D.C. caps number of inmates
The District of Columbia has agreed to place a cap on the number of inmates at the D.C. Jail, avoiding a potential contempt of court charge for the city.
Peter Nickles, the mayor’s general counsel, said the District has settled with the D.C. Prisoner’s Project, agreeing to place the limit at 2,164, the same number of inmates allowed by a law created in 2004.
Nickles said the agreement allows the jail to exceed the cap under rare circumstances such as mass arrests during a demonstration. – Scott McCabe
Embattled firefighter captain files civil rights lawsuit
A D.C. fire captain who is under investigation over his involvement with a D.C. nightclub has filed a $3.1 million civil rights lawsuit against the city.
Fire Marshall Capt. Tony Falwell says in the lawsuit that fire department officials illegally seized and searched his property and wrongly sought to fire him.
Falwell and two other employees of the D.C. fire prevention unit remain on administrative leave in connection with the investigation. – Scott McCabe
Former NIH employee sentenced for credit card use
A former National Institutes of Health employee was sentenced to 45 days in prison for using a government credit card to buy personal items, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.
U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte also ordered Charrisse Fairfax Brown, 48, of the District of Columbia to pay restitution of $24,200.
Brown used the card to buy more than $24,000 in items for her personal use, including a laptop computer, shoes, clothes, DirecTV service, jewelry, furniture, household items, travel and related expenses, according to court documents. – Scott McCabe
