Al Gore III Arrested For Pot, Prescription Drugs After Being Clocked At 100mph

... in a Prius, though. So everything's okay.

Al Gore's son was in jail today on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs when he was pulled over for allegedly driving a Prius 100 mph on an Orange County freeway, a sheriff's spokesman said.

Al Gore III, 24, of Los Angeles, was allegedly driving a blue Toyota Prius south on the San Diego (5) Freeway about 100 mph about 2:15 a.m. when a sheriff's deputy stopped him at the Crown Valley Parkway exit, said Jim Amormino of the Sheriff's Department.

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Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the
Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana on $20,000 bail, he said.
The Prius was towed and stored, he said.

A Gore family spokesman said the spirited lad was "attempting to raise awareness of the green lifestyle" by alerting the public to the little-known fact that Prius can hit 100mph at all.

Thanks to tmi3rd.

Video link at Dan Riehl.

posted by Ace at 03:10 PM

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