Chris Geldart, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, speaks at a news conference near a collapsed pedestrian bridge in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Washington, D.C., Deputy Mayor Chris Geldart was charged with assault and battery after allegedly getting into a fight outside a gym in Virginia over the past weekend.
Geldart was placed “on leave” after the charges were filed against him, according to Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office.
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