Delaware State Police have charged Vincent Chinn of Philadelphia with two counts of Theft greater than $1,500 and one count of Theft less than $1,500. He was also charged by the Delaware Natural Resources Police Environmental Crimes Unit with three counts of Constructing Equipment to Discharge an Air Contaminant without a Permit.
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Police say Chinn used a siphon to steal from the stations' underground tanks, filling his own plastic tanks.
He is accused of stealing 1,700 gallons of gas, totaling $6,000 in cost.
The alleged fuel pilfering took place at two Shell stations.
Police say he stole 661 gallons of gas, worth $2,267.23, from the Shell on the 4400 block of Summit Bridge Road in Middletown on July 5.
On July 10, they say Chinn stole 416 gallons, worth $1,345.24, from the station on the 800 block of Pulaski Highway in Bear.
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And on July 15, police say Chinn returned to the Summit Bridge station and stole another 666 gallons, worth $2,364.30.
Chinn was arraigned and released on $6,100 unsecured bond.
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