Private matter : Larry Reid was arrested about 12:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 95 near the edge of Boulder City city limits . Senator Harry Reid 's 73-year-old brother has been arrested and charged with driving drunk and hitting a police officer . Larry Reid was arrested for DUI about 12:40 p.m. between Boulder City and Searchlight in Nevada . Mr. Reid was also charged with battery of a police officer , driving across a median , resisting arrest , not wearing a seat belt and possession of a gun while under the influence of alcohol . A trooper saw Larry Reid 's Lexus SUV in the dirt median with the engine still running , Patrol spokesman Trooper Loy Hixson said . The Nevada Senator 's office released a statement confirming that Larry Reid is the Democrat 's brother , saying only that it is ' a private matter . ' Details of the arrest were not immediately available since the official complaint had not been filed with the court . Meanwhile , his older brother , Senator Harry Reid , who recently suffered an accident while exercising , said in a video message last week he would not seek re-election next year , and threw his weight behind New York Senator Chuck Schumer to replace him when he leaves office . 'The job of minority leader of the United States Senate is just as important as being the majority leader , ' Reid said in the video . 'It gives you so much opportunity to do good things for this country . And that 's what I am focused on . ' U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid ( D-NV ) is pictured announcing that he will not seek re-election , in this still image taken from a video released in Washington last week . He is leaving Congress after 30 years .
Larry Reid was arrested about 12:30 p.m. last week on U.S. Highway 95 . The incident happened on a highway in Nevada near Boulder City .