WESTFIELD — A Southwick mother accused of physically and mentally abusing one of her two school-aged children pleaded guilty in District Court Thursday to eight abuse charges and sentenced to 18 months in jail, according to court records.
Amari E. Lopez, 29, of Point Grove Road, Southwick, was charged last September for five counts of assault and battery on a child with injury and three counts of reckless endangerment of a child after an investigation found one of her children was injured numerous times after being punched and beaten by her, according to court records.
A jury trial on the charges was scheduled for June 17, but Lopez pleaded guilty to the five assault and battery charges and sentenced to 18 months in the Western Massachusetts Regional Correctional Center. She also pleaded guilty to the three counts of reckless endangerment and placed on probation for two years after her release, according to court documents.
