FARMINGTON, Mich. – A former basketball coach at Farmington High School was found guilty of sexually assaulting two students.
Former junior varsity basketball coach Jeremy Thompkins was convicted of criminal sexual conduct after assaulting two high school boys at his Detroit home. Authorities said he assaulted the boys, who were 15 years old and 16 years old at the time, between August 2023 and October 2023.
He was arrested on Oct. 24, 2023, and charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. Both second- and fourth-degree CSC relate to unwanted sexual touching and not penetration, though second-degree includes more forceful components. He was found guilty on both charges.
Thompkins was fired from his role as a coach for the boys’ basketball team at Farmington High School on Oct. 9, 2023, after administrators “immediately began an investigation” after receiving a report from a concerned parent. Three other varsity and JV basketball coaches were also fired that week after school officials learned the coaches were “aware that several basketball players had been to [Thompkin’s] house” and didn’t report it to administrators.
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