"A newly hired assistant high school basketball coach was arrested in Simi Valley on Thursday on suspicion of engaging in sexual acts with two underage girls, officials said. Jabari DeShields, 36, allegedly met the victims at a local business outside of school hours, the Simi Valley Police Department said in a statement. DeShields had been recently hired as an assistant walk-on boys basketball coach for Simi Valley High School this school year, said Jake Finch, spokesperson for Simi Valley Unified School District."
"He was booked at Ventura County Jail on suspicion of five felony counts of lewd acts on a minor aged 14. Simi Valley police became aware of the allegations when a mandated reporter alerted officials to the allegations, according to a statement. According to Simi Valley police, the two victims had been enrolled at Simi Valley Unified School District at the time of the alleged conduct, but the victims were not enrolled at the school where DeShields was employed."
Jabari DeShields, 36, a newly hired assistant walk-on boys basketball coach at Simi Valley High School, was arrested on suspicion of engaging in sexual acts with two underage girls. He allegedly met the victims at a local business outside of school hours. He was booked in Ventura County Jail on suspicion of five felony counts of lewd acts on a minor aged 14 and held on $120,000 bail. Simi Valley police learned of the allegations after a mandated reporter alerted officials. The two victims had been enrolled in Simi Valley Unified School District but not at DeShields’s school; one is in the district’s independent studies program. DeShields was placed on leave and scheduled to appear in court Monday.
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