truck designed to steal fuel, busted in Portland

ChanceMaster · Jul 21, 2011

http://www.kgw.com/news/Tip-leads-police-to-Portland-diesel-thieves-125290998.htmlPORTLAND --

Portland police tracked down a specially modified semi truck they believe was used to steal thousands of dollars worth of diesel fuel.
A viewer who saw the story on KGW tipped off police and that led to the arrest of Thomas Ray Synoground after his vehicle was found in the Woodstock neighborhood.
Background: Diesel thieves hit NE Portland delivery company
A business near NE 185th Avenue and NE Marine Drive captured security video of the semi being used to siphon diesel from trucks in the lot.
A tip Saturday led police to SE 52nd Avenue and SE Rex Street, in the Woodstock neighborhood, where they found the truck.
Police said they made an arrest at a different location.

via the web..kgw

Jefferson3000 · Jul 21, 2011

They found a pickup truck like that in Tampa about two years ago. It had a 250 gallon tank in the bed. They found the owner of the truck laying next to it.......with a bullet in his head.

layoutshooter · Jul 21, 2011

Jefferson3000 said:
They found a pickup truck like that in Tampa about two years ago. It had a 250 gallon tank in the bed. They found the owner of the truck laying next to it.......with a bullet in his head.

Problem solved.

Jefferson3000 · Jul 21, 2011

layoutshooter said:
Problem solved.

I think they had been preying on trucks parked in shopping plazas for a couple of weeks. It's hard to steal fuel when you're dead.

layoutshooter · Jul 21, 2011

Jefferson3000 said:
I think they had been preying on trucks parked in shopping plazas for a couple of weeks. It's hard to steal fuel when you're dead.

Far less expensive than locking the jerk up too.