Bush's Top Domestic Policy Adviser Arrested For Retail Theft Scheme After Abruptly Resigning...

Washington Post Ernesto Londoño and Michael A. Fletcher March 10, 2006 at 10:36 PM
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Claude A. Allen, who resigned last month as President Bush's top domestic policy adviser, was arrested this week in Montgomery County for allegedly swindling Target and Hecht's stores out of more than $5,000 in a refund scheme, police said.

Allen, 45, of Gaithersburg, has been released on his own recognizance and is awaiting trial on two charges, felony theft scheme and theft over $500, said Lt. Eric Burnett, a police spokesman. Each charge is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

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