Ramsey Car Theft Generates Laughs, if Not Leads

The reaction across the city was swift, and a bit on the mean side.
"Bwahahahaha!" one Internet chatter howled in response to the news that D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey was the latest victim of the District's car bandits."I have to say, when I heard the chief's car was stolen, I chuckled," said Tania Shand, a D.C. resident who is still mourning the theft two years ago, from a street corner in Shaw, of the beloved burgundy Honda Civic hatchback she called Rosie."Looks like no car is safe. I guess if you're police chief, you don't think your car will be stolen," Shand said. "But guess what?"
A day after Ramsey reported that someone had taken his department-issued Ford Crown Victoria from a street near his Southwest home, other Washingtonians whose cars had been swiped had a laugh at the chief's expense.

Two years ago DC's fire chief and the city's chief arson investigator each had their offical cars stolen. The fire chief's car was recovered, but the arson investigator's car was destroyed by fire...