A St. Clair County woman accused of brutally abusing her two foster children over a four-year span, including locking them in dog cases, has pleaded guilty to four charges.
Sarah Elise Hager, 39, of Port Huron, was charged with seven felony counts, including child abuse and torture.
She allegedly abused the children under her care from 2017 to 2021. The accusations were laid out in an affidavit filed on Feb. 13, 2026.
In the affidavit, the children -- a boy and a girl who have not been identified because they are still minors -- say they lived with Hager in Emmett, 20 miles west of Port Huron. The kids said they experienced unspeakable horror.
They told authorities that Hager routinely abused them, including beating them and locking them inside darkened rooms and a dog cage.
The boy told authorities that he once wet the bed, and Hager proceeded to beat him and then rubbed his face in the urine-soaked bed.
Hager was taken into custody by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 27.
According to court records, Hager pleaded guilty on May 18 to two counts of second-degree child abuse, one count of second-degree child abuse in the presence of another child and one count of attempted torture. All other charges were dismissed.
She is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22 at 1:50 p.m.