Pasco woman accused of giving crack to disabled grandmother

PORT RICHEY — A 25-year-old woman was arrested for giving crack cocaine to her disabled grandmother, Pasco deputies said.

Karissa Lee Glisson, also known as Karisa Atkins, was arrested Tuesday and charged with abuse of an elderly or disabled adult. The 63-year-old grandmother "smoked the crack cocaine" at her Port Richey home Tuesday afternoon and passed out, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report.

The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Glisson "admitted to providing and smoking crack cocaine with the victim, who is her grandmother," the sheriff's report states.

Glisson told paramedics her grandmother is disabled and suffers from "various health issues."

Glisson, of 7424 Ivory Terrace in New Port Richey, is being held at the Pasco jail in lieu of $5,000 bail. She declined to say why she gave her grandmother crack and refused to speak to deputies any further, the report states.