Posted on 06/27/2006 2:29:14 AM PDT by Caipirabob
Rush Limbaugh was briefly detained Monday at Palm Beach International Airport when customs agents inspected the conservative talk show host's luggage and found Viagra that belonged to two Florida doctors, authorities said.
"He was not arrested," Palm Beach County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Pete Palenzuela said.
Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black, issued a statement through a spokesman saying that agents found a "non-narcotic prescription drug, which had been prescribed by Mr. Limbaugh's treating physician but labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes."
Limbaugh, 55, of Palm Beach, and three others arrived on a private jet from the Dominican Republic to the General Air Facility at PBIA on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service said.
Agents searched the plane during a routine customs inspection and found a pill bottle that was not in Limbaugh's name, said Jennifer Connors, a Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman. Agents confiscated the medicine and called the Sheriff's Office, which took over the investigation.
"Mr. Limbaugh was cooperative. He gave a statement that he had a bottle in his possession and that it was Viagra," said sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller, who noted that the prescription was filled in Florida.
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But I have flown with prescription meds and since I've had the scrip, I've never had a problem :)
Have you ever taken that Water Taxi ride in Ft. Lauderdale? What do you see but LOTS of BIG boats and BIG houses. Reason, Florida has no personal property tax! AND no personal income tax.
That is the best idea yet. He could help the local economy and have privacy, too. However, Southeast Missouri, where Cape Girardeau is located, is swarming with government dependent democRATS.
Rush needs to be a little more circumspect. Millions listen to him, he is looked up to. If you are on probation for drug possession, you need to be above reproach in your behavior.
it was for his ditto head.
I would like to know how many other people got stopped because they were in possession of Viagra. I would also like to know how many other people had the fact that they were stopped for Viagra given to the news media.
To me, it seems like Mr. Limbaugh has been singled out for "special treatment."
Do you think even for a nanosecond that if it were anything of a controlled substance nature the media wouldn't be all over that like a fly on $hit?
There's been no evidence that Rush is looking for "fixes". He's a free man, can travel wherever he wants. Although he might justifiably argue with my use of the word "free".
"He was not arrested," Palm Beach County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Pete Palenzuela said.
If you don't want the hassle, don't forget your scrip :)
Was she available for comment?
But why did they disclose this info to the media?
Because they're bleepheads.
But that doesn't give Limbaugh a free pass.
South Florida IS NYC.
A free pass for what? Carrying Viagra?
Unless the reports I've heard are incorrect, always a possibility, he was flying with the Viagra in a unmarked container without the scrip on him. That's the no-no.
And that may be legal, but I wouldn't try to get it past a screener.
Thank goodness. Getting arrested with a double dose of Viagra can lead to hard time in the joint.
Haven't we all been expecting something like this to happen since we learned of the 18 month supervision terms?
How many of us didn't know exactly what it was when we heard "Palm Beach International Airport"?
Now why do we suppose these vermin released the name of the medication, and it was reported? Guess our "need to know" far outweighed Rush's privacy.(/s)
There they go again exposing more about themselves than they do about their target. Nevermind, it'll backfire on them and boost Rush's ratings. lol.
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