ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Senator Michael D. Crapo of Idaho was arrested early Sunday and charged with driving under the influence in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the authorities said.
Mr. Crapo, a Republican, was pulled over after his vehicle ran a red light, the police in Alexandria said. He failed field sobriety tests and was arrested about 12:45 a.m., said a police spokesman, Jody Donaldson, and then was taken to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond about 5 a.m.
"There was no refusal" to take sobriety tests, Mr. Donaldson said, and "no accident, no injuries."
"Just a traffic stop that resulted in a D.U.I.," he said.
The police said Mr. Crapo, who was alone in his vehicle, had registered a blood alcohol content of 0.11 percent. The legal limit in Virginia is 0.08 percent.
Mr. Crapo, 61, has a Jan. 4 court date.
"I am deeply sorry for the actions that resulted in this circumstance," he said in a statement on 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."
A spokesman for Mr. Crapo declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding his arrest.
Mr. Crapo has been in the Senate since 1999, and served for six years in the House of Representatives before that. He was easily re-elected in 2010, and will not have to run again until 2016.
In Congress, Mr. Crapo has built a reputation as a staunch social and fiscal conservative. It has been expected that he would take over the top Republican spot next year on the Senate Banking Committee.
Mr. Crapo also serves on the Senate's budget and finance panels, and was one of the "Gang of Six" senators who worked in 2011 toward a deficit-reduction deal that was never adopted by Congress.
Mr. Crapo grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was named a bishop in the Mormon Church at age 31.
He is a lawyer who graduated from Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School.
He and his wife, Susan, have five children and three grandchildren.
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