Woman sentenced to federal prison for stabbing victim with a piece of wood on Meskwaki Settlement
CEDAR RAPIDS — A woman who stabbed another woman in the neck with a piece of trim that broke off in the victim’s neck was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison on Tuesday. Ashley Thompson, 38, of Tama, received the prison term after a March 31, 2025, guilty plea to one count of assault causing serious bodily injury. At the guilty plea, Thompson admitted that on Jan. 14, 2024, she assaulted a woman on the Meskwaki Settlement. According to a press release, Thompson was in another person’s home along with the victim. An argument between multiple people occurred, ...
