
Former Padres pitcher Matt Bush, a Mission Bay High School graduate, has been charged with four misdemeanor counts of battery after allegedly assaulting some Granite Hills High School students during a lacrosse practice on Feb. 4 in El Cajon. San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis filed the charges against Bush. If convicted, Bush could face up to four years in jail and a $2,000 fine. Bush is scheduled to be arraigned April 28 at 8 a.m. in Superior Court in El Cajon. Bush was allegedly intoxicated when he assaulted the players, who sustained minor injuries, according to Lt. Steve Shakowski, spokesperson for the El Cajon Police Department. After the incident, the Padres shipped Bush off to the Toronto Blue Jays. The incident is the third altercation Bush has been involved in since being taken No. 1 in the 2004 MLB draft. Two weeks after the draft, Bush was accused of felony assault and misdemeanor trespassing that stemmed from a nightclub altercation near the Padres spring training facility in Peoria, Ariz. Last summer, Bush was involved in another fight near Peoria.