CONYNGHAM BOROUGH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men were arrested after police said they were caught stealing cooking oil from Tom's Kitchen in Luzerne County.
According to the Conyngham Borough Police Department, on October 23, around 6:00 a.m., officers were called to investigate a cooking oil theft at Tom's Kitchen on State Route 93.
Police say the owner of the restaurant drove into the parking lot and saw a white van near the waste oil holding tank.
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The owner saw two men, later identified as Yovanny Paredes Frias, 42, and Williams Francisco Reyes, 46, both of New York, using a pump inside his holding tank, officers said.
Once the victim tried to stop the two, they fled into the van and the victim followed them onto Interstate 81 until police arrived to pull them over.
Inside the van, police say they found a gas-powered pump, and two plastic pallet tanks that were covered in oil.
The two have been charged with theft and other related offenses.
