July 5, 2009
Marion Barry Arrested for Umpteenth Time
UPDATE: Yes, indeedy, the charge is stalking:
D.C. Council member Marion Barry was arrested last night and charged with stalking a woman after the woman reported that Barry was “bothering her” as the two traveled in separate vehicles in Anacostia Park, police said this morning.At about 8:45 p.m., a woman traveling near the intersection Good Hope Road and Anacostia Drive flagged down a U.S. Park Police officer to report that a man in a vehicle nearby was stalking her, said Sgt. David Schlosser, a Park Police spokesman. That man, Schlosser said, was Barry.
The officer interviewed the woman and Barry, then arrested Barry and took him to the Park Police’s Anacostia Station, Schlosser said. There a detective interviewed Barry again, and police charged him with a misdemeanor count of stalking. Barry was released and ordered to appear in court, likely sometime later this week, Schlosser said.
Schlosser declined to identify the woman or specify her relationship with Barry. He also declined to detail what Barry told officers regarding the incident. …
Well, finally, Barry has earned himself a place in Conservative Babylon.
Original post:
Marion Barry, the git that keeps on giving:
Barry Taken Into Custody, Police Say D.C. Council member Marion Barry was taken into custody last night by the U.S. Park Police, a police official said.
“It’s my understanding that he was taken into custody,” Park Police Chief Sal Lauro said in a brief interview. Lauro said he believed that Barry (D-Ward 8 ) was picked up in the Anacostia Park area.
Lauro said he did not have details of the incident and could not say whether Barry had been arrested. …
WRC (Channel 4) broadcast a report last night saying that the matter possibly involved domestic harassment or stalking. The report was based on unnamed police sources.
Barry’s attorney, Frederick D. Cooke Jr., said last night that he had heard a “rumor” that Barry had been detained or arrested. Cooke said he had just returned from watching fireworks and was trying to “find out what’s going on.” …
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