The District Attorney’s office has filed a charge against Redlands East Valley High School athlete Tyler Shreve following his alleged Feb. 24 assault of a school baseball coach.
Shreve, 18, was charged Friday with one misdemeanor count of battery on a school official. He faces a $2,000 fine and up to one year in county jail if convicted, said Susan Mickey, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office.
He is scheduled to appear in court on May 16 for an arraignment.
Calls seeking comment from Tony Shreve - Tyler’s father - were not returned Saturday.
The citation stems from an incident on campus involving Shreve and Head Baseball Coach James Cordes, who notified the 6-foot-4 senior he was being dismissed from the baseball team.
According to Tony Shreve, he pulled his son off Cordes after he “wrestled him to the ground.” He said no punches were thrown during the incident.
Cordes declined to comment on the incident.
San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies were called to the school to investigate, and acted on a citizen’s arrest at Cordes’ request.
The report was then forwarded to the San Bernardino District Attorney’s office.
Battery against a school employee could be classified as a felony, according to the California Penal Code. Prosecutors said the severity of Cordes’ injuries did not warrant a felony charge.
The Redlands Unified School
District has not yet released word on the results of a disciplinary hearing Wednesday to decide the consequences of Shreve’s actions.
At a Redlands Optimist Club meeting Thursday, Redlands East Valley Principal John Maloney refused to comment on the matter.
“I will talk to you about anything in the world, but I won’t talk to you about school,” he said.
Pat Hafley, athletic director for the Redlands Unified School District, also refused to comment during a brief phone conversation Saturday.
Shreve’s future in collegiate athletics is still in limbo.
He signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Utah after he was offered a football scholarship. Utah’s Head Football Coach Kyle Whittingham said the school will wait until the final resolution of the case before commenting on the status of Shreve’s scholarship.
As a quarterback at REV, Shreve passed for 4,732 yards and 54 touchdowns in helping the school compile a 33-4 record.
