Judge: Former Drug Kingpin Cornell Jones Owes The City More Than $1 Million

The news hasn’t gotten any better for D.C. gangster legend Cornell Jones since a jury found last month that he swindled the city out of nearly $330,000 worth of grant funds. A D.C. Superior Court judge entered final judgment in the case Friday, ordering that Jones and Miracle Hands, the nonprofit group he founded, pay the city $1.08 million — a sum that accounts for the triple damages provided for under the city’s false-claims statute, $90,000 in civil penalties and another $4,300 in litigation costs.