EUGENE, Ore. (WKRC) – One of the stars of the classic sitcom “Home Improvement” was arrested for the sixth time in five years along with his fiancée, police said.
Zachery Ty Bryan, 44, who played Brad Taylor, the eldest child on “Home Improvement,” was arrested Nov. 29 in Eugene, Oregon, after he allegedly violated his probation tied to a domestic violence conviction he received earlier in 2025, according to jail records reviewed by PEOPLE.
Bryan’s fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, was also arrested and charged with driving under the influence, three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of attempted first-degree assault, according to jail records. Authorities have not released details about the events leading up to the arrests.
PEOPLE reported that Bryan’s previous domestic violence conviction involved Cartwright, with whom he has three children.
The Nov. 29 arrest marks Bryan’s sixth in five years. His first came in 2020 after a drunken dispute between him and Cartwright, TMZ reported. He was convicted only of menacing and was on probation for that crime when he was arrested a second time, this time on charges of fourth-degree assault and third-degree robbery.
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Bryan was arrested twice in 2024 on charges of driving under the influence, and his fifth arrest was the domestic violence incident that led to his probation.
