CANTON, Ohio — Destany Scott, the Canton woman accused of slamming a child’s head against playground equipment at Stark-Wayne Schrader Park , has changed her plea to guilty.

Earlier this week, Scott, 19, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 18 months at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.

She was granted 98 days of jail time credit.

A Stark County grand jury previously indicted Scott on one count of endangering children in July.

CASE DETAILS

According to a report obtained by 3News, Canton police responded to an assault call on April 18, after a suspect -- identified as Scott -- was accused of slamming a juvenile's head against a metal portion of a slide at a Stark County park.

According to the police report, the defendant "did

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