Graham intern admits to double-shooting A former intern to D.C. Councilman Jim Graham pleaded guilty to assault and weapons charges Tuesday in connection with the shooting of another teenager in the city’s summer jobs program. Devin Black, 19, admitted that he shot two other teenagers in the legs near the Columbia Heights Metro station after the pair finished an all-day orientation for the summer jobs program. Before his intern was identified as the shooter, Graham said the shooting was proof that the city needed tough anti-gang laws. The councilman later drove his intern to the police station to surrender. Black will be sentenced Nov. 30. NASA scientist pleads guilty
in conflict of interest
A NASA scientist was convicted of helping to award contracts to his wife’s company. Mark Schoeberl, 60, of Silver Spring, pleaded guilty to a felony conflict of interest charge. He faces a maximum sentence of five years. Prosecutors said Schoeberl, the chief scientist of the Earth Sciences Division, directed projects to Animated Earth, his wife’s business that made software and kiosk displays.
Arlington man sentenced
in $40M Ponzi scheme
An Arlington businessman was sentenced to three years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of $40 million dollars. Seventy-year-old Preston David Pinkett II pleaded guilty to mail fraud conspiracy in December. In addition to the three years in prison, Pinkett will have to pay more than $18 million in restitution. Prosecutors sought a prison term of more than five years.
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