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Mother Admits to Attack on Assistant Principal

POTTSVILLE — A mother has admitted to attacking an educator in Schuylkill County. Carisa Rhoads from Frackville pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and r...

POTTSVILLE -- A mother has admitted to attacking an educator in Schuylkill County.

Carisa Rhoads from Frackville pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and retaliation of a witness Wednesday morning.

Rhoads was sentenced to one to two years in prison.

Rhoads was charged with beating Janel Hansbury, an assistant principal in the North Schuylkill School District, after a hearing at the county courthouse in January.

Investigators say Rhoads attacked Hansbury after she testified at a Children and Youth hearing involving Rhoads' daughter.

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