A gym teacher at a Catholic school in Burbank was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a student, the city’s police department confirmed.
According to the Burbank Police Department, 33-year-old Dimitri Altobar was arrested after an investigation into alleged inappropriate contact with a young student. Altobar was working as a physical education teacher at St. Francis Xavier School.
The contact came while he was “entrusted in his official capacity” at the school, police said.
St. Francis has placed him under administrative leave while the legal process plays out, police said. The school serves students from kindergarten through 8th grade.
Altobar’s faculty page on the school’s website appeared to be scrubbed as of Friday morning.
As of Friday, the school has not commented publicly on the matter.
According to Burbank PD, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has filed five counts of committing lewd acts with a child under the age of 14 years against Altobar. He’s set to be formally charged during an arraignment hearing on Friday.
Altobar is currently being held on $100,000 bail.
