With gas hovering around $4 a gallon, more and more people are deciding they'd rather steal it than pay for it.
Theft of fuel has traditionally risen and fallen with pump prices, but now crooks are going beyond simply siphoning gas from a parked car or driving off without paying after a fill-up. Around the nation, thieves are using ingenious methods and breathtaking brazenness to empty the tanks of trucks, industrial fleets and even gas stations themselves.
Some of the unusual incidents that have occurred in the past two months include:
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