Well see what happens in the next couple weeks. Thank you. He could have spent 24 years in federal prison, but today Linwood Barnhill got seven years in prison for prostituting teens and possession of child porn. Bruce leshan has a look at why. Reporter former d. C. CopLinwood Barnhill pleaded guilty to horrible crimes, prostituting 15, 16, 17year old girls from his southeast apartment and possession of a video of the 17yearold performing oral sex on him, but to save the girls from having to publicly testify against him, prosecutors agreed to a deal that will have him spend just seven years in prison. Thats at least two years less than federal sentencing guidelines. This enables everyone to move forward and enables the witnesses to go forward, mr. Barnhill. He obviously expressed a lot of remorse from the beginning. Reporter both the prosecutor and defense attorney here in federal court told the judge the victims never knew that barnhill was a cop. That weighed into the judges reluctan
Alabama, andrea mccarren, wusa9. We may have to wait a couple weeks to find out those answers. Thank you. Former d. C. CopLinwood Barnhill will spend years in prison, but he cop Linwood Barnhill will spend years in prison, but he could have gotten even more time. Reporter im bruce johnson. A judge just handed a d. C. Cop who was prostituting teenage girls a seven year prison sentence. This enables the witnesses to move forward. Reporter both prosecutor and defense attorney at federal court told the judge the victims never knew that barnhill was a cop. That awayed into the judges reluctant agreement that weighed into the judges reluctant agreement to accept the plea deal, but one of the victims lawyers is telling a very different story and threatening to sue the city. He actually pulled a gun from underneath the seat and bragged about being a d. C. Police officer. Reporter barnhill will have to register as a sex offender and serve 10 years probation when he gets out. Advocates hope it s
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