Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell have been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct*, according to New Canaan Police in Connecticut.

    Officers were called to the couple’s New Canaan home at about 8 p.m. local time on Saturday to investigate “a family dispute.”

    The pair, who have been married for more than 20 years, appeared in Norwalk Superior Court on Monday.

    A police spokesman said there had been “aggressiveness* on both sides.”

    At a news conference on Monday, police chief Leon Krolikowski said a caller from the singers’ Connecticut home phoned police on Saturday night and then hung up.

    Officers who responded found minor injuries and believed it was a case of domestic violence*, he went on. He did not confirm who was injured.

    Simon and Brickell, he said, were each given a misdemeanor* summons. One of them — again unspecified — agreed to leave and go to another location.

    “They’re both victims and they have children involved and we’re trying to be very cautious of that,” the police chief told reporters.

    Simon, 72, first found fame as one half of folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, while Brickell, 48, was lead singer of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.

    (SD-Agencies)