Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican, was booked with simple assault on around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. MPD arrested the congressman at an apartment unit on Maryland Avenue Southwest. "This is an active criminal investigation and there is no further information on the case to provide at this time," Police spokesman Tom Lynch said.

Washington, D.C., police said they are investigating Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., over a report of an alleged assault at an apartment building this week. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police Department said officers "were called to the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue,

GOP Rep. Cory Mills is being investigated by the Washington, D.C. police department for an alleged assault of an individual at a residential address about two miles from the Capitol, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.