will for close on your house unless you pay $750. >> reporter: it put him in a state of panic and confusion. he moved from canada nearly a year ago. but never got his hoa bill. >> he tells me he tried to pay his $75 fee only to be told the hoa already handed it over to a lawyer. reluctantly he settled saying he had no choice under a threat of foreclosure. he is not alone. we got involved after another woman sent us this e-mail pleading for help. they are trying to for close on our home over the $80 annual fee. when she tried to pay the hoa she found out the association already turned the case over to a lawyer. we called that law firm and they agreed to settle. but when we looked into it further, we found several people dealing with the same issue. >> i found out that it wasn't

>> reporter: we want today find out why. we went to the hoa mcneil management company. they refused to answer question. but they are among the top five in the county when it comes to liens. it's much easier for hoas to for close compared to banks. associations can demand payment within 45th days. if not paid can start legal action. owners cannot help but wonder if his association is taking advantage of the less strict law. >> i pay every month and i get my gas bill every month. why i don't get some bill from the management company. >> reporter: abc action news. >> meanwhile homeowners are so upset that many have vowed to push for a different management company. here is good news for all of you parents who are frustrated over the fsa test. your children could have another option in the near future. a state panel approving a bill that would give school districts the option using the

the bill now heads to the full state senate. but it's not clear if it will pass. since the legislative session ends next friday. opponents say the college admission tests are not in line with florida standards. deputies saying in the last 30 minutes another credit card skimmer has been found. the discovery happening at the rally store on main street. it was installed on a pump sometime between 6:30 yesterday morning and 4:30 yesterday afternoon. a pasco county sheriffs deputy accused of breaking the law he was supposed to protect. steven le blache is out of a job and facing criminal charge. he was targeting known drug user thomas perizi. during an arrest for spray painting he put drugs in his bag but he didn't go through with the setup after changing his mind.

us is the fact that he had the intent to try to get perizi jammed up on more charges. >> one possible reason he was targeting him is because he spray painted his own trailer in 2015. we first told but this case back in april. 24-year-old stewart butler is accused of beating up two gay men he saw kissing on a street corner. butler has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor battery. possible hate crime charges could come down in a month now. it could cost more to drive through treasure island. the roadway has been toll free since 2007 but the cost of maintenance and repairing it is too expensive without a dedicated funding source. the idea is a long way off. the proposal must be presented

before the city can actually move forward. there's more fire power tonight in the fight to keep noaa's hurricane hunters in the bay area. sending noaa a joint letter saying they expect the critical aircraft to stay in florida and the employees should have an impact where they go. the hurricane hunters and specialized aircraft are being evicted next year. noaa is looking for another place for the fleet. the launch has been pushed back to friday. it is due to high altitude wind sheer which hits like a sledge hammer. this was the fourth attempt to launch in the past week. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> it's probably going to be

we will have another front come in by then. maybe even a little stronger than the one we're dealing with tomorrow morning. for the time being though, things are beautiful. today we were near 80 degrees. we're still in the mid to upper sarasota 69. staying in the upper 60s along the coastline. the wind blowing in the cooler air along the gulf. as you take a look at our hour by hour forecast, clear right now. partly cloudy overnight with temperatures dropping into the lower 60s. by wake-up time tomorrow, there's a front coming in. i'll tell you how it will impact your morning commute if at all coming up. daytona police are trying to find the person responsible for this picture that you see over my shoulder. a dog with its mouth taped shut. animal control officers and police are trying to figure out if charges should be filed.

being disciplined and claims that the tape was stretchable. you may remember daytona beach police dealt with a case like this late last year, a story that went viral. and run. police captured a man that ran over a 8-year-old boy. that boy says thomas smiled and winked at him before he drove off. according to the incident report, the 73-year-old told police that he remembered hearing a bang but insisted he never hit the child. police tracked him down because neighbors were able to get his license plate number. sex. starting today, select businesses in pinellas county will have to display posters showing the signs of human trafficking. lauren rozyla joins us live to explain there are very few places for victims to go once lauren.

all of the nail salons in pinellas county like this one are displaying these posters. you can see the help number for victims. survivors say this is a great thing but they're concerned because they say the shelters for the victims are running out. edie ray has lived through the unimaginable. trafficked by her mother's boyfriend from the age of 10. she was sold for sex for most of her childhood. >> i tried to portray that normal lifestyle. you're a normal kid. but inside, i was dying. >> reporter: she spent most of her adult life advocating for survivors through her church's ministry where many victims have been brain washed by the traffickers. >> they feel like they're loved and adored. and they're not. >> reporter: while florida is third in the nation for human trafficking cases, she says there are only a dozen beds available for survivors who escape.

there's no other place for them to go. but now edie is working to raise money to open her own shelter. >> just seeing a little bit of hope and trusting, they can fly. >> reporter: she is drafting plans that will house up to ten girls. she needs a home with several bedrooms and hopefully a couple of acres so the girls can walk freely. they will have therapy, job counseling, life coaching and more. >> it's healing when you talk about it. but also it gives other ladies hope. >> reporter: as she nears her goal, she is hoping to open the shelter in the next eight months. she says it can't start soon enough because the needs of the survivors simply can't wait. and there is a big fundraiser to raise money for the building of this shelter this saturday at the mosie museum. if you want more information to help, just visit

this story. live in st. petersburg, lauren rozyla, abc action news. >> thank you, lauren. a heartless crime in broad daylight. authorities are trying to find the man that you see right there. deputies telling us that he snatched a box of money from a 12-year-old girl scout. the theft happening right outside of a wal-mart in volusia county. deputies say he grabbed the cash and hopped into the passenger seat of a waiting car. turning now to democracy 2016. it's a make or break super tuesday today on the campaign trail. there are 12 contests for the democrats and 11 for the republicans. more than 1600 delegates up for grabs tonight. hillary clinton is poised for a big win over bernie sanders. and donald trump has a double digit lead over his rivals. >> we're doing great. a lot of polls one of the fox polls judge university came out and i'm beating hillary.

>> a new cnn poll shows clinton easily beating trump if they face each other in the general election. but that same poll says that she loses to senators marco rubio or ted cruz. the presidential primary is two weeks from today. you can request an early voting ballot. there's a list of times and locations on abcactionnews.com. well, today more than 180 veterans were honored for their service to our state and nation. governor rick scott on hand at the armed forces reserve center in pinellas park. the governor saying today, quote, we are incredibly grateful for their service and must take every possible opportunity to thank our american heroes. really looked like. tornado. tornado survivor. the new look at an incredibly destructive tornado and what

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>> welcome back. we get them and use them all the time. emoji s in texts. now it has landed some students in legal trouble. the middle schooler is accused of making threats against the school sent in the form of emojis on her instagram account. >> kids are getting death threats. you get emojis. it's like a skull and a bomb and a gun. >> parents say they only found out about the incident after a newsletter was sent home. well, women, especially mine or the women are becoming their own boss more than any other group in the nation.

for you introducing us to one woman who created her dream job and shows us the steps that you can take to follow her lead. >> i love tampa. great city to live. beautiful. but there's just not the industry that i was craving. >> reporter: a job combining creativity and helping others is something that my reahad to come up with herself. >> at the end of the day, i stuck with it and i stuck with it and stuck with it. >> reporter: and humanity de lsol was born. >> i had to treat it. it's hear. it's my full-time job. i'm blessed to do it all the time. >> reporter: these notebooks are maria's idea. if you have your own idea, come here to the hillsborough county entrepreneur collaborative center and get the help that you need. >> when you're trying to start

>> reporter: consultants take you from business plan to completion. one on one or in classes. >> so you get a well-rounded help here. when i'm finished with my financial part, i can send you to the contracting person or the marketing person or to the internet specialist. >> reporter: it's help worth thousands of dollars free for you and from someone who has done it on her own. >> it happens over time and persistence and you have to believe in yourself. >> reporter: from tampa, i'm ashley yore. classes on abcactionnews.com. and tomorrow morning, we will continue our focus on jobs hour. we will look at the top five jobs that give you the best return on investment for the money you put into your education. jaw-dropping images out of louisiana. video capturing a woman surviving a tornado and its 140 miles per hour winds thanks to a coke machine.

notice the lady come up on the bottom left hand side of the screen. she pulls on them but they're locked. you see debris flying around and seconds later what looks like a big explosion. >> i braced myself right here between the coke machine. i wasn't even holding on. just to brace myself. >> i didn't though what it looked like. i just figured i was in a tornado. >> johnson says she had just finished dropping off fedex >> even getting video. >> no. we want the video. >> i mean it's good video. wow she could have gotten hurt. >> that is crazy. i remember when i was chasing hurricane rita and they had 140 miles per hour winds. that happens in a tornado for

>> it happens for an hour or two which is why we put weight into hurricane preparedness. we have a few months from that. now we're enjoying the best time of the year weather-wise. as we had today, there from the apollo. skies have been mostly clear. temperatures have been warm. things have been dry. although that will try to change a bit tomorrow morning. sprinkles across the northern county. we pit 81 today in lakeland. sarasota 75. you can see right along the coast, temperatures about 5 or 6 degrees cooler. and that's that cooler water of the gulf impacting them. they're in the 60s right now down to sarasota and largo. and still mid-70s from downtown and over to polk county as well. outside right now, tampa, 72 degrees. the wind is out of the west at 7 miles per hour. as i said, we hit 77 today.

normals are 74 and 56. st. pete, sunny and 72. west winds, that's your sea breeze. and sarasota, sunny and 69. south/southwest winds at 7 miles per hour. so a beautiful day today. and over the next ten days, even though we have two fronts we will be talking about, the weather should be great. maybe a little better chance of a few showers on friday. there it is. that's the satellite today. if we look at futurecast through tomorrow morning, skies are partly cloudy. then there is your front. it doesn't look that impressive. it's not. most of the energy and the moisture is way off to the north. you may pick up a couple of sprinkles tomorrow. it's gone by the afternoon. not nearly as chilly behind this front. we will stay in the 70s at least if not the 80s by early next week. thursday night into friday, we have another front coming in.

of a few showers. along the coast, upper 60s tomorrow. go inland and you're back into the mid 70s. highlands county maybe southern polk county, you won't see the effects of the front until later on in the afternoon. by then it has warmed up to the 80 degree mark. northwest wind for the boaters. light chop on the bay. there are your upcoming tides sunrise and sunset. florida's most accurate 7-day. just a couple of sprinkles on wednesday. thursday looks great. 74. friday a chance of showers and 75. s weekend looks tremendous. next week we're back to 80 degrees. a chance of stronger weather would likely be not this weekend but next. hello, folks. it's done running back martin will hit the open market next wednesday. the team did not put the

on the 27-year-old before the 4:00 p.m. deadline today. i think it's a good move. there's no way that the bucs were going to put down 1 1.8 million dollars for martin this season. even the transition was $9.6 million. more than his projected worth. let's see what martin gets on the market out there. apparently most of you don't believe in his side kick charles sims. do you remember him? i might be the only one. i think he's already. defensive end williamsis a free agent. the bills cut him today. williams worked a defense to perfection prior to last year. now we're talking ten and a half plus sacks his first three seasons. last year under rex ryan, five. so you have to roll the dice figuring that 2015 was an aberration or is it a sign that his age is catching up. if you hit, you hit big. if you don't, you really crash

chance. denver took no chances of market. he leads the list of players franchise tag today. oliver vernon was given the transition tag which cost the dolphins a little less in cash and they have the right of first refusal. the bluejays in philly got their exhibition season underway in clearwater. there was no jose batista for at least a week to ten days. he is easing his way back in. he isn't easing his way into contract negotiations. there won't be any. joey bats says given what he said it would take to sign him and if not in his words it is what it is. >> i didn't want to waste any time if this is going to happen, i think it should be natural, organic and quick and easy. it shouldn't be pull and tug

and i didn't want to waste any time. i didn't want to waste their >> all right. the lightning had a much de served day off today. we're not sure of the extent of andre's injury. he is either hurt in his left elbow or jammed his wrist here. we're not sure. head coach john cooper said he jammed something. we're going to find out more tomorrow. we're back in a minute and

>> so looking ahead over the next 12 hours or so, temperatures cooling off into the low 60s. by tomorrow morning, partly cloudy skies. we don't have any chill in the air force the next ten days. it will be dry to start. maybe a few sprinkles to start. otherwise the forecast looking

>> we have coverage of the top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> and we will be back here tonight. take a look at that.

breaking news tonight. the first major clues coming in right now. the super tuesday showdown. as we come on the air, the first exit polls are in. what the voters are saying. what's driving them at the polls. can donald trump be stopped? the high stakes battle across a dozen states. trump and his 11th hour pitch. >> i can do practically anything. >> marco rubio and ted cruz, battling to take trump cown. >> donald trump will be an embarrassment to america. >> donald trump could be a disaster. and hillary clinton tonight, and her pivot to the national race. how she would take on trump and the republicans. >> they're now running their campaigns based on insults. long lines at this hour. will there be record-setting turnout?