Crime & Safety
Off-Duty HPD Officer Charged With DWI After 3-Car Crash
No one was hurt when an undercover HPD officer in an unmarked car smashed into three cars in downtown Houston on Tuesday.
HOUSTON, TX — An undercover Houston Police officer has been charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed an unmarked HPD vehicle into three other vehicles on Tuesday evening. The crash happened at about 5:30 p.m., at the intersection of Houston and Washington Ave in downtown.
Witnesses said the unmarked police car, driven by officer Bobby Lee Jennings was coming up to the intersection on Houston Ave and rear-ended one car, pushing it forward into another vehicle, and sideswiped a second car at the same intersection.
No one was injured in the crash.
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Officials confirmed Wednesday that Jennings was intoxicated. He refused a field sobriety test, but was subjected to a blood draw after a search warrant was obtained.
Jennings is free on bond.
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