Mother Of Child Left In Car Already In Legal Trouble
Amandalyn Tomcany was convicted of endangering children and operating a vehicle while intoxicated earlier this year in an unrelated incident
Earlier this week, a Mentor man was accused of abandoning a 1-year-old baby in a hot car while the child's mother was at work.
Kevin Payerchin has since been charged with child endangering.
And, while the child's mother has not been charged in this recent incident, she was already convicted of both child endangering and operating a vehicle while intoxicated this year.
Amandalyn Tomcany, 22, of Mentor, was arrested in April after she drove while drunk with two children in the car, including the same baby who was left in the car.
Tomcany and Payerchin were driving to a Mentor wine and liquor store to buy vodka at the time of Tomcany's arrest.
A Mentor officer saw Tomcany swerve over the median and almost sideswipe another car before pulling into the liquor store's parking lot, Mentor Police Lt. Ken Zbiegien said after Tomcany's arrest.
While Payerchin went into the liquor store, a police officer approached Tomcany. The policeman, suspecting Tomcany was drunk, asked her to take a Breathalyzer test.
She agreed to take the test and had a breath-alcohol content of .174, Zbiegien said. That is more than twice the legal limit to drive.
Two children were in the back seat -- a 9-month-old infant and a 4-year-old boy, Zbiegien said. Both were properly restrained in their respective car seats.
The officer charged Tomcany with driving while drunk and endangering children. Tomcany has since pleaded no contest and been found guilty of both charges in Mentor Municipal Court.
She is scheduled to be sentenced August 8.
The children living with Tomcany and Payerchin are now staying with other relatives while Lake County Jobs and Family Services investigate them, Zbiegien said.
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CCRady
2:46 pm on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Can someone please tell me WHY this 'person' even has these kids in her custody after all of this? They should have been taken away after the previous incident... These poor children are living in danger EVERY DAY with this 'mom'. Please, someone, get them into a safe environment to grow up in!
Joe Smith
12:27 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
Actually she has the children in her custody because she is their mother. While it may seem unfortunate to you, there are thousands of parents who make a mistake or two in this state every year and don't have their children taken away. I happen to know the family and now that the issue has been brought to their attention, I can assure you that all the necessary proper measures will be taken to make sure the children are safe with their mother.
Kathy Adult
5:30 pm on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
God help the children......
Diane Faehnrich
7:22 am on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Mandy...I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
barbara mayer
6:17 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012
somebody needs to pray for her she is a horrible mother and her boyfriend is just as bad as a father.. has she already lost custody of her son?? she needs to lose custody of the girls also
Joe Smith
12:31 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
If she lost custody of the girls, who would take care of them? Maybe their "great" grandparents? ROTFL
Cynthia Quinton
6:39 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Actually, if you are going to pray for someone, pray for the children!
Joe Smith
11:03 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012
You can all pray until your blue in the face and type on blogs until your fingers bleed but until you actually make the difference in the life of a child or force our government to take care of the children, your wasting your time!
Cin
10:25 am on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Horrible. Grow up!
barbara mayer
7:50 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012
amandalyn tomcany did you really say this to someone (he only left her there for an hour) if you did have mercy on you it sounds like you are sticking up for him what about this child you two have you said nothing for her i pray the courts do the right thing u need the children taken away from both of you... your both horrible parents!!!
Jason Lea
8:18 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012
While I understand and sympathize with your passion on the matter, I think it's a bit unfair to ask Tomcany on this forum if she said something or not. One, until she confirms she said that (if she confirms it,) it's just a rumor that you're inadvertently spreading by asking if it's true. Two, there's no way for us to know if Tomcany is reading this, so we're not sure if she even has an opportunity to reply to your question.
To be clear, I'm not chastising you or anything like that; but I think it's worth remembering that, ultimately, these things are tried in the courts -- not in the media.
Joe Smith
12:37 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
Jason Lea, I think it only fair that you know that Barbara Mayer is Amandalyn Tomcany's grandmother and yes it is a disgrace to the entire family that she feels the need to carry on in this manner. Your words are a lost art on her, as I doubt she understands that she is inadvertently doing anything because she would have to know the definition of the term without looking it up and I can declare earnestly that she does not. It's extremely unfortunate that a family would carry on in this manner and sad for the children that if they do have a short coming when it comes to parents, they didn't hit the jackpot with "great" grandparents either!
barbara mayer
8:47 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012
jason lea it is right to comment on this question u also should not state that this is a rumor because in fact you dont know the answer. only she does.. i was asking a question and i do not believe a question is a rumor
Joe Smith
12:30 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
If you are asking a question, then it would be appropriate to use a question mark. Also, capitalizing proper nouns is a common device used in the English language. And while I am at it, normally one would use parenthesis when quoting not brackets but you seem pretty smart, so I imagine these are just the smaller of the errata in your life.
barbara mayer
8:42 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
yes i am mandys grandmother and not proud of it you must be a friend of theirs because all you want to do is lash out at me never saying anything about what the babies are going thru. this is about the horrible things these two have done and yes i vote for jail time
Joe Smith
10:24 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
The babies are fine, not that you would know.
Jason Lea
8:52 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012
OK everyone. Let's calm down for a moment before this gets out of hand. It doesn't help anyone if this forum turns into a series of insults. Let's try to keep things civil.
Callie E.
2:16 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
This is just sad. Sometimes mothers make such poor choices and they don't even stop to think about their kids. Those kids have no say in the matter - whether they get driven around by a drunk person or not. It's just sad.
Tiffany Juliet
2:47 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Pray for these beautiful children. They are not safe with the parents.
Kathy
1:53 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Jason seriously these two so called parents are prob the biggest losers ever to walk the planet. All they do is non stop drug activity and they need the kids taken away before they kill one of them with neglect. So quit sticking up for them and yes I know them. Oth they are scum
Joe Smith
10:23 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Jason is the mediator. It's his job to point out when people are spreading rumors and not truths. If you, Kathy, know so much; YOU should call the authorities and make sure that your voice is heard!