On Tuesday, November 26, a lady from Muskego entered a guilty plea to two of the three counts leveled against her. Prosecutors claim that the defendant became intoxicated and assaulted a toddler as a police officer watched.
Alyanya Felts admitted guilt to two charges: negligently causing physical harm to a child and maliciously abusing a child. The state dropped the misdemeanor allegation of bail jumping.
Felts was subsequently sentenced to two years in prison and three years of extended supervision in this case on Tuesday by a court in Waukesha County.
A police officer from New Berlin noticed a vehicle at the Racine Avenue park and ride on Wednesday evening, March 6, 2024, while on patrol along S. Racine Avenue, according to the criminal complaint. The officer couldn’t see anyone in the front seats, but “he noticed a small child peaking (his) head out from the rear passenger side window,” according to the complaint.
The cop stayed put and observed the vehicle drive away from the park-and-ride. “This small child (later identified as an 18-month-old) was in the back unrestrained, partially hanging out of the window,” the officer saw once more, according to the complaint.
A police officer from New Berlin pulled over the car. The man replied to the officer’s question about his decision to disregard a red traffic signal by saying, “because the back seat female passenger, Alyanya Felts, was intoxicated” and that he was attempting to get her home.
According to the case, the police officer saw that the defendant “had bloodshot and glassy eyes, had extreme slurred speech, and was unable to sit upright.” The complaint further states that Felts was unable to properly compose sentences or give her birthday. Health and Human Services was contacted by the officer at that juncture.
A second responding New Berlin police officer observed the pulled-over driver’s eyes to be “bloodshot, droopy and glassy,” according to the complaint.
According to the officer, “there were open intoxicants all over the vehicle.” Felts “punched (with a fist) this 18-month-old child in the face,” the second officer saw when he diverted his focus from the driver to the defendant in the back seat.
According to the complaint, the officer recorded that the boy “became hysterical, crying and tears were coming down his cheeks” in his report. An officer noted that the youngster had a “red welt and mark” on his right cheek.