Republican Criminal Abusive Behavior Scandals

Illegally voted in 16 elections since 2012 as an ineligible convicted felon who also publicly admitted to owning firearms in violation of state and federal law barring felons from possessing guns

Drove under the influence of alcohol while on a suspended driver's license and was convicted of a felony

Broke into his ex-girlfriend's house, cut her furnace gas line, left a lit cigarette on a book of matches and later threatened to harm her close friend

Beat on a locked glass door with a cane and shouted questions at then-Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden while he shopped at a local store

Compelled victims to perform sex acts with him by force, threats & coercion

Once admitted to threatening to kill a psychologist and has been arrested for disorderly conduct on two occasions

Stole nearly $113k from a sheriff’s office benevolence fund meant to help grieving police families, paid off his drug dealer using a blank check from the same fund, pocketed nearly 150 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills that citizens surrendered to a drug take-back disposal program, orchestrated a massive ghost-employee scheme that funneled $350k in taxpayer-funded salary and benefits to his cousin for a full-time law enforcement job he never actually performed & charged taxpayers an additional $53k in personal expenses that he racked up on a county-issued credit card for high-end steakhouses, hotels, and streaming services

Was caught possessing a controlled substance while working at a county correctional facility and was charged with a felony

Shot an unarmed teenager in the face who just wanted to take homecoming photos on his property

Unlawfully possessed a weapon and was found carrying illegal drugs when police arrested him

Forcefully poked his wife in the cheek and then threatened to kill her in front of their seven-year-old daughter in a Florida hotel room on July 4th

Illegally showed up to his girlfriend's house less than two weeks after his initial arrest for domestic battery against her in blatant violation of his pretrial release conditions

Threatened to bash two people on the head with a baseball bat and gut them "like a fish" if they didn't repay the money he loaned them in addition to the exorbitant interest rates he charged them in a timely manner

Pulled his ex-girlfriend’s hair and slammed her head against the floor multiple times

Raped her own son's 16-year-old best friend after supplying a house full of teenagers with copious amounts of alcohol at a pool party, got caught in the act through a window by her own traumatized son, ordered emergency contraception via DoorDash to cover her tracks & then pressured the minor witnesses to "lie 'til you die" to investigators

Caused widespread fear outside of a courthouse following a high-profile murder verdict in an act so egregious that a judge ordered him held on a $1M bond

Got into a drunken shouting match outside of a courthouse following a high-profile murder verdict

Stole over $6k in taxpayer money, tried to stop an audit to cover her tracks & sent a blackmail letter threatening to unleash "chaos" if exposed

Possessed a felony amount of cocaine and was arrested by the Texas Rangers

Attacked a restaurant patron from behind, slammed him to the ground & threatened to kill him during a blackout drunken rage

Drove erratically in the middle of the afternoon and was arrested for DUI while also having spent his entire career as a "tough on crime" DA who later had many of his convictions overturned because he coerced and manipulated witnesses into lying on the stand

Drunkenly slammed into five parked cars, a telephone pole & a neighbor's garage door before her vehicle finally broke down

Repeatedly punched his girlfriend in the face, threatened to crush her head with a lamp & then screamed that he would kill everyone there while in a drunken rage

Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with a campaign volunteer while he was running for Sheriff that included them exchanging sexually explicit text messages and nude photos and later threatened to send state troopers after her to keep her quiet

Used his position as Sheriff to threaten multiple women with police action to scare them into keeping quiet about their sexual encounters and both unsolicited and consensual salacious messages he exchanged with them

Broke into a home and pointed his handgun at the owner after he used an app to track his wife to the location

Slapped and strangled his wife and then lied to hospital staff by claiming she caused the injuries herself while also hypocritically having portrayed himself as a vocal "family values" conservative who was endorsed by the local sheriff

Was charged with DUI, reckless driving & disorderly conduct after he was pulled over for speeding

Strangled his then-fiancé to the point of unconsciousness, slammed a car door on her legs and threatened to murder her

Conspired with 10 others to steal well over $300k from taxpayers & cash seized from drug investigations to spend on personal expenses like home renovations, electronics & hunting equipment

Approached police who were searching vehicles associated with him where they discovered MDMA, $37k in cash, and his photo ID inside a bag of drugs he had previously showcased in his own Instagram posts

Pointed a loaded rifle in a worker's face and threatened to blow his head off because they were working on a project near his property

Illegally possessed a firearm while under felony indictment for financial fraud and official misconduct

Admitted to having sexual relations with his dog in a conversation with his then-girlfriend

Drank to excess at multiple bars and got caught by police while he relieved his bladder in public during his walk home

Crashed his SUV into a truck, fled the scene on foot because he was drunk & then forced police to use breaching tools to enter his home because he refused to peacefully surrender

Tested positive for marijuana barely a month after she was sentenced to probation for her 2024 drunk driving conviction

Abandoned his young children at a resort pool to go buy an alcoholic drink and while they were alone his 4-year-old daughter lost consciousness, foamed at the mouth & required CPR from a good Samaritan who rescued her from drowning

Was pulled over for suspected DUI, failed a breathalyzer test and was arrested for DUI

Waged a relentless multiyear campaign of sexual harassment and stalking against his city secretary where he routinely cornered her in her office and showed up unannounced at her private family home during her lunch breaks, introduced her to City Hall guests as the “city sexetary” and “my sexetary,” physically assaulted her at least once and then fired her when she filed an official report that detailed all of his abhorrent actions over the years

Swerved in and out of his lane while driving nearly 30mph over the speed limit, had a firearm and empty beer can in his car with him, exhibited obvious signs of intoxication, refused to submit to field sobriety tests and then unsuccessfully attempted to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he is a sitting judge and was arrested for his fourth DUI

Abused her power to issue fake tax bills and secretly photograph her neighbors who built a greenhouse to feed the homeless

Lied on an application about a prior felony conviction in order to illegally purchase a rifle at a local gun show

Possessed and sold a felony amount of a controlled substance and was arrested by police

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Drove under the influence of illegal narcotics and was arrested by police

Crashed into a ditch and was so drunk that police didn't even bother giving him sobriety tests because he couldn't stand up straight to take any in the first place and also had a handgun on him in violation of a state law prohibiting people under the influence from carrying their firearm while also hypocritically being a member of the county Beer Board

Swerved all over the road and ran a red light before police pulled her over, noticed her wine-stained lips & arrested her for "extreme DUI" with a BAC of nearly three times the legal limit of .23 while she berated them & repeatedly botched the sheriff's name in an attempt to dodge arrest

Shot at elk from inside a car and illegally killed two animals on private and federal land without a valid hunting tag

Orchestrated a four-year kidnapping conspiracy in which he abducted at least 27 psychiatric patients and kept them in his facility by force-feeding them mind-altering controlled substances to maintain their compliance and subjected them to horrific physical abuse including having a staff member break a patient's collarbone all so he could bill Medicaid for his supposed therapeutic services

Nearly caused a crash in downtown Juneau and then exhibited a strong odor of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was pulled over on suspicion of DUI

Drunkenly drove his vehicle directly into a hospital ambulance bay and proceeded to get belligerent with hospital security

Was pulled over for speeding with a broken headlight and expired tags around 2am and was found to have a BAC nearly twice the legal limit

Endangered the welfare of her children and falsely imprisoned them behind locked doors discovered during a police welfare check following her husband's arrest for sexually abusing a minor

Illegally drove into oncoming traffic and then backed his SUV into another car before completely fleeing the crash scene so he could drop his kid off at school

Groped a minor boy that he had gotten drunk after they fell asleep, tried to block him from leaving once he woke up and was later found to have planned to rape him had he not successfully escaped

Drunkenly drove through several lawns, ran into two cars and then crashed through the wall of a house and barely missed hitting a sleeping teenager

Paid an enforcer to kidnap and assault a former client's son over an unpaid debt he owed for helping him secure a pardon from Donald Trump

Weaved in and out of her lane around 2am, didn't signal when she made a righthand turn, failed field sobriety tests and had a BAC over twice the legal limit

Illegally killed a black bear inside a closed area with the help of an unlicensed guide and had the audacity to post with its carcass afterwards

Criminally threatened a US Capitol police officer during a pro-insurrectionist rally in DC

Drunkenly swerved his taxpayer-funded SUV around 10am and had a strong odor of alcohol which later was found to be nearly three times the legal limit and exhibited a number of other obvious signs of impairment after his own deputy pulled him over

Lured a 15-year-old girl to his home and got her blackout drunk to sexually exploit her but her mother tracked them down and punched him in the face to rescue her

Sexually and physically abused her two adopted children along with her husband

Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police after she failed a field sobriety test which wasn't surprising considering she was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when she arrived at jail

Waterboarded his teenage daughter in a bathroom sink as punishment for not cleaning her room to his spotless expectations

Distributed CSAM and was found with a stash of illegal short-barreled rifles and 'ghost guns' when police conducted a search of his home

Solicited sexual favors from a female defendant & accepted cash bribes to fix cases while serving as a criminal judge

Stockpiled a secret bunker accessed by a 100-ft tunnel with 13 illegal guns including a machine gun, body armor and 10k rounds of ammo, which were all found after police executed a search warrant to shut down his illegal marijuana grow operation

Physically fought with a Walmart loss prevention employee and was found with a baggie of drugs on him when police arrived

Created fake personas including stealing the identity of an active-duty soldier to criminally harass his replacement in city government

Was charged with DUI after being pulled over by a state trooper

Groped an inebriated woman who had just consumed highly potent (and illegal) THC that he gave her following a night out drinking

Tailgated a driver into a gym lot, “bear-hugged” them, seized their phone to delete a video of his behavior and then fled after being warned police were being called

Barely avoided drunkenly crashing into another vehicle with an open beer can in his console and a loaded firearm in the passenger seat

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for DUI

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was convicted of felony DUI

Dramatically escalated a minor traffic dispute by threatening to shoot the other individual

Falsely claimed to be a police officer and also used his influence as county commissioner to illegally coerce his neighbor to stop firing guns on his own property

Drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed into another vehicle while under the influence of alcohol

Rear-ended another vehicle, injured the driver and then fled the scene

Posted nude photos of a woman online without her consent

Crashed into another driver at an intersection, fled the scene before police arrived and had a BAC almost twice the legal limit when police caught up with him at his home

Grabbed the township manager’s arm and refused to let go even after she was repeatedly told to release her grip

Forcefully grabbed his 17-year-old minor child and threw him to the ground

Forcefully shoved his mother against a vehicle and stole her mail and then proceeded to get arrested an astounding four more times for violating his restraining order and other bail conditions

Groped a woman's breasts inside an Asheville, N.C. bar and then got in a drunken fight with her boyfriend in the parking lot after he confronted Carr about his assault

Smashed a window and broke into his ex-girlfriend's and political opponent’s home despite a court order prohibiting contact between the two

Drove the wrong way on a one-way street and nearly crashed into another car, failed sobriety tests and had a BAC nearly twice the legal limit

Illegally possessed a concealed handgun without a license which was found in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop

Was charged with DUI after police stopped him, observed he had an open container of alcohol and then had him submit to a breathalyzer which was twice the legal limit

Physically attacked his wife while driving on a highway with their child in the vehicle, stole her phone, and fled with their child after leaving her on the side of the road

Drove recklessly while drunk and was found with a loaded 9mm handgun in her drivers-side door in violation of state law

Tried to gouge his wife's eye out serious enough she had to miss work for a week to recover

Ran his teenage daughter and another woman off the road while screaming that he was "going to kill" them

Sexually harassed and intimidated multiple female subordinates over more than a year and later threatened to jail a subordinate after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against him

Got a DUI with a staggering 0.28 BAC with signs of intoxication midafternoon that included drinking alcohol inside his car, stumbling to walk into a Panda Express, swerving and speeding in his vehicle after he left and had bloodshot eyes, trouble speaking and was found covered in food when pulled over

Put cocaine and MDMA into his 15- and 16-year-old granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen and was caught in the act on the store's video surveillance system