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Vanessa Ramirez and Nancy Lopez are facing charges after three toddlers fell from a vehicle Sunday night in the northeast valley.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 | 6:14 p.m.
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In addition to two mothers facing charges after three toddlers fell from a Chrysler PT Cruiser Sunday night in the northeast Las Vegas Valley, a man riding in the car was also arrested, Metro Police said today.
Police discovered three adults and seven children were inside the car when it was stopped at Owens Avenue and Bruce Street.
Officers were called to the area about 6:30 p.m. Sunday on the report of a fight. An officer saw one of the three children fall out of the car as it began to drive south on Bruce Street. Police said the left rear door opened and a child fell out of the blue sedan and rolled across the street, the arrest report said.
A man in the backseat, Antonio Sanchez, told police that the children had been playing inside and had bumped their heads on the window. Sanchez had seven warrants issued outside of Las Vegas, and no further details were available in the arrest report. Sanchez was not related to any of the children in the car.
Sanchez has been booked for seven counts of endangering a child, the arrest report said, after a police officer observed him jump out of the car, scoop the third tot off the pavement and jump back in the car.
Nancy Lopez, the driver, is charged with seven counts of child endangerment, seven counts of having children unrestrained inside the car, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving on a suspended license, having an open container in a vehicle and driving after dark without headlights or brake lights, an arrest report said.
Lopez is the mother of a 3-year-old boy who was treated for a cut above his eye at University Medical Center before he was taken into protective custody at Child Haven, police said.
Vanessa Ramirez, who wasn't inside the car, has been charged with seven counts of child endangerment after her 1-year-old twins fell out of Lopez's car. The twins were in critical condition at University Medical Center, the report said.
Ramirez told police she knew Lopez had been drinking before she put her twins into the car after a fight broke out during a gathering. Ramirez had a third child, who was not injured, in the car and said Lopez was driving them because they didn't have a ride home. She put her children in the car to protect them from the fighting at the party, the report said.
The police report describes the interview an officer did with Lopez:
"When I asked Nancy, 'What happened tonight with your kids?' She replied, 'I have no idea. We were driving around. The door opened up and they fell out. I am going to jail, aren't I?' "
Informed that the injured children were in critical condition, the mother said, "Oh," according to the arrest report. Lopez failed a field sobriety test and steadied herself against the car as she walked over to the curb to sit down, police said. She told police she had consumed three or four beers at the party.
When police searched the PT Cruiser, they found an unopened, cold bottle of Corona beer inside a diaper bag, the report said. An open 12-ounce glass bottle of Corona beer fell out of the car during the search, shattering on the pavement. Investigating officers took photographs, the report said.
Another man inside the car was identified as the grandfather of the children. He suffers from Alzheimer's and had nothing to drink at the party. He was not charged, the report said.
good lord. Just another role model for today's kids. Let's celebrate that heritage. Too many kids in the car, at a party where drinking and fights break out. Was it a birthday party for one of the kids? Aye carramba
How many holes in this report?
1- a PT Cruiser is not a sedan
2- how does it become criminal child endangerment to jump out of a car to rescue a child who fell out?
3- most of the actions here don't rise to the level of criminal behavior at all, particularly when active kids are involved.
Given Metro's history of overreacting then making up the facts later to CYA, this entire incident lacks complete credibility with me.
In my opinion, WOW, these women were beat with the ugly stick and are so nasty looking that who would possibly have babies with them?
The truth is so often stranger than fiction. Especially in Fabulous Las Vegas.
Well put....gmag.
The whole picture is hilarious, especially the part where the cops are there and witness the little jumping beans.
Protect and serve? More like pick up the pieces.
I'll say what I said in my post when it was just two people:
What does race have to do with irresponsible mothers killing their children? It's a tragedy when any parent's irresponsibility or selfishness has caused the life of a child to CEASE!! Susan Smith, the mother that drove her two kids into a lake to drown; Andrea Yates took out 5 of her children; Dena Schlosser killed her baby by dismemberment.
Nobody yelled "Stupid White Honky Bitches". Stop the madness and hypocrisy!!!
Oh my God, they even look dangerous. Please get rid of them. Send them back to where they came from. Why are we lettign this happen in the USA? WHY?
I can't stop laughing at the photos. LOL!!!
What a couple nasty wenches... and to whomever noted that the fights always occur during or after child parties is exactly right. I wouldn't be surprised if they had been at Chuck E. Cheese prior to this... and were hiding their liquor in the CEC cups.
To all u ignorant ppl don't judge the person that u don't know plus this two woman are american woman cuz that's what they are they are not mexican they are american
Kids having Kids.I do not know want they are thinking.It take alot of love and 24 hours of care for kids. A mother is to protect her kids.I think these are party girls and should have never had kids.
If you think you could do a better job then Metro does, "KillerB", than what are u waiting 4. Be a cop! Or can't you do that due 2 your own legal conflicts? In any event your an ASS!
It doesnt matter what race they are from, they are some of society's people that are nothing but a waste of skin. The man that scoped up the 3 yr old was arrested because he was not saving the child, but covering up a crime, not to mention his own SEVEN warrants. Duh!
No one should have moved that baby. 911 should have been called immediately.
I would not want to live in any society that didn't have police. Or that condones drinking & driving. The police do a job that few are willing to do. Thank God there are those few willing to protect & serve this city. Such as it is. Dont like, then leave it.
To genna, Where were you when these "Honkey Bitches" Got over on the rest of us? The women you speak of should be put to death,PEROID! That being said,This behavior seems to be more indicative of the people that have 10 in a car being drunk with children falling out in the street kind of feel to it. What's up Doc?
marco my man, I hope you didn't teach them the ways and means of the english language.
lunasheart --- your post translates to "moooooooooooooooo"
If nothing else, can we get these pieces of trash sterilized so they can't raise any more kids that the state will have to raise?
Oh yeah-take away ALL their kids AND all their welfare $$, which I'm sure adds up to quite the sum.
hey killerbum it wasn't the police department that wrote this article.
Also sounds like a day of partying went bad for these guys.well they will do fine in prison.
Darwinian selection at work again.
Does anyone want to bet that the children still in ICU have insurance, full coverage. $ 1000 a day comming out of your pocket per child. Health care for all, for free!!!! Ya right. Has anyone called I.N.S.? Embrace Diversity !!
May heart goes out to the children. The adults....hope they have the children taken away from them. They are poor excuses for parents,to say the least.
Anchor chains for anchor babies?
To: killerB
1. A "Hard-Top-BT-Cruiser", is classified by the Manufactor as a "SADAN" .
2."Child endangerment" encompasses violence against children, neglect of their basic needs, and acts and omissions that may ultimately lead to harm, even if no actual injuries occur. Although the specific laws that prohibit these types of abuse vary from state to state, all child endangerment laws include similar prohibitions and potential punishments. In all jurisdictions, violation of child endangerment laws can result in both criminal penalties and civil actions that can bar violators from having custody of their own children or from caring for minors in a professional capacity.
Childrens Protection Rights ! Come First !
Comment removed by moderator. Personal attack.
AS a native american by birth, I laugh when I see how "americans" want to throw back all the people who have hispanic names back to Mexico regardless of what citizenship they actually have. If this is how it's gonna be, then we demand everyone with the name of Smith, Larson, Jones or names that end in berg, or stien, to be thrown back to their "country"..
look at the picture of these 2 fine citizens...they look like typical idiots....wait, they were driving a pt cruiser thats idiot enough.
To: Cadaver.
The comment you posted "These people need to be restricted to burro's ".This kind of comment Can only come from "somebody" who suffers from a
Serious case of "Notorious,Bigot,Syndrome".
Is this how you were raised to Think? about
people from other walks of "Life!".
Please ignore KillerB's comments,his "mother" dropped him on his head when he was a baby then used a plunger to pull out the dent
These stories are becoming more and more common.And all too many time's the children in these stories are badly hurt or killed.Race has nothing to do with situation's like these.And when did metro police become the city's babysitter's,Thank god,for metro being there,Because anymore laps in time,those kid's would have died from there injuries do to falling from this pt cruiser.And knowing these three adult's.If not caught by metro,the three adult's would of took off with the the kid's back to where ever they live,but not knowing what serious injuries have happen.But once again thank you to las vegas metro police department for being there at that so needed time.
Reading many of the comments above made me so sad. Two infants are in critical condition and all you can focus on are how ugly the women are, how they should not reproduce, that they should only ride burros, and that the babies probably don't have insurance? That's almost as tragic as these two women chosing to endanger these infants' lives.
5r9i -- what's a "SADAN"?
Hey KillerB: I have to hand it to you pal you really know how to piss people off. LOL
DEPORT DEPORT DEPORT !!!!!!!!
To address "KillerB"
1. Yes, a PT Cruiser is in fact a sedan. It has 4 doors.
2. Jumping out of a car my not be Criminal Child Endangerment. HOWEVER it is when:
A. Drinking and Driving while transporting children.
B. Overloading a vehicle with more passengers than it's designed to transport.
C. Failing to properly restrain children in a vehicle with safety equipment, let alone ensuring that the doors are properly latched.
3. Yes, all of these actions are in fact criminal behavior. Driving while drunk, open alcoholic beverages in the car, and just in general endangering the lives of children is criminal enough.
It is probably a good thing that the child fell out, otherwise police may not have seen what was going on. Had they have gotten into a serious accident, I doubt that there would have been any survivors at all.
Think before you write...
"Think before you write..."
DMCVegas -- read the article again then look at your 1 A. Sanchez wasn't driving. So I stand by my origina post.
Next!
powerplay -- the herd makes it so easy.
To genna, Where were you when these "Honkey Bitches" Got over on the rest of us? The women you speak of should be put to death,PEROID! That being said,This behavior seems to be more indicative of the people that have 10 in a car being drunk with children falling out in the street kind of feel to it. What's up Doc
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Forgive me Spock, but perhaps you can give a few moments of your time and share with the rest of us lowly earthlings your vast Vulcan expertise and show me what part of my post has got you so offended? My post being that parent irresponsibility is not a RACE point, but a PARENT IRRESPONSIBILITY point.
Thank you for your time. Live long and prosper.
Derrick Haaby-tried to lure 9 yo to have SEX (white), Aaron fisher RAPED his 5 month old daughter ( white), Brandon Trent SODOMIZED 3 yo (white), Brooke Watts had her three kids 1,4 & 7 living in filth, with meth ingredientes all around and heads full of lice (white), Lauren Story drunk driving with 19 month old in car hit another car then left scene without her baby (did I mention...white) White "Americans" commit crimes too. What a motherf****n fact! There are many many many more, not enough room. One more just for kicks...Tonya robbinson made her 20 month old baby sick on purpose by pulling out feeding tube while he was in hospital. Whiiiiite.
Hey Mixoutwhity
You were doing pretty good until you couldn't get through a written comment without a mother****** but that is just breeding I guess. Other then that and the racism you seem to have your facts straight.And for the record everyone knows that people of every color commit horrible acts. Some just more often than others. It just speaks volumes that no one is surprised when the small car with the 10 people in it happen to be Hispanics. Oh and KillerB, you can't be that stupid and remember to breath so you must be trolling and if so good job and if not try using white as your font color it looks cool.
mixoutwhitey -- good point, it needed to be made.
amused -- just another example of the rampant robust intellect on display here. It's not breeding, its the way real people talk to real people everywhere.
I was thinking of moving out to Vegas, but I don't know now.
Is everyone in Las Vegas an ignorant racist or is it just a cluster here on this site ?
People are people and they are ignorant, criminal, cruel,and sick. There is only the Human Race, the rest is just skin pigmentation and physical adaptations to different climates. Being racist is for stupid people.
FC7711 -- welcome to the herd
Just Stupid - Lock them up please
Botox does a lip good.
This is so unbelievable.......I can't even comment on it
I AGREE WITH GUNS4HIRE.MAYBE NEVADA SHOULD START USING THE 287(G)PROGRAM.IT'S JUST DISGUSTING WATCHING INNOCENT CHILDREN BEING HURT.
FC7711:
Please don't let the ignorant posters deter you from moving to Vegas. If you notice, it's the same donkeys that post here day after day and have to post something negative about EVERYTHING!! It's a recession, people are out of work, angry and just write without thinking (but then again, that might be their upbringing). We're okay!!! You can always tell who is who by the spelling and grammar.
It must be the long term effects of radiation exposure from the bomb testing. You just can't make this type of stuff up. Some of the posters my need to check their termaters.