MADERA, CA (KMJ) – Madera Police arrested two men for stealing fuel from a gas station on Monday morning.
The Madera Police department posted the story on their Facebook page.
At around 4:00 A.M., Officer Amezola contacted two men, Cesar Perez and Oscar Machado in the 1300 block of S. Gateway Dr. at a local fuel station.
Police said they were pumping diesel fuel into large plastic containers that were loaded into the back of a box truck.
It was discovered during the investigation the two subjects had fraudulently accessed the fuel pumps and obtained over a $1,000 dollars worth of fuel for free.
Both suspects were arrested for various fraud and theft charges and booked into Madera County Jail.
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.
