Archive for June, 2008

High Gas Prices Invoke Heightened Theft Deterrent Tactics (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
As fuel prices continue to escalate, thieves are taking advantage of traveling inventory -- Recreational Vehicles. Since many RVs carry up to 100 gallons of regular or diesel fuel, gas crooks have found them to be extremely profitable targets.

Motorists keeping gas caps locked as prices at pump soar (Asbury Park Press)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
When the owner of a local car dealership showed up at Napa Auto Parts in North Brunswick about two months ago, he was in the market for just one kind of item — a locking gas cap.

CRAWFORD COUNTY : Gas-siphoning suspect wounded in shootout - Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Monday, June 30th, 2008

CRAWFORD COUNTY : Gas-siphoning suspect wounded in shootout
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Jun 4, 2008
BY DAVE HUGHES VAN BUREN — Two brothers have been arrested following a shootout with a Crawford County man who police said caught them siphoning gas from ...

Thievery fuels locking gas caps (The Palm Beach Post)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
You'll rarely find a house, car or bicycle left unlocked. So with rising fuel prices making some people desperate enough to steal gasoline, unsecured gas caps are a new reason for concern.

Darlington teens held on drug charges - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Darlington teens held on drug charges
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - Jun 28, 2008
Officers also discovered what appeared to be gas-siphoning equipment in the vehicle and a stolen GPS navigational system, the police department said. ...