Barry set to enter guilty plea

Marion Christopher Barry (son of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry) is expected to enter into a guilty plea Wednesday after reaching a deal with prosecutors related to charges filed after an altercation at PNC Bank. Barry was scheduled to go on trial Wednesday for charges of simple assault, making a threat and destruction of property. Instead, federal prosecutors put in a request that Wednesday’s court date serve as a status hearing to allow Barry to enter a guilty plea. The U.S. Attorney’s office refused to elaborate on the details of said deal. The younger Barry was charged after he threatened a bank teller, tossed a trash can and destroyed a security camera when he learned his account had been overdrawn back in January. Barry ran for his late father’s D.C. Council seat and lost in the April special election. According to certified election results, he finished sixth out of thirteen candidates.