Take Back What's Yours, Maybe

As 2008 expires, so does your chance to reclaim stolen property recovered in a sting of a fencing operation in Southeast. Police are leaving up the Web site featuring the goods through tomorrow. The Washington Post says that both trash and treasure will be put on display at the Armory for personal inspection Monday through Wednesday of next week. Police say that claimants will need to present proof of ownership to take home their stuff, though the report suggests that the bar may be set low for more common objects. You might at least get a look at the goods before they go on to auction earlier in 2009.