Kanye West Turned Himself Into Police for Last Year's Paparazzo Assault, Released 49 Minutes Later

Kanye West turned himself into the police on Thursday (March 27) for his connection with the misdemeanor battery case where he allegedly assaulted a photographer at LAX Airport last year.

The 36-year-old rapper turned himself into the Hollywood LAPD station at 4:30 PM, got his mug shot taken and then got fingerprinted before being released less than one hour later (approximately 49 minutes later), TMZ reports.

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Kanye was given 24 months probation and was also ordered to complete 240 hours of community service, along with turning himself in and taking 24 sessions of a level-two anger management program.