FLINT, MI -- The former director of the state's Bureau of Epidemiology and state epidemiologist stood largely silent as a Genesee District judge read the charges against her stemming from the Flint water crisis.

Corinne Miller was arraigned Monday, Aug. 1, on two felonies and one misdemeanor after Attorney General Bill Schuette alleged she told other state employees not to take action on a report showing a spike in blood lead levels in children in Flint then later told employees to delete emails about the data.

Miller, 65, of Dewitt, was one of six people named by Schuette last week in charges connected to the city's water problems. She is the first to be arraigned on the new charges, which include felony misconduct in office and conspiracy and misdemeanor neglect of duty by a public officer.

Genesee Circuit Judge Nathaniel Perry III read the accusations against Miller. Miller responded with brief yes answers when Perry asked if she understood her rights.

Miller, along with fellow Michigan Department of Health and Human Services employees Nancy Peeler and Robert Scott, allegedly knew children in Flint were being poisoned by lead and suppressed the information, according to special investigators with the Attorney General's Office.

Peeler and Scott were also charged with felonies as part of the investigation.

Peeler was the director of the MDHHS Program for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting in July 2015 when she requested an internal report on blood lead levels in Flint children. The report was created on July 28 and showed a significant spike in blood lead tests for kids in Flint for the summer of 2014, Schuette said.

That report was never passed on to the proper health officials, investigators allege.

Peeler and Scott, the data manager for the Healthy Homes and Lead Prevention program, created a second report two days later that falsely indicated there was no significate rise blood lead levels of Flint children for the summer 2014.

Miller received the report first, but told others not to take action and snubbed other employees who asked about what to do next, Schuette said. She later told another MDHHS employee to delete emails concerning the original blood lead data report from July 28, 2015.

She retired from the state in April.

Perry ordered Miller released on a personal recognizance bond. A probable cause conference is scheduled for Aug. 9.

The felony charges carry up to five years in prison if convicted.