Raymond Cruz, best known for his role as Tuco Salamanca on Breaking Bad, was arrested in Los Angeles on Monday, September 8, on suspicion of misdemeanor battery.
According to LAPD officer David Cuellar, the incident happened around 10:40 a.m. after a dispute in which Cruz allegedly sprayed water toward another person.
His arrest was first reported by TMZ.
Cruz’s talent agent, Raphael Berko, shared his version of events, saying the actor had been outside washing his car when a white minivan carrying three women parked “a half an inch” from his bumper.
Berko explained that Cruz asked them to move but they refused.
“He goes, ‘come on, move your car. You’re not giving me room, and it’s going to get wet.’ So, he said, ‘okay.’ He started to clean his car and then they started filming him,” Berko told PEOPLE.
Berko added that Cruz asked the women to stop recording him.
“When he turned around to tell them to stop filming him, he was still hosing his car. And some of the water from his hose hit the front of his car and spilled on their car,” Berko said.
“And then believe it or not, one of them called the police. And somehow someone who’s never been arrested in his life, someone who played a police detective for 15 years on The Closer and Major Crimes, someone who lives in that neighborhood, was put in handcuffs and taken to jail.”
Despite the arrest, Berko said Cruz appreciated the way LAPD officers treated him.
“Raymond’s very grateful to all of the LAPD personnel at the police department because throughout the five hours of him being in their jail, the LAPD were all very, very gracious and nice to him and reassuring,” he noted.
Booking records show that Cruz was released on his own recognizance later that day. He is scheduled to appear in court on October 1.
At this time, no misdemeanor charges have been formally filed against him.
