. >> leroy ware teaches at miner elementary school in northeast d.c. >> i've had conversations with him one-on-one. >> shock and disbelief here at miner elementary northeast d.c. as parents and students are getting word of a popular well known teacher being arrested. >> for me to know that he actually had interaction with my child is very disturbing. >> d.c. police have confirmed to us that 33-year-old leroy ware is behind bars awaiting a court arraignment charged with misdemeanor sex abuse of a child. >> he's nice. he teaches us fractions and that. >> always get as in his class. >> the howard university graduate appears to have a passion not only for his job but also youth cheerleading. but his last post on facebook does talk about wanting to get out of d.c. and move to the west coast saying "i guess i can find a teaching job there." >> you don't know who to trust. >> ware also recently tweeted a picture with himself with the late marion barry writing thank you for getting my first summer job, children's hospital. still working with children today. love you. >> not comfortable leaving

leroy ware clearly did not want his face on tv.nd and rushed back into the courthouse as soon as he saw our camera, but ware has dozens of photos on his facebook page where he poses with a number of d.c. politicians and talks about attending prestigious yale university. ware is a special ed teacher at minor elementary in northeast d.c. in court papers investigators say the 9-year- old boy's mother complained to the school late january and within days the boy told child advocates that ware had touched his bottom and his penis two separate times. investigators say when they interviewed the 33-year-old teacher, he claimed he was trying to pull the 9-year-old's own hands out of his pants while he was in a computer lab and that he touched the boy's genitals in an effort to correct the behavior but also in a partially playful manner. the principal at minor sent home a letter to parents saying she was deeply upset and shocked and concerned about the allegations. she says the safety of students is always paramount. entered not guilty pleas

officers affected leroy ware today in the 16th block in northwest near minor elementary school where he works. it's not known if the child in the case is a student there. >>> we turn to a story of a woman on life support. after a confrontation with sheriff's deputies in fairfax county. >> she was supposed to be moved from one jail to the other, but she never made it. jackie bensen on the questions about all this. >> we got a press release of this. one paragraph. it states the patient became combative after being subdued by a taser. but there's a question tonight as to whether the taser use actually caused that medical emergency. the fairfax county sheriff's office confirms that an internal investigation is under way into what a press release describes as a medical emergency suffered by an inmate at the adult detention center in fairfax. the facility which has been recognized nationally was recently the filming for msnbc's "lockup" series. the inmate in question is a 37-year-old woman who has a history of mental health issue, according to sources. on january 26th, she was taken into c

leroy ware allegedly admitted putting his hands down the pants of one of his 4th graders at minor elementary school in northeast. the 9-year-old boy alleges the special ed teach are touched him spice in -- teacher touched his twice inappropriately. the principal sent letters home to parents. >>> white house officials say there's no confirmation tonight jordanian war planes killed an american hostage. >> isis says 26-year-old kayla mueller of arizona died in that jordanian airstrike on this building in syria. the humanitarian aid worker traveled to turkey in 2012 to help hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees and wound up across the border where isis militants took her hostage in 2013. >> we do not at the present have any evidence to corroborate this claim. >> jordan is skeptical of the isis claim that comes one day after that country stepped up airstrikes on isis starting in retaliation for the burning death of a captured jordanian pilot. mueller's family released a statement tonight saying they're hopeful she's still alive. >>> less than a month after a woman died in a smoke filled train

leroy ware was arrested on thursday and the allegations are a 9-year-old child at a school in northwest d.c. that first incident occurred between thanksgiving and christmas last year. he is facing misdemeanor charges of child sex abuse. >> the former first lady could spend the next year and a half behind bars. they say maureen mcdonald should spend a year 1/2 in prison. her attorney doesn't want her to serve a single day and do 4,000 hours of community service. if the judge does hand down a prison sentence she is requesting a split term of prison and home confinement. the u.s. attorney said mrs. mcdonald benefitted by personally receiving a $19,000 shopping spree and participating in multiple expensive dinners and vacations and she was at times exuberant. virginia's former first lady will be sentenced in two weeks. they will allow her to be free while she appeals her conviction. more on this story and how the sentencing is affecting his wife. >> a developing story from overseas this morning. the parents of an american held by isis are hoping their daughter is still alive. 26-year-old ka

leroy ware teaches in northeast. he was arrested last night near the school. we're working to find out if the child in this case is a student at that school. >>> in about an hour -- about an hour ago dignitaries took part in a wreath laying ceremony at reagan national airport. it took place at the statue at the entrance to the airport. today would have been reagan's 104th birthday. he died in 2004 at the age of 93 making him the longest living u.s. president. >>> you should once again see scratchoff lottery tickets in d.c. the d.c. lottery is looking to re-introduce the lottery tickets. a contract dispute is costing the district millions in revenue. you show start seeing the $10 tickets first. it could be weeks or months though before all the scratchoff tickets are back in stock. >>> and right now a day care center in chicago is trying to avoid more cases of the measles. five children have the virus. why so many were not vaccinated. plus a new jobs report out today. more people are working and some of us got a raise. i was one of them. but many people consider

elementary teacher won't be in class today after being arrested for sexual assault. 33-year-old leroy damian ware teaches at miner elementary. he was arrested misdemeanor sex abuse of a child. we're working to find out whether the child is a student at miner. >>> a woman is on life support after being tased by deputies at the fair taxfax county detention center. he was preparing to be transferred but she resisted the deputies instructions. they used a taser gun to control her. she suffered a significant medical emergency. >>> a developing story right now, health officials in new jersey are looking into the first suspected case of measles in that state. it involves a 1-year-old baby in jersey city who has not yet been vaccinated. in the meantime, health officials in chicago have not yet identified the source of a measles infection at a daycare center. 5 infants were diagnosed with measles, ten more children exposed. there have been more than 100 other measles cases reported this year including one in d.c.. most of the cases are related to an outbreak at disneyland. >>> a little bit of extra shut e

abc 7 first reported last night that leroy ware was arrested accused of sexually abusing a child. he teaches at miner elementary in northeast d.c. the letter from the principal says ware was suspended as soon as the allegations surfaced. we spoke with parents at the school today. >> for me to know that he actually had interaction with my child is very disturbing! i have my little girl that comes here and i don't feel comfortable leaving her here now. >> police did not say if the child was a student at that school. this afternoon, a judge allowed ware to go free pending a hearing next month. he is barred from having unsupervised contact with children. >> now, here's a look at our top stories this evening. police are looking for whoever killed an adelphi woman. that happened in the 9200 block of edwards way. the victim was found inside of her home in the racquet club condominiums this morning. she suffered some kind of trauma to her body. >> a fairfax county judge has ordered police to turn over internal affairs documents in the john geer case. officer adam torres shot gerr who was

that subject is leroy ware. ware is charged with mister demeanor sex abuse of a child. >>> a similar disturbing story a local music teacher is being held without bond this morning on sex charges. the fredericksburg freelance star reports jay n emachine smith is accused of taking indecent liberties of a minor. in this case a 17-year-old girl. her parents say they hired him to give their daughter music lessons. they called detectives when they discovered the inappropriate relationship. >>> a montgomery county man is facing up to 130 years in prison this morning after being convicted of sexually assaulting four young men. prosecutors say joey poindexter sought out victims at beer pong tournaments. last month, he was convicted of sexually assaulting a fifth man. his second trial started monday. police say the four victims were so incapacitated. they didn't even realize they had been assaulted until investigators discovered video of the assaults on poindexter's computer and showed it to them. >>> an army veteran from

leroy ware works at minor elementary in northwest d.c. a 9-year-old boy told his mother the police and another school employee that ware had touched his private parts. the documents also say ware admitted to doing so in a police interview and also said that it was inappropriate. he's been ordered to stay away from the child and the school indefinitely. >>> we're still waiting to see if people in this prince george's county neighborhood will have clear roads and running water when they get home tonight. repairs are still under way today to fix an 84-year-old water main that broke here in capitol heights on cedar heights drive. water was gush do you think the street as you see this morning. the washington suburban sanitary commission says only a few customers have lost service. >>> we turn now to the weather and doug another temperature swing in the works for our weekend. >> a big temperature swing, jim. we were at 9 degrees for the windchill last night, and by sunday we'll be at 59 degrees. that is a huge swing, but today we're still on th

court documents say the teacher, 33-year-old leroy damien ware came to the attention of d.c. police after a 9-year-old student at miner elementary in northeast washington told his mother the teacher touched him in his private place. the boy said the alleged incident happened in a classroom during recess. sometime between thanksgiving and christmas. the court documents indicate that when asked about the incident ware told detectives he's found the child sitting at computer with his hands down his pants and made contact trying to remove the boy's hands. ware was released with a stay-away order until his next court appearance. in northeast washington jackie bensen news 4. >>> a nail technician in dupont circle facing sex abuse allegations from kucht mers at the salon. hung nguyen works at the color salon and spa on p street northwest. he touched three women inappropriately while giving them pedicures. one of nguyen's colleagues says the allegations are not true. >> i think he didn't do it. i don't believe that he does. >> i've been going to him to do my nail, and i'd never thoug