Cameron Reagan

Cameron Reagan (Getty Images)

VAN NUYS -- Ronald Reagan's 31-year-old grandson was arrested Thursday at his parents' home in Van Nuys in what the Reagan family is calling a "misunderstanding."

Cameron Reagan, the son of political radio host Michael Reagan, was taken into custody for resisting arrest after officers were dispatched to the 4700 block of Allot Avenue about 12:20 a.m., said Los Angeles police Officer April Harding of the Media Relations Section.

Michael Reagan says his son accidentally set off a panic alarm when he and friends entered the home.


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Officers saw Reagan leaving the rear door of the residence and attempted to stop and talk to him, Harding said. Reagan was "very uncooperative and belligerent, and he was arrested for resisting arrest."

Reagan was booked at the Van Nuys Jail for a misdemeanor and was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail, according to the sheriff's department.

This is not Cameron's first run-in with the law.

In 1999, he served six months in prison for receiving stolen property he and a co-defendant stole from parked cars in the Van Nuys area of the San Fernando Valley. At the time, he had been described as a transient.

In 2001, a judge ordered him to attend drug rehab and anger management after he was found with marijuana.