FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Suspect Jared Washington
ARRESTED

The San José Police Department's Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force/Child Exploitation Detail (CED) arrested suspect Jared Washington for Lewd and Lascivious acts on a minor. Washington previously worked as a volleyball coach at Independence High School, Evergreen High School and Stingray Volleyball Club in San José and is currently employed at Overfelt High School in the City of San José.

On February 1, 2022, a female victim reported that she was involved in an inappropriate relationship with her former coach Jared Washington while she was on the Stingray Volleyball Club from around 2012 to 2015.

During the investigation, detectives from the SVICAC Task Force also learned of other possible victims and witness. The additional victims and witnesses were contacted and disclosed similar grooming and inappropriate activities involving the suspect, during the same time span.

On February 28th, 2022, suspect Washington was arrested in San José and booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on one count of Lewd and Lascivious acts on a minor age 14 or 15 (Felony) — 288 (c)(1).

Persons with information regarding this incident or any other similar incidents are urged to contact Detective Zanotto #3657 of the San José Police Department's ICAC/CED Unit at (408) 537-1379 or at 3657@sanjoseca.gov.

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