{"id":481886,"date":"2026-10-01T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481886\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:16:08","slug":"prosecutors-consider-charges-in-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrest-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481886\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors consider charges in Jonathan Taylor Thomas arrest \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors are considering criminal charges in an altercation involving actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/investigations\/actor-jonathan-taylor-thomas-arrest-malibu-traffic-stop\/3946239\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Taylor Thomas<\/a> during a traffic stop last month in Westlake Village, authorities told NBC4 Investigates.<\/p>\n<p>The case was submitted by detectives to the Ventura County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, which said it is now under review for possible charges. Law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates that the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department submitted the case with possible charges of drunk in public and felony battery on a peace officer. <\/p>\n<p>Thomas was was a passenger in a car encountered by deputies at about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 21 at the intersection of Westlake Boulevard and Townsgate Road.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the LASD said deputies pulled up alongside the car blocking traffic as it was stopped at the intersection with a green light. Deputies conducted a DUI investigation, during which Thomas got out of the passenger&#8217;s seat and repeatedly approached them. Deputies attempted to detain Thomas for obstruction and public intoxication, but he kicked a deputy in the stomach, the LASD said.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was booked on suspicion of felony obstruction and public intoxication. <\/p>\n<p>NBCLA has reached out to Thomas for comment. Jail records indicated he was released from custody.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who witnessed the altercation or has information related to the investigation was asked to call the Malibu\/Lost Hills Sheriff\u2019s Station Detective Bureau at 818-878-1808.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, 45, launched his career in print and TV ads as a child before taking on acting roles the 1990s, appearing as Randy Taylor on the show &#8220;Home Improvement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was the voice of young Simba in &#8220;The Lion King&#8221; (1994) and appeared in &#8220;Man of the House&#8221; (1995), &#8220;Tom and Huck&#8221; (1995) and &#8220;The Adventures of Pinocchio&#8221; (1996). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prosecutors are considering criminal charges in an altercation involving actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas during a traffic stop last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4845,348,48,52,51,734,47,50,49,213],"class_list":["post-481886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-celebrity-news","tag-investigation","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-law-enforcement","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-westlake-village"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}