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State Official Settles Drunk Driving Charge

From Staff And Wire Reports

A week after becoming Idaho’s second-ranking education leader, Terry Haws settled a drunken driving charge in Ada County.

On Jan. 11, the chief deputy schools superintendent pleaded guilty to “inattentive driving” in Boise’s traffic court after prosecutors agreed to drop one count of driving under the influence.

Magistrate Michael McLaughlin sentenced Haws to two days in jail, one year on probation and fines totaling $351.50, according to a computerized summary of the case. Schools Superintendent Anne Fox did not find out about her associate’s guilty plea until Tuesday, spokesman Pat Reilly said.

Fox refused to comment on the matter and Haws, en route to Washington, D.C., for an education conference, was unavailable for comment.

“The department’s going to have no comment. This is something that deals with Terry and his personal life,” Reilly said.

Haws was arrested on Oct. 27. Officers said he refused to take a breathalyzer test, and his driver’s license was automatically suspended for 180 days.

Under the withheld judgment handed down Jan. 11, Haws could eventually have the incident removed from his record.