3 traffic. 3 3 3 walter 3 in pasco county deputies are looking for a man who tried to suffocate, and kidnap, a woman. And Authorities Say she knows him. In fact, hes her friend. 3 walter deputies say Jason Cheladyn attacked the in his car tuesday night, in hudson. Investigators say he asked if she wanted to smoke pot, and when she said no, and opened the door. He put a plastic bag over her head, to keep her from getting away. Thankfully, she was able to escape. Cheladyn may be driving a red hyundai. With florida tag number bps p50. Please call the Pasco County Sheriffs Office if youve seen him, or know where he is. 3 3 jen new this morning a bizarre tragedy in pinellas county. Where a man was runover and killed. By his own car. 3 jen it happened in a parking lot wednesday afternoon. In indian shores. Witnesses say the 40yearold man got out of the car, and started walking around. He appeared to be lost. Then, he realized the car was rolling. He jumped into the drivers seat to try to stop it. But one of his feet was still outside the car. And got caught under the front wheel. The car kept rolling, and he was pulled under it and pinned. 3 jen bystanders tried to rescue him. Using pieces of wood and a jack to try to lift the vehicle off of him. But it was too late. Look at this the whole family are you kidding me . Walter polk county Sheriff Grady Judd has seen a lot of things in his long career. But this surprised him. He says three brothers tortured and killed a man in lakeland. Then called their dad, asking for help getting rid of the body. 3 walter the sheriff says it was a case of vigilante justice. That went way too far. jen and today, the family will answer to it, when they face a judge in bartow. 3 jen according to the Sheriffs Office the guys were seeking retribution for a female friend. In january, she reportedly told brian, anthony and nathan johnson. And their friend michael gunn. That she had been raped. She said robert banks did it, after she smoked meth with him. Well, sheriff judd says the brothers called banks over to their house in lakeland, under the pretense of buying drugs from him. He says they beat him with a pipe and sticks, strangled him with an electrical cord. Violated him. Then burned his body. Authorities say they called their dad, brian body in the green swamp. A couple later discovered it, but that wasnt the only clue. Detectives say the guys took pictures. And started bragging about it. 3 that helps alot when youre going around showing pit worry about robert anymore because we took care of him. He is dead. Jen now, investigators are saying theyre not sure banks actually battered the woman. His fiancee says he wouldnt hurt anyone. The brothers are charged with firstdegree murder. One of them is 17years old. Their father is being charged as an accessory. 3 jen turning to the president ial race Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton arent exactly best friends right now. walter something. Or more accurately, someone. Actually united them. Fox13 Political EditorCraig Patrick reports. 3 we had a fairly fiery 3 walter as craig just said. Both democratice candidates are bringing their campaigns to the tampa bay area today. And it proves that the road to the white house, definitely includes the i4 corridor. 3 walter fox13s Shayla Reaves is at the ritz in ybor city, where Hillary Clinton will speak at noon today. And later, at the fairgrounds, its Bernie Sanders. Shayla are Tickets Still available . 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 thanks, shayla. 3 3 jen now, to the republicans. A politician that dropped out of the race. Is still making moves. Former florida governor, and president ial hopeful, jeb bush. Is meeting privately with all the remaining gop candidates. Except donald trump. 3 jen he met with marco rubio wednesday. Rubios campaign is in defensive mode any primaries tuesday night, and he spent the yesterday rallying voters in south florida. Its not clear what the meeting with jeb bush was about, but experts say if bush endorses anybody but rubio. It would be a huge blow to the senator. Today, bush will meet with john kasich and ted cruz. 3 jen texas senator ted cruz was the only one to beat donald trump, tuesday. He won idaho. And wednesday, he pickedup more support. From former gop candidate, carly fiorina. She gave him her endorsement for president. 3 jen together they are trying to unite republicans against the frontrunner. But endorsements aside. Trump is winning the hearts of voters. He won three of the four primaries tuesday night. And leads cruz by about 100 delegates. 3 jen the republican candidates will meet again today in miami. In their 12th gop debate. This will be the last one, ahead of the florida primary next tuesday. Four other states vote that day. Including North Carolina and ohio. 3 jen you know what they say life is short, eat dessert first. walter the three new treats that wreck your diet for. Get a big spoon, and meet us back here. 3 walter and. Talk about horse power the ponies that decided to go out for a run. Right along the turnpike in south florida. They turned rush hour into a rodeo. 3 3 the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. With icecreamflavored coffees at dunkin donuts. Go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. Enjoy one today. America runs on dunkin. 3 jen developing this morning north korea is on the offense again. They fired two shortrange Ballistic Missiles into the sea today. Japan, which is within range of these missiles, lodged a protest with the norths embassy in beijing. But its likely just a response to the us and south koreas joint war games, going on right now. Its an annual event, and the north usually responds by firing off something. The country thinks the training event is actually prepwork for an invasion. 3 walter also developing this morning. A Backyard Party ambushed in suburban pittsburgh. Five people are dead. Detectives say the gunmen burst in and opened fire last night. The victims four women and a man. The gunmen. Are on the run. No word yet on the motive. 3 walter tests on a knife linked to oj simpsons former but a Law Enforcement official says the knife is probably not connected to the killings of simpsons exwife, and her friend, back in 1994. The knife is reportedly a common garden tool. And too small to make the wounds that killed Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldberg. 3 walter public viewings continue today for former first lady, nancy reagan, at the Ronald Reagan president ial more than threethousand people paid their respects tomorrow. And will be be buried on the library grounds, next to her husband. She passed away sunday, of heart failure. 3 five mini horses in south florida are happy to be back home after quite the adventure. The horses escaped their run in miramar yesterday. Alongside the turnpike. In the middle of rush hour traffic. It took the Highway Patrol and several 3 3 anchors its now 5 . Time to check the forecast with dave. 3 3 3 it is 5 time now to find out whats happening on the roads with our skyfox on time traffic. 3 3 no closed captioning is available for captioning is no closed 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 good news for citrus growers. This years projected crop has grown by 3 percent. That brings the total up to 71million boxes. In comparison. Florida produced nearly 97million boxes last year. Citrus greening has reduced production by more than 50 percent over the past decade. Even with the higher estimates. This season is still on pace to be the worst in 5 decades. 3 walter and heres some sweet news. Ben jerrys have come out with new flavors. Get your spoons, and bibs ready. Cheesecake. And coconuts for 3 caramel. Yep, get ready for extra laps at the gym these are the first new flavors since ben and jerrys announced their new vegan line. 3 walter its one of the 3 best beaches in the us. jen but you might want to avoid it right now. The sand thats under renovation. During spring break. 3 jen and. A sunny place the new survey that puts tampa. Among the most scandalous cities in the us 3 at last nights winning lottery numbers. No winner in the powerball. It rollsover to 60million for saturday night. The lotto jackpot also rolledover. Its 5 good luck, and good morning 3 an alert for spring breakers. You might need to change your sun, sand and surf plans. Several beaches in Sarasota County will close temporarily over the next two months. Due to a massive restoration project. 3 walter this is a 21andahalf Million Dollar project meant to protect the beaches from erosion. And dredging begins today. 3 walter the project will stretch over two miles. From the sanderling beach club south to palmer point park. Crews will start at turtle beach and move north. Then go back to the middle and move south. Work must end before may 1st. When the sea turtle nesting season 3 for pasta lovers. Spaghetti warehouse in ybor city. Isnt gonna close after all. It was supposed to shutdown yesterday. Overwhelmed by the response so they made a last minute another year 3 jen 3 just a great place to eat. And soak up the sun. Getting scandalous. wally yep. Our area made the top five. On an eyebrow raising list. Of sin cities. 3 walter the website trulia. Which covers the housing and rental market. Studied 150 american cities. And looked for signs of the seven deadly sins. You know wrath, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride and sloth. But they defined those characteristics in certain ways for instance, wrath is represented by Violent Crime numbers. For gluttony its binge drinking and smoking rates. And for pride, they looked at the number of tanning salons and Plastic Surgery offices. jen well, tampa finished fourth in the country. Were not greedy or lazy. But we are off the charts in the lust category. Thats because of the high number of Adult Entertainment establishments we have here. Oneandahalf times more than the average city they studied. The hulk hogan trial probably bumps up our racy factor, too. 3 3 jen so what city is number one . New Orleans Walter and get this. Las vegas. Which is nicknamed sin city. 3 jen he was the pretty guy with the ugly record. walter now hes out of jail. And going from mug shot. To modeling. 3 walter plus. Puppy power the little dogs that are getting a new leesh on life. After a ruff beginning. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. 3 its 5 , on thursday, march 10th. Im walter allen. jen and im jen epstein. Lets get right to the weather and traffic, starting with dave. 3 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 jen it was a rough beginning for a litter of pups. Left by the roadside in a box in tampa. But today, theyre ready for a happy new chapter. And you, can make sure it happens. 3 jen fox13s Alcides Segui is on the story for us. These dogs are up for adoption today. And other rescued pups are on their way here. Fill us in. 3 3 3 jen thanks, alcides. 3 walter the time now is 5 . Lets get you up to the minute on todays top stories tampa is rolling out the red carpet today, for a couple of blue candidates. Hillary clinton is holding a rally at the ritz theater in ybor city at noon. And Bernie Sanders will speak at the Florida State fairgrounds at four pm. 3 walter two new cases of the zika virus have been confirmed in polk county. One of them is travelrelated. The other, was sexually transmitted. And thats a first in our area. Most cases are spread by mosquitoes. But so far, no infected mosquitoes have been reported in florida. 3 walter the controversial cemetery rules upsetting many in zephyrhills. May be people from putting mementos at gravesites. City leaders say the decorations are getting out of hand. Well, that made grieving relatives furious. And they quickly circulated and signed a petition to change the rules. City officials will discuss the ordinance, this afternoon. 3 3 jen in tallahassee today governor rick scott could sign a new abortion bill into law. And it could come with several new restrictions. 3 jen the state Senate Passed the bill wednesday, largely along party lines. This bill prohibits state money for any service by an organization that provides abortions. It will affect half a dozen clinics, including planned parenthood facilities. The bill also requires doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, and increases clinic inspection requirements and licensing fees. The bill mirrors legislation being challenged in court in other states. 3 jen lawmakers in tallahassee also gave final approval to a bill eliminating a 19th century law. It banned unmarried men and women from living together. And breaking the law came with a fine and even jail time. The house and the Senate Passed its own version last week. Sponsors say the old law was no longer made sense. It now heads to the governors desk. 3 wally now to an officials with air france say they found a child, inside a carryon bag. During a flight. The airline says an adult was traveling with the child, from istanbul to paris. And did not pay for a ticket for the child. Were told the toddler is okay. And the plane landed safely in paris. 3 3 walter a massive cleanup going on in seattle this morning following a massive natural gas explosion. The blast happened wednesday morning, smashing windows and tossing debris everywhere. One neighborhood looked like a disaster zone. The explosion was so strong it leveled two buildings. And shattered windows. 8 firefighters and a battlion chief were hurt in the blast. But not seriously. Investigators are still trying to figure out exactly from. But it has been ruled an accident. 3 3 jen remember this guy . Hes jeremy meeks. And he got the nickname hot mugshot guy after people noticed his arrest photo. Women everywhere were talking about his dreamy eyes. And willing to overlook his criminal issues. Well, after serving a couple of years behind bars in california, hes out. And ready to take on a new challenge modeling. According to his agent, the phones been ringing off the hook with offers from top designers willing to ignore his gangrelated past. And just in case youre wondering ladies. Hes married. 3 3 a substitute teacher is facing multiple charges. After the principal says she fell down drunk in front of a 3 the principal at bentley Elemntary School says they noticed the teachers behavior during a routine class check. Telling police holly rublejoel was swaying and closing her eyes. According to the report. When the principal asked her to stand up she fell and crashed into a window. The principals says joel didnt even know what day it was. They found a mixed drink in a water bottle along with perscription pills in her in shock. 3 a spokesperson tells us joel passed their background and criminal history check when she was hired. But we found she has a record in orange county. Where she was convicted of a dui in 2012. Joel is now charged with child neglect and public has been fired. 3 3 jen ladies and gentlemen, get ready to rev your engines. walter not at the track. In downtown its time fot the firestone grand prix, in st. Petersburg. 3 its all taking place at the hofbrowhouse restaurant in downtown st. Pete. Starting at eight tonight the public can come out and take photos with some of the drivers and even a racecar, that will be parked outside. They will also be giving away tickets to some of the races. And as for the actual racing. The practice runs begin tomorrow. Early tomorrow morning, qualifying races are saturday, and the main event is sunday. Thats when the grand prix champ will be crowned. 3 3 reading. Writing. rithmetic. Teachers know how to cover the three rs. walter but one teacher is teaching her students, and everyone, a big g. For generosity. What she was willing to do for one of her students. Get the tissues. This ones gonna make you cry. 3 3 the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. Now at havertys furniture, its our spring home event, where you can create the perfect home. From now until march twentyfirst. Youll find huge savings on stylish pieces, plus youll save an extra one hundred dollars, on every thousand you spend. And, were offering twentyfour month, no interest financing. Come in today for storewide savings. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. [thwack] the spring home event. From classic to contemporary, put more fun in your day with icecreamflavored coffees at dunkin donuts. Go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. Enjoy one today. 3 teachers give gifts to their students. Preparing them for the world. And giving them the education to succeed. walter but one teacher in wisconsin. Is giving even more. To one of her Elementary School students. Laura moody joins us now with her story. 3 Laura Jodi Schmidt teaches third grade. At her school is a little girl named natasha. Who is sick with a rare condition that affects her kidneys. Shes on a kidney transplant list but every time she gets close, she develops an infection which boots her from the list. So that kidney goes to someone else. Mrs. Schmidt was tired of seeing that happen. So she secretly got tested. The video youre about to see. Shows the teacher and principal surprising natashas grandmother with the news. 3 Laura Natasha lives with her grandparents. So she can be close to the Childrens Hospital for treatment. She goes there three times a week for dialysis. Mrs. Schmidt says she is inspired by natashas love of life. And optimism. And thats what prompted her to see if her kidney would be a match. She says watching natashas grandmother get the news. Was the best moment of her life. 3 if natasha clearsup from her latest infection by march 21st. The transplant will happen shortly after. Natasha doesnt understand the specifics. But understands mrs. Schmidt is doing something really cool. That 3 3 3 3 3 no closed 3 captioning is 3 available for 3 traffic. 3 3 3 we all know 3 we all know what spring break means. Lots and lots of tourists. But this year we can expect to be even more crowded than usual. Tsa officials expect tampa to get a 4point5 percent increase in spring breaker travelers this month. That means more than 33thousand passengers will be coming into tamap international every single day and its no flooding in. Expedia says tampa bay is one of the top 5 destinations for spring break. 3 so we know that tampa bay is the place to be for spring break. But what about Saint Patricks day . According to wallethub. Tampa is the 6th best place in the country to celebrate the holiday. They ranked 100 cities based on traditions, costs, safety, and weather. So what brought tampa to the top of the list . We have a lot of irish pubs and restaurants. The second most per capita of any city in the us. 5 years ago. Mayor buckhorn announced the citys first river o green festival. That returns to Curtis Hixon Park on march 19th at 1030 am. 3 3 started with a bang for the bucs and not a flashy new name, but by resigning the star in their own backfield. Running back doug martin is on board for another 5years. The bucs also looking for a replacement to logan mankins, went out and signed guard jr swezey, from seattle, to another 5 year deal. Both contracts are worth upwards of 30 million. Martins deal is just over 35, with 15 of it guaranteed. It has a potential max value of over 42 million if he hits all the incentives. But the bigger story here is the bucs were able to keep their own and at a fair value. Keeping the key pieces of this growing offense together for years to come. On the eve of the opening round of the valspar championship at innisbrook. The tourney happily announced that the pga tour stop will remain in the area for atleast 3 more years as an extension with valspar, their Title Sponsor has been reached locking them in through at least 2020. And plenty of excitement going into tomorrow with the return of the defending champ and world number1 jordan spieth. His win at innisbrook last year was a thriller. He, patrick reed and sean ohair battled it out in a playoff. Spieths victory helped spring board a historic run that led to a masters and us open championship. Spieth says this course is perfect for setting the table for the majors ahead. Frankly the rest of the lineup, not much better today. How about chris archer in his 2nd start . Some ups and downs. Rings up casey kotchman. But struggled a bit with his control too. This pitch gets loose and the blue jays, ryan goins scores, 10 toronto. Next batter, uh oh. Another one. Archer goes 2and a third innings. 2 earned runs. 2 walks. He also had 3 strikeouts. Rays lose 51. 3 3 and speaking of the valspar championships. You can see more than golfers, there. These guys. Rascal flatts are performing there tonight. Its at the innisbrook golf resort in palm harbor. The concert starts at seven p m. And its free, to 3 the tourney. Its some people dont like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. Login to one of our hotspots and at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. Its free for 30 days. 3 walter a new gig for the dos equis guy. He just got a oneway ticket, to mars dos equis debuted the new ad on wednesday. Giving it the title, adios amigo after 10years, the company is know his famous line stay thirsty my friends the company is now planning to reinvent the role. With a much younger character. 3 3 wally and now. To a rattle riddle. Theyre related. And were delivered just minutes apart. jen but these two babies arent twins. Theyre cousins and turns out this is one of many bonds they share. 3 anchor their moms are sisters. Sarah hittmeier and crystal wingate. They live threedoors down from each other in dover. And are practically inseparable. So, they were thrilled when they found out. On the same day. That they were both pregnant. They ended up going to doctors appointments together. Went into labor at the same time. And were admitted within minutes of each other at st. Josephs womens hospital. Nurses put them in sidebyside rooms. Sarah delivered first. Baby liam. At 8 47 pm tuesday. Crystal and her son wyatt, were right behind them. At nine pm. Im going to tell them its funny laughs. Im sure hell say, oh im 13 minutes older jen and get this theres another coincidence. Both baby boys. Came early. Everyones doing great this morning. 3 jen theres much more to come on good day. walter lets turn it over to russell and laura to find out whats ahead in our 6 oclock hour. 3 russell 2shot its a story thats getting crazier by the minute. A florida mom, who is a gun rights advocate, is shot in the back by her young son. laura coming up at six why she could be the one facing charges once she gets out of the hospital. 3 laura take vo and taking on tampa. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are both here today. Well tell you how to get in to see them. 3 russell take vo and that maternal instinct. See how a shelter dog reacts when reunited with her lost at six. Our gardens have evolved. We can run them from anywhere. Make them greener faster. Drop them and watch them bloom. Theyre 5star worthy, grown regionally. And keep their color. A lot, lot longer. These gardens are the next generation of blooming. Bring on spring, feed your lawn and kill weeds with scotts bonus s weed feed now 10 off at the home depot. 3 . Did revenge fuel a deadly Family Affair . Investigators say three brothers tortu prussell a deadly family paffair. Pthree brothers tortured and pkilled a lakeland man and they psay their father helped get rid pof the body. Plaura and a florida mother pwith a pro gun Facebook Page is pshot by her son. Pwhy she could be facing charges. Prussell next week, florida pbecomes the battleground. Pcandidates waging war over the pbiggest prize of this election pseason so far and today, pdemocrats bring the fight to ptampa. Pdave another very, very mild pstart to the day. Pmid to upper 60s. Pyes, still 68 degrees outside ptampa. Psame for brandon, st. Petersburg