A D.C. resident says he stole back his bicycle after it was taken from his friend's porch Sunday night and then posted for sale on Craigslist the following morning. And the vendor who attempted to sell that bike is also listing several other cycles for amounts well below their suggested retail prices. more ›

Calling the theft of over $350,000 in District funds by Harry Thomas Jr. a “betrayal of the public trust,” a judge today sentenced the former Ward 5 councilmember to more than three years in federal prison. more ›

Disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. was sentenced to 38 months in prison today for stealing over $350,000 in city funds and using them for a luxury SUV, trips to exotic locales and other personal expenses. more ›

Cell phone service providers and the FCC joined with police commissioners in D.C. today to announce new initiatives to tamp down on the theft of smart phones and electronic gadgets. more ›

Just as many other cities across the country, D.C. has been hit by a rash of robberies, a large part targeting people with iPhones and other electronic gadgets. Now D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has a message for national cell phone service providers—step up and help stop the thefts. more ›

If someone recently stole an iPhone or iPad from you, call the D.C. police—they may well have recovered during a massive sting operation. more ›

Yesterday D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Mayor Vince Gray announced a number of arrests in connection to thefts of electronic gadgets, which have spiked in 2012. more ›

Most everyone has a smart phone these days, and plenty of people aren't discrete about using them out in the open. But for D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, every smart phone user is a potential victim, and today she joined Mayor Vince Gray in warning of a citywide uptick in robberies and thefts of phones and other electronic gadgets. more ›

Two Metro workers were arrested last night and face charges of stealing over $150,000 from fare machines, a good chunk of which went towards buying lottery tickets. more ›

The amount stolen may be lower, but the crime and provenance of the elected official committing it is the same. more ›

The D.C. Council could take Harry Thomas, Jr.'s name off of the office directory and website, but it won't be as easy to exorcise some of the demons his corruption have revealed. more ›

UPDATED: After a day of conjecture and confusion as to Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr.'s (D-Ward 5) fate yesterday, today federal prosecutors charged him with theft and filing a false tax return. more ›

This morning, a man was arrested inside the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square after he was found to have stolen supplies from the group's supply tent. more ›

Sometimes, a fresh quote can really liven up a nine-month-old story. more ›

While the city's homicide rate gets most of the attention as we enter the homestretch of 2011, the frequency of other crimes is certainly worth keeping an eye on. Take robbery, for example. more ›

Some unknown bandits apparently took a joyride in a truck containing $200,000 worth of President Barack Obama's speech gear -- including audio equipment, TelePrompters and "several lecterns with the presidential seal" -- yesterday. more ›

Now, we've seen read about strange attempts at getaways, but here's one for the record books. more ›

In this morning's roundup, we noted that Leslie Charles Waffen, a former National Archives employee, was scheduled to appear in a Maryland court on charges that he stole almost a thousand “sound recording items” belonging to the federal government. Today, Waffen admitted he stole the items, but that really isn't the most interesting part of the story. more ›

No, cops in Columbia Heights are not stopping people on bikes, asking to see proof of ownership and confiscating the bikes if none could be provided. more ›

Metro's board of directors is meeting today, and the conversation has centered on crime. more ›

You might have the idea that bike theft in the District of Columbia is something that occurs under the cloak of darkness or in areas where foot traffic is at a minimum. Of course, that just isn't the case. Take, for example, this video, which shows a thief stealing a bike on a late Thursday afternoon along busy Connecticut Avenue as dozens of pedestrians simply stroll by. more ›

The dognappers, it seems, are more brazen than ever. more ›

WMATA announced this afternoon that Metro Transit Police arrested three individuals – two current Metro employees, and one former employee (UPDATE: and one more!) – on theft charges. more ›

A group of five teenagers reportedly broke into and ransacked a D.C. firehouse while firefighters were on a call Tuesday morning. more ›

Bike theft in D.C. has always been a big problem, but when summer crests and more people are out and about on two wheels, it feels like the thieves start getting braver. Well, one Bloomingdale resident wasn't about to let one teenager get away with walking into his neighbor's yard and swiping a bike yesterday afternoon. more ›

Back in January, we noted that Rick Kelsey, a former teacher at McKinley Technology High School, was charged with stealing $13,000 in laptops from the school. Those laptops are believed to have been purchased with a portion of a $100,000 grant meant to fund the McKinley students' efforts to teach senior citizens how use the Internet. Now Kelsey -- whose defenders couldn't really get their stories straight before he pleaded guilty to the theft in January -- might be in more hot water: the case has now been passed along to the feds. more ›

Well, here's a new one: Kytja Weir reports that a Metro supervisor, who had been hoarding over 70 pieces of Metro-owned equipment like computer monitors, cameras and a generator inside his home, will not face any criminal charges because -- wait for it -- WMATA "may have served to create an atmosphere where such behavior, although not explicitly condoned or excused, was part of an implicitly tolerated practice." more ›

The Examiner reports that Rick Kelsey, a former teacher at McKinley Technology High School, has been charged with stealing a portion of a $100,000 grant meant to fund the McKinley students' efforts to teach senior citizens how use the internet. Police arrested Kelsey this morning after a month-long investigation into the grant spending -- one teacher who was questioned by school investigators said that it was "the biggest case of fraud, waste, and abuse that he's ever seen." Of course, the most interesting part of the story is probably how Kelsey's defenders contradict themselves when they try to proclaim his innocence: Kelsey's wife claims that Kelsey spent appropriately and submitted expense reports to the school system; the man who wrote the grant application, meanwhile, said that Kelsey couldn't have been guilty because he "had no ability to move any money, to spend any money." Whoops. more ›

Stealing presents from children on Christmas Eve is about as low as it gets. But fortunately for one family, Lieutenant Vincent Turner was working the Christmas Eve shift. more ›

WTOP reports that Maryland prosecutors have notched another guilty plea in the Brian Betts murder case. Artura Otey Williams, the mother of a teen who pled guilty to robbing Betts with a handgun, pled guilty on Tuesday to using credit cards which were stolen from Betts after his death. Williams used a card that belonged to Betts to make various purchases at Giant, Shoppers Food Warehouse and Foot Locker -- she plead guilty to two charges of theft, each carrying a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison. Williams' admission of guilt is the fourth in connection with the Betts case -- the trial of Deontra Gray, the lone holdout, is scheduled to start after the New Year. Betts, the 42-year-old former principal of Shaw Middle School, was found dead in his Silver Spring home in April. more ›