Melissa Bergman; PTSD made her a thief
Frankie sends us a link to the story of Melissa Bergman, an Afghanistan veteran who was living in her $475,000 house in Mason, Ohio when she decided that she needed to spice up her life by stealing folks’ packages from their stoops;
Bergman said for the first time in awhile, she found excitement in her life.
“It’s not like I was selling it, not like I needed it,” she said. “Just the excitement of looking to see what was in that box and knowing, ya’ know what, ‘Since he didn’t want this item, this item can be donated to someone that actually really needs it,’ and that was the thought that went through my head.”
The next day, Bergman hopped in her minivan again.
“I had my children, and that’s when we went all day and just took boxes,” Bergman said. “I pulled right into the driveway, walked right up to the door, didn’t look for security cameras and just grabbed a box when I saw it.”
Bergman hit 12 homes in two days.
She claims that a psychologist gave her a convenient and popular excuse for her thievery;
Having served in Afghanistan, Bergman said PTSD could have been a trigger. She said one psychologist said her past may have played a role.
“He’s, like, ‘Melissa, you were doing so much at one time and then it just stopped. So you doing this, gave you that excitement that you once had back in Afghanistan.’ That’s what I’m thinking is the correlation. You got excitement out of this just like you did in Afghanistan, but it was a different type of excitement,” Bergman said.
She said she doesn’t want to make excuses for her actions and wants to apologize publicly to her victims.
Thousands of veterans who suffer from PTSD didn’t steal shit yesterday.
Category: Veterans in the news
I’ve got a package for her.
Couldn’t be happy with being a MILF and having the neighbor’s 16 yr old boy come over to “manicure her bush”.
PTSD my ass…
If she was looking for thrills I’d be willing to bet, until the petty theft, the local PD would have GLADLY hired her.
Way to further stigmatize the rest of us, Blue Falcon.
This isn’t her first run-in with the law. She was arrested in 2017 for meeting a guy at a bar, having sex with him, and then stealing his credit cards to go on a shopping spree. I wonder what other crimes she’s committed and used PTSD as an excuse.
http://www.wlwt.com/article/police-mason-woman-has-sex-with-man-then-uses-his-credit-cards-for-shopping-spree/13791912
I’m thinking that in her case PTSD means Pretty Tired from Sucking Dicks….
Well, my monitor just got a coffee bath….
Sorry…
No, what makes you a thief is that you steal stuff. Willingly. Your choice.
Bitch.
Plenty of dumb things done in my younger years gave me a thrill. None of them made me a damn thief.
I’d hit it. Naughty gurl.
…cuff and stuff…
…. with a 2×4.
A ginger will only claim your soul in return.
Don’t stick your dick in crazy. While it might be one hell of a ride, it will end with you in the truck and her crazy ass laughing all the way over the cliff.
IDC SARC…SHE WOUld steal your credit cards LOL
I’d be willing to bet that there were some unexplained missing items reported during her trip to the sandbox as well. Perhaps even before she joined the military.
I got a bomb kicking buddy that says she’d be real good at route clearance in Astan
Street light syndrome. Not PTSD.
I had it as a teen. Caused by an ad for a “Wrist Rocket”™ in Popular Mechanics.
It’s the thrill of getting caught.
I blame Amazon and ISIS for this.
Scrunt.
Average house in Mason, OH, is $260k, so a $475k house is pretty damn nice.
And she needs to steal shit? WITH HER KIDS IN THE CAR?
Lock her ass up, make sure she has zero unsupervised contact with her kids ever again.
Just because you live in a $475K house, it doesn’t mean that you can afford a $475K house. She is probably stiffing the bank and HO, along with a few utility companies.
OR…
That looks suspiciously like a birth certificate of a former prez. to me.
No, Jarhead. You’re better than that. You’ve always brought a lot of good stuff to the forum. This is out of character for you.
Props …
She looks pretty hot, although the pic is rough. Why can’t PTSD trigger a need in her to give free…no, I had better not. That’s a bad thought.
Apparently she uses sex as a lure to defraud the careless vice “freebies” for excitement. See Another Pat’s comment of 12:26PM today below.
Well, it’s a bad thought but not too far from the truth. According to a story (linked below at 1:08 p.m.) she screwed a guy to get his credits cards.
I wish William Frawley were still alive. He had a no-nonsense way of addressing disagreeable females that would make today’s gangsta rappers look like choir boys.
She had a prior theft involving a credit card and caught a break on that. Then this. She slso has a pending theft charge. She says she is telling her story in the hope that it will help someone else. Yeah, it will help every merchant know to roll the tape whenever she walks into their store. I wonder what type of excitement she had in Afghanistan that her thefts were replacing. Was she a thief there too and missed it?
Her getting caught – plus the accompanying publicity – will help identify her to merchants as a “customer” meriting close scrutiny.
Her
lying through her teeth about PTSD making her steal“telling her story” is nothing more than an attempt to avoid the consequences of being caught red-handed as a damned thief.“Thousands of veterans who suffer from PTSD didn’t steal shit yesterday.”
LMFAO!!!!
STOOPS. I thought Stoops were only found in NYC and were used for sitting, stoop ball and singing 4 part vocal group harmony on. (Crests on Myrtle Ave.)
We had a back stoop, plus a swing on the front porch.
You watched the sunset over the hill from the back stoop and then sat on the front porch in the swing, with about a gallon of ice tea nearby.
I like a song by Kenny Vance. It’s a song ABOUT doo top. Name is Looking For An Echo. Great song … It’s on YouTube.
Kenny Vance wrote and sang the intro for the Ken Held Doo Wopp Sunday nite show on 850AM WHTL FL. 5-8PM. Ken also lost his house and memorabilia where he lived in the Rockaways during Sandy. The word is that Erasmus HS in Brooklyn NYC has the best echo for that music genre.
Doo Wop, NOT Doo Top
“Ass whupped with a belt” needs to be a punishment.
She wants excitement in her life, huh?
Okay, here’s a list:
Rattlesnake milker
Semen catcher from pedigreed bulls
Giraffe trainer
Camel spider tamer
Dog walker in Englewood at 2AM
Flagwaver for highway construction crew during rush hour traffic on the Dan Ryan Expressway
Window washer at the John Hancock Center and Sears Tower on real windy days
That should keep her busy for awhile.
Dan Bernath’s copilot?
Nah. That’s a dead issue.
Ba Dum Ching!
Tandem skydiving with the PuRpLeSuItEdAsScLoWn41?
I’m sure she already has All Points Logistics headhunters knocking on her door.
*Sigh*
She was bored with her married life as well:
http://www.wlwt.com/article/police-mason-woman-has-sex-with-man-then-uses-his-credit-cards-for-shopping-spree/13791912
This story reported in news November 2017. And she’s still married to someone who can afford that large home? Story claimed she went to a dude’s room, entered, and said “I want to ____.” Now if she’s still married, exactly what did she say she wanted to do? “I want to play scrabble with you?” “I want to show you my postage stamp collection?” “I want to tell you how I ride around with my kids in the van and look for missing packages?” “I want to share my mace collection with you?” “I want to talk dirty about credit cards?” “I want to tell you about my transvestite maid who urinates in my sugar jar and expects me to not say anything about it.” “I want to stick my foot in your mouth and have you tickle my toes with your tongue. My husband earns bid dough, but is a total loser when it comes to toenail clipping with his teeth.” “I want to watch reruns of Amos and Andy while I sit on your face and you try to guess my weight.” “I want to watch you get it on with my inflatable goat. It’s all part of my PTSD and excites me. Makes me so hot!”
And on & on it goes. Bound to be a few other pervs up to the challenge of adding even more to this thread.
Lock this ho up and throw away the key.
So if I was electrocuted overseas does that mean it’s ok for me to steal power ??
No, but it entitles you to a service gerbil in a rubber vest.
NOT the service Gerbel
BHWHAHAHAHA !!!!!
And in 2010, she was arrested in Virginia (Richmond area) after robbing a store and using mace. She was living in North Carolina at the time (Fort Bragg, Fayetteville):
http://m.nbc12.com/story/12606375/woman-arrested-in-short-pump-after-using-mace
Ahhh, yes … Short Pump, VA … I remember passing by it as a lad on the way to King’s Dominion … my dad said it was a town for people who like quickies … I didn’t get the joke until a couple years later
I’ll see your story and raise you this one!
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/triangle.general/M-oH7H9-EKo
Already posted it in above comment!.. 😉
I think she was also arrested in El Paso, Texas in 2002…researching that one…
Skip El Paso. She would have been 14 in 2002, so it is not her.
Oops. You all ready got there, I now see.
I fold. Your pot.
We are on the same road and traveling in different directions. Missed the last cmt by leaving a window open. I quit. Got anything on her reported Army service? I would laugh heartily if it turned out she was just a post slut and some colonel’s daughter who never served.
2/17 Air Cav: Saw a picture of her posing with a SP4 with last name of Abeyta. He was in ACUs/BDUs minus Combat Patch. She was in civies. Can’t find the link for that photo. Having doubts that she served….her now Ex or soon to be Ex Husband may raise a flag on the news story if she was not a Veteran. It is obvious she has serious mental issues. Don’t know if more jail time is needed, but IMHO, she is a danger to her children and the community. She has been given too many chances.
I concur, she needs to spend some time in the Greybar Hilton.
Great minds think alike…😉🤗
Link at the 1:08 entry gives her physical address in Mason, Ohio. I went to Zillow.com to research her home. Nearly $500,000. Has a picture. I’m talking a really nice house, as you might expect for half a mil. Something wrong with this lady. Committing crimes, having sex with guy she has known for a few hours, stealing packages, stealing credit cards and going on a spending spree …
Trying to replace something in her life. Maybe no puppy as a child.
Anyway, no excuse for her behavior, and I don’t believe for a second that the PTSD triggers this behavior. Could be wrong.
These are behavior committed by drug addicts, trying to steal to pay for a fix.
Go look at that nice house. Very impressive. Wonder where she gets the bucks for the payments?
She’s a thief and a whore. Next question?
Yes, SFC D, that about sums it up perfectly. Glad you weren’t the first comment in this thread. The rest of us would have had nothing to say.
This gal needs some help. I feel sorry for her husband. She’s obviously a serial liar and cheat. What a mother of the year!
I do like how she turns this into a “woe is me” and the local media just laps it up. She’s acting out for attention and they just give it to her.
One notable difference between this news report and the earlier one by AnotherPat…..At the top of this one it is filed under “Faces of Meth”. That might account for some of her behavior. Melissa Methface….sounds logical to me.
There’s a story here that no one has found and it has nothing to do with PTSD. Sweet Melissa is full of shit. She is a seasoned thief, at the least, and apparently has charmed her way out of justice more than once.
Well I was hoping from a comment from IDC SARC…
He posted above I do believe
And Yes he would Hit or Tap it
I say let him grudge fuck her to next Thursday!
He might want to sanitize his wallet first – particularly of credit cards and/or cash. (smile)
Well, if he could bring her sorry ass right to the edge of the Big O and then pull out quickly, I would have a lot more respect for him… especially if he walked away laughing.
So she is a serial thief and general criminal. She will likely soon discover that as the cuteness factor fades that she cannot as easily manipulate everyone from the beat cop through to the judge. Ahhh, too bad.
Once had a female partner of mine say that I should ticket the hot ones and give the ugly ones a break.
…Would I be remiss in assuming that we have released the hounds, and a FOIA request has been submitted on this little angel? I really want to see her service record at this point.
And frankly, I suspect it’s going to show an entry-level discharge.
She gonna try to use the same excuse as the teacher in Florida that she’s too pretty to go to jail?
Looks like it’s worked for her so far. Although if Orange is the New Black is as based on reality as they claim, there are many that look like her in there. 😉
I have no doubt she’ll try something like that even as much as she deserves to be in the clutches of “Wicked Wanda” and “Rug-Munch Rhonda” along with “Strap-on Sally”.
PTSD makes you a lot of things; afraid of loud noises, disliking crowds, and a short-fused cranky jackass of a person, but it does not cause cleptomania. If it did, there are many here that would have much nicer stuff!
Self destructive behavior.
It’s pretty common with PTSD.
I’m not making any excuses for her crimes, I’m explaining her behavior.
I had to learn a great deal about PTSD from the Minnesota Department of Corrections for a position I once held.
Acting out in ways that were self destructive was one of many symptoms that could attend PTSD. Along with other delightful things such as alcohol and drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, suicidal ideation, cutting, and bursts of violent behavior aimed mostly at the victim them self.
Again; I do not approve of her behavior, I UNDERSTAND it.
Mark Lauer – sorry, no. PTSD is a lot of things, but self destructive behavior is not part of the list. Self destructive behavior, to include drug or alcohol use/abuse and indiscriminate sexual behavior are masking or coping mechanisms, to either feel or stop feeling. Thrill seeking is also part of that list, BUT, these behaviors are more properly attributed to survivor’s guilt, not PTSD. Survivor’s guilt often accompanies PTSD but it is not PTSD. Part of the problem is and continues to be lumping every conceivable behavior as part of PTSD. It has become a catch-all term. While I understand the reasoning from a psychological perspective, i.e., the DSM-5, it is ultimately not helpful, particularly to combat veterans. It is still in the early stages, but I strongly support and applaud redefining what PTSD is and is not, as well as separating combat-related PTSD from the garden variety of, I saw a terrible accident, my boyfriend/husband had a violent temper, I was assaulted, etc. There are core etiologies in common that cause similar biopsychosocial reactions, but defining PTSD by a single, all-inclusive list regardless of causation is like defining all cancers the same way. Yes, all cancers are a dysregulation of cellular mitosis, but treating them all the same would result in lots of dead cancer victims. Kind of like treating suicidal ideation as a symptom of PTSD, as a symptom or result of the trauma ends with lots of dead veterans. Its not the trauma that causes suicide – or thrill seeking behavior – it is the maladaptive coping skills or mechanisms that lead to suicidal ideation. Like I said, it is still in the early stages and it takes time for the VA (and mainstream psych) to say that an approach is an accepted, validated treatment modality. It is doubly difficult because the DSM-5, as well as the ICD-11 seem to be on this trajectory of fewer labels or terms with ever-widening spectrums rather than separating related-but-not-the-same issues into distinct conditions. My two cents – FWIW. Also, I call BS across the board on this broad’s claims… Read more »
Time to separate her from her children. It would be for the good of the children.
While driving around with children in van, stealing packages off front porches: Lil’ Johnny: “Mom why are you taking all the packages off people’s front porch?” Mom: “Don’t worry about it son. I’m a mystery shopper with a job to do.” Lil’ Johnny: “But mom, why do you take the boxes home and open them for yourself?” Mom: “Shut your pie hole you little grubber. Moms’s doing this for you and your other siblings.” Lil’ Johnny: “It doesn’t make sense to me the way you go through other people’s boxes and throw the stuff away that you don’t want.” Mom: “You just sit there and play with your credit card collection Mommy got you, and keep your mouth shut!” Lil’ Johnny; “But mom, you told me last week you killed people in Afghanistan for asking less questions than I do!” Mom: “You are so correct Junior. Now shut the hell up and keep an eye out for cops who don’t understand the role mystery shoppers play in society.” Lil’ Johnny: “Will you please tell us one thing, mom? Why do you want all of us, including me at 15 years old, dressed up in baby outfits?” Mom: “Son, you worry too much about a few packages being heisted in spite of it being good for Mommy’s PTSD. You keep asking too many questions and I’m gonna have to get you intoxicated and take back some of those credit cards! Maybe even have sex with you and make you call me Mommy Dearest. What do you have to say for yourself now Junior?” Lil’ Johnny: “But mom, you tried that last week when you made me dress up like a UPS driver.” Mom: “Now that’s about enough out of you Junior. I was only doing that to teach you not to let strange acting women take advantage of you. You and your friend Tyrone might one day just be at a bar when you get older and some psycho chick tries to take advantage of you. Why, she could even put something in your drink, bust into your hotel room, have… Read more »
Wow! Just, wow! Shut it down, we have a thread winner here. After reading that, I need a Service Burrito, a Service Tamale (Jalapeño and Chihuahua Cheese, please), and a Service Dos Equis Amber!
Glad you put this up. I spit out my milk when I was reading it elsewhere and got to the part where her catching the PTSD caused her to steal shit off of porches.
I mean, seriously? That’s the best you got to get out of this horseshit?
This is her. According to her bio, she joined the Army when she was 19 and got out in 2009. She was born in 1988, so you do the math. Wears some skippy clothes in some photo shoots: 😉
https:/www.modelmayhem.com/2632504/
It’s a dead link
How in the hell did she get my clothes
😂 🤣 😜 😜
Good one, Skippy!🤣😂😅!! Good One!
Skimpy…but I guess it does not matter since the link is dead…oh, well…🤗
Skippy, the link now works so you can see her “skippy” outfits..😉
Hahaha, her bio was a funny read.. two associate degrees by the time she was 14???? sorry, I’m gonna throw a BIG ole bullshit flag on that one!
Sorry Pat. My finger got ahead of me – didnt mean to report your comment.
Trying the link again:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/2632504
Whatever did people do before they had made up PTSD to blame all their shitty behavior on?
Here’s your answer, 5JC!
https://youtu.be/0SLifea3NHQ
Some interesting information and facts about her Fiancee Jeremiah. He has had a very troubled life:
https://www.rapsheets.org/florida/palmetto-jail/VIDITO_JEREMIAH/10459684
https://www.rapsheets.org/florida/sarasota-jail/VIDITO_JEREMIAH/201400010318
https://arrestfacts.com/Jeremiah-Vidito-6F6V01
https://www.rapsheets.org/florida/sarasota-jail/VIDITO_JEREMIAH/201600003591
https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Jeremiah_Vidito_29781475/
https://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Florida/Unsorted-FL/Jeremiah-Vidito.2267953.html
http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20081003/news/810030328
Holy Cow
There both sh$) Bags
And they have already bread
God help us
Now that was entertaining.
Originally a Masshole.
“soliciting on a public way”
So she is the pimp and he is the candy?
He does have a “Cape Cod” history, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Such a fine representation of the masculine identity for one who deserves nothing less.
The more facts come out, the worse it gets. Fuck it, I’m off to enjoy some Mac and Cheese with a Service Yuengling!
To All:
I made a HUGE mistake and have corrected it.
The comment about Jeremiah Vidito and his mugshots were supposed to have been posted on Cori LeCinda Pierce’s site and not here.
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=80302
Jeremiah is or was Cori’s finacee and has nothing to do with Melissa and thiz post.
Please forgive me.
☹