Monett father charged after drugs found in van
July 26, 2017
Charlea Estes
A Monett man was arrested and charged last week when officers responded to a call about parents sleeping in a van with an infant in the floorboard. According to the affidavits of probable cause, the father was also in possession of a methamphetamine syringe.
On Thursday, July 20, the Monett Police Department was called to check on the well being of a baby who was crying in a van on the floorboard under the steering wheel. The caller reported that the parents were sleeping in the van which was parked at South City Park in Monett.
When the officer located the van, it was located on Highway 60 in Monett. The driver, Christopher Trobaugh, 29, of Monett, was placed in custody for an existing warrant for his arrest. In his front pocket, officers located a bottle of pills which Trobaugh allegedly admitted he did not have a prescription for. The bottle contained 10 hydrocodones.
When officers searched the van, they found a used syringe and a burnt, black handled spoon which field tested positive for methamphetamine. The spoon was under a pair of baby shoes and allegedly near where the child was in the floorboard, according to the initial call.
When officers pulled Trobaugh over, a seven month old baby was in the van. The child’s mother, also on the scene, said she did not know about the syringe prior to the search. She allegedly also told officers that Trobaugh had fed the baby from the same spoon a week prior.
Trobaugh has been charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a first offense. He is currently being held in the Barry County Jail in lieu of a $40,000 cash-only bond.
Charlea Estes
A Monett man was arrested and charged last week when officers responded to a call about parents sleeping in a van with an infant in the floorboard. According to the affidavits of probable cause, the father was also in possession of a methamphetamine syringe.
On Thursday, July 20, the Monett Police Department was called to check on the well being of a baby who was crying in a van on the floorboard under the steering wheel. The caller reported that the parents were sleeping in the van which was parked at South City Park in Monett.
When the officer located the van, it was located on Highway 60 in Monett. The driver, Christopher Trobaugh, 29, of Monett, was placed in custody for an existing warrant for his arrest. In his front pocket, officers located a bottle of pills which Trobaugh allegedly admitted he did not have a prescription for. The bottle contained 10 hydrocodones.
When officers searched the van, they found a used syringe and a burnt, black handled spoon which field tested positive for methamphetamine. The spoon was under a pair of baby shoes and allegedly near where the child was in the floorboard, according to the initial call.
When officers pulled Trobaugh over, a seven month old baby was in the van. The child’s mother, also on the scene, said she did not know about the syringe prior to the search. She allegedly also told officers that Trobaugh had fed the baby from the same spoon a week prior.
Trobaugh has been charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as a first offense. He is currently being held in the Barry County Jail in lieu of a $40,000 cash-only bond.