Woman, 32, convicted of sex assault of toddler

8/16/2005

BOWLING GREEN A Risingsun, Ohio, woman pleaded guilty yesterday in Wood County Common Pleas Court to raping a young girl in her care.

Katrina M. Stephenson, 32, admitted that she sexually assaulted the girl on Sept. 16 while changing her diaper.

She also pleaded guilty to endangering children for failing to report the injury she caused to the child.

Judge Reeve Kelsey accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for Aug. 29.

Stephenson faces up to 10 years in prison for the rape conviction and five years for endangering children.