PARIS – A Canton woman will spend a month behind bars in a plea agreement that dismissed seven sexual assault charges.

Jennifer J. Conant, 36, of 75 Canton Point Road, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading no contest to three counts of assault.

She was indicted on seven counts of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony that carries a maximum prison sentence of 30 years per count. Two of the sexual assault charges and one of the assault charges were filed in Androscoggin County and transferred to Oxford County.

The sentence came about through an information, a substitution for an indictment where the charges are changed as part of a plea agreement. By pleading on the assault charges, Conant’s seven sexual assault charges were dismissed.

The information charged Conant with assault in November and December of 2004 and April of 2005 against the same person. Assault is a Class D misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of one year.

Judge Roland A. Cole suspended all jail time on two counts and all but 30 days on the third count.

The sentence also orders Conant to serve a probationary period, avoid contact with children under the age of 16, not use drugs or alcohol, and continue psychiatric care and medication.

Both District Attorney Richard Beauchesne and defense attorney Alan G. Stone agreed that Conant suffers from a bipolar disorder, and Beauchesne said that influenced his decision regarding the plea.

Five of the sexual assault charges were based on incidents that occurred from November 2004 to July 2005 in Canton and Hartford, according to records. The boy, now 15, revealed them to a woman, who contacted the Department of Health and Human Services and the boy’s school counselor.

The state and defense attorneys made several requests for additional materials related to the case before they agreed on a plea.

Stone sought to subpoena the boy’s records, DHHS investigation materials related to the case, and the boy’s records at Mercy Hospital in Portland. A motion dated March 17 shows that Stone was attempting to acquire records that showed law enforcement investigation of the boy for a case of arson.

Beauchesne had made a motion for a blood sample from Conant because the boy had tested positive for Type I herpes virus. Stone argued that the motion was irrelevant because the boy tested negative for genital herpes, which is sexually transmitted.

The school responded on March 5 that the boy had gone on to high school and no records were available. The hospital records were ruled confidential and irrelevant to the case on March 26. The plea precluded decisions on the other motions.

The boy gave a written protest on the day of the sentencing, saying he wanted to see Conant be required to register as a sex offender and serve a longer jail sentence.