Russell Brand has been placed under arrest and is currently in the custody of the New Orleans Police Department after allegedly grabbing a paparazzo's iPhone and throwing it through a window.
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British comedian Brand (seen at left in his booking photo from Thursday) turned himself in on Thursday, after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He has been charged with damage to property and battery.
Brand's spokeswoman did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment.
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The arrest stems from an incident Monday night, when an apparently agitated Brand snatched the phone away from the photographer and tossed it from a building window.
The comedian, who's in New Orleans filming an untitled Diablo Cody movie, jested about the incident on Twitter earlier this week, writing, "Since Steve Jobs died I cannot bear to see anyone use an iphone irreverently, what I did was a tribute to his memory."
This isn't Brand's first run-in with the paparazzi. In October 2010, he lashed out at a group of photographers, claiming that they were trying to take photos under then-fiancee Katy Perry's skirt.