Mom Arrested After Sexually Oriented Party

St. Petersburg Times ^ | 4/18/02 | Carrie Johnson

[marshmallow]

HERNANDO -- A 27-year-old Hernando mother is facing criminal charges after authorities said she hosted a sexually oriented birthday party for her daughter and six other young girls from a local dance school.

Melissa Balkcom was arrested Friday evening on two charges of lewd and lascivious exhibition after she was accused of performing nude jumping jacks in front of the girls and daring a 13-year-old to demonstrate oral sex on a soda bottle, said Citrus County Sheriff's Detective Portia Guinn.

Lewd and lascivious exhibition is a second-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Guinn was scheduled to meet Balkcom at the Citrus County jail Friday, where Balkcom was expected to be released without bail.

According to a Department of Children and Families report, the incident was reported to authorities April 30.

The report said seven girls ages 9 to 13 who knew one another from the Debbie Cole School of Dance in Homosassa Springs attended the birthday party at Balkcom's Hernando residence.

The names of the girls were not released by authorities due to their ages and the nature of the crimes. Balkcom could not be reached for comment Friday evening.

Guinn said Balkcom dared a 13-year-old to do 10 nude jumping jacks, then did 10 nude jumping jacks herself.

Two girls were told to "French kiss" objects, including a television set, Guinn said. Another was told to do a "lap dance" on a chair, and one girl was dared to perform a "lap wiggle" on another girl, according to the Department of Children and Families report.

Balkcom also dared a 13-year-old to use a bottle to demonstrate how oral sex is performed, Guinn said. When some of the younger girls appeared to be confused, Balkcom explained the meaning of oral sex to them, Guinn said.

"Most of the girls at the party didn't even know what a lot of these things were," Guinn added.

Several of them described the party to their mothers, who contacted the Sheriff's Office. Guinn said she has interviewed the seven girls who attended the party, as well as Balkcom.

Guinn said Balkcom admitted to initiating the questionable party game.

"She advised that she knew she had made a big mistake," Guinn said. "She's been very cooperative. She just made some poor decisions."

While the girls knew each other from dance classes, the Debbie Cole School of Dance was not connected to the party, Guinn said. Hal Cole, co-owner of the school, said he did not want to comment on the arrest.

[tet68]

A "Bird" watcher? I love those "Steel bellied, air heads" myself.

[Bush2000]

Garbage in, garbage out...

[bvw]

We used to have little wisdom sayings that everybody understood. The applicable one here is "Only one bad apple spoils the whole bushel."

[bvw]

Yet another citizen of Van Damon's Land heard from.

[RandallFlagg]

Good point. This is yet another reason why I waited until my '30s to have kids.

[parsifal]

I think we need a new name for the exercise of nude "jumping jacks". That title might be appropriate for males, but for females, I think maybe "flippy-flops" or "bouncy-wouncies" would be better. Any other ideas??? parsy the grammarian.

[AppyPappy]

"John Wilkes Booth advised that he knew he had made a big mistake," Guinn said. "He's been very cooperative. He just made some poor decisions."

[ColdSteelTalon]

When evil can break down modesty, then promiscuous sex will follow...

[Exit148]

I'm baffled by Ann Landers answer to Baffled Mom!

[The Green Goblin]

This article wins Green Goblin's "WTF??" Award for this week...

[Hoosier Patriot]

Nude jumping jacks? I guess we know what Rosie will be doing for all the girls at her daughter's 13th birthday party.

Eating 5 gallons of ice cream while nude? I seriously doubt that Rosie O' Fatass has ever done a single jumping jack in her entire life.

[EdReform]

"Mom Arrested After Sexually Oriented Party"

Mom?!! She is not worthy to be called a mom!

[Pal10523]

Lesbianism? If that was her aim, I think she would have offered something other than soda bottle to practice oral sex skills, no?

[TADSLOS]

Lesbianism? If that was her aim, I think she would have offered something other than soda bottle to practice oral sex skills, no?

No.

[KSCITYBOY]

I wonder is it okay with liberals if adults seduce kids? I mean it seems that liberals will jump to the defense of any kind of behavior. I just don't get it. Don't you think this "mom" was a little wacked?

[yendu bwam]

The sad truth is that in the old days, one would consider it exteremly ill-advised to let ones kids be under the sole supervision of someone of the opposite sex. Today, one needs the same level of caution with members of the same sex. We don't let our kids be alone with anyone.

[mattdono]

...I think she would have offered something other than soda bottle to practice oral sex skills, no?

Like, say, a clam? <snort><chortle><guffaw>

[hsmomx3]

These parents are sick. Didn't Brittany Spears mother hire a stripper for her birthday, and the younger sister was in attendance?

[Jaded]

This can't be right, I thought it was determined that only successful, white, divorce/single males could be perverts. /sarcasm off

[Eagle Eye]

I'm sure that you'd get upset if this woman's kids were enrolled in a church school and got released because of this.