Video: Guilty Plea In Attack On Monroe County Coach

HAMILTON (WCBI) – A Monroe County woman is sentenced to one year of house arrest for attacking her daughter’s high school basketball coach .

Heather Thompson plead guilty Tuesday in Monroe County Circuit Court to assaulting a school official. The charge is a felony.

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She entered the plea and was sentenced after initially asking the judge for a continuance yesterday morning. She will be on probation for four years following the year of house arrest.

Thompson was arrested last December in connection with the incident following a game in which she assaulted girls’ basketball coach Sue Verner

The incident reportedly stemmed from a school policy that requires players who ride the school bus to a game, to also ride the bus back.

Verner was left with severe injuries to her eye and family members tell WCBI she has had two surgeries since the assault.