Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she has accepted the resignation of Christopher Geldart, deputy mayor for public safety and justice, after he was charged with assault.
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Washington, D.C., Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Christopher Geldart has resigned from office days after being accused of assaulting another man in a gym parking lot. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that she had accepted Geldart's resignation a little more than a week after he was charged with assault and battery in what police said was an argument that escalated into an altercation on Oct. 1 in Arlington, Virginia. "I'm saddened to say that I have accepted the resignation of Deputy Mayor Chris Geldart, but I am proud of the work that we have done together over the last eight years, and I am immensely grateful to Chris for his service to the city," Bowser said. Arlington County Police told ABC News last week that officers initially responded to a report of an assault on Oct. 3, two days after Geldart and an unnamed man had a run-in, which police said happened after Geldart's vehicle door struck the man's v