It didn’t take long before high gas prices started being blamed for gas theft around San Diego County.
Last Friday, two La Mesa truck owners told police their fuel tanks were drilled and drained while they were left parked outside. Now they're facing expensive repairs and the risk of it happening again.
While it was raining outside what was streaming from underneath robert and heidi antonucci’s truck last friday morning was gas."Fuel, plus fire, plus air creating an explosion of the gasoline lighting him on fire, lighting the whole truck on fire. These are the things that come to mind," Heidi Antonucci told NBC 7, describing her fears about the danger a hole in her gas tank could present.The fuel in his Ford F-150 was drained through a hole drilled in the tank.
Manuel’s truck was parked in the usual spot at his apartment complex. The Antonucci's Toyota Tacoma was parked on Baltimore Drive which runs between both victims’ homes.
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