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Former Congressional Employee Indicted for Allegedly Stealing 240 Cell Phones

Former Congressional Employee Indicted for Allegedly Stealing 240 Cell Phones
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Dec. 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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A former congressional employee has been arrested and indicted for allegedly stealing 240 cell phones.

Christopher Southerland, 43, was apprehended and charged on Jan. 9 for allegedly stealing the government cell phones, worth more than $150,000, from the House of Representatives, according to a Department of Justice news release.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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