A District man faces the music, hit with an indictment for felony second-degree theft after allegedly swiping goods from a Northwest CVS, according to the Department of Justice. Troy Thompson, 44, from Washington, D.C., stands accused of the crime which took place on February 22, 2024, and if his past is any indicator, he could be looking at hard time.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, with U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves at the helm and MPD Chief Pamela Smith supporting, announced the charge following a grand jury decision on March 13; Thompson, who's racked up at least two prior thefts, is nowhere to be found, now a fugitive on bench warrant status with plans to drag him before a judge when he gets nabbed. "Thompson took a range of merchandise without paying from the CVS store at 2009 8th Street NW," the accusation goes, claims the MPD who slapped cuffs on him shortly after, according to the DOJ statement.
But Thompson is no two-bit crook; his repeat offender status jacks up the stakes, with the law gunning for at least a year in the slammer for the kind of sticky-finger routine he allegedly pulled off. Since September of the previous year, prosecutors threw the book at 33 others for the same kind of enhanced theft, setting a clear tone for the district's crackdown on chronic thieves.
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sidrah Miraaj-Raza is leading the offensive against Thompson, taking the evidence gathered by the copper's of MPD and the bureaucrats in the DOJ to lock up the alleged serial shoplifter, yet as it stands, an indictment is just a fancy term for charges, and no one's calling anyone guilty until a judge's gavel says so in no uncertain terms.
