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Silvia Johnson, who became known as the "Cool mom" for partying with her children and their teenage friends, pleaded guilty this morning to a charge of violating bond conditions. Johnson, 41, is serving a 30-year sentence for plying high school boys with liquor, drugs and sex. She was charged with violating bond conditions and a protective order that barred her from contact with some of her children, while she was free awaiting sentencing. Johnson was arrested on the new charges after a Sept. 25 car crash in which a 14-year-old girl was driving. Johnson and a carload of teens, including...

Woman gave high school boys drugs, booze at weekly parties GOLDEN, Colorado (AP) -- A woman who authorities said had sex with high school boys during alcohol- and drug-fueled parties has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, officials said. Silvia Johnson, 41, described herself to investigators as a "cool mom" who "was never popular with classmates in high school" and who was beginning to feel like one of the group. She pleaded guilty in July to two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault and nine felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

A woman who told police she had sex with teenaged friends of her children because she wanted to be a "cool mom" was sentenced to 30 years in prison after an emotional afternoon hearing in Jefferson County District Court. Silvia Johnson, 41, had faced up to 58 years in prison on 11 charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and misdemeanor sexual assault. She told detectives she had sex with five of the boys who came to parties at her home and supplied them with drugs and alcohol. Johnson's sentencing had to be delayed for more than a...

A 41-year-old Arvada mother who hosted sex and alcohol parties for high school students did not appear in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday morning when her cash bond was increased to $550,000. Silvia Johnson was to have been sentenced Sept. 26 on two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault, and nine felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. But Johnson and three children were seriously hurt the day before her sentencing when the sport utility vehicle they were riding in rolled down an embankment along Interstate 25. The car was being driven by a 14-year-old girl even though...

When the car came just inches from running them off the road, all they could think about was their 4- week-old son in the back seat. Kris Borie said, "It's amazing to have him so recently and already have an opportunity to have lost him." Kris Borie and Gabe Dunnington say it all happened so fast. They were coming home from visiting family when it happened... A driver was changing lanes and was heading straight for their Jeep. Borie said, "I saw her start coming over and I yelled to him 'Gabe, they are going to hit us.'" "When I...

Silvia Johnson, the so called "Cool Mom" was transported from a hospital to the Jefferson County Detention Facility Friday after being involved in a serious car accident in which an underage teen was driving. ...Johnson was sitting in the back seat when the 14-year-old driver lost control of an SUV and flipped it... The crash injured not only Johnson, but three other children, including two of her own. Because of confidentiality issues, we do not have specifics on the children's injuries, but CSP says they each had "serious injuries." The crash happened the day before Johnson was to be sentenced...

Woman who admitted to giving drugs and sex to teenage boys because she wanted to be a "cool mom" was to find out Monday what her sentence would be, but her sentencing was delayed after she was in a serious car accident that involved four adolescents. Silvia Johnson, 41, was the only adult and licensed driver in a car that crashed Sunday ... but she wasn't the one driving, the Colorado State Patrol said. A 2005 Jeep Liberty was being driven by a 14-year-old girl when it slid across the eastern lanes during a lane change. The vehicle swerved across...

...car accident delayed the planned sentencing...Silvia Johnson had pleaded guilty to hosting sex and alcohol parties for underage students. Johnson was involved in the car accident Sunday evening. State troopers said Johnson and 4 children, ranging in age from 11 to 14, were in the car. Investigators said an unlicensed 14-year-old was driving the car. ...The driver tried to make a lane change, lost control, went off the interstate and rolled once. One of the children was thrown from the car. Only the 14-year-old driver was wearing a seatbelt according to the state patrol. All 5 people were taken to...