PALM COAST, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida mom was arrested after deputies discovered a ready-to-fire gun and bullets overlooked and simply accessible to the 4 kids residing within the dwelling, in line with an arrest report.
Amanda Gaisford, 37, of Palm Coast, is going through 4 counts of felony little one abuse for neglecting 4 kids with out nice bodily hurt.
In keeping with the Flager County Sheriff’s Workplace, Gaisford was housing her two organic kids, a 16- and 13-year-old, together with two different kids, a 9- and 7-year-old.
After the 16-year-old acquired right into a combat and obtained a gun from the house, officers acquired a search warrant.
Throughout a sweep of her dwelling, Gaisford made a number of feedback together with figuring out the place the “bb gun” was, having a “actual” 9mm gun within the kitchen cupboard, and the journal for the gun “deep” in a laundry hamper in her bed room.
In keeping with the affidavit, deputies discovered the loaded gun in the lounge leisure stand on prime of a stack of Disney motion pictures, which was “simply accessible to Amanda’s two youngest kids.”
In one of many kids’s bedrooms, officers positioned three 9mm Hornaday bullets underneath the blanket of the mattress. Additionally within the bed room, in addition to close to the storage door, lights, baggies, smoking pipes, and different gadgets associated to marijuana use have been discovered, together with a baggie with cocaine residue.
In Amanda’s bed room, deputies discovered a silver-colored Smith and {a magazine} with 11 Hornaday 9mm bullets.
Flagler County deputies additionally famous that the house had “deplorable residing” situations, as the house was with out working water for 2 weeks, and was infested with roaches, fleas, bugs, drug paraphernalia, and prescription medicines.
The bogs have been discovered unflushable and stuffed with urine and fecal matter. The bathe was not practical, and the fridge and bedrooms have been stuffed with spoiled and rotten meals.
Gaisford admitted that her household must stroll to a close-by park to make use of the general public restrooms.
“The complete dwelling emanated with a really robust foul/rancid odor, that smelled just like spoiled meals, urine, and fecal matter,” the report said. Officers and close by neighbors additionally reported the odor from outdoors.
Gaisford was arrested Sunday and was ordered to haven’t any contact with the 4 kids, who’re within the custody of DCF. Gaisford is being held on a $10,000 bond and is ready to be arraigned on Jan. 7.
