live where you live this is abc7 news. shock in the ballet community tonight, a ballet master known around the world is in police custody here in the bay area, accused of child molestation. good evening, i m dan ashley. and i m dee ann limb in for alma dates. after allegations he sexually abused a child. abc7 kate larson spoke with his boss at a daily city ballet school. reporter: 54-year-old viktor kabanliaev is in jail tonight after being arrested on friday on a warrant for 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. these incidents occurred a while ago. reporter: he says the charges to be filed tuesday are as a ba lay instructor. at one point he was in contra costa county with several different schools and giving private lessons. reporter: before his arrest, he was teaching here at the west lake school for performing arts in daily city. the executive director of the school says he teaches advanced ballet to teenagers. five days a week and ha
live where you live this is abc7 news. shock in the ballet community tonight, a ballet master known around the world is in police custody here in the bay area, accused of child molestation. good evening, i m dan ashley. and i m dee ann limb in for alma dates. after allegations he sexually abused a child. abc7 kate larson spoke with his boss at a daily city ballet school. reporter: 54-year-old viktor kabanliaev is in jail tonight after being arrested on friday on a warrant for 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. these incidents occurred a while ago. reporter: he says the charges to be filed tuesday are associated with his role as a ba lay instructor. at one point he was in contra costa county with several different schools and giving private lessons. reporter: before his arrest, he was teaching here at the west lake school for performing arts in daily city. the executive director of the school says he teaches advanced ballet to teenagers
reporter: he says the charges to be filed tuesday are associated with his role as a ba lay instructor. at one point he was in contra costa county with several different schools and giving private lessons. reporter: before his arrest, he was teaching here at the west lake school for performing arts in daily city. the executive director of the school says he teaches advanced ballet to teenagers. five days a week and has never received any complaints. peopleless is in disbelief. he tells me the accusations are completely out of character for him who has been teaching at west lake for almost eight years and has a wait list for his classes. i m concerned that children might be at risk. it s pretty scary as a parent. we entrust these dancers with our kids. reporter: david s 16-year-old daughter takes ballet at west lake. she s been here two years now and we ve never had any issues with the teachers. reporter: but in light of the news he ll be having a serious conver
crash there on the shoulder as well. slowing toward hayward. toward the bay bridge a nice easy drive. now 23 minutes, building through richmond and down toward berkeley and the berkeley curve. the backup at the toll plaza fills in because the metering lights have been on for half an hour. back to you. 6:01. we are following developing news out of the east bay where police are investigating a shooting that led to a car crash. today in the bay s pete suratos is live at the scene in richmond just off of interstate 80. pete, what have you been able to learn this morning? reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. in that past hour we were able to get some type of information although it was limited from a sergeant with the contra costa sheriff s department who is handling this. they cannot comment as far as if the shooting happened on the freeway or if the driver that was shot eventually drove on to the freeway following the shooting. we are still waiting to get mor
we have our usual early morning slowdown out of the central valley for just under an hour ride to get up and over the altamont pass. a look at our drive times from 4 to walnut creek looking good. walnut creek to highway 13 in oakland about an eight-minute drive. there s that ride from tracy to dublin slowing and that earlier accident is out of lanes. it is recovering somewhat. sue, thank you. a call from a group of health advocates to yank facebook app off the markets. they claim the messenger app made for kids is a threat to their well-being. amy hollyfield live for us in menlo park. amy? reporter: hi, good morning, reggie. 97 child advocates have signed a letter, a combination of individuals and nonprofits are asking facebook to pull the plug on this messenger kids. that s what this app is being called, an advertising free facebook app targeted to 6 to 12-year-old kids. facebook says it took steps to be responsible with the app including giving parents tools to contro