I heard it's because he had felony amount of weed that the firearm is then a felony as well. If he had gotten pulled over with lots of cash and a gun ONLY - he would have had no trouble (and frankly, wouldn't have gotten or had to allow for search).
To me - it's interesting that ARod tends to gravitate toward seemingly innocent enough guys that get into trouble (Jolly, Guion).
I think it's more that AR is complementary towards a lot of people, and the ones that get in trouble are the ones where the quotes are brought up.
No longer the member of any fan clubs. I'm tired of jinxing players out of the league and into obscurity.