The Hill reports that Michael Gorbey, the Virginia man who was convicted on weapons charges stemming from his January arrest for carrying a loaded shot gun and a samurai sword with him around Capitol Hill, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. That's a pretty staggering sentence, which is the result of Gorbey's conviction on 14 charges, including one for possessing and transporting a "weapon of mass destruction." A couple of weeks after his......

In the face of so many other D.C. government corruption scandals, you'll be forgiven for having forgotten about former D.C. Department of Human Services employee Charles M. Brown, who was charged in 2006 for his involvement in a conspiracy with another employee to steal public assistance funds in 2004 and 2005. Interim Attorney General Peter Nickles today announced the conviction of Brown on 11 criminal charges, including identity theft, conspiracy, unlawful food stamp usage and......

The local Tampa Bay FOX affiliate, FOX13, is reporting that Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known in the media as the D.C. Madam who was last month convicted of money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes and racketeering, has been found dead in Tarpon Springs, FL, of an apparent suicide. Police were called to the scene of Palfrey's mother's home, and have confirmed that a body found there was Palfrey. She was 52. Palfrey was set......

If the D.C. Madam is convicted and no one cares, does she make a sound? Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam who got every Washington watcher all hot and bothered last year over her impending trial and purported client list, and then proceeded to bore everyone to tears with how mundane the scandal turned out to be, was found guilty today on charges of racketeering, mail fraud and money laundering. Not that you probably......