Mixed Martial Arts-McGregor charged with assault in New York after rampage

NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor was in custody in New York on Friday, charged with assault and criminal mischief after a rampage at a UFC press event in Brooklyn that was caught on video, the New York Police Department said.

McGregor, who became the first Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter to hold two world titles simultaneously when he beat Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight belt in Manhattan in 2016, turned himself in to police late on Thursday after the violent incident at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Police charged McGregor, 29, with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief, according to Lee Jones, a NYPD spokesman. McGregor was due to be transferred to the criminal court in Brooklyn later in the morning for an arraignment hearing, Jones said.

Efforts to reach McGregor's representatives were not successful. It was not clear who would represent him in court.

As the UFC held a media day on Thursday ahead of upcoming fights at Barclays on Saturday, McGregor and his entourage entered through a side entrance and appeared to attack a van in which other fighters were riding.

Video of the fracas circulated on social media showed objects being thrown at the van, and a number of people were injured by glass fragments as windows were smashed.

McGregor, who was born in Ireland and who previously told Reuters that he made $140 million from a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather last August, has not fought in a UFC bout since the win over Alvarez in November 2016.

UFC President Dana White said the van attack was "the most disgusting thing that ever happened in the history" of the UFC.