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Post subject: Al Gore Jr. up on charges
 Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 05:51 AM
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Gore's Son Charged With Drug Possession
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Al Gore's son was charged Friday with possessing marijuana and other drugs that authorities say were discovered in his car after he was pulled over in Orange County this month for speeding.
Al Gore III, 24, is free on $20,000 bail and scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 1 in Superior Court in Laguna Niguel.
He faces two felony counts of drug possession, two misdemeanor counts of drug possession without a prescription and one misdemeanor count of marijuana possession, the district attorney's office said in a statement. Gore also was charged with a traffic infraction for allegedly driving faster than 100 miles per hour.
Prosecutors said he could be sentenced to a maximum of three years and eight months in prison if convicted on all counts, though he might be eligible for a drug treatment program instead of incarceration.
Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman for his parents, did not return e-mail and phone requests for comment Friday.
The charges stem from July 4, when Orange County sheriff's deputies say they pulled Gore over for speeding south on Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo.
Gore was allegedly driving a 2006 blue Toyota Prius at about 100 mph. Upon searching the car, deputies say they discovered less than an ounce of marijuana and a variety of medications _ including Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall. Authorities said Gore did not have a prescription for any of those medications.
The son of the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee was previously arrested for marijuana possession in Bethesda, Md., in 2003, when he was a student at Harvard University. Gore completed substance abuse counseling to settle those charges.
Gore is the youngest of Tipper and Al Gore's four children. He now lives in Los Angeles and is an associate publisher of GOOD, a magazine about philanthropy and aimed at young people. |
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Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 05:54 AM
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| I really like the part about Gore Jr. being eligible for a drug treatment program rather than incarceration. Equal justice under the law, don`t cha know. |
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Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 03:22 PM
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I was listening to some radio show where they called Gore Jr: "An Inconvenient Son".
Good stuff. |
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Posted: Jul 22, 2007 - 08:01 PM
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| I didnīt know there was a junior but he sounds like a chip off the old polar ice block. |
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