DENVER | The son of U.S. Sen. Mark Udall was arrested on drug and trespassing charges, the Boulder County Sheriff’s office said Thursday.
Jedediah Lee Fox-Udall, 26, was booked into Boulder County Jail Wednesday on suspicion of possession of drugs and four counts of trespassing, Cmdr. Heidi Prentup said. Deputies found him about noon when responding to a call of a man breaking into cars in the semi-rural community of Eldorado Springs, where Sen. Udall lives.
They discovered drug paraphernalia on Fox-Udall, and he admitted using heroin in the previous 48 hours, Prentup said.
He was released on $1,500 bond that evening and is due to appear in court on Feb. 20.
Sen. Udall and his wife issued a statement Thursday saying they were distressed to learn of his arrest and asked for privacy to deal with it as a family. They said they love their son and “stand with him in his commitment to getting the treatment he needs.”
The Boulder Daily Camera was the first to report the arrest. Court records show Fox-Udall also faces a misdemeanor charge from a December incident in which he allegedly stole Advil and Imodium from a supermarket. The merchandise was valued at less than $50.
A Democrat who represented the region in the House of Representatives before winning his Senate seat in 2008, Sen. Udall is running for re-election this year.
Last summer, Udall’s brother Randy Udall died during a hiking trip in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains.
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My prayers go out to the Udalls in this situation with their son. May God give the strength and patience to help their son. The article quotes the Udalls saying they support their son in his commitment to get the treatment he needs; however I haven’t read anything from the son that he indeed intends to get or even wants to seek treatment. It appears the problems the young man has have been going on for awhile — nothing new there. If Senator Udall isn’t able to help his own son with his life decisions, how can he help the United States and Colorado with the many decisions to be made on the running of our country and state? We need someone who is fully committed to researching and implementing the best way to run our country. Maybe we should take a good look at someone else to take his place in the Senate. Someone who will be focused on the issues at hand.