Lawyer: Bomb plot suspect was entrapped The lawyer for a former Prince George’s County man accused of plotting to blow up a military recruiting station says his client was induced by the federal agents to go forward with a plot that he couldn’t have carried out on his own. Antonio Martinez, 21, who says he attended Laurel High School, was arrested in a FBI sting after he allegedly drove what he believed to be a car bomb up to the building, then watched from a vantage point as he detonated the fake bomb. Martinez’ lawyer argued at a detention hearing Monday that his client was entrapped. Prosecutors said Martinez came up with the idea on his own and could be seen on video “grinning ear from ear” as he armed the phony bomb. Martinez was ordered held until trial.
D.C. man sentenced for slaying over parking
A District man was sentenced to 21 years in prison in the 2008 slaying that came during an argument over parking. Prosecutors said Daniel Clark, his wife and 9-day-old daughter were at a cookout in Southeast Washington when Ronald Wynn double-parked. Clark’s wife asked Wynn to move the car because it was blocking traffic, and an argument ensued in which Wynn laid hands on her. Clark came to his wife’s aid and punched Wynn. Clark walked off and Wynn went to his car, retrieved a pistol, tapped Clark on the shoulder then shot the 28-year-old in the head.
Gov’t. attorney criminally charged over outside work
A former Consumer Products Safety Commission attorney has been charged with criminal conflict of interest and making false statements on his ethics form. According to charging documents, Jeffrey Ross Williams, of Potomac, advertised his position with the government on his D.C. law firm’s website while he was working as an assistant general counsel for the CPSC, an independent agency of the executive branch of the U.S. government. Williams allegedly failed to report that he held an outside position with his law firm.
Compiled Scott McCabe
