MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman
Darrion Scott is charged with assault for allegedly holding a
plastic dry cleaning bag over the head of his 2-year-old son.

Scott is charged in Hennepin County Court with third-degree
assault and domestic assault by strangulation, both felonies.

According to the complaint, the boy's mother says Scott said he
was playing with the child and wanted to see if the boy could get
the bag off his head himself.

Scott was arrested last week after police searched his Eden
Prairie town house. He remains in jail, with bond set at $100,000.
His first court appearance is scheduled Wednesday.

A call to Scott's attorney was not immediately returned.

The 26-year-old Scott is a free agent after spending the past
four seasons with the Vikings.