UPDATE: Former Penn coach charged with violating court order in child seduction case

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Brooke Bigs. (Photo provided)

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By WSBT News1

Story Created: Mar 31, 2009 at 9:44 AM EST

Story Updated: Mar 31, 2009 at 1:28 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — A former Penn High School coach was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of violating a protective order after she allegedly saw a 16-year-old girl she had been ordered to stay away from.

Brooke Biggs, 27, was charged in October with two felony counts of child seduction and was out on bond Monday when police arrested her.

Police say Biggs, also a former physical education teacher at Grissom Middle School, was arrested at her home after she allegedly made contact with the 16-year-old Sunday night.

Sgt. Bill Redman, St. Joseph County police spokesman, said police were notified about Sunday’s incident by the girl’s father, who said he saw Biggs and his daughter together in Biggs’ car.

Police were contacted, and an officer went to the scene, where the 16-year-old girl was observed driving a car belonging to a relative of Biggs, Redman said.

Violation of a protective order is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison, a court official told Biggs at a court hearing Tuesday.

Biggs, whose next court date on the protective order violation matter is April 14, was being held at the jail Tuesday on $750 cash bond.

Biggs also faces two counts of child seduction that stem from allegations last year of inappropriate behavior raised by the girl’s parents. According to court documents, Biggs was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the Penn student, including trading explicit text messages with her.

You can read more about this story in Wednesday's South Bend Tribune, and watch WSBT News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. for the latest.

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