Courtesy Ada County Sheriff's Office

MERIDIAN - A Centennial High School softball coach is charged with sexual battery of a minor.

Ada County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Andrea Dearden confirms 22-year-old Lauren K. Palmer was arrested early Saturday morning in Eagle.

Dearden says a sheriff’s deputy spotted a car in a local park after 1 a.m. - and witnessed what is described as “inappropriate touching” between Palmer and a female minor.  The arrest report indicates the minor is aged 16 or 17 years old. 

A Meridian School District spokesperson confirms Palmer is an assistant softball coach for Centennial. 

She has been with the school for two years, and school officials have placed her on administrative leave. They cannot comment further on the victim in the case.