Police: Central Texas mother got drunk, let sex offender tattoo her three kids

Ashley Nikole Weir, 31, was arrested Monday in Lago Vista and charged on three counts of tattoos prohibited for certain persons, a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, Weir could spend up to three years in prison. less Ashley Nikole Weir, 31, was arrested Monday in Lago Vista and charged on three counts of tattoos prohibited for certain persons, a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, Weir could spend up to three years in ... more Photo: Travis County Sheriff Photo: Travis County Sheriff Image 1 of / 36 Caption Close Police: Central Texas mother got drunk, let sex offender tattoo her three kids 1 / 36 Back to Gallery

A Central Texas mother got drunk and allowed a sex offender to tattoo her three underage children, according to police.

Ashley Nikole Weir, 31, was arrested Monday in Lago Vista and charged on three counts of tattoos prohibited for certain persons, a Class A misdemeanor.

If convicted, Weir could spend up to three years in prison.

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The father of the three children told Lago Vista police that his 13-year-old son called and asked him to pick them up from Weir's house, according to an arrest affidavit.

The son told the father that "they had a surprise for him and that he might not like it," the affidavit said.

Weir was "passed out drunk" in bed when the father arrived, the father told police. The three children were unsupervised.

All three had fresh tattoos on their ankles: the 13-year-old son had a tattoo of a cross on his right ankle, the 10-year-old daughter had a cross and infinity symbol on her left ankle and the 9-year-old daughter had a heart-and-arrow design on her right ankle, according to police.

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The 13-year-old told police that Weir wanted the children to get tattoos when they arrived at their mother's house, the affidavit reads.

Two men were there at the time: Weir's boyfriend and his brother — who is a sex offender, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety's sex offender registry.

The children told police that Weir told them to get the tattoos "but not to cry or whine about it when it hurts," according to the affidavit.

Weir's boyfriend's brother tattooed the three children, the children told police.

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The father asked police to conduct a welfare check on Weir, according to the affidavit.

Police said Weir smelled of alcohol and that she "wobbled, swayed and was unsure on her feet while walking."

Weir told police that she allowed the children to get tattoos but wouldn't say who actually performed the act of tattooing the children.

The 31-year-old woman said she, her boyfriend and her boyfriend's brother were the only adults in the home at the time.

Weir also knew the design of each tattoo, according to the affidavit.

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Weir is currently being held in Travis County Jail on a $15,000 bond.

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