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Thomas was booked on suspicion of felony obstruction after a Malibu-area stop.
About 12:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, near Westlake Boulevard and Townsgate Road, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, 45, was booked on suspicion of felony obstruction and taken to the Lost Hills jail. He was released Tuesday.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A booking on suspicion of felony obstruction is an accusation, not a conviction. He was a passenger when deputies stopped a vehicle about 12:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, near Westlake Boulevard and Townsgate Road, and deputies said he got out after being told to remain inside and was uncooperative. A DUI investigation of that stop, a booking, and a Tuesday release are process, not a finding.
The stop was a Westlake Village and Malibu-area Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department contact. TMZ's law-enforcement sources said he was drunk in public and resisted. The sheriff's department and NBC Los Angeles described a DUI investigation of the stop and a booking on suspicion of felony obstruction, also described as resisting an executive officer. He was detained at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station jail. Jail records showed a Tuesday release. The driver was separately arrested on suspicion of DUI. TMZ reported that a representative had no comment. Those accounts are the accusation and the custody record. They are not a conviction.
Thomas is the actor known from Home Improvement and as the voice of young Simba. That is who he is. It is not an element of the booking. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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