The Metropolitan Police Department is expanding an anti-littering pilot program this week, empowering officers in the Sixth District east of the Anacostia River to hand out $75 tickets to people caught throwing trash on the ground.

Back in April, we let you know about a new Metropolitan Police Department pilot program which would enable police officers to fine those caught dumping trash on the streets and sidewalks of the department’s Fourth District. Well, the warning period is over.

You don’t often have to go very far in this town to see litter — and we don’t mean just an overflowing trash can. The District’s streets have somewhat of a reputation for serving as a dumping ground for chicken bones, shattered bottles, and all sorts of other disgusting refuse, which can pile up for weeks. The Metropolitan Police Department is now going to do something about it, though: starting May 1, MPD will kick off a pilot littering enforcement program, in which those caught dumping trash on the streets and sidewalks of the department’s Fourth District will be ticketed and fined $75.

As many as three Metropolitan Police Department officers based in the department’s Fourth District have been arrested this afternoon on stolen goods-related charges, according to various reports. The FBI was also reportedly involved in today’s arrests. it is the second time in the last few days that police from the Fourth District have been arrested; on Saturday, MPD officer Jennifer Green was charged with receiving stolen goods after taking part in an undercover burglary sting…