• R&B singer R. Kelly has been arrested on federal charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice, officials say.
• New York Police Department detectives and agents from Homeland Security arrested Kelly in Chicago.
• This arrest comes after 11 charges for sexual abuse and assault were filed in May, as well as 10 more counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in February.
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Singer R. Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges Thursday night, officials say.

New York Police Department detectives and agents from Homeland Security Investigations took Kelly into custody in Chicago at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Kelly’s publicist confirmed to ABC7.

The case is expected to be brought to New York, according to NBC, who also broke the news of Kelly’s arrest.

Kelly was arrested on 13 counts of child pornography and obstruction of justice in the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago issued in a statement. However, they did not confirm how many counts of each were included.

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State prosecutors filed 11 felony charges against Kelly for sexual assault and abuse at the end of May. He was initially charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in February.

Kelly has repeatedly denied the allegations.

“I didn’t do this stuff,” he said in a March interview with CBS News’ Gayle King. “This is not me. I’m fighting for my f—ing life.”

More information on the case will be available on Friday, NBC 4 reported.

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