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"&lt;img alt=\"1228_katt_williams_article_tmz_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/28/1228-katt-williams-article-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Katt Williams&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;was just arrested in L.A., TMZ has learned -- after blowing off a court date in Sacramento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we previously reported, a Sacramento judge&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/07/katt-williams-police-chase-arraignment/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; issued a bench warrant&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for Katt's arrest yesterday when the comedian failed to show up for his arraignment, stemming from his wild &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/27/katt-williams-police-chase-sacramento-3-wheeled-motorcycle/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3-wheeled police chase&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; back in November. &amp;#160;He's been charged with evading a police officer while driving recklessly, a felony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the LAPD was aware Katt was a wanted man and when detectives spotted him outside his Los Angeles home, they placed him under arrest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Katt was fully cooperative with police.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's currently being held on $100,500 bail.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:14 AM PT --&lt;/strong&gt; Katt was released from custody late last night -- and on his way out of jail, he explained the situation to TMZ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Katt, he was only arrested because he couldn't be in two courtrooms at once ... and chose the case that was more important to him -- the case involving the custody of his children. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when asked if the judge awarded him custody of his children, Katt explained, \"No, I actually don't [have custody] ... the lady who tried to take 'em and lost in court twice, they gave 'em to her.\"&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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