Source: Broward Sheriff's Office

The Drug Czar nominee's son Jeff Kerlikowske is currently in the Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano Beach, Florida on a parole violation for marijuana possession and distribution, and battery charges dating back to 1998. There is no bail in the case of the 39-year-old son of the Seattle Police Chief.

Gil Kerlikowkse tells the Daily News about Jeff: "It's been well over a decade since I saw him or spoke to him. I think I'll leave it at that."

At the nomination announcement on Mar. 11, Kerlikowske acknowledged, “In my own family, I have experienced the effects that drugs can have on our youth, our families and our communities,"

According to the Washington Times, Kerlikowske's son Jeff was "arrested last month for violating probation from a July 2007 felony battery charge and the two drug-related charges on his record. The violation was for not properly reporting his work hours and for not being in his home at the proper time.

"Among the charges from Florida agencies were marijuana possession and distribution charges, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft, cruelty to animals and larceny. Kerlikowske, who appears to have been adopted as a child by Mr. Kerlikowske during a previous marriage, was arrested Feb. 27 for a violation on a warrant related to an original conviction of felony battery in Broward County, Florida.

"In June 2007, after pleading no contest to battery, he was sentenced to one year and one day in state prison, to be followed by two years of drug-offender probation and an additional year of regular probation.

"The drug charges included possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis in 2006 and distributing marijuana in 1998, both misdemeanors in Florida."

Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper says about his successor: "Hopefully, his stepson's drug arrests have helped him to realize that making drugs illegal does nothing to solve substance abuse problems, and usually only makes them worse."

Kerlikowske's Drug Czar nomination has to be approved by the Senate.

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