A Pueblo woman is scheduled to be sentenced in February for felony assault and child abuse, according to district court records.
Susan Davidson, 36, accepted a plea deal Jan. 3 in which she pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault and one count of misdemeanor child abuse.
In exchange for her plea of guilty, sentencing for the assault charge will be deferred for a period of time open to the discretion of the court. If the deferred sentence is revoked, second-degree assault carries a sentence of between two and eight years in the Colorado Department of Corrections as well as a fine between $2,000 and $500,000.
Davidson will also receive a term of probation open to the court for the count of child abuse.
Davidson was arrested in July after allegedly choking and striking a 5-year-old.
A neighbor of Davidson’s told deputies they had heard crying and screaming in Davidson’s backyard, at which point they saw Davidson holding the child by the throat and punching them in the face.
Davidson will be sentenced in the court of Judge Tim O’Shea on Feb. 28.
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