JQuery :: Make Menu Link Open Submenu And Go To Href Location

I have inherited some code that changes the behavior or menu links with submenus to open the submenu but I need it to both open the submenu and go to the link location.

Here is the code:
$('#leftNav #menu li a').click(
function() {
$('#leftNav #menu li a').removeClass('selectedAccordion');
$(this).addClass('selectedAccordion');
$('#leftNav #menu ul.currentnav li a').removeClass('selectedAccordion');
$('#leftNav #menu li ul li a').removeClass('selectedAccordion');
//$(this).parent('li').addClass('selectedAccordion');
var checkElement = $(this).next(); if((checkElement.is('ul')) && (checkElement.is(':visible'))){
return false;
}
if((checkElement.is('ul')) && (!checkElement.is(':visible'))) {
if(checkElement.parent().parent().parent().is(':visible')) {
checkElement.slideDown('normal');
return false;
}
$('#leftNav #menu ul:visible').slideUp('normal');
checkElement.slideDown('normal');
return false;
}}

How do I put back the behavior to open the submenu AND go to the link location? I found I could add location.href = $(this).attr('href'); and go to the correct, but then the submenus slideUp and are hidden again. I can't figure out why changing the page closes the menus.