A 26-year-old man was arrested in Pensacola for a sophisticated fuel theft operation spanning multiple counties, according to the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE) in Florida.
Alain De Jesus Aguila-Martinez faces felony charges of Larceny – Tampering with/Removing a Retail Fuel Dispenser, which are part of an ongoing investigation into an organized fuel theft ring operating across Santa Rosa, Escambia, and Walton Counties.
He already had active warrants for multiple felony charges, including Organized Fraud, Retail Fuel Theft Tampering, and Petit Theft.
According to OALE, officers at the Florida Agriculture Inspection Station in Pensacola "identified a blue semi-truck pulling a refrigerated trailer that matched the description in a BOLO linked to a sophisticated fuel theft operation spanning multiple counties."
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