Some person must have set him up

Mr. Marion Berry has once again tested postive for cocaine last fall. Story breaks one week after he was mugged - by people who knew who he was! Oh and he forgot to pay his taxes for the last six years.
Somehow you still gotta love the guy.

Anonymous: Mr. Barry is reportedly robbed in his home by young men who first helped him bring groceries into his house. As I understand it, he then refuses to file a complaint so that the youths can be prosecuted. Now it turns out he's tested positive for cocaine use. Mr. Barry is certainly innocent until proven guilty of any crime, but it does not seem a leap of faith to see the possibility of this "robbery" being a drug deal gone bad, or at least the possibility that Barry did not want to pursue a criminal investigation since his drug use would be more publicized. He strikes me as an old, sick man who badly needs help much more than street creds.

Carol D. Leonnig: You raise a good question about Barry's recent account of being robbed, and of his press conference on the matter. There are a lot of people in the community who have their eyebrows raised about that incident, but at the moment, there are more questions than answers.