Police: Sen. Rand Paul's teenage son arrested

This undated photo provided by Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department via WCNC TV shows 19-year-old William Hilton Paul / (AP Photo/Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department via WCNC TV

Last Updated 7:13 a.m. ET

Police said Sen. Rand Paul's son was arrested after a flight from Kentucky to North Carolina.

Nineteen-year-old William Hilton Paul was arrested Saturday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and charged with alcohol-related offenses.

The Charlotte Observer 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.

Paul was taken and booked into the Mecklenburg County Jail.

CBS affiliate WBTV in Charlotte, N.C., reports that Paul told officials at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's office he is the son of Sen. Paul.

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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."

[smscbsnews]

Classic Republican Values.... under age drinking and disorderly conduct

[ntincome]

I have a teenage boy a year younger. I understand completely. Has nothing to do with politics, has everything to do with teenage boy brains that develop much slower than girls. ALl those who can relate I guarantee we will survive, though with a few more grey hairs likely as a result, lol.

[Lindag20]

Much ado about nothing. This is something an irresponsible 19 year old would do, not like that Senator Crapo who got drunk and went for a drive to "clear his mind".

[Invictus247365]

Gotta Love these Stone Casters ,with the beams in their eyes.

[rtavis]

Jeez, give the kid a break... what 19 year old hasn't screwed up a bit?
But seriously, before 11 in the morning? Dad needs to have a sit down with this kid...

[modeloman]

you sure dad isnt part of the problem in the first place?

[1pheasant1]

Thar's bourbon in them thar tea kettles.

[legalbutunjust]

So, a 19 year-old is served beer or wine after not having been asked for verification of his age.

Nothing new here, next....

[legalbutunjust]

We can't be sure the person is not. Also, and assuming I am incorrect myself in what I posted, this individual may have displayed a fraudulent identification.

Fake id's for minors is, here and there, a big business. In Europe, fake id's are available for practically all 50 U.S. states, and they are so real appearing, they are virtually indistinguishable from actual, legitimate id's.

We had a case here locally involving over 15 young people from a local HS, who'd obtained a fake id from an overseas source. All they had to do was mail a picture of themselves and send the money.

These illegal services are available through the internet; if one looks hard enough, he or she will find one.

Assuming a flight worker did not properly- if at all, id this 19 year-old, than that person will likely walk because of who they work for. It may impact their job, but nothing court-related will come out of it. It's called status, and "$$$$$$".

[Think4times]

...was charged with consuming beer/wine underage, disorderly conduct and being intoxicated and disruptive.

Are these 3 charges? or 4 charges?

So not only can you be charged with drinking underage.. but you can also be charged for being drunk underage separately?

As well as being charged differently for disorderly conduct and being disruptive?

Is it me or have they taken 2 offenses and turned them into 4 offenses by using different words to describe them?

[ralphing]

My son got busted coming on a Military base with an open bottle of booze in his vehicle, when he was 20. He was arrested and had to go to Federal court. He was charged with possession of alcohol while under-aged. Had he been suspected with drinking it, he would have faced a second charge of drinking alcohol while under-aged. If he was drunk, that would have been another charge. If he had struggled with the police who busted him, or was involved in a fight, he would have gotten disorderly conduct and/or assault.

Each charge is different, and each has a fine and sentence. He ended up with a dismissed charge because it was his first offense, and he was a college student. He was facing a $500 fine and six months in jail. I was hoping he would have gotten charged with something, but since he wasn't, I imposed my own sentence. He lost his car keys for a month.

[Millennial]

..the little punk deserves to be arrested..

[INFANTRYMAN11F1968]

errr