Maryland woman hits boy after 'fat' and 'Miss Piggy' insults on flight from Disney World: police

Fox5DC ^ | 5/28/2025 | Sam Kosmas

[simpson96]

ORLANDO, Fla. - A Maryland woman has been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly striking a boy aboard a plane at Orlando Sanford Airport, authorities said.

Kristy Crampton, 46, of Hagerstown, Maryland, allegedly hit the child after he called her "fat" and "Miss Piggy" on a flight home from Disney World on Memorial Day, according to a Sanford Airport Police report.

Witnesses told police that Crampton struck the boy and slammed his head against a window following a verbal argument. One witness described the incident as abuse, stating the "woman was not correcting the child, she was abusing him, whipping the s*** out of the kid."

Crampton told police that the boy had been disrespectful throughout their trip. When she took away his phone as punishment, he allegedly pushed her arm off the armrest, at which point she struck him, the report says. The relationship between Crampton and the boy was not made available.

Crampton was taken into custody and transported to Seminole County Jail, where she was charged with child abuse. She was released on a $10,000 bond the following day.

[alexander_busek]

Ah, yes.... the miracle flights. I worked many - the elderly parents would go visit their kids and all would be mostly infirm, vulnerable and fragile - and in wheelchairs. But, by God when we landed in Florida, their home planet, they would all jump up like Olympic athletes, fighting to be the first off the plane with nary a wheelchair in sight.

Sorry to hear that! Repeated or constant exposure to experiences of that nature can have a jading influence upon one, I expect!

I understand this phenomenon as a concept ("Went to college for a semester and a half" - That's a "Sopranos" reference!), but have not been forced to expose myself to it on a regular basis!

Regards,