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April 8, 2009 in Sports, City
Former basketball standout arrested in Arizona
After helping lead the Central Valley Bears to a state basketball title, Raeanna Jewell continued her athletic success at Gonzaga University as a starter.
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A former Central Valley High School and Gonzaga University star athlete was arrested and booked into jail earlier this week under suspicion of sexual misconduct with a minor at an Arizona high school, Pinal County authorities told the Scottsdale Tribune.
Raeanna Jewell, 25, was working part-time as a coach at Apache Junction High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., as a basketball and softball coach, according to the Arizona newspaper. She is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old player she coached, the newspaper said.
Jewell was arrested March 29 on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor after the girl’s parents told police they’d found suspicious text messages between Jewell and the girl, the newspaper reported.
Before moving to Arizona, Jewell played on a Central Valley Bears basketball team that went to the state playoffs in 2000. She was a starter for Zags, helping them to their first NCAA Tournament berth in 2005, according to previous news reports.
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karaj311 on April 08 at 1:18 p.m.
I have known Rae since we were little kids. She is a great athlete and a good person who made a serious lapse in judgement. Such a disapointing story!
Bob2 on April 08 at 2:43 p.m.
A “good person” maybe when she was a little kid but not now. She committed a felony and hopefully she will see some prison time. A coach that has sexual relations with one of their athletes, especially one who is under the legal age of consent is beneath contempt. Does KS have any compassion for the girl this predator seduced or for the girls parents?
Nick42 on April 09 at 7:50 a.m.
I am glad you are so perfect and able to serve as such a clear and true moral compass for us Bob.
KS is obviously a compassionless, heartless monster, which you can so easily tell from the 3 sentences he or she wrote, all of which concerned KS’s personal connection to the story.
Ninch on April 09 at 9:06 a.m.
Creepy… just shows us AGAIN that being an outstanding athlete does not necessarily correlate with good moral character.
cm on April 10 at 12:47 a.m.
I’ve only known Rae a couple years and KS is absolutely right she IS a good person. You people are willing to believe whatever the papers write. Then you come up with your one sided opinions with no facts or details from both sides.
tinajh37 on April 10 at 9:22 a.m.
Remove the Log protruding from your own eye before you offer to remove the speck from another’s.
Innocent until PROVEN guilty.
eagleproducer on April 14 at 9:19 a.m.
bob2: The age of consent in Arizona is 15. So much for that part of your lame argument.
She can forget a coaching career, at least at the secondary school level.