WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) Police say former Washington D.C. 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, July 4th, in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer and complained that Barry was stalking her.
Barry, who was born in Itta Bena, Miss., was charged with misdemeanor stalking and released.
A message left seeking comment from a spokeswoman for Barry wasn't immediately returned early Sunday.
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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