'The Bachelor' Alum and Ex-Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Melissa Rycroft Arrested for DWI
Police say the former Bachelor star struck a stopped ambulance and fled, then faced a second DWI charge after officers found her nearby.
- On Saturday, Southlake Police Department officers arrested reality star Melissa Rycroft after she allegedly struck a Southlake Fire Department ambulance stopped at a stop sign and fled the scene at approximately 5:50 p.m.
- Rycroft pleaded guilty this past August to a September 2025 driving while intoxicated incident, receiving 20 months of probation instead of a potential 280-day jail sentence in that case.
- Authorities booked Rycroft into the Keller Regional Detention Facility on a $9,000 total bond: $7,500 for second-degree driving while intoxicated, $1,000 for vehicle damage collision, and $500 for driving with invalid license.
- Under her August plea agreement, Rycroft was ordered to abstain from alcohol, pay $2,087 in fines, complete 36 hours of community service, and drive only with a "camera equipped ignition interlock device."
- Lawyer Bret Martin previously stated that "every individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty," emphasizing that an arrest alone is not an indication of guilt as the case remains under investigation.
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Melissa Rycroft Strickland, best known for appearing on The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars, has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI) for a second time in Texas. The 43-year-old former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders member was arrested in Southlake on Sunday, 1 November 2026, following an alleged hit-and-run involving a Southlake Fire Department ambulance. The arrest came approximately two months after she pleaded guilt…
'The Bachelor' alum and ex-Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Rycroft arrested for DWI
Melissa Rycroft Strickland, "The Bachelor" contestant and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, has been arrested for DWI after crashing into an ambulance, according to police.
‘Bachelor’ Alum Melissa Rycroft Allegedly Hit an Ambulance and Drove Off Before 2nd DWI Arrest
Melissa Rycroft was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run prior to her second DWI arrest, Us can confirm. The Southlake Police Department in Texas responded to a “hit-and-run collision” on Saturday, October 31, at approximately 5:50 p.m. involving a Southlake Fire Department ambulance at the intersection of South Peytonville Avenue and Chimney Works Drive,” according to […]
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