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In August 2018, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau began investigating an allegation of child molestation involving a high school basketball coach and a child he had coached at a high school in Santa Clarita.

Over the course of the investigation, seven additional victims were identified and interviewed by detectives. All of the victims were coached by the suspect during his employment as a basketball coach at several high schools in the Santa Clarita Valley. The incidents occurred over a period of several years, dating back to 2008.

As a result of the investigation, the suspect, Jeremy Haggerty, was arrested during the morning hours of Thursday. He is currently in the custody of the Sheriff’s Department with a bail set at $1.2 million. His arraignment date is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 17.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Special Victims Bureau is tasked with investigating the sexual and physical abuse of children and felonious sexual assaults involving adult victims.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Special Victims Bureau toll-free tip line at (877) 710-5273 or by email at specialvictimsbureau@lasd.org.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP or “P3 Mobile” for the hearing impaired on Google Play or the App Store, or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

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  1. Mary MilkMarie Coelho

  2. Amanda Barr says:

    Which high school? I didn’t see it in the article.

  3. Google, looks like he was at Trinity last

  4. It said several different ones. Someone come up with picture

  5. He coached at Trinity and Valencia . Most recently Valencia

  6. Protecting the Gift, by Gavin DeBecker. Great book for parents. Available on Audible and Amazon.

  7. Sandy Kugler says:

    Home » Santa Clarita News » Crime » Former Trinity, William S. Hart School District Basketball Coach Arrested On Child Molestation Charges

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    Former Trinity, William S. Hart School District Basketball Coach Arrested On Child Molestation Charges
    Posted by: Caleb Lunetta in Crime, Santa Clarita Latest News September 13, 2018 – 1:20 pm 0 586 Views

    A former Canyon High School basketball player — who then went on to coach at a number of high schools in Santa Clarita — was arrested due to allegations of child molestation, according to a Nixle Alert sent out Thursday by law enforcement officials.
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    The following is a news release distributed by the LASD Special Victims Bureau:

    In August 2018, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau began investigating an allegation of child molestation involving a high school basketball coach and a child he had coached at a high school in Santa Clarita.

    Over the course of the investigation, seven additional victims were identified and interviewed by detectives. All of the victims were coached by the suspect during his employment as a basketball coach at several high schools in the Santa Clarita Valley.

    The incidents occurred over a period of several years, dating back to 2008.

    As a result of the investigation, the suspect, Jeremy Haggerty, was arrested during the morning hours of Thursday, September 13, 2018.

    He is currently in the custody of the Sheriff’s Department with a bail set at $1.2 million dollars. His arraignment date is scheduled for Monday, September 17, 2018.

    The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Special Victims Bureau is tasked with investigating the sexual and physical abuse of children and felonious sexual assaults involving adult victims.

    Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Special Victims Bureau toll free tip line at (877) 710-5273 or by email at specialvictimsbureau@lasd.org.

    If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477)

  8. I just to say when my kids started school , you know how they love and trust a teacher, I warn them about teachers, janitors, not to ever be alone with any adult for any reason. More than one school?

  9. Red Justin says:

    Sooooo we have to worry about our children getting raped, molested and murdered? Maybe we should ban pedophiles from school…. ohh wait…

    Maybe our focus should really be into our school system, where our children will spend 20 percent of their lives. But instead we drop them off and never think about it.

    Just saying…

  10. Devin Gordon Marcus Dennis

  11. Santa Clarita needs to start focusing on real issues! Like stop allowing sex offenders to move into our communities and work in our schools ! If one of these poor kids was MY KID the headline to this article would be “Mother facing murder charges against coach who molested her child “ and is be happily sitting in my cell !!

  12. Chloe Wolff says:

    WTF is happening to the public schools in Santa Clarita? First Castaic (and second and probably third) and now Canyon

  13. He also went to The Master’s College and played basketball there back in the early to mid-2000’s. ?

  14. Nicole Galdi says:

    Did he go to canyon high school Nicole Looper????

  15. Cliff Kodama says:

    Sick MF! Good for the kids that came forward to prevent other boys from being harmed from the youth bball program he coaches for and kids down in OC.

  16. Coach also at Starting 5

  17. Jim says:

    A 9th victim has come forward. Yesterday the DA’s office amended the complaint to add this victim and a 14th felony charge against Jeremy Haggerty.

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