A Lone Tree Democrat running for a seat in Colorado’s House of Representatives was arrested in May for public intoxication while celebrating his brother’s college graduation, according to Texas court records.
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The incident came to light in early August, when Christian Shane Schilder, 26, revealed his arrest in a video on social media.
“The night didn’t end the way either of us planned,” Schilder said in the video. “We were both arrested for public intoxication, and I own that completely. … You deserve honesty from anyone asking for your vote.”
Schilder is running to replace Republican incumbent Rep. Brandi Bradley in Colorado House District 39, which covers rural and suburban parts of Douglas County. His campaign has largely focused on making Colorado more affordable.
The Colorado candidate said he was visiting Texas to celebrate his younger brother’s graduation from Texas A&M, Schilder’s alma mater, when they were both arrested by College Station police.
Schilder was arrested on May 8 on suspicion of public intoxication and resisting arrest, according to Brazos County inmate records. The county attorney refused the resisting arrest charge, Schilder said.
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The Brazos County Attorney’s Office declined to verify that information to The Denver Post on Wednesday. College Station Police Department officials confirmed that charge had been dropped to Colorado Politics.
Schilder pleaded no contest to the public intoxication charge and received a deferred sentence, according to a spokesperson for the College Station Municipal Court.
“I made a mistake that night, and I have owned it completely and publicly before anyone asked me to,” Schilder said in a statement emailed to The Denver Post. “As for how it reflects on my campaign, I will let Douglas County decide that.”
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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