channel nine news continues now at 5:30. this man is accused of first flashing, and trying to convince a middle schoolgirl to get into his car. how an alert eyewitness helped catch the suspect is. a woman who saw the entire incident grabbed her cell phone. >> then took a picture and video of the cell phone and car, but the suspect tried to tell deputy it was a all a muscle understanding. misunderstanding. we tried to track him down to get his side of the story. >> reporter: the child told detectives a man in a gray car was trying slowly to get he or she inside on the way to school all the while doing inappropriate things. it may have been a case of he said she said if not for a witness. the gray car was familiar and

of it before, but none of them knew of something like that about the driver. >> >. that's creepy. gross. makes you want to keep an eye out for everybody. >> reporter: a child walking to school tuesday said a man drove up and asked her to come in the car. she said no thank you and kept walking. she said he was exposing himself and looked like he was quote on something. all the while a witness was followed him and got a picture of the car and tag, and the man. a parent got a recording from the school shortly after. >> law enforcement is investigating an incident where a stranger tried to lure a student into the vehicle. >> reporter: the police looked at the pictures and tracked down the 53-year-old at his home not far from the school, and denied doing any of it. but the story didn't match what witnesses and the child said, but it was the pictures that

truth ability where he was that morning -- about where he was that morning. we did some research and couldn't find any arrests here in orange county, he's also not registered as a sex offend were, but if -- offender, but if convicted he will be. >> we're still going through hundreds of pages about the case against a security guard accused of sexually assaulting and killing a woman at her downtown apartment. the case was released just before 4:00 o'clock, and includes a police interview with him hours after the murder of the woman. he's still held without bond. we have two reporters goings over the documents. central florida could help decide the presidential election thanks to our large hispanic population. a new report shows wrunger people are expected to makeup a

and candidates face several challenges to win them over. >> reporter: you can see the growing number of young latinos that can vote. >> we have to make our own voices heard. >> reporter: millennials are expected to makeup 44 percent, nearly half of eligible vote nears 2016. numbers like that can make or break a candidate in a place like florida. >> i feel like. >> we have the make sure they're registered and turning out to vote. >> reporter: those are among the biggest challenges to win the vote. this 18-year-old is not registered and says some of her hispanic friends don't plan to cast a ballot. >> >. i'm guessing they're

>> reporter: how do you get them out to vote on election day? >> we have to make them understand we're at a critical deciding point. >> reporter: immigration may not be as hot a topic in central florida where many are already citizens. >> a growing number of people are not registering with any party action and those votes are up for grabs. if you'd like to see the study for yourself, we have posted it on wftv.com. >> a group of citizens will meet in about an hour to talk about the frustration with the city council, the group is upset about this. a number of now council's decision, including pushing the city attorney out. they fear the council will try and push the city manage and deputy manager out the door too. they say recalling some of council to stop them is one of the things they'll look into, but hope it doesn't come to

>> to me, the best scenario is everyone sits down around the table and get back to following the charter. >> the mayor said no matter what the city keeps moving forward. >. we dug into the background of a follower teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student six years ago. we saw records showing he was put on paid leave over other allegations back then, but came back to teach. we found out why the police department was not told agent the allegations, including students sitting on his loop, and they -- lap, and they said that alone is not considered to be abuse or negligent. >> reporter: and because of that they didn't investigate or notify the law enforcement. the policy is let dcf determine if there's a possible crime. new school district records show that 66-year-old donald sharp was accused in 2009 of having students sit on his lap.

apologized for what he said was inadvertent contact. the district concluded that was going on and reprimanded him. district records we just got show he was put on paid leave for less than a month, then went back to teaching. in 2009 the principal said he wouldn't be asked back over performance issue, but one of the third grade students that sat on his lap in 2009 went to police eight months ago and said there was more to it. the girl told police he molested here three to four times in the school hallway, told her it was okay, but also told her not to tell anyone. >> it is difficult, and it's difficult for them to come forward, especially at such a young age and with people in a position of trust, a mentor or teacher, and they violate the trust. >> reporter: we are waiting for

on that 2009 investigation. we went to sharp's home today to talk to his wife about the arrest, a friend told us she didn't want to talk about it. he's in jail on no bond. a georgia man has confessed to having sexual contact with several minors here in orlando. he told the law agency he had inappropriate contact with children back in the 1990s in orlando. they've identified two victim, 8 and 11 at the time. he was arrested yesterday, and will be extradited to florida. even central florida won't be able to escape the next big temperature drop, but millions of americans up the east coast are bracing for historic amounts of snow. tom terry has been following the winter's bigger storm so far, and tom, some states are already under a state of emergency.

expected to hit the nation's capitol, and dc, virginia, maryland and north carolina already have states of emergencies. >> reporter: they called the megastorm in 2010snowmageddon, but this could be worse. >> >. it's predicted to be the worst storm since then. >> reporter: the maryland governor is urging residents to have a week's worth of supplies on hand promising public works will be prepared too. >> state-wide, sha has 2700 pieces of equipment to be deployed, and ready with 365,000 tons of salt to battle the storm. >> reporter: with up to two feet of snow predicted, residents are preparing for the worst. this store in chesapeake virginia forced to limit the amount of snow supplies each customer can purchase. >> we're down to our last few

>> reporter: this dc trader joe's trying to control the crowds, only allowing ten shoppers in at a time. the director of the nation's weather forecasting agency today said preparation can save lives. >> talking agent a potentially paralyzing storm. >> reporter: and after wednesday's relatively minor snow fall caused major acceptability, the stakes are -- accidents, the stakes are even higher. >> that same system brings us a chance of thunderstorms, storms lining up across the west coast tomorrow at noon, and closer to orlando between noon and 2:00. i'm updating future track and timing out the big stops county by county. we'll be back in about ten minutes. tonight we can find out if a decision is reached in a major expansion at the classic theater the maitland. the theater wants to add two new theater, office, lobby,

a public hearing to discuss the plans begins in less than an hour. for months we've been reporting about fires and issues with hover boards and tonight america's top consumer safety watchdog wants the hottest christmas gift off the shelves. the us consumer product safety commission is asking retailers to let consumers return them for a refund. they also want retailers to stop selling them until the safety is examined. battery packs on dozens of boards have burst into flame, but safety organizations say the number of injuries from people falling off the boards is also alarming them. >> i'm not sure they're manufacturing in a way safe to use even under reasonable circumstances. >> they're developing safety standards or hover boards, and the commission could eventually issue recalls. only charge the hover boards in

combustibles, and with a fire extinguisher nearby, and never ride them on our near a road. a us congressman from federal florida is taking a step to make college free. he introduced the college for all act today in congress. if passed the bill will also offer low cost refinancing options for those with existing loans. and residents forced to wait more than a month for a massive who -- hole in their neighborhood to be fixed. >> reporter: i'm finding out why the delay. and more tough questions for the va. ahead at 5:00, why thousands of claims are sitting in a warehouse instead of being processed. a local website claims it's a charity to defend steven avery in the true crime netflix series. >> ask where the money is

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>. tonight we investigate a charity with ties to an orange county man some claim is using a controversial murder case to cash in. >> the sate say it's raising -- site says it's raising money for steven avery, the but the family says it's not legitimate, but the site is is still collecting locations. >> reporter: making a murderer left many feeling steven avery deserves another trial. >> you have to be dead inside to not help this family. >> reporter: this family found a site appearing to be a charity to collect donations

suspecting its cashing in on a hot topic, and it's linked to this orange county man. >> when i googled that it was another site related to the same guy, so i started to smell a rat. >> reporter: the website's registered address was in south orlando. the bbb also linked the website's registration to him. >> we're not able to find it's attached to a nonprofit or charity, there's no accountability for the money. >> reporter: when i made a 5- dollar donation, it showed up on my card as mark papal pay. the -- pay pal. the florida attorney general as one complaint. i want to talk to you about your website. >> >. which one? >> the steven avery one. what happens toss cash. >> reporter: he never returned

and administered the website for -- built and administered the website for someone else and he did nothing wrong. he claimed this woman and allegations. >> >. i want to see him held doing. >> reporter: mark wouldn't name the company he's working with, but said he's not received any donations and created other legitimate websites to raise money for real causes. >> >. remember if you have a story for todd to check out send him a direct message on facebook or e-mail him. some property owners may get a break over school impact fees in osceola county, commissioners consider lifting a rule they pay it twice if they wait seven years to replace a structure on the property. they shouldn't have to pay it twice. the school board voted in favor of the change.

up next month. and homeowners may get federal relief. in 2010 the state received a billion dollars to help people facing foreclosure. since then only half the money has been used. bill nelson called for an investigation into why there's still thousands of people waiting to receive money from the program. and next week orange county commissioners will have an info session for the upcoming tiny homes project. the session will detail the county's partnership for habitat for humanity and the potential impact. it's meant to put homeless and low income individuals into place. it's really taking off. >> like seattle. it was a tent city turned into homes. >> >. now we know. certainly nice to see all of the snow up north. it looks so pretty. >> you were talk agent wanting to go -- about wanting to go and be in the snow.

>> i just want to look at it. >> >. right now beautiful sunset, and just pretty as a postcard. 68 with our east wind. mid-50s for overnight low, and warming back to the low 70s. the first part of tomorrow quiet. 50s at daybreak. see that deck of clouds coming through now. we're watching the next el nino type storm system. this is kind of a hybrid of just a good old fashioned big winter storm and a little bit of enhancement from the el nino jet stream, and the jet stream is pretty far south, so we get a lot of weather down here opposed to up north, and it's sandwiched in the middle. the squaw line ahead of it is

is well to the north, and far northwest zone, sumter and marion county. we're monitoring the storms in 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 at the latest. closer to the lunch hour is where the threat is going up near i-4, and tomorrow night weekend. here's 8:00 o'clock, couple of showers along the coast, just watching the radar. storms get a little closer, storms between 1:00 and 3:00, so we're watching this here in severe weather center 9. it will quickly move through. make sure you download the free weather app. if you had it for the last storm it probably talked to you around 1:00 o'clock in the morning. tornado watch until 8:00 a.m. is what it said, so we'll continue to update the apps and the graphics for you, but either way we'll be watching a chance of severe weather during the late morning through early afternoon tomorrow.

back to winter. windy and colder saturday. high only 56. another widespread freeze possible on sunday morning. we'll be in the mid-30s in tuesday. a few minutes ago we got critical new information about a sexual predator accused in a second attack. did prison officials miss signs he might reoffend? and new documents about this former orlando security forward accused of killing a tenant he was meant to protect. and residents want answer, so 9 investigates got involved. why some orange county residents have waited a month,

most people who sign up for health insurance on healthcare.gov qualify for financial help to make coverage more affordable, lowering their monthly premiums. many find low premium plans for less than $75 dollars a month. if you don't sign up, you have to pay a penalty of $695 or more. your last chance to enroll is

the head of the va is talking to the senate committee about goals for the year. but many of the disability claims are sitting in a georgia warehouse. and we caught up with the va secretary to ask why those claims have been sitting there untouched four months. >> those thousands of claims are all from the state of florida. and i did ask what was being done to keep this from ever happening again. boxes and boxes of claims piled up and overflowing. and 30,000 claims came through. >> boxes were stacked in the

veterans and accountability. >> reporter: they came through to talk about the progress they were making. and they highlight the problems that remain. i asked the secretary about that. >> it frustrates veterans, what can you say about that? >> will come we could save 5000 tons of paper by making it electronic. >> reporter: that would eliminate the need for the scanning facility. >> i love the words that you say. but how do you have the accountability for that? >> officials are requesting new legislation to allow them to

and they are willing to work with veterans and as for the files, we are told that it has all been processed. leaders at home voted to expand the lease with one of their cities only doctors. now - - bluebell is coming back to orlando. >> they will be restocking

bluebell was pulled from shelves last year. more information about the murder of a woman inside of her home in orlando. >> and but we just learned about a registered sexual predator.

channel nine eyewitness news continues now at 6:00. this sexual predator has been in and out of prison for 20