ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - The vice principal of Mars Elementary School in Berrien Springs has been arrested in St. Joseph County, Ind., on charges of child seduction against his adopted daughter, police said.

42-year-old Scott Liggett is accused of grooming the girl starting in 2015 when she was 9 years old and he worked as an academic dean at Mary Daly Elementary School in Elkhart, according to court paperwork.

Elkhart Community Schools confirmed Liggett previously worked at both Mary Daly and Mary Feeser elementary schools as an academic dean.

Investigators said Liggett began grooming the victim while she attended Mary Daly Elementary in 2015. The girl became Liggett’s foster child in 2017, requiring her to live in his home with him, his wife and their two young children.

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