Rand Paul's son cited for DUI in Lexington -- Conservative Family Values

Posted: Apr 23, 2015

William Hilton Paul, the 22-year-old son of Republican presidential contender Rand Paul, was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol just before noon Sunday after he hit the back of a parked vehicle on Woodland Avenue. This is the third time William Paul has had a run-in with the law because of alcohol use. A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign said the senator "does not comment on any private matters in regards to his family." According to the citation, Lexington police found Paul at 11:24 a.m. sitting in the driver's seat of a maroon 2006 Honda Ridgeline that had collided with a parked vehicle at 147 Woodland Avenue. The report said Paul was "belligerent" and had "a strong odor of alcohol," bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. A witness told police that just before the collision, Paul had been "revving his engine" while sitting alone in the truck, which was perpendicular in the intersection of Old Vine and Woodland. The witness "then heard a loud crash," according to the police citation. Paul failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a blood test, according to the citation He was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital to be treated for minor facial injuries that occurred during the wreck, Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said. Paul was charged at the hospital with DUI and failure to maintain required auto insurance, Roberts said. Paul was not taken to jail because he was being treated for his injuries, she said. No one was inside the parked car. Paul, a senior at UK majoring in communications, is scheduled to be arraigned in Fayette District Court on May 12. In October 2013, Paul was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor by the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which was conducting a "targeted enforcement detail" at Keeneland racetrack. In January 2013, Paul was arrested at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. He was charged with simple assault of a 22-year-old female flight attendant, consuming beer/wine underage, disorderly conduct, and being intoxicated and disruptive when his US Airways flight arrived at the airport. Those charges were dismissed in August 2013 as part of a deferred prosecution program, according to Meghan Cooke, a spokeswoman for the Mecklenburg County district attorney's office. Before the charges were dismissed, William Paul completed alcohol education classes in Kentucky and 150 hours of community service, Cooke said. "Mr. Paul had no prior criminal record, and the manner in which his case was handled is consistent with how the D.A.'s office handles first-time offender cases involving alcohol abuse," she said in a written statement. http://www.kentucky.com/2015/04/22/3814370/rand-pauls-son-cited-for-dui-in.html#storylink=cpy ******* Another conservative "family values" belligerent drunken incident, just more of the same dysfunctional stuff we see from the "holier than though" party on a frequent basis. The Palins and the Pauls, aren't they just the shining example of hypocrisy? I guess they and so many of their ilk are belligerent alcoholics and thugs who think that laws apply to others but not them. If this was one of the Obama daughters or Chelsea Clinton, conservatives would have a field day with it, but since it's yet another drunk brought to you by the conservative party of "family values," they'll probably whine about how a candidate's family should be "off limits." LOL. Rand Paul needs to get some help for his drunken, belligerent, chip off the old block spawn before the drunken thug kills somebody.;