Overview
- Students at Tracy High discovered a cellphone recording them while they were changing on Sept. 10, stopped the recording, deleted the footage, and gave the device to a teacher before a parent alerted police.
- Investigators traced the phone to 48-year-old Jeffrey Pribble, a longtime teacher and the varsity head football coach, and arrested him on campus the following day; the district placed him on administrative leave.
- Local reporting says Pribble was issued a citation on a misdemeanor charge and was not booked into San Joaquin County Jail after processing, though the criminal investigation remains active.
- The Tracy Police Department named Detectives Brian Cockey and Joseph Bourassa as contacts for tips and set up a tip line and email for anonymous reports as officers continue to gather evidence.
- Pribble’s long tenure at the school (coaching since 2004 and head coach since 2021) and the students’ role in stopping the recording have focused community attention on student privacy, staff vetting, and how schools secure private spaces.