India, April 28 -- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., announced on Sunday, April 27, that a 49-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection to the theft of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem's bag. Mario Bustamante Leiva is a Chilean national who was previously busted for a similar scheme in London, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

Noem's purse had $3,000 in cash, her driver's license, passport, DHS badge and apartment keys when it was stolen on April 20. At the time of the theft, Noem was on an Easter outing with her family at The Capital Burger in Washington, D.C. A masked man was later seen on surveillance footage grabbing the bag and leaving the restaurant...