Not just another child-left-in-car story
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Just For Dads, Places To Go, Health & Safety: Babies
Okay, we've all heard the stories... Mom or dad either forget they have the kid with them or just don't care and go inside, leaving the child in a hot car. Sometimes, the kid survives but far too often, the outcome is not so positive. These are sad stories and, generally, I don't see much point in relating them except as a reminder to never, ever leave a child in a car.This story, however, is not your run of the mill child-in-a-hot-car story. Sure, father-of-the-year Lucien Hoffman, who hails from Bend, Oregon, left his two-year-old daughter in the car. Sure, the car was parked in the Nevada desert in 95 degree heat. What makes this story unique, however, is that the car and the little girl were in the parking lot of the Mustang Ranch, the world famous Nevada brothel.
Hoffman told deputies he was attending a "function" at the Ranch. Uh-huh. Luckily, a security guard heard the girl crying and took her inside until authorities arrived. The girl was treated for dehydration and released to Child and Family Services. Hoffman is unmarried and shares custody with his wife, who also lives in Bend. Hoffman was being held in the local county Jail. Personally, I think it would be more appropriate to hold him in a hot car in a desert parking lot.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
9-04-2007 @ 10:01AM
leahtrabue said...How can you be unmarried and share custody with your wife? It's Tuesday after a long weekend. ;-)
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9-04-2007 @ 11:39AM
Amanda said...Maybe he meant he was un-re-married and shares custody with his ex-wife!
I agree, it's a monday tuesday, these always suck.
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9-04-2007 @ 11:49AM
Caelligh said...So...what he did is somehow worse because he was walking into a brothel instead of a grocery store?
I'm not buying it.
Endangering your child for convenience = terrible, either way.
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9-04-2007 @ 3:36PM
M4Mommy said...Nah. Would have been worse if he was in fact married. Had told his wife he was going to the "store" and then actually gone to the brothel.
But since prostitution is legal in NV maybe it would have been "worse" if he had gone to his mistress's house and left the child in the car in the driveway.
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9-04-2007 @ 4:04PM
Roger Sinasohn said...Sorry... it's his EX-wife (or possibly ex-girlfriend or former one-night-stand or...) with whom he shares custody.
It's unusual/notable/unique in that it occurred at the Mustang Ranch (especially since I thought it had be shut down and demolished, but apparently, it's back in business.) Worse, only in that going to the grocery store is a more-or-less necessary function while visiting a brothel is generally purely recreational. (I suppose it all depends on one's opinion of prostitution. Personally, I'm not opposed to it in theory; in practice, however, I think it's generally not a good situation.)
What really is worse about this is that it happened in the Nevada desert -- I've been there and it can be uncomfortable just standing around outside. Inside a car is outrageous.
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9-04-2007 @ 4:15PM
Caelligh said...You're definitely right about it being in the desert...it could have easily gotten over 120 degrees in there.
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9-11-2007 @ 9:29PM
Town said...I wonder how much he paid for the 2 hours in the brothel? I have heard it can get expensive.
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9-06-2007 @ 2:35PM
Randy Forurkunt (http://www.mustangranch.com) said...This is absolutely ridiculous! What was he thinking anyway??? Everyone knows that if you go over an hour in a brothel you are getting ripped off! Always try to finish within an hour.
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9-07-2007 @ 3:07PM
Pavlina said...I don't understand why you have to put the brothel reference in there. Would it have been better if he was in church? If it is legal (and it is), who cares if he was in a brother or the grocery store? I think it is more important he was in the desert.
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