Your Tuesday Blotter Blotter continues after the jump.

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• Authorities are trying to figure out whether two homicides in Montgomery County are connected.

Punyasara W. Palkumbure Gedara, 41, was fatally shot Monday afternoon, about six months after reportedly he came to the United States from Sri Lanka.The other victim, Nazir Ahmed, was found dead Friday. He had also been shot. (ABC7)

• Might want to hide your fake pot after reading the Washington Post report about how District police are cracking down on K2 or Spice.

Businesses in Adams Morgan and Anacostia have recently been notified by narcotics investigators, according to the Post. The officers are informing the businesses that their assets could be forfeited or sold. (Washington Post)

• A 12-year-old in Takoma Park mistakenly thought a sprinting man was a child abductor. Turns out he was a newspaper deliveryman.

Whoops. Sorry about that, guy who was just delivering papers, NOT abducting children. (The Gazette)

• Police are looking for a tow truck that was stolen from Ward's Towing in Woodbridge. You'd think this would be easier, because ... it's a tow truck, but it turns out a few days have gone by and authorities still haven't recovered the vehicle.

The missing tow truck has a "Ward’s Truck Center" logo and personalized tags.

"I was shocked — people don’t just steal a tow truck," Chrissy Ward, the wife of one of the owners of Ward's Towing, said in a report on insidenova.com (insidenova.com)

All Points

• Guy arrested on DWI charge brings beer to DWI hearing. Of course. (Times Herald-Record)

• A 21-year-old linebacker for the Miami Hurricanes is facing felony charges. Ramon Buchanan has been suspended. (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

"I don't remember anything about her except that she was smiley and nice," Bedient wrote in a Facebook message. "but a lot can change in a person in 16 years."

Authorities now believe the girl that Bedient shared a soccer field with years ago attacked 30-year-old Jayna Murray at a Lululemon Atheltica store in Bethesda earlier this month. Her old teammates have shared conflicting stories about the former defender. Some remember a liar and a thief. Then there are others who say the native of Federal Way, Wash., came from a strong family and was a good friend.

"I don't recall a ton of memories [because] it was about 15 years ago," former teammate Rachel Rodrick wrote in a message to TBD, "just that she was a good friend, really nice person and had a really nice family too."

Other accounts haven't been so flattering. Megan Healey, who played for Stony Brook with Norwood, told ABC7 that she didn't have the best reputation on the team. Healey says some thought Norwood was a "liar and a thief," and said she was warned about her behavior.

"Other girls on the team that had known her longer than me had told me things like ‘watch your locker, keep it locked, she's been known to steal things,’" Healey told ABC7.

Another Stony Brook teammate, Leanna Yust, told the Washington Post that Norwood swiped money and a shirt from her, and her actions ruined their friendship.

“She was my best friend in college. We had a falling-out because the girl was like a klepto,” Yust told the Post.

Norwood is currently being held without bond and faces a first-degree murder charge. She's accused of beating Murray's head so many times that authorities weren't able to tally the blows. Police believe Norwood then staged a crime scene to make herself appear to be a second victim.

"Out of respect for the Norwood family I'd like to refrain from commenting on Brittany other than that she comes from a warm, loving, generous, well educated and successful family and that this news is probably coming as a shock to them as well as to anyone who knows Brittany," another former teammate, Kim Gordon, wrote in an email. "This is truly a sad and devastating story and my heart goes out to all families involved."

Thursday's edition starts after the jump.

State Lines

• Thirteen gang members from two rival Southeast Washington crews have been indicted.

Police arrested eight suspects earlier this week, reports ABC7. Authorities believe members of the rival crews participated in shootings in the Benning Terrace area. (ABC7)

• Authorities in Montgomery County are searching for two missing teenagers. The girls, ages 12 and 15, were last seen earlier this week. (TBD Justice)

• A jury says a man convicted of murdering a 29-year-old Fairfax County woman in 2008 should be put to death.

Mark Lawlor was convicted earlier this week. He was accused of bludgeoning Genevieve Orange to death in her apartment.

Lawlor is scheduled to be sentenced in June. (Washington Post)

• Of the roughly 2,000 people arrested on Metro last year, more than 500 of them were teens, Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn told WAMU.

Oh, and putting videos of Metro fights online isn't helping things, he says.

"That's a trend," Taborn told WAMU. "That's a trend that you find with the young people and now with the people wanting to download and upload and put things out, that's what happens." (WAMU)

All Points

• Kudos to you, guy who writes headlines at WYFF4.com. (WYFF)

• I've only been out of Miami a few months, but I'd seriously almost forgotten about Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones! How could that happen?! (Miami Herald)

Through it all, though, there has been one constant: Albert Haynesworth.

Did you hear the news about Haynesworth? No? That's because there is no news in the Haynesworth sexual abuse case, which first surfaced last month.

In case you need a refresher, Haynesworth was accused of inappropriately touching a waitress during an early morning incident at the W Hotel. Well, OK, a police report didn't include his name, but sources had confirmed to NBC4 that he was the suspect. Fast forward a few weeks, and here we are, with the allegations still looming and no arrest.

TBD has diligently checked in with the U.S. Attorney’s Office almost daily to make sure no formal charges have been filed yet. The lack of charges is not an indication of Haynesworth's guilt or innocence. It just means this is an ongoing matter.

It should also probably be noted that not every complaint filed with police will result in prosecution. For example, former NFL player Warren Sapp was accused of choking and pushing a woman in a South Beach hotel during Super Bowl week in 2010. He was yanked from the NFL Network broadcast, but authorities later declined to file charges.

So there you go. TBD looks forward to e-mailing U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Bill Miller tomorrow morning to ask the same question we've asked for weeks now. We'll keep you posted if anything changes. In the meantime, a quick check of Virginia court records indicates that Haynesworth's road rage case is still moving forward, in case you really need a legal update about this guy.

Nabintu Mulegwa and Katelynn Crevoisier were last seen Sunday night, according to a news release. Mulegwa, 12, and Crevoisier, 15, didn't return to their White Oak homes that evening.

Mulegwa is 5 feet 5 inches tall. She has red highlights in her black hair and has brown eyes. Crevoisier is 5 feet 7 inches tall, and has blonde hair and hazel eyes. She has one mole behind her right ear and another on her lip.

Pictures of Crevoisier and Mulegwa are below.

Mulegwa

Crevoisier

Your Blotter Blotter begins after the jump.

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• A Montgomery County police officer has been charged with fraud and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Authorities believe Montgomery County Police officer Delores Culmer, 37, used law enforcement computer systems to help an alleged drug trafficker.

U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in a statement that investigators didn't think other officers were involved in the scheme. (TBD)

• Police are calling the death of a D.C. lobbyist who was the wife of a White House aide an accident.

Ashley Turton died in January during an incident in the garage of her Capitol Hill home.

Police say that Turton, who was intoxicated at the time of the crash, lost consciousness and her BMW rolled into a workbench. She didn't wake up when the fire started. (WTOP)

• A jury has awarded $11.5 million to the family of a man who was killed in a police-involved shooting shooting in Prince George's County.

Manuel de Jesus Espina was killed in 2008 by Cpl. Steven Jackson, who was working a security officer at the time. The jury found that Jackson's actions weren't in self defense. (Washington Post)

All Points

• Cocaine at the Nerd Central! (Florida Today)

• Dudes rob the Chicken Shack, then immediately get busted in Chicken Shack T-shirts. Brilliant criminal minds. (UPI)

Authorities are investigating. TBD has left a message with a deputy in Bedford County and will update this post if we hear back.

If the cows were stolen, though, it wouldn't exactly be that outrageous. Cattle rustling (or as I like to call it, cattle rustlin') apparently survived the Wild West era and became one of those Great Recession crimes you hear about these days, like stealing urns for copper.

A 2009 New York Times story found dozens of cows had been reported stolen in Missouri. Two hundred cows were stolen from an auction market in South Dakota, and cattle theft was also reportedly on the rise in Wyoming.

“It’s a big spike,” Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott told the Times. “Usually we’ll go a year or two with no thefts, but it’s really picked up. In these economic times people are taking desperate measures, whether it’s stealing, or whether they’re trying to come up with money through insurance fraud.”

More examples of cattle crime are after the jump.

CATTLE RUSTLING TOTALLY MAKING A COMEBACK, SAYS L.A. TIMES ARTICLE

Rick Wahlert, of the International Livestock Identification Association, told the Times in 2009 that though no national stats can back a claim of an uptick in the crime, some of the member states of his organization were seeing an increase.

"They're half cowboys, so they know how to talk the talk and walk the walk and all that stuff. And they know how to work cattle and load 'em up," investigator Troy McKinney told the Times. "But a true cowboy wouldn't steal."

FROM 2007 TO 2008, CATTLE THEFTS INCREASED IN CATTLE-FRIENDLY STATE OF TEXAS

"When people think cattle rustling they think John Wayne," Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association spokeswoman Carmen Fenton told Reuters. "But it's not like that. Cattle thieves are sophisticated and technologically savvy. They know the law and the penal law. They have a truck and a trailer. They take the cattle to the market and sell them for market value that day."

GUY IN COWBOY HAT SAYS CATTLE RUSTLERS ARE ALSO STEALING CATTLE-RELATED GOODS

"They just don't steal cattle," investigator John Suther, who was described in a 2007 San Francisco Chronicle story as wearing a "a custom-made white cowboy hat from Greeley Hat Works in Colorado." "They steal feed, medicine. I've seen them build their corrals out of railroad ties they steal from the railroad company. It's all pure profit."

Think Flintstones to Jestons here. Goodbye, old-school ledgers, hello bar codes. Adios, poor work conditions for employees. Goodbye, concerns about missing evidence. Well, the jury's still out on that last one we guess, but MPD is hopeful this new system and new building are a step in the right direction.

"Look at it," D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier says. "It's almost impossible to lose track of items now, once they get to work here."

Police allowed TBD Justice and her media friends to tour the warehouse Tuesday. Here's what we found.

ARTWORK OUTSIDE EVIDENCE WAREHOUSE SORTA LOOKS LIKE EVIDENCE

OK, not from far away. But get up close, and look. Guns!

SHELVES INSIDE EVIDENCE WAREHOUSE SORTA LOOK LIKE IKEA

 "Except better," Lanier says. She's probably wrong here. No Swedish meatballs.

BAR CODES BAR CODES BAR CODES

The first stop for evidence collected by MPD is the Cubiscan 150, which will weigh the item. It'll also get a bar code here, which will tell the officer where it should be stored. That bar code can be used to track the item as it moves around the judicial system.

MACHINES MACHINES MACHINES

Some of the evidence MPD collects will be stored in these shelves, which move to make the most of the space. In case you were wondering, people cannot be trapped in the moving shelves.

"It will not close with a person inside of the area," Lanier says.

Good to know.

Another safety precaution is that line you might notice on the floor of the warehouse in the first shelf picture here. Once the lift hits that line, it won't stray from its intended path. Cool, right?

THIS IS WHERE THE DNA EVIDENCE GOES

THIS IS WHERE THE DRUGS GO

THIS WAS THE BEST PART OF THE TOUR

Lanier opened this fridge in the drug room, which will normally be used to store drugs like PCP (I think) and there was a bag of M&M's in there. Who leaves M&M's in a drug fridge?

THIS IS WHERE THE VALUABLES GO

Lanier says MPD used to keep actual money in its evidence warehouse, but that practice has changed. Now this room just will be used to store valuables, she says. It is across from that drug room with the PCP fridge.

AND NOW WE END OUR TOUR

Thanks for letting us visit! Next time can we ride that evidence lift?

No, not singer/songwriter Jack Johnson! That guy's still singing/songwriting. This was our old friend from Prince George's County, who told his wife to stuff thousands of dollars in her bra. Still funny.

ANYWAY. On to the Tuesday Blotter Blotter, after the jump.

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• A man who authorities suspect is the East Coast Rapist was indicted in Loudoun County on Tuesday.

Investigators think 39-year-old Aaron H. Thomas was responsible for more than a dozen rapes on the East Coast. They are still searching for possible victims. (Associated Press)

• A body was found in the trunk of a car that was impounded in Prince George's County.

The remains were sent to Baltimore, where a cause of death will be determined by a medical examiner, the Gazette reports. The discovery was made Monday afternoon. (The Gazette)

• The reward for information about a homicide at a high-end Bethesda athletic apparel store has grown to more than $100,000.

Killed in the Friday night incident at lululemon athletica was 30-year-old Jayna Murray, of Arlington, Va. Police say one of Murray's coworkers was also attacked. (ABC7)

All Points

• A Brooklyn man accused of killing four people told authorities that he had a "doozy of a day." (Associated Press)

• From our friends in Florida: "Sex-Toy Stealing Marathon Man Arrested When Ex Turns in Box of Dildos" (Miami New Times)

If you must, though, you should know that a DUI checkpoint will be in place in College Park on Thursday, according to a news release. You've been warned.

Here's some other ways to get home, in case you find yourself in need of a safe ride:

• Sober Ride: 1-800-200-TAXI (8294)

• Nite Ride: 301-405-NITE (6483)

• University of Maryland police escort (walking version): 301-405-3555

We're sure you all remember Johnson's memorable exchange with his wife, Leslie, during their arrest, but in case you've forgotten the other details of this case, a refresher is after the jump.

Who

• Jack Johnson is the former Prince George's County executive. He and his wife Leslie, a Prince George's Council member, were both caught in a federal corruption probe last year.

An indictment alleges that Jack Johnson took bribes from a local liquor store owner and developers. A federal probe of the alleged pay-to-play took years to complete.

What

• According to the indictment, investigators believe Jack Johnson accepted thousands of dollars in bribes. In exchange, he helped the developers secure federal grant funding.

The indictment indicates that the Johnson arrests were part of a larger probe of the county's government.

When

• Jack Johnson and his wife, Leslie, were arrested in November, accused of tampering with and destroying evidence.

Leslie Johnson was found with thousands of dollars stuffed in her undergarments when she was searched by FBI agents. Authorities also believe she flushed a $100,000 check before they entered the Johnson home in Mitchellville.

What's Happened Since the Arrest
• Leslie Johnson has repeatedly asked a judge to reschedule a preliminary hearing in her case. Earlier this month, she said needed more time to investigate the allegations.

• Jack Johnson was indicted earlier this year.

• According to the Washington Post, the son of Jack and Leslie Johnson, Jack B. Johnson Jr., landed a job in the county's government. Go figure.

Quoteworthy

Who are we kidding. It was all gold. Why pick just one quote? Here's a transcript of the good stuff.

But Head also allegedly backed into another vehicle, which happened to be an unmarked police car. That's just bad luck.

According to the Frederick Police Department, an officer in an unmarked patrol car noticed the Ford truck early Sunday morning. Sgt. Matthew Burns unsuccessfully tried to stop the truck, but couldn't catch it until he arrived at an intersection.

At the intersection he saw that the truck had collided with a Volkswagen. That's when the driver of the truck put it in reverse, backed into Burns' cruiser and came to a stop "resting atop" the car, according to a news release.

Head, the truck's driver, was then arrested. He faces several charges.

Authorities believe a fight in the parking lot of a local bar sparked the incident. Head is accused of ramming the VW and pushing it into a pole, and possibly trying to hit the occupants a second time after they fled the car.

"It is not believed that the driver of the Ford was aware that Sgt. Burns had arrived on the scene nor that he intentionally struck the police vehicle," the release states.

On to Blotter Blotter, after the jump.

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• Hey, guess who is already in the news this week? It's our old friend Sulaimon Brown, D.C. Mayor Vince Gray's worst nightmare! And he keeps getting better and better.

When we left our hero, he was telling TBD about that time his bike got stolen during a meeting with the FBI. Could happen to anyone, right? WELL. Now WUSA says Brown went to trial to face an attempted murder charge in Illinois. Yikes. That is significantly more serious than a stolen Trek. He was acquitted by a jury. (WUSA)

• Authorities are offering a reward for information on a homicide and sexual assault that occurred at a Bethesda, Md., athletic apperal store.

Jayna Murray, 30, of Arlington, Va., was killed in the upscale Lululemon Athletica store on Friday night, authorities say. Her 27-year-old co-worker was reportedly sexually assaulted. She's expected to be released from a local hospital today.

A press conference about the case is scheduled for Monday afternoon. (AP, ABC7)

• A Guardian Angel (in training) got punched in the face on Saturday. (WTOP)

• Authorities believe a husband-and-wife team is behind several burglaries in Maryland.

Investigators have arrested 28-year-old Edward James Johnson and his wife, 27-year-old Robin Renee Johnson, in connection to the burglaries, which were reported in Marriotsville, West Friendship, and Cooksville.

The couple resides in Sykesville. (Washington Post Crime Scene blog)

All Points

• Madonna has an (alleged) stalker. (New York Daily News)

• Oh, this is fantastic. (Reuters)

Your Thursday Blotter Blotter begins after the jump.

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• Known TBD hater Sulaimon Brown says his bike was stolen during a meeting with the FBI earlier this week. Things keep getting worse and worse for the former mayoral candidate, who lost his job, cried at a news conference and is now bike-less. That's a tough run of bad luck there, Sulaimon.

Brown says that his Trek hybrid was locked on a downtown bike rack during the meeting. It was black. If you stole this bike, please contact TBD Justice. And then give it back, we guess. (TBD Justice)

• DNA evidence links a 49-year-old man to a New Year's Day fatal stabbing at  Suburban Hospital, reports the Washington Post.

Keith Little, of Lanham, has been arrested in connection to the death of Roosevelt Brockington Jr., who was his supervisor at the hospital. DNA was reportedly found on a glove that authorities believe Brockington's killer was wearing. (Washington Post)

• Here are the mug shots of the East Coast Rapist. The pictures are the first images of Aaron Thomas that authorities have released.

Investigators have connected the 39-year-old Thomas to more than a dozen rape cases and are still searching for more victims. (Insidenova.com)

All Points

• Authorities say New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather was present when two men were shot in Florida late last month. (Orlando Sentinel)

• Oh good, this outburst at a Burger King was caught on video. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• In the battle between a giant Gopher and a math professor ... OK there are no winners here. (Star Tribune)

Brown, the former mayoral candidate and current mayoral pain in the ass, says his black Trek bicycle was stolen from a downtown bike rack when he was meeting with the FBI earlier this week. The lock that had secured the bike is also missing, Brown says.

"I was on my way to the appointment and I locked my bike on one of those little metal things on the street, across the street," Brown says, "and when I came out the bike was gone."

Brown has said he met with FBI agents who are investigating allegations he's made about Mayor Vince Gray's campaign.

Brown was recently fired from $110,000-a-year gig at the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance, and now says he was promised a job and given cash payments from Gray's campaign. Gray has denied the allegations.

As for the hybrid bike, Brown says he hasn't yet filed a police report. He says it was worth about $1,800, purchased several months ago, and was used to commute to and from work.

"It was a very good bike," Brown says.

Prince William County police say they are searching for the person or persons who made off with 36 tires and 36 chrome rims from vehicles parked on a GMC dealership lot in Manassas.

The theft happened sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning, when it was reported.

The rims and wheels were worth about $45,000.

State Lines

• Those MPD officers accused of trying to buy stolen goods sure do like Apple products, according to court documents.

The officers, who appeared in court Wednesday, allegedly tried to buy stolen iPhones, iPads and other electronics, the documents state.

Guillermo Ortiz, Silvestre Bonilla and Dioni Fernandez were all released on personal recognizance, reports ABC7's Gail Huff. (TBD, ABC7)

• Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County have decided a former Miami Beach police officer was justified when he fatally shot a Virginia man outside a South Beach club in 2009. Sigh. OK, guys. (TBD Justice, Miami New Times)

• One man was injured when a fight broke out near the Chinatown/Gallery Place Metro station, the Washington Post reports.

The fight at 7th and H Sts. NW occurred Tuesday night. (Washington Post)

• The Frederick News-Post has more details on a man who shot his mother and sister before turning the gun on himself.

John Ming Lee purchased a gun a day before he attacked his family members, according to the News-Post, which filed a request for information about the incident. (Frederick News-Post)

All Points

• Thanks, Reuters, for this headline: "Robed, bewigged judge rugby-tackles prisoner" (Reuters)

• This mug shot is incredible. (Associated Press)

The documents are posted after the jump, but here's some highlights:

• Remember all those stolen iPhones? Officer Guillermo Ortiz apparently does. He allegedly tried to buy one, along with a television, in January. Ortiz was on duty, in uniform, when one deal went down. He's caught on tape moving a television into his MARKED POLICE CRUISER.

• Officer Dioni Fernandez rides around in a blue PT Cruiser. He allegedly wanted stolen iPads. Again, he rides around in a blue PT Cruiser.

We'll update this post with documents for the third accused officer, Silvestre Bonilla, when we receive them. ABC7's Gail Huff is at the suspects' court appearances this afternoon. She'll have more on the case tonight.

UPDATE: Gail Huff reports that Bonilla and Ortiz were both released on personal recognizance.

UPDATE PART 2: Huff reports that the third officer, Fernandez, has just appeared in court. Same result. More on ABC7 tonight.

FernandezFernandez charging doc

Ortiz

Ortiz Charging doc

Bonilla

Bonilla charging doc

You can read the closeout memo on the Miami New Times website. In the memo, the State Attorney's Office notes that Husien Shehada didn't raise his arms at Miami Beach officers' commands, and his brother, Samer, carried a coat hanger that some thought was a gun.

The case was notable not just because it the incident involved an unarmed tourist leaving a South Beach club, but also because the officer who fired the fatal shots was involved in another shooting days later and then arrested for running a marijuana grow house. That officer, Adam Tavss, is no longer on the force.

Make sure to read the New Times' story on the shooting from 2009, which includes Samer's account of the incident.

"I watched blood pouring out of my brother's mouth, and I knew he was dead," Samer Shehada told the New Times. "I started praying and I was really confused. Why would the police just shoot my brother like that?"

Sorta makes MPD's problems look like small potatoes, right?

Your Tuesday edition starts after the jump.

State Lines

• A 28-year-old D.C. police officer is facing criminal charges following a sting.

Jennifer Green stands accused of receiving stolen property. She allegedly worked with a confidential informant who burglarized an apartment and let Green in on a cut of the valuables that were recovered. She's accused of taking cash during the theft, according to ABC7. (TBD Latest blog)

• But wait there's more! These MPD arrests aren't connected to Green's case, authorities say. (TBD, ABC7)

• Please don't set your schools on fire, students. (TBD Latest blog)

• Police are still looking for victims of the East Coast Rapist, who was recently apprehended after years of searching. 

Authorities have already linked the suspect, Aaron Thomas, to more than a dozen sexual assault cases, including some in Virginia. Thomas appeared in court Monday. (Associated Press via insidenova.com)

• Authorities are looking for the man who they believe robbed two high school students in Virginia this February. (Washington Examiner)

All Points

• Florida Justice: 5-year-old reportedly taped to chair, turned upside down when he started crying. (Orlando Sentinel)

• A former Chicago-area police officer is standing trial for allegedly beating a motorist during a traffic stop. The best evidence: his dashboard cam, which caught the whole thing. (Chicago Tribune)

According to Prince William County police, Jimenez, of  Dumfries, walked in a 7-11 convenience store in Montclair on Saturday night, picked up a six-pack of beer and pointed a gun at the store clerk. The suspect then fled the 7-11 without stealing any cash or injuring any patrons or employees.

Police say the suspect was spotted in the same area Sunday night and identified as Jimenez.

Jimenez now faces charges of armed robbery, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and possession of robbery tools. A BB gun was recovered during his arrest and he's being held without bond.

TBD has contacted a police spokesperson with important questions about
the incident (what kind of beer was it?) and we'll make sure and file an update when we hear back. Stay tuned.

Also of note: Jimenez is 19, which TBD thought would lead to some sort of minor in possession charge, right? We're not exactly sure what happened there, but we'll be sure and ask when we're getting to the bottom of these important beer questions.

Authorities believe Sean Swanson, then a volunteer firefighter in Northern Virginia drunkenly took a firetruck for a joyride early Saturday morning. Some of his fellow volunteers apparently rode along on the truck, which was not kept in the firehouse at the time and not being used for emergency calls.  The truck was reportedly stopped after it nearly hit a deputy's cruiser.

Numerous calls to Swanson's home have gone unanswered, but TBD will update this post if he ever calls us back. (Sean, call us back!) For now let's examine other cases for fire truck theft.

LOCATION: East Dover, Vt., a delightful little community that helps fund its fire department with dances, according to the Internet.

STOLEN: A medium-sized red pickup truck, with the words "East Dover Fire Rescue" painted on it.

NOTABLE: Some time apparently passed before authorities noticed that the  truck was missing, according to a WCAX report.

"We didn't turn the lights on on this side of the station because we took the truck from the other side, so the lights were off here. It wasn't until we turned all the lights on that we noticed that it was gone," East Dover Fire Chief Jon Abel said. "I made a couple of phone calls-- first to guys who hadn't come on the call to say, you know, do you know where the rescue truck is?"

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Investigators believe the suspect boarded a bus after the theft in October, according to news reports. The truck was found near a New York bus stop with the keys still in the ignition.

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LOCATION: Big Pine Key, Fla., in the Florida Keys.

STOLEN: A truck that belonged to a local fire department chief, according to the Associated Press.

NOTABLE: The suspects, two teenagers, were only wearing underpants when they were caught, the AP reports.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The teens, who had escaped from a juvenile diversion program on West Summerland Key, were arrested after the incident in January.

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LOCATION: Sonoma County, California. Wine Country!

STOLEN: A four-wheel drive truck was taken from a local fire station in 2004, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

NOTABLE: Claud Gipson-Reynolds allegedly stole the truck stolen after a two-day bender that followed what TBD is confident was a rather nasty fight with his wife. And he apparently felt pretty bad about afterward!

"I could probably get on that show, 'World's Dumbest Criminals,'" Gipson-Reynolds, later told the Chronicle. "I was pretty intoxicated at the time. My thinking was not the best."

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The truck was recovered ... after Gipson-Reynolds crashed it through the fire station door and drove to his own car, which was stuck in the mud. When he couldn't free the car or the fire truck, he radioed for a tow. Not surprisingly, he was then arrested.

On to Friday's Blotter Blotter, after the jump.

State Lines

• An attorney for a man charged in connection to the death of Latisha Frazier is asking that authorities try and find a body.

Attorney Eugene Ohm says evidence on the body might help his client, Brian Gaither, who is among the group of people accused of killing Frazier. Ohm thinks the physical evidence on the remains might mean Gaither could face a manslaughter charge, not a murder charge.

Authorities think Frazier's remains are buried in a landfill. They have said that a search for her body would costly, dangerous and difficult. (Homicide Watch D.C., ABC7)

• District police have made another arrest in connection to the death of George Rawlings, whose 14-year-old brother was killed in a 2007 police shooting.

Rawlings was fatally shot in November 2009 as he exited a Metrobus. Police earlier this week arrested 19-year-old Javoricle Moore on a first-degree murder charge. Moore is the third person arrested in connection with Rawlings' death.

Rawlings' teenage brother, DeOnte, was shot by an off-duty police officer in 2007. (Washington Post Crime Scene blog)

• Authorities say a 20-year-old Maryland man is facing charges after allegedly pulling out a gun and hurling racial slurs at another man in Frederick.

Steven Edward Heyden is accused of yelling at the 39-year-old man and pointing a gun at him during the incident. Heyden had allegedly run out in front of the victim's vehicle, sparking the confrontation. He was arrested Monday. (Frederick News-Post)

All Points

• Watch as this New York woman takes out her rage on innocent bottles of booze. (CBS)

• In non-labor negotiation NFL news: Two former Bucs are facing criminal charges. (St. Petersburg Times)

1. Something to do this Saturday

2. A snazzy new uniform

3. A way to actually use the phrase "take the law into our own hands" and mean it

4. All of the above

Then the D.C. Chapter of the Guardian Angels might have a meeting you might like to attend.

John Ayala, of Guardian Angel fame, on Friday morning sent a post to the MPD-2d listserv saying that the group of vigilantes is looking for new members.

"The Washington DC Guardian Agels are still looking for more individuals ages 15 and older, willing to volunteer their time to discourage crime and KEEP OUR CITY SAFE! ... You’ll be helping keep crime off the streets and making our city a safer place to live, work and play through applying the unarmed combat skills we teach, to deter criminals," the post reads.

Ayala says the group is always recruiting new members but is trying to step up its efforts because of increased patrols on Metro, which the group started after a recent attack.

"We have to get people to come forward and start patrolling with us," Ayala says.

The Angels will be meeting at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Anacostia station, according to the posting. They'll start patrols immediately afterward. In case you were wondering, extra Metro patrols started Wednesday. There have been no incidents to report, Ayala says.

Julie did all sorts of things here at TBD, but honestly we're too bummed out to list them all. The Internet was a better place because of Julie. Or at least our corner of it.

On to Blotter Blotter, after the jump.

State Lines

• TBD Justice would like to thank the sisters of Zeta Phi Beta for reinforcing her anti-sorority views this week. Members of the University of Maryland chapter stand accused of hazing a pledge.

The victim says she was hit with a wooden paddle, beaten, and choked. Seven members of the sorority are facing criminal charges in connection to the incident. (ABC7)

• Two pit bull puppies were taken from a Virginia home, according to the Washington Post.

The eight-week-old puppies were stolen from the Manassas home Wednesday, police say. They were worth about $600, if you're the type of person who goes around putting a monetary value on PUPPIES. (Washington Post Crime Scene Blog)

• Is everyone familiar with the East Coast Rapist? If not, see this website. (insidenova.com)

• Authorities in Montgomery County say a robbery suspect is targeting parents who leave their cars unlocked when they dash into day care centers to collect their children.

The suspect is believed to have stolen valuables or money in four vehicle break-ins, which all occurred at Germantown child care facilities. Think of the children, man! Think of the children. (TBD Justice blog)

All Points

• Actual lede: "PALMETTO -- A 53-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly folded a 66-year-old female into a couch, according to the Palmetto Police Department." (Bradenton Herald)

• Business genius decides that instead of making his pizza better, he'll just make competitors' businesses worse by planting live mice in their restaurants. Shockingly, this plan failed. (Reuters)