Guelph police report a teenager has been charged with assaulting a child and a police officer following an incident Wednesday.
Just after 8 p.m., police were called to a park in the area of Grange Road and Watson Parkway North. Witnesses reported a six-year-old child was playing on a merry-go-round when the teen, whom the child does not know, began to spin it very quickly causing the child to fall off and bump her head.
As officers attempted to speak to the teen she threw several punches, three of them striking an officer in the chest area.
A 15-year-old Guelph female is charged with assault and assault police.
