Man Charged With DUI, Child Neglect After Wrong-Way Trip On Nine Mile Road

August 13, 2014

A Cantonment man was jailed after allegedly driving drunk on the wrong side of Nine Mile Road with two children in the vehicle.

Robert Anthony Hardee, 23, was charged with DUI and two counts of felony child neglect.  He was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $6,000 bond.

According to an Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy’s report,  he was traveling westbound on Nine Mile Road when he observed traffic swerving left and right to avoid a Nissan SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road. Hardee turned on Chemstrand Road where he came to a stop. Two children were in the vehicle.

Hardee failed a field sobriety test, and later failed a breathalyzer test with an alcohol level of .242 — just over three times the legal limit of .08 — according deputies. Deputies reported finding a small bottle of vodka in the vehicle, with one of the children telling a deputy that Hardee has just consumed the alcohol.

Hardee also received traffic citations for driving on the wrong side of the road and possession of  an open container in a motor vehicle.

Comments

13 Responses to “Man Charged With DUI, Child Neglect After Wrong-Way Trip On Nine Mile Road”

  1. Charlie on August 14th, 2014 4:01 pm

    @paul Relieved to read you were joking. The sad thing is that there are a lot of people out there who aren’t joking when they make statements like that.

  2. paul on August 13th, 2014 11:24 pm

    @Charlie.. I sure hope you know I was joking.. And if his level was a .242 there was more than a small bottle involved.. The only good part about this scene is that nobody went to the hospital or morgue.

  3. Richard on August 13th, 2014 9:51 pm

    Should be charged with attempted murder of those kids. This piece of trash will kill someone in thd future.

  4. David Huie Green on August 13th, 2014 9:21 pm

    CONTEMPLATING:
    “I can’t believe that little kid snitched on her old man. She should be the one doing time. Stop Snitchin’!”

    It says, “Deputies reported finding a small bottle of vodka in the vehicle, with one of the children telling a deputy that Hardee has just consumed the alcohol.”

    Where do you get “her” come from the above. I guess you figure it’s far better for him to go driving drunk down the road and risk killing someone you love as well as the children in the car?

    Everybody’s got priorities.
    This statement might still be right.
    The kids are safer in jail than going down the wrong way of a busy highway with a drunk behind the wheel.
    Not that it matters since everything already showed he was driving drunk.

    David for better people
    living children
    and more snitches

  5. Charlie on August 13th, 2014 5:42 pm

    I sure hope that Paul & Dudeguy are joking & just being sarcastic with their no snitch comments. While I don’t think that the snitching made any real difference in the charges against Mr. Hardee, telling children or for that fact ANYONE not to snitch, is why so many criminals get away with their crimes. The next time you are the victim, maybe you will feel different.

  6. paul on August 13th, 2014 1:34 pm

    “with one of the children telling a deputy that Hardee has just consumed the alcohol.”
    I guess he didn’t learn the no snitch rule yet :)

  7. Dudeguy on August 13th, 2014 12:41 pm

    I can’t believe that little kid snitched on her old man. She should be the one doing time. Stop Snitchin’!

  8. Chris Crawford, Esq. on August 13th, 2014 11:18 am

    There is a bond schedule that has the appropriate amount law enforcement should set bond at during a suspect’s arrest. The schedule only classifies charges by their degree, like first degree misdemeanor, second degree felony and such. The bonds given to this guy were given according to the bond schedule, 2 third degree felonies and 1 first degree misdemeanor. But all you do when jacking up a bond, is give bondsmen more money.

  9. haley on August 13th, 2014 9:59 am

    WOW…..Those poor children.

  10. tom on August 13th, 2014 9:58 am

    Bonds are low because counties dont want to house and feed these folks.

  11. William on August 13th, 2014 9:49 am

    >>Is $6000 correct? That seems way too low for a DUI and 2 felonies.

    Yes, it’s correct per both jail and court records. $2,500 per child neglect charge, plus $1,000 for the DUI.

  12. Bob on August 13th, 2014 9:38 am

    Is $6000 correct? That seems way too low for a DUI and 2 felonies.

  13. Don on August 13th, 2014 6:17 am

    So he’s back in business if he can raise $600 for a bondsman…….wow..

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