[Vision2020] Craig arrested for lewd conduct: Boise Weekly

[Mark Solomon]

   AUGUST 27, 2007 3:34 pm
Larry Craig Arrested

BY BW STAFF
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We're only just getting this newsbreak now: U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was 
arrested in June on lewd conduct charges in a Minneapolis airport.

Details as we get them. Roll Call has the report, but their Web site 
is clogged to traffic, and no wonder.

We've got an excerpt of Roll Call's report:

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota 
airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct 
complaints in a men's public restroom, according to an arrest report 
obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.

Craig's arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. 
Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to 
misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. 
He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence 
was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court 
that began on Aug. 8.

A spokesman for Craig described the incident as a "he said/he said 
misunderstanding," and said the office would release a fuller 
statement later Monday afternoon.

After he was arrested, Craig, who is married, was taken to the 
Airport Police Operations Center to be interviewed about the lewd 
conduct incident, according to the police report. At one point during 
the interview, Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested 
him a business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said, 
"What do you think about that?" the report states.

Craig was detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed, 
photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a 
formal complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly conduct.
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