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Friday, May 29, 2009 | 1:59 a.m.
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The mother of a 15-year-old Coronado High School student has been charged with 21 misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after police said she provided her child and 20 other minors with alcohol at a party in a Henderson hotel room.
Another adult also is also facing similar charges in connection with the teen party.
Cindy McCormick, 36, and Gerret Elizondo, 26, were in the room at Homewood Suites, 10450 S. Eastern Ave., on May 15 when police arrived after receiving a complaint of a juvenile disturbance. The two told police they supplied the alcohol, police spokesman Todd Rasmussen said, and were arrested.
When police arrived, investigators found liquor and beer bottles in plain sight in the room, which McCormick had signed for, Rasmussen said.
Several of the teens in the hotel room were known to be at the scene of a car crash that claimed the life of Coronado sophomore Olivia “Lynn” Hyten on Nov. 14, 2008, according to court documents.
Police have said alcohol was a factor in that crash.
Police did not cite the minors in the hotel room and allowed their parents to take them home.
Elizondo also was arrested on a gross misdemeanor count of abuse, neglect and endangerment of a child after police determined he left his gun unattended in the hotel room, Rasmussen said.
McCormick and Elizondo were booked into the Henderson Detention Center but have been released on bail.
McCormick’s arraignment is scheduled for June 8. Elizondo was arraigned May 26 in Henderson Municipal Court on the 21 misdemeanor counts and a trial date was set for July 8.
The district attorney has not filed a formal charge on the gun-related count, according to court records.
The Henderson Municipal Court did not have an attorney listed for McCormick and she could not be reached by phone.
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when stupid people reproduce, you get more stupid people.
Give the children whatever they want. They want booze? Give them booze. They want a fast car? Give them a fast car. They want freedom and privilages they haven't earned? Give them freedom and privilages. Can't afford it? Put it on your credit card. Can't make the house payment? Don't. Let the bank foreclose. Someone will bail you out. All this enabling behavior makes me want to puke! Our future is dark.
"Several of the teens in the hotel room were known to be at the scene of a car crash that claimed the life of Coronado sophomore Olivia "Lynn" Hyten on Nov. 14, 2008, according to court documents.
Police have said alcohol was a factor in that crash."
Outrageous! Lock the parents up and throw away the key... this type of parental behavior only further encourages alcohol abuse
This is crazy I know both of these people, the cops dident even give them a chance to speak. They had left and came back to this mess and were trying to stop it when Henderson police showed up. You shouldent judge people before you know the whole story. This has messed up both of there lives! They are both good people! They would never do this kind of act.
@ silentone09 - The question I would ask you is: were you there? Otherwise it is all hearsay. Also, you really need to focus on your school work, especially your spelling.
europe and most of the world teenagers and children drink all the time with little problem, make it taboo, and you increase the problem,
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Whos to say these officers didnt learn by metros example,and submit false reports? The real truth may never be known if any law enforcment is involved in this town! Im just waiting for them to shoot a visitor for spitting on the street,and see how they wiggle out of it.
@ what's_in_the_box - and name calling is important to you because????
Drinking in this country has less to do with it being taboo than the USA has made it cool to drink and get drunk. Have you ever heard a teen say he wants one beer to quench his thirst? No, it's always I'm gonna go out and get drunk. We have so many advantages and good things in this country yet we make getting wasted or stoned on some liquid or substance our first priority. When my son was in college they threw you out of parties if you weren't drinking. The message is clear, only nerds and nobodies are sober. Many incompetent parents are giving into the "their going to drink anyway so I may as well supply the stuff" mantra. The 16 year old daughter of a friend of mine attended parties like this and eventually had an accident driving home. She banged up dads truck but fortunately she was just bruised. What if she had died? Or killed someone else? We recently had another 16 year old who did kill someone while DUI. Before sentencing she was ordered by the court not to party or drink. She was caught twice at parties getting wasted so the judge gave her the max. In another instance a drunk 21 year old killed his drunk 20 year old passenger while driving recklessly. The guy who gave the party where they got drunk was heavily fined and escaped jail only because the driver was of age. So all of you parents out there who think you are doing your kids a favor by throwing booze parties for them had better keep their lawyer and funeral director on speed dial.
silentone09,
They told police they supplied the alcohol. Nothing else needs to be said. What else would teenagers do in a hotel room besides drink, have sex, and do drugs. The parents totally facilitated this booze party. What garbage.
It's time to admit that the country's juvenile court system is too much ineffective hand-holding. It too often shields clueless parents from having to grow up, be adults themselves, and to stop graduating future criminals. If a parent knew their child was a "violation risk" with heavy fines likely ON THE PARENTS, do you think we'd see this kind of "a couple's home/hotel room" is their castle" psychology going on? It's time to hold parents TRULY ACCOUNTABLE for their children's behavior. Although juvenile courts do successfully intervene in young peoples' lives, the success rate is so small that it begs the question of judicial sanity and parental accountability. It's time society get serious about its kids. And that starts with THE PARENTS. Make it hurt, and you'll get their attention AND COMPLIANCE.
"when stupid people reproduce, you get more stupid people."
- True, and then they join a public employee union.
What the hell were the parents thinking when they rented a hotel room for their teenage kids? What did they expect would happen after they purchased the alcohol for the kids and left them alone in the room?
It doesn't take a genius to figure it out.....
....In Henderson......OF COURSE!
S711
Classic baby boomer, "best-friend" parenting.
Oh, how I miss the 1950's/
Hey I'm a baby-boomer and I certainly do NOT condone this type of action..... and as for it happening in "Henderson"....what, you think it doesn't happen in Vegas or Summerlin?????????? The parents are idiots and the problem, as usual, has a lot to government sticking their 2 cents into parenting issues. I don't condone child abuse but I will say that growing up in the 50's and 60's my parents wouldn't stand for this kind of nonsense and didn't have to deal with the government looking over their shoulder when it came to them disciplining 4 children. And miracle of all miracles all 4 of us survived and went on to become fine, upstanding citizens. And yes, we did get 'spankings' and no - it didn't kill us.
Dear Silentone09,
Reread the article..."The two told police they supplied the alcohol, police spokesman Todd Rasmussen said, and were arrested." And Rumrunner, let's say your conspiracy theory is right...a fifteen year old did not book nor pay for that motel room, an adult, (a parent) did. It is the legal responsibility of the person who signed the booking to monitor what occurs in that room. If it were their personal home and alcohol was present, it does not matter, under the law, if parents were present or not. As the homeowners, they are legally responsible. As the "renters" of the motel room, they are legally responsible. See?
@ doubledown_deadender - I am a baby boomer as well. My 19 yr old son is not my buddy, or best friend. I'm his mother and he understand that. My folks raised the 5 of us very strictly. I've raised my son the same way(with a few modifications), and he's a fine and respectable young man.
Last time I checked the legal drinking age is 21.
The "best friend" concept of parenting is OWNED by the boomer generation....that is fact.
HINT: If you're the MOM with a bleach-job hairdoo and recently spent $20k on plastic surgery so you can go party with the teen daughter" OR
The flip-flop wearin, monster truck drivin DAD who takes JR to get matching tattoos with "TAP-OUT BADAZZ" from shoulder-blade to shoulder blade, then you just might be BEST FRIEND parenting your children...Supplying hotels and alcoholic beverages is also a classic symptom.
"The "best friend" concept of parenting is OWNED by the boomer generation....that is fact."
Well that's news to me. Now the generations born after 1965 - that I would believe the "best friend" concept.
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