Golf pro charged in D.C. corruption case James Garvin, a golf pro and board member at Langston 21st Century Foundation, has been charged with concealing the theft of government money by former D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas Jr.
Garvin faces up to three years in prison, according to sentencing guidelines, but is expected to receive a much lesser penalty.
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Langston 21 is a nonprofit associated with the Langston Golf Course that provides golf programs for youth. Marshall D. Banks, president of Langston 21, pleaded to the same crime last week.
According to charging documents, Thomas steered $400,000 earmarked for children’s baseball programs to Langston 21, and nearly all of it was kicked back to Thomas for his personal use. Prosecutors say Garvin was aware of the embezzlement and concealed the crime from authorities.
Alleged WH shooter indicted
The Idaho man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on 17 counts, including attempting to assassinate the president of the United States.
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, has been in custody since his Nov. 16 arrest in Pennsylvania. Authorities said he fired several shots from the Ellipse toward the White House, striking the southern side of the building.
Ortega-Hernandez was also charged with assaulting federal officers with a deadly weapon, injurying property of the United States and firearms charges.
Air traffic controller convicted
A former air traffic controller from Northern Virginia has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining about $700,000 in disability benefits.
Authorities said Raymond Deskins III was convicted of mail fraud and making false statements.
Deskins, a former controller with the Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center in Leesburg, was receiving disability benefits from 2005 to 2008, according to prosecutors. At the same time he worked as a construction foreman, even though he repeatedly said on Department of Labor forms that he wasn’t engaging in any work activities.
-Scott McCabe and Emily Babay
