Judge Pleads Guilty to DWI

QUITMAN – Wood County Judge Kenneth Bryan Jeanes has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to 10 days in the Wood County Jail. He was released after serving two days of confinement over the weekend. Jeans was arrested April 28th after he was reported driving on the wrong side of the road on U.S. Highway 69 in Mineola.

According to the arrest affidavit, the officer assisting on a reckless driver call found the judge resting against a Mineola Police Department vehicle. The officer who arrived first at the scene reported he received a report of an SUV matching Jeanes that was driving north in the southbound lanes of Highway 69. The officer claimed he could smell alcohol on the driver’s breath, see bloodshot eyes, and had trouble hearing Jeanes because he speech was “thick tongued.” When the officer asked the judge if he had too much to drink and drive, he is said to have replied, “No, but probably.” The affidavit also said the judge failed sobriety tests.