Morning Roundup: Grand Theft Metro edition

Good morning, Houston. If you're wondering where your transit dollars are going, check the stolen laptop market: Police are looking for a man who they say stole two computers from Metro's downtown headquarters building in mid-February. Seems the guy walked into the building Feb. 16, followed an employee to an eighth-floor conference room and picked up two laptops — unfortunately, we don't know whether he got away using public transportation, but we can dream.

>> Taking charge: The Texas Education Agency announced plans yesterday to put an outside financial manager in charge of the North Forest ISD's spending, saying the district didn't keep adequate records to show that it spent $23 million in post-Allison federal funds and $41 million in bond money appropriately. If adequate records aren't found, North Forest could be asked to refund $10 million to FEMA and could lose $13 million still pending from the agency; the TEA's move is the latest development in what Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley said have been years of financial mismanagement in the 9,000-student district.

>> Disguise or bad taste?: Police yesterday released surveillance video of a man suspected of robbing two banks while wearing a woman's wig — the first time in 2005, and the second last week. In the most recent robbery, at a Wells Fargo on the North Sam Houston Parkway, the man gave a teller a threatening note and displayed a gun; after getting an undisclosed amount of money, he jumped into a waiting black Chevrolet pickup and got away. No word on whether the man, who is rather portly, was trying to disguise himself as a woman or as John Belushi.

>> Elderly and at large: Authorities report that two elderly Houston men have been missing since Wednesday — but they have nothing to do with each other. One is James Johnson, 82, who went to the store and never came home; police say he might be headed for Madisonville (at 12 mph, we imagine). The other is Willie Holland, 92, who was last seen at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at a fire station on Lyons Avenue; it's not clear what he was doing there, but he reportedly has dementia. Anyone with information on either case should call the police.

>> This weekend's weather: There's patchy dense fog again this morning, but it should be burning off soon, giving way to a partly cloudy afternoon with a high in the mid-70s. Tonight should be nice again: mostly clear, low of 54, fog rolling in toward morning. Saturday, look for some clouds with a high around 74, and Sunday, expect a slight chance of thunderstorms late with a high of 75.

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