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His travel cost the city more than $70,000 in airfare, meals and salary, prosecutors said. 0.900

👤 prosecutors 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , corruption

Simplified: Vappie's travel cost city over $70000 in airfare meals and salary prosecutors said.

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Mr. Vappie was paid for working 15 hours, it says, on a day that he was wine tasting. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , corruption

Simplified: Vappie was paid for working 15 hours on a day he was wine tasting.

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A little before 9 p.m., about an hour after the Navy Yard’s nightly youth curfew had gone into effect, a group of federal agents began a patrol of the area, walking slowly down Half Street. 0.900

👤 Alyce McFadden 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law Enforcement

Simplified: Federal agents patrolled Half Street near Navy Yard after the youth curfew.

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They weren’t there to enforce the curfew, one agent said, just conducting a normal patrol. 0.900

👤 Unnamed federal agent 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law Enforcement

Simplified: Federal agents were conducting a normal patrol not enforcing the curfew.

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The indictment unfurls how the relationship between Ms. Cantrell and Mr. Vappie developed, about five months after Mr. Vappie, a longtime officer with New Orleans Police Department, was assigned to th... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ political , crime

Simplified: Relationship between Cantrell and Vappie developed five months after Vappie was assigned to protect mayor in May 2021.

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They still go out at night, and they said it was always a good idea to be aware of one’s surroundings. 0.900

👤 Meredith Barnett and Kimberly O’Connor 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety

Simplified: It is always a good idea to be aware of one's surroundings.

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“People are doing bad things — shooting people, robbing people.” 0.800

👤 Meredith Barnett 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime

Simplified: People are shooting and robbing people in Washington.

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Just the other day, she said, she saw a man being arrested in downtown Washington after he had tried to mug a woman in broad daylight. 0.900

👤 Meredith Barnett 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime

Simplified: Meredith Barnett saw a man arrested for attempted mugging in downtown Washington.

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The case against Ms. Cantrell, a Democrat, also comes deep into the campaign to replace her, with a mayoral election scheduled for October. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ political , legal

Simplified: Case against Cantrell comes during campaign to replace her mayoral election scheduled for October.

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The apartment had historically been reserved for official business but Ms. Cantrell, 53, treated it as a personal residence. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ political , corruption

Simplified: Apartment historically reserved for official business Cantrell treated it as personal residence.

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Two friends, Meredith Barnett, 45, and Kimberly O’Connor, 56, said they had come for the game but also for the Sam Hunt concert that was expected to start at the end of the ninth inning. 1.000

👤 Alyce McFadden 📋 News Article 🏷️ People

Simplified: Meredith Barnett and Kimberly O'Connor attended the Nationals game and Sam Hunt concert Friday night.

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Mr. Vappie, 52, was already charged over a year ago, when prosecutors accused him of defrauding taxpayers when he was paid more than $7,000 for appearing to be on duty while he was spending personal t... 0.900

👤 prosecutors 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , legal , corruption

Simplified: Vappie was charged over a year ago with defrauding taxpayers of over $7000 while spending personal time with official.

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Ms. Barnett, a federal contractor, said she was supportive of the efforts President Trump had made to crack down on crime, which she said was a problem in Washington. 0.900

👤 Meredith Barnett 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Crime

Simplified: Meredith Barnett supports President Trump's efforts to crack down on crime in Washington.

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The indictment “reflects the prosecution of two public officials alleged to have engaged in a yearslong continuing fraud scheme that used public money for personal ends,” Michael M. Simpson, the actin... 0.900

👤 Michael M. Simpson 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , legal , corruption

Simplified: Indictment reflects prosecution of officials engaged in fraud scheme using public money for personal ends Simpson said.

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There weren’t any federal law enforcement agents around as the game began, as far as this reporter could tell, and even the Metropolitan Police Department presence seemed fairly muted. 0.800

👤 Alyce McFadden 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law Enforcement

Simplified: Federal law enforcement agents were absent as the Nationals game began Friday night.

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She and her former bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, face a combined 18 felony counts, including making false statements, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , legal

Simplified: Cantrell and Vappie face 18 felony counts including false statements obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

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Outside the stadium gates, young people packed into picnic tables outside bars and restaurants, enjoying a warm and muggy Friday night as vendors hawked water, sausages and merchandise. 0.900

👤 Alyce McFadden 📋 News Article 🏷️ Social

Simplified: Young people packed picnic tables outside Nationals Park bars and restaurants Friday night.

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As the Nationals game against the Philadelphia Phillies got underway Friday night, thousands of Major League Baseball fans streamed into Nationals Park in Washington as they would for any other game. 0.900

👤 Alyce McFadden 📋 News Article 🏷️ Sports , Washington D.C.

Simplified: Thousands of baseball fans streamed into Nationals Park Friday night for the Nationals-Phillies game.

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The indictment emerged from a lengthy federal investigation into corruption that has cast a shadow over Ms. Cantrell’s second and final term as mayor, which ends in January. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , legal , political , investigation

Simplified: Indictment emerged from federal investigation into corruption casting shadow over Cantrell's final term ending in January.

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LaToya Cantrell was charged with going to criminal lengths to carry out, and cover up, a romantic relationship with a city police officer assigned to protect her. 0.900

👤 prosecutors 📋 News Article 🏷️ crime , legal , political

Simplified: LaToya Cantrell was charged with criminal actions to carry out and cover up a romantic relationship.

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