Spring Hill, FL - Melissa Ann Crossman, 19, has two kids, no child safety locks, and not enough sense. Last Thursday afternoon, Crossman’s three year old son was found wandering outside, wearing only a diaper. The toddler was playing with the live electrical wires that run to and from the air conditioning unit at his home. Where was Mommy? Well, she’d taken a painkiller and gone to sleep, that’s where.
I know, right? Are you surprised? I’m totally surprised.
Deputies responded to the neighbor’s call and found the front door of the house standing partway open and the little boy with live electrical wires in his hands. On entering the house, Melissa Crossman was found sound asleep, crashed out under a blanket in a bedroom. According to a Hernando County Sheriff’s Office report, her one-year-old daughter was also asleep in the bedroom.
Melissa was so zonked that a sheriff’s deputy had to wake her up. When they finally got her roused and told her what had happened, Melissa Crossman just said “Ah, he got out of the front door again.” Apparently it was common practice for Crossman to take naps and leave her son unattended.
A Department of Children and Families caseworker found that the little boy’s bed was just a mattress on the floor. The baby girl’s crib had a filthy mattress and no sheets. The report goes on to list “poisonous chemicals and cleaners” where the children could get to them, and weird liquids on the bathroom floor. There were dirty dishes throughout the house, and all of the smoke alarms were disabled with bare wires hanging out of them.
Bad, right? Well, apparently Grandma didn’t think so, because guess what? She lives there too. Diane Lashley, the grandmother, told deputies that none of the child safety latches worked, and they hadn’t bothered to replace them. Apparently they hadn’t bothered to clean, either.
The little boy had no problem showing deputies how to unbolt the door, but no higher locks or other safety measures to keep him inside were in place. The toddler had a number of scrapes and bruises, but it wasn’t clear whether the child had been abused or if he got all banged up ridin’ dirty in the ‘hood. DCF got on the stick and removed both children from the home, since obviously neither Mommy or Grandma has a lick of sense or a mop.
Crossman was arrested on a charge of child neglect. She was booked into the Hernando County Jail, where it looks like she might still be sitting on $1000 bond.
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27 responses so far ↓
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Lizard
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:59 am -Hell, the jail’s clean, and no kids. I hear tell they even give you sheets. Bet she likes the “free food,” too. Why would she want to leave?
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tray-bay-bay
Aug 19, 2008 at 11:35 am -They probably don’t have an unlimited supply of pain pills, though. Bummer for her.
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Shroomer
Aug 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm -Awww one of Spring Hills finest! Wonder if she had a prescription for that pain killer and did they find more in the house? If not she should of gotten a possession charge too, unless it was grandma’s. If she had a legit script then she probably will get them in the jail. Sounds like she might be getting a vacation.
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captainhowdy
Aug 19, 2008 at 12:24 pm -she looks so brilliant; i’m shocked! i guess looks can be deceiving.
okay, maybe not.
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auddie
Aug 19, 2008 at 1:29 pm -. . . Just a friendly reminder to please have your pets/granddaughter spayed or neutered.
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tray-bay-bay
Aug 19, 2008 at 4:32 pm -Damn! It looks like her mouth is all swollen. I hope it’s because somebody just punched her when she said something about that baby escaping again. Probably not though. Maybe that’s what the painkiller nap was for.
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ScotchyScotch
Aug 19, 2008 at 4:49 pm -She looks like quite a catch. I wonder where the children’s father is…
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Lizard
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:00 pm -Time for someone to punch me in the mouth–I’ve been looking at Melissa’s picture all day, and I’m starting to feel kinda sad for her. She looks like a chubby-cheeked 12-year-old with frizzy hair.
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captainhowdy
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:09 pm -Hmm…you see a chubby-cheeked 12-year-old…I see a retarded fugmo that got knocked up twice by the age of 19, neglected (and probably abused) her kids, and is quite probably the type of dipshit that stands around in Wal-Mart spanking her children while shopping for crab lice shampoo, and puts Dr. Pepper in her baby’s bottle. And I bet she bought that Dr. Pepper with her food stamps, then tried to use the change to buy a pack of Parliaments. Or maybe Kools.
Look at her mean little eyes. There’s a whole lotta “DURRRR” in that scowl.
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Kdogg
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:25 pm -eeeekkkk…. another picture that will give me nightmares…..
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Lizard
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:39 pm -All right, Captain Howdy, I’m icing my mouth now. Job well done.
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OMalley
Aug 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm -CaptainHowdy,
Very astute character assignation. I bet you’re not far off the mark. I shop at Wal-Mart every week and I see a lot of that…
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TOMAR
Aug 19, 2008 at 11:47 pm -I bet the trash has some more kids so she can get her govment checks back..
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The Masked Web Avenger
Aug 20, 2008 at 12:47 am -This dick recepticle is a good reason why there should be some way to license breeding. Just think, in a few generations we could rid ourselfs of white trash!
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Lizard
Aug 20, 2008 at 1:05 am -I have to say, I do find it interesting how often the notion of licensing for bearing children comes up on this site. This is something pretty much unheard of in “the free world.” I need to ask Athena to start a Three Things thread in the forums about it–I mean, how do you regulate something like this?
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The Masked Web Avenger
Aug 20, 2008 at 1:16 am -I’d be happy if they sold ” dumb cunt corks”.
-bye Johnson and Johnson
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Lizard
Aug 20, 2008 at 1:28 am -Yeah, but as long as they’re not mandated, what’s the point? The people who would buy the corks are the ones who are already on birth control. We need to be able to load them into guns….etc. Heh.
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The Masked Web Avenger
Aug 20, 2008 at 1:37 am -Cunt Cork launcher… hmmm. Do we have any engineers in the house?! That could be one of my superhero weapons. Corking dumb cunts across the nation! Its like a modern day Johnny appleseed…kinda.
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tray-bay-bay
Aug 20, 2008 at 2:01 am -You all are onto something! Hubby is an engineer. I’ll get him working right away! Uh, does this mean I’m going to have to be the test pilot?
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The Masked Web Avenger
Aug 20, 2008 at 2:12 am -I think we have a better canditate above for full on testing….but what you and hubby do before delivery is your bussiness!
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Peeperann
Aug 20, 2008 at 8:57 am -Wow, I am so surprised. NOT.
Maybe we should be like China in this respect, people can only have one, at least stupid people….
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JESSGA03
Aug 20, 2008 at 3:15 pm -I love captain Howdy! Couldnt have said it better! How the hell did she get anybody to sleep with her!? Part of all of these ass wipes “punishments”~ they should be made to go to DD and see what some of us think of them!
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sugarglider
Aug 20, 2008 at 3:53 pm -She looks bona fide simple. And I bet her mother is, too. Two words: birth control. And more word: abortion.
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Morticia
Aug 20, 2008 at 6:14 pm -I must say no one would have objected on her “right to choose”. Poor kids they never had a chance with this fine example of a mother.
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captainhowdy
Aug 20, 2008 at 8:40 pm -LOL, I’m thinking massive quantities of alcohol must have been involved…possibly some incest…blindness, perhaps? Retardation? All of the above?
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Lilbay
Aug 23, 2008 at 2:49 am -I look at the picture and see a face that looks like it was just woke up and can not wait to go back to sleep again.
She is no doubt happy as hell that she is able to sleep now without any kids crawling around her.
Poor Kids i pray they get a good home and do not have to go back to these two dimwits
What the hell is in the water in FL lately
That would be a great place to start corking
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OnyxRayne
Aug 26, 2008 at 3:31 pm -Okay, when you are a parent, you make sure that your children are safe and you make sure that you have someone RESPONSIBLE to watch your child if you MUST take a nap.
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