Barnes, of the unit block of New York Avenue NW, was sentenced Thursday by Judge Wendell P. Gardner Jr.
Attorneys to Argue for Hinckley Visits
A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments today from attorneys for John W. Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Hinckley, 49, has been confined to St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington since being acquitted by reason of insanity in the shooting of Reagan and three others. Hinckley wants four straight days every two weeks of unsupervised visits with his elderly parents in Williamsburg.
Late last year, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman granted Hinckley shorter visits, limited to the Washington area, with his parents.
The U.S. attorney's office opposes the longer visits. In newly filed court papers, two psychiatric experts said he has a "disturbingly unclear" relationship with his former girlfriend. She was a patient at St. Elizabeths.
VIRGINIA
Meth Labs Rampant in Southwest
State police said that nearly three-quarters of Virginia's suspected methamphetamine labs have been found in the southwestern part of the state.
Authorities in Washington and Smyth counties have each discovered 19 suspected methamphetamine labs, and 19 more were found in Wythe and Pulaski counties. Seventy-eight suspected labs have been raided this year, all but 21 in southwest Virginia. Thirty-four were raided statewide in all of last year.
Law enforcement officials are planning a statewide summit in Richmond to address how to stem the spread of the drug. Officials in the southwestern counties plan to share their knowledge and expertise with departments from other parts of the state.
Montpelier Campaign Hits $36 Million
The national foundation that manages James Madison's former home has raised more than half of the $60 million needed to restore the Montpelier homestead and create a center dedicated to the U.S. Constitution.
The estate of businessman and philanthropist Paul Mellon has donated $20 million, and the National Park Service has given $1 million, bringing the campaign to $36.4 million.
Much of that has been earmarked for the foundation's restoration project, scheduled for completion in 2007.
The other $23.6 million the foundation is seeking will go toward the Center for the Constitution, a state-of-the-art visitor center and a museum depicting the house's 20th-century history, among other projects.
Montpelier, which was home to Madison from approximately 1760 until his death in 1836, is the only monument to the former president, known as a renowned scholar, statesman and patriot.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I watch my life go out the door every morning as they drive away."
-- Debra Youngberg of Centreville, one of many parents
who buy cars for their teenagers as they get their licenses
but worry about their safety on the road. -- Page A1
Compiled from reports by staff writers Jacqueline L. Salmon and David S. Fallis and the Associated Press.
