A volunteer coach at a Highland Park high school was in custody Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting current and former students, Los Angeles police reported.
Jaime Jimenez, 46, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Thursday and was being held on $450,000 bail.
Officer Tony Im said the alleged victims are current and former students.
Jimenez was removed from his post at Franklin High School, 820 N. Avenue 54, Los Angeles Unified School District officials said. They said the LAUSD was cooperating with the Los Angeles Police Department investigation.
Jimenez has coached football since 1998, and investigators believe he “may have victimized former students who are now adults and are urging them to come forward,” according to an LAPD statement.
Anyone with information about the case was urged to contact detectives at LAPD’s Northeast Station at (323) 344-5742.
— City News Service