William Hilton Paul, son of United States Sen. Rand Paul, reportedly was arrested at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C.(Photo: Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department via WCNC TV, AP)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police say U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's son was arrested after a flight from Kentucky to North Carolina.
The
Charlotte Observer reports 19-year-old William
Hilton Paul was arrested Saturday morning at Charlotte Douglas
International Airport and charged with alcohol-related offenses.
The
newspaper quotes Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Lt. Blake Hollar as
saying it's possible Paul was served alcohol on the flight from
Lexington, Ky., to Charlotte.
When the plane landed shortly before
11 a.m., the son of the Republican senator from Kentucky and grandson
of former presidential candidate Ron Paul was charged with consuming
beer/wine underage, disorderly conduct and being intoxicated and
disruptive.
In a brief statement, Sen. Paul's office said "as many
parents with teenagers would understand," the family requested their
privacy be respected "in a situation such as this."
Associated Press