Police took a now-former English teacher and debate coach at Chesterton High School into custody Monday on felony charges of child seduction and obstruction of justice for allegedly starting up a sexual relationship with one of the students on the debate team and then forcing her to lie about the relationship to school officials.
Dakota McCoy, 30, of Valparaiso, was taken into custody by deputies with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department without incident Monday morning, according to a post on the Chesterton Police Department Facebook page.He is charged with three felony counts of child seduction and one felony count of obstruction of justice, according to charging documents.
On Sept. 14, a former student provided information about an alleged inappropriate previous relationship between herself and McCoy that occurred more than five years ago, Pettit said. “We will continue to fully cooperate with law enforcement and the Porter County Prosecutor’s pursuit of this matter. Given that the matter is part of a criminal prosecution, we are unable to provide further comment,” Pettit said.
“Victim 1 advised that after a while of hanging out with McCoy during after school hours the lines would get blurred,” according to the charges. The former student, according to the documents, spoke to an assistant principal at the high school about the allegations two years ago and “lied because McCoy had already contacted her and pressured her into lying on his behalf.”
The former student goes on to say that McCoy called her and asked her to lie to the assistant principal. “I lied for you, I covered for you,” documents state.
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