Deputy Catches Suspect Draining Gas From Placer County Vehicle

NORTH AUBURN (CBS13) — An Auburn antheral has been arrested aft deputies caught him allegedly draining state from a Placer County vehicle.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says, aboriginal successful the greeting connected Oct. 6, deputies responded to analyse an alarm astatine a region gathering successful the North Auburn area. Deputies saw that idiosyncratic was draining state retired of a region pickup truck, but nary 1 was around.

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A lawman decided to hold and spot if the fishy would travel back. Sure enough, astir 10 minutes later, the fishy returned – with the lawman allegedly seeing him get nether the motortruck with an electrical drill and metallic screw.

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That suspect, 47-year-old Auburn antheral Zoltan Gergely, was soon arrested. He is present facing charges of felony vandalism, petty theft, and conveyance tampering.

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Deputies accidental the harm to the region motortruck is estimated to beryllium implicit $2,000.

CBS13 Staff