U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in the Minneapolis airport men's room by a plainclothes police officer who was investigating complaints of lewd conduct, according to a police report of the incident.
Craig later pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct.
Craig, an Idaho Republican, was arrested June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. First reported Monday in Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, the police report says a plainclothes officer was investigating complaints about sexual activity in the men's public restroom.
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," according to a copy of the incident report provided by Roll Call.
Craig's arrest was confirmed by Nancy Peters, a spokeswoman for Hennepin County Courts in Minneapolis. Peters confirmed the Roll Call article that said Craig pleaded guilty Aug. 8 to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.
The senator was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 10 days in jail, Peters said. The 10-day sentence was stayed for a year, meaning that Craig avoids jail time unless he is rearrested on a similar charge within a year.
Peters said Craig paid $575 of the fine and won't have to pay the $425 balance as long as he meets the terms of his year-long probation, which will be unsupervised.
Craig released a statement late Monday saying he had done nothing wrong. He told no one on his staff or in the Senate leadership about the arrest until it was made public by Roll Call. Roll Call reported that a Craig spokesman said the incident is a "he said/he said misunderstanding."
Craig, 62, is married and in his third term in the Senate. He has been one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's top Senate supporters, serving as a Senate liaison for the campaign since February.
A Romney spokesman said Craig resigned the post on Monday.
