NAVY LAB WORKER GETS 18 MONTHS FOR THEFT

VICTOR PAPAGNO, THE COMPUTER SPECIALIST WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IN OCTOBER WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON.

PAPAGNO, 40, STOLE MORE THAN 19,000 PIECES OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FROM THE OFFICES OF THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, PAPAGNO STOLE THE HARDWARE BY TAKING AT LEAST FIVE PIECES A DAY FOR OVER A DECADE IN BOXES.

TO STORE THE HARDWARE, PAPAGNO BUILT A 2,775-SQUARE-FOOT GARAGE. THE NAVY WILL NOW SPEND $150,000 TO INVENTORY THE STASH OF COMPUTER HARDWARE. PAPAGNO'S DEFENSE BLAMED THE THEFT ON MENTAL ILLNESS, INCLUDING OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

BREAKING NEWS: WATER MAIN BREAK CAUSING FLOODS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

THIS MORNING, A MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK HAS CAUSED THE FLOODING OF RIVER ROAD IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WITH FOUR FEET OF RAPIDLY MOVING WATER.

THE FLOODING TRAPPED MOTORISTS AND CAUSED THE BLOCKING OF A MAJOR ARTERY. ABOUT 12 PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLES AROUND 9 THIS MORNING. ONE WOMAN AND A CHILD TRAPPED IN THEIR SUV HAD TO BE RESCUED BY HELICOPTER.

ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION, THE 66 INCH PIPE AT RIVER ROAD AND FENWAY DRIVE RUPTURED SHORTLY BEFORE 8 A.M. THE FLOODING CLOSED RIVER ROAD BETWEEN SEVEN LOCKS ROAD AND BRADLEY BOULEVARD.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST