STATter 911: Update: Double trouble. One volunteer accused of stealing fuel out of rig and one out of the pump. Both in NC. Both at a FD with the name Shiloh.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Update: Double trouble. One volunteer accused of stealing fuel out of rig and one out of the pump. Both in NC. Both at a FD with the name Shiloh.

This had me double and triple checking the facts. Two stories today of gas thefts by firefighters in North Carolina. Both departments are named Shiloh, but are 220 miles apart.

The first case we reported this morning involved 22-year-old Lance Michael Rossell. Rossell has been told he is no longer wanted at the Columbia Shiloh Fire Department in Burgaw, North Carolina. Rossell is also facing criminal charges after the fire department set up a camera to catch the person stealing fuel from a fire truck.

The Pender County Sheriff's office has the case and they want to talk to Rossell about some other things. Watch the story above from WECT-TV. Note that he is still wearing his fire department t-shirt during the TV interview.

Lance Michael Rossell

The second case involves the Shiloh Fire Department in Rockingham County, NC. There, 19-year-old Christopher Samuel Medlin is accused of taking about 70-gallons from the pumps over a six-week period. Click here for the story.

Advice from STATter 911: If your department is named Shiloh, check the pumps and the tanks.

Christopher Samuel Medlin

# posted by Dave Statter @ 12:32 PM

Comments:

you people are so quick to acust someone they fallied to say that a total of five people were caught and he was pulling up there when the cops showed up and all charges were droped agest him

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Anonymous : November 30, 2008 9:20 PM