450 Gallons of Water Stolen in South Brunswick, Police Say

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - South Brunswick police say they caught two Plainfield men helping themselves to 450 gallons of water from a fire hydrant Sunday morning at 32 Commerce Boulevard. They wanted the public water for their power washing business, police said.

An alert security guard working nearby called police after he noticed the two men tapping into a local municipal fire hydrant at around 9 a.m. Sunday. An officer arrived on the scene and found the men filling tanks inside the truck, pictured above, with hundreds of gallons of water. They had already gotten 450 gallons of water into tanks inside the truck by the time police got there, the officer said. The men said they wanted to use the water for their private power washing business, police said.

Both were charged with theft. Their names are Jorge Chacon, 34, and Pantaleon Sis, 51, both of Plainfield, according to TAP Into Piscataway.