Houston Father Charged with Intoxication Manslaughter after Driving Into Ditch
Chanton Jenkins has been charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter and a fifth charge of intoxication manslaughter is likely when investigators find the remaining child that is presumed to have drowned.
According to reports, Jenkins was driving while intoxicated - DWI - at the time he drove his vehicle into a ditch that led to the death of five young children. Four of the children have been found, while the fifth child is still missing. Police officers and dive teams have been searching for the remaining child.
According to the officers, Jenkins failed field sobriety tests and failed a breath test. Reportedly Jenkins blew a .079 and a .082. What the police fail to admit, there own regulations say that the number that should be used in a breath test like this is .07. DPS regulations require that the lower of the two scores be used. Therefore, Jenkins was not over the legal limit at the time of the breath test, but in fact, under the legal limit.
Police officers also took a sample of his blood and are awaiting the results. It seems obvious to most that blood tests are much more reliable than breath tests.
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Dane Johnson
Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization