DISTRICT BRIEFING

Palfrey has said that she ran a legitimate business and did not break the law.

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said Palfrey failed to show that she was unfairly singled out. The judge also rejected other challenges to the indictment.

SOUTHEAST

1 Woman Killed, 1 Injured in Shooting

One woman was killed and another was wounded in a shooting yesterday in Southeast Washington, police said. LaDonna Carter, 31, of Alexandria, was fatally shot about 2 a.m. in the 3700 block of Bangor Street SE, police said. The second victim, 34, was hospitalized yesterday in critical condition. Police said they had no suspects or motive.

-- Jenna Johnson

Woman Charged in Fatal Stabbing

A 27-year-old man was fatally stabbed yesterday in Southeast Washington, and a woman was charged in his death, police said.

Officers said they were called to the 2700 block of Langston Place at 2:20 a.m. They found Michael Whitfield, who lived in the 2900 block of Knox Place SE, with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police said they believe Whitfield got into a fight with Norma Vaughn, 27, of the 2600 block of Langston Place SE. Vaughn was charged with second-degree murder.

-- Jenna Johnson

MAIL FRAUD

School Founder Gets Jail Time in Scam

The founder of a school for learning-disabled and emotionally disabled boys was sentenced to a year and a day in jail yesterday for taking part in a scheme involving stolen computers.

Charles I. Emor, 46, used some of the stolen computers at his school, the SunRise Academy, in the 1100 block of Sixth Street NW. He also sold some for personal profit, prosecutors said.

Emor, of Hyattsville, was convicted in U.S. District Court of conspiring to commit mail fraud. Prosecutors said he repeatedly bought Gateway computers that were stolen from a manufacturing plant in Hampton, Va.

He knew they were stolen, prosecutors said, but he still made the purchases between 1998 and 2002.

Prosecutors said that they were unable to determine how many computers were involved but that Emor bought nearly 70 of the stolen items during a one-year period ending in May 2002. Four co-conspirators pleaded guilty earlier.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson also ordered Emor to pay $69,000 in restitution.