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Indiana School Secretary Charged With Child Seduction After Battery Call Uncovers Alleged Student Relationships

She remains jailed on a $25,000 cash-only bond pending decisions on any additional counts.

Overview

  • Union City police arrested Alicia Hughes, 31, after responding to a reported battery that investigators say stemmed from her husband confronting her with an 18-year-old student.
  • Authorities allege they then uncovered a separate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student that involved at least five incidents.
  • Hughes was booked into the Randolph County Jail on five counts of child seduction tied to the alleged contact with the minor.
  • The Randolph County Sheriff's Department is separately investigating the reported battery, with police saying Hughes was the person battered during the altercation.
  • Randolph Eastern School Corporation removed Hughes from all duties involving students and is cooperating with law enforcement, while police have not indicated whether charges will follow related to the 18-year-old or the husband.