D.C. Council member Marion Barry was arrested late Saturday by U.S. Park Police on a charge of misdemeanor stalking. The story was first reported by WRC/4 in Washington, D.C. and later confirmed by other sources.
According to the Park Police's version of events, a woman traveling in a motor vehicle through Southeast D.C.'s Anacostia Park flagged down Park Police to complain about being stalked by a trailing motorist. The police officer subsequently questioned that motorist who turned out to be ex-mayor Barry. After being taken into custody, Barry was booked on the stalking charge and subsequently released.
The ex-mayor has a rich history of complaints about being harassed by the park police. Either the arrest is proof of the mayor's claim or more possibly, an ironic twist in which Barry himself has become a harasser. On a side note, Marion Barry still is under federal probation for his past failure to file and pay income taxes. It isn't clear that this latest charge would cause a revocation of that probation.
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