DAWSON SPRINGS — (KT) A volunteer boys’ basketball coach at Dawson Springs High School has been placed on suspension after he was charged with allegedly making threats to at least two players.

According to Dawson Springs Independent Schools Superintendent Leonard Whalen, 29-year-old Judd Tyson of Nortonville has been removed from his duties.

According to Melinda Walls, her son first told her about the alleged threat made to him by Tyson at the beginning of this month.

“On Sept. 3, our son told us he was called into the office about basketball,” said Walls. “This assistant coach has been verbally harassing some of the kids. He told my son and another boy that he would curb stomp him and he didn’t care if he broke his neck.”

They also state that harassment didn’t end away from the schoo

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