Kelli Bryant is accused of collecting payments from January 2022 through February 2025 while her kids lived alone in a Pontiac townhouse.

Prosecutor says while three children lived alone in squalor in Pontiac, their mom, Kelli Bryant, was pocketing their government benefits.

Kelli Bryant, 34, is now charged with three counts of welfare fraud, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced Tuesday. Bryant was charged last month with three counts of first-degree child abuse. If convicted, she faces up to life in prison.

The prosecutor claims that between January 2022 and February 2025, Kelli Bryant collected $29,397 in welfare while her children lived in squalor.

Kelli Bryant, 34, is accused of collecting $29,397 from January 2022 through February 2025 in support payments by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services while the children were

Kelli Bryant, the mom charged abandoning her three kids in Pontiac, is charged with welfare fraud as the prosecutor says she received almost $30,000 from the state, which was meant for the kids she's accused of leaving to live alone in filth.

A judge modified bond Friday for Kelli Bryant, the Pontiac woman accused of abandoning her children and leaving them to live in squalor for years.

PONTIAC, MI -- Kelli Bryant, the woman accused of abandoning her three children for nearly five years appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary examination. Bryant, 34, only spoke to confirm her name during the proceedings, while her attorney, Cecilia Quirindongo pressed Judge Cynthia Thomas Walker on a pair of requests related to the case.

Kelli Bryant is facing charges of welfare fraud, in addition to the counts of child abuse for allegedly abandoning her kids in a filthy home.