Gas thieves use key to purloin from pumps

WASHINGTON

Thieves with master keys have struck recently in Baltimore and in St. Louis.

“It’s definitely an expert or a person who knows what they are doing,” says Riaz Ahmad, owner of a station in Baltimore that got hit a month ago.

Employees at Ahmad’s station noticed gas was missing when taking inventory. But it wasn’t until they started to notice long lines for pumps nine and 10