Redskins safety Montae Nicholson arrested for assault and public intoxication

Washington Redskins safety Montae Nicholson was arrested Tuesday morning after he and a woman attacked another couple, and was subsequently charged with assault and battery, as well as being drunk in public.

According to a report by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Virginia, deputies were called to a local retail and residential development around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning to break up a fight. They found two victims, a man and a woman, who were reportedly assaulted by Nicholson, 23, and 24-year-old Sydney A. Maggiore.

What apparently started as a verbal altercation escalated into a physical fight, according to police. Authorities determined that Nicholson assaulted the man and Maggiore assaulted both the man and the woman, per reports. Police reportedly believe Maggiore may have used a bottle as a weapon against the female, and both victims were taken to the hospital for treatment.

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