Home improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan arrested on suspicion of drunk driving

Zachery Ty Bryan, best known for his role in DIYerwas arrested in Oklahoma and charged with drunk driving.

On Friday, the actor and film producer was booked into the Custer County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence and driving without a license.

According to arrest documents obtained by TMZBryan was approached by police officers at 6:47 a.m. after he was found sleeping in the back seat of his car. Officers eventually left him alone before noticing he had gotten out of the seat and started driving.

Police then stopped the former child star, who told them he was drunk. When they asked him when he stopped drinking, Bryan responded, according to a obtained video TMZ, was that he doesn't think he ever stopped drinking.

He further told officers that he was “running away from California now” because he hated “this place.”

He was removed from the vehicle to be administered a field sobriety test, which he failed. At one point, officers asked him to rate his sobriety on a scale of zero to ten. After Bryan answered five, he was arrested and refused to breathe on a breathalyzer.

Bryan previously received other DUI charges that resulted in a felony charge in March after being charged with DUI with three or more priors within the past decade. The most recent indictment occurred in February 2024.

The criminal complaint at the time revealed that Bryan refused to submit to a sobriety test, with officers admitting his blood alcohol level was 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit for driving.

On the night of his drunk driving arrest in February, Bryan was also reportedly involved in an accident that resulted in property damage. He is also said to have failed to stop and give his name and address after the accident.

Bryan was released later that same day on $50,000 bail and had a court hearing scheduled for April 23.

In 2020, Bryan was arrested in Oregon on charges of strangulation and assault. Eugine police said at the time that they were dispatched to an apartment on a report of a physical altercation.

Bryan was found sitting outside with his girlfriend. It was reported at the time that he assaulted his girlfriend, restricting her breathing and taking her phone when she tried to call 911.

The former child actor pleaded guilty to fourth-degree menacing and assault in exchange for three years' probation, while prosecutors dropped six other charges, including strangulation and coercion.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter In 2023, Bryan told the outlet that the incident was “blown out of proportion” and claimed that they “weren't even really that physically affected.”

“We got really loud,” he said. “We were screaming, and because we were in a townhouse that…” [thin walls]everyone could hear it.”

“At the end of the day [the police] They throw a lot of accusations at you because at the end of the day they want you to stand up for something,” Bryan continued. “I could have fought it…but this is more stress and drama.”