Teacher Sentenced for Minor, Isolated Lesbian Incident

(Boise, Idaho) In May 2007, a 22-year-old assistant softball coach and substitute teacher at Centennial High School, Lauren Kathleen Palmer, was arrested for alleged "inappropriate touching" of a 16-year-old female student.

An Asa County Sheriff's Deputy investigating a parked car early one morning caught Palmer and the girl on a blanket outside the vehicle. Inappropriate contact was suspected and Palmer was arrested.

After questioning Palmer and the girl, investigators determined that inappropriate touching had occurred. Palmer was charged with sexual battery of a minor.

In July, Lauren K. Palmer pleaded guilty to a charge of injury to a child. In August, she was sentenced to probation.

Fourth District Judge Deborah Bail ruled that it appears to be a relatively minor, isolated incident.

She sentenced Palmer to two years probation and withheld judgment, a 30-day jail sentenced deferred to Feb. 4th, restitution for counseling for the girl and she will be required to undergo thinking errors and one-on-one counseling.

The description of her sentence is confusing to me but it sounds like a hand slap.

Tip: Don Morgenstern