Thieves continue to target Regional Transportation District (RTD) Park-n-Ride lots in the Denver metro area. Break-ins are prevalent, but gas theft appears to be the biggest problem at the moment.
The Central Park Station appears to be ground zero for this kind of theft. Thieves drill into gas tanks underneath the vehicles and drain the gas into gas cans before taking off.
Denver7 crews counted five gas stains in one row of the lot.
“I think that is awful,” said Tamara James, who just returned from a trip to Florida to retrieve her car at the Central Park Station. “You go on a trip, and you come back and you don’t have any gas.”
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