A Carbon County man admitted in the county court on Friday to assaulting his teenage daughter and was sentenced to a prison term.

Shawn M. Lynn, 34, of Summit Hill, pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault in a plea deal with the district attorney’s office. A felony count of aggravated assault and a felony count of endangering welfare of a child were dropped with the plea.

Lynn was arrested by Summit Hill police on April 15 for an incident at a residence along East Fell Street. Police said Lynn went to the residence where his daughter was present. She was seated when he grabbed both her ankles and pulled her to the floor. He then threw her to the ground and against a wall in the home, according to police.

Police said they observed bruising to her neck, left arm and back. It was also noted she had a broken collarbone.

Lynn admitted to most of the facts in the police report but denied throwing her to the ground multiple times and breaking her collarbone.

President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II, who accepted the pleas, asked Lynn why he would assault his daughter.

Lynn told the court he did it to “scare” her. He claimed his daughter has been a problem for some time and said he “hoped scaring her would straighten her out.” He said her mother died a short time after her birth and he has raised her on his own.

The grandmother of the child, Lynn’s mother, showed pictures of the girl after the assault occurred. She said her son needed anger management counseling and she fear for her granddaughter if Lynn regains custody of her.

Lynn’s girlfriend claimed the victim had been “rough” with her children and that she needed help and counseling.

Nanovic sentenced Lynn, who has been in the county prison since his arrest, to serve three to one day less 24 months in prison but he won’t serve any more time. He was given credit for 97 days already served and paroled.

Nanovic further ordered Lynn to attend and successfully complete a anger management course and parenting classes, get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and follow any recommendations for treatment, supply a DNA sample, pay court costs of about $1,000, pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and all contact with the victim must be supervised.