🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:02:21 -0500, David Agnew
<DavidAgnew@nospam.nul> wrote:

>Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car
>Wed Jul 4, 2007 10:22PM EDT
>
>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 24-year-old son of former Vice President
>Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was
>stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official
>said.
>
>Al Gore III -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight
>global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at
>about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was
>pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.
>
>The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, said sheriff's
>spokesman Jim Amormino. The search turned up a small amount of
>marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax,
>Vicodin, Adderall and Soma. There were no prescriptions found, he
>said.
>
>Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the
>Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana, about 34 miles south of Los
>Angeles, on $20,000 bail. Although he quickly identified himself as
>the son of the former vice president, Amormino said Gore received no
>special privileges.
>
>Gore made bail and was released at 2 p.m., Amormino said. He will
>receive notice of a court date within 30 days.
>
>The youngest child and only son of the former vice president, Gore has
>had previous brushes with the law. He was arrested in 2003 for
>marijuana possession and in 2002 for suspected drunken-driving.
>
>In 1989, aged six, Gore almost died when he was hit by a car, and
>required extensive surgery and physical therapy.
>
>A spokesman for the elder Gore said he was traveling and could not
>immediately be reached for comment. The one-time presidential
>candidate is one of the organizers of the Live Earth concerts taking
>place around the world on July 7. The concerts are designed to raise
>awareness of global warming.
>http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0428148420070705


"Although he quickly identified himself as the son of the former vice
president, Amormino said Gore received no special privileges."

Those damn chickens always come home to roost.