A Maryland woman was arrested for theft Wednesday after allegedly stealing three french fries from a D.C. police officer, police said. 
 
 About 9:40 p.m., a D.C. police officer was eating in a restaurant at 1110 U St. NW when a 26-year-old woman approached him and ate one of his french fries, a D.C. police spokesman said. Despite repeated warnings, the woman continued to eat the french fries, police said. 
 
 She was arrested for second-degree theft. 
 
 As a police report explained: “The listed offender appropriated the listed property without the consent of the listed complainant.” 
 
 The report also listed the stolen property as “French Fried Potato . . . quantity 3.” 

 - A woman was arrested and is facing theft charges after she allegedly took food from the plate of a police officer in D.C. 
 
 The incident happened Wednesday night at the Italian Kitchen on U in the northwest. 
 
 Police told FOX 5's Melanie Alnwick that the officer was eating dinner at the restaurant when two woman, who police believe were intoxicated, sat down next to him and tried to start a conversation. Police say one of the women reached over and took a french fry from the officer’s plate. 
 
 When she took a second fry, the officer asked her to stop. "I then politely asked D-1 to not do that again because I paid for that food and she was stealing from me and she could be arrested for theft of my food," the officer wrote in the police report. 
 
 The woman allegedly told the officer, "Well then you might as well take me to jail." 
 
 When the woman reached over and took a third fry, the officer arrested her. She faces theft charges at this time. The investigation into the incident is continuing.
– Stealing food off a friend's plate might be acceptable, but it's best not to take such liberties with a police officer. Police tell Fox 5 that a 26-year-old Maryland woman and a friend started a conversation with an officer at a DC restaurant on Wednesday, then the first woman began nibbling on the officer's French fries. The officer told the woman, who was believed to be intoxicated, "to not do that again because … she was stealing from me and she could be arrested for theft of my food," according to a police report. "Well then you might as well take me to jail," the woman said, then took another fry, police allege. She was arrested and charged with second-degree theft of "French Fried Potato … quantity three," per the Washington Post.