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| David Gentile |
David Gentile, a private investigator and former FBI agent hired by Valley Proteins, provided police chiefs with a list of local restaurants that have empty tanks. Because these thefts occur in the middle of the night, most establishments are unaware of them. But from the Yu Garden to the Olive Garden, the tanks are dry. In fact, that's what Valley Proteins tankers have discovered at 24 Northampton County restaurants, from downtown Bethlehem to Bath.
According to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, used cooking oil has been converted to bio diesel and mixed with fertilizer to create explosives.
In March, Solebury Towsnship police arrested Mohamed Brahmi and Khalil Hamayel for the theft of a large amount of used cooking oil from a Bucks county restaurant. They were transporting the material in a 2003 Ford Econoline. That case is still pending.
An Allentown FBI agent, who attended the meeting, stated this kind of theft has become a "national problem."
17 comments:
So everything has to involve the feds. I suspect that someone is using or selling or storing it for their diesel engines. With real unemployment over fifteen percent I would not be surprised.
Bernie
What do the restaurants do with the old oil?
Have they checked the Genco Olive Oil Company?
drill baby drill
JOKE!
Wring out Pawlowski and you'll drown in the ethical oil slick. Cheaper than 220 mil.
"What do the restaurants do with the old oil?"
They store it, usually in a tank outside the restaurant. Could be a 55 gallon drum. Could be something even larger. At one time, they had to pay to have the oil taken away. But now, companies like Valley Proteins pay the restaurants to take the oil away. It's easy to steal, and the theft goes unnoticed until Valley Proteins or some other outfit notices the tanks are always empty.
This is like the 50's there's a Communist everywhere.
I'd tend to think that myself, except these are real thefts. I would not jump to the conclusion that someone who steals used cooking oil is a terrorist. But it would be foolish not to recognize the potential for real mischief. Unlike the '50s, this is a group that brought down two major buildings, killed 6,000 people in America and continues to engage in acts of random violence.
The process to convert to diesel isn't all that simple and not a garage scale project.
Maybe the attempt to create a fuel based explosive has been tried, but it seems a lot easier to just buy diesel at the pump.
I really think it's good old theft of the oil to resell.
That's probably 99.9% of it.
probably a plot by gracedale union goons
this comment was likely posted by one of them.
This is probably restaurant employees trying to make an extra buck.
It's no big deal.
What do you think that taco you are eating was boiled in?
The real story should be...Our tax dollars are being stolen!
Grease is the word...
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