LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville company serves thousands of restaurants across the area, hauling away used cooking oil and recycling it into animal feed and biodiesel fuel.
But for months, people have stolen their liquid gold.
In February, two men were charged with stealing used cooking oil from eight Louisville restaurants: La Bodeguita, Biscuit Belly, Feast, El Nopal, Fish House, Joy Luck, Taco City and The Eagle.
And after weeks of grease trap thefts at Bambi Bar on Bardstown Road in Louisville, Louisville Metro Police officers arrested Digzan Saavedra Pratts earlier this week. According to court documents, police said he cut the container’s lock and used a hose to suck up the oil. He’s charged with theft by unlawful taking and criminal trespassing…