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High gas prices?  Fugettaboutit!

This was bound to happen sooner or later.  Some very skilled criminals decided to cut out the middle man and set their own gas prices.  How does $10 a tank sound?  That’s how much people were lining up to pay at one gas station in Baltimore recently.  Only problem is the gas station didn’t get any of the money from this deal.  Turns out these high tech freedom fighters criminals rigged the pumps so they didn’t report back to the cashier inside the store.  I’m not sure how the thieves managed to accept payment without store management noticing that cars were lined up along the highway yet nobody was pumping any gas.  All in all the gas guzzlers got away with 2,800 gallons of gas (roughly $8,100 worth).  Let’s say an average car holds 20 gallons of gas (mine holds 12).  That would mean that 140 cars filled their entire tank before the store even noticed.  If the gas station is correct on their guess that the petrol parsers were reselling the gas for $20 a gallon, this heist would have netted $2800.  Not too bad for a few hours work.  Due to the intricate planning that must have gone into this and the lack of interest from Baltimore’s finest, one can suspect that “the family” had something to do with it.  Maybe it’s not really over for the little guy Patsy…

Source: TheWBALChannel.com

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