SUGE KNIGHT JAILED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Cops show up to find ex-mogul standing over girlfriend with knife

Las Vegas police said they caught Marion "Suge" Knight in the act of assaulting his girlfriend Wednesday morning and promptly threw him in jail.

According to the Associated Press, police responded to a domestic violence call early yesterday on a busy street near the Las Vegas Strip and found the Death Row Records mogul standing over his longtime girlfriend with the knife in his hand.

"He did not stab her," said Officer Jacinto Rivera, a department spokesman. However, he was arrested at about 6:40 a.m. and booked Wednesday into the Clark County jail on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor charges of possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and domestic violence.

Police did not release the identity of the woman, who told officers she was Knight's girlfriend of three years. The woman was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, according to Rivera.

Police said Knight and the woman argued in the car while Knight was driving before he allegedly punched her in the head.

"The victim purposely grabbed the steering wheel and caused the vehicle to hit the curb," police said in a statement. Police said the woman tried to run away, but Knight caught her.

Knight had the drugs Ecstasy and hydrocodone when he was arrested, police said. Rivera said Knight would be held at the jail for at least 12 hours on the domestic violence charge.