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.
Nevada law enforcement officials said Lucien Hoffman's daughter was treated for dehydration Sunday after security guards at the Mustang Ranch Brothel found she had been left to weather the 95 degree heat inside the car alone for more than two hours, The (Portland) Oregonian reported Tuesday.
"Security guards were unable to locate a parent or guardian and reported the incident to the Storey County Sheriffs Office. Brothel employees took the child from the vehicle and took her indoors until sheriff's deputies arrived," Sgt. Jason Dias with the Sheriff's Office in Storey County told the Salem (Ore.) News.
The girl is currently in the custody of Nevada child welfare officials.
Officials said Hoffman is being held on child neglect charges at the Storey County Detention Facility in lieu of $40,000 bail.
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