so we'll call battaglia back in.ll let him know that we have, you know, concrete proof that he's involved in this. and if he's willing to tell us how much involvement he had, if he's going to let us know, he'll get less time. if he's just going to deny it and keep continually saying he doesn't know, he's going to get the maximum. >> according to disciplinary guidelines, the panel could put battaglia in segregation for up to 15 days. >> i just want you to know that we have concrete evidence that your roommate was setting this whole thing up and you were involved, you were right there involved. what i wanted to try to explain to you so you're understanding, you can either tell me how far you were involved with this, which will make a difference of how many days you get in lock or you can sit here and continue to say you had nothing to do with it and i'll give you the max sanction. okay? because i know you were involved. it's just a matter of how much you were involved. okay? if you were doing it to try to help him out,

he says he knew battaglia is gay... noting he recently broke up with his boyfriend... but couldn't imagine battaglia, who works in retail and studied cullinary arts, would have ever been accused of having sex with an underage boy.rand/neighbor- "i'm blown away here. i never thought that he would go that way, with the minor kids." petaluma police detective sergeant paul gilman says battaglia has been charged with mutiple sex crimes against a minor, including sodomy. gilman says battaglia's victim is a 15- year-old boy he met through the smartphone dating app for gay men called, grindr.paul gilman/petaluma police dept- "they, uh, chatted through that app for a while. they exchange some sexually explicit material and they ultimately met for, uh, what they determined to be a date." gilman says battaglia may not have been aware that the boy was a minor the first time

neighbor randy says battaglia has had a rough go of it recently. his father passed away last year and he was recently arrested for d- u-i.randy/neighbor- "i'm, i'm shocked to say the least." battaglia is currently being held at the sonoma county jail. his bail set at 51-thousand dollars. he is due in court friday. in petaluma, philippe djegal, kron four news. (steve) tonight -- we learning about an attack on bart..it happened the same day new security cameras were installed on trains. it happened around 11:15 lasst night on a train bound for dublin. bart says a person was punched. then four suspects -- believed to be under 18 -- grabbed the victims phone and ran out of the east dublin station. bart police say they are still reviewing the video. the new cameras come more than a year and a half after it was discovered bart had been using some decoy cameras on trains. (pam) another big story tonight: police say, an argument between two close friends .. turned deadly... with one woman running down the other with her car. in the city of campbell.. this

neighbor randy says battaglia has had a rough go of it recently. his father passed away last year and he was recently arrested for d- u-i.randy/neighbor- "i'm, i'm shocked to say the least." battaglia is currently being held at the sonoma county jail. his bail set at 51-thousand dollars. he is due in court friday. in petaluma, philippe djegal, kron four news. a 9-month old puppy found badly injured and wandering the streets of east palo alto... is making a full recovery.. someone had apparently tied the pup's muzzle shut, leaving her with deep scars and a swollen face... she was brought to the penninsula humane society in burlingame.. she was named gabby.. and now the staff is hoping to find her a new home...

neighbor randy says battaglia has had a rough go of it recently. his father passed away last year and he was recently arrested for d- u-i.randy/neighbor- "i'm, i'm shocked to say the least." battaglia is currently being held at the sonoma county jail. his bail set at 51-thousand dollars. he is due in court friday. in petaluma, philippe djegal, kron four news. (steve) university of california officials have imposed new systemwide procedures to combat sexual harassment... among the new procedures... investigations will be completed within 60 business days and decisions on discipline within 40 days after that. the new frameworks will also provide clear roles and responsibilities for title nine offices and other offices involved in the discipline of the cases. the university says the new procedures incorporate recommendations by the joint committee of the administration and the academic senate. the new procedures will be implemented at all u-c locations by september first... (vicki) the parents of an east bay teenager are suing the san ramon unified sc

battaglia knew that the boy was under- age. gilman/petaluma police dept.- "there's definitely been an uptick in these kind of crimes, and you know, unfortunately, with all the good things that come from social media, the ability to stay connected to people, uh, bad people are gonna use that too to do the same thing and realistically, we don't know about these things until after they've kind of taken place."> ( rebecca @ land ) police say they were eventually tipped off by the victim's mother. they say the suspect may have exchanged sexually explicit material with up to a dozen other boys. battaglia is being held at the sonoma county jail. ( mark ) a man has been arrested after trying to move into a house in san rafael that was still up for sale.. deputies with the marin county sheriff's department say that a realtor called them .. reporting two suspicious people trying to move into the house.. when police confronted them one man... now identified as francisco reyes... ran away. deputies learned reyes was also wanted out of sacr

the petaluma police department says alex battaglia had sex with the boy. the two met on three occasions. intially, police say battaglia may not have been aware the boy was a minor -- he may have lied about his age... but eventually battaglia did find out and yet continued to meet with the boy. the app users to verify their true age. in petaluma, philippe djegal, kron four news. (steve) still ahead... waking up to another round of fog around the bay area... chief meteorologist brittney shipp is back with your complete forecast... seasonable summer pattern will remain in place with a marine layer along the coast leading to areas of night and morning low clouds followed by sunny afternoons away from the coast. these conditions are expected to continue through the 4th of july holiday. ( pam )( pam ) ( pam ) you can celebrate 4th of july with kron-4. watch live fireworks from around the bay area and across the nation from the comfort of your home. tuesday at nine p-m right here on the bay area's news station. ♪[ music ] >>> president trump's shocking tweet. >>

battaglia knew that the boy was under- age. gilman/petaluma police dept.- "there's definitely been an uptick in these kind of crimes, and you know, unfortunately, with all the good things that come from social media, the ability to stay connected to people, uh, bad people are gonna use that too to do the same thing and realistically, we don't know about these things until after they've kind of taken place."> ( rebecca @ land ) police say they were eventually tipped off by the victim's mother. they say the suspect may have exchanged sexually explicit material with up to a dozen other boys. battaglia is being held at the sonoma county jail. ( mark ) university of california officials have imposed new procedures to combat sexual harassment... investigations will now be completed within 60 business days and decisions on discipline within 40 days after that. the new procedures will also provide clear roles and responsibilities for offices involved in the discipline following the investigations. the university says the new procedures

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they say that man is 23-year-old alexander battaglia. he is in custody right now.fter meeting the boy on a dating app, grinder. police even say that battaglia told investigators he exchanged messages with other teens, so now they are looking for more victims. those are your headlines. let's check our traffic with alexis. >>> okay, i've got a couple heavy spots here. actually, the same trouble spots from 30 minutes ago. neither have cleared yet. northbound 280 past highway 17. they're trying clean up a gravel spill, but pretty heavy traffic in the area. also, state route 152 closed in gilroy near frazier road due to the crash involving the power pole. jessica? >> alexis, thank >>> that early sunshine, you see brentwood, 67 degrees. rest of us pretty much in the mid-50s to near 60 degrees. a quick look at the, well, i was going to show you the planner, but i'm about out of time, so let's see the seven-day forecast. looks steady through sunday. >> mike, thank you. we'll have another update in 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com. mirror rain and hele