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Mar 12, 2013

D.C. Man Convicted of Pretending to Be City Employee in Order to Steal Old Lady’s Car

A D.C. man was convicted today of a bizarre August 2012 crime in which he impersonated a District government worker, conned an elderly woman into allowing him to tow her car away, and then selling the vehicle for scrap metal at a Maryland junkyard.

 
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