Gas stolen from Ballard Pit Stop

Seventy gallons of gas were stolen from the Pit Stop (15th Ave NW & NW 58th St) earlier this month, SeattleCrime.com is reporting.

According to the website, who cites the police report, two men drove up, “used a credit card to start a gas pump, removed the pump cover with a screwdriver, and broke off a pin which meters the flow of gasoline. The tampering went unnoticed by an ‘elderly’ clerk, and the men were able to make off with 70 gallons of gas.” The thieves may have come back the next day in a different vehicle, but a gas station employee contacted them and they drove off. Police were able to get the license plates from one of the vehicles, which is registered to a Kent address. This is the same gas station where Manish Melwani was murdered last summer. (Thanks Silver & Steve!)