Former president Clinton'syounger brother arrested

An unidentified male passenger in Clinton's car was not arrested, Wolcott said.

An officer saw Clinton's Ford Expedition sport utility vehicle hit a curb while making a right-hand turn, stop beyond the limit at two stop signs and straddle the center dividing line, Wolcott alleged.

After several blocks, the officer stopped Clinton at 2:26 a.m. and smelled alcohol on his breath, Wolcott said.

Clinton failed a balance and coordination test and was taken to the city jail for a breath test, which he failed.

"He only indicated that he had been drinking at one of the bars," Wolcott said.

Police said his blood-alcohol level met or exceeded .08 percent, the legal limit. They did not immediately release a specific figure.

Wolcott said Clinton did not receive any special treatment.

"It was very standard procedure. He was treated as anyone would be treated. He was cooperative. He had a local address, there was no reason for us to believe he won't show up in court. It was a misdemeanor," Wolcott said.

Clinton, who lives in nearby Torrance, was released Saturday morning on his own recognizance. He was not required to post bail.

He was scheduled to be arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court on April 2.

A message left for Clinton at his home was not immediately returned. Julia Payne, spokeswoman for Bill Clinton, declined to comment on Roger Clinton's arrest.

Roger Clinton is no stranger to legal troubles. He served more than a year in prison after pleading guilty in 1985 to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a single gram of cocaine. He was recently pardoned by his brother, who had been governor of Arkansas at the time.

The prosecutor in the case was Asa Hutchinson, who later was a U.S. House manager in President Clinton's impeachment. Bill Clinton told Hutchinson later that the drug prosecution was "the best thing that ever happened" to his brother.

In 1998, a jury ordered Clinton to pay a then-neighbor in Redondo Beach $1,258.10 for medical bills, one week's lost wages and unspecified damages after Clinton's dog attacked the other man's dog.

In his 1995 book, "Growing Up Clinton," Roger Clinton recounted his troubled life, including the physical abuse that he, his brother and late mother suffered at the hands of their alcoholic father, as well as his own addictions to liquor and cocaine.

"I have a walk-in closet full of skeletons," Clinton said in 1995 during an appearance in Washington, D.C. to promote the book.<