LAST EDITED ON Oct-09-02 AT 02:17 AM (EST)
 
uh oh....Gov. Owens son was a naughty boy....but daddy bailed him out, and fully cooperated:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_1465592,00.html

(for the rest of the story)

Owens' son, 16, faces vandalism charge
By Lynn Bartels And Sarah Huntley, Rocky Mountain News
October 8, 2002

Gov. Bill Owens' eldest son faces felony charges in connection with an estimated $4,200 worth of vandalism to school buses and vehicles last summer.

The governor said in a statement released Monday his 16-year-old son, Mark, knows he made a mistake and restitution has been paid in full.

Further down in the article, Owens is quoted:

This is a family matter and we are working together as a family to deal with it," Owens said in a statement released through his spokesman, Dan Hopkins.

"Mark is accused, along with some others, of going under a fence and participating in vandalism that took place July 2002. We are cooperating fully with the appropriate authorities.

"Mark is a good young man who made a mistake. He has made full restitution of $1,468 for the damage he caused," the statement from Owens concluded.

The governor paid the bill, but he is being reimbursed by his son, Hopkins said. Owens is taking half of every paycheck his son earns at a restaurant.