Crime & Safety

Fuel Stolen from Truck at Food Bank

Here is an item from the St. Charles police blotter.

About 70 gallons of diesel fuel were reported stolen from a tractor-trailer used by the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

On Feb. 16, a manager at the nonprofit told police that 70 to 75 gallons of fuel had gone missing from a truck parked on the west-side loading dock two days prior.

The fuel is valued at $250.

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Police obtained video of a dark-colored truck that was seen driving southbound on Industrial Drive at about the time the incident is believed to have happened.

No arrests have been made, according to the report.

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