PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The principal revealed on Friday how police said a convicted sex offender who snuck into a Phoenix elementary school and sexually assaulted a young girl was linked to the school and how he got past security.

Orangewood Elementary School principal Emily Paterson said in an email to staff and parents that the suspect, 25-year-old Abel Kai Gblah, is a former student who attended the school from 2012-2015.

Paterson also said Gblah got on campus through an unlocked interior lobby door and walked in with a tardy student. Officials originally said he was behind a student who was buzzed in. A staff member has been placed on administrative leave.

Paterson said the school is taking action on its security measures to include the following:

Reinforcing procedures for greet

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