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A White House staff member has been placed on leave and charged with assault after she allegedly shot at her boyfriend during a domestic dispute. The man involved is a U.S. Capitol police officer. VPC
Barvetta Singletary.(Photo: Maryland District Attorney's Office via WUSA.)
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A senior White House aide has been charged with assault in a Washington, D.C. suburb after reportedly threatening and shooting at her boyfriend<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— a U.S. Capitol Police officer.
Barvetta Singletary, 37, is a special assistant to the president who handles President Obama's relations with the House of Representatives. Police in Prince George's County, Maryland say Singletary and the unnamed officer had a domestic dispute last Friday morning in the suburb of Upper Marlboro<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when she<span style="color: Red;">*</span>grabbed his duty weapon out of a bag and fired one round into the floor. No one was injured, police said.
Court records show that Singletary was charged with first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. She's been released from jail on $75,000 bond and has a court date in September.
White House officials did not immediately respond to requests for Singletary's job status.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Her salary was $126,250 last year, according to a White House salary disclosure.
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