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An employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority was arrested this week on charges that he allegedly stole emergency medical equipment from multiple Metro locations and sold it online, the transit agency said today.

Authorities say that Derrick Davis, 40, stole 13 automatic external defibrillators from Metro facilities and then sold them on Internet auction sites such as eBay. Davis, who lives in Laurel, was arrested Wednesday by Metro Transit Police after a months-long investigation that ended when a detective posing as a buyer met Davis at a local convenience store.

Police say Davis, a maintenance worker on Metro’s infrastructure, confessed to the theft following his arrest. He was formally charged yesterday in Prince George’s County District Court on a count of theft over $1,000. Each of the defibrillators Davis allegedly stole is valued around $1,400.

On eBay, bids for devices such as those Davis allegedly attempted to re-sell go upward of $1,000.

Davis is being held in jail pending a bail hearing. He was suspended by Metro following his arrest.