Principal's letter sheds light on coach's arrest

Mikel Livingston, Lafayette Journal & Courier 9:28 p.m. EST January 23, 2015

Jake Robinson(Photo: Provided / Journal & Courier)

A newly released public record illustrates the circumstances leading up to former McCutcheon High School teacher Jakob Robinson's arrest.

Robinson, who was fired by the Tippecanoe School Corp. board on Thursday, faces five charges of child seduction, felonies punishable by one to six years each.

The letter, released to the Journal & Courier following a public record request, is a Jan. 14 letter from Principal John Beeker to Robinson in which Beeker lays out the facts leading up to his recommendation that the board immediately terminate Robinson's teaching contract.

The letter alleges that Robinson actively misled McCutcheon officials on the nature of his relationship with the student and that he attempted to have TSC's technology department re-image his computer to destroy evidence.

In December, shortly before winter break, a patron saw Robinson and the student in public and notified school administrators that Robinson's "relationship with the student appeared to exceed a normal student-teacher relationship."

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Then, on Dec. 18, the Thursday before winter break, two administrators watching the school's surveillance cameras witnessed Robinson and the student leave the school at lunch time.

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Principal's letter sheds light on coach's arrest