‘They probably took around 30 gallons’: Gas thieves damage delivery truck, frustrating victims

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Brazen burglars caught on digicam crawling below a truck and draining gasoline from the gas tank. It can be just a further signal of what folks will do when fuel selling prices soar previously mentioned $5.00 a gallon.

It truly is a disturbing development described in other metropolitan areas, now viewed listed here. CBS 2’s Meredith Barack experiences from Crystal Lake, where it all took place.  

The owners at Gulgren Equipment explained they had been stunned to locate one of their shipping and delivery vans on empty, and that they were being the victims of a criminal offense that is taking place nationwide.

They now want to warn other people that it could happen to them.

“For the reason that of the angle, they had been equipped to drill a hole and get out practically all the gasoline. We consider they probably took around 30 gallons.”

Greg Danielson confirmed us the loading dock where by a shipping and delivery truck was parked in the early early morning several hours of June 11th.

“And this is all lit up at evening,” Danielson mentioned.

But that didn’t quit whoever took a drill to the gasoline tank and get off with practically each and every drop inside of. Mike Gulgren is the co-proprietor of Gulgren Appliance. 

“Every single early morning, we load up the vehicles, get prepared to go for the day and my shipping guys came up entrance and we are like, “the truck is vacant, and we just loaded it up.”

The robbers obviously understood what they ended up undertaking, but failed to know cameras were being recording them for the fifty percent an hour they were there.

“Positive more than enough, about 3:00 in the early morning, a truck pulled up suitable in entrance of our shop, parked right beneath the light, just as daring as could be, and then they just walked around behind our retail outlet,” Gulgren explained.

Stability cameras capture the robbers, with at least a single gas-stuffed bucket in hand, walking again to their truck. It not only delayed deliveries for the small business for numerous times, but value them a great deal of income they weren’t anticipating they’d expend.

“It can be unlucky that they had to do it that way, for the reason that not only were being we out the gasoline, but we had been out the repair and the timeframe to get the truck again,” Gulgren stated.

The two males are hopeful somebody will acknowledge the substantial Ford SUV applied in the crime, and the two are thankful things did not finish up even worse.

“I necessarily mean, we could have had an explosion and who understands what could have transpired.”

Police did just take a report, and told them that since of the cost of gas, it can be happening far more and far more. CBS 2 achieve out to the Crystal Lake Police Office to see how several gasoline thefts they have responded to, but did not hear back.