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- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:43:40 -0500
Denver Cop, Wife Accused Of 'Feeding' Toddler Margarita
Jeremy, Amy Olive Issued Summons Misdemeanor Child Abuse Charge
Alan Gathright, 7NEWS Content Producer
August 31, 2011
LONE TREE, Colo. -- An off-duty Denver police
officer and his wife, accused of giving their
toddler sips of a margarita alcohol and letting
the child eat off the floor at a Lone Tree
restaurant, are issued misdemeanor child abuse summonses, police said.
Denver police Officer Jeremy Olive, 39, and his
wife, Amy Olive, 29, were issued summonses to
appear in Douglas County Court on a misdemeanor
child abuse charge and "released to a sober
party," Deputy City Manager Michelle Kivela said in a Tuesday news release.
Lone Tree police officers were called to the Fish
City Grill at Park Meadows mall on the night of
Aug. 22, on "child abuse/neglect" report, Kivela said.
At the restaurant, a woman diner who had called
911, told officers the parents appeared to be
"pretty drunk," according to a police report.
"When the baby got fussy," the witness said she
saw the parents "take their straw, put it into
the margarita glass, cap their finger over the
end to catch some of the drink, and then release
the drink into their baby's mouth," the police report stated.
"She also saw them let the baby take the empty
glass and poor (sic) whatever liquid that was
left into her own mouth," the report said. The
couple was letting the child crawl around, eating food off the floor.
The witness said she was also concerned because,
at one point, Jeremy Olive said, "I'm a cop, it's OK," according to the report.
A waitress told police the Olives were "nice
people," who had started drinking margaritas in
the afternoon and were enjoying their day off
together, the report said. The waitress said she
asked them what they did and Jeremy Olive said he
was a "Denver cop" and Amy Olive said she worked
for a company that works with organ and tissue donors.
When police told the waitress that a witness said
she saw the couple "feeding" their baby some
margarita from a straw, the waitress said she
didn't see that, according to the report.
The woman who called 911 told police said she
followed the couple as they left the restaurant pushing a stroller.
The woman said she saw the parents "stumbling and
pushing their stroller into the street as a car
was approaching. They had to quickly pull the
stroller back because they almost got hit a by a
car," according to the police report.
The witness directed police to a Ben & Jerry's
Ice Cream stand in the mall, where the officers
caught up with the couple and their child.
Officers questioned the couple as they entered the mall parking lot.
"Jeremy and Amy's eyes were both bloodshot and
watery and their speech was slurred," the police report said.
Jeremy Olive denied telling anyone he was a
police officer at the restaurant, the report said.
When an officer said there were reports the
couple was feeding their baby sips of their
margaritas, Amy Olive laughed it off, calling the
accusations "asinine" and "ridiculous," according to the police report.
Police said Jeremy Olive was argumentative with
officers, initially refusing to give his
identification or age, according to the police
report. Jeremy Olive repeatedly asked officers,
"Are we under arrest?" and "Are we free to leave?" the report said.
Police said Jeremy Oliver also refused an
officer's request to step from the parking lot
into a food court, because the couple and
officers were blocking people trying to get into their cars.
An officer finally handcuffed Jeremy Oliver, and
he was placed in a patrol car, the report said.
As her husband was handcuffed, Amy Olive told
police, "No, no, you don't have to do this. Let
me talk to him," the police report said.
The wife tried to explain to a male officer that
Jeremy Olive was acting like this because of his
ego and, "as a guy, (the officer) should know
what he's going through. ?Ya (sic) know, it's
just a guy thing," the police report said.
Amy Olive called someone on her cellphone and
told the arresting officer it was Jeremy Olive's Denver police supervisor.
"Please talk to his sergeant, please," the wife
urged the officer, according to the police report.
The Lone Tree officer took the cellphone and
talked with a man who identified himself as
"Bobby," a Denver Police Department sergeant who
was a former supervisor of Jeremy Olive, the report said.
Bobby asked the Lone Tree officer what as going
on, and the officer said that "Jeremy was under
arrest, we were arranging to get them a ride home
and they would be released on summonses,"
according to the police said. "Bobby asked if he
could talk to Jeremy, and (the Lone Tree officer)
held the phone to Jeremy's ear as he sat in the back of the patrol car."
Police said the toddler did not appear to be
intoxicated or injured and did not require medical attention.
Police said they issued summonses to the couple,
took their photographs and let a neighbor come to give them a ride home.
Amy Olive asked an officer if he could get Jeremy
Olive's handgun from the center console of the
couple's car, because she didn't want to leave it
in the parked car, the report said. The officer
retrieved the holstered revolver and secured it
in Amy Olive's purse in the rear cargo area of
the neighbor's sport utility vehicle.
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