Kiefer Sutherland Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Ride-Share Driver in Hollywood: Police By Madison E. Goldberg, Danielle Bacher, and Sean Mandell 12

Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested following an incident in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 1, PEOPLE can confirm.

Sutherland, 59, was arrested shortly after midnight when officers responded to the scene near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood, according to LAPD officer Kevin Terzes. NBC Los Angeles first reported the news.

“On January 12, around 12:15 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a radio call regarding an assault involving a rideshare driver near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue,” Terzes tells PEOPLE. “The investigation determined that the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats toward the victim.”

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Sutherland was arrested at the scene for “Criminal Threats, in violation of California Penal Code section 422,” Terzes told PEOPLE.

PEOPLE has reached out to a rep for Sutherland for comment.

Following the incident, the alleged victim “did not sustain any injuries requiring medical treatment at the scene,” Terzes added.

Jail records reviewed by PEOPLE indicate that Sutherland was arrested and booked into jail at the time of the incident, and was released on a $50,000 bond on Monday. He is next due to appear in court on Feb. 2 at Los Angeles County Superior court, according to the arrest records.

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The incident is currently under investigation by detectives from LAPD’s Hollywood Division.