An Ashtabula County man said his son was driving the liquor-filled, stereo-equipped Amish buggy that was abandoned in Mesopotamia Township when a Trumbull County Deputy pulled it over last week.

According to a sheriff's report, a Windsor Township man told a deputy that it was his son holding the reins of the buggy a week ago early Sunday when the deputy spotted males drinking as they drove along Doneley Road.

The officer said when he saw a 12 pack of Michelob Ultra on top of the buggy, he attempted to pull it over.

Those on the buggy jumped off and ran into the woods. The horse kept pulling the buggy until stopping on a nearby path.

In addition to the beer on top of the buggy, the deputy found several open containers of alcohol inside.

The buggy was equipped with what the report describes as a “radio sound system,” with several large speakers.

Using the cruisers loudspeaker, the deputy called into the night, asking the owner of the horse to come and claim it. No one came out of the woods.

After learning the name of the buggy driver from his father, the deputy questioned the son last Wednesday.

The driver told the deputy he drank between ten and 12 beers that night and ran because he did not want to get into trouble.

He admitted disregarding the deputy's call for him to come out of the woods,

Although the buggy driver claimed that the alcohol belonged to him, he would not reveal the ages of his companions, only saying he had known them for five to seven years.

The deputy said he would confer with the prosecutor about filing charges.