Ex-D.C. Mayor Candidate Arrested On Driving Charge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former D.C. mayoral candidate says he was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended Maryland license and failure to obey.

Sulaimon Brown, who has accused aides of then-candidate Vincent Gray of trying to buy his support, says he was arrested early Monday in Washington. Brown says he was given a $75 ticket for driving with a broken headlight. He must return to court on Oct. 25.

Brown said he did not know anything was wrong with his license, which he has had for some time and never changed to Washington.

Brown is to appear in Superior Court this week as part of the D.C. Council's investigation into Gray's hiring practices. Brown says Gray's campaign gave him cash and promised him a job for criticizing then-Mayor Adrian Fenty.

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