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Thief caught on camera bursting into flames while trying to steal gas in Utah amid record price surge
NY Post ^
| June 17, 2022
| Lee Brown
Posted on 06/17/2022 1:13:39 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
He really paid a high price for gas.
A Utah thief desperate to get ever-pricier gas was caught on camera drilling into a truck’s tank — then partially bursting into flames.
Shocking footage obtained by KSL TV first showed a white pickup pulling up next to a truck in the parking lot of — ironically — a fire protection company.
“The guy tried to siphon gas out of it and he wasn’t getting the siphon to work,” fed-up Summit Fire and Protection branch manager Travis Mills told the outlet.
“So he decided to drill the gas tank … and that’s when he caught on fire,” he said of the Saturday morning blaze.
The dramatic footage showed the unidentified thief under the rear of the truck — then suddenly jumping up and running away with his T-shirt ablaze.
He then fell to the ground and rolled across the parking lot, before his accomplice in the pickup helped him to get back in.
It was not clear how injured the thief was, or if he was ever identified or found. However, Mills stressed that the raider was lucky the truck was close to empty at the time.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: methedup; postedseveraltimes; stealgas
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Nice.
To: American Number 181269513
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:15:39 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: American Number 181269513
Those silly Mormon fellows!
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:16:38 PM PDT
by
nesnah
(Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
To: American Number 181269513
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:17:50 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
And he just rolled away....
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:21:27 PM PDT
by
deport
To: American Number 181269513
Looks a lot like one of Obama’s sons.
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:21:53 PM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: deport
To: deport
The irony of catching on fire when stealing gas from truck owned by a fire protection contractor.
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:29:55 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: American Number 181269513
Karma’s a bitch! And so is Hillary!
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:32:30 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(My body, my choice....but not when it comes down to unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates.)
To: American Number 181269513
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:33:51 PM PDT
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: shotgun
To: American Number 181269513
Nice of his partner in crime driving the pickup to jump out of the truck and help put out his buddy...NOT!
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:37:37 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: shotgun
Makes a good movie script.
To: deport
He’s got a lot of junk in the back of his pickup. Maybe it was Lamont Sanford.
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:55:43 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversaet! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
To: American Number 181269513
“ironically — a fire protection company”
You can’t make shit like this up......I dare you to even try. LoL
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:57:32 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: heavy metal
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posted on
06/17/2022 1:58:10 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversaet! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
To: American Number 181269513; flaglady47; M Kehoe
He abandoned his partially-burnt shirt. Could be some fingerprints or other DNA on there that would help catch him if he had any priors.
...or if anyone cares any more.
Leni
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posted on
06/17/2022 2:01:52 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(.....! MAGA !.....! MAGA!.....! MAGA !.....)
To: V_TWIN
““It’s just extraordinarily dangerous for the person stealing the gas for a very low return,”
I dint know about that.....it’s hard to put a price on entertainment like that. Lol
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posted on
06/17/2022 2:02:08 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: AbolishCSEU
Coulda been one of Yeb’s, ya never know.
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posted on
06/17/2022 2:02:29 PM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
To: MinuteGal
He abandoned his partially-burnt shirt. Could be some fingerprints or other DNA on there that would help catch him if he had any priors. No doubt there’s plenty of burnt flesh stuck to the shirt they could test. Anyway, I’m sure his burns are bad enough he’ll have to seek medical help. ER’s are supposed to report stuff like that.
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posted on
06/17/2022 2:09:07 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversaet! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
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