NY men accused of trying to steal cooking grease from NJ restaurant
By APTuesday, September 21, 2010
Men accused of trying to steal cooking oil in NJ
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Two New York residents are accused of trying to steal used cooking oil from a New Jersey restaurant. Police said they caught Youngil Kim and Byung Ho Choi sucking 700 gallons of grease from two storage tanks behind a Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant in North Bergen Monday.
Waste oil can be turned into biodiesel fuel. The restaurant sells its grease to a contractor for a little more than $1 a gallon.
Police said the Queens, N.Y., residents attached a hose to a pump in a canary yellow van. The oil was stored in a plastic bladder.
Detective Lt. Frank Cannella tells The Record newspaper they “weren’t sneaky thieves, they were greasy thieves.”
It’s not clear if they have lawyers.
Information from: The Record of Bergen County, www.northjersey.com
