A D.C. pickpocket pleaded guilty in a scheme to target riders of bus and Metro passengers, prosecutors said.

Alexander Barnwell, 55, was arrested after an investigation by the D.C. police and Metro Transit Police into a series of pickpocketing incidents in and around Metro stations and bus stops, including the Farragut North Metro station, Union Station, and the bus loading area in the 1000 block of New York Avenue NW.

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