internet sexting and a college football star. the player that has to answer to authorities for his accusations involving who he thought was a teenaged girl. >> in jail, not leaving any time soon. why this woman accused in a deadly hit-and-run could face even more charges. >> a big crackdown is getting underway now on some tampa roads. where are authorities writing tickets? what are they looking for? thank you for joining us on this wednesday. >> i ran into a lot of fog on my way to work. then all of a sudden i was on dale mabry, as soon as i hit hudson, it was gone. it's patchy but it's dense where you hit it. 275 and bearss, this is going to be a concern. remember the low beams, use common sense, slow down.

cars we have fog lights now and those work as they point down as opposed to the high beams which would kind of blind the driver. don't be that person that blinds the folks coming in the opposite direction. there you see in pockets of dense fog we continue to see. this is the visibility now. lakeland nothing. quarter mile bartow. 1/8 in arcadia and we continue to see pockets. look at st. pete at 10. you move up pinellas and visibility. this is going to continue to be a issue. i think the visibility will continue to go down before things improve as we head into the morning. the reason is temperatures are still cooling so areas that may not necessarily have the dense fog now will eventually. 52 tampa. 57 st. pete. look at the commuter forecast, certainly foggy this morning. by lunchtime we're at 69 and then 71 by the time we get into the commute. so foggy start, my computers are actually feeding information to the traffic computer.

have overlays exactly. this is invaluable i think. you don't get this on google maps but you can plot where the fog is and where the roads are and where it's worse. >> you saw fog at i-275 and bearss but check this out. east of 75 you can barely see the road. this is what ivan was talking about. we can zoom in and tell you exactly where we're seeing the foggy conditions. in spring hill, you can even see the roads, u.s. 41, suncoast parkway. if you're traveling those roads in the next few minutes you want to use low beams. further south all along sarasota, all along the i-75 corridor and bradenton and sarasota area, even highway 74, state road 70, all those roads you definitely want to use caution. of course on i-4 we're also seeing some fog in the plant city area. let's head outside corey dierdorff is on i-275 around

starting to see the fog. downtown pretty clear. as we've been talking about all morning these patches of fog are hit and miss -- or miss. so you want to be careful, leave a little early and use low beams. back to you. breaking news in bradenton. deputies on the scene of a shooting that sent one person to the hospital. shots were fired along 5th street east in bradenton early this morning. our assignment desk is making phone calls now to find out if deputies are actively looking for the gunman. keep it here, we have a crew headed to the scene and we'll bring you live updates as soon as we get new information. a university of tampa bay football star in big trouble, busted by pinellas county deputies as part of an internet sex sting. rodney dunigan joins us live in pinellas county outside the jail this morning. this is part of a very lengthy investigation.

this guy's name is mckenzie mac crowder, 23 years old, investigators say he bonded out a few hours ago, bond set at $50,000 so he's a free man this morning. this 23-year-old football star started an on-line conversation with what he thought was a 14- year-old girl, turns out that 14-year-old girl was a detective. he didn't find that out until he showed up yesterday for sex and that is when he was arrested. investigators say this 23-year- old mckenzie crowder began on- line conversations beginning january 21st. detectives say he he made arrangements to meet with the minor tuesday in pinellas county. during the interviews doctors say he admitted to sending four photos and admitted he knew he was communicating with a 14- year-old or what he thought was a 14-year-old. if you can come back to us live we did a bit of research and checked the university of tennessee's web site.

crowder was displayed prominently here, not only was he accomplished on the football field but off it. the past two years he was an sec academic honor roll. pretty smart kid doing something that definitely wasn't so smart. investigators tell us he was arrested as a part of a major sting to attract adults trying to lure teens for sex on-line. of course we're reaching out to the university of tennessee and hope to have comments from them a bit later on as well. reporting live in pinellas county, rodney dunigan, abc action news. 5:05. we're waiting to find out if alison huffman accused of hitting and killing a tow truck driver on the howard frankland bridge monday morning is going to face any additional charges. what we do know now is that she won't be getting out of jail any time soon. huffman is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident, investigators say just before 2:30 monday morning she hit and killed roger perez as he was helping two stranded motorists.

huffman admitted to driving the car that hit perez but she says she was too scared to stop. huffman has two prior dui convictions and was recently released from jail for petty theft. >> i know we all make mistakes, you know? but, i really hope that she -- she realizes the pain she's caused not just for the -- us, the ones that lost him, but for her own family as well. >> a judge set huffman's bond at $750,000. huffman will eventually be transferred from pinellas county to hillsborough county where she could face additional charges. meanwhile perez' family has a gofundme page to help cover his funeral expenses. we have a link at abcactionnews.com. time 5:06. today this cape coral man charged with trying to extort nude photos from young girls will head to a polk county courtroom. 25-year-old lucas bales was booked yesterday morning on 21 charges.

young girl through the app "kik" saying he would post her address on-line, set her house on fire and tell people to rape her if she didn't give him nude pictures and videos. deputies say he met at least one other bay area girl through that app as well. in polk county, a seven- year manhunt comes to an end. deputies say they have diego guzman in custody now. they claim he got a 12-year-old girl pregnant and fled to mexico to avoid arrest. he recently slipped up though and got back on authorities' radar after applying for a u.s. visa. when he did deputies arrested him as he crossed the border into the united states. arrested for playing doctor. an 18-year-old west palm beach man facing serious charges for practicing medicine without a license. the florida department of health started investigating malai could love robinson after getting a complaint. yesterday a teen was busted in an undercover investigation. the teen. this want quabe doctor offered

and it's not the first time. >> i'm hurt because of the accusations and allegations but like i said it's not the first time i've been accused and i will pursue this and when i do you guys will know, you'll be the first to know. >> officials say love robinson had had a fully operational web site for his fake practice. he was booked on suspicion of practicing without a license and the florida department of health served him notice to cease and desist along with several other citations. if the controversial project to widen toll lanes backs reality opponents say businesses and hopes could be gone in five years. at a meeting last night in seminole heights people hoped to bring concerns to state officials but instead of listening project leaders said they were there to select beautification projects to go along with the expressway. many expressing frustration

>> i feel like we've been brought here to agree with the project. and, in reality i don't agree with the project, most of the people in here don't agree with this project. >> there will be another chance to learn and go to the meetings about the expressway authority's plans and express concerns. that final meeting expected to take place in late spring. if you drive down alderman road on your morning commute you may notice more officers than usual out and about. that is because pinellas deputies and st. pete police are teeming up to educate people about the rules of the road. it's all meant to reduce the number of crashes. officers are handing out tickets this morning between belcher and cinnamon hill, warning people of dangerous behaviors like jaywalking or not yielding to pedestrians. today a lot of fog. could create some problems on the roads. >> the fog is certainly the issue. we're looking at visibility now, in fact under a quarter- mile in pockets here. lakeland looking at nothing at this point.

sarasota a quarter as well as clearwater. we'll talk about web the fog lifts and of course this time yesterday we were tracking a severe storm. we're going to be talking about how to keep your family safe. can coming up. also coming up -- if you don't like the idea of the red light cameras watching you every time you drive through an intersection, good news. how soon they could go away for good? >> what? all those guys and all those guns? for a student loan? >> then one man arrested for not paying his student loans. he shares the dramatic and emotional takedown that he went through to come one e a payment

good morning. expect foggy conditions as you hit the road this morning in spots. this is i-275 just north of bearss. look how dense it is. we've been tracking this fog. coming up i'll show you exactly where it is and what you need to do to drive through it. 5:14. californians should get a little relief today from this been seeing. hit 90 degrees yesterday breaking the old record of 88 set back in 1977. daily records were tied or other cities. but all that heat is expected today. all that water you see there, keep looking.

that's raw sewage water flooding a fort lauderdale neighborhood. you can see there's several blocks there all covered after a sewer main break. it broke near an apartment complex and flooded parked cars. people are told to avoid swimming at beaches near this area and avoid any other water activities until that sewer line is fixed. i don't know what is worse, that sewage or driving through this. yeah, you would probably freak out like this driver did realizing he's on a collision course with a twister in pompano beach. unleashing a torrent of swear words and drives through it. you can see the debris around his car. it's confirmed, two tornadoes touched down in south florida yesterday morning. of course in the bay area we saw a lot of rain and storms. abc action news livestream continuous weather updates on facebook for anyone who woke up and wanted to check in on the forecast. tampa bay first responders also want to keep you safe. they will help hundreds be prepared with weather radios. they will be provided to managers and homeowners

mobile home community in tampa. the hope is to give the vulnerable communities advanced warping in case of tornadoes or other severe storms. another way to stay in the know when severe weather happens in the bay area, download the stormshield app and tune in to to abc action news. >> the stormshield app was going off last night. how many people have weather radios? these days? wonderful thing they are doing. >> absolutely. everybody has a cell phone though. >> you have a cell phone or smartphone. go to the app store, if you have a i-phone go to the google play store, if off -- go to the google play store if you have an android. it will not just alert you in your region but specifically your zip code. you can tell it, hey, i only want tornado warnings, only severe thunderstorm warnings. you can costommize it to the point -- customize it so it won't wake you up when you don't want it but when you do and when it's needed it will be there for you. check that out. we'll continue to talk about that.

technology here. this morning, the rain yesterday morning and humidity left over and cooler temperatures. we have quarter mile visibility in cases. you can't see in front of you. this is constantly changing. i would rather have widespread fog and the reason for that is you walk outside and you think it's foggy and you immediately get your brain set up for that. but the issue is, is that you may be waking up in neighborhoods where the visibility is good and then you're going to be driving and you're guilty going to hit a wall of dense fog. if you don't see it outside your home that doesn't mean you're not going to be dealing with fog this morning. it's dense in some areas and we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. by the way this is going to be an issue throughout the morning commute as we continue to see futurecast visibility. it will be around 7:00 and by 9:00 of course with the sunshine, the fog will begin to lift. then a great day. right now temperatures in the low to upper 50s now. 70s are coming pack. low 70s this afternoon.

you see the green hugh hues depicting 60s for humidities. thursday and friday low to mid- 70s. a fantastic stretch of weather lasts through the weekend. next front comes in with rain on tuesday. yes, we've been talking about this fog and look how dense this fog is. this is 275 just north of bearss. you definitely want to use the low beams while driving. don't use the high beams, that actually makes things worse in you can see in the yellow this is where we're seeing fog now at the moment. if i zoom in a little you can see it mainly in the plant city area heading towards lakeland, all along i-4, state road 39. so definitely these are areas you want to be careful. i can even open up one of my cameras and show you how thick it is along i-4. take a look,

caution, slow down, leave early. a little further north we're seeing some fog along spring hill, along the suncoast parkway so if you're driving that way be careful. and also seeing fog south in the sarasota area. all along the i-75 corridor. 5:19. bombshell developments in tallahassee, might put the brakes on red light cameras in florida for good. lawmakers are pushing forward a bill that would ban the cameras starting in july of 2019. supporters of the ban say the cameras are a money grab for cities and counties and don't actually help keep people safe. the florida house will vote on that measure next. there's a warning to anyone not paying off their federal student loans. u.s. marshals are arresting people around houston for not making payments. u.s. marshals arrested paul aker last thursday for $1,500 federal student loan he got in 1987. he says seven u.s. marshals with guns surrounded his home, arrested him and took him to

sign a payment plan. he says he's upset because he had already paid off two other student loans and claims he never got notices about a third. >> you take me down and celebrate as if you took down el chapo. >> roughly 1,500 people had been identified for not paying outstanding student loan debt. a lottery winner found a way to stretch her $200 wings into more than $11,000, winnings. to help a complete stranger. how she's hoping to spread her

we'll find out today who bought the winning powerball ticket in melbourne beach. it sold at a publix last month, one of three winning tickets sold around the country. we'll be live streaming of the announcement of the winner, download our free app to see it. that news conference set to start at 1:30 this afternoon. would you spend all your lottery winnings to help someone in need? that's what a massachusetts did. >> helped a homeless man after

street and below freezing temperatures. that woman won $200 on a scratchoff lottery ticket last weekend. not long after that she was at a stop sign and saw a homeless man asking for help. she stopped and asked him for his name and found out he had been homeless for three years. that's when she drove him to a dunkin' donuts, bought him coffee and something to eat. after finding out all the local shelters were full she got him a hotel room for the next two nights. >> at no time did i ever feel threatened by him. he was just -- he was so overwhelmed by just the generosity of a coffee he just couldn't stop crying. >> it moves to you tears. that woman also set up a gofundme page to help that man. it's already raised more than $14,000. 5:25. abc action news just arriving on scene of breaking news in bradenton. deputies investigating a shooting there that sent one person to the hospital.

logue is talking to authorities to find out what they know so far. we'll check with her in a live report at 5:30. >> breaking overnight -- apple is pledging to fight an order demanding the company help the federal government in a terror investigation. we're going to break down how this battle could impact your privacy. >> if you're stepping out the door now, maybe heading to work or school you might run into this.

a shooting overnight on the streets of bradenton. i'm lindsay logue with those breaking details right now at 5:30. >> also this morning, a tweet sent by former florida governor jeb bush is spreading like wildfire now but not in a good way. what he posted just three days before the next presidential primary. >> and dishing up a new "dirty dining" report. the famous tampa restaurant facing more than 200 violation this is morning. thank you for joining us on this wednesday. >> leave extra time to get where you're going this morning. there's a lot of fog out there. you're tracking where it's thickest but you say visibility is low in places? >> yes, in some places, but not