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Man allegedly drives drunk with grandson on roof
Published Monday, November 23, 2009
An Austin man faces criminal charges for allegedly driving around his yard drunk while his 7-year-old grandson hung onto the roof.
Robert Wayne Christgau, 56, was charged Friday with driving while intoxicated, child neglect and child endangerment — all gross misdemeanors.
He is scheduled for arraignment Dec. 3.
According to a criminal complaint, Mower County deputies were dispatched to Christgau’s 1606 10th Drive SE residence on Thursday evening.
A witness had seen Christgau driving circles around the yard with the boy holding onto the Ford Escort’s luggage rack, his feet dangling over the windshield. Christgau took out a porch step, at which point the witness ran over and confronted him, the complaint states.
When deputies spoke with Christgau, he had watery, bloodshot eyes and smelled strongly of alcohol. He admitted that he drove with his grandson on the roof and that he had been drinking beforehand.
Christgau also admitted to having an open can of beer in the vehicle during the incident, the complaint states. He was taken to the Law Enforcement Center, where he registered a 0.14 blood-alcohol level — nearly twice the legal limit — roughly an hour after the incident. Authorities also spoke with the 7-year-old boy, who, along with his 3-year-old brother, was being watched by Christgau for a parent. The 3-year-old was left inside the residence unattended during the incident, the complaint alleges.
Christgau is in Mower County custody on $12,000 bail, or $1,000 with court conditions.
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Posted by Littletoad (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 10:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Cool.....another one for the Austin's Hall of Shame.....a real winner!
Posted by austinbri (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Love my town!
Posted by metisman (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 10:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You want to go to an amusement park? Well climb up on grandpa's car, I'll show you a ride you won't forget.
Good move by the neighbor, hats off!
Posted by Hazel_Eyez (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You are described in the dictionary. I will spell the word slowly.......
I D I O T
A foolish person!!
Posted by notsuprised (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 12:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sounds like an episode straight out of the show - Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Great show...um, not so much in real life.
Posted by austinmn55912 (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 1:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You just might be a redneck if....
Posted by squatz (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 3:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That's what I call "ridin' dirty!" = http://bit.ly/turYg
Posted by johnypopper1 (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I guess you can't fix stupid.............
Posted by wishfulmind (anonymous) on November 23, 2009 at 5:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I cannot believe just how careless some people are when they drink. To be drinking while watching children and then to top it off drive around with a small child on top of the car. Total disregard for that child's life!
Posted by beckman_doug (anonymous) on November 24, 2009 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)
W-O-W what in the hell is wrong with this lame brain? What
would happen this 7 year old grandson fell off, & got hurt real bad , or worse, thank goodness it never happened, he could have been killed. I hope the court system doesn't
over look at this as accident,or as a prank joke, the system
has to make sure this never happen's again before a real tradgey does take place, the court system needs to set a
example in this case so it won't ever happen again, they
need togive this lame brain moron a stiff prision sentence
so he has realized he has wrongfully done something he should never had done, i hope my message has got in time to prevent another issue like this, & yes children are also human people that deserve to be brought up to live a normal adult family life.
Posted by chiodos (anonymous) on November 24, 2009 at 5:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That is nuttier than squirrel turds.
Posted by stewieg (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 5:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
mugen im sure you will read this article also.......so tell me how is this one the officers fault??
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