Former San Diego Padres first-round draft pick Matt Bush, already charged with assaulting Granite Hills High School students during a lacrosse practice, is set to be arraigned Wednesday on DUI and other charges.
Bush, 23, was out on bail on the assault case when he was arrested June 28 and charged with driving under the influence, vandalism, driving on a suspended license and resisting arrest, said Deputy District Attorney Samantha Greene. A judge in El Cajon postponed Bush’s arraignment on the misdemeanor charges until Wednesday so the defendant can show proof he’s in a residential rehabilitation program, the prosecutor said.
In the Feb. 4 assault case, Bush is charged with four counts of misdemeanor battery. A readiness conference is set for July 21.
The Padres designated Bush for assignment the day after the incident at Granite Hills.
Bush, drafted as a pitcher-shortstop, was with the Toronto Blue Jays until a 23-year-old woman in Florida accused him of throwing a baseball past her head and banging on her car window to scare her in March.
Bush, the overall first pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Mission Bay High School, received a signing bonus of $3.15 million.
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The former local high school star and No. 1 draft pick of the San Diego Padres did not appear in court in El Cajon on Wednesday as the DUI charge against him is a misdemeanor.
But his attorney, Gregory Daniels, entered a not guilty plea on Bush's behalf at the county courthouse in El Cajon to the DUI and other charges.
Daniels told the judge in the case his client had enrolled in a residential rehabilitation program as ordered.
Bush remains free on $50,600 bail after pleading not guilty to driving under the influence, resisting arrest and two counts of vandalism. The charges stem from a June 28 incident involving a parked car in Mission Valley.
At the time, Bush was free on bail after facing misdemeanor battery charges in connection with an alleged assault in Febuary. It was after that case that the Padres designated him for assignment, removing him from the club's 40-man roster.
He was traded to Toronto, where shortly afterward, Bush was accused of an altercation with a woman in Florida and he was released by the Blue Jays.
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The former local high school star and No. 1 draft pick of the San Diego Padres did not appear in court in El Cajon on Wednesday as the DUI charge against him is a misdemeanor.
But his attorney, Gregory Daniels, entered a not guilty plea on Bush's behalf at the county courthouse in El Cajon to the DUI and other charges.
Daniels told the judge in the case his client had enrolled in a residential rehabilitation program as ordered.
Bush remains free on $50,600 bail after pleading not guilty to driving under the influence, resisting arrest and two counts of vandalism. The charges stem from a June 28 incident involving a parked car in Mission Valley.
At the time, Bush was free on bail after facing misdemeanor battery charges in connection with an alleged assault in Febuary. It was after that case that the Padres designated him for assignment, removing him from the club's 40-man roster.
He was traded to Toronto, where shortly afterward, Bush was accused of an altercation with a woman in Florida and he was released by the Blue Jays.
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