R&B singer Mario was arrested early yesterday morning and charged with one count of second-degree assault after an incident with his mother. It is being reported that Mario’s mother called the police on him after he supposedly pushed her and destroyed property in the apartment they share. He was held on $50,000 bond and released after posting bail.

The police statement of probable cause follows:

At 12:53 a.m., an officer was dispatched to the 900 block of Fells St for a call for a “mental case breaking up property” inside an apartment. Officers met Hardaway in the front lobby — she was crying and appeared very upset, officers wrote. She said Mario was “throwing and damaging property” in the apartment they share, and had pushed her using his hands and forearms, causing minor pain. When police went up to the apartment, they found a damaged china cabinet and the floor littered with broken glass. A mirror was broken, and there was a large hole in a closet door. Read the rest of this entry »