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.

We know “sympathy” and “tow truck” are rarely used in the same sentence, but bear with us. The AP is reporting that two two truck employees in Frederickburg are being charged with felonies for towing a car with a two-year-old girl in it. But how did a toddler end up alone in a towed vehicle? Apparently her mother double-parked the car, left her daughter in it with the doors unlocked, and ran in to talk…

It seems amazing to me that the District government doesn’t impose an additional fee when it tows cars illegally parked in rush hour lanes. Whenever possible the city just moves cars to another nearby street, gives the driver a $100 ticket, and that’s it, no additional towing fee. Considering the inconvenience drivers who leave their cars in rush hour lanes cause to everyone, the practice seems a little too fair. Well now the D.C. Council…