KENOSHA, Wis. — Laniah A. Winn, 26, of Milwaukee, was charged Monday with five felonies and four misdemeanors after prosecutors say she left her four young children crying outside their grandmother’s home without making sure anyone was there to care for them, assaulted a 17-year-old who confronted her, and later resisted police aboard a coach bus.

Court Commissioner Daniel E. Kellum set Winn’s bail at $2,500 cash Monday afternoon. She is charged with four felony counts of neglecting a child, one felony count of physical abuse of a child, two counts of disorderly conduct, misdemeanor bail jumping and resisting an officer. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6.

According to the criminal complaint, Kenosha police were called around 6 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 6000 block of 20th Avenue for a report of child abuse and neglect. The children’s paternal grandmother told officers she heard knocking and children crying outside her door. When she opened it, she allegedly found Winn’s four children — ages 6, 5, 3 and 2 — crying for their mother.

The grandmother told police she looked down the block and saw Winn walking toward a bus stop. According to the complaint, Winn never looked back, never confirmed that the children had gotten safely inside and had never arranged for the grandmother — or anyone else — to care for them. Prosecutors charged Winn with four separate felony child-neglect counts, one involving each child.

The complaint says a 17-year-old then followed Winn and confronted her about leaving the children. When he asked why she had done so, Winn allegedly responded, “’cause I can.” Prosecutors say the argument escalated and Winn slapped the teen hard in the chest, causing him pain. She is charged with felony physical abuse of a child in connection with that allegation.

Police suspected Winn had boarded a coach bus and went to the Kenosha train station. Officers allegedly recognized Winn from a prior booking photo after the bus arrived. The complaint says Winn refused to identify herself, refused to stand, tensed her arms and would not put her hands behind her back as officers tried to arrest her.

According to prosecutors, Winn became loud, profane and repeatedly insisted officers had the wrong person. Because officers were attempting to restrain her inside the confined bus and could not secure her hands, an officer deployed a Taser. Winn was then taken into custody.

Winn later told police she was pregnant and wanted to go to the hospital, according to the complaint. An ambulance transported her to Froedtert South in Pleasant Prairie. Prosecutors say testing showed her unborn child was healthy. The complaint alleges Winn later became verbally aggressive toward nursing staff before she was medically cleared and taken to the Kenosha County Jail.

Winn was also out on bond in a Racine County misdemeanor case at the time, according to prosecutors. She had been charged there with resisting or obstructing an officer and was released in August 2024 on a no-cash bail that required her not to commit additional crimes. Prosecutors say that bond remained in effect Saturday, leading to the new bail-jumping charge.

Judge Jodi L. Meier on Monday denied a prosecution request to seal the Victim Identification Key in the case.

Kellum ordered Winn to have no contact with the children, the 17-year-old or another identified person as a condition of her $2,500 cash bail. The order allows contact with Winn’s children to be modified by a family court order.