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FEDERAL COURT
Ex-Marshal Convicted in Beating, Coverup
A federal jury convicted a former deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington yesterday of using excessive force against a bound man and then attempting to cover up the beating.
Stephen Cook was indicted in August in U.S. District Court on seven counts, including civil rights and witness-tampering charges, and stood trial on four. The jury found Cook guilty of all four, concluding that he had pulled an arrested man from a police van outside D.C. Superior Court, dragged him to the ground and repeatedly hit him in the head during his Aug. 30, 2005, shift.
Cook was also found guilty of tampering with witnesses by asking another deputy marshal to cover up the incident and help him make a false report about how the man was injured. Cook faces a maximum possible sentence of 35 years but a likely sentence of at least three years under guidelines.
-- Carol D. Leonnig
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Students Invited to Share Ideas for Changes
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will hold an Education Town Hall for Youth on Saturday to discuss ways to improve the public school system.
At the summit, to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE, Fenty (D) and Rhee will outline their plans for the system and will solicit ideas from students about improving schools.
-- V. Dion Haynes
