Carnival Glory Passenger Arrested in Alleged Child Assault
Court records list two child-abuse counts without great bodily harm; Crosby was released July 28 on a bond of twenty thousand dollars, with an August 25 court date.
A Georgia passenger was arrested at Port Canaveral on July 27 after allegedly hitting two children in a hallway aboard Carnival Glory, the Carnival Cruise Line ship then completing a three-night Bahamas cruise. Brevard County records identify the passenger as David Crosby II, 44, who was taken into custody after the ship returned from a July 24 sailing.
Carnival said its security team “responded immediately,” confined Crosby to his cabin for the rest of the voyage, referred him to local law enforcement, assessed a code-of-conduct violation fee and placed him on the line’s Do Not Sail list. “We have zero tolerance for this type of behavior,” Carnival said in an emailed statement.
Hallway incident was recorded by ship cameras
The alleged assault occurred July 26, while Carnival Glory was at sea between a July 25 call at Celebration Key and its July 27 return to Port Canaveral.
Brevard County Sheriff’s Office arrest documents state that children were playing tag in a ship hallway when Crosby, who was running in the same area, stopped and hit one child in the face and another in the abdomen. One child had a bloody lip and head pain, while the other reported stomach pain.
The ship’s security camera system recorded the incident, according to the arrest documents. Crosby later told officials he could not recall what happened.
Cruise line sanctions ran alongside the criminal referral
Carnival’s passenger conduct policy allows the line to remove guests at their own expense and ban them from future sailings when conduct affects the safety, comfort or well-being of others onboard.
For qualifying passenger vessels embarking or disembarking in the United States, the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 sets shipboard security, video-surveillance, training and crime-reporting requirements. The law includes requirements for video systems used to document shipboard incidents and for retaining surveillance records for at least 20 days after footage is obtained.
Following the arrest, the ship departed on a four-night Bahamas cruise scheduled to call at Nassau and Celebration Key before returning to Port Canaveral on July 31.
Court records list child-abuse charges
Court documents list Crosby as having entered a not-guilty plea and identify two child-abuse counts without great bodily harm. Initial Brevard County booking details separately listed one felony child-abuse count without great bodily harm and one simple-assault count.
Crosby was released July 28 on a $20,000 bond. A felony child-abuse conviction without great bodily harm can carry up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine, and his next listed court date is Aug. 25 in Brevard County.
