Kelly and Claude McGrew Arrested on Supplying Pot to Their Teens (and More Colorado Shenanigans)
I’m always on the lookout for Colorado stories. But when the arresting officer is the dad of your son’s classmate? Well, let’s just say this is literally too close to home. Kelly Lynn McGrew, 36, was arrested by Dacono, Colo. police for supplying pot to her three teenage children and two of their friends. One of the children told a Frederick High School official that Kelly was sharing drugs with them.
Mom wasn’t the only one partying with the youngsters. The children’s father, Claude McGrew, 48, was smoking with them, too. Police have charged him on suspicion of misdemeanor drug use and child abuse. Kelly McGrew was arrested on five counts of misdemeanor child abuse and five felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She’s being held in the Weld County Jail. The kids ages 15, 16, and 17 were taken into protective custody by Weld County Social Services.
Colorado parents just love to get high with their kids and their friends. Last December, Suzanne Moore of Erie, Colo. got to two years in prison for giving marijuana to her teenage son and four other teenagers. Then there’s “Cool Mom” Silvia Johnson of Arvada, Colo. who got to 30 years in prison for contributing to the delinquency of minors, sexual assault, and violating a restraining order. Johnson, 41, held weekly parties and provided pot, meth and alcohol to eight boys. She had sex with five of them. It was such a big story that the Smoking Gun posted the affadavit, and newspapers as far away as Australia picked up on it.
I guess we’re called the Mile High state for a reason.
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February 2nd, 2007 at 3:47 am
I’m too stoned to see through my eye slits and read this. No, seriously, I don’t judge those who toke the wacky on the DL without their kids knowing. Also, no getting stoney when the kids are awake, nearby … C’mon people … and pa-lease do not supply your kids with chronic. How many dorky ways did I just drop pot nicknames?
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:04 am
[...] Kelly Lynn McGrew, 36, from Colorado was arrested for supplying pot to her 3 teenage kids and to a couple of their friends. But it wasn’t just mom it was also the children’s father, Claude McGrew, 48, who was actually smoking the pot with them. Way to go mom and dad. [...]
February 3rd, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Maybe they were simply teaching the kids to use responsibly?
/sarcasm
February 4th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I had this same problem growing up. My dad smoked with my younger sister and brother and continues to smoke with my younger brother, his friends, and some cousins of ours. For some odd reason, social services, the police, and public housing officials continue to turn their heads and pretend not to smell the rank odor of pot inside of the house. I’m surprised by the indifference of all of the officials responsible for helping my sister and brother.
In our society, it’s almost “cool” to smoke with your parents and I guess that’s why my siblings don’t make much of a fuss about his irresponsibility.
March 6th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
[...] In the past, we’ve posted so many simiar blogs, such as Parents Busted For Giving Pot To Four-Year-Old, Mom Cops to Using Pot as Homework Incentive, Mom Who Gave Son Dope Made Poor Choice of Illegal Intoxicants, Kelly and Claude McGrew Arrested on Supplying Pot to Their Teens. But come on… a 2-year-old now ?? [...]
April 4th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Call me Canadian, but really, when it’s just pot, what’s the big deal? Noone goes to jail for bootlegging for liquor for their teenagers. And liquor causes a lot more harm than pot does.
Obviously, though, other drugs (meth, coke, etc) are something good parents will keep their kids away from.
July 16th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
you know this is an interesting subject. I can see where htey would get in trouble by giving it to their kids friends, but come on now. at least these kids were with their parents and not with a bunch of other kids doing stupid things. I am not saying that we should all get our kids high but me personally I would rather be the first one to get my children high. that way there they know what it is all about. especially my daughter. I would hate to see her get high and then some boys take advantage of her when she is not in the right state of mind. I would rather have my kid smoking pot then drinking. more kids die from drinking then smoking pot
July 16th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
You know, the problem in this country is that we have too many damn parents trying to be “cool” to their kids. To me, a pothead isn’t very cool. I really wish drug dealers would lace their stuff with infertility drugs to deepen the gene pool a bit.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I don’t think that pot is a big deal, really, however, YOU DON’T GIVE IT TO YOUR CHILDREN. That’s a no-no.
April 14th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
what’s with you people, don’t you know that starting on pot is just the tip of the iceburg, first it is pot than cocaine and so on, so don’t say that it is ok to smoke pot, because smoking with your kids, your teaching them to sin and in the bible it is wrong to teach your kids these bad behaviors, get with the program people, i may have smoked pot at one time in my life that was before I had kids and believe me I sure would not smoke with my kids even if they were adults!! that is just wrong!!! Your the role model to your children and they do what they see you do, giving up pot for the sake of your children is the best thing any parent can do for their kids! I know been there done it!
July 11th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
So very sad. I knew Kelly very well. We went to school together. She loved her kids very much when I knew her… but that was years ago… people change.