viperpa33s
Why Me?
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join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
 ·Bright House
| [Info] Watch out
With the high price of gas, criminals are getting more inventive. Since they can't siphon the gas due to gas cap locks, they drill holes in your gas tank to get the gas. So far it's not happening in Florida but it is something to watch out for.
Thieves drill gas tanks to steal fuel
Police say it’s a 1970s crime wave all over again. Only this time, thieves drilled into gas tanks instead of siphoning to steal fuel.
Someone cut through a fence at King Collision on Holman Road, drilled holes into gas tanks on a pickup truck and mini-van, and stole 30 to 40 gallons of gas, police said.
The incident was discovered by company officials just before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
About five hours later, an 80-year-old Duxbury woman discovered that someone had done the same thing to her car.
Police said the woman parked her car on Aldrin Road Monday night with about three-quarters of a tank of gas.
The tank was empty when she returned to the car about 1 p.m. Tuesday. When she filled it up again, the gas ran out through three holes drilled into the tank, police said.
“This is like back in the gas crisis in the ’70s,” Plymouth Capt. Michael Belmont said. “Only then they used siphons.”
»www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_···03872274 |
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johnqpublic
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join:2002-03-22
Xanadu
| I have a full-size conversion van. I guess I better keep my tank full of fumes. 
I think a smarter thief would just go for the catalytic converter. You don't have to worry about liquids and it takes less time. About two minutes and you're gone.
»www.wlwt.com/target5/6855346/detail.html |
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SmokChsr
Who let the magic smoke out?
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join:2006-03-17
Saint Augustine, FL | reply to viperpa33s
Jacksonville Fl News, gave reports of thieves drilling holes, or cutting gas lines in several rental truck parking areas. Taking over 200 gallons at a time. |
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