It raised a few eyebrows on Monday when the Wizards waived Ryan Rollins, a 21-year-old guard who had shown some promise defensively and had potential, the kind of player the Wizards should be trying to develop. He seemed an odd player just to let go, but now we know why.

Rollins has been charged with seven counts of petit larceny in Alexandria General District Court, court documents show. He was caught shoplifting household items from a local Target store on multiple occasions while still with the team, a story broken by Josh Robbins at the Athletic. He has yet to enter a plea and is due back in court on Feb. 7, according to court documents, and the Athletic summed up the charges this way.

Police said in court documents that Rollins stole small household items such as groceries, body wash and candles from a Target store on seven different occasions from Sept. 9 to Nov. 9, when he was on the Wizards’ roster...