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Barron Hilton is arrested

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Barron Hilton, younger brother of socialite Paris Hilton, was arrested and booked on suspicion of drunken driving Tuesday morning.

Shortly before 8 a.m., a driver reported Hilton, 18, of Beverly Hills, driving erratically and on the wrong side of the road, on Pacific Coast Highway near Latigo Canyon Road, according to a sheriff’s report.

Hilton, driving a black Mercedes-Benz, eventually pulled over and the witness told him to sit on a bus bench until sheriff’s deputies arrived, according to the report.

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It said Hilton’s blood-alcohol level registered 0.14%.

He was booked into jail and posted a $20,000 bond. He also was charged with possession of a counterfeit driver’s license, according to the report.

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