HAZEL CREST, Ill. (WLS) — A Hazel Crest automobile dealership was hit thrice this week with the alleged thief seen on surveillance video stealing fuel from 10 completely different vehicles within the lot.

The first hit occurred early Monday morning in keeping with I-80 Auto Group proprietor Alan Takruri.

“We were mad you know, we were mad,” Takruri mentioned. “We do not like the way they do it, it’s crazy.”

Security footage exhibits a person coming into the lot at 167th St. & Kedzie drilling holes in automobile fuel tanks and carrying buckets away of fuel.

Gas is seen leaking from this truck after the person left with buckets in hand.

“He was targeting the big trucks because they’re higher and he can use the bucket underneath,” mentioned Takruri.

Alan Takruri says he filed a police report on Wednesday after the second time it occurred. But he nonetheless hasn’t had any luck discovering nor stopping the individual accountable.

“I feel sympathy for somebody risking his life just for $10 or $20 of gas. That’s bad,” mentioned Takruri.

Takruri mentioned he acknowledges that fuel costs are surging proper now and hurting everybody’s backside greenback.

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“Gas is expensive but still he cannot damage cars for $10. That costs us maybe thousands of dollars just to repair them,” Takruri mentioned.

The injury to restore his autos is costing his enterprise hundreds of {dollars}, he mentioned.

Despite having a number of surveillance cameras already, they plan on including extra.

“We want to keep our business rolling with no problems,” mentioned Takruri.