Police: Cooking Oil Heist Leads to Highway Chase; 2 Arrested

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) — Two males from New York led Connecticut police Thursday on a greater than 50-mile (80-kilometer) chase alongside Interstate 95 in a rental truck loaded with stolen cooking oil, hitting one other automobile and injuring a girl alongside the best way, police stated.

The episode started round 9:30 a.m., when the proprietor of a pizza place in Outdated Saybrook reported that he had confronted some would-be oil thieves at his institution after which noticed them attempting to do the identical at a close-by eatery, Outdated Saybrook police stated in a launch.

The pizza store proprietor, Stavros Gianitsos, informed NBC Connecticut that such heists have been taking place incessantly within the space.

Staff on the second restaurant confronted the boys, who then drove off, Outdated Saybrook police stated. They stated officers informed the driving force to cease, however he stored going, hit one other automobile in Westbrook —sending an aged lady to a hospital in secure situation — and acquired onto the interstate.

Connecticut state police picked up the pursuit. They ultimately used cease sticks, which flatten tires, to deliver the truck to a halt alongside I-95 in Westport, troopers stated in a launch. They stated the 2 males within the truck bumped into the woods, however troopers caught up with them.

The 26-year-old driver, who’s from Yonkers, New York, and his 22-year-old passenger, from the Bronx, have been arrested on numerous prices. Each are due in courtroom Friday.

Outdated Saybrook police stated they seized the truck and located greater than 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) of stolen cooking oil. They stated the car was three days previous its return date to a rental workplace in Hawthorne, New York.

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