Posted on 09/16/2005 5:03:25 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy
12 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas - The youngest son of Florida Gov.Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, law enforcement officials said.
John Ellis Bush, 21, was arrested by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission at 2:30 a.m. on a corner of Austin's Sixth Street bar district, said commission spokesman Roger Wade.
The nephew ofPresident Bush was released on $2,500 bond for the resisting arrest charge, and on a personal recognizance bond for the public intoxication charge, officials said.
Wade said he had no further details about the charges.
Gov. Bush and his wife Columba appeared Friday evening at a museum reception in Miami.
"My son's doing fine. It's a private matter. We will support him. We're sad for him. But I'm not going to discuss it on the public square with 30 cameras," the governor told reporters.
It's not the first time Florida's first family has experienced legal problems with one of their children.
Noelle Bush, the governor's daughter, was arrested in January 2002 and accused of trying to pass a fraudulent prescription at a pharmacy to obtain the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. She completed a drug rehabilitation program in August 2003 and a judge dismissed the drug charges against her.
sort of posted here too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486016/posts
He's 21!!! I'm having a very hard time trying to give a damn about this.
yeah - but it would be nice if all the bush kids didn't get busted.
From the other thread, young Bush approached the Texas ABC guys to inquire about a previous arrest of some friends. I doubt they took too kindly to having their authority questioned and thus his fate was sealed.
"arrested by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission "
I didn't know it was their job to arrest people.
Yeah, they do a poor job at concealing it lol. I never got busted :p
At least this time he was not nekkid.
My parents must be very happy that they weren't politicians during my misspent youth. LOL
Nice looking kid. When did George P. have trouble with the law? Their SISTER got in trouble with drugs. Don't recall George, the Youngest, getting arrested.
Bush's fault.
The Smoking Gun has some bull on their site about P.
Yes, he is George P.'s brother but to the best of my knowledge, George has never been in trouble with the law.
PI (Public Inotoxication) is a Class C Misdemeanor in Texas; equivalent to a speeding ticket. Why would the kid do a stupid thing like resist arrest, which is a serious crime, over a Class C?
The arrestee does not look pleased.
Maybe because he was intoxicated.
"I didn't know it was their job to arrest people."
Oh yes. As a matter of fact, they are one of only two law enforcement agencies in Texas who can enter a home without a search warrant; the other being Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. TABC can arrest a person for any crime; not just those that are alcohol related. They have a lot of authority.
This story only has 'legs' because it's a anti-Bush smear.
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