Men Charged with Stealing Hundreds of Gallons of Used Cooking Oil: Fairfield Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — Two men are accused of stealing hundreds of gallons of used cooking oil after police spotted suspicious activity in the parking lot of a Japanese restaurant early Sunday morning, according to multiple reports.

The Fairfield Citizen reports police questioned the two men after spotting them with a flashlight in the rear of the Akita parking lot. They explained that they were in the lot because one of them had to urinate and they weren’t detained by police, according to the Citizen.

However, the officer ran a check on the van’s registration plate and it came back with no information.

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While conducting a traffic stop, the officer detected the odor of cooking oil emanating from the van and searched the vehicle, according to the Fairfield Daily Voice.

The Daily Voice reports the search yielded two full 55-gallon drums of cooking oil, a full 250-gallon drum and a second 250-gallon drum that was half full along with bolt cutters and other items.

There was also a receipt from the New York City Oil Company that showed it had paid $851 for 655 gallons of oil, according to the Daily Voice.

Alexis Ferreira-Germosen, 30, of New York, and Joslin Ramirex-Bacilio, 37, of New Jersey, were then placed under arrest.

Read more at the Fairfield Citizen here and the Fairfield Daily Voice here.

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