Cops called on Chris Brown Before

(Photo: Splash News Online) R&B singer Chris Brown is apparently no stranger to cops.

A source tells Life & Style that this weekend's alleged altercation was not the first time police have been called to deal with Brown. The mag says that police were called to Chris' hotel room where the singer had been "screaming and throwing dishes" at an unnamed hotel in Miami in 2007.

"He was fighting with his mom. Neighboring hotel guests alerted security and they came upstairs to the room, saw the broken dishes and the mess, and then asked his mother to leave the room. Police were then called, but charges were not filed as Chris simply paid the hotel bill and left the hotel."