‘Home Improvement’ star arrested for domestic violence in Myrtle Beach

On January 4, 2025By Littum

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – A 1990s sitcom star landed behind bars in the Grand Strand.

Myrtle Beach police arrested Zachery Ty Bryan, who played oldest brother Brad Taylor on the hit TV show Home Improvement, on New Year’s Day, according to jail records.

Records show Bryan faces a second-degree domestic violence charge.

A judge set bail at $10,000 for Bryan. Friday at As of 11 a.m., he is still booked at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.

WMBF News has requested the incident report and arrest warrants for Bryan’s case to get more details about what led to the arrest. We are waiting to get these documents.

This is not Bryan’s first brush with the law.

Bryan was arrested twice in 2024 for DUI. The first took place in February 2024 in La Quinta, California, and the second took place in October 2024 in Custer County, Oklahoma.

Police arrested the former child star in 2023 on charges of assault, robbery and harassment related to a domestic incident.

Bryan was also arrested in 2020 on domestic violence charges after he strangled a woman who would later become his fiancee. A judge sentenced him to 36 months of “bench probation” and ordered him to participate in a program called Bridges2Safety.