Pubdate: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 1999 San Jose Mercury News Contact: 750 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95190 Fax: (408) 271-3792 Website: http://www.sjmercury.com/ `TODAY' FIGURE FACES DRUG CHARGE Andy Pargh, the NBC ``Today Show'' correspondent known as the ``Gadget Guru,'' was arrested on a cocaine trafficking charge in Miami, jail records showed Sunday. Pargh, 45, was booked in the Miami-Dade County jail Saturday on the charge and was released after posting $50,000 bond, a jail official said. Television station WTVJ, an NBC affiliate in Miami, said Pargh was arrested near his home in the Sunny Isles neighborhood after allegedly buying 250 grams of cocaine from an undercover policeman. Police who made the arrest could not be reached for comment. Pargh reports on new products on the ``Today Show'' and also writes a technology column that appears in USA Today. - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck