Chris Brown cleared in phone snatching case

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown will not face criminal charges for snatching a woman's cellphone when she tried to snap a photo of him outside a Miami Beach club, prosecutors said Friday, The Associated Press reports.

A memo released Friday by Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle concludes there is no evidence that Brown intended to steal the phone in February or that he deleted any photos. One or the other is necessary for him to be charged with robbery or theft.

Prosecutors said that Brown, 24, tossed the phone from his limo and that it was picked up by Devon Blanche, head of security for rapper Tyga, who had performed with Brown at the Cameo club that night. According to the memo, Blanche ultimately took it with him to Atlanta during the rapper's tour and said he intended to find its owner.

A felony charge against Brown might have triggered a violation of his probation for his 2009 assault on singer Rihanna, who was his girlfriend at the time.