School Coach Arrested for Sharing Weed With Students on Outing

By Lauren Loyd, LAist.com

Credit: Los Angeles PD booking photo

Pedro Cruz Trujillo

June 26, 2012 Updated Jun 26, 2012 at 9:47 AM PDT

Police said a high school assistant baseball coach was arrested for allegedly smoking marijuana on the way to and from Dodger Stadium while transporting six students to a baseball game.

Pedro Cruz Trujillo of Kennedy High School in Granada Hills was investigated after a school staff member overheard students chatting about the May 18 outing and contacted police on May 25.

A local news station says Trujillo is also accused of sharing his herb with some of the students. He has since been removed from his coaching job.

Trujillo, 24, was arrested Monday at 11:20am and booked on six counts of child endangerment involving students between the ages of 14 and 16-years-old, according to City News Service. He was held on $100,000 bail and faces additional charges for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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