Colorado drivers targeted in fuel thefts, vandalism amid high gas prices

Pain at the pump is leading to headaches at home. With fuel prices remaining high, new cases of people stealing gas from parked vehicles in the Denver metro area. Whether it’s gas being siphoned or holes being drilled in gas tanks, these thefts are now leaving behind hundreds of dollars in damages and empty tanks.

Ann and Steve Leighton live in Englewood and began noticing something was wrong with their car and its gas in the winter.

“We were experiencing our car like getting two miles to the gallon, and we’re like, what’s going on?” said Steve. “You just filled up and the next morning, you didn’t go anywhere, and it’s got a quarter tank.”…

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