Sarah Palin’s son charged after altercation with his dad at home
Track Palin, the eldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, broke into his parents’ home and beat his father, who was brandishing a gun but refused to shoot, court papers say.
Track Palin, 28, was arrested Saturday and is charged with first-degree burglary, fourth-degree assault and criminal mischief. He was being held on $5,000 bail.
Cops said Track Palin confronted his father over a truck he wanted to pick up. His father, Todd Palin, had told him not to come to the home because Track Palin had been drinking and taking pain medication, according to a sworn police affidavit and charging documents.
“Track told him he was (going to) come anyway to beat his ass,” according to a police affidavit.
When Todd Palin confronted his son at the door with a pistol, the younger Palin broke a window and entered the house and started beating his father, according to court filings. Palin pushed his father to the ground and hit him repeatedly on the head, the documents say.
Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, called police at 8:30 p.m. and said her son was “freaking out and was on some type of medication.” Police officers found Todd and Sarah Palin leaving in separate vehicles, Todd with blood running down his face and one ear discharging liquid and Sarah looking “visibly upset.”
In the house, Track Palin called the cops “peasants” and told them to lay down their weapons, but eventually left the house in handcuffs.
He told police his father had his gun aimed at him, and he urged his father to shoot him several times.