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I didn't get a chance to post this article from the Sun Herald yesterday. It's not completely uncommon for people to steal gas- in Jackson, everyone has to pay before they pump since Katrina. However, stealing $1600 worth of gas is astounishing to me, and further proof we're all in some tough times, especially in the independent trucking business.

Truckers make off with 400 gallons of diesel fuel

JACKSON COUNTY --Two tractor-trailer rigs pulled up to a gas pump at the Wade Quick Stop and BP gas station late Thursday night or early Friday morning and stole $1,600 worth of diesel.

The station, on Mississippi 63, was closed when the culprits made off with 400 gallons. Sheriff Mike Byrd on Monday warned all gas stations to turn off the electricity to their pumps at night.

"Somehow they got the pump to come on," Byrd said. "Someone went into the control top of the pump. I have no idea how they did it."