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Al Gore's Son Arrested For Drugs, Speeding In Hybrid

Reuters
July 4, 2007 at 1:33 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES — 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 160 kilometres 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.

Mr. Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana, about 55 kilometres south of Los Angeles, on $20,000 bail, he said.

Former US Vice President Al Gore, his wife Tipper centre, son Albert Gore III, right, and daughter Kristin Gore arrive at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, in this February 2007 file photo. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

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

Mr. 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.

Mr. Gore co-operated with law enforcement as soon he was pulled over and quickly identified himself as the son of the former Vice President, Mr. Amormino said.

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

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As if that were not bad enough, a few hours later one of Albert Gore III's sisters arrived in a V8-400 horsepower Maserati Quattroporte (13-18 miles/gallon or about the same as a Hummer) to pick him up at jail after he was freed on bail. Anyone know the cost?