Former soap actor Forbes March, who starred in "One Life to Live," is facing grand larceny charges in New York.
March, 49, allegedly stole more than $1,000 in used cooking oil from a diner.
According to the Ulster Police Department, March and another man, 30-year-old Oscar Guardado, siphoned the oil from a storage container behind Michael's Diner in Kingston.
The cooking oil was in a storage container owned by Buffalo Biodiesel and was valued at more than $1,000, police said.
While used cooking oil can be used to make biofuel, police haven't said what March and his accomplice intended to do with the pilfered oil.
Both men were charged with felony grand larceny in the fourth degree and were released to appear in court at a later date.
During his acting days, March played Nash Brennan in more than 200 episodes of "One Life to Live," as well as Scott Chandler in "All My Children" at the end of the '90s, according to Deadline. His last soap opera role was Mason Jarvis in "As the World Turns."
March retired from acting and now owns and a firewood delivery service in the Catskill Mountains.
Buffalo Biodiesel president Sumit Majumdar told KTLA last November that the numbers of oil thefts have been "ballooning" in recent years.
"It's wiping out a third of our business," Majumdar said. "To put that into numbers: $10 million to $15 million a year."
A 2019 report from The Washington Post estimated that up to $75 million worth of old cooking grease is stolen each year.
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