Rapper Chris Brown arrested in Washington over assault

WASHINGTON, Oct 28:  Rapper Chris Brown was arrested and charged with assault in Washington early yesterday after getting into a fight with a man outside a hotel near the White House, police said. Brown was charged with felony assault at 4:25 a.M. (3.25 a.M. ET) after the altercation outside the W Hotel, a few hundred yards from the White House, Officer Anthony Clay of the Metropolitan Police Department said.

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