Los Angeles coach arrested for smoking marijuana with 6 students
Los Angeles police arrested Pedro Cruz Trujillo, a 24-year-old assistant baseball coach at Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, on 25 June 2012 and booked him on six counts of child endangerment. Police say he and some of six students aged 14 to 16 smoked marijuana in his car on a May trip to a Dodgers game.
🇺🇸 Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California · California, United States
Los Angeles police arrested Pedro Cruz Trujillo, a 24-year-old assistant
baseball coach at John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, on 25 June 2012,
police said.[1]The arrest followed an investigation that began after a staff
member at the school overheard students talking about the incident and told
police.[2]
Police suspect he drove six students aged 14 to 16 to a Dodgers game on 18 May
2012 and that he and some of the students smoked marijuana in his car on the way
there and back.[2]
CBS News reported that Trujillo was held on $100,000bail.[2]The Los Angeles
Daily News reported that each count carried $100,000 bail, a total of $600,000,
and that Trujillo was still in custody on Tuesday.[3]A consent search of his
SUV found pipes, bongs and marijuana, according to the LAPD’s Devonshire
division commander.[3]
The Los Angeles Unified School District removed Trujillo from the Kennedy campus
in May when the case was reported, and he was fired after his arrest.[3]Trujillo had worked at the Granada Hills school for about two years and had no
previous arrest record or complaints against him, police said.[3]Police said
they were working with the school to establish whether there had been other
similar incidents.[1]
Photos and video
Portrait of Pedro Cruz Trujillo published with the report on his arrest. Photo: LAPDPhoto details
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