KENOSHA, Wis. – A Kenosha woman is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly passing out at a public pool while responsible for three young children, including her own, and later threatening to have police officers killed.

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Lauren M. Leipzig, 37, was in court Thursday and formally charged with eight counts stemming from a July 2 incident at the Shagbark Apartments pool on Washington Road. Her charges include one felony count of child neglect, three misdemeanors for neglect of other children, three felony threats to law enforcement officers, and one count each of disorderly conduct and obstruction.

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Court Commissioner William Michel II set Leipzig’s cash bail at $5,000. She is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on July 11.

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According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched around 7:22 p.m. for a welfare check on a woman reportedly passed out near a pool with three children under the age of 10. Officers say they arrived to find Leipzig unresponsive in a lounge chair. When they finally woke her, she appeared dazed, smelled of alcohol, and was slurring her speech, according to police.

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Bystanders, including the property manager and other pool guests, told officers Leipzig had been asleep for at least 15 minutes and that the young children—ages 5, 7, and 7—were unsupervised in and around the pool. One witness reported seeing Leipzig bite at the children and later fall asleep while they tried to wake her up.

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Police say Leipzig became combative and verbally aggressive, cursing at officers and drawing the attention of nearby residents. When she was taken into custody, she allegedly made a series of violent threats, including, “I will make one phone call and have your life ended,” and “I’m gonna punch you in your mother fuckin’ nuts.” Additional threats were reportedly made inside the squad car and later at Froedtert South Hospital, where Leipzig was medically cleared before being booked into jail.

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A witness told officers she saw Leipzig bang one child’s head against the pool wall multiple times and that the child cried out in pain. Another child told a bystander that “this wasn’t the first time this happened.”

The children were eventually released to a relative, who told police the pool does not have a divider between the deep and shallow ends, and that the children “look out for each other.”

If convicted on all charges, Leipzig faces up to 13 years in prison and more than $50,000 in fines.

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