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LITTLE ROCK — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is under investigation over an alleged assault in a West Hollywood, Calif ., parking lot, the Los Angeles County sheriff ’s department said early Monday. Deputies responding to a report of six men fighting Sunday night found the scene clear, but were told by witnesses there had been a brief fight over a parking space. “The altercation allegedly led to Chris Brown punching the victim,” the department said in a statement released early Monday morning. The “victim” wasn’t identified, but the celebrity website TMZ, which first reported the fight outside the Westlake Recording Studio, said it also involved Frank Ocean, one of the top nominees at the Grammy Awards next month. In a Twitter posting later, Ocean said he “got jumped by [Brown] and a couple guys” and suffered a finger cut. It wasn’t Brown’s first brush with the law. Last June, Brown was injured in a brawl with members of hip-hop star Drake’s entourage at a New York nightclub. No arrests were made. Brown was gone by the time deputies arrived but the department said the investigation is ongoing and Brown would be contacted later. E-mail messages to Ocean’s publicist and Brown’s lawyer and representative were not immediately returned. A man answering the phone at the recording studio declined to comment. Brown, 23, remains on probation for the 2009 attack on singer Rihanna and is due back in court on Feb. 6 to update a judge on his progress. Prosecutors have raised concerns about records showing that Brown has completed his community labor obligations.

Los Angeles police said actor Taye Diggs chased down and captured a burglary suspect he found rummaging through his garage.It happened after the Private Practice star and his wife returned to their Studio City home from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Diggs was a presenter. LAPD spokesman Richard French said shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Diggs saw a man in his garage. French said the man ran off, but Diggs followed him down the street and held him for police. Neither man was hurt. Hassan Juma, 20, was arrested and remains jailed Monday on $50,000 bail.