
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, May 15, 1990                   TAG: 9005150626
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

BARRY PLEADS INNOCENT ON NEW CHARGES

Mayor Marion Barry pleaded innocent today to six new drug charges alleging he used cocaine over a five-year period.

The 14-count indictment, handed up last Thursday against the mayor, includes eight charges brought Feb. 15 alleging that Barry lied to a federal grand jury and possessed cocaine on five occasions.

The new charges accuse him of five misdemeanor counts of cocaine possession and one misdemeanor count of conspiracy. The mayor took drugs as far back as 1984, the new indictment alleges. - Associated Press

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