Rapper Rick Ross Arrested on Battery Charge in Miami Beach
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Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach.
Police say he had a battery charge.
The charge is called felony battery by strangulation.
This charge is about domestic violence.
Domestic violence means violence between people in a family or relationship.
Rick Ross is a famous rapper.
He makes music and songs.
Police took him after the incident.
The police did not share many details.
The case is new.
We do not know more facts yet.
This story will get more information soon.
Vocabulary10 words
- arrested
- taken by police because of a crime
- battery
- hitting or hurting another person
- felony
- a very serious crime
- strangulation
- stopping someone from breathing by pressing their neck
- domestic violence
- violence between family members or partners
- violence
- actions that hurt people
- rapper
- a singer who performs rap music
- incident
- something that happens, often bad
- case
- a situation that police or courts look at
- information
- facts about something
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1. Rick Ross 2. Miami Beach 3. Felony battery by strangulation
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Rapper Rick Ross was _____ in Miami Beach.
Police say he had a _____ charge.
The charge is called _____ battery by _____.
This charge is about _____ _____.
Domestic violence means _____ between people in a family or relationship.
Rick Ross is a famous _____.
Police took him after the _____.
The _____ is new.
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