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After weeks of overnight fuel thefts, Rocklin police arrested a suspect during an early Thursday traffic stop, the department announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cLooks like his plan was fueled by poor choices and ended with a full tank of charges,\u201d a spokesperson for the department wrote. \u201cAs we like to say … hooked and booked.\u201d<\/p>\n Officers on the graveyard shift had been watching for the suspect in a string of late-night and early-morning gasoline thefts when they conducted a traffic stop around 3 a.m., Rocklin Police Department Capt. Chad Morris said in an interview. Officers immediately smelled an \u201coverwhelming odor of gasoline\u201d coming from the vehicle and identified the driver as a 39-year-old Antelope man on probation.<\/p>\n Given the driver\u2019s probation status, officers searched the vehicle and found burglary tools and multiple partially filled gas cans. They arrested the 39-year-old on suspicion of the fuel thefts, according to the department\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n The 39-year-old previously was arrested on multiple charges, including possession of stolen property and possession of a stolen vehicle, Morris said.<\/p>\n The case remained under investigation Thursday afternoon, and Morris encouraged anyone who believes they experienced a fuel theft in the area to come forward and file a police report.<\/p>\n
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