The Post is reporting that Ingmar Guandique has arrived in D.C. The paper writes:

"Federal marshals transported Ingmar Guandique to Washington on Monday night from a federal prison facility, where he was serving time for attacking two women.

Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said that Guandique will be taken today from the D.C. Jail to the police department homicide unit's office for fingerprinting, photographing and other processing. He will then be returned to the jail to await an initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court, possibly tomorrow."

Introducing the debut of Washington City Paper's blogging series on the centrality of jailhouse snitches to the case against Ingmar Guandique, the illegal immigrant from El Salvador against whom local authorities filed an arrest warrant on March 3 in connection with the murder of Chandra Levy.

When Ingmar Guandique first learned that he'd likely be arrested for murdering Chandra Levy, he didn't hide his emotions, according to court documents. Rather, he said, "Fuck, it’s over. They got me now. What am I gonna do?" How do authorities know he said that?

A jailhouse snitch. Guandique is currently serving time for other attacks in California, and he apparently has no problem running his mouth. Guandique's arrest warrant hinges on testimony from multiple fellow inmates.

And how strong a case is that going to be?

Read More "The Levy Case and Jailhouse Snitches–Part 1" »

At 1:14 p.m., Mayor Adrian M. Fenty held a press conference at D.C. police headquarters to announce that an arrest warrant had been issued for illegal Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique in the May 2001 murder of congressional intern Chandra Levy. The announcement has been widely anticipated since Feb. 20, when news accounts reported a break in the case.

Those accounts may have helped seal the arrest. According to arrest documents [PDF] filed in D.C. Superior Court, Guandique, who is now incarcerated for other attacks, "heard a recent news report on the radio, broadcasting that he would be arrested soon for the Levy murder. [A witness] said that Guandique became very anxious and said something to the effect of, 'Fuck, it's over. They got me now. What am I gonna do?'"

Guandique told the witness that when detectives came to arrest him, "he was going to escape by starting a fire with a battery and tissue to cause a distraction."

The arrest stems from Guandique's own jailhouse ramblings. The new evidence in the case comes mainly from other inmates and people who have heard Guandique talk about the Levy murder. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier says that these witnesses have been thoroughly vetted.

Read More "Guandique to Be Arrested in Chandra Levy Case" »

Just announced by U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor, with D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, down at police headquarters. Jason Cherkis is down there and will have a full report when he returns.

UPDATE, 2:40 P.M.: Video from WRC-TV...

OK, it's been a week since news reports broke that an arrest in the murder of Chandra Levy was imminent. The Washington Post reported on Sunday:

"Levy's parents said D.C. police officials told them late Friday that they planned to make an arrest within 'the next couple of days.'"

Well, it's been a couple of days. So what's going on here?

I really hope the D.C. Police Department don't end up arresting this guy for Chandra Levy's murder.

Not sure whether the Newseum has an exhibit titled "Beat Sweeteners: A Quadrennial Tradition." But if there is, I nominate Anne Kornblut's Saturday piece in the Washington Post for a central place behind the glass. I am speaking of this piece of puffery, a profile of White House "fixer" and Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina. Now, if Messina has ever done anything untoward, anything tawdry or dumb, well, we're not going to know that from Kornblut. Because here's what she's got to say about this man:

Starting with the lede:

Holed up in a windowless West Wing office, Jim Messina is working on his usual assignment: fixing President Obama's problems.

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The Washington Post reports that an arrest is "imminent" in the years-old unsolved murder of Chandra Levy. Here's the story's first telling graph:

"The parents of slain intern Chandra Levy said this morning that D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told them late Friday night that an arrest warrant in the eight-year old unsolved murder case is 'imminent in the next couple of days.'"

Kind of shocking until you find out who police allege did the crime. It's a name everyone has heard before. And no---it's not Gary Condit.

The Washington Post yesterday posted a transcript of reporter Eric Prisbell's interview with Gary Williams.

It's a fabulous conversation, and both Prisbell and Williams seem at the top of their games.

Williams comes off better here than he did in the Post's three-part, more-words-than-Chandra-Levy-got series on the Maryland coach and his recruiting tools.

Here, he's defiant throughout and never flinches during all the questions and statements from Prisbell hammering home Williams' reputation as a lackadaisical recruiter.

My favorite portion:

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Looks like D.C. police got a totally sweet makeover computer game for Christmas in 2000. "Chapter Five: A Secret Meeting" of the Post's "Who Killed Chandra Levy" series includes an AP image of several doctored photographs the police circulated following Levy's disappearance. The photographs show Levy's face crudely Photoshopped beneath four completely ridiculous hairdos.

Find it here. You will not be disappointed.

One imagined makeover has Levy sporting a blonde, feathered Farrah Faucet cut. Two photos top Levy with short afros; one with bangs, one without. One photo appears to have molded Levy's hair in the shape of a coonskin cap.

Good work, Posties. Readers, stay tuned for the next installment in "Unearthing Old AP File Photos: The Twelve Part Series."