The Blotter
By: Scott McCabe
Examiner Staff Writer
October 28, 2009
Robert J. Cabelly has been accused of violating U.S. sanctions against Sudan by signing the terrorism-sponsoring government up as a lobbying client, according to an indictment filed Tuesday. The 61-year-old D.C. resident allegedly helped Sudan broker deals with oil companies as he hid his relationship from U.S. authorities, the indictment said. The State Department has listed Sudan on the State Department's Sponsors of Terrorism list and it is illegal to work with the Sudanese government without prior approval from U.S. officials.
Murky Coffee ownercharged with tax fraud
The former owner of Murky Coffee on Capitol Hill was charged with 82 counts of tax fraud, the D.C. Attorney General's Office announced.
Nicholas Cho, who used to own the coffee shop at 660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, turned himself in for booking Tuesday.
The District officials said Cho failed to file and pay more than $100,000 in taxes in 2006 and 2007. Cho could face up to 180 days in prison.
Crime drops in Montgomery County during first half of 2009
A near 40 percent drop in the number of thefts from cars helped drive down Montgomery County's crime rate during the first six months of 2009, police said.
Overall, crime was down 5 percent when compared with the first half of 2008. Thefts from cars went from 1,204 to 749 in part because of police taking repeat offenders off the street, police said.
Man shoots two, kills self in Loudoun
A man shot two people before turning the gun on himself, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies said Barry L. Gates, 45, entered a Lovettsville home around 2 a.m. Tuesday and shot a man and woman before they fled. Gates locked himself in the home and fatally shot himself, police said. The woman was expected to survive. The man was listed in guarded condition.
Compiled by Scott McCabe and Freeman Klopott
