<div id="subtitle">'Youthful indiscretion' of Obama's computer chief turns out to be shoplifting from Penney's</div><div><p>Now it can be told: The mysterious petty theft that President Barack Obama's new computer chief committed at age 21 was shoplifting four dress shirts worth $134 from J.C. Penney.</p><p>A 1996 Montgomery County, Md., police report obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday under a public records law shows Vivek Kundra was observed by a security guard putting the men's shirts into a shopping bag and leaving the store without paying. Sgt. Tom Stanton wrote that Kundra was arrested after a brief foot chase and the property was recovered.</p><p>Kundra pleaded guilty, paid a $100 fine and $55 in court courts and was ordered to do 80 hours of community service. The White House has called a "youthful indiscretion" long ago resolved.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=45273566&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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