The officer, Corporal Anthony Brooke, is also among the fourteen police officers who were accused of working private security while reporting for duty.
Six Maryland teenagers were indicted on homicide and other charges today in connection with the killing last year of 18-year-old Olijawon Griffin on the platform of the Woodley Park Metro station.
Floyd Lee Corkins, who was arrested last Wednesday after allegedly shooting a security guard at the headquarters of the Family Research Council, was indicted by a grand jury today on federal and local charges.
It looks like a long-running federal investigation into D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown is bearing fruit—according to the Post, he’s expected to be indicted as early as today for fraud.
May 24, 2012
Second Gray Campaign Aide Pleads Guilty to Lying
As expected, a campaign aide to Mayor Vince Gray pleaded guilty today to lying to federal investigators about his role in a scheme to pay fringe mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown to stay in the 2010 race and attack Mayor Adrian Fenty.
May 23, 2012
And Now, a Bit of Humor Amid Federal Indictments
Amid depressing news of two federal indictments of campaign aides to Mayor Vince Gray this week, at least one person has a sense of humor, albeit a dark one.
Thomas Gore, a close friend and former assistant treasurer of his 2010 mayoral campaign, today pleaded guilty to steering money orders to the floundering campaign of fringe candidate Sulaimon Brown and then destroying evidence of the fact once federal investigators started looking into the allegations.
May 21, 2012
Gray Campaign Treasurer Charged in Federal Probe
An assistant treasurer for Mayor Vince Gray’s 2010 mayoral campaign was charged today with violating campaign finance laws, including destroying evidence and funneling money to a campaign other than the one he worked for.
Albrecht Muth was indicted yesterday for killing his 91-year-old wife, Viola Drath, last year, writes Homicide Watch. Beyond facing a charge of first degree murder for the killing of the Georgetown socialite, Muth faces additional time if convicted for “especially heinous, atrocious or cruel” way Drath was killed and the fact that she was “especially vulnerable due to age.”
