'Heavily intoxicated' man arrested after allegedly beating children aboard Carnival cruise ship, police say

An allegedly intoxicated cruise rider is accused of attacking 2 children playing tag aboard a Carnival cruise vessel earlier being confined to his compartment for the remainder of the voyage.

David Lawrence Crosby II, 44, of Surrency, Georgia, was arrested July 27 connected 2 counts of kid abuse, according to Brevard County Sheriff's Office booking records.

On July 26, Crosby was allegedly moving down a hallway successful the Carnival Glory — a vessel that typically sails retired of Port Canaveral successful Florida to the Bahamas — erstwhile helium encountered a radical of 3 children who were playing tag, according to a probable origin affidavit.

Crosby is accused of hitting 1 of the children successful the face, causing a bloody articulator and caput pain, earlier striking a 2nd kid successful the stomach, per the affidavit.

David Lawrence Crosby was arrested connected kid maltreatment charges aft authorities said an alleged incidental involving 2 children occurred aboard Carnival Glory. (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)

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Officials said the incidental was caught connected the ship's information camera system.

When Crosby was arrested Monday by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, helium told officers that helium was "heavily intoxicated" and did not retrieve hitting the kids, according to authorities.

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Carnival Cruise Line said its information squad "responded immediately" to the incident.

"Our information squad responded instantly to an incidental involving an intoxicated impermanent aboard Carnival Glory connected July 26," a Carnival spokesperson said.

Carnival's Glory cruise vessel docked astatine the Port of Miami successful Miami connected March 9, 2014. This is the vessel Crosby was connected erstwhile helium allegedly struck the kids, according to a constabulary affidavit. (Christina Mendenhall/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"The impermanent was confined to his compartment for the remainder of the voyage, referred to section instrumentality enforcement upon accomplishment successful Port Canaveral, assessed a codification of behaviour usurpation fee, and placed connected our Do Not Sail list. We person zero tolerance for this benignant of behavior."

Crosby was released from jailhouse connected Tuesday aft posting a $10,000 enslaved for each count, totaling $20,000, according to tribunal records.

He appeared successful tribunal Wednesday and pleaded not guilty, tribunal documents showed. He is scheduled to beryllium arraigned connected Aug. 25.

Carnival Glory docked successful Cozumel, Mexico, connected December 21, 2023. Carnvial did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for further information. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, nationalist defender's bureau and a Georgia concern tied to Crosby for comment.

The business' answering instrumentality connection indicated it was closed arsenic of Tuesday, the time Crosby was released from jail, owed to a "family emergency."