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March 28, 2024

Mother who police say provided booze for teen party sentenced

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A Henderson mother accused of providing alcohol to teens has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor as part of a deal with prosecutors.

Henderson Municipal Court Judge Mark Stevens sentenced Cindy McCormick, 36, to two years of direct supervision on July 22. She is required to attend DUI and parenting classes as part of the deal.

Henderson Police arrested McCormick and her boyfriend, Gerret Elizondo, in a room at the Homewood Suites, 10450 S. Eastern Ave., on May 15 in which 21 teenagers were found with alcohol. Both adults were charged with 21 misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Elizondo also accepted a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of child endangerment and received six months of supervision.

Police arrested Elizondo, 26, in connection with having a gun in the room that was out in the open but that charge was dropped.

Elizondo’s attorney, Bucky Buchanan, said McCormick rented the room for the couple to have a private weekend and were not expecting the teenagers.

Buchanan said he interviewed each teen present and each one said the two adults had nothing to do with the alcohol being in the room.

McCormick and Elizondo were in the room when police arrived after receiving a complaint of a juvenile disturbance.

When police arrived, investigators found liquor and beer bottles in plain sight in the room that McCormick had signed for, police said. No minors were charged.

McCormick’s attorney, Harvey Gruber, could not be reached for comment.

McCormick is the mother of a 15-year-old Coronado High School student. 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 some of the teens at the site of the crash had consumed alcohol.

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