An assistant football coach at the University of Connecticut allegedly ordered nine drinks and two ½ bottles of wine before crashing into a tree in Tolland over the summer and leaving the scene, court papers said.Brooks Jenkins, 31, of Vernon turned himself in last week in connection with a crash in the area of 365 Grant Hill Road on Aug. 27 around 10:20 p.m., according to Connecticut State Police.The arrest warrant affidavit supporting the charges said police were alerted to the crash by a woman who heard a loud bang followed by someone yelling. When she stepped outside she said she saw a black Chevy Malibu had crashed.Troopers responded to the scene and found that the vehicle was disabled and its airbags had deployed, the warrant affidavit said. The woman who reported the crash identified the driver as Brook or Brock and said he had told her he was a football coach, according to the warrant affidavit. She also said he told her he had been coming from a tavern.Troopers found that the vehicle had an expired Ohio registration, the warrant affidavit said. They later discovered that Jenkins’ Ohio driver’s license expired on Aug. 4, 2025, according to the warrant affidavit.UConn assistant coach facing multiple charges in connection with Tolland crashWhen a trooper showed the witness a photo of Jenkins on the UConn football athletics page, she allegedly confirmed he was the driver, the warrant affidavit said.Over the next two hours, police conducted three K-9 tracks in the area, including one using a bloodhound, but could not find Jenkins, the warrant affidavit said. State police also said they called Jenkins’ cell phone about 13 times and sent him a text indicating troopers were looking for him, according to the warrant affidavit.At the scene, state police said they found evidence suggesting Jenkins’ vehicle left the road and struck a mailbox and a trashcan before returning to the road and ultimately colliding with a tree, the warrant affidavit said.During the investigation, state police spoke to multiple people who worked at Bidwell Tavern in Coventry, finding that Jenkins allegedly arrived at the bar around 3:30 p.m. and left the restaurant around 10 p.m. after last call, the warrant affidavit said. One of the workers told state police she had spoken to someone who said he was Jenkins’ brother about getting him a ride home, as she believed he should not have been driving, according to the warrant affidavit.State police found that Jenkins had three separate tabs at the bar and restaurant, the warrant affidavit said. The first was time stamped 3:34 p.m. and included two Buffalo Trace bourbons that were served at the bar, according to the warrant affidavit.Another bill time stamped at 8:37 p.m. in the dining area included two Buffalo Trace whiskeys, three Fat Orange Cat Baby Kittens IPAs, ½ a bottle of Luna Di Luna white wine and ½ a bottle of Ecco Domani white wine, the warrant affidavit said. The final tab was time stamped at 9:53 p.m.
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