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    Son of former DC mayor faces drug-dealing charge

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of former District of Columbia mayor and current Councilmember Marion Barry faces a drug-dealing charge after police say they found PCP and marijuana in his apartment.

    Marion Christopher Barry, 31, was arrested in late May after police responded to a report of a fight at his apartment, court documents show. After forcing their way inside, officers found a vial containing what the documents describe as more PCP than would be used by one person. Police also found five sandwich bags nearly full of marijuana.

    Barry jumped out of a window to avoid police but later returned to the apartment and was arrested, the documents show. His foot was bloody when he returned, and police also found blood on the floor of the apartment, although no victims were located, according to the documents. The documents did not indicate where the blood came from, and a D.C. police spokeswoman declined to comment on the case.

    Barry faces a single charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The charge was first reported Wednesday by Washington City Paper.

    The elder Marion Barry declined to comment through a spokeswoman. Attorney Fred Cooke, who has represented the elder Barry in the past, confirmed he is representing Christopher Barry, who goes by his middle name. Cooke declined to comment further. Court records indicate that Christopher Barry is involved in plea negotiations with prosecutors. Cooke would not confirm that.

    In 1990, during his third term as mayor, Marion Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine in a hotel room in an FBI sting operation. He served six months in federal prison. He was elected to a D.C. Council seat in 1992 and won a fourth term as mayor in 1994.

    In 2004, he returned to the Council, representing the poorest of the city's eight wards, where he and his son both live.

    Christopher Barry was charged in 2005 with assaulting a police officer. The charges were later dismissed, court records show.

     

    441 comments

    • The Wrath of Khan  •  10 mths ago
      Like father like son.

      I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
      • semper-fi 10 mths ago
        well you beat me to it this is word for word what I was going to say as soon as read the headline. I was in DC when they busted Mayor Marion on a drug sting that really was not set up for him but he happened to be there trying to buy some dope. Then the idiots re-elected his sorry butt a couple of years later
      • David 10 mths ago
        Omg, me too. Well the apple cliche at least
      • ed 10 mths ago
        yea, I had that same thought, you're just too fast for the rest of us. :)
    • Rusty Shachalferd  •  10 mths ago
      It's so nice when a son takes an interest in his father's hobbies. It gives me a warm feeling inside (or is that just a side effect from the PCP?).
    • Wyoraider  •  10 mths ago
      The Acorn doesn't fall very far from the Oak.
    • LivinLarge  •  10 mths ago
      Like father, like son.
    • Maximum Floyd 2.0  •  10 mths ago
      His father's election to a fourth term as mayor says everything that need be said about the family, the city and the constituents. FACT
    • Karen V  •  10 mths ago
      Ooooo.....how surprising.
    • Garlan  •  10 mths ago
      Just a chip off the old stoned block
    • White Devil  •  10 mths ago
      Probably bought them from his dad.
    • Mr. Moo  •  10 mths ago
      The real sick part are the people who keep re-electing his father......
    • riverman  •  10 mths ago
      .... now he is qualified to be a public official in D.C.
    • Jack O' The Dust  •  10 mths ago
      It can't be true! Gt Al Sharpton and the ACLU. They'll straighten it out. (Which means they'll play the race card).
      • GregoryW 10 mths ago
        Jack O' The Dust - don't forget Rev. Jessie! Between him, Al, and the NAASCP they will have the media stating that it was a set up....the drugs were planted, the police raped him with a night stick, and put fecces on him as they were leaving. And, his old man, will claim that someone robbed him while they were waiting for the police to arrive.......
      • Jim 10 mths ago
        Al Sharpton is a media hore
    • Jay Hanig  •  10 mths ago
      Following in his dad's footsteps?
    • Bob  •  10 mths ago
      It amazes me that people will vote for a convicted crack head. I guess son will have a bright future in politics unless he OD's first. Here's to hoping!
      • Steve T 10 mths ago
        Guess who voted for him? I wonder what percentage of those people voted for Barry and will vote for him again, no matter what?
      • Ralph 10 mths ago
        We can only hope that ALL drug abusers die, die, die, die. Drug users are a scourge and do not deserve to breath the air we do. I say kill ALL drug abusers.
    • Display Name  •  10 mths ago
      DC must have the stupidest voters in the country, how could elected someone that has been in prison?
      • Smitty 10 mths ago
        Seattle voters are equally stupid. They'd elect and re-elect a mass-murderer, so long as he had a "D" after his name.
    • GregoryW  •  10 mths ago
      The District of Columbia has one of the highest crime rates in the country.....70% school drop out rate, almost a 70% unwed pregnancy rate!......and for saying that I will be called a Racist! I used to live across the river from Washington, D.C., but, it is fitting that our nations capital it there......our elected leaders are doing nothing more than most of the citizens how live there!
    • Rachel ManCow  •  10 mths ago
      How long until the Al and Jesse race card is played?
    • Bubba Gump  •  10 mths ago
      I never expected anything less from this POS.....Dang! Daddy they set me up!
    • Frizbaloid  •  10 mths ago
      The crack pipe doesn't fall far from the tree.
    • brazensol  •  10 mths ago
      Only liberals will be surprised by any of this. They are so gullible.
    • PappyB  •  10 mths ago
      Do I see the future mayor of our nation's capital in the making? "The #$%$ set me up!"
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