DETROIT — Two Detroit have been charged with using a siphoning system to attempt and steal fuel from the  reservoir of a BP gas station on the city's west side early Wednesday. 
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy charged Michael David Thomas, 31, and Wardell Arrington, 21, both of Detroit with malicious destruction of building between $1 and $20,000, larceny between $200 and $1,000 and second-degree retail fraud.
The suspects were scheduled to be arraigned on Saturday.
They were spotted in a van with a hose leading into an open tank.

Alarming crime statistics reveal that fuel theft from service station “drive-offs” has risen 150 percent in Queensland over the last two years.
In fact, drive-offs have also risen by varying amounts in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.
But according to a News Limited report, it’s Queensland’s south-east where the crime is spiralling out of control.

Two people were arrested for alleged fuel theft embezzlement after the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office concluded a 12-week embezzlement investigation.
Arthur Heredia, 36, and Ruben Gonzalez-Sandoval, 48, were arrested on suspicion of fraudulently using an access card to obtain diesel fuel, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office. The fuel charges exceeded $200,000. Both subjects were arrested and booked into the Imperial County Jail.

Crime Stoppers: Fuel theft at airport: A bold break in at a private airport near Boca Grande has owners anxious to see a group of criminals held responsible for their actions.

 
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Authorities say hundreds of gallons of gasoline were spilled on the pavement and into the sewer at a Detroit gas station after at least one man confronted a fuel tanker driver.
A hazardous materials team was at the Clark station on 7 Mile and Schoenherr early Friday morning. Police say a man tried to pull a fuel hose out of the driver's hand as he was refilling pumps.Detroit police say they have the suspect in custody. FOX 2's Roop Raj will have much more on this story during FOX 2's Live at 11.

Two Detroit men have been charged after police found a siphoning system being used to steal fuel from a gas station's underground storage tank.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Friday that 31-year-old Michael Thomas and 21-year-old Wardell Arrington are charged with malicious destruction of a building, larceny and second-degree retail fraud.
About 100 gallons of gas had been pumped into a 250-gallon tank in the back of a parked van when police spotted the vehicle and a tube stretching into an open tank cover at a northwest Detroit BP station early Wednesday.

SPOKANE, Wash.--A local businessman is offering hundreds of dollars in cash or free tacos to the person who helps police catch a gas thief.The owner of De Leon Foods on West Francis made the offer Monday.