WASHINGTON (AP)  Marion Barry, the former mayor of the District of Columbia, was arrested over the weekend and charged with stalking a female acquaintance, the latest in a long string of legal troubles for him.

Federal Park Police said Mr. Barry, who is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, was arrested after a woman told an officer that Mr. Barry was stalking her. He was charged with misdemeanor stalking and released.

The police did not name Mr. Barry’s accuser. But his spokeswoman, Natalie Williams, said on Sunday afternoon that the 40-year-old woman was someone Mr. Barry knew and had helped financially.

The woman and Mr. Barry are friends and had lunch earlier in the day, Ms. Williams said. Mr. Barry ran into the woman again during Fourth of July festivities in Anacostia Park but was on his way home when the incident occurred, Ms. Williams said.