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Police arrested former Mark Keppel High School basketball coach Joseph Alan Kikuchi, 56, on Thursday on suspicion of multiple counts of sexual assault against a minor.

Joseph Kikuchi, 56, a former basketball coach at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual assault against a minor. (Credit: Alhambra Police Department)
Joseph Kikuchi, 56, a former basketball coach at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual assault against a minor. (Credit: Alhambra Police Department)

Kikuchi, who resigned as a coach at the Alhambra school on Sept. 15, was accused of having unlawful sexual contact with a 16-year-old student on his basketball team multiple times in the last year. He was arrested on multiple felony counts of sexual assault, including lewd or lascivious acts with a minor.

A school administrator reported the coach to police on Sept. 15 upon hearing a rumor about the coach and student, Alhambra Police Sgt. Jerry Johnson said.

The Pasadena Star-News reported Wednesday that Kikuchi was being investigated and that the school’s principal and an assistant principal had been placed on administrative leave.

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