Stealing Gas News Today

A rural Illinois man was arrested Monday for a recent spate of crimes in Williamson County, including stealing gasoline and possession of stolen property.

The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine announced on Aug. 15 that it had seized Hr 7.6 billion ($208 million) worth of assets from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash as three more managers of companies under his Regional Gas Company have been charged with stealing gas from the state.

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Florida. >> over $110 a week, easy. >> reporter: those sky-high gas prices are now leading some people to extreme savings. also called stealing. gas station owners say it happens every time prices jump. in 2009, drivers stole more than $89 million worth of gas across the country. >> youre seeing customers just fed up with seeing price increases day after day after day. they dont know who to take it out on, so they take it out on the guy who sells them gas. >> reporter: theres the pump and run. w...

>> the food court, and the cafeteria, its very eerie. >> and the timing of it, yeah. as the president launches an investigation into sky-high fuel prices, thieves are getting very creative finding new ways to steal gas from your car and even from filling stations as well. >> thats right. awfully pricey out there to fill up. and also another big headline that parents will definitely want to hear especially if you have newborns. a link between fussy crying babies and issues later on in life. o...

Some people are taking drastic measures to fill up their tanks by stealing gas. >> they dont know who to take it out on so they take it out on the guy who sells them gas. >> reporter: the president said once again there is no silver bullet to bring down gas prices. and the only long-term solution is to make more investments in clean energy. rob and peggy? and in fact a dispute over gas money in wisconsin apparently led a young man to murder his parents. police say 20-year-old dennis markoff sh...

Was supposed to, this whole area would have been packed with people. >> theyre just target-rich if somebody wants to do something really bad. in a confined space with that many concentrated people i mean you could wreak havoc on a mall in ten minutes. >> reporter: and that is what worries law enforcement. malls like these where potentially thousands of people gather. sitting ducks for terrorists. this mall is open for business. customers are back and inside it looks fairly normal. but as long as...

Parking lot for two rental truck companies, hundreds of gallons of gas were drained from the trucks in the middle of the night. someone just cut the fuel pipe. >> kind of hurts when you got reservations for trucks and you havent got the trucks to send out. >> reporter: days later this man was caught red-handed with a bucket in his hand and a hose in his mouth. in the spirit of sharing, gas thieves are posting how-to videos on youtube. >> this is a 5/16-inch fuel line. thats going right in here. ...