Jonathan Taylor Thomas arrested after California traffic stop
Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas was arrested on suspicion of felony obstruction or resisting an executive officer after a traffic stop in Westlake Village, California, on September 21, according to jail records and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He was released from custody, though reports differ on whether that occurred later Monday or Tuesday. The department said Thomas was a passenger in a car stopped by deputies at about 12:30 a.m. near Westlake Boulevard and Townsgate Road. According to the department, deputies began a DUI investigation after Thomas got out of the car. Jail records, as reported in coverage of the incident, list his suspected offense as felony obstruction or resisting an executive officer. The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, the department said. The reports do not identify the driver or describe the outcome of that arrest. Accounts that Thomas was drunk in public and resisted or was uncooperative with deputies were attributed to law-enforcement sources in reporting relayed by TMZ.