The son of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has been arrested in Alabama on a third-degree criminal trespass charge.
Caleb Moore, 27, turned himself into police on Monday after the County Circuit Clerk’s Office issued the warrant for his arrest, Etowah County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Natalie Barton said.
The criminal trespass charge is related to an arrest from last year where he was accused of hunting without permission and hunting over bait, Barton said.
The land owner in this case signed for a warrant for trespassing against Caleb. He was released from custody after a few minutes in jail on $1,000 bond.
This is not his first run-in with the law. In fact, the 27-year-old has previously been arrested at least nine times.
The son of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore (above) has been arrested in Alabama on a third-degree criminal trespass charge
Caleb Moore (above in arrest photo), 27, turned himself into police on Monday after the County Circuit Clerk’s Office issued the warrant for his arrest, Etowah County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Natalie Barton said
He was last arrested on drug charges in 2015 that were ultimately dropped after he agreed to enter a pre-trial diversion program.
Caleb has also faced charges for driving under the influence in both Florida and Alabama.
He also has had three drug-related arrests in Baldwin, Pike and St. Clair counties in Alabama.
In 2015, he admitted to struggling with drugs and alcohol while dealing with the pressure of having a controversial politician as a father, Alabama.com reported.
This is not his first run-in with the law. In fact, the 27-year-old has previously been arrested at least nine times. He was last arrested on drug charges in 2015 that were ultimately dropped after he agreed to enter a pre-trial diversion program
Caleb lashed out at ‘crooked police officers’ and claimed that he was not using drugs in a Facebook post at the time.
‘This is nothing more than a prime example of how media and crooked police officers and critics of my dad try to not only destroy his career for what he stands for but will go as far as trying to destroy his family,’ he wrote on the social media site, Alabama.com reported.
‘I am not a drug user as the drug test taken today will show. As for the malicious possession charges, justice will be served.’
His attorney issued a statement not long after his post and claimed that his ‘unfortunate comment about the police was said out of deep frustration, and he regrets it very much.’
His father, who has been married to his wife Kayla for 31 years (above), has yet to issue a statement about his son’s arrest. The former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice is facing Democrat Doug Jones in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat on December 12
His father, who has been married to his wife Kayla for 31 years, has yet to issue a statement about his son’s arrest.
The former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice is facing Democrat Doug Jones in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat on December 12.
Last month, President Donald Trump was reportedly upset that Roy beat out his favored candidate, Luther Strange, for the Republican nomination.
But Trump praised Roy to reporters and said ‘he was very happy with him.’
Last month, President Donald Trump was reportedly upset that Roy (above) beat out his favored candidate, Luther Strange, for the Republican nomination. But Trump praised Roy to reporters and said ‘he was very happy with him.’
Trump tweeted: ‘Spoke to Roy Moore of Alabama last night for the first time. Sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. He will help to #MAGA’
‘I’m very happy with him, and I have to say Luther came a long way from the time I endorsed him and he ran a good race, but Roy ran a really great race,’ the President told reporters on the White House South Lawn.
He also tweeted: ‘Spoke to Roy Moore of Alabama last night for the first time. Sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. He will help to #MAGA’.
Trump has not commented about Roy’s son being arrested.
Moore first became a judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama and served until his election as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000.
But in 2003 he was removed from his position as Chief Justice for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument that he installed in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building to acknowledge the sovereignty of God.
He was re-elected as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in November 2012 and took office in January of 2013.
Moore was suspended again in 2016 for upholding the sanctity of marriage as between one man and one woman. He retired to seek the office of U.S. Senate in 2017.