A man who stole 14 laptops from D.C. Public Schools and sold them to family and friends avoided jail time after pleading guilty in federal court. Instead, William Banks Jr. paid $2,000 in restitution to the school system and a $500 fine, and received 18 months probation and 50 hours of community service.

In 2009, Banks was doing contract work as a technician at the headquarters DCPS shared with the Department of Health. According to court documents, a DCPS employee brought him into a secure storage room to give him telecommunications equipment that the school system no longer needed.