Posted on 05/03/2006 2:07:45 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Man has stolen 2,600 gallons from stations in Travis County.
A gas thief is literally cleaning up at gas stations in Travis County — pumping fuel from underground tanks while spraying the pavement with a pressure washer to make it look like he belongs there. The man has struck three gas stations in the past 15 months, making off with about 2,600 gallons of fuel, which he pumps into tanks mounted in the bed of a pickup truck and on a double-axle utility trailer, the Travis County Sheriff's office said. Most recently, he drove into Graef's Grocery at U.S. 183 south and FM 1327 in Mustang Ridge around 2 a.m. April 20 and stole about 600 gallons of super unleaded and 500 gallons of diesel, the sheriff's office said.
Before that, he stole 900 gallons of diesel from a station on U.S. 290 East on April 13 and 600 gallons of diesel from Wilhite's Country Corner at FM 1327 and FM 1625 in Creedmoor on Feb. 14, 2005. Both stores were closed during the overnight thefts, the sheriff's office said. Surveillance video from one of the thefts shows the man driving is a white Chevrolet or GMC pickup truck with a large plastic tank in the bed, pulling a trailer with two metal tanks on it. The sheriff's office is asking anyone with information about the thefts to call Detective Carri Turner at (512) 854-7408 or CrimeStoppers at 472-TIPS (472-8477).
Gutsy! A modern day un-leaded Robin Hood...wonder if he gives the fuel to the poor?
Amazed he's gotten away with it three times with that rig.
don't want to see that chase scene on Fox.
I do!!!!!
Not at all. Remember, Robin Hood robbed from the unjust government (the Sheriff of Nottingham), and gave to the poor.
I wonder if he does a good job cleaning the pavement.
Oh. So you see high gas prices and a government prostrate to lower them as just?
I remember reading a few years ago about a gasoline delievery man who went to gas stations an claimed to fill the underground tanks but was actually puming gas out of them.
he really works for Exxon, he's trying to drive up prices, therefore profits, just kidding
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Maybe Ronnie Earle will add a charge to the guy's prosectution that he didn't commit, too.
At least he leaves the place clean....literally...
Forget the Robinhood bit..this guy is a clever
crook----probably works as a gas station attendant
when they are open???? Jake
Haha this is ingenious but I hope they catch him.
I hope he has at least two separate tanks. There are very few engines that will run on a mix of unleaded and diesel.
Nope. Robin Hood didn't rob from private citizens but rather from an illegitimate government.
The guy is not stealing from the government. He is stealing from a gas station (i.e. a private company run by a private citizen) and from its customers.
Comparing to illegal immigration:
He's done it three times and not been caught. Therefore he should be given "amnesty."
Kinda like the two years and five years threshold.
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