wral's leyla santiago charges and the man accused. at stevens prep academy.. no answer at the door or by phone. the schools web site calls dr. claude stevens its founder, director, administrator. in court- he was a defendant now charged with multiple counts of statutory rape and indecent liberties. he spoke only to ask for a court court records indicate this happened over a span of 5 years- between 200 and 2012. the victims said to be teenagers- 13 years old. investigators will not say if they were his students. we talked to a parent of a former studenthe had nothing but good things to say about stevens and the academy. stevens bio online indicates he has a doctorate and masters in educational counseling and he taught special education for wake county public schools in 1988. but the wake county public says it has no record of his employment that was leyla santiago reporting.... stevens bond is set at 5 million dollars. he is set to be back in court next month. a raleigh mother accused of abusing her 5 week old baby made an emotional first appearance in court t

i'm lena tillett. >> i'm leyla santiago in for renee chou. yet another welcome to you. we are with us. lena and leyla, you might get us confused. they sound the same. we want to get to he can brag news right now out of the fuquay-varina area. firefighters are battling flames at a home on will tree drive. you are taking a live look and you can see not only the smoke but if you look beyond that tree, you see the flames.

ran out of the mall yesterday return today to pick up what they laid down and left behind and leyla santiago talk to to moms who ran out with nothing else but their children.>>reporter: images like these do not just go away the next day.>> there were tables knocked over and food that was spilled and i just remember seeing everywhere.>> everybody is still really shaken up about what happened yesterday.>> gets the day after reports of shots fired at crabtree valley mall, less than 24 hours after the chaos, the food court was completely cleaned up and you can see raleigh police officers inspecting the ceiling of the food court. mall officials telling me they also have answer security on hand. a lot of shoppers in a state of panic. >> the little one would not let us come without him because he wanted to make sure that mom and dad were safe.>> many are still dealing with the trauma of it and the fear what could have happened. >> the human instinct is to take off, who wants to stand out and find out really? nowadays you have no idea.>> i do not want to relive anything at this point. i was very hap

as wral's leyla santiago explains. >> reporter: in this food truck to make a lots of this food. >> it is a tradi summit that reminds her of her culture. something that reminds her of venezuela. venezuelan food truck, she considers herself likely to eat this staple of the country where she was born because in venezuela right now, this can be hard to come by. >> reporter: it is a difficult situation, she tells me. a troubled economy has resulted in shortages of food and medicine. many have crossed into neighboring colombia in search of supplies. she says people come to her over reports. she tells them it is all true because her 80-year-old father is struggling. the pack of flour she pays four dollars in the u.s. is hard to find their. -- there. she fears as she celebrates her culture every day in her food truck, the world doesn't seem to know in venezuela are struggling just to get food. in raleigh, leyla santiago, wral news. >> and leyla adds she would like to send food packages to her family, but the government does not allow it. >>> an american professor was abducted in afghanistan.

leyla santiago has covered this story and she has information about his return and it comes with a cost. >> the financial cost, $10,000, that's how much the judge set for his bond. this afternoon we've learned that his supporters have raised that money for the riverside introduced you to nearly 7 months ago. william acosta, he failed to show up for an immigration hearing in charlotte. he's been held for months in a detention facility in georgia. his attorney says he was fleeing from gay violence. he told us that in several interviews, his attorney just this week a judge granted him bond. as we have shown you the riverside high school student has a lot of supporters teachers and friends who rallied on his behalf. i had a chance to talk to his mother since she received word that a judge granted him bond as you might imagine. she was so excited about the possibility of his release and is now excited that supporters have reached their goal to pay for bond. in two days to post his bond which is just amazing, i'm still in disbelief that at the end of this, it's all moved so quickly, but i wan

. >> i'm leyla santiago in for renee chou. yet another welcome to you. we are with us. lena and leyla, you might get us confused. they sound the same. we want to get to he can brag news right now out of the fuquay-varina area. firefighters are battling flames at a home on will tree drive. you are taking a live look and you can see not only the smoke but if you look beyond that tree, you see the flames. firefighters are there. cruises have arrived. they are taking a defensive approach to fighting this right now given the magnitude of these flames that you are seeing in these live pictures. >> the flames are just shooting there. part of the home's roof has collapsed as well. as far as we know, there are no injuries. we'll continue to bring you updates in our next hour of wral news on fox 50. >>> an update our breaking news this morning out of washington, d.c. it was a fire officials say roughly 30 people including three firefighters have been injured and seven people are unaccounted for after a large fire and a collapse at an apartment complex. >> the missing include men,

inside were looking for help and one couple did not know hiding inside a store dressing room, leyla santiago caught up with him not long after they got out and they were still shaken up. >>reporter: you are still shaking. you are not forcing it.>> no, it was very, very scary and traumatizing.>> that was the very most scariest thing i've ever been through. yeah, that we were together at least but i was like should i text my family and tell them that i love them and tell goodbye? it seems silly now when you know what really happened although i don't, but when you're in a situation and you don't know what is going on it is like should i go ahead and make sure that everyone knows that i love them?>> so many people with the same sentiments wondering what they should do and an emotional moment for them. minivan out into the parking deck and were stuck for a while, police continue to search the mall and of course there was a lot of cleanup to cell phones as they ran out and doors would normally open at noon tomorrow, we checked with mall management and they said they're working with police on wedne

we have this story covered by leyla santiago. >> reporter: the employer called police worried when she didn't show up but nothing actually came of that. police went to the home and now they are having to answer to learned today. police have arrested dibon toone . they took him into custody in richmond and he is charged with the murder of 32- year-old girl at howard and her three children as well. the girls were six, seven, and 11 years old. police found the bodies in the apartment after the toone family called worried about some statements he had made about the welfare of his children. howa police which he didn't show up for work. we went to the apartment that didn't putting her or her car. so as the chief put it, it was documented and cleared. here is why the chief said officers didn't take the step further. >> when the employer calls, we don't have any information at that point that she is in harm or a history of domestic violence at the home. come up to us that would that would require us to take a step further. >> reporter: said no reports of previous domestic violence. but here is

. >> leyla santiago joins us live from wake forest. investigators say the food shelter was not involved in this, right. >> reporter: that's correct. we have learned new information ever since we got ahold of the 911 calls. i listened t of them, a woman reported a man shooting and threatening to shoot up a nearby apartment that is about a block from where we are right now. that was around 1:30 this morning. now, i am standing at north allen street and that is where that hope house is. that is where 26-year-old sebastian smith was found as a shooting victim. he later died in the hospital. police at this point have not identified any description for a potential suspect or suspects. police say smith was shot in front of a well-known home in this area. it is called hope house. police say the shooting not tied to this home. hope house has actually been here for five years helping this community. this is video from today. you see every thursday, they set up food, give it away to people who need it. what was a crime center for giving and the p

leyla santd following this -- santiago has been following this story for us today. >> reporter: he is listed as the founder, administrator of the prep school. he was in court this affect facing a judge. now, he didn't say much. it was a very brief time in front of the judge. he omaked the judge for a court get many details about the investigation. here what is we have learned about him and the charges against him. according to court records, he is charged for multiple counts of statutory rape. this happened between 2007 and 2012. the victims said to be teenagers, 13 years of age to on the school's web site, stevens' bio says he worked as a special ed teacher at wake county public schools in the 1908s. we checked with the school sam and they said they have no records indicating his employment. now, investigators made it very clear to us they want the public to know that, if anyone has any information, they want them to come forward, something we often hear from investigators when they believe connection yet so very few details coming out. we doe no that stevens walked away with from th