An Ohio mother has been charged with the severe abuse and attempted drowning of her three children, aged 14, 8, and 2. Prosecutors allege that she held them underwater in a bathtub while shouting at them.

During the terrifying ordeal, Anjelicia Stewart, 37, is said to have threatened her children’s lives by screaming, “I’m going to kill you!” at their residence in Cincinnati’s Westwood area.

The exact date of the alleged attempts on the children’s lives remains unknown, but the reported mistreatment and torment occurred between 2021 and April 2025, as noted by local NBC affiliate WLWT.

Stewart was arrested this week following the issuance of an arrest warrant earlier in the month.

“She repeatedly filled a bathtub full of water, held them underwater, screaming she was going to kill them,” a Hamilton County prosecutor said during Stewart’s arraignment on Tuesday. “She beat them with poles, metal clasps, dog chains, beat and choked them with belts, strangled them with her hands,” the prosecutor alleged.

In one reported incident, Stewart allegedly threw one of the children to the floor with such force that the child lost consciousness and required CPR from a sibling to revive them. Details regarding how law enforcement became aware of the alleged bathtub incident and ongoing abuse have not been disclosed.

“What a horrific situation for those children,” Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich told the station. “I hope that they’re in safekeeping right now.”

Officials have said that Stewart’s kids are currently staying with family and friends as her criminal case unfolds. “The children are terrified of her,” the prosecutor said at Tuesday’s arraignment. “The family as well. The danger not only to them, the rest of the family.”

Stewart is facing charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, endangering children and sexual imposition. She is being held on a $500,000 bond and has been ordered not to contact her kids. She has pleaded not guilty.