Singer Chris Brown arrested for felony battery in Florida

The Associated Press</span>
Published Friday, July 6, 2018 6:52AM EDT
Last Updated Friday, July 6, 2018 9:47AM EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Singer Chris Brown walked off stage after his concert in Florida and into the hands of waiting sheriff's deputies, who arrested him on a felony battery charge and booked him into the Palm Beach County Jail.

A sheriff's spokeswoman said the entertainer was released after posting $2,000 bond on the battery charge issued by the Tampa Police Department. No details about the allegations in the arrest warrant were immediately available.

The 29-year-old entertainer's record of violence includes a guilty plea to felony assault for beating up his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 and a 2016 arrest on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

He's currently in the middle of his Heartbreak On A Full Moon Tour.

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The headline on this story has been corrected to say battery, not assault; the story has been corrected to reflect the warrant was from Tampa Police, not the Hillsborough Sheriff.

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