Senator Harry Reid Arrested..Truth or Fiction?

HARRY REID ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING AND RESISTING ARREST. ( Unnamed source says he had Child Pornography magazines stashed in his briefcase! )*Spoof News*





LAS VEGAS (TPC) Harry Mason Reid, "cowboy poet" who is known to his fans as the Senate Majority Leader, was lying in the middle of the road with no car in sight when another driver spotted him and called 911, according to a recording released Thursday. Officials said Reid was naked and threatened to kill state troopers when he was arrested late Tuesday night.

Apparently Read was returning home from a poetry reading at the Cowboy Poets Society (CPUSA). He was charged with driving while intoxicated and retaliation or obstruction, and released Wednesday on $21,500 bond from the Clark Co. jail in Las Vegas. A mug shot showed a battered-looking Reid in a T-shirt, with a black eye and dried blood on his face. He later walked barefoot out of the county jail wearing scrubs and a "Viva Las Vegas" baseball cap.

The 911 caller did not identify Reid by name and said he at first thought the body belonged to a deer. "I'm spooked out," he said. "I don't see a vehicle, there's a couple of cones scattered." Nevada troopers responding to the scene said a Pontiac Trans Am registered to the 71-year-old Reid had been driven off the road and struck several barricades in a construction road. Reid was not wearing clothes and made threats against the Nevada troopers, said a Department of Public Safety spokesman. He said the senator refused sobriety tests, so a blood specimen was taken.

"Reid had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on his breath and several signs of intoxication," according to a statement from the sheriff's office. "While Reid was being transported, he made threats to shoot and rape the troopers working the case."

District Attorney said the felony retaliation or obstruction charge could be referred to a grand jury within a month or six weeks, while the DWI case could be filed as soon as prosecutors decide whether to proceed. The felony count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

It's been a rocky couple of years for Reid, a Las Vegas native best known for such tunes as "The war is lost," "Romney Pays No Taxes," and other tunes popular among Democrat voters. Friends cite increasing stress and anxiety over losing Senate majority role in the coming election as a likely reason for this breakdown.

A representative for U.S. Senate said there would be no comment Thursday.