Senator’s Son Was Reportedly Stopped With Drugs in Car but Not Charged

MINNEAPOLIS — A sheriff’s deputy denied he gave preferential treatment to a U.S. senator’s son who allegedly was driving with 10 bags of marijuana in his car but was not charged with any crime, the Star Tribune reported Sunday.

Morgan Grams, the 21-year-old son of Sen. Rod Grams (R-Minn.), was stopped in July by Anoka County sheriff’s deputies, the paper said, citing reports on file.

He was driving without a license and on probation, but was driven home in the front seat of Chief Deputy Peter Beberg’s car, the newspaper reported.

Deputies had been searching for Grams at the personal request of the senator, who was worried after his son borrowed a rental car but failed to return it, the paper said.

Sen. Grams declined to be interviewed for the story, and a spokesman said the senator would not comment on his personal life. The newspaper said it was unable to reach Morgan Grams for comment.