The Alexandria woman shot and killed Oct. 25 while stopped at a traffic light in the city’s Del Ray neighborhood was arrested in 2000 on drug charges and owned a restaurant in the District rumored to be a center of drug activity.
In 2000, Bethlehem “Betty” Ayele was arrested in Maryland with $19,000 and 9 kilograms of cocaine and charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, according to court records. She was convicted in 2004 and given probation.
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