ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Idaho U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with driving under the influence in a Washington, D.C., suburb, authorities said.

Police in Alexandria, Va., said Sunday that the Idaho Republican was pulled over after his vehicle ran a red light. Police spokesman Jody Donaldson said Crapo failed field sobriety tests and was arrested at about 12:45 a.m. without incident. He was transported to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond at about 5 a.m..

"There was no refusal (to take sobriety tests), no accident, no injuries," Donaldson said. "Just a traffic stop that resulted in a DUI."

Donaldson said he didn't immediately know what Crapo's blood alcohol level was, where he was coming from or the type of vehicle he was driving.

The 61-year-old Crapo has a Jan. 4 court date.

"I am deeply sorry for the actions that resulted in this circumstance," Crapo said in a statement Sunday night. "I made a mistake for which I apologize to my family, my Idaho constituents and any others who have put their trust in me. I accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this matter. I will also undertake measures to ensure that this circumstance is never repeated."

Currently in his third term, Crapo has been in the Senate since 1998, and served for six years in the U.S. House of Representatives before that. He was easily re-elected in 2010, and won't have to run again until 2016.

In Congress, Crapo has built a reputation as a staunch social and fiscal conservative. It has been expected he would take over the top Republican spot next year on the Senate Banking Committee. He also serves on the Senate's budget and finance panels. Crapo was a member of the so-called "Gang of Six" senators that worked in 2011 toward a deficit-reduction deal that was never adopted by Congress.

A Mormon who grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Crapo was named a bishop in the church at age 31. He is an attorney who graduated from Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He has five children with his wife, Susan, and three grandchildren.

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I hope he resigns and if not, kicked out. I wonder if his Church will kick him out, I know they are not allowed to drink and they have a no tolerance policy for it.

At first I thought it might be a Kennedy but they are only in Congress right now and Teddy's dead.

Kicked out? For what? Actually blending in with the rest of Congress?

Committing a crime and putting peoples lives in danger.

He will get off with a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, common folk go to prison for DUI.

He wont even get a slap on the wrist and that's BS. He should resign!

I think it matters what his BAC was.

.08 is the limit, if he was only marginally over I think his statements if coupled with the actions presented would be just fine.

.08 BAC for a mature adult who regularly drinks is hardly intoxicated, overall it is a very tight tolerance of intoxication, a good thing IMHO, but leaves a continuum of negligence severity.

Additionally, what elements of his FST he failed would be interesting.

With all of that said, me personally? I never drink more than 2 drinks per hour in public tops, and then wait 1 hour minimum without drinking before driving, and only if I am alert and feel awake.

Overall if you follow the same guidelines I do you and you weigh 240 lbs you will have ~ a .01 BAC, if you weigh 100 lbs it would be ~ .04

http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm

Explain that to the 0 tolerance judges who reside over the rest of the populace

I NEVER drink and drive... I feel more responsibility than that. Saying your sorry will never replace an individual who is lost to a family should you ever "miscalculate" your ability.... which is why many accidents occur.... poor judgement is not a defense!

Unless the law changed, Congressmen cannot be pulled over for traffic violations. They have special plates. He will get off.

Their professional vehicles only bear those plates, not their private ones.

True, but the vehicle they are usually in is the one with the special plates, which is the whole point of having them.

That is not necessarily true. As with any "work" vehicle their are records, codes and laws that are specific to them. Such a crime in a gov't vehicle would be charged at a higher crime and a stronger charge... they use those vehicles much less than you think, and most are chauffered....highly documented for the taxpayers. This isn't TV

Only the POTUS and VP are 100% of the time transported by "work" vehicles due to security and SS enforcement protocols

I just checked the law. Other vehicles are designated with an "A", "B", ect., on the plates. All their vehicles are covered.

Their vehicles may be ensigned with a notifier, but they are NOT above the law! Or why would he have been stopped, and we having this discussion, in the first place?

Actually they can. Kennedy got nailed for it when he crashed into that barricade a couple years ago. I also believe that DUI is a criminal matter not a traffic.

Actually here in Nevada any car that is theirs they can get Congress or Senate plates in.