Ex-Monte Vista High Hoopster Arrested in Cell Phone Mugging

A former Monte Vista High School basketball player was booked Wednesday morning on charges of robbery in a Dec. 10 mugging at the Grossmont Trolley Station, authorities said.

The suspect, Kristopher Galloway of Spring Valley, is accused of forcibly taking a cell phone from a teenage boy from La Mesa at the trolley station in the 8600 block of Fletcher Parkway, said La Mesa police. The station is behind the Alterra and Pravada apartments.

Police have reported a spate of cell-phone robberies in recent months, but La Mesa police Lt. Dan Willis said:  “Galloway has not been connected to other recent cell phone robberies as of this time.”

Court records say Galloway will be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Friday at El Cajon Superior Court. He’s being held on $100,000 bail.

Galloway—listed as being 6 feet 2, 200 pounds—was arrested in the 3900 block of Conrad Drive in Spring Valley.  He was booked into County Jail and is being held at San Diego Central Jail at 1173 Front St.

According to a profile on MaxPreps.com, Galloway averaged about six points a game and nearly five rebounds while playing for the Monarchs in 2007-08, when he was a sophomore. In 2008, EastCountySports.com ranked him as among the top defenders in the East County, with 25 blocks.