Darius McCrary Faces Felony Charge After Arrest Near US-Mexico Border

Family Matters actor Darius McCrary was apprehended near the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday on an out-of-state felony charge, which sources have confirmed to be related to a missed court appearance over unpaid child support in Michigan.

The actor, best known for playing Eddie Winslow on the hit sitcom, is currently being held at a San Diego jail and is not eligible for bail.

Fugitive Arrest Stems from Missed Court Date

According to documents from the U.S. Border Patrol, the incident is officially listed as a “fugitive arrest.”

McCrary’s representative has provided details explaining the circumstances of the arrest. The spokesperson confirmed that a warrant was issued out of Michigan because McCrary missed a court date after failing to pay child support.

The representative explained that the court notice was accidentally sent to McCrary’s P.O. box, giving him only three days to appear in court.

During that time, the actor was ill with COVID-19, did not check his P.O. box, and consequently missed the court date. His rep stated: “Darius was doing a good deed when he discovered he had a felony warrant at the Border of Mexico for a missed court appearance… The judge was immediately notified with a doctor’s note that he had COVID.”

Humanitarian Effort at the Border

The representative also provided an extraordinary reason for McCrary’s presence near the U.S.-Mexico border at the time of his arrest.

McCrary, who is also a real estate investor and developer, was planning to build homeless shelters in Tijuana, Mexico, in partnership with a local developer he had met.

The rep insisted McCrary is “a good man” and was detained while working on the project.

A History of Legal Issues

This is not the first time McCrary has been arrested for failing to pay child support. In late 2023, he was taken into custody on a felony count of failure to pay, at which time he reportedly owed his former wife nearly $53,000. He was also arrested in 2015 for unpaid child support.

In a separate matter in 2016, McCrary was accused by his ex-wife, former Harlem Globetrotter Tammy Brawner, of dislocating the shoulder of their two-year-old daughter. McCrary denied the story at the time, stating that his ex-wife had faked the story.

He publicly shared a quote refuting the claim: “None of these allegations are true I would never do anything to harm my child.”

The Question of Child Support

McCrary was married to Brawner for three years before their divorce in 2017.

His representative also stated that the current warrant for McCrary’s arrest does not involve Brawner, but rather the mother of his oldest child, who is 18 and a trust fund beneficiary. The rep claimed McCrary does not owe child support for this child because she is a “trust fund baby” and that the trust fund will “kick in,” but the child’s mother is seeking the money.

McCrary is a father to three children, including two older daughters, will be back in court next week to learn his fate.