DC Chief's Vehicle Snatched

[MountainLaurel]

The POLICE CHIEF'S car was stolen?! Oh my maude. Now there's a ringing endorsement for tourists.

Wanted: Stolen car. Make and model: Ford Crown Victoria. Owner: D.C. police department.

Reported stolen by: Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey.

So goes the saga of car theft in the District, where even the police chief's department-issued car can get swiped a block from his home.

"There is not a whole lot to add to it," Ramsey said. "The car was taken, and there was nothing of real value in it. Cars are getting stolen every day."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062001003.html

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[CheckyPantz]

1. Like a breath of DC air, circa 1994

This is the type of story I would have expected to see ten or fifteen years ago. It's refreshing to see that - even amidst the push to turn DC into an actual, functional city - the angry, dirty, confusing city I know and love still lurks.

[northzax]

2. indeed, despite Tony's best attempts

to bleach the place out, the ol' colony still has some chaos left.