Crime & Safety
He Asked Her For Provocative Pictures, Got Arrested Instead, Cops Say
A Los Alamitos Area coach asked a 15-year-old player for provocative pictures but was arrested instead according to police.
LOS ALAMITOS, CA — A Junior Varsity basketball high school coach made inappropriate advances to a 15-year-old player, the Garden Grove Police Department said. Now, he is on leave with the school and was released from custody after posting a $100,000 bond.
On Tuesday, the 51-year-old Garden Grove High School girls' junior varsity basketball coach was behind bars Tuesday after police said he was communicating with a 15-year-old girl over social media and asked her to send him provocative photos of herself.
Michael Engelmann, of Anaheim, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Monday at the school, according to Sgt. Ray Bex of the Garden Grove Police Department.
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Engelmann was booked at the Orange County Jail on suspicion of one felony count of communicating with a minor to elicit child pornography, Bex said. He was released from custody after posting a $100,000 bond and is expected in court Wednesday.
School and district administrators were notified of the incident and Engelmann was immediately put on leave by school administrators, Bex said.
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