Drone, LPR technology lead to arrest of suspected diesel fuel thieves in Murfreesboro

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — The search is over for suspected diesel thieves — 36-year-old Franyel Castellanos-Aguero and 24-year-old Loidel Machado Leyva — who are accused in both Tennessee and Kentucky and are now being held in Davidson County.

Murfreesboro Police Department officials said the suspected thieves used tools to bypass fuel pumps and steal large amounts of fuel.

On Feb. 6, the MPD said the Goodlettsville Police Department contacted them about a hit from their license plate reader system. The MPD said LPRs identified a large truck parked at the Publix parking lot on South Rutherford Boulevard in Murfreesboro…

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