LOS ANGELES – A former Santa Clarita Valley-area youth basketball coach was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison for committing lewd acts on boys who either played on teams he coached or were trained by him.
Jeremy Andre Haggerty, 34, will also be required to register as a sex offender for life.
He pleaded no contest May 29 to six felony counts of lewd act on a child aged 14 or 15 when the defendant was at least 10 years older, along with three felony counts of sexual battery by fraud, according to Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson.
Haggerty worked as a basketball coach at several schools, including two in the Santa Clarita Valley, as well as a personal basketball trainer. Over the course of nearly a decade, Haggerty sexually assaulted several teenage boys.
Haggerty was initially charged last year with crimes involving eight boys ranging in age from 14 to 17 between December 2008 and June 2017. He was subsequently charged with crimes involving a ninth teenage boy.
Haggerty was arrested Sept. 13, 2018, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and has remained behind bars.
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Concerned citizen says
Just like that Palmdale High Coach that got his student pregnant Marcus Williams was his name and it was just a few years back. She had a baby with him and wouldn’t testify against him. Her name was Natalie Dandrige and the baby was Jeremiah. Sad story.
Now she is suing the school district but wouldn’t testify against him. I hope she doesn’t get a thing.
surfside 6 says
With all the public rudeness, perversion and vulgarity in modern day liberalism, it’s odd they still draw a line here. But don’t worry liberals! Just hold hands in some intersection and sing a few bars of “you shall overcome” and the world will give you this one too!
Hannah says
When labels are ambiguous. There is plenty of rudeness, perversion, and vulgarity to cover all sides. The line is even blurred here, for many.
Ever seen a grown man naked says
Commiefornia is inundated with preverts
Matt K. says
But they open elect them to office in Arizona:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/03/arizona-report-david-stringer-made-disturbing-child-sex-comments/3357769002/
Alexis says
Matt K.: He is no longer in office. What point are you trying to make?
Alexis says
They elect them to be presidents of the United States. What do Donald Trump and Bill Clinton have in common? Hint; Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a vile moral issue that just happens to invade politics, and each side blames the other.
Matt K. says
Even after it came out that he was a pedophile, they still voted to re-elect him. What does that tell you?
Do you like movies about gladiators says
For preverts everywhere, I resent this comment, since I’m from Georgia.
Sick guy says
What a sicko!
Basketbrawl Coach says
Plenty of ballers behind bars…