ORLANDO — A Maryland woman is accused of abusing a child aboard an airplane in Florida Monday.
Kristy Krampton, 46, and her family were on a flight at Orlando Sanford Airport, headed for Hagerstown.
Witnesses told police a boy in the family was misbehaving on the plane, leading Krampton to slap him in the face, and slam his head into a window.
One passenger described the scene like this: "The woman was not correcting the child, she was abusing him, whipping the sh*t out of the kid."
Flight attendants got involved and called 911.
Krampton later admitted to smacking the boy for being "rude and disrespectful," while on their trip to Disney World.
The child allegedly called Krampton "fat" and "Miss Piggy," prompting her to take his phone away.
In response the boy pushed Krampton's arm off the seat armrest, telling her she was taking up too much space.
Krampton reacted by hitting him, according to a police report.
Despite the boy showing no visible injuries, officers determined Krampton "went beyond typical disciplinary actions with multiple strikes to the head."
Krampton was taken into custody on one count of "Domestic Cruelty Toward Child Abuse Without Great Bodily Harm," a third-degree felony in Florida.
She was later released on bond, and is scheduled to be arraigned on July 1.
Due to the police report being partially redacted, it's unclear whether Krampton is the boy's mother.
