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Airport police: Fox's Gregg Jarrett 'very intoxicated' and combative before arrest
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune ^ | May 22, 2014 | Paul Walsh and Joy Powell

Posted on 05/22/2014 2:12:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Jail mug shot of Gregory Walter (Gregg) Jarrett. (Hennepin County jail)

Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett, said by the network to be on leave to address “serious personal issues,” has been charged with a misdemeanor after his arrest in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bar, where he was “very intoxicated” and combative toward officers.

Jarrett, 59, is charged in Hennepin County District Court with a misdemeanor, obstructing the legal process and interfering with a police officer. His arraignment is scheduled in an Edina courtroom June 6.

The weekend co-anchor on the Fox News Channel was arrested about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday at Northern Lights Grill in the main terminal, said airport spokesman Patrick Hogan.

Jarrett was in Minnesota for alcohol or chemical dependency treatment, according to a detailed police accounting of the incident.

An employee called police to say Jarrett “appeared to be acting very intoxicated,” according to an Airport Police Department report released Thursday.

Officers responded and found Jarrett to be “uncooperative, resistant and combative” during his arrest, according to the report. It did not disclose whether he had his blood-alcohol level measured by police.

Jarrett, who calls the New York City suburb of Larchmont home, posted $300 bond and was released from custody shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday, according to jail records. His jail mug shot shows him with a full salt-and-pepper beard, a different look than the typically close-shaven appearance that viewers were used to seeing.

Jarrett has yet to respond to telephone and e-mail messages seeking comment about his arrest....

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: code21; crime; fnc; fox; foxnews; greggjarett; television
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To: hoosiermama

Ah too true. I got it handled have been famous last words for all too many. The idea that an alcoholic can have one ‘last drunk’ turns out to be all too true


21 posted on 05/22/2014 2:47:04 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Jeff Head

I really liked him...I feel sorry for him..he’s got a rough road ahead.I wish him the best. Its hard enough to deal with personal issues, let alone have the public humiliation.


22 posted on 05/22/2014 2:48:16 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: Jeff Head; 2ndDivisionVet

Anyone know the root of the problem ?


23 posted on 05/22/2014 2:49:22 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t it amazing that the hair on his head is so dark, but his beard is so gray!!


24 posted on 05/22/2014 2:50:34 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

If a person is in treatment it difficult for their employer to “fire” them.
More than likely they would be terminated for not seeking treatment. As far as FOX goes Bob Beckel has support from all and talks about his addiction openly. I’m sure he’d be a good sponcer for Gregg


25 posted on 05/22/2014 2:53:55 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: Jeff Head

I see Media Matters has always hammered on him.

The latest mm attack was for comments he made on that baseball player (Daniel Murphy, Mets) that took paternity leave when his son was born.


26 posted on 05/22/2014 2:55:27 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: KosmicKitty

not really, lol.


27 posted on 05/22/2014 2:56:12 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; flaglady47
Jarrett age 59. Married Catherine Kennedy 1993 - present. No record of children that I could find. Maintains a law license registered in California. He has taught law at New York Law School and other law schools.

Since he's charged with a misdemeanor, I don't think he'll lose his license....but the charge and attendant publicity is not going to do his career any good, that's fer shure.

Leni

28 posted on 05/22/2014 3:00:46 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: hoosiermama

E. D. Hill, who was a Fox anchor a long time ago, came out a while back and revealed that she had been an alcoholic for a long time and managed to conceal it. When she made that admission she had stopped drinking.


29 posted on 05/22/2014 3:19:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: dynachrome

It was probably Hazelden which has several facilities in the Twin Cities area. It’s not a celebrity place, though many celebrities have gone there, along with ordinary people.

http://www.hazelden.org/


30 posted on 05/22/2014 3:19:59 PM PDT by Parmenio
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
I hope he can overcome his addiction.

When I see a news story about a Jarrett being arrested, I want it to be about Valerie Jarrett.

31 posted on 05/22/2014 3:23:01 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I thought that was Laurie Dhu not E. D.


32 posted on 05/22/2014 3:23:47 PM PDT by azishot
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To: azishot

I thought it was Hill but I guess I got the cases confused—my apologies to E. D. Hill.


33 posted on 05/22/2014 3:34:57 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: hoosiermama

Exactly. Looks like it was after he completed the program however. Immediate consequence. Hope he takes this to heart and applies the principles he learned in treatment like one day at a time, one hour at a time without a drink, meetings, sponsor etc.


34 posted on 05/22/2014 3:37:14 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: KosmicKitty
I'm the same, except that my beard is even grayer or whiter although I'm 5 years his junior, while I have almost no gray in my dark brown hair.
35 posted on 05/22/2014 3:43:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: hoosiermama

My first wife frequently complained about a clerk in her office coming in late, leaving early, taking long lunches and not working very hard. I kept telling her to fire the woman, but she didn’t. So by the time they got around to it the clerk told them she had cancer. Well, you can’t fire her now or it’ll look like retribution.


36 posted on 05/22/2014 3:46:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: freedomson
WOW! I sometimes watch FOX at the weekend but missed that.

Never really cared for Jarrett. Thought he was a bit condescending to guests.

37 posted on 05/22/2014 3:50:25 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Maybe he’s just a human being with a problem.


38 posted on 05/22/2014 3:51:58 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All mine has gone grey.I’m just thankful I still have hair.I look like my kids grandfather these days.


39 posted on 05/22/2014 3:53:04 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: dynachrome

There are several very exclusive, and very private rehab places in the Twin Cities area..


40 posted on 05/22/2014 4:00:29 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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