Police: Driver tried to duck $91 gas tab
Police said a driver filled a van with gas Monday in North Babylon, then fled the station without paying the $91 tab.
State Police said Christopher Bullock, 22, of Doncaster Avenue in West Islip, was arrested after he left the USA gas station on Bay Shore Road without paying for his fill-up at 10:10 a.m. Monday.
He was charged with petty larceny and traffic violations, including having an unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle, operating with a suspended license and switched license plates.
Police said Bullock filled the white Dodge van with $91 worth of gas, then left.
Police said an attendant followed him and a trooper stopped Bullock on the Wantagh Parkway not far from the Southern State Parkway in Wantagh.
Arraignment information was not immediately available.
Regular gas was averaging about $3.85 a gallon in Suffolk on Wednesday.
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