first-degree child abuse

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.

Kelli Bryant, a mother from Oakland County, was sentenced to two years' probation for welfare fraud and found competent to stand trial for three counts of first-degree child abuse after authorities discovered her three children living in squalor. The children, aged 12-15, survived on food deliveries but lacked basic hygiene supplies, and Bryant's trial for child abuse is scheduled for August 24, 2026.

A former couple, Jessica and Jason Klimp, were sentenced in Michigan for abusing two adopted children, with their sentences running concurrently to 10-year terms in Tennessee. The abuse included severe dehydration, malnutrition, and confinement using straitjackets and dog cages.