we are learning new details about what led to the arrest of d.c. councilman marion barry. good evening, craig melvin is off tonight. it is the latest brush with the law. marion barry is facing misdemeanor stalking charges. news 4 has learned he was taken into police custody after getting ready to head out of town with an acquaintance. we have team coverage on the story. we begin with darcy spencer at the park police station in south east washington. reporter: good evening, keith. a spokesperson for marion barry says the two had lunch together yesterday and a person close to barry tells news 4 the two had plans to go to rehob edge beach and apparently the woman decided she didn t want to go. they returned back to d.c. and at some point last night ended up here in anacostia park in separate vehicles. police said she flagged them down and said she was being stalked. council member barry is no stalker. he is someone who lended his hand to assist which in the end has come back