Idaho authorities confirm arrest warrant for Senator Larry Craig's daughter

[Hepburn]

When Senator Larry Craig's daughter went public on ABC's Good Morning America to defend her father, she may have gotten a bit more publicity than she bargained for.

Following the show's airing, a reader of Idaho's Boise Guardian tipped the website that there was a warrant for Shae Suzanne Howell's arrest.

"We checked with officials at the jail and according to their records the contempt of court warrant is active," the Guardian reported. "Chances are she may not have been aware of the warrant and until she became a television personality, few people (including the coppers) linked her name to Craig."

The ABC News blog Political Punch says the appearance may have reawakened Idaho authorities' interest in the case, reporting yesterday that Howell was charged with "unlawful entry" and "malicious entry to property" in November of 2006, according to Boise's Ada County Courthouse.

More...

http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Idaho_authorites_confirm...

Maybe she can get it reduced to a simple disturbing the peace and make it all go away?

[NV Whino]

1. What's her stance on this?

[Hepburn]

2. ...........

Reports are that it is a WIDE one!

Great question!

[Exiled in America]

3. I need more details about what happened before I can make any judgements.

Could be that she's a really cruddy person, or it could be not really that big of a deal. Hard to tell without more information, and I'm certainly not going to let who her father is effect my judgments about her.

[Hepburn]

6. The arrest was for...

...from the ABC article I posted for breaking into the home of her ex-husband and destroying property.

[Exiled in America]

13. "Property" being photos... doesn't sound too severe.

[lligrd]

4. So Why Haven't They Arrested Her?

Not like they don't know where she is.

[kestrel91316]

11. Because she's the daughter of an ID senator, that's why.

That's how these things work. Laws are for the Little People.

[Hepburn]

5. CRAIG FAMILY VALUES:

Craig Family Values: Arrests, Warrants and Restraining Orders

Checkered Pasts of Senator's Children Call Their Credibility into Question

As part of the effort to rehabilitate the reputation and save the political career of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, his children Michael Craig and Shae Howell spoke to ABC News' "Good Morning America" this week to testify that their father isn't gay and was not in fact guilty of the lewd conduct for which he was arrested.

Michael Craig said his father was simply "a victim of circumstance" who was "in the wrong place at the wrong time."

But the criminal records of Michael Craig and his sister, whom Sen. Craig adopted after marrying their mother, Suzanne, in 1983, not only call into question their credibility as character witnesses but may even further undermine Craig's portrayal of himself as a defender of family values.

At least two women have sought restraining orders against Michael Craig, who was once charged with statutory rape, though the charge was dismissed. He did not return a call for comment. And at the time of Howell's appearance on "Good Morning America" there was a warrant out for her arrest resulting from her allegedly breaking into her estranged husband's home and destroying property.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3573171&pag...

Sen Craig's response to the charges against the son was, basically, that it is not easy raising teenagers.

Hello?

I raised a son through the teenage years and I really, really don't recall any problems with stat rape charges or him perpetrating violence on anyone ~~ particularly any females ~~ to the point that his actions required a court restraining order.

Ummmmm....maybe it is just me....but that is NOT in my book typical behavior in the teen years!

Sheesh!

[LostInAnomie]

7. Maybe someone's trying to send a message to the Senator.

As in, "Give up your seat quietly, or your daughter is going to jail".

[hisownpetard]

8. "Maybe she can get it reduced to a simple disturbing the peace and make it all go away?"

Or she could just plead guilty. (No one will ever know).

[Hepburn]

9. Yeah....

...that makes it go away...and if it doesn't then she can get a lawyer and try to have the plea set aside, right?

[hisownpetard]

12. You got it! n/t

[Jade Fox]

10. Geez, HOW DUMB ARE THESE PEOPLE??

I was just reading this week about the tendency of Conservatives to compartmentalize things--that is, to not get the connection between one thing and the other.

So, for Craig's daughter:

HAVE OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT + GOING ON TV WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE SEE YOU = GETTING ARRESTED.