By Jessica Boyer and Perry Smith

A former Valencia High baseball coach accused of embezzlement was ordered to stand trial this week.

Jared Snyder, 45, faces a formal arraignment June 17, said his attorney Carl E. Douglas.

Snyder is accused in a seven-count felony complaint including misappropriation of public funds by a public officer, embezzlement by a public officer and grand theft by embezzlement ranging from 2008-14.

While his attorney acknowledged mistakes by his client, Douglas said nothing rose to the level of felonious behavior, and Snyder’s cooperation in the investigation is evidence his client felt he was innocent.

While serving as varsity baseball coach, Snyder allegedly submitted fraudulent reimbursement forms to Valencia High School.

He also was in charge of the team’s parent-funded booster club account, and is accused of paying for personal credit card expenses from that fund. The complaint alleges the crimes occurred between April 2008 and February 2014.

The former coach pleaded not guilty at his preliminary arraignment to charges he embezzled approximately $15,000 from the school and a booster club over a six-year period, according to District Attorney’s Office officials.

The William S. Hart Unified School District conducted an audit in 2014 after receiving a complaint of financial irregularities in the baseball program. The audit was turned over to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

“The (Sheriff’s Department) analysis disclosed that there were over 2,500 separate transactions that took place between those two bank accounts,” Douglas said. “More than 98.5 percent of those transactions were proper — 1,300 transactions for reimbursements for things that he had spent money out of his pocket. Thirteen occasions of out of 1,300 were questionable,” he said.

The mistakes came from his client’s lack of training in accounting practices, Douglas argued in court this week.

Since Snyder joined the program in 1996, Douglas said, more than $1.1 million went through the baseball and student activities accounts for the high school’s program. The investigation turned up eight reimbursements that were erroneous and totaled approximately $16,000.

If convicted, Snyder faces up to six years, eight months in state prison.