Actor Thomas Guiry, best known for playing the role of Scotty Smalls in the 1993 comedy The Sandlot, was arrested earlier this month in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in connection with a series of violent incidents involving his neighbor .
Horry County Sheriff’s officials said TMZ that Guiry was arrested on June 2 in relation to assault, disorderly conduct and malicious damage.
Surveillance footage of the incident released by the outlet showed Guiry throwing a dumbbell weighing approximately 35 pounds through the window of a white Jeep in his neighbor’s driveway, breaking the windshield.
In another clip posted on the site taken from the neighbor’s doorbell camera, Guiry was seen upset because he was shirtless in the doorway of the neighbor’s house with a knife in his hand.
Police told the outlet that when they arrived to a disturbance call, Guiry was standing in the middle of the street asking for his wife.
Actor Thomas Guiry, 43, was arrested earlier this month in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in connection with a series of violent incidents involving his neighbor.
Guiry is best known for playing the role of Scotty Smalls in the 1993 comedy The Sandlot.
His neighbor commented: ‘Really? “They broke my window,” at which point Guiry promised to compensate the neighbor for the damage to the vehicle, according to police.
Guiry told the neighbor, according to law enforcement officials: “That sucks, man, I’ll give it back to you, I’m sorry, I’ll get you back.”
Guiry also admitted on the spot that he was responsible for the damage, saying, “I did it.” I’m sorry man. I’ll come back to get you… I… I’m sorry brother, I’ll give it back to you.’
Guiry has had brushes with the law in the past, as he was arrested in August 2013 in connection with felony assault on a police officer after he head-butted a police officer at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Washington. Houston. TMZ reported at the time.
In the incident, police told the outlet that Guiry had become hostile after a United Airlines employee said he was too intoxicated to be allowed on a flight.
Police told the outlet that the officer told him he could be taken to a drunk tank facility or arrested in connection with public intoxication.
Guiry attacked the officer, tried to kick him and then head-butted him, at which point he was taken into custody, police told TMZ.
Guiry was subsequently transported to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center and released on June 3 on $1,000 bail. Page six reported.
Guiry was photographed at the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow screening of The Sandlot at Treaty Oak Distilling on October 20, 2019 in Dripping Springs, Texas.
Guiry appeared in a retrospective panel covering the 30th anniversary of The Sandlot at the 2022 Los Angeles Comic Con in December 2022.
Mike Vitar, Guiry and James Earl Jones were photographed in a scene from the famous 1993 film.
His role in The Sandlot spawned the film’s signature line, “You’re killing me, Smalls,” said in the film by actor Patrick Renna’s character, Ham Porter.
After The Sandlot, in which he appeared at the age of 11, Guiry has continued acting over the years.
His most notable projects outside of baseball film include the 2001 film Black Hawk Down and 2003’s Mystic River, as well as appearances in multiple episodes of Law & Order.
Guiry played himself in a 2022 comedy titled Killin Smallz which featured Goodfellas stars Tony Darrow and Joseph D’Onofrio.