Residents of West Hollywood’s Mid-City area are reporting on Nextdoor that holes have been drilled into their vehicles’ gas tanks by unknown suspects in order to siphon out and steal fuel.
“I live on North Laurel between Fountain and Sunset,” wrote Jason H. “Three weeks ago on the night of Aug. 23rd someone drilled thru my gas tank and siphoned my gas. I just found out today that this happened to my neighbor as well. Did this happen to anyone else in the area?”
“We had the same thing happen to our car parked directly in front of our apartment on Fountain and Edgemont,” Matt K. replied.
“I had just returned home after filling my tank. I was in my apartment for no more than 30 minutes when the siphoning occurred. Adding to our disappointment the vehicle was in camera range of multiple homes and businesses and no one agreed to let us view their surveillance footage. My new gas tank was upwards to a thousand dollars being that the car was not being made any longer. The Jeep dealer was unable to find an acceptable fit and I had to order one from back East. It was a major expense and inconvenience. I hope you have better luck.”
Ron T., who lives in WeHo West, recalled a similar disturbing incident at Whole Foods.
“This past week at the Whole Foods parking lot a lady parked her car and had a hole in her gas tank and the fire department was called because a lot of it ran out maybe she live nearby I don’t think they did it in broad daylight,” Thomas wrote.
WEHOville has reached out to WeHo Sheriff’s Station for additional information.
Has gas been siphoned out of your car without your knowledge? Tell us in the comments!
Hahahahhahahahahah!! I love this. Y’all deserve everything you vote and stand for! Call the police!! Lol…u defunded them. Call one of those safety ambassadors in the polo.
Call the police on EVERYONE. Make them work.
Lol!!!!!! Sorry hun. You voted to defund them and replace with polo cucks.
An OLD game in Mexico and Central America. Now that democrats have invited every criminal in Mexico and Central America…expect a lot more crimes that you’ve never heard of here, tire valves, windshields, headlamps. They steal anything they have an opportunity for. Theft is culturally different for them…it’s no big deal. “You want it take it.”
Thieves have really gotten out of control and brazen. We really need to elect more local officials that are tougher on crime.
I can’t wait for the first headline announcing one of these idiots went kaboom! I will LOL.
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Wow, what a dangerous thing to do! Gasoline is,of course,flammable.Whoever is doing this is risking their life as a spark can set off a blaze plus the flow from the tank cannot be controlled.
Thank you Lindsey “defund the police” Horvath.
Start with Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and work your way down the democrat food chain.
Seriously? Republican mayor’s in some of the most crime filled cities include Miami, Dallas and on and on. Try again. You think crime went away under Trump? How naive. Republicans want no gun laws, except for Hunter Biden. There’s your problem.