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Mary Ellen Brennan
Coverage of Mary Ellen Brennan in the Nexus archive.
- Pontiac mother sentenced in welfare fraud case linked to child abandonment allegations
A Pontiac woman was sentenced to two years of probation and 112 days in jail for welfare fraud after allegedly abandoning her children in squalor. She faces a trial in August for three counts of first-degree child abuse.
- Pontiac mother in horrific child abuse case found competent to stand trial
Kelli Bryant, a Pontiac mother, was found competent to stand trial for three counts of child abuse after authorities discovered her children living in squalor for four to five years. She also faces a separate welfare fraud conviction and will stand trial for child abuse in late August.