WASHINGTON DC DEC 15, 2007 -- A Capitol Hill page who was kicked out of the program was caught stealing items from a Macy's store and had to be bailed out by the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, police sources said.
Congressional leaders are asking the inspector general for an investigation after five pages recently were kicked out of the program for fighting, shoplifting and sexual misconduct in the page dorms.
Sources said one page was caught shoplifting on the evening of Nov. 2 at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington.
Congressional leaders are asking the inspector general for an investigation after five pages recently were kicked out of the program for fighting, shoplifting and sexual misconduct in the page dorms.
Sources said one page was caught shoplifting on the evening of Nov. 2 at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington.
Sources said Macy's store security caught the page stuffing items of clothing into a backpack and a carry bag. The 16-year-old was arrested as he left the store.
The stolen items included Levi's jeans, Polo T-shirts, a dress shirt, Polo socks and designer T-shirts, sources said.
The items came to a total value of $341.50, a case of grand larceny.
The page was turned over to Arlington police and later released into the custody of Lorraine Miller, the clerk of the House.
Sources said there was another shoplifting incident involving a Capitol page at Union Station.
There are about 70 Capitol pages, who are generally about 16 years old. They go to school in the morning, and in the afternoon, they run errands for congressmen. They come from all over the United States and live in a dormitory about five blocks south of the Capitol.
According to congressional sources, five pages have been kicked out of the program: one for fighting, two for shoplifting at Pentagon City Mall and two who are accused of performing a sex act in an elevator in front of other pages.
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., said public sex acts had been going on for months. She and U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito have resigned from the page board because of the problems. They said they were not informed about these incidents in a timely fashion.
There are no Republicans left on the eight-member board.
The stolen items included Levi's jeans, Polo T-shirts, a dress shirt, Polo socks and designer T-shirts, sources said.
The items came to a total value of $341.50, a case of grand larceny.
The page was turned over to Arlington police and later released into the custody of Lorraine Miller, the clerk of the House.
Sources said there was another shoplifting incident involving a Capitol page at Union Station.
There are about 70 Capitol pages, who are generally about 16 years old. They go to school in the morning, and in the afternoon, they run errands for congressmen. They come from all over the United States and live in a dormitory about five blocks south of the Capitol.
According to congressional sources, five pages have been kicked out of the program: one for fighting, two for shoplifting at Pentagon City Mall and two who are accused of performing a sex act in an elevator in front of other pages.
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., said public sex acts had been going on for months. She and U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito have resigned from the page board because of the problems. They said they were not informed about these incidents in a timely fashion.
There are no Republicans left on the eight-member board.
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