SANTA CLARITA – A Santa Clarita Valley-area high school basketball coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation involving eight students he coached over the past decade.
Jeremy Haggerty, 34, was taken into custody early Thursday morning and booked on suspicion of various felonies, according to the sheriff’s department.
Sheriff’s officials said he was being held on $1.2 million bail, although jail records show his bail is set at $300,000. He is tentatively set to appear in court Monday.
“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,” according to a sheriff’s department statement. “The incidents occurred over a period of several years, dating back to 2008.”
The investigation was conducted by the sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau. The bureau’s Sgt. Brian Hudson told The Santa Clarita Valley Signal that investigators suspect there may be additional victims “due to the timeframe” involved in the probe.
He told the paper the alleged misconduct primarily occurred during one- on-one training sessions with students and did not happen on school campuses.
Sheriff’s officials did not identify any of the schools where Haggerty worked. The Signal reported, however, that Haggerty coached at Trinity Classical Academy in Santa Clarita from August 2014 to 2016. He was an assistant coach at West Ranch High School in 2012-13 and worked on and off as an assistant coach at Canyon High School, the paper reported.
When allegations against Haggerty first surfaced in August, Trinity officials sent a letter to parents advising them of the investigation.
“The allegations consist of inappropriate conduct with a former, now- adult student for incidents that occurred several years ago,” according to the letter, which was published by The Signal. “The incidents did not occur within the confines of Trinity Classical Academy’s campus, nor in the employee’s official employment capacity, but occurred with a student who participated in private training with this individual.”
Anyone with information on the case, or any possible additional victims, was urged to call (877) 710-5273; email investigators at specialvictimsbureau@lasd.org; or call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
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Kimberly K says
Was it males or females the coach lusted after? Creep.
BonMon says
Trump could have married a very young girl with all his money but didn’t. So he clearly isn’t a pedo. Roy Moore is from a state where people used to get married at 10 years old. The number of Democratic Congressmen that are pedos is off the chart though. Not to mention Hillary’s #1 pal John Podesta is in to five year old children and everyone knows it.
Cory, you might want to do your homework before you open you trap and say something wrong.
Tim Scott says
Nope, D’ump isn’t a pedo…he just trades out wives every few years for a younger model. Perfect exemplar of the genuine moral fiber so admired by the politically christian evangelical hypocrites.
Mars says
Hey Tim
The T doesn’t need to change wives out no more he just needs to add a few hand maids..get it
Patty H says
And the Kennedys were a great exemplar of the genuine moral fiber……….
Tim Scott says
LOL…as if the politically Christian evangelical hypocrites ever voted for a Kennedy.
Tim Scott says
That’s why I referred to “the politically Christian evangelicals,” rather than Christians. Trump isn’t even trying for Christian votes. He makes no secret of the fact that he understands the political entity of the evangelicals is not actually motivated by Christian principles. If any good comes out of Trump it will be the general revealing of the “evangelical movement” for exactly what it is; a quest for power with a willingness to strike a deal with any devil to achieve their ends.
Alexis says
Hillary Clinton is a Christian evangelical, so the political entity of the evangelicals that voted for her are not actually motivated by Christian principals either. Both sides are wrong because God’s church with Jesus Christ as the head of His church is not a pollical organism, it is a spiritual organism. Humans with their own motivations on both sides pollute what doesn’t belong to them.
Tim Scott says
No, she’s not. If you have had your head so deeply buried in … the sand that you don’t know what I mean by the political evangelicals you can’t really contribute much of anything useful to the conversation.
ROGER MOORE says
HOW SICKENING OF YOU DEFENDING CHILD PORN SUSPECTS MAYBE YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE CHECKED, CHILD MOLESTERS ALWAYS PROTECT AND LIE FORCHILD MOLESTERS
BonMon says
Trump could have married a very young girl with all his money but didn’t. So he clearly isn’t a pedo. Roy Moore is from a state where people used to get married at 10 years old. The number of Democratic Congressmen that are pedos is off the chart though. Not to mention Hillary’s #1 pal John Podesta is in to five year old children and everyone knows it.
Cory, you might want to do your homework before you open you trap and say something stupid.
Mars says
Is he a friend of the other coach from out here in the AV that was arrested for the same or possibly having sex with a minor..
CORY LAWLER says
THE DUDE WAS A TRUMP AND ROY MOORE SUPPORTER.! CREPPY DUDES
Alexis says
How do you explain Anthony Weiner? Don’t you understand that a person that is a predator has nothing to do with politics?
John C says
This ^
Scumbags exist across all political ideologies.
Mars says
Where have you been..Here’s the 411 There’s Predators everywhere..Our country is run by one..