{"id":264226,"date":"2026-08-12T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264226\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:40:09","slug":"two-arrested-in-pennsylvania-for-stealing-used-cooking-oil-known-as-liquid-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264226\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested in Pennsylvania for stealing used cooking oil, known as &#8220;liquid gold&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two arrested in Pennsylvania for stealing used cooking oil, known as &#8220;liquid gold&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/9cc6591f-408c-4bd5-8acc-14e9ea41cf0f\" aria-label=\"Jere Gish profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9cc6591f-408c-4bd5-8acc-14e9ea41cf0f_1654041177.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jere Gish\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing used cooking oil, often referred to as &#8220;liquid gold,&#8221; from an Outback Steakhouse in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Pennsylvania State Police said the suspects, 41-year-old Dashon Ross and 34-year-old Yusef Brooks, both of New Jersey, used a rented box truck to carry out the theft.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Police in the Lehigh Valley said they are dealing with a theft ring, with businesses also targeted in Berks and Bucks counties.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Used cooking oil can be recycled and filtered for use in biodiesel engines, with a 30-gallon container valued at up to $150.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two arrested in Pennsylvania for stealing used cooking oil, known as &#8220;liquid gold&#8221; LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111569,111570,111571,433,94192,2754,71430,28,30,29,1224,111572],"class_list":["post-264226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-34-year-old-yusef-brooks","tag-41-year-old-dashon-ross","tag-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-used-cooking-oil","tag-lehigh-county","tag-liquid-gold","tag-lower-macungie-township","tag-outback-steakhouse","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-used-cooking-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}