TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Valrico woman was arrested after allegedly trying to drown herself and her three children in a community pool, according to court documents.

A pretrial detention motion filed by the State Attorney's Office for the 13th Judicial Circuit said Shaniece Willingham, 24, committed the crime after getting into an argument with the father of her three children at around 1:28 a.m. Wednesday.

Prosecutors said Willingham called the children's father to pick her and the children up, taking them to her house.

According to the motion, the father responded by saying "he doesn't give a f--- and he 'ain't doing anything.'"

After the argument, Willingham put her children — ages 3, 2 and 8 months old — in a wagon and walked them to the community pool on Sacramento Street.

The moti

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