No telling if he'll repeat this assertion if the case goes to trial -- but for now, he's entered a not-guilty plea in the bizarre case.
Some recapping from our previous coverage is in order. At 5:17 p.m. on August 12, according to an astonishing police report on view below in its entirety, a Boulder Police officer was dispatched to the 3400 block of 22nd Street on a report of a male passed out in the driver's seat of a still-running Porsche.
Before the officer arrived, the man, later identified as Boedecker, 51, managed to rouse himself and walk away from the car. But he didn't get far, since Boulder emergency personnel were also called to the scene. By the time the officer arrived, one EMT had already settled on a diagnosis. "He's drunk as crap," she said.Later, the EMT described her first encounter with Boedecker while in the company of a paramedic. Initially, she said, Boedecker insisted that he'd merely pulled over his car in order to take a nap. But then he announced that his girlfriend had been driving and she was "batshit crazy."
The officer subsequently chatted with a witness -- but as he was doing so, he spotted Boedecker moving away from the ambulance and trying to get into the Porsche, a key in his hand. Given that Boedecker reportedly reeked of alcohol, the cop quickly put a stop to any potential escape plan and asked for his driver's license. He then inquired as to whether the address on the license was current, to which Boedecker is said to have replied, "I have seventeen fucking homes."
That spurred a follow-up question about whether the address on the license was his primary residence. "That's the only one you fucking need," Boedecker allegedly answered.
Next came Boedecker's tale about what had led him to his current location. The narrative quotes him as saying his girlfriend had driven them there from a benefit at 11:30 p.m. the night before. He added that they'd gotten in an argument, prompting her to exit the Porsche and run off.The story shifted after that, with Boedecker saying they'd actually driven to the area at 11:30 a.m. But he adamantly denied he'd been driving, even though the aforementioned witness had seen him behind the wheel.
Finally, the main event: The document reports that after being quizzed about his girlfriend and her whereabouts, Boedecker said she was a singer and "really fucking famous" -- and then wanted to know if the officer was familiar with Taylor Swift.
Page down to continue reading about the bizarre arrest of Crocs co-founder George Boedecker, Jr. If the cop broke out laughing at this point, he leaves that part out. Instead, he recalls asking again where the girlfriend/Ms. Swift was, after which Boedecker "gestured casually towards a neighboring yard, and said she was in Nashville."As the questions continued, Boedecker allegedly became irritated, declaring that he'd had it with the cop's "fucking questions" and warned him that things were about to get medieval -- or, as it's spelled in the report, "mid-evil." He refused to participate in voluntary roadside maneuvers ("your fucking maneuvers," he's said to have called them), kept interrupting during the Mirandizing process to say that he knew his "fucking rights" and advised two officers to "go fuck yourselves in the ass."
The blood-draw process didn't go much smoother. According to the narrative, he responded to an unheard statement by a Boulder County deputy by exclaiming, "If you didn't have that fucking gun, I would!" He also dubbed the reporting officer an "asshole," referred to him as his "enemy for life" and said he hoped the cop would "fucking die."
In the end, Boedecker was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence -- and it turns out this was not his first encounter with law enforcement. The Boulder Daily Camera notes that he was arrested in 2006 on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing and threatening bodily injury after allegedly telling his sister's ex-husband that he would slit his throat. He wound up with a six-month deferred sentence.
Oh, yeah: Boedecker reportedly resigned from Crocs' board of directors the day before the earlier arrest.
Shortly after news of Boedecker's bust broke, a statement of regret was issued on his behalf by a local PR company. It reads:
On behalf of the Boedecker Foundation and Mr. George Boedecker Jr., we acknowledge and regret the incident of Aug. 12 in Boulder, Colorado, between our founder, George Boedecker Jr. and the Boulder Police Department. We would appreciate respecting both privacy and the ongoing investigation at this time. We will have another statement issued as the process unfolds.Nonetheless, Boedecker has reportedly entered a not-guilty plea in regard to the matter. In the meantime, he's not talking -- not even on his Twitter account, which describes him as an "entrepreneur and humanitarian as well as the principal Founder and creative force behind Crocs, Inc. and The Boedecker Foundation." Indeed, his most recent tweet dates back to January, when he pointed his forty or so followers to renderings of the proposed "George Boedecker Jr. Golf Facility" featured on CUBuffs.com. Here's one view: What are the odds that Boedecker's name winds up on this building? That will probably depend on the resolution of his case; he's due back in court next month.
Here's a larger look at Boedecker's mug shot, followed by the police report.
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