SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. (KNX) — Police arrested two Santa Ana men Wednesday on suspicion of stealing hundreds of gallons of gasoline from at least two stations in San Bernardino County.
Officers located and arrested Daniel Ramossantoyo and Andres Berruete, both 23, early Wednesday after an employee at a Shell gas station on Beekley Road in Piñon Hills reported two men stealing gasoline.
When deputies arrived, they found the suspects with their truck at the gas pump, which had been pried open. Sheriff’s investigators said the pair used a device to override the pump and siphon about 200 gallons of gasoline into a large gas tank hidden in the covered bed of their truck.
The department concluded the two suspects were likely linked to a previous gasoline theft from another Shell station in Phelan on Monday.
Ramossantoyo and Berruete were both booked on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime, grand theft, and vandalism. Ramossantoyo was being held on $25,000 and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 7. Berruete was released after posting bail, but no court date had been scheduled.
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