greg conte under the alias greg ritter actually hosts what appears to be a podcast, richard spencer who actually led those violent and ultimately deadly protests in charlottesville. conte we're told work here at holy cross dating back to august, 2014, i did speak with the president of the school just moments ago, we do know that she and faculty met with students to address their concerns. tisha lewis fox 5 local news. >>> a former school assistant accused of sexual abusing dozens of students in charles county plead guilty. he abused the victims between 2015 and 2017. and he's hiv positive. krysten leon was at the press conference and joins us with the details. kristen? >> lauren 30-year-old carlos bell plead guilty to 27 counts of sexual abuse o top of other serious charges here. and we're told that he will more likely be sentenced to 190 years in prison. according to the state's attorney's office here, the reason why they didn't go to trial and instead struck had a plea agreement was based on the children, they may not have the children testify in court and relive that pain all over ag

he also goes by the name greg ritter and is an outspoken supporter and advisor to richard spencer. news4's mark segraves was the first to break this story on twitter and has more tonight. >> reporter: officials at the school became awe contee's double life back in october. that's when he was fired. but students recently became aware of it on social media, and that's when the school sent a letter to parents. >>> greg contee had been a substitute teacher and a track coach here at the academy of the holy cross since august of 2014. according to school officials, there were never any problems with his work or complaints from parents or students. but in october of this year, the school got an anonymous tip, alerting them to a news article identifying the teacher and track coach as a leader in the alt-right movement. and one of the organizers of the recent protest in charlottesville that turned deadly. greg contee used an alias, greg ritter, for his work in the alt-right movement and on his social media accounts where he identifies himself as a close advisor to richard spencer, the leade

he was known there as greg ritter. they confirm the firing saying that he is now a full-time race warrior. now to a stormwatch7 winter weather alert and what you might be doing to keep warm in the car that could cost you hundreds in fines. jonathan: bailing water from a d.c. fish market and how an effort like this can help almost michelle: an independent review blames officials for the near disaster at the tallest dam. they say they failed to recognize construction and design flaws at the orville dam. both of the dam's spillways failed last february. jonathan: developing now, d.c. firefighters rush to stabilize a barge at the seafood market. started to take on water at 7:00 this morning when the fire boat responded. the crew decided it was best to keep the distance for the fear that the wake from their -- weight from their boat might push more water in barge. so now it's ship safe again. >> the owner says the low tide is the lowest for the past 47 years he has worked out on the water front. michelle: mourning at the na

conti also goes by the name greg ritter and he is a supporter and advisor to richard spencer. mark is live this afternoon in kensington. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening. they just had a meeting earlier this afternoon between the leadership of the school and all of the students to explain to them what happened, and of course you know a letter went home yesterday to parents also substitute teacher and track coach here at the academy of the holy cross. now, greg conti is very much an active member of the alt-right movement and was in charlottesville for those recent protests that turned deadly. now, we can tell you that a recent news article that exposed him cited that he was not only at the protest, but he was also an organizer of that and has been linked to richard spencer. in fact, the two of them share a podcast together regularly. now, conti on social media and in his alt-right work goes by the name of greg ritter. >>> now, conti on social media today retweeted me, does not dispute that he has the two identities and that he was fired from holy cross. the teacher told m

the fired teacher using an alter name greg ritter continued to post on twitter. an extremist and anti-symmetric messages that students discovered here at holy cross and brought to the administration's attention, the principal said prior to his firing, he was successfully using an alternate identity and has worked policy institute, which is based in alexandria, several organizations consider it a white supremist group. students and field hockey players here at holy cross tell fox 5 they're shocked. >> i knew him quite well, because i was on the field hockey team. it was shocking for me and everyone to see that. but i didn't know he had this double life going on. it's shocking because i wouldn't think in this century that there's people still like that out there. >> it's pretty shocked to hear the news. but like we always knew that something was kind of a little wrong with him in a way we never thought this was what it was. like his personality, always kind of like awkward. he wouldn't really go out of his way to talk to us. and like but like didn't know that this

contee used the alias greg ritter in alt-right circles.school said he helped organize the charlottesville rally that turned deadly last summer. >> now to another teacher in trouble. prosecutors say a howard county man ripped off d.c. public schools. the feds say charles scott billed the district for hours of teaching services for special needs students. he never provided those services, but pocketed the money. the case is part of a d.c. inspector general investigation that's already resulted in the prosecutions of two other men accused of fleecing d.c. public schools for phony >> tonight a teenager is facing charges accused of videotaping another teenager in the bathroom of the restaurant where he works. police say it happened at this red robin in the fair lakes area of fairfax county the day after christmas. a mother tells investigators that her 15-year-old son saw a cell phone pointing at him while he was using the urinal. police say the restaurant at first refused to cooperate. tonight red robin tells news4 they are cooperating with inv