He nodded. “The county will also issue a response charge, since the alarm was deliberately activated without an emergency. The facility gets the invoice first, then seeks reimbursement from the responsible party.”

“The responsible adult is Gage Embry.”

“Your brother?”

“Yes.”

Nestor paused. “I’ve managed this park for nine years. Kids pull alarms by accident sometimes. Employees make mistakes during maintenance. But I’ve never seen a parent encourage a child to create a false emergency just to ruin another child’s birthday.”

“Neither have I.”