A former Pratt school district employee accused of emailing a bomb threat to the high school was sentenced in connection with the crime.

Monday morning, a judge sentenced 32-year-old Claudia Rodriguez-Oviedo to 12 months in prison for aggravated criminal threat and an additional eight months for an unlawful act of concerning a computer.

In November, Pratt High School school officials received a threat from a fake email account. School administrators contacted police and started a plan to evacuate the school and cancel school events.

The district's technology director determined that the email was sent from within the school's computer network. The message was traced back to a computer assigned to Rodriguez-Oviedo, who was a secretary at Southwest Elementary School at the time.

In court, Oviedo, who admitted to the crime gave a brief statement in court and expressed her regrets.

“I made a mistake and I’m very sorry. Because of my mistake, my family and lovers are suffering the consequences," she said.

Family members and friends showed up at court to support Oviedo.

The former elementary school secretary has four children and is expecting her fifth child.

Oviedo is not a U.S. citizen but is a resident under a visa which expires March 2018.