Disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. was sentenced to 38 months in prison today for stealing over $350,000 in city funds and using them for a luxury SUV, trips to exotic locales and other personal expenses. more ›

Pete Ross, a candidate for the D.C. shadow senator seat, was sentenced to a day in jail today for blocking traffic during a December protest on Capitol Hill. But unlike most other such cases, Ross didn't try to avoid jail time. In fact, he insisted upon being sent there. more ›

Stuffing your underwear full of cash that your husband got as bribes does have consequences, after all. more ›

Former Prince George's County Chief Executive Jack Johnson was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $100,000 today. more ›

You, me, and everyone we know might be up in arms with the insanity that's currently going down in State College, Pennsylvania. But controversial decisions regarding the sexual assault of children is hardly limited to the center of the Keystone State. more ›

Nico Dauphiné, the National Zoo researcher and "Apocalypse Meow" author who was arrested and accused of poisoning feral cats around Meridian Hill Park earlier this year, was found guilty on animal cruelty charges in D.C. Superior Court today. more ›

Apparently, things in the print media industry are even worse than we thought. Patch reports that Peter Labovitz, the president and CEO of Alexandria-based Connection Newspapers, will be heading to jail after he collected thousands of dollars in payroll taxes from his employees, but failed to send the money to the IRS. more ›

On Friday, a federal judge ruled that a District law preventing the release of inmates from jail between 10:00 pm and 7:00 am is unconstitutional, saying it violates inmates' rights by keeping them in jail longer than necessary. more ›

According to a new law which went into effect on Friday, someone who is being excessively loud in the District could risk being put behind bars. The Georgetown Dish reports this morning about the new law, the Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act of 2010, which significantly bumps up fines for noise violations and continues to allow officers of the Metropolitan Police Department to place offenders under arrest, imprisoning those that are making noise which is "likely to annoy" for up to 90 days. more ›

Awais Younis, a 26-year-old from Arlington, is currently sitting in custody after being indicted in December for allegedly plotting to blow up Metro trains. If you'll recall, Younis was taken into custody after a Facebook friend he had told about the plans tipped off the FBI. But according to Younis' lawyer, he's just a kid who was venting a little bit on the social networking site. more ›

Former MPD police officer Kisha Coley was sentenced to 6 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of assault. In March, Coley got into an argument while making an arrest with a man she was arresting and struck him with her baton. Coley resigned from her position as a part of her plea agreement. She will perform 100 hours of community service and receive anger management training as a part of her sentencing.
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NBC4 gets the first react from Marion Barry on yesterday's late breaking news that federal prosecutors will once again seek jail time for the D.C. Council member. Barry stands accused of violating his parole yet again by failing to file a tax return for the year 2007. In typical Barry style, the mayor for life pleads ignorance to the latest developments. more ›