A Hillsborough County mother accused of trying to drown her three young children in a community pool will remain in jail without bond after a judge ruled Monday that she posed too significant a risk to herself and others.

Shaniece Willingham, 24, faces three counts of attempted first-degree premeditated murder in the Sept. 24 incident in Valrico. Video surveillance and witness accounts brought up in court by prosecutors detail Willingham lifting her children, ages 3, 2, and 8 months, over a locked pool fence, gathering them at the deep end, and eventually tossing them into the water before jumping in herself.

Her family members rushed to the scene after receiving frantic calls and watching her Instagram livestream, where prosecutors said she announced that no one else would care for her

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