former columbia city councilman brian dequincey newman and current richland county councilman kelvin washington are charged with failure to file tax returns. our michal higdon was at their hearing and joins us with the details. the bond hearing lasted about 30 minutes and finished just over an hour ago. kelvin washington was brought up first and was charged with 3 counts of willful failure to file a tax return. washington is accused of failing to file state tax returns for 2012, 2013, and 2014...totalling nearly half a million dollars of income during he was given a personal recognizance bond of 15 brian newman was next and charged with two return for 2012 and 2013...failing to report just over 200-thousand dollars of his income. he was granted a 10- thousand dollar p-r bond. now these are misdemeanor charges and were filed as a result of the department of revenue's investigation into the use of the penny