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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Arrested … Again

Former D.C . Mayor Marion Barry — who is no stranger to run-ins with the law — was arrested last night for allegedly stalking a woman.

Here’s the latest via The Washington Post:

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.

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.”

Barry, a former D.C. mayor, has had a series of brushes with the law during a long career in politics and civic activism. He is currently on probation for tax offenses.

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