MMA fighter Conor McGregor was arrested and charged with ‘strong-arm robbery’ in Miami Beach, Florida, after police said he slapped a cell phone out of a fan’s hand, stomped on it and left with it.
The fighter was leaving the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel after 5 a.m. on Monday when someone tried to take a photo of him with a cell phone, according to police. McGregor reacted by destroying the phone, then picking it up and walking away with it.
The 30-year-old MMA fighter was arrested Monday evening after a day-long investigation by Miami Beach police, who said the incident was captured on the resort’s surveillance cameras. McGregor was booked into a Miami-Dade county jail.
The Irishman was reportedly vacationing in South Florida and preparing to return to fighting in the UFC, after his six-month suspension over the brawl that followed his UFC 229 bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas in October.
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The arrest comes almost a year after McGregor was arrested in New York for attacking a bus carrying several UFC fighters – apparently targeting Nurmagomedov. He pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge and was sentenced to three days of anger management courses – which apparently didn‘t work – and five days of community service.
Source : RT - Daily news
UFC superstar Conor McGregor arrested on strong-arm robbery charge in Miami
UFC superstar Conor McGregor arrested on strong-arm robbery charge in Miami
