Zachery Ty Bryan Sentenced to 16 Months in Jail After 2024 DUI Plea

zachery ty bryan, 44, was sentenced to 16 months in county jail after pleading guilty to a 2024 DUI in Riverside County, where a judge denied his request for probation.

Riverside County plea and sentence

At an arraignment hearing in Riverside County, Bryan acknowledged prior DUI convictions and admitted an enhancement for driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above 0. 15%. He was credited with 57 days of time served and received a 16-month county jail sentence for the 2024 DUI charge.

Zachery Ty Bryan’s recent arrests and charges

Bryan’s sentence follows a string of legal encounters: his most recent arrest came in Oregon in November, which violated existing probation tied to an earlier domestic assault conviction. During the November incident, his fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, was also arrested and was booked on five charges that included driving under the influence, reckless endangerment and attempted assault.

In addition to the February and October 2024 DUI charges, Bryan faced a separate arrest in January 2025 in Myrtle Beach, S. C., on a charge of second-degree domestic violence; in that case Cartwright told police he had choked and punched her. Records show Bryan was also charged in 2023 with misdemeanor harassment, third-degree robbery and fourth-degree felony assault, and in 2020 he was arrested in Oregon on an allegation of strangling his then-girlfriend.

Immediate outcome and next steps

After reaching a plea deal and being rearraigned, Bryan was denied probation and will serve 16 months in county jail with credit for 57 days already served. The sentence stems from one of two DUI counts filed in 2024 and follows the court’s finding of an enhancement tied to a BAC over 0. 15%.

Legal records show the sentence resolves the 2024 Riverside County DUI case; Bryan’s custody status reflects the credited days served and the county jail term imposed by the judge.