City Biodiesel Bandits
posted by on October 24 at 14:52 PM
From my inbox:
Last night someone stole over $1,000 worth of biodiesel by taking advantage of the prepay honor system at Dr. Dan’s. We need your help identifying the vehicle that was seen leaving the scene.Someone was seen quickly leaving the station on 9th and 50th between 8:00-8:20PM on Sunday night (10/21/07) in a Ford F250 flatbed truck. The truck is two-tone blue/white and has a red 300 gallon oval fuel tank mounted behind the cab. The vehicle did not have plates, and was spilling fuel as it fled because the driver did not put the gas cap on in their haste.
If you have seen this vehicle or have any information regarding this incident, please contact us immediately.
Thank you for your help!
Dr. Dan’s Biodiesel
912 NW 50th St
Seattle, WA 98107
206-783-5728
It sucks when small businesses take hits like this, but having a “prepay honor system” is asking for trouble.
I suspect a non-member that somehow acquired a key to the pump.
blame the victim! ha!
i hope the thief somehow thinks it is real gasoline. that would be funny. unless they stole it to sell to others. then it's only funny if the people buying it know it's stolen. which they probably do.
Here's a decent article about the Dr. Dan Biodiesel (it focuses on the new pump in the Roosevelt area but has more info).
Of course you could have installed a webcam and recorded the license of the vehicle ...
An honor system for fuel? That should be the new Iraq Policy!
@ 4 - Except that: "The vehicle did not have plates..."
~GC
Trust but verify
When dealing with 'the public',
expect the worst.
You will never be disappointed.
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