Just 2 Days in Jail For Alleged Baby Abandoner’s Over-the-Top Alcohol Level

JOLIET, IL — A Joliet man jailed for registering an over-the-top .4 percent blood-alcohol content on a court-ordered breath test was released from custody after just two days.

Kenyatta Franklin, 36, blew the unbelievably high number — which is five times the legal limit for driving — during a Monday morning court appearance. Franklin was in court for drunkenly leaving a baby alone in the freezing cold while he went inside to pass out on a couch with his girlfriend last month, according to police.

The girlfriend, 42-year-old Melissa Vance, who is also the baby’s mother, was arrested and jailed along with Franklin. But Vance was released just two days later when prosecutors dropped the case against her. Franklin spent six days in jail following his March 10 arrest before Vance posted $1,000 bail for his release.

Franklin might have gotten out of jail again, but he’s not free to drink. Judge Matthew Bertani made it a condition of Franklin’s bond that he cannot consume alcohol and must submit to breath testing at each of his court appearances.

Kenyatta Franklin | image via Will County Sheriff's Department