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Pair Tried To Pass Stolen Cooking Oil From NJ Chinese Buffet Off As Biodiesel: Police Pair Tried To Pass Stolen Cooking Oil From NJ Chinese Buffet Off As Biodiesel: Police
Pair Tried To Pass Stolen Cooking Oil From NJ Chinese Buffet Off As Biodiesel: Police Two men from New York were charged after allegedly stealing used cooking oil from a Sussex County buffet, possibly with intentions to resell it as biodiesel fuel, authorities said. Officers conducting a property check of the ShopRite plaza in Stanhope stopped Zachary Tyler Layton and Jose V. Nunez Genao on Tuesday, May 2, township police said in a Friday release. A follow-up investigation found that Layton and Genao — both from Yonkers — had stolen used cooking oil from a Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. container behind Empire Buffet, police said. “Used cooking oil can be re-sold as biodiesel fuel,…

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by Valerie Musson
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Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught
Glen Rock PD: Cooking Oil Thieves Caught Glen Rock police tracked down and busted two Hudson County men who they said siphoned used cooking oil that a local shopping center owner was collecting for recycling. A retired police officer who saw a TV news story about the Dec. 28 thefts recognized a van that police said the thieves used -- and had taken several photos of it, including the license plate number, which Police Chief Dean Ackermann said wasn't visible on surveillance video. Before long, borough police arrested Adriz Valdes-Perez, 28, of Jersey City, and Francisco Abreu, 29, of Union City. Surveillance video shows…

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by Jerry DeMarco