Congressional Digest

Excerpt

In the early morning hours of March 16, 2008, police descended on a house in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood known to contain unoccupied or abandoned homes, after receiving reports of a raucous party. When they arrived, they found the sparsely furnished home full of revelers, scantily clad women, and copious amounts of alcohol. Upon further investigation, the police determined that a woman named “Peaches” had invited some of the guests, and others had received second-hand invitations. While Peaches wasn’t there when police came knocking, a phone conversation with her — and a subsequent call to the proper…