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Police: Man under influence of Xanax drove with toddler in car

Amelia A. Pridemore
Register-Herald Reporter

A Raleigh County man is in jail after Beckley Police said he was driving under the influence of a prescription drug with his 3-year-old son in the car.

Christopher Holtzapfel, 31, of Stanaford, is charged with second-offense DUI and DUI with child endangerment, said Beckley Police Cpl. Andy Darlington. Holtzapfel is in the Southern Regional Jail with an arraignment pending.

Darlington said he stopped Holtzapfel’s 1995 Dodge Avenger on Stanaford Road, near the Woodcrest subdivision, at 3:21 p.m. Thursday. Holtzapfel crossed the center line several times, and the car had expired tags. When Darlington spoke with Holtzapfel, the man’s words were slurred and he was barely able to speak.

Holtzapfel dropped his driver’s license more than once while trying to hand it over, Darlington said. Darlington asked him to get out of the car, and Holtzapfel stumbled when doing so.

Darlington said Holtzapfel told him he had taken two Xanaxes, but Darlington believed he had to have taken more. A prescription bottle belonging to Holtzapfel was found inside the car, and 15 pills were inside. However, the prescription, filled only five days before, originally had 84 pills in the bottle.

Holtzapfel’s son was in the car’s back seat, Darlington said. The suspect’s father came to pick up the child, who was properly secured in a child seat.

— E-mail:

apridemore@register-herald.com

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