On this day, January 18, in 1990 (18 years ago), Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested on drug charges. After a thorough investigation by the FBI and the District of Columbia police Barry was caught and charged with drug possession and the use of crack at the Vista International Hotel in Downtown Washington. Barry was caught smoking crack with Rahsheeda Moore, a woman who agreed to set up Barry in exchange for a reduced sentence in an earlier drug conviction. As she was taken away, he repeatedly yelled, "The bitch set me up!" She sure did, Mr. Barry. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison in September 1991, and was elected as Mayor again in 1994 for an unprecedented 4th term.
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