Woman whose kids were allegedly living in ‘deplorable condition’ waives preliminary exam

The case towards a Pontiac lady charged with three counts of second-degree little one molestation after officers mentioned her youngsters had been discovered alive “in deplorable situation” has been transferred to Oakland County Circuit Courtroom.

Throughout a listening to on December 4 within the fiftieth District Courtroom, 31-year-old Teriomas Johnson waived a preliminary examination and the decide referred the case to a better court docket for a doable trial.

In keeping with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace, officers who responded to a South Francis Avenue house for a doable housebreaking — decided to be unfounded — discovered the scene suffering from human and animal feces, trash and spoiled meals. The house had no working plumbing and clogged sinks, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned, and it appeared the kids — a 12-year-old lady, a 9-year-old lady and a 9-year-old boy — had defecated in a cardboard field. Additionally it is believed that Johnson usually left the kids dwelling alone, they usually attended college solely sporadically, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Three cats additionally lived within the house, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Little one Protecting Providers positioned the kids with their organic father, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Johnson is denied bond on the Oakland County Jail. Bond was initially set at $250,000, however at her arraignment within the fiftieth District Courtroom final month, Justice of the Peace Angelena Thomas-Scruggs revoked bond through Zoom after Johnson threw a chair and yelled an expletive at her.

Arraignment in Oakland County Circuit Courtroom is scheduled for December 16.

Johnson is on probation for first-degree retail fraud, fourth-degree fleeing and eluding, and fourth-degree little one abuse in 52-3 District Courtroom in Rochester Hills, starting in 2024. Two of her youngsters had been within the automotive when she fled from police, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.