Republican Senator Larry Craig of Idaho has announced he will resign at the end of September. His announcement came on Saturday — just under five days after it was reported that he had been arrested in June in a sex-sting operation at an airport bathroom in Minneapolis.

Sen. Larry Craig: “I am deeply sorry. I have little control over what people choose to believe, but clearly my name is important to me and my family is so very important also. Having said that, to pursue my legal options as I continue to serve Idaho would be an unwanted and unfair distraction of my job and for my Senate colleagues.”

Meanwhile, Newsweek is reporting airport police in Minneapolis have arrested 41 men since May in sting operations at the airport bathroom. A police spokesperson admitted undercover officers spend a considerable amount of time inside the bathroom trying to find and arrest men looking for sex.