A Vancouver woman was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail and mandatory mental health and alcohol treatment after pleading guilty to recklessly dropping her children on the ground and scuffling with police and medical personnel.
Jasmin C. Crump, 34, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony harassment involving a criminal justice official and domestic violence reckless endangerment.
According to court records, police were called to Crump’s home on May 29 to check on a woman who was lying on the ground with three small, crying children.
Witnesses said they tried to help the woman, Crump, and her children. At one point, she stood up while holding a 17-month-old and dropped the child on some grass.
Another 17-month-old child, the witnesses said, walked out into the street. When they picked the boy up and tried giving him to Crump, Crump dropped him on his head on the sidewalk.
The boy started to cry and police arrived about a minute later, according to court records.
Crump then scuffled with arriving officers, kicked a medic in the genitals and scratched and bruised a nurse at the hospital.
Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke, going with the plea agreement proposed by the state and Crump’s attorney, sentenced Crump to 90 days in jail for the felony harassment charge, and a suspended, 364-day suspended sentence for the second count, down to 271 days for time already served.
She was also sentenced to 12 months of community custody upon release. This was Crump’s first felony, and she had no prior criminal history. The deal also requires Crump get treatment for alcohol abuse and mental illness.
Crump’s charges originally included a charge of first-degree child assault, after responding paramedics and emergency room staff worried the dropped child had a fractured skull.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jeff McCarty said the child was later transferred to Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, where doctors did a more thorough examination.
McCarty said they didn’t find any fractures, old or new, and said it seemed likely the first diagnosis misidentified normal traits caused by skull growth as a possible crack.
Also, McCarty said, when detectives later interviewed witnesses again, they said Crump moved to catch the child when he dropped, breaking his fall.
The plea agreement also prohibits Crump from contacting her children, with the exception of supervised visits as authorized by Child Protective Services or a dependency court.
Heather Carroll, Crump’s attorney, said family and state officials were working to transfer custody of the two children involved to grandparents. A third, older child was being taken care of by her father.
