An Inland Empire resident is warning others after thieves targeted and drilled into her vehicle to steal gasoline. The incident occurred on Sept. 19 as Heather Velasco parked her truck outside Kindred Hospital in Rancho Cucamonga where she works. Later that day, she and a coworker were heading out to lunch when she approached her truck and noticed a strong gasoline odor.
Thinking it was emanating from a nearby diesel truck, they got into the car and began driving but immediately, Velasco knew something was wrong. Her truck was only three years old, so she was surprised anything would be malfunctioning.
“We drove across the street and my car started sputtering,” she recalled.
She eventually pulled over and that’s when she discovered someone had drilled into her truck’s fuel tank to empty the vehicle.
“I just looked under and sure enough, there was a hole and it was leaking gas and then I looked up and I saw another hole,” she said.
Velasco called the police and had her truck towed away. She was left with costly repairs in the aftermath — pay $4,000 upfront to fix the damages or pay a $1,000 deductible with an increase to her insurance premium. She chose to fix her truck by claiming her insurance. She was also left without a car for a week which meant relying on others to drive her three children to school and at times, missing out on shifts at her workplace.
“It’s hard times,” Velasco said. “We’re living in times where everything is inflated. Trying to raise a family and trying to do things right. You’re not getting anywhere because you got these criminals on the run and they’re just doing whatever they want.”
Police noted there have been several cases of gas siphoning in the area since 2023. […]
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This is nothing new. Gas thieves were doing this at our Church 15 years ago. They drilled into the tanks more than once when the price of gas went up. I had to get them repaired and I kept on hoping they would set themselves on fire. Couple of years ago they finally burned up the Church bus but I was long gone by that time.