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2 arrested in Mastic heating oil thefts

Originally published: February 3, 2013 9:39 AM
Updated: February 3, 2013 11:04 AM
By JENNIFER BARRIOS  jennifer.barrios@newsday.com

Left, Frank Dawson, 46 of Medford, and right,

Photo credit: SCPD | Left, Frank Dawson, 46 of Medford, and right, Towania McCrae, 44 of Mastic, have been charged in the theft of home heating oil from vacant houses in Mastic. (Feb. 2, 2013)

Two people were arrested on Saturday night in the theft of home heating oil from eight vacant homes in Mastic, Suffolk County police said.

Police said officers saw Frank Dawson, 46, of Medford, and Towania McCrae, 44, of Mastic, pumping home heating oil from a vacant home on Hampton Avenue in Mastic and into three storage tanks in the back of Dawson's pickup truck at 10:15 p.m.

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