Singer Chris Brown’s trip from Los Angeles County jail system to a Washington, D.C., is taking place on a federal "Con Air" prisoner aircraft.
Law
enforcement sources said he was set to be flown out to the East Coast sometime
Thursday.
Brown's
attorney, Mark Geragos, confirmed Thursday that the R&B singer had been
taken by federal marshals to the San Bernardino County jail while he awaits
transportation to Washington, D.C. Inmate records show he was taken from
"LA cell block" at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The
flight came the same day a hearing had been scheduled for a motion by Geragos
seeking to block Brown's transfer to federal authorities, arguing it would
hurt his ability to confer with his client before the trial.
Geragos
had also sought permission to transport the singer himself, but as soon as
the motion was filed, the attorney said federal authorities took his client.
Last
week, a Washington judge authorized federal marshals to bring Brown to court
for an April 17 trial, in which he faces a misdemeanor assault charge for
allegedly striking a man trying to take a picture of him outside the W
Hotel.
But
Brown was ordered jailed in March by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
James Brandlin after the Grammy winner was ejected from a court-ordered
treatment for his 2009 conviction in the beating of his then-girlfriend, singer
Rihanna.
In
2009, Brown was sentenced to five years' probation, community labor and
domestic violence counseling for assaulting Rihanna after they left
a pre-Grammy party. Brandlin could sentence Brown to up to four
years in prison if he determines that the singer violated his probation.
Brandlin said
Brown was kicked out of rehab because he allegedly touched a woman, failed to
take a drug test and made threatening statements during a group session.
Both
CNN and the Washington Post reported Brown’s flight would be on a "Con
Air" jet, which federal officials use to transport prisoners.
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