Jul 5, 2009 7:30 pm US/Pacific
Ex-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Charged With Stalking
Spokeswoman: Accuser Making False Allegations; Barry Will Fight Back
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Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is seen here on Jan. 5, 2007, in Washington, D.C.
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Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.
The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer and complained that Barry was stalking her.
Barry and the unidentified woman were driving through Anacostia Park in separate vehicles, according to U.S Park Police Officer David Schlosser.
Schlosser said the woman and the former mayor were interviewed separately and "apparently sufficient cause was determined to place the person under arrest that was in the other car." That person was Barry. He was charged with misdemeanor stalking and released.
Natalie Williams, Barry's spokeswoman, said Sunday that Barry was "doing good as to be expected under the circumstances." She called the stalking accusation "baseless." She explained that Barry plans to fight the charge and said the accuser is a 40-year-old woman Barry had helped financially.
Barry served four terms as mayor. In his third, he was videotaped in 1990 in a hotel room smoking crack cocaine in an FBI sting. He served six months in prison and in 1994 regained the mayor's office.
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