"Family Ties" Tyke Busted for DUI
A tough week on the roads for a pair of former child stars.
In Colorado, ex-Family Ties tyke Brian Bonsall was rung up on drunken-driving charges, while in California, erstwhile Home Improvement clan member Zachery Ty Bryan was similarly accused.
The Bonsall arrest occurred Friday at 2 p.m. in the onetime prime-time kid's hometown of Boulder, Colorado, police there said.
Bonsall, now 22, was pulled over after an officer watched him pull over his Chevrolet SUV to the side of the road, let his passenger throw up out the window, and then return to traffic, Sgt. Kurt Matthews of the Boulder Police Department said.
Bonsall was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. His passenger, a 19-year-old man, was booked on suspicion of giving a fake name to police, Matthews said.
When police asked Bonsall how much he'd been drinking, he allegedly replied, "Plenty." When asked to be more specific, he allegedly said, a "half-pint of Jim Beam."
Matthews said police didn't recognize Bonsall as Michael J. Fox's TV kid brother from Family Ties, the NBC sitcom on which he appeared on as a preschooler from 1986 to 1989.
Bonsall, however, isn't an unknown to local authorities, Matthews said. "Brian isn't exactly a saint," he said. "He's had a record here."
Per one report, Bonsall, who has dabbled as a punk rocker post-Ties, was convicted of DUI in 2001.
Bonsall was released Saturday from the Boulder County Jail on $1,000 bail, officials there said. He has a July 19 scheduled court date.
Bryan, meanwhile, has a July 28 day in court following an arrest in Glendale, California.
Bryan, also 22, was clocked by police as traveling 100 mph on the Glendale Freeway in the early hours of May 26, the Glendale News-Press reported.
Upon being stopped, Bryan's alleged account of his drink total for the evening consisted of four beers and a vodka tonic, the paper said.
He was booked on suspicion of drunken driving and released from the local jail last Thursday, the News-Press reported.
Bryan played eldest son Brad Taylor on Home Improvement for the hit series' 1991-99 run.
As a presently grown-up actor, Bryan has done prime-time guest spots (Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc.) and indie films.
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