The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is recommending jail time for the son of Rogers County District Attorney Gene Haynes.

Earnest Eugene Haynes III, 22, is due in Rogers County District Court at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday.

He was arrested June 24 in Rogers County for public intoxication and was bonded out of jail by his father. A $201 cash bond was posted for Haynes III, who is on probation from Cherokee County.

It was the latest in a string of run-ins with the law. There have been arrests, traffic violations and probation violations, in addition to a second-degree burglary charge in Cherokee County in 2007.

When Haynes III was arrested June 24, arresting officers reported he was found stumbling along Highway 66 near Claremore. It was his third alcohol-related arrest in three years.

On Wednesday, July 9, Haynes III was scheduled to appear in front of Judge Erin Oquin but his father forfeited the cash bond to pay the fines associated with the public intoxication charge. That is common practice in misdemeanors and traffic tickets, according to the district attorney.

“The court clerk has a form to sign the bond over,” Haynes said. “I took some of his money and bonded him out and then I signed the bond over for the fines.”

The probation officer for Haynes III has recommended that “he be sentenced to a substantial term of incarceration in the Rogers County Jail or Avalon Riverside in Tulsa.”

The district attorney is the father of two sons, whom he says are “opposites.”

“You know, his brother was the valedictorian of his class. And Eugene, sometimes I can look back and say what could I have done better for him,” Haynes said. “It’s unfortunate that he has had some trouble. I’m trying to encourage him to deal with his problem.”

In March, the probation officer reported that Haynes III had received several violations while on probation, including traffic tickets for driving under suspension and no insurance in October 2007, throwing a cigarette onto a highway in November 2007, and operating a motor vehicle in a manner not reasonable and proper, taxes due state (no tag), no insurance verification and driving under suspension in May.

The May traffic tickets were issued after Haynes III and a passenger were riding a motorcycle clocked at 82 mph in a 45-mph zone, with 2005 tags, no insurance, and Haynes III with no driver’s license.

In addition, the officer reported that Haynes III has violated rules of his probation by not maintaining full-time employment, possessing and using illegal drugs and alcohol and violating state and city laws.