Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car

[Army_of_One]

Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car | U.S. | Reuters

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 allegedly 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..

A subsequent search yielded a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin and Adderall, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino. 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, he said.

It was not Gore's first brush with the law. He was arrested in 2003 for marijuana possession and in 2002 for suspected drunken-driving.

Gore was still in custody as of mid-morning and was sharing a holding cell with an unknown number of people, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

"There are no special privileges," he told Reuters.

Gore cooperated with law enforcement as soon he was pulled over and quickly identified himself as the son of the former vice president, Amormino said.

A spokesman for the elder Gore said he was traveling and could not immediately be reached for comment.

I guess if you are going to break the law...at least do it in an environmentally friendly car...perhaps the judge will look at that in a positive manner. I didn't know a Prius would go 100 mph...wow...lol I also wonder if they were environmentally friendly drugs???

[Highwayman]

I presume they were environmentally friendly drugs.

[notyoubob]

maybe he ate the pot so he wouldn't contribute to global warming.

[Army_of_One]

Perhaps he has been hanging out with one of the Kennedy's? Next thing is he will turn himself into rehab. I guess the Kennedy's can help him with that too. At least he didn't have a young girl with him and there was no water involved.

[The Drifter]

He can hang out with the president's girls too.

[wordsmythe]

And the President's Niece.

Remember Jeb's daughter?

They asked for it to be handled as a private family matter too.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

And the President's Niece.

Remember Jeb's daughter?

They asked for it to be handled as a private family matter too.

It didn’t work for Noelle and it won’t happen for Al III. The MSM does salivate more over Republican scandals than Democrat ones.

Paddy Power might be a little broke up about losing a chunk of change

Associated Press
Jul. 6, 2007 11:22 AM

DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland's top bookmaker, Paddy Power PLC, paid out more than $13,500 on Friday to people who bet that Al Gore would be arrested. Trouble was, the company neglected to specify which one.

The former U.S. vice president and global-warming activist was rated as a 14-to-1 outsider in a list of American celebrities likely to be arrested next. On Wednesday - the day after the betting went live on Paddy Power's Web site - Gore's 24-year-old son, Al Gore III, was arrested and charged with illegally possessing marijuana and prescription drugs.

Paddy Power said it was paying out winnings to about 50 people, because it had failed to identify which Gore it meant. "We got a good stoning," the Dublin-based company said in a statement.

Ireland's top bookmaker pays out on bets after 'wrong' Al Gore arrested