A 34-year-old Pontiac mother accused of child abuse and abandoning her three children was arraigned Thursday morning on three counts of first-degree child abuse.

Judge Ronda Fowlkes Gross of Pontiac's 50th District Court set Kelli Bryant's bond at $250 million and ordered her to have no contact with her kids.

The father of the three children who were allegedly abandoned by their mother for nearly five years attempted to be in their lives, according to police. During a press conference Tuesday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said that while an investigation into the timeline is ongoing,

A judge has set an extraordinary bond for a Michigan woman who is locked up and accused of leaving three children alone for years in a house full of trash and feces

The revelation in court records came as another man with whom she had a child expressed shock at the conditions in which her three older children lived.

The woman accused of abandoning her three children for several years at a Pontiac townhouse had her bond set at $250 million cash Thursday. Judge Ronda M. Fowlkes Gross levied the staggering bond during the arraignment of Kelli Bryant,

Kelli Bryant, who allegedly abandoned her kids for years and left them living alone was given a $250M cash bond during her arraignment.