by Jenny Erikson
Friday at 4:02 PM
Some things change when you become a mom, and the ability to come and go as you please when you have little kids is one of them. Children are not pets … you can’t just leave them alone while you gallivant off to the slots.
This should be common sense, but apparently not for Crystal Hernandez, the 34-year-old Florida grandmother who left her four kids and one grandchild at home so she could go to the casino.
She was arrested at her home on Tuesday after neighbors called the cops when the five kiddos were wandering around outside asking people for food. They ranged in age from 2 to 12. No word on where the mother (or father?) of the grandchild was, or if Hernandez has custody.
She doesn’t have custody of any of them anymore, and it isn’t just because she left them home alone to go gambling. Apparently the environment of the house was toxic and unlivable. We are talking pee and poop awful here.