Neighbor sentenced to prison over parking space

A District man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for threatening to kill his neighbor over a parking space. Authorities said James J. Newton Jr., 51, had repeatedly parked his car in the driveway of a neighbor on the 1200 block of 17th Street NE, even though he had been warned numerous times that he was not authorized to park there.

On February 2010, the neighbor found Newton’s vehicle in his driveway again — so he called police.