS LOOKING INTO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE 25 PAINTINGS ONISPLAY D THE TIS MESAYS THE FBI’S SPECIFIC FOCUS IS NOT CLEAR, BUT ADECIFIC FOCUS IS NOT CLEAR, BUT DS THE INTENTIONAL SALE OF ART KNOWN TO BE FAKE WOULD BE A FEDERAL CRIME. >> I WANTED TO S ITEE REGARDLESS, JUST SO I COULD MAKE UP MY OWN MIND ABOUT WHETHER I THOUGHT IT WAS REAL OR NOT. >> I’VE BEEN READING IN T NHEEW YORK TIMES THE STORY OF IT. ART IS COMPLETELY AND SUBJECTIVE. SUMMER: THE FBI TELLS WESH 2 IT N CANE

36-year-old man found dead off Deltona bike trail

Updated: 7:45 PM EDT May 31, 2022

Detectives with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating after a man was found dead off of a bike trail in Deltona.On Monday morning, deputies were called to the trail located near DeBary Avenue and Jacob Brock Avenue as a bicyclist reported spotting a body.That’s when officials say they uncovered the body of 36-year-old Nathaniel Moses in a wooded area close to the bike trail.According to the sheriff’s office, Moses lived nearby.There were no signs of trauma to his body.Nothing about the death appears suspicious so far, officials said.Detectives in Volusia County are investigating to find out how Moses died and how he got to the woods.

DELTONA, Fla. —

Detectives with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating after a man was found dead off of a bike trail in Deltona.

On Monday morning, deputies were called to the trail located near DeBary Avenue and Jacob Brock Avenue as a bicyclist reported spotting a body.

That’s when officials say they uncovered the body of 36-year-old Nathaniel Moses in a wooded area close to the bike trail.

According to the sheriff’s office, Moses lived nearby.

There were no signs of trauma to his body.

Nothing about the death appears suspicious so far, officials said.

Detectives in Volusia County are investigating to find out how Moses died and how he got to the woods.