BURGAW, NC (WNCT) — A Mount Olive woman tried to drown her four children in a bathtub Tuesday, the Pender County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies responded to the 9400 block of N.C. Hwy. 11 in Pender County around 11:55 a.m. After investigating, they arrested Aeisha Milton, 29, who has been charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Deputies say the children ranged in age from 10 months to 3 years old. The children were taken to Pender Memorial Hospital and have been released.
Milton is being held without bond in the Pender County Jail.