Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Largo Woman Faces Child Neglect and Drug Charges After Leaving Young Child Unsupervised in Spring Hill Hotel Room

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On August 31, 2025, at approximately 9:15 a.m., Hernando County Sheriff deputies responded to the Microtel on Commercial Way in Spring Hill regarding a young child who was found wandering the hotel lobby.

The four-year-old child had been wandering the lobby, unsupervised, for about 25 minutes.

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When deputies arrived on scene, they located the child in the lobby.

A few minutes later, the child’s mother, 29-year-old Cheyenne Mamagona, entered the hotel lobby, and the child ran toward her mother.

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Mamagona, who lives in Largo, told deputies she had stepped outside of her hotel room to smoke marijuana in her vehicle.

Mamagona does not possess a medical marijuana card. Mamagona further said she had not seen her daughter leave the hotel room.

While searching Mamagona’s vehicle, deputies located marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Mamagona was arrested on charges of Child Neglect, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

She was taken to the Hernando County Detention Center, where she was initially held on a no-bond status due to the child neglect charge.

A Department of Children and Families representative responded to the hotel to take custody of the child.

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