POLICE LOOKING FOR "SQUEAKY" BANDITS
WD-40 taken from convenience store

By Jon Mayhew (BOGER CITY) -- Authorities are looking for a pair of shoplifters who took WD-40 and fuel injection cleaner from a convenience store after pre-paying for gas.

The incident happened Wednesday around 10:30am at the Times Turn Around on East Main Street.

The couple came into the store and within minutes, an employee notied something in the man's pocket according to responding police Lt. Randy Willis.

"The employee asked what the man had in his pocket," said Willis. "He said it was something he already came in with."

The employee, however, noticed the items missing off the shelf and confronted the suspects outside the store. There, the employee found an empty can of Gumout, an additive that cleans fuel injectors in cars, and at least one can of WD-40.

"When the employee told the suspects she was going to call police, they took off in a white SUV," said Willis.

The couple had prepaid nearly $6 in gas. The clerk stopped the pump at 21 cents. The couple didn't ask for a refund of the balance.

Willis added the 47-year-old male suspect normally comes into the store to sell things to employees.

The incident remains under investigation. Value of the property taken is around $15 according to Willis' report.

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