Albuquerque Gas pump tapped for hundreds of gallons

From KRQE-TV.com - An Albuquerque Northeast Heights gas station said two thieves stole thousands of dollars in gas from one gas pump. “It started at about 11:30 and it ended like at 2:30 a.m.,” said the gas station manger Johnny Bauer. For three hours on the night of Dec. 26 the manager of the Texaco on the corner of Lomas and Juan Tabo boulevards said two crooks pilfered hundreds of gallons of gas. “He actually opens the pump up and he removes and tampers with thing that allows it to flow after the counter has stopped,” Bauer said. The two men filled up a couple of barrels in the bed of the truck, once those are full, they took off. But they are not done yet. The two came back a second time, and it is the same routine. Finally they came back a third time. However on their final trip they showed up with two different trucks, each one loaded down with barrels. "They stole about 688 gallons from this pump itself in diesel and another 93 in unleaded,” said Bauer. The thefts were discovered the next day during a review of the overnight transactions. In order to start the pumps the crooks had to use a credit card. Bauer said the same card was used during all the thefts, and he hopes it leads officer to the fuel bandits. Bauer also believes the men in the video must have some sort of background in the gas business because they knew exactly how to break into the pump. Read more

Albuquerque Gas pump tapped for hundreds of gallons