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| Local Digest: D.C.-area news briefs | Local Digest: D.C.-area news briefs |
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| A federal appeals court announced Friday that it will not revisit some of the strict D.C. gun-registration requirements that it struck down last fall. | A federal appeals court announced Friday that it will not revisit some of the strict D.C. gun-registration requirements that it struck down last fall. |
| A majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted against a rehearing of the case by all the court’s judges. The decision upholds an earlier three-judge ruling that knocked down the city’s one-gun-per-month law while upholding the government’s authority to issue gun regulations that promote public safety. | A majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted against a rehearing of the case by all the court’s judges. The decision upholds an earlier three-judge ruling that knocked down the city’s one-gun-per-month law while upholding the government’s authority to issue gun regulations that promote public safety. |
| The court’s 2-to-1 ruling in September upheld as constitutional many of the District’s registration rules, such as requirements for fingerprinting and a one-hour firearms safety course. But the decision eliminated the city’s prohibition on registering more than one gun a month — a limit similar to gun-control measures in California, Maryland and New York City. | The court’s 2-to-1 ruling in September upheld as constitutional many of the District’s registration rules, such as requirements for fingerprinting and a one-hour firearms safety course. But the decision eliminated the city’s prohibition on registering more than one gun a month — a limit similar to gun-control measures in California, Maryland and New York City. |
| — Ann E. Marimow | — Ann E. Marimow |
| A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former D.C. police officer and pastor to 18 years in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls who attended his Southeast Washington church. | A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former D.C. police officer and pastor to 18 years in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls who attended his Southeast Washington church. |
| Darrell Best, 46, a 25-year D.C. police veteran, pleaded guilty in October to one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and one count of production of child pornography after he photographed one of the girls. | Darrell Best, 46, a 25-year D.C. police veteran, pleaded guilty in October to one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and one count of production of child pornography after he photographed one of the girls. |
| U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton handed down the sentence. Best admitted to abusing the girls, ages 16 and 17, one at his office at D.C. police headquarters and the other at his God-A Second Chance Ministry Church. | |
| One teen’s parents alerted police after the girl was confronted by Best’s fiancee, who found pictures of one of the victims on the officer’s phone, according to charging documents. | One teen’s parents alerted police after the girl was confronted by Best’s fiancee, who found pictures of one of the victims on the officer’s phone, according to charging documents. |
| — Spencer S. Hsu | — Spencer S. Hsu |
| The final suspect sought in a shooting inside a crowded Barracks Row barbershop that wounded a man and his 21-month-old son this month has been arrested, D.C. police said Friday. | The final suspect sought in a shooting inside a crowded Barracks Row barbershop that wounded a man and his 21-month-old son this month has been arrested, D.C. police said Friday. |
| Anthony Chambers, 25, of Southeast Washington was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. A D.C. Superior Court judge ordered Chambers detained Friday until a preliminary hearing Monday. | Anthony Chambers, 25, of Southeast Washington was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. A D.C. Superior Court judge ordered Chambers detained Friday until a preliminary hearing Monday. |
| Two other suspects, Terrance Atchison, 21, of Southeast and Barry Bloomfield, 27, of Southwest, were arrested earlier, and each was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. | |
| The shooting occurred Feb. 12 about 1:40 p.m. inside Wrenn’s barbershop in the 1000 block of Eighth Street NW. Police said that three men dressed in black and wearing masks opened the front door of the shop and that two opened fire. | |
| — Peter Hermann | — Peter Hermann |
| Loudoun County authorities released an updated sketch of a man who they say is a person of interest in the 34-year-old slaying of a Fairfax County woman. | Loudoun County authorities released an updated sketch of a man who they say is a person of interest in the 34-year-old slaying of a Fairfax County woman. |
| Thursday marked the anniversary of Veronica Hepworth’s death. The 20-year-old’s partially clothed body was found Feb. 25, 1982, along a driveway on Route 50 east of Route 15, near Gilberts Corner, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, which is helping Virginia State Police in the investigation. | Thursday marked the anniversary of Veronica Hepworth’s death. The 20-year-old’s partially clothed body was found Feb. 25, 1982, along a driveway on Route 50 east of Route 15, near Gilberts Corner, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, which is helping Virginia State Police in the investigation. |
| Anyone with information is asked to call 703-803-2655. | Anyone with information is asked to call 703-803-2655. |
| — Dana Hedgpeth | — Dana Hedgpeth |