3 held in Atlanta in diesel fuel theft

Published 9:10 am Thursday, September 8, 2011

Atlanta police said they arrested three people who were trying to steal more than 100 gallons of diesel fuel.

Police say a pump at a gas station was rigged so that it didn’t register that the fuel was being pumped Wednesday night.

Atlanta Police Capt. Van Hobbs says the clerk became suspicious when two people driving a pickup truck filled 55-gallon drums with fuel.

Hobbs says the clerk called police when the people filling the drums didn’t pay.

Hobbs says that shortly before officers arrived, a tow truck showed up and began taking fuel from the pump.

He says the three arrested are connected to the theft of diesel fuel.