--- title: Alec Baldwin Arrested New York Riding Bike the Wrong Way in New York description: The famed actor was reportedly handcuffed and placed in a cop car canonical: https://time.com/97630/alec-baldwin-arrested-bicycle/ author: Jessica Roy article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-13T15:51:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:40.381Z og:title: Alec Baldwin Arrested for Riding His Bike the Wrong Way Down 5th Avenue og:description: The famously irascible actor was handcuffed and placed in a cop car after getting "belligerent" with officers, an NYPD detective confirms og:url: https://time.com/97630/alec-baldwin-arrested-bicycle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50c0a9140ac0d67b/69868f153617601dd790bf8d/487112559.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tribeca Talks: After the Movie: "Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank" - 2014 Tribeca Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alec Baldwin Arrested for Riding His Bike the Wrong Way Down 5th Avenue twitter:description: The famously irascible actor was handcuffed and placed in a cop car after getting "belligerent" with officers, an NYPD detective confirms twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50c0a9140ac0d67b/69868f153617601dd790bf8d/487112559.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alec Baldwin Arrested for Riding His Bike The Wrong Way Down Fifth Avenue by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy May 13, 2014 3:51 PM UTC  Alec Baldwin Alec BaldwinIlya S. Savenok—Getty Images by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy May 13, 2014 3:51 PM UTC In what’s shaping up to be an [especially](http://time.com/97416/this-appears-to-be-the-only-photo-of-beyonce-left-on-solanges-instagram/) [juicy](http://time.com/96572/the-best-reactions-to-the-supposed-video-of-solange-knowles-and-jay-z-fighting-in-an-elevator/) week for celebrity news, TIME has confirmed that Alec Baldwin was arrested about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday morning in Manhattan for riding his bike the wrong way down Fifth Avenue. Detective Annette Markowski, and NYPD spokesperson, tells TIME Baldwin was informed that he was going the wrong way and was asked to produce ID but refused. “He got belligerent and began arguing with the officers,” Markowski says. “He was taken into custody at the 13th precinct \[for identification\].” Markowski says Baldwin was given two summonses, “one for a VTL, meaning he was riding the wrong way, and the other was for disorderly conduct.” _In Touch_ originally [broke](http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/breaking-alec-baldwin-arrested-in-new-york-38200) the story after they spoke to an “insider” who said Baldwin was handcuffed and put in the back of a cop car after he was “riding his bike the wrong way and didn’t have ID on him.” > [](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/466235381755953152) Baldwin took to his Twitter to protest the arrest: > [](https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/466253832042065920) > [](https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/466254138402422784) > [](https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/466254872846041088) _\-with reporting by Laura Stampler_ ### Lights, Camera, Infraction: 12 Memorable Celebrity Mugshots  Justin Bieber Miami Dade County Jail/AP  Bruno Mars WireImage/Getty Images  Paris Hilton Los Angeles Sheriff's Department/Getty Images  Robert Downey Jr. Culver City Police Department/Getty Images  Frank Sinatra Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Amanda Bynes Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office/WireImage/Getty Images  Kid Rock DeKalb County Sheriff's Office/Getty Images  Kiefer Sutherland Glendale City Police Department/Getty Images  Nicole Richie Glendale Police Department/Getty Images  Mel Gibson Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department/Getty Images  James Brown Aiken County Sheriff's Office/Getty Images  Lindsay Lohan Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97630/alec-baldwin-arrested-bicycle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97630/alec-baldwin-arrested-bicycle/"},"headline":"Alec Baldwin Arrested for Riding His Bike The Wrong Way Down Fifth Avenue","datePublished":"2014-05-13T15:51:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:40.381Z","description":"The famously irascible actor was handcuffed and placed in a cop car after getting \"belligerent\" with officers who had informed him that he was bicycling the wrong way down a one-way street and asked to produce ID, an NYPD detective confirms","url":"https://time.com/97630/alec-baldwin-arrested-bicycle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50c0a9140ac0d67b/69868f153617601dd790bf8d/487112559.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Roy","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50c0a9140ac0d67b/69868f153617601dd790bf8d/487112559.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tribeca Talks: After the Movie: \"Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank\" - 2014 Tribeca Film Festival","caption":"Tribeca Talks: After the Movie: \"Compared To What: The Improbable Journey Of Barney Frank\" - 2014 Tribeca Film Festival","creditText":"Ilya S. 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