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01-11-2006, 07:09 AM
From Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/10/AR2006011002018.html)
D.C. Council member Marion Barry tested positive for cocaine use in the fall in a drug test ordered by a court after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax charges, according to two sources familiar with Barry's case.
Barry, who served four terms as mayor and was elected to the Ward 8 council seat in 2004, has since begun treatment for drug use, the sources said, but Barry's failure to pass the mandatory drug test puts him in legal jeopardy.
Because he violated the terms of his release, Barry, 69, faces an increased risk of serving the maximum 18 months behind bars -- rather than probation -- for his failure to file tax returns to six years. He is scheduled to be sentenced Fe. 8, but a federal judge could jail him or sanction him at any time.
heh...now I just here Claude Rains as Captain Renault: "I'm shocked. Shocked to discover there's gambling going on in this establishment."
D.C. Council member Marion Barry tested positive for cocaine use in the fall in a drug test ordered by a court after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax charges, according to two sources familiar with Barry's case.
Barry, who served four terms as mayor and was elected to the Ward 8 council seat in 2004, has since begun treatment for drug use, the sources said, but Barry's failure to pass the mandatory drug test puts him in legal jeopardy.
Because he violated the terms of his release, Barry, 69, faces an increased risk of serving the maximum 18 months behind bars -- rather than probation -- for his failure to file tax returns to six years. He is scheduled to be sentenced Fe. 8, but a federal judge could jail him or sanction him at any time.
heh...now I just here Claude Rains as Captain Renault: "I'm shocked. Shocked to discover there's gambling going on in this establishment."