Federal prosecutors charged former congressional aide Christopher Southerland with stealing about 240 taxpayer-funded cellphones worth more than $150,000. Authorities say Southerland had the phones ...

WASHINGTON — A former congressional employee has been rung up on charges that he stole approximately 240 government cellphones from the House of Representatives, federal prosecutors said Monday.

A former congressional IT aide is accused of abusing his trusted access to steal roughly 240 taxpayer-funded cellphones worth more than $150,000, shipping them to his Maryland home and selling most of ...