4,000 gallons of Diesel stolen from Burbank station

Partridge

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May 13, 2008
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http://cbs2.com/local/Diesel.Theft.Burbank.2.749924.html


BURBANK, Calif. (AP) ― Police are investigating a whopper of a fuel theft from a service station in Burbank.

Police on Monday said the service station's owner reported 4,000 gallons of diesel disappeared sometime before 5 a.m. on Friday.

Burbank police Detective Sam Anderson says when the gas station opened at that time, workers found the underground diesel tanks had been drained.

The tanks were not locked, Anderson says, but a special device is needed to open them.

Anderson says there is no video footage of what happened, but whoever stole the fuel must have been driving a tanker truck.
 

fajitatone

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Jul 6, 2007
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that's a copy cat crime. some dude with a cummins and a gooseneck in PA did that last month. false floor trailer, rolled over the filling holes and pumped out over 4000 gallons of fuel for his landscaping business.
:eek:
 

whitetrash21

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Apr 29, 2008
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but he was dumb enough to get caught. we'll see if this genius is too..... that's the whole point. can you get away with it?? :p
 

NemesisDP

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Apr 20, 2008
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The oilfield companys are putting guards out in the field to watch the diesel tanks because people keep stilling the tanks just not the fuel. DOT has been pulling over alot of truck to check for died full. One company got caught and the charged them 10,000 a gallon and now they are trying to get him for tax evasion.
 

LB7Diesel

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Sorry bastards around here are starting to take a hole saw on a cordless drill to the plastic fuel tanks in our vehicles and drain everything. Ever priced a fuel tank:eek:
 

km2006dmax

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Mar 20, 2008
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About a month or so ago someone down here jacked a tanker truck full of diesel. It was funny reading how the thieves would probably just ditch the truck and keep the fuel. IIRC a tanker holds something like 10,000 gallons.:eek: