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A drummer who toured with Whitney Houston and British band Take That has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $136 (£80) worth of gasoline.
Steve Tate - who was known in the music world as Steve Washington - filled his Jaguar with fuel at a garage in England and drove away without paying.
He pleaded guilty to the theft at Folkestone Magistrates' Court in Kent, England and was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to repay the $148 (£86.86) he stole.
Tate, 52, was released from prison in 2012 after serving a four-year sentence for robbing a bank.

The keen eye of a clerk and business owner mixed with a swift response by Pasco Sheriff’s Office deputies led to the arrest of two individuals scheming to steal fuel from a Lutz gas station Thursday night.
Yannier Arias, 27, and Yomaris Martinez, 20, both of 9709 N. Armenia Avenue in Tampa, remain in custody at the Land O’ Lakes Detention Center. Also recovered was the pair’s 1998 Dodge Caravan, which contained a 250-gallon container in the back of the van, used to store gasoline.

KENNEWICK — About $2,000 worth of gas has been siphoned from Ben Franklin Transit vehicles during a recent rash of fuel thefts around the Tri-Cities, officials said Wednesday.
Terry DeJuan, a transit employee, estimates 20 vehicles used in a ride share program have had gas stolen out of them.
The vehicles are parked in lots at different locations in the Tri-Cities and the full-sized vans hold between 32 and 34 gallons of gas, he said.
The thefts have caused headaches for volunteer drivers and commuters when they show up in the morning to get to work, DeJuan said.

SALINA- The Saline County Sheriff’s office is the public’s help to identify two suspects in a fuel theft in the Bridgeport area on Saturday night.
Sheriff Glen Kochanowski reported 25 gallons of gas were taken from a fuel tank owned by a rural Saline County resident.The photo was taken from a surveillance camera that caught two men putting the fuel into a white late model Pontiac Grand Prix.
If you think you may have information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects, you are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 785-826-6500, or Crimestoppers at 785-825-TIPS.

BOSTON – Despite the hacking theft of some 40 million debit and credit card numbers from Target Corp. last year, most banks say they are not yet ready to begin large-scale distribution of the more secure cards that are common in Europe, according to a Boston Globe article.

Summary: Incidents involving the theft of fuel (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, ethanol, etc.) from fuel storage tanks have been reported across the United States. Fuel theft has significant health and safety implications, including risk for spills, fires, and explosions. Fuel thieves typically do not adhere to security standards or practices, and may inadvertently expose fuel to a hot engine, lit cigarette, or ignition source.