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"&lt;img alt=\"0919-x-factor-youtube\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/09/19/0919-x-factor-youtube-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might recognize him as the contestant who gets handcuffed in the teaser for tonight's episode of \"&lt;strong&gt;X Factor&lt;/strong&gt;\" -- singing \"I'm getting arrested!\" -- and now, TMZ has learned exactly WHY he ended up in shackles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all happened in June during the \"X Factor\" auditions in Kansas City -- law enforcement sources tell TMZ,&amp;#160;Deangelo Wallace had just finished auditioning ... when he walked off the stage and out of the Sprint Center still wearing his microphone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to law enforcement sources, producers called police claiming the sound equipment had been stolen -- and cops caught up with Wallace near the venue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Wallace was cuffed and brought back to the Sprint Center, where he then returned the missing electronics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Skip to 00:23 in the teaser)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the mic pack was returned, producers declined to press charges -- so Wallace went on his way ... leaving his \"X Factor\" dreams behind him.&amp;#160;He was NOT booked for a crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for why Wallace stormed off -- we're told he had a nasty exchange with the judges, and was upset they didn't like his performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attempts to reach Wallace were unsuccessful."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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