Terror Threat? Tanker Carrying 3000 Gallons of Gas Goes Missing in MD
- Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:29am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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The stolen 10-wheeler tanker closely resembles the six-wheeler truck in this photo. (Media credit: Baltimore ABC 2)
Police said Wednesday they are searching for a missing Maryland tanker truck loaded with 3,000 gallons of gasoline, stoking fears of a possible terror threat.
The 10-wheel truck disappeared sometime between 4:30 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday from a secure lot in northeastern Maryland, authorities said. According to the Kent County Sheriff’s Office, the chainlink fence leading into the lot was cut and the thief hot wired the truck to get it out.
While nothing in the investigation points to a threat, the FBI has been called in to assist with the search Coming just days the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 and reports of a possible Al Qaida plot, Kent County Sheriff’s Sgt. Glenn Owens acknowledged, “there’s greater concern it may be connected to terrorism.”
Police said they have no surveillance video of the theft and the truck does not have GPS tracking. The truck has an Alger Oil logo on the tank and a license plate number 310E03.
Alger services the upper Eastern Shore and Harford County in Maryland, northern Delaware and southern Pennsylvania. Officials say the delivery trucks aren’t usually seen outside the areas they serve.
“If 9/11 had not happened 10 years ago, you would just think wow someone is stealing the gas because gas prices are high,” nearby resident Rhonda Cataldo told Baltimore’s ABC 2 News.
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Comments (59)
frankthekulak
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:41pmUncle Omar took it!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:58pmand 2 packs of matches…
Report Post »what about the terror fires that burned up AZ,TX and CA all summer ???
were is TSA ? You mean somebody with 5 gals of gas and some matches can
destroy MILLIONS of Acres ? How does a free society stop crime and terrorism ???
Guess what they don’t and neither does the police state….
Hobbs57
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:38pmWell, if the underwear bomber or shoe bomber has it, we shouldn’t have much to worry about
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:24pmShouldn’t be too hard to find…it’s a big truck with gas in it.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:53pmProbably repainted within 20 miles. There are professional truck theft rings all over the country, wonder if they had recent interns?
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:06pmNo threat, way to conspicuous. This truck is sitting in a dark garage somewhere as it’s contents are sold 10 gallons at a time.
Report Post »Inbred Jed
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:40pmI would tend to agree, either what you said or quite a few other possibilities. It’s 3000 gallons of gasoline, at a discounted $3.00 a gallon that is a quick $9000. Of course the value of the gas would be even higher if it was taken by another retailer or someone who has a fleet of vehicles
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:56pmAnd no one would have dared take over jets right after take-off and flown them to NY or DC either, that’s what they counted on 10 yrs ago!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:02pmCrisis? Unions? Incite baby incite? Bill Ayers heroes!
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:49pmI agree it could be another muslin terrorist or you could just being someone stealing gas , it would be easy to sell considering how all of us are getting hosed at the gas pumps
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:42pmId say look for someone about 5′10″ wearing droopy pants, and over sized hoody and untied basketball shoes. Odd as it may seem.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:51pmWrong!
Report Post »I wear boots, cowboy cut jeans, snap button shirts and cowboy hats and ball caps.
And it’s in my back yard!…….
I ain’t payin those inflated prices for a long time!…….(unless I get caught)
MUDFLAPS
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:40pmdog gonnit george bush again. he has left us with no gasssss???
Report Post »Oh my oh my!!!
gator70
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:33pmSorrry, but this day and age you must assume terrorism first. If you are wrong, then no harm. If you are right but don’t catch them in time, this would make one hell of an air/fuel bomb. I can’t believe how dismissive folks are of this.
Report Post »Oil_Ranger
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:02pmThis happened alot back in the 70′s under Jimmy Carter, I was wondering when it was going to begin again.
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:52pmNo worrys. Al Gore is just filling up his fleet of cars.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:50pmThe 10-wheel truck disappeared sometime between 4:30 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday from a secure lot in northeastern Maryland, authorities said.
Apparently, it was’nt that secure if it is missing.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:37pmThere are a lot of groups in this nation that could have use for that gasoline. This nation..thanks to obama..is falling apart like a quilt bought at walmarts.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:14pmTerrorist?
Report Post »Have you seen the price of gas?
More likely stolen to refill some gas retailer.
Rational Man
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:53pmReminds me of those ”Mad Max” movies. Stealing killing to get gas to survive………….
Report Post »Inbred Jed
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:41pmExactly
Report Post »Marcia
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:06pmYou would think that ANYTHING that could potentially be used as a bomb would have a GPS tracking device attached to it…..or am I just thinking too much again?
Report Post »C3rvantes
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:35pmWhy is it that every time I see something like this I think of operation fast and furious? I know, nobody from the ATF approved the release of the keys to a guy w/ a sketchy past and buddies wearing sand ninja masks, but you get the point.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:51pmOh Marcia, will quite putting logic into your statements. I swear some peoples children.
Right on Marcia.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:50pmHow do they know it was hot wired ?
Report Post »brutespeed
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:07pmGood questions, how do they know it was hot wired!
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:20pmHaving drove those sized trucks and bigger ones…they only made “so many differen’t key combos” for those trucks… I probably have one here on my old truck key ring one that will start it and 5000 more just like it
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:06pm@Dinkiecb
Report Post »Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:20pm
Having drove those sized trucks and bigger ones…they only made “so many differen’t key combos” for those trucks… I probably have one here on my old truck key ring one that will start it and 5000 more just like it
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If it was a petroleum = of Fast & Furious, you can bet the hackers will be advertising your address on e-bay for theives, might want to get more security in the next 60 minutes!
faires
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:45pmI can see keeping and eye on this situation, anything’s possible_ but it makes me wonder what Obama and his band of Merry Thieves are going to do, while we’re watching for this stolen truck full of gas?
Report Post »jmgair
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:43pmHere we go again folks. First it is Obama’s Fast & Furious gun walking program, then last week the 14,000 rounds of ammunition from Ft. Bragg and now this gasoline truck comes up missing all under the watch of Obama/Holder and they have nothing to say about any of these crimes. The community organizers whom are the robots for Obama are most certianly behind these stupid ideas they have and the gas, the bulletts and the guns will be used against the American people in his effort to be reelected.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:32pmI don’t know, with the price of gas this might be a group that got together and said let’s fill a few of our tanks.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:30pmWhat day is the ‘Day of Rage’ towards the banks? Isn’t it Sept. 17th? Hope it doesn’t have anything to do with the 11th or the 17th, just some moron thief that gets caught. But that really is a heck of a thing to steal and unfortunately, just like fairy tales, I no longer believe in coincidences either…
Report Post »still clinging
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:21pm$11,250 haul
terrorism my arse, a theft plain and simple
Now what is it going to cost with the Feds involved.
Hint
Report Post »Next time you are ripped off, state you had 3000 gallons of fuel taken
You will be sure to get a full investigation
inexiletill2012
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:43pmthat was my first thought…though I figured $11,750.00
Report Post »spamlds
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:02pmDoes anyone remember this case of missing “hazardous cargo?”
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/18/us/jet-s-crash-in-april-still-a-mystery-to-air-force.html?ref=craigdavidbutton
In 1997, an Air Force A-10 fighter/bomber pilot took off from Davis-Mothan AFB in Colorado. The then proceeded for fly 800 miles off course where he crashed and committed “suicide” in one of the most remote areas of the Rocky Mountains, above the 13,000 foot elevation. During the crash site investigation, it was determined that the plane was missing four 500-lb bombs.
The curious thing is that 800 miles is beyond the un-refueled cruise range for that aircraft. In other words, the guy could not have flown 800 miles with out refueling on the ground or off an airborne tanker. How did he get from point A to point B some 800 miles away? What happened to the four 500-lb bombs? This was a story that just quietly went away in 1997 and still is unresolved and the bombs are un-recovered. That’s one The Blaze folks might want to look into.
Report Post »Thayes
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:46pmcombat range 252 nmi, ferry range 2250nmi or 2450 mile and as you stated 800 mile off couse completely doable .
Report Post »Freedom.Fighter
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 1:31amAnd Davis-Monthan AFB is in Tucson. And, as the crow flies, the Rockies are within 800 miles anyway.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:17pmre : In 1997, an Air Force A-10 fighter/bomber pilot took off from Davis-Mothan AFB in Colorado. The then proceeded for fly 800 miles off course where he crashed and committed “suicide” in one of the most remote areas of the Rocky Mountains, above the 13,000 foot elevation. During the crash site investigation, it was determined that the plane was missing four 500-lb bombs.
The curious thing is that 800 miles is beyond the un-refueled cruise range for that aircraft. In other words, the guy could not have flown 800 miles with out refueling on the ground or off an airborne tanker. How did he get from point A to point B some 800 miles away? What happened to the four 500-lb bombs? This was a story that just quietly went away in 1997 and still is unresolved and the bombs are un-recovered. That’s one The Blaze folks might want to look into
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Do you suppose 4 yrs ago they were just beginning to plan an “American Spring”?
There‘s an awful lot of land in this country that’s been put “off limits to humans” .
Bet this one wasn‘t on Bin Ladin’s computer!
MrKnowItAll
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:53pmGas, Grass or Ass. No One Rides Free! Maryland is full of Crackheads. So many do not know this.
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:48pmMy bet is that it will be found empty somewhere after selling off the load to various indy gas stations at a big discount.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:07pmOr a prepper community doing some stockpiling.
Report Post »sgtlmj
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:41pmHave they seen the gas prices? This is more likely some entrepreneurial crook rather than a terrorist.
Report Post »WhatsYerProblem
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:02pmEXACTLY what I was going to say. Why is this a terror threat?
I bought a propane tank for my grill last week. I must be on their watch list…
Report Post »motherof18
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:34pmI would look underground, that’s the most likely hiding place.
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