<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Maybe he was just trying to demonstrate the dangers of substance abuse. "Don't drink; you might steal a truck!"</div><div><br></div><div><br>On Jun 19, 2011, at 6:11 PM, "Art Deco" <<a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><font size="2" face="Verdana">McGhee is the chairman of the Regional Substance
Abuse Authority Legislative Committee.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Verdana">The same irony here as with a well known
local parson urging marital fidelity.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Verdana">w.</font></div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="mailto:thansen@moscow.com
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:18 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Idaho State Senator Arrested and
Jailed</div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Courtesy of KTVB
(Boise) at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a title="http://www.ktvb.com/home/related/State-Senator-John-McGee--124155089.html
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.ktvb.com/home/related/State-Senator-John-McGee--124155089.html"><a href="http://www.ktvb.com/home/related/State-Senator-John-McGee--124155089.html">http://www.ktvb.com/home/related/State-Senator-John-McGee--124155089.html</a></a>#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Police: State Sen.
stole truck after drinking .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ADA COUNTY --
According to the Ada County Sheriff's Department, Idaho State Senator John McGee
was arrested and booked into the Ada County jail at 4:27 a.m.
Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">McGee is charged with
grand theft and driving under the influence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">According to Sgt.
Carlos De Leon with the Ada County Sheriff, McGee began drinking at a Boise golf
course at about 10 p.m. Saturday. McGee left the clubhouse just before 3 a.m.
and came upon a Ford Excursion with the keys inside and a 20-foot travel trailer
attached in the area near the Muir Woods Subdivision in southwest Boise. McGee
drove off in the vehicle, which had the keys inside.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">McGee tried to turn
the vehicle and trailer around in a long driveway on Knapp Place near Victory
Road. The Excursion and travel trailer ended up jack-knifed in the
driveway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Two kids in the home
where McGee was attempting to turn the vehicle around watched him get out of the
vehicle, walk up and down the street a few times, then get into the back of the
Excursion and go to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The kids called
police and deputies arrived on scene at 3 a.m. Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">McGee told deputies
he was headed to Jackpot, Nevada. Deputies determined McGee had been drinking
and arrested him. The 38-year-old registered a BAC of .15 on a breath test. He
was booked into the Ada County Jail on charges of grand theft and driving under
the influence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">McGee is scheduled to
be arraigned Monday afternoon in district court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">McGee is in his 4th
term representing district 10 in Canyon County. The Republican is the Majority
Caucus Chair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Seeya round town,
Moscow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Moscow,
Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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