{"id":12532,"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrested-for-alleged-public-intoxication-resisting-deputy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T00:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T00:00:59","slug":"home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrested-for-alleged-public-intoxication-resisting-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrested-for-alleged-public-intoxication-resisting-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Home Improvement&#8217; star Jonathan Taylor Thomas arrested for alleged public intoxication, resisting deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; star Jonathan Taylor Thomas was detained after reportedly resisting an officer in Westlake Village, CA on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records obtained by Fox News Digital, Thomas was detained at the Malibu\/Lost Hills sheriff&#8217;s station. After being booked, Thomas was released shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/23\/jonathan-taylor-thomas-detained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TMZ<\/a> that the child actor was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police. The outlet reported that deputies told Thomas to stay inside the vehicle, but he allegedly exited anyway. Thomas was also reportedly drunk at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrested-for-public-intoxication-and-resisting-deputy-police-12137306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People magazine<\/a>: &#8220;The driver was being detained for DUI investigation. Sometime during the investigation, Mr. Taylor decided he would exit the vehicle. Deputies told him to sit back down in the vehicle. He was uncooperative with them, failed to follow orders, and obstructed the investigation, so he was arrested for obstruction, and he was arrested for drunk in public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas&#8217;s legal run in came shortly after he reunited with his &#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; co-stars Patricia Richardson and Taran Noah Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-rare-appearance-reunion-photo-co-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u2018HOME IMPROVEMENT\u2019 STAR JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS MAKES RARE APPEARANCE IN REUNION PHOTO WITH CO-STARS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In August, Richardson sparked a wave of nostalgia when she shared a rare reunion photo with her former &#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; sons Thomas and Smith, more than 25 years after the beloved sitcom ended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My other boys,&#8221; Richardson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbZehWiJJLb\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">captioned the snapshot<\/a> with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/entertainment-quizzes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For eight seasons of the hit comedy series, Richardson played Jill Taylor, the wife of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/tim-allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Allen&#8217;s<\/a> character, Tim &#8220;The Toolman&#8221; Taylor. Thomas and Smith became household names, playing sons Randy and Mark Taylor, respectively, while Zachery Ty Bryan portrayed oldest son Brad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reunion offered fans a rare glimpse of Thomas, who largely stepped away from Hollywood after becoming one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/entertainment\/little-house-prairie-star-says-child-actors-get-dropped-hollywood-fame-fades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">child stars<\/a> of the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas rose to fame as Randy Taylor on &#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; and became a major teen heartthrob, appearing in films including &#8220;Tom and Huck&#8221; and &#8220;Man of the House.&#8221; He also voiced young Simba in Disney\u2019s 1994 blockbuster &#8220;The Lion King.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But at the height of his fame, Thomas made a surprising decision to walk away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU&#8217;RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d been going nonstop since I was 8 years old,&#8221; Thomas told People in 2013. &#8220;I wanted to go to school, to travel and have a bit of a break.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas left &#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; during its eighth and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-seen-publicly-first-time-years-where-cast-is-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final season<\/a>, with his character moving to Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>Although he largely stayed out of the spotlight, Thomas briefly returned to acting, reuniting with TV dad Tim Allen on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/last-man-standing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Man Standing<\/a>&#8221; from 2013 to 2015. He appeared in four episodes and directed three.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; FOX NEWS<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the website foxnews.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/home-improvement-star-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrested-alleged-public-intoxication-resisting-deputy\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; star Jonathan Taylor Thomas was detained after reportedly resisting an officer in Westlake Village, CA on Monday. 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