Not-So-Slick Getaway
Police charge two in series of used cooking oil thefts.
These days, a life of crime can be quite a slippery slope. The Arlington County Police Department has arrested two men in connection with a series of used cooking oil thefts. Fa De Zheng, 36, of Oxon Hill, Md., and Ming Gang Lu, 38, of New York City, have been charged with grand larceny, grand larceny with the intent to sell, possession of burglary tools and destruction of property. Officers apprehended them Friday as they attempted to siphon the used oil from a deposit at the Ballston Mall, according to a news release that was issued today. "The problem is it gets dumped in there, and the restaurant's not necessarily checking it -- and the company comes to collect it, and it's gone," police Detective Crystal Nosal said. Charlottesville, …
Zac Aldridge, Basic Fuels
2:41 am on Friday, October 21, 2011
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